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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A delightful read . . . Zurcher chooses his anecdotes well, balancing scandalous murder mysteries and the truly odd with lighter fare about Ohio's famous inventors and funniest first achievements. -- Akron Life MagazineOhio history can get pretty strange From the author of the popular offbeat travel guide Ohio Oddities, here are 75 equally odd tales of Ohio's most remarkable people, places, and events. Learn why residents of Blueball, Ohio, erected a monument to a pig. Witness the birth of the inflatable airplane in Akron. Revisit Ohio's last public whipping, near Dayton. Find out if Ohio really was bombed by the Japanese in World War I. Read about Ashtabula's famed Headless Chicken, who lived without his noggin for 38 days . . . the world's first recorded automobile accident . . . the man who invented disposable diapers . . . A real treat for anyone who enjoys Ohio history with a twist.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Here's Akron, with attitude. A giant cockroach, ticket-happy traffic cops, sexting teens, bumbling politicians, prima donna sports stars . . . There are few topics that Akron Beacon Journal columnist Bob Dyer hasn't tackled head-on. His biting commentary has earned him followers and foes alike along with a boatload of awards. In this collection of his best writing, Dyer nearly crashes the Goodyear blimp, drag races in a '64 Plymouth Barracuda, drives a 126-ton locomotive, panhandles on a downtown street corner, surveys the Great Wall of Fairlawn, dispenses unsolicited advice to LeBron James, and generally waves a red flag at political correctness. Great fun to read as long as you're not overly sensitive.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Fans of Les Robert's Milan Jacovich mystery series will enjoy this memoir in which Roberts tells how he discovered the heart and soul of a city while fictionalizing it for the series.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Here's Akron, with attitude. A giant cockroach, ticket-happy traffic cops, sexting teens, bumbling politicians, prima donna sports stars . . . There are few topics that Akron Beacon Journal columnist Bob Dyer hasn't tackled head-on. His biting commentary has earned him followers and foes alike along with a boatload of awards. In this collection of his best writing, Dyer nearly crashes the Goodyear blimp, drag races in a '64 Plymouth Barracuda, drives a 126-ton locomotive, panhandles on a downtown street corner, surveys the Great Wall of Fairlawn, dispenses unsolicited advice to LeBron James, and generally waves a red flag at political correctness. Great fun to read as long as you're not overly sensitive.…

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Paperback. Zustand: 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 included are favorite stories about Dick told by his friends and colleagues--and dozens of photos. Dick donates his income from books to animal charities.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. What is this madness all about? Anyone who has experienced it knows: being a Cleveland Browns fan is just different. Why are we the only fans in the nation who ever demanded their team back--and got it? Why did three seasons without football fail even to dampen the enthusiasm? Why have we endured years of heartache (The Fumble, The Drive, Red Right 88 . . .) yet grown ever more attached to the experience? These 33 essays hold the answer. Scott Huler's nostalgic memoirs, and his interviews with Browns legends and other fans, uncover those essential, special elements of shared experience that define what being a Browns fan has meant for us all. It's about pride. It's about desire, tempered by crushing disappointment. It's about tradition, and learning how to root for the home team at your father's side. It's about rivalry and electrifying victory. It's about longing--for a return to past championships, for future glory. It's about heart. It's about all that, and much more.This odyssey takes Browns fans back to some wonderful places. It revives some truly heartbreaking moments. And it looks to the future with great hope. If you're Brown, you'll enjoy the ride.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. What is this madness all about? Anyone who has experienced it knows: being a Cleveland Browns fan is just different. Why are we the only fans in the nation who ever demanded their team back--and got it? Why did three seasons without football fail even to dampen the enthusiasm? Why have we endured years of heartache (The Fumble, The Drive, Red Right 88 . . .) yet grown ever more attached to the experience? These 33 essays hold the answer. Scott Huler's nostalgic memoirs, and his interviews with Browns legends and other fans, uncover those essential, special elements of shared experience that define what being a Browns fan has meant for us all. It's about pride. It's about desire, tempered by crushing disappointment. It's about tradition, and learning how to root for the home team at your father's side. It's about rivalry and electrifying victory. It's about longing--for a return to past championships, for future glory. It's about heart. It's about all that, and much more.This odyssey takes Browns fans back to some wonderful places. It revives some truly heartbreaking moments. And it looks to the future with great hope. If you're Brown, you'll enjoy the ride.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Hall of fame football writer Chuck Heaton looks back at his 47 years covering the Cleveland Browns. Heaton spent an incredible five decades covering the Browns--the "old Browns" teams that fans still miss. He reported on the Browns for the Plain Dealer from 1946 to 1993--nearly the entire history of the original Cleveland franchise. In this series of memoirs, written shortly before his retirement, Heaton reminisces about the great players he got to know, like Jim Brown, Otto Graham, and Leroy Kelly; masterful head coach Paul Brown; colorful characterslike equipment manager Morrie Kono; even notorious Browns rivalslike Oilers' coach Jerry Glanville and Steelers' owner Art Rooney. He recalls the relaxed atmosphere of training camp at Hiram College, and shares tales of life on the road with the team (including some memorably bad hotels). If you're a Browns fans who remembers the old teams, you'll fondly recall the glory days in these old-fashioned, personal stories. If you're a younger Browns fan, you'll find out why everyone still longs for them.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Hall of fame football writer Chuck Heaton looks back at his 47 years covering the Cleveland Browns. Heaton spent an incredible five decades covering the Browns--the "old Browns" teams that fans still miss. He reported on the Browns for the Plain Dealer from 1946 to 1993--nearly the entire history of the original Cleveland franchise. In this series of memoirs, written shortly before his retirement, Heaton reminisces about the great players he got to know, like Jim Brown, Otto Graham, and Leroy Kelly; masterful head coach Paul Brown; colorful characterslike equipment manager Morrie Kono; even notorious Browns rivalslike Oilers' coach Jerry Glanville and Steelers' owner Art Rooney. He recalls the relaxed atmosphere of training camp at Hiram College, and shares tales of life on the road with the team (including some memorably bad hotels). If you're a Browns fans who remembers the old teams, you'll fondly recall the glory days in these old-fashioned, personal stories. If you're a younger Browns fan, you'll find out why everyone still longs for them.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Lyles paints a detailed, thoughtful picture of race relations in the 1970s . . . Highly recommended. -- Small Press ReviewA memoir of race and education, this is the story of a girl who grew up and out of the Cleveland projects in the 1960s and '70s. While growing up in Cleveland, young Charlise Lyles experienced turbulent events including race riots and a neighborhood murder. Yet she was inspired to appreciate literature at a young age, and she spent her days reading--and also often searching for the estranged father who taught her that love of learning. Despite starting in the slow class at an aging school on Cleveland's east side, Lyles had a thirst for knowledge and drive for success that would open a door to new opportunities. Granted a scholarship to a prestigious prep school in a wealthy suburb, the vibrant teenager finds herself presented with a bewildering set of new challenges--and a new direction in life.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Lyles paints a detailed, thoughtful picture of race relations in the 1970s . . . Highly recommended. -- Small Press ReviewA memoir of race and education, this is the story of a girl who grew up and out of the Cleveland projects in the 1960s and '70s. While growing up in Cleveland, young Charlise Lyles experienced turbulent events including race riots and a neighborhood murder. Yet she was inspired to appreciate literature at a young age, and she spent her days reading--and also often searching for the estranged father who taught her that love of learning. Despite starting in the slow class at an aging school on Cleveland's east side, Lyles had a thirst for knowledge and drive for success that would open a door to new opportunities. Granted a scholarship to a prestigious prep school in a wealthy suburb, the vibrant teenager finds herself presented with a bewildering set of new challenges--and a new direction in life.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 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 VindicatorThe 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.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 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 VindicatorThe 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.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. #13 in the Milan Jacovich mystery series . . . A slick con man, posing as a recent immigrant from County Mayo all alone in America, is preying on the clannish loyalties of the Irish community in Cleveland for gifts, money, and other less tangible treats. When Common Pleas Judge Maureen Hartigan realizes she's been bamboozled, she and her daughter, Cathleen, hire private eye Milan Jacovich (it's pronounced MY-lan YOCK-ovitch) to chase down the swindler. But the con man turns up dead in a skanky motel room, and Milan finds himself tangled in the world of the local Irish godfather, Con McCardle, who is connected with the IRA. Milan also finds himself once again face-to-face with Cathleen Hartigan, an old flame that never quite kindled. Their own feelings clash with the more urgent need to solve a murder. And he learns a few things about Irish customs and cultures--including the Irish sports pages.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Cleveland sports fans: If you can't laugh about it, what else are you gonna do? Cleveland sports teams have set records for futility in baseball, football, and basketball. But even beyond that, Cleveland sports fans have witnessed more than their share of>weird, wild, random, and odd occurrences, from front office ineptitude to absurd losses to bizarre injuries and more. Like the Cavs player who accidentally scored a layup in>the wrong basket (and another who shot at his own basket on purpose) . The testy Tribe manager who got into a>fight during an exhibition game with the Triple-A farm team . The Browns owner who took>advice from a random stranger on the street and blew a first-round draft pick on Johnny Football . The rookie pitcher shot in the leg while riding on the team bus wearing>a cheerleader outfit and go-go boots . The team owner once called>the dumbest man in pro sports . One Browns star whose season-ending injury came while>popping a wheelie and another whose eye was nearly put out by a referee's flag . The Indians player who was>traded for himself . A victory owed to a timely>swarm of insects . The Cavaliers' first draft, planned>using bubble-gum cards . When Tribe mascot Slider>fell off the outfield wall into live action during a playoff game . Phew And we're just getting started. (We haven't even mentioned>10-Cent Beer Night yet.) If you're a Cleveland sports fan, you'll enjoy this offbeat collection. …

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Cleveland sports fans: If you can't laugh about it, what else are you gonna do? Cleveland sports teams have set records for futility in baseball, football, and basketball. But even beyond that, Cleveland sports fans have witnessed more than their share of>weird, wild, random, and odd occurrences, from front office ineptitude to absurd losses to bizarre injuries and more. Like the Cavs player who accidentally scored a layup in>the wrong basket (and another who shot at his own basket on purpose) . The testy Tribe manager who got into a>fight during an exhibition game with the Triple-A farm team . The Browns owner who took>advice from a random stranger on the street and blew a first-round draft pick on Johnny Football . The rookie pitcher shot in the leg while riding on the team bus wearing>a cheerleader outfit and go-go boots . The team owner once called>the dumbest man in pro sports . One Browns star whose season-ending injury came while>popping a wheelie and another whose eye was nearly put out by a referee's flag . The Indians player who was>traded for himself . A victory owed to a timely>swarm of insects . The Cavaliers' first draft, planned>using bubble-gum cards . When Tribe mascot Slider>fell off the outfield wall into live action during a playoff game . Phew And we're just getting started. (We haven't even mentioned>10-Cent Beer Night yet.) If you're a Cleveland sports fan, you'll enjoy this offbeat collection. …