Bledsoe

McGinniss, Joe: Cruel Doubt, Pocket June 1, 1992 ISBN: 0671775391
,,Like Jerry Bledsoe's Blood Games, McGinniss recounts the terrible events of July 25, 1988 when Lieth Von Stein was fatally stabbed and his wife Bonnie severely injured. Suspicion quickly focused on Chris, their son, and his friends, college students immersed in a world of drugs, alcohol, and the game Dungeons and Dragons. While Bledsoe's more straightforward account focuses on Chris and his friends, particularly James Upchurch III, who was found guilty of the actual murder, McGinnis tells the story from Bonnie's perspective, portraying a widow who relentlessly pursues the truth about the crime while acting also as a loving mother, unwilling to accept the truth about her son's involvement. In a book that's more a psychodrama than a detective story, McGinniss has drawn a riveting portrait of parental devotion that flies in the face of the truth. His reputation as a brutally honest storyteller will attract many readers. Highly recommended. --Sandra K. Lindheimer

Condition;Acceptable ,Paperback ,Like Jerry Bledsoe's Blood Games, McGinniss recounts the terrible events of July 25, 1988 when Lieth Von Stein was fatally stabbed and his wife Bonnie severely injured. Suspicion quickly focused on Chris, their son, and his friends, college students immersed in a world of drugs, alcohol, and the game Dungeons and Dragons. While Bledsoe's more straightforward account focuses on Chris and his friends, particularly James Upchurch III, who was found guilty of the actual murder, McGinnis tells the story from Bonnie's perspective, portraying a widow who relentlessly pursues the truth about the crime while acting also as a loving mother, unwilling to accept the truth about her son's involvement. In a book that's more a psychodrama than a detective story, McGinniss has drawn a riveting portrait of parental devotion that flies in the face of the truth. His reputation as a brutally honest storyteller will attract many readers. Highly recommended. --Sandra K. Lindheimer

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Steinberg, Leigh: WINNING WITH INTEGRITY: GETTING WHAT YOU'RE WORTH WITHOUT SELLING YOUR SOUL, New York Random House Publishing Group 1998
ISBN: 0-375-50179-7 Very Good Condition

From the Publisher September 1998 To the casual sports fan, Leigh Steinberg's name probably doesn't carry the same weight as many of the top professional athletes he represents, but ask the owner of every NFL team about Leigh and they will be sure to have a good story for you. Leigh Steinberg is the agent to some of the biggest names in sports. He has negotiated more than2 billion in contracts, and his clients include Troy Aikman, Steve Young, Drew Bledsoe, and Kordell Stewart. In Winning with Integrity: Getting What You're Worth Without Selling Your Soul, written with Michael D'Orso, Steinberg provides readers with an insightful guide to the essential steps of an effective negotiation. What better expert in the art of negotiation is there than Leigh Steinberg? As a 25-year-old agent, he inked the deal for the record-breaking650,000 contract gained by Steve Bartkowski in 1975. He was also the man who negotiated Troy Aikman's landmark11.2 million rookie contract in 1989, and most recently he negotiated a seven-year,42 million package for Drew Bledsoe that included an11.5 million signing bonus, the largest in league history. After brokering some of the most groundbreaking player contracts in sports history, Steinberg has learned a little something about the art of negotiating. He notes that success at the bargaining table is not about conflict; rather, "successful negotiation is the result of comprehensive research and building a well-reasoned position, of studying and fully understanding the other party's position -- perhaps more fully than they understand themselves -- then bridging the gap between your position and theirs with a persuasive, mutually-satisfying proposition based upon facts, reason and fairness rather than upon willpower, desire or deceit." Through the personal journeys of marquee professional athletes that Steinberg represents, he demonstrates step-by-step techniques that are necessary in getting two parties to come to terms. While very few readers will ever have a need to negotiate a multimillion-dollar contract, the theories and practice involved in these deals can be carried over to any act of negotiating. Steinberg writes, "This is a book about the process of negotiation -- which means this is a book about life and the inescapable fact is that each of us every day is faced with a number of decisions that require some level of negotiation." Winning with Integrity truly reflects the wisdom and experience of a genuine sports agent. In a world of cutthroat and greedy business practices, Leigh Steinberg shows how it is possible to negotiate a big deal while keeping integrity intact. From The Critics Richard Weiner Traditionally, nice guys get run over in the business world, because it is war. Even in sports. Only Leigh could write a book which tells how to win the war while still keeping personal integrity intact. -- USA Today SF Examiner Magazine There really is a Jerry Maguire. Only he's not some schlumpf struggling to make it on a wing and a prayer like Tom Cruise in the movie. . . . His name is Leigh Steinberg, and he's been cultivating a choirboy image for 20 years. He also happens to be the pre-eminent sports agent of our time. Publishers Weekly Sports agent Steinberg has represented some of the biggest, best-paid names in professional football--Drew Bledsoe, Troy Aikmen, Steve Young--and has pushed the salaries of these athletes ever upward. Refreshingly, he attributes such successes at least partially to his ethical and conscientious business philosophy. Writing with journalist and author D'Orso (Rise and Walk), Steinberg conceives of this sportsmanlike guide through the fundamentals of negotiating as "a book about life." In order to negotiate effectively, he insists that one begin "with an understanding of yourself--a brutally honest assessment that is not always easy to attain"--and admonishes readers to "ask yourself what is going to make you happy before you pursue [your goal]." As a coach prepares his team for a big game, Steinberg sets up the playing field wit Hardcover 9.57x6.52x.94 in. 1.15 lbs.

[SW: Management & Leadership, Business - General & Miscellaneous, Business Life & Careers]

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Jim Bledsoe: Western Poems by Jim Bledsoe from Kokomo, Jim Bledsoe 1997 ISBN: B0026EPHVK
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93 pg. booklet. text clean, binding good. Paperback

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Bledsoe, Jerry Illustrated by Harry Blair: Where's Mark Twain When We Really Need Him? 1982 Asheboro, NC Self Published
0961032006

Hard Cover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket Square, tight binding and hinges. Clean and bright pages. Signed by author with inscription on ffep. DJ is slightly age-darkened and shelfworn. 183 pp. Humorous essays that were originally newspaper columns by journalist, true crime author, and publisher Jerry Bledsoe.; 8.25" (21 cm) Tall; Signed by Author

[SW: 2005 HUMOR HUMOUR NORTH CAROLINA JOURNALISM JOURNALIST JERRY BLEDSOE]

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