Product Description: Losing Season explores the often unsettlingly central role that sports play in American life. From the star player to the kid who never gets in a game to the town religious fanatic to the disgruntled parent—all have their say. Even if you haven’t lived in this town, you will recognize the lives of quiet endurance, unrecognized triumph, harsh weather, and hardnosed hope that propel people through the season...read more

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Product Description: 250 Poems offers a wide and well-balanced selection of chronologically arranged poems, supported by succinct, practical editorial features, at a great price. This volume in Bedford/St. Martin’s popular series of Portable Anthologies and Portable Guides offers the series’ trademark combination of high quality and great value for teachers of literature and their cost-conscious students...read more