Publicado por Gray & Company, Publishers, 1998
ISBN 10: 1886228124 ISBN 13: 9781886228122
Librería: 369 Bookstore _[~ 369 Pyramid Inc ~]_, Dover, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. A popular fixture on Cleveland TV since 1961, Dick Goddard is the weather for many thousands of Northeast Ohioans who rely on him for the forecast every night. Among the first certified meteorologists, Goddard is serious about the weather?and about attracting viewers. A 1987-88 national survey of newscaster popularity by Herb B. Altman Communications Research ranked Goddard as the most popular weathercaster in America.Dick Goddard's Weather Guide & Almanac for Northeast Ohio has Goddard's best weather essays, quick tips, and drawings (he's an accomplished illustrator) in one fun, fact-filled collection. Goddard covers an array of weather subjects and meteorological phenomena: local weather patterns and the causes and effects of our climate; what to look for in the sky and on the ground year 'round; how to understand a weather forecast; how to stay safe in a variety of dangerous storms; local meteorological groups and resources; what you need for your own backyard weather station; and many other weather-related topics, and some off-beat stuff, too! Includes rare weather-history photos, comprehensive local-weather statistics, and interesting, practical advice to use every day of the year?day or night, rain or shine!.
Publicado por Gray & Company, Publishers, 2011
ISBN 10: 1598510665 ISBN 13: 9781598510669
Librería: 369 Bookstore _[~ 369 Pyramid Inc ~]_, Dover, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. Legendary Cleveland TV personality and pioneering meteorologist Dick Goddard celebrates a remarkable 50 years on television with this grab-bag of personal stories, witty cartoons, fun facts, and essays about weather, pets, Ohio history, the TV business, and much more.Also includes favorite stories about Dick told by his friends and colleagues-and dozens of photos.With a foreword by Tim Taylor.
Publicado por Gray & Company, Publishers, 2023
ISBN 10: 1598511289 ISBN 13: 9781598511284
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. 1. Authorized biography of the 2023 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee!Meet Joe Thomas-one of the NFLs most reliable offensive linemen ever-in this up-close portrait drawn from interviews with family, friends, coaches, teammates, and Joe himself.His story goes beyond lining up for a record-setting 10,363 consecutive snaps for the Cleveland Browns . . .As a youth, the fast-growing three-sport star valued friendship and preparation in everything he did. A bit of a goofball off the field, Joe had an uncanny ability to turn on a competitive switch on the gridiron.In college, he endured a tragedy and overcame a serious injury to become a big-time football star for Wisconsin in the fiercely competitive Big Ten (and a top shot putter, too).On NFL Draft Day in 2007, Joe endeared himself to fans when, despite being forecast as a top pick, he skipped the glitzy ceremony to go fishing with family and friends instead.With the Browns, he made the Pro Bowl in each of his first 10 seasons and excelled even while playing for teams that struggled. (He protected 20 starting quarterbacks-another league record.)He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2023.This is the story of an extraordinary guy and an exceptional career. Includes chapters in Joes own words Forewords by Alex Mack and Bret Bielema 30 color photographs.
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Publicado por Gray & Company Publishers, 1988
ISBN 10: 1598510010 ISBN 13: 9781598510010
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. 1. #1 in the Milan Jacovich mystery series A clever plot, a vibrant Cleveland and rural Ohio setting, and a realistically drawn hero make this series one to watch. It exudes much the same sort of charm as the early Spenser novels did. - BooklistIntroducing Milan Jacovich (pronounced MY-lan YOCK-ovich), Clevelands favorite private eye.Milan, an ex-cop, Vietnam veteran, and former football player, is a private investigator with a masters degree, a taste for klobasa sandwiches and Strohs beer, and a knack for finding trouble.Milan gets a cryptic late-night phone call from high-powered advertising executive Richard Amber, who wants to pay him a thousand dollars for twelve hours of bodyguard service. But when Milan gets to the Amber house in the elegant suburb of Pepper Pike, no one is home. The next morning, Ambers beautiful but brittle wife hires Milan to find her husband, who, it seems, has disappeared.The search will lead Milan through the haunts of the very rich, including an exclusive country club where the Slovenian American sleuth almost loses his life, and onto some of Clevelands meanest streets. Hell meet Cleveland mob kingpin Don Giancarlo DAllessandro and his sophisticated but deadly nephew Victor Gaimari, and even cross paths with the governor of Ohio.Roberts handles the private-eye format with aplomb and takes full advantage of his Cleveland scene . . . Best of all is his Slovenian sleuth, vulnerable and fallible, whom we are likely (and would like) to see more of. - San Diego Union Tribune.
Publicado por Gray & Company, Publishers, 1995
ISBN 10: 1886228035 ISBN 13: 9781886228030
Librería: 369 Bookstore _[~ 369 Pyramid Inc ~]_, Dover, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. The foulest crimes and worst disasters in Cleveland history are recounted in these 15 incredible-but-true tales, including: A no-holds-barred account of the infamous and sensational Sam Sheppard murder trial; The apocalyptic East Ohio Gas Company explosion and fire of 1944 that destroyed the entire east-side Norwood?St. Clair neighborhood; The chilling 1919 Dan Kaber murder, in which three generations of Lakewood women?mother, daughter, and grandmother?conspired to dispose of an inoffensive husband with arsenic and knife-wielding hired killers; Genius inventor Garrett A. Morgan?s dramatic gas-masked rescue efforts during the gruesome 1916 waterworks collapse; Cleveland Electric Railway Car 642?s horrifying plunge off the Central Viaduct into the Cuyahoga River in the Flats; The weird tale of industrialist Joe Gogan?s trial for murdering his wife?by hitting her in the face with a bag of rat poison;These gripping narratives deliver high drama and dark comedy, heroes and villains, obsession, courage, treachery, deceit, fear, and guilt?all from the streets of Cleveland.?A rollicking, no-holds-barred account of the facts (and continued speculation) about some of the darkest events and weirdest people in Cleveland?s history.? ? Youngstown Vindicator.
Publicado por Gray & Company Publishers, 2008
ISBN 10: 1598510452 ISBN 13: 9781598510454
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. 1. If youre new to Cleveland Browns fandom, you can read up on the etiquette and customs of the Dawg Pound and beyond; if youre an old hand, you can relive tales of the best and worst of Browns history. - Northern Ohio LiveBrowns fans know: Its not if you win or lose its how you party in the parking lot before the game!Now its easy for any Browns fan to tailgate like a well-seasoned veteran. This book shares tips from Clevelands top tailgaters-about where to, when to, and how to do it all, Browns fan style. It also tells inspiring tailgating tales from fellow fans and introduces some of the wild people, crazy vehicles, outlandish foods, and nonstop party activities youll find in the lot.For decades, hardy Cleveland football fans have enjoyed the pregame (and game and postgame) in sun, rain, or sub-zero temperatures, sitting in folding chairs and clutching red plastic cups while watching a rack of ribs smoke on a homemade grill next to a brown-and-orange Winnebago.This book celebrates the glorious tradition of Cleveland Browns tailgating. It will inspire you to don your dawg mask, grab your favorite beverage, and prepare to join the party!.
Publicado por Gray & Company Publishers, 2005
ISBN 10: 159851007X ISBN 13: 9781598510072
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. 1. #7 in the Milan Jacovich mystery series Private investigator Milan Jacovich (pronounced MY-lan YOCK-ovich) goes behind the scenes to uncover scandal, ambition, and intrigue at one of Clevelands top TV stations as he hunts down the stalker and murderer of a beautiful local television anchor.Milan has just moved his offices to an old building on the banks of the Cuyahoga River in an area called the Flats. There, he receives a surprise visit from a former love interest, Mary Soderberg, who left him for her influential boss, TV executive Steve Cirini. One of their newscasters, the beautiful Virginia Carville, has been murdered, and Cirini, who was having an affair with her, is the chief suspect.Mary wants Milan to bail her cheating boyfriend out of the jam-for old times sake. Milan doesnt like Cirini at all, but takes the case even though hes unsure of the mans innocence. Or is the culprit the obsessive station-manager Nicky Scandalios, the longtime anchorwoman Vivian Truscott, or a survivor of child abuse named Violet Grba? For that matter, could it be Milans old flame Mary Soderberg herself?Another fine entry in an outstanding series, Robert's latest is sure to be a hit with readers and reviewers alike. - BooklistFormer television producer Roberts writes knowingly of the medium; newscaster sleeping with sales manager makes a timely metaphor for the ethics of broadcast journalism. Roberts affectionately weaves in the history and rich ethnic mix of Milan Jacovich's Cleveland turf. - Publishers Weekly.
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Publicado por Gray & Company Publishers, 2013
ISBN 10: 1938441400 ISBN 13: 9781938441400
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. Poignant and wonderfully well-written. - Richard North Patterson, New York Times bestselling author of Silent WitnessI fell in love with Amy Mihaljevic not long before her body was discovered lying facedown in an Ashland County wheat field. I fell for her the first time I saw that school photo TV stations flashed at the beginning of every newscast in the weeks following her kidnapping in the autumn of 1989-the photo with the side-saddle ponytail . . .So begins this strange and compelling memoir in which a young journalist investigates the cold case that has haunted him since childhood.Its one of Northeast Ohios most frustrating unsolved crimes. Ten-year-old Amy Mihaljevic (Muh-ha-luh-vick) disappeared from the comfortable Cleveland suburb of Bay Village. Thousands of volunteers, police officers, and FBI agents searched for the girl, who was tragically found dead a few months later. Her killer was never found.Fifteen years later, journalist James Renner picks up the leads. Filled with mysterious riddles, incredible coincidences, and a cast of odd but very real characters, his investigation quickly becomes a riveting journey in search of the truth.
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Publicado por Gray & Company, Publishers, 2002
ISBN 10: 1886228574 ISBN 13: 9781886228573
Librería: 369 Bookstore _[~ 369 Pyramid Inc ~]_, Dover, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. ?Fascinating and yes entertaining ? often in a bizarre way that leaves the reader feeling guilty for being so entertained.? - Medina County GazetteThe fourth volume in John Stark Bellamy?s classic Cleveland crime and disaster series features 26 more gruesome, horrible, tragic, and despicable-but true-tales, including:Love-crazed Clark Hill, who warmed up his teenage girlfriend with an overdose of Spanish Fly in her milk shake; The chilling Cuyahoga River scow disaster, in which 16 clinging, drowning men fought so desperately to stay afloat that they dragged each other to the dark bottom of the river; Doomed workmen Patrick Toolis and Patrick Cleary, buried alive in the very concrete that became Cleveland?s celebrated Terminal Tower; Not-so-friendly Dorothy Kaplan, who deposited shards of glass in her neighbors? milk in hopes of helping slow the ?noisy? couple down a bit; Mafia legend Shondor Birns, whose high-profile life of crime came to an explosive end when he started up his Lincoln Continental one fine day;And other detailed and compelling accounts of the unspeakable.
Publicado por Gray & Company, Publishers, 2021
ISBN 10: 1598511165 ISBN 13: 9781598511161
Librería: 369 Bookstore _[~ 369 Pyramid Inc ~]_, Dover, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. A true-adventure, coming-of-age tale set in the exhilarating first wave of Beatlemania ?It?s 1964, and 16-year-old Janice is struggling in an unhappy home in Cleveland when she falls suddenly, deeply in love ? with the Beatles. They and their music stir in her an ecstatic new sense of freedom. With a friend, she hatches a bold plan to escape their dreary lives and run away to London to meet the Fab Four.On their own for the first time-in ?Beatleland?-they explore a new city, a new culture, and a new life, visiting the hippest clubs of Soho, meeting some nice English boys, hitchhiking to Liverpool ?But unbeknownst to them, the runaways have become international news-and a hunt is on.Adventure and newfound freedom end abruptly when Janice is apprehended by London police and hauled home to Cleveland and an unforgiving juvenile justice system. Warned by responsible adults to put it all behind her, she doesn?t speak of her extraordinary adventure for more than fifty years.In this memoir, she looks back with fresh insight on the heady early days of Beatlemania and an era in America when young women exercising some control over their lives presented a serious threat to adult society.
Publicado por Gray & Company, Publishers, 2023
ISBN 10: 1598511319 ISBN 13: 9781598511314
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. 1. Clevelanders-Give this book to those new neighbors who just moved to town, your adult kids (who you want to stick around), or yourself for a fun and informative read!Whether youre new to Cleveland or have lived here for decades, you've probably wondered (as so many of us do) Why Do Clevelanders Wear So Many Cleveland T-shirts? Do We Really Need All These Suburbs? How Can People Still Love the Browns Despite Decades of Crummy Football? Who Is That Building Named After? Why Are There So Many Different Bridges Over the Cuyahoga? Why Is an Airport Taking Up All that Prime Downtown Lakefront? How Did Cleveland Become a National Punchline? Why Doesnt CSU Have a Football Team? Why Is It Called Whiskey Island? Why Is Cleveland Still So Segregated? Why Do So Many Cleveland Suburbs Have Heights in Their Name?Answers to these and dozens of other frequently asked questions are delivered in this collection of thoughtful and entertaining short essays by Cleveland native and veteran journalist Jim Sweeney.
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Publicado por Gray & Company, Publishers, 2000
ISBN 10: 1886228248 ISBN 13: 9781886228245
Librería: TextbookRush, Grandview Heights, OH, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por Gray & Company, Publishers, 2014
ISBN 10: 1938441575 ISBN 13: 9781938441578
Librería: TextbookRush, Grandview Heights, OH, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por Gray & Company, Publishers, 2012
ISBN 10: 1938441125 ISBN 13: 9781938441127
Librería: TextbookRush, Grandview Heights, OH, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por Gray & Company Publishers, 1997
ISBN 10: 1886228191 ISBN 13: 9781886228191
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: New. 1. Morbidly fascinating and wickedly entertaining. - The Plain DealerThe second volume in Bellamys popular series includes 13 more incredible true stories of Cleveland crime and disaster, including Martha Wise, Medinas not-so-merry widow, who poisoned a dozen relatives with arsenic-including her own husband, mother, brother, niece, and nephews-because she enjoyed attending funerals The legendary Torso Murders, which baffled Cleveland safety directory Eliot Ness, two Cuyahoga County coroners, and the entire Cleveland police force as they tried in vain to catch the perpetrator-whom newspapers dubbed the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run The unspeakably horrible Collinwood School Fire of 1908, in which 172 schoolchildren perished in panic because of obstructed fire exits Hammer-wielding Velma West, a big-city girl of Clevelands Jazz Age driven to murder her small-town husband by the slow pace of life of Painesville-and her own obsession with another woman The Flats lumber fire of 1914, which leveled Clevelands industrial Flats, melted bridges, and very nearly set the entire city ablaze The enduring mystery of ten-year-old Beverly Potts, whose puzzling disappearance from west-side Halloran Park in 1951 launched Clevelands greatest manhunt /p>And many other local heroes and villains in these compelling tales of mayhem, melancholy, and mystery.
Publicado por Gray & Company Publishers, 2009
ISBN 10: 1598510584 ISBN 13: 9781598510584
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. 1. Fifteen incredible true disaster stories from Cleveland history, including The apocalyptic East Ohio Gas Company explosion and fire of 1944, which destroyed an entire east side neighborhood; Genius inventor Garrett A. Morgans daring underground rescue efforts (using his recently invented gas mask) during the gruesome 1916 waterworks collapse; The unspeakably horrible Collinwood school fire of 1908, in which 172 schoolchildren perished in panic because of obstructed exits; The Cleveland Clinic disaster of 1929, in which thousands of pounds of X-ray film exploded in flames, causing 123 deaths; The grisly drama of two doomed workmen buried alive in the very concrete that became Clevelands celebrated landmark-the Terminal Tower.This anthology collects the very best disaster tales from John Stark Bellamys five-book Cleveland crime and disaster series.
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Publicado por Gray & Company Publishers, 2013
ISBN 10: 1598510029 ISBN 13: 9781598510027
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: New. 1. #2 in the Milan Jacovich mystery series . . .Slick and tough and plotted to perfection. - BooklistPolyester leisure suit, white patent leather shoes, matching white belt-that 1970s fashion statement was once unkindly dubbed the full Cleveland. And no one wears it with more flair and panache than Buddy Bustamente.Buddy (he was medium-sized if you happened to be talking about Cape buffaloes) is the hulking flunky assigned by mob kingpin Victor Gaimari to shadow Cleveland private eye Milan Jacovich (its pronounced MY-lan YOCK-ovich).Milan has been hired to find the perpetrator of a low-level scam who is selling local businessmen ads in a magazine that doesnt exist. But the modest amount of money involved hardly seems worth the string of bodies he soon turns up. And why does it interest a mobster like Victor and his sugar-addict bird dog, Buddy?Milan starts liking Buddy in spite of himself. But hes not easily fooled; Buddy is a recent ex-con, and Milan knows that behind the childlike faade and dubious fashion, he is potentially lethal.Fast-paced and smoothly narrated. - Washington PostTightly plotted and contains rich characterizations painted with a minimalist's brush. - Drood Review of MysteryClever plotting, a fresh locale, and an ingratiatingly human sleuth add up to a winner. - San Diego Union Tribune.
Publicado por Gray & Company Publishers, 2010
ISBN 10: 1598510673 ISBN 13: 9781598510676
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: New. 1. Heroes and rogues fill the pages of this book. The stories will hold your attention and chill you to the bone. - Crime Shadow NewsCleveland's master of historical crime and disaster returns with 15 more true tales in this sixth volume of his popular series, including West Park sisters Helen, 11, and Marguerite, 10, who died after eating Rough-on-Rats brand poison in their grandmothers basement-victims of a genetic suicide mania, or driven to death by the cruelest caretaker since Hansel and Gretels stepmom? Joseph Specs Russell, who vaulted to fame in the summer of 1927 by staging as many as 52 stick-ups and making fools of Cleveland lawmen with his impossible escapes from their dragnets; Jeanette McAdams-just unlucky, or the Lucretia Borgia of Ashtabula County? After the suspiciously similar deaths of her five siblings, neighbors began to take note of the crowded family graveyard; Salty and ageless George Wallace, who served the city as a fireman for 62 years, 30 of them as chief, and endured to become the oldest fire chief in the world-with a mastery of incessant profanity that could be heard for four city blocks and made mule skinners blush;And more true stories of courage, fear, deception, and villainy-including a disaster caused by the author himself!Sometimes gruesome, often surprising, John Stark Bellamys tales are meticulously researched and delivered in a literate and entertaining style.
Publicado por Gray & Company Publishers, 2017
ISBN 10: 1938441907 ISBN 13: 9781938441905
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Softcover. Condición: New. First Edition. Remember when Cleveland radio was filled with larger-than-life characters?Lets go behind the microphone to meet dozens of intriguing and innovative local radio personalities, including Count John Manolesco, the talk show host, astrologer, and former vampire who performed an exorcism live on-air A daytime host who raised eyebrows and gained headlines when he did his entire show in the nude Inventive Wayne Mack, whose make-believe big band concerts seemed so real that listeners drove around for hours in search of his fictional Waltz Palace ballroom Loudmouth Gary Dee, who scored big ratings interviewing strippers and once knocked a fellow DJ out cold Media mogul Milton Maltz, a square who teamed up with hippies to transform WMMS into a rock and roll giant Young Jack Paar, who nearly lost his first radio job while saving Cleveland from a Martian invasion The undaunted DJs of WABQ who broke FCC rules to stay on the air during the Glenville riots in 1968 Teenage amateurs whose pirate radio stations drew loyal local listeners-and angry visits from the Feds!Plus stories of live remotes gone wrong, unruly in-studio guests, management scuffles, the river of booze that fueled radio and more strange but true tales!.
Publicado por Gray & Company Publishers, 2007
ISBN 10: 1598510401 ISBN 13: 9781598510409
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. 3. The complete trail guide to Ohio's popular national park, written by people who know it best-the volunteers who help build and maintain its trails.Every trail in Cuyahoga Valley National Park is described in detail, with specifics for hikers, cyclists, skiers, and horseback riders.Featured are the historic Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath, the Buckeye Trail, and favorite destinations such as Brandywine Gorge and Blue Hen Falls. Youll find many less-traveled trails, too, leading to hidden ponds, oak-canopied brooks, and quiet glades in all corners of the park.Background information about the plants, animals, geology, and human history of the Cuyahoga Valley will help make your visit to the park more enjoyable-and more memorable. Easy-to-use maps help you plan and follow your route.This is a fine year-round guide for hikers of all abilities-and great for bird watchers and other nature lovers, too.