Fantasy Sports

Ora wants to win the Strong Monster Contest. The first place winner gets a statue of gold! Ora works. She trains. She cannot think of anything else. Maybe Ora needs to learn that gold isn't everything.

From the acclaimed PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize-winning author of A Naked Singularity, a shockingly hilarious novel that tackles, with equal aplomb, both America’s most popular sport and its criminal justice system. From Paterson, New Jersey, to Rikers Island to the streets of New York, Sergio de la Pava’s Lost Empress introduces listeners to a cast of characters unlike any other in modern fiction: dreamers and exiles, immigrants and night-shift workers, a lonely pastor and others on the fringes of society - each with their own impact on the fragile universe they navigate.

Seit seiner Veröffentlichung ist "Quidditch im Wandel der Zeiten" eines der beliebtesten Bücher in der Bibliothek von Hogwarts. Dieser unentbehrliche Leitfaden zum beliebtesten Spiel der magischen Gemeinschaft wurde bereits von Harry Potter, Hermine Granger und vielen anderen gelesen. Quidditch hat sich von seinen Anfängen im Queerditch Marsh im elften Jahrhundert zu einem anspruchsvollen Sport entwickelt. Momente rauschenden Triumphs und vernichtender Niederlage (z. B. für die Anhänger der Chudley Cannons) sind in "Quidditch im Wandel der Zeiten" beschrieben. Erfahre alles über die Geschichte und Regeln des Spiels, von einigen der 700 Fouls (und bei welchem Weltmeisterschaftsfinale alle von ihnen begangen worden sind) bis hin zum Unterschied zwischen einem Transsilvanischen Trick und einem Woollongong Shimmy.

Travelling on the luxury train service to Vienzza, The Dominie and Alice discover that one of their fellow passengers is a killer: but which one? As time runs out and the body count begins to rise, the Time Travellers realise that things may not be all they seem.

Depuis sa parution, "Le Quidditch à travers les âges" est l'un des livres les plus populaires de la bibliothèque de Poudlard. Lu par Harry Potter, Hermione Granger et bien d'autres, il s'agit d'un précieux guide sur le sport favori du monde des sorciers. De ses origines dans les marais de Queerditch au XIe siècle jusqu'au sport si particulier qu'il est devenu aujourd'hui, "Le Quidditch à travers les âges" vous fera partager les moments les plus exaltants de cette discipline, comme les plus désespérants (tel un match de l'équipe des Canons de Chudley). Découvrez l'histoire et les règles de ce jeu, notamment les quelques 700 fautes possibles au cours d'un match (ainsi que la finale de coupe du monde durant laquelle toutes ces fautes ont été commises), ou encore la différence entre un tacle transylvanien et une tremblante de Woollongong.

There's nothing better than getting pumped up at the gym after a long day at work. The combination of building muscle and blowing off steam can't be beat. Or so I thought. When I ran in to my old high school teacher, Hank, one day out on the gym floor, he introduced me to a whole new world deep in the gym showers. At first I was hesitant: back in high school, I had been a real pain in the butt to Hank Johnson. Then I caught him checking me out on leg day no less. I'm not gay, but when Hank invited me to catch up with him in the sauna after our work out, I couldn't say no. It started ...

How can you stay away from the one you can’t resist? Shayla Winters survives her first frat party…barely. She is introduced to the irresistible lacrosse player Jace Connor, but soon finds herself breaking up a fight between him and football star Owen Ward with strength she never knew she possessed. Then the mysterious Dex Jagger appears. His announcement that he’s a supernatural hunter, and that she is fae—and in danger—turns her world upside down. Shayla is thrown into a world of vampires and werewolves, all of whom want the light she possesses inside. Jace can’t resist Shayla....

When death shows up at a crowded park, pandemonium reigns.

Are you ready to dominate your fantasy football league? "Who Do I Draft? The Ultimate Fantasy Football Guide for the 2024/2025 Season" is your blueprint to victory! This fun and engaging guide tells you exactly who to draft and when, with expert strategies, insider tips, and detailed player analysis. From top-tier stars to hidden gems, uncover the secrets to building a winning team. Packed with advanced draft tactics like Zero RB and Robust RB, you'll learn how to navigate your draft with confidence.

Stacia’s life is one coffee-fueled shift at work or class at a time, all while saving for law school. Her only escape is the royal romances she loves to read. But when a mysterious British transfer student crashes into her world, everything changes. Bash, with his nerdy glasses and swoon-worthy accent, is so much more than just a charming stranger.

In Slow Getting Up - hailed by Rolling Stone as "the best football memoir of all time" - Nate Jackson told his story facedown on the field. Now, in Fantasy Man, he's flat on his back. Six years have passed since the former Denver Broncos tight end wore a helmet, and every day he drifts further from the NFL guy, the sanctioned-violence guy, the psychopath who ran headfirst into other psychos for money. But Nate hasn't quite left the game.

Every fantasy sports player has dealt with the injury that was supposed to last “a week or two” but kept a player out for eight weeks. The glowing practice reports from the coach all week followed by an injury deactivation on game day. The vague and confusing terminology, the contradictory information—all fantasy sports players have (at least) one story of how player injuries derailed an otherwise promising game/week/season.

I thought I was an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. I was wrong. When her mother drags sixteen-year-old Clara out to the Amagansett summerhouse she recently inherited, Clara is plunged into a secret world of romance and danger in which Selkies—mythical mer creatures of unsurpassable beauty—rule the sea. Thus begins an adventure beyond her wildest imaginings, which will force her to choose between the safety of home and a magical love that cannot be denied. Bored and missing her friends, Clara stumbles upon a hidden realm where surfers, even the handsome Jack, are not who, or what,...

Set in a lethal American professional football league seven centuries in the future, The MVP puts huge humans on the field with four alien races, creating a game that is faster, stronger, and deadlier than anything we know today. Star quarterback Quentin Barnes has spent three seasons putting together a hard-hitting, hard-fighting team that combines rookies, rejects, discarded free agents and seasoned veterans from all five species. He has fought against racism and bound his team together through shared sacrifice, blood, tragedy, and victory.

It's time for the summer Olympics and Kittentail Cove is ready to celebrate! A hometown Olympic hero will be hosting a field day at Sea School and best friends Coral, Shelly, and Angel are excited to try all kinds of fun sports. But when Coral makes the swim-nastics team and Shelly and Angel don't, she'll have to overcome her fears and learn to work with her new team if they want to win.

50 Things To Know About Fantasy Premier League, by Zlatko Stefkovski, offers a fun and insightful approach to the game that became the number-one companion piece to the English Premier League.

A recovering alcoholic, football player Liam McQueen seeks redemption on and off the field. So when the team's owner, the man who gave him a shot at a comeback, demands that Liam pretend to be engaged to his wayward daughter, it's a favor the reformed bad boy feels he can't refuse.

After a demonic possession at the biggest wrestling show of the year, the Vatican sends exorcist Gabriel Blackwell to infiltrate the company, pose as a wrestler, and expel the demon. Blackwell has a complicated history with the wrestling business and must adapt or die, fighting for his soul on pay-per-view! An all-out battle between good and evil with the squared circle as the stage!

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Set in a lethal American professional football league seven centuries in the future, The MVP puts huge humans on the field with four alien races, creating a game that is faster, stronger, and deadlier than anything we know today. Star quarterback Quentin Barnes has spent three seasons putting together a hard-hitting, hard-fighting team that combines rookies, rejects, discarded free agents, and seasoned veterans from all five species. He has fought against racism and bound his team together through shared sacrifice, blood, tragedy, and victory.