Talmage Boston has been writing about baseball for 12 years and has published more than 65 articles\,columns and reviews. He brings his expertise to his new book\, Baseball and the Baby Boomer. Tapping into the nostalgic era of feel-good baseball inthe late 1940s and moving up to the Mitchell report\, this collection documentsthe story of baseball as seen through the eyes and experiences of the post-wargeneration. From daytime games heard on the radio to players testifying before Congress on steroid usage\, baseball has undergone a major transformation overthe past 60 years. This chronicling of such vast changes features stories involving famed players such as Mickey Mantle\, Jackie Robinson\, Roger Maris and Nolan Ryan.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T174042Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090715T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090716T010000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/heather-brewer-10th-grade-bleeds URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/heather-brewer-10th-grade-bleeds SUMMARY:Heather Brewer - 10th Grade Bleeds DESCRIPTION:It's another sucky year at Bathory High for Vladimir Tod. Now a sophomore\, Vlad realizes that having a normal high-school year is the least of his concerns as he's finding it harder to resist feeding on the people around him. St. Louis author Heather Brewerreturns with another installation in her popular teenage vampire series\, The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod\, and she still doesn't believe in happy endings unless they involve blood.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T174042Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090716T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090716T000000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/lbb-downtown-reading-group-netherland-joseph-oneill URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/lbb-downtown-reading-group-netherland-joseph-oneill SUMMARY:LBB Downtown Reading Group - Netherland by Joseph O'Neill DESCRIPTION:Joseph O’Neill\, the author of Blood-Dark Track\, delivers a mesmerizing novel about a man trying to make his way in
an America of shattered hopes and values\, and
the unlikely occurrences that pull him back to an
authentic\, passionately engaged life in Netherland.
Complimentary light refreshments will
be served at this reading group meeting.
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