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For baseball lovers, nothing rivals the excitement and intensity of the World Series. In Shadows of Glory, Dave Brown and Jeff Rodimer recount 18 lesser-known but fascinating stories about the Fall Classic, that range from heartwarming and heartbreaking to amusing and outrageous. Get ready to read about:

The unheralded pitcher who carried a no-hitter into the ninth inningThe umpire who received death threats after making a bad call at first baseThe key role that shoe polish played in the outcomes of two different SeriesThe player who left the stadium mid-game to drive his pregnant wife to the hospital

Shadows of Glory features memorable and offbeat stories about World Series spanning from 1918, when World War I, the Spanish Flu, and Babe Ruth intersected, to 2016 when the Chicago Cubs broke a century-long drought to capture the Series.

The history of the World Series is long, glorious, and nuanced, and baseball fans will be captivated by the stories brought back to life in Shadows of Glory.

Any true baseball fan has heard the famous World Series stories about Don Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series, Bill Mazeroski’s Series-ending home run in 1960, and Bill Buckner’s blunder to end Game 6 of the 1986 Series. Many fans, however, may not be aware of other less well-known but equally engaging stories about the Fall Classic. Shadows of Glory recounts 18 of these stories. Readers will encounter some unlikely World Series heroes, such as Dusty Rhodes, the reserve outfielder whose clutch pinch-hits helped the New York Giants win the 1954 World Series, and Brian Doyle, the light-hitting utility infielder who was a batting star for the New York Yankees in their 1978 Series triumph. They will find stories shaped by world events, such as the Spanish flu pandemic and world wars, which significantly affected team rosters and thus the participants and outcomes of the 1918 and 1944 World Series. Baseball lovers will experience a range of emotions—heartbreak that Bill Bevens, an ordinary pitcher, came within an out of the first World Series no-hitter in 1947 and then lost the no-hitter and game on one pitch; outrage that umpire Don Denkinger received death threats after missing a call in the 1985 World Series; and amusement that Cliff Lee, stuck in a traffic jam on his way to start Game 1 of the 2009 World Series, hopped out of the cab he was in and made his way to the subway.Shadows of Glory will captivate casual and hard-core fans alike.

Servant Selling offers a better -- more honest -- sales approach that will allow you to close more deals and serve your customers' needs. Will you walk away from a sale if it is not the best thing for your customer? Are you okay with losing a sale? As the top producer for an educational sales company, Dave Brown found himself wrestling with these questions during a summer of door-to-door sales. Then, one night, he found clarity: he could be fully honest and transparent and be the best at sales. In fact, being fully honest and transparent would make him the best at sales. In Servant Selling, Dave shares the tested and proven sales techniques he's mastered over his career. His proven strategy works for every demographic and in every industry -- even with people who know nothing about sales. He will: Prepare you to serve by explaining the key components of servant selling and the foundations necessary to achieve success.; Help you understand the service and sales cycle by focusing on the sales skills you need.; Show you how to create concrete systems and utilize game-changing time management strategies to scale your success.. Even more importantly, Dave shares the heart and mindset that makes his philosophy so successful: the servant-selling approach. By prioritizing your customer's needs, personality, preferences, and comfort above your sales goals, you will reach more people and make deeper, longer-lasting connections that will help you grow your business in an authentic and meaningful way.

Servant Selling offers a better—more honest—sales approach that will allow you to close more deals and serve your customers’ needs. Will you walk away from a sale if it is not the best thing for your customer? Are you okay with losing a sale? As the top producer for an educational sales company, Dave Brown found himself wrestling with these questions during a summer of door-to-door sales. Then, one night, he found clarity: he could be fully honest and transparent and be the best at sales. In fact, being fully honest and transparent would make him the best at sales. In Servant Selling, Dave shares the tested and proven sales techniques he’s mastered over his career. His proven strategy works for every demographic and in every industry—even with people who know nothing about sales. He will: Prepare you to serve by explaining the key components of servant selling and the foundations necessary to achieve success. Help you understand the service and sales cycle by focusing on the sales skills you need. Show you how to create concrete systems and utilize game-changing time management strategies to scale your success. Even more importantly, Dave shares the heart and mindset that makes his philosophy so successful: the servant-selling approach. By prioritizing your customer’s needs, personality, preferences, and comfort above your sales goals, you will reach more people and make deeper, longer-lasting connections that will help you grow your business in an authentic and meaningful way.

Join the Pizza Pilgrims on a fun and thrilling ride through the city of Naples.Famed the world over as the birthplace of pizza, Naples is an extraordinary city that revolves around food. Thom and James Elliot are adopted sons of Naples, with a little black book of chefs, suppliers, restaurateurs and people who have become close friends and colleagues over the past decade of the Pizza Pilgrims restaurants. In 2023 they built the world’s smallest mobile pizzeria – a Vespa with a pizza oven on the back – much to the Neapolitans’ delight and bemusement, and over the past two years they have travelled around the city with photographer Dave Brown, capturing the very best that Naples has to offer.Including Neapolitan classics and personalised recipes from the Pizza legends of Naples, as well as expert tips for making your own authentic Neapolitan pizza, Pizza Napoli is a riotous, glorious explosion of a book infused with ready wit. With unprecedented access to previously undocumented places, and to the stories of the remarkable people, Pizza Napoli is more than just a cookbook – it lifts the lid on a city that is rising up to claim its rightful place as one of the true gastronomic centres of the world.

Acknowledged as a classic of mountain writing, this book takes you into the bothies, howffs and dosses on the Scottish hills as Fishgut Mac, Desperate Dan and Stumpy the Big Yin stalk hill and public house, evading gamekeepers and Royalty.

Written by an expert outfitter with boots in its waters, this piece includes a detailed map with access points along the river, information about gear, seasonal hatches, local lodges, fly shops, restaurants, watering holes, and closest medical care, along with the sort of intimate, insider information only someone working on the river can share.