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Basadi, lwa reng?: UBC Contracted
by Thatayaone Gilbert MotsaathebeBasadi, lwa reng? ke padi e e thadisang ka ga dikgwetlho di le mmalwa tse Batswana ba itemogelang tsona mo botshelong jwa segompieno. Thitokgang e ama dintlha di tshwana le sekgajaja sa HIV/Aids, boimana jwa bašwa, tiriso ya diritibatsi, tiriso e e botlhaswa ya basadi ga mmogo le pipamolomo e e ratwang bobe ke badiredipuso. Setlhogo sa padi se maleba mme e bile se gwetlha basadi go ema ka dinao, go bopa mekgatlho ya go lwela ditshwanelo tsa bona le go itshereletsa kgatlhanong le go jewa ntsoma. Basadi ba tshwanetse go nna matlhagatlhaga, ba nonofe ba bo ba nne pelotelele fa ba batla go fitlhelela ditlhologelelo tsa bona. Kedibone o tlhagiswa jaaka moanelwamogolo yo maikaelelo a gagwe e leng go thusa basadi ba ditshwanelo tsa bona di gatakiwang ka dinao. Kedibone o lemoga se morago ga go jewa ntsoma ke Basinyi. Ka setlhogo Basadi, lwa reng? mokwadi o botsa potso e karabo ya yona e fitlhelwang mo ditiragalong tsa padi. Mosadi o botsa basadi gore a mme go siame gore ba dirisiwe ke banna ka maipato a lorato jaaka Kedirile a dirisitswe ke Basinyi? Moanelwamogolo Kedibone o tsaya maikarabelo a go bula basadi matlho gore ba ikemele, fa ba sa batle go thanya lomapo le le tsebeng. Thitokgang e nngwe e e fitlhelwang mo pading e ke ya bolaledi le bosenyi. Ditiro tsa bosenyi di tlhagisitswe sentle, ka moanelwa Basinyi. Basinyi ke leferefere la lenweenwee le le dirang ditiro tsa bosenyi ka matsetseleko. Jaaka go twe leina lebe seromo, mo go Basinyi leina le ile boreelelong. O tsieditse Kedibone le Kedirile ka maaka le bonweenwee. O na le baemedi kwa sepodising le kwa boemafofaneng. O na gape le babueledi ba dikgeleke. Bolaledi bo tlhagisiwa sentle tota. Le fa mapodisi a se na dikoloi tse di lekaneng le didiriswa dingwe tsa botlhokwa, a bonala a tlhoafetse mo tirong ya ona ya go tshwara disenyi. Mokapotene Kebareng o tlisa tsholofelo le fa tota Lefapha la Sepodisi le aparetswe ke mathata a bobodu le boferefere. Baanelwa ba padi e ke ba madi le nama jaaka batho ba re tshelang le bona. Go na le baanelwabagolo gammogo le baanelwabannye. Ditiragalo dikgolo di totile baanelwabagolo mme baanelwabannye ba thusa go aga maitshetlego a padi. Mokwadi o tlhagisa ditiragalo tse di kitlaneng sentle, ka poloto e e itogileng semelemethe jaaka noga. O dirisitse puo ya bontshwantshi e gogelang. Buisa o tle o ijese monate!
Basado en un hecho real
by Gerard GuixUna ciudad bloqueada por la nieve.Un crimen que parece fruto del odio.Y una llamada que lo cambiará todo. ¿Hasta dónde llegarías para salvar a tu futura exmujer? Nueve meses atrás Àlex pidió el traslado para intentar salvar su matrimonio. Ahora es el inspector de la comisaría de Mossos d'Esquadra de Vic y los papeles del divorcio lo esperan en la mesa de la cocina. Durante los últimos cuatro días, la actividad de la ciudad se ha visto parada por la nieve y parece que esta será su mayor preocupación en el trabajo. Sin embargo, una llamada le obligará a poner en duda todos sus principios. En este relato inédito, Gerard Guix presenta con brillantez un thriller político en el que la nieve y la ciudad de Vic se convierten en personajes clave de la trama. Y, al mismo tiempo, presenta también un crudo retrato de un matrimonio que se derrumba. «Ahora es consciente de la amenaza que suponía la nieve que ha caído silenciosamente en los últimos cuatro días. Sin alarma. Con apariencia nada peligrosa, ha acabado colapsando al país con su belleza».
Basant Birthday
by Maya KanwalA young girl wishes to participate in the art of kite fighting in basant, the Pakistani spring celebration. She wants to yell out "bo kata!" when cutting an opponent's kite string. Boys prepare for this kite festival in Pakistan by learning to be "still and strong" in order to control the kites. Can she do it too?
Bascom's Revenge
by Susan BianculliLise's dream has come true. Another Mist Gate has opened allowing her a chance to go home. Unfortunately, Jason has been kidnapped, a new person has crossed the Mist Gate and Bascom still hunts for Morsca's killer. Home may still be a long way off.
Base Ten: A Novel
by Maryann LesertIn this &“wonderful first novel&” an astrophysicist struggles with returning to her career in science after putting it on hold for her family (The Grand Rapids Press). Raised to believe that she could do anything, astronomer Jillian Greer dreamed of going into space. When she and her research partner Kera Sullivan invented a specialized telescope, it looked as though these two dogged scientists would fulfill the dream they shared. But ten years later, while Kera trains in a space simulator, Jillian is married with children, packing lunches and helping her kids with homework. With her field&’s archaic &“all or nothing&” mindset, maintaining both a family life and a scientific career seems like an impossible task. As her fortieth birthday draws near, Jillian decides that she must give her career one more shot. Leaving her family for ten days, one day for each year she has put her career on hold, she seeks solitude in the sand dunes of Lake Michigan, where she struggles to see if she can find her way back to the stars.
Baseball Baby (A Sports Baby Book)
by Diane AdamsThis original board book series, which begins with America's favorite pasttime--baseball--is sure to be a homerun with the youngest of readers and the sports-loving grown-ups in their lives.A toddler spends an afternoon at the park with his family where he is introduced to baseball for the first time. He makes a few mistakes as he warms up, takes the field, and goes to bat, but he keeps going until he scores the final run of the day and goes to bed a winner.
Baseball Battle (Kids' Sports Stories)
by Elliott SmithLifelong friends Jackson and Logan are moving up from T-ball to baseball, and they couldn't be more excited. But when both boys want to play first base, it's a baseball battle! It's up to these young athletes to decide which is more important: sports or friendship.
Baseball Birthday Party
by Annabelle PragerBilly, the new kid, is having a baseball birthday party. Then everyone will see that he really IS a great player, and not a butterfingers. Billy's friend Dan mails the invitations in a big box on the corner. But no one answers them! Will the party be a home run or a strikeout for Billy? A "Setp into Reading" level 2 book, for grades 1-3.
Baseball Card Adventures: 4-Book Grand Slam Collection
by Dan GutmanTwelve-year-old Joe Stoshack is an average kid with two amazing talents: getting his hands on rare baseball cards, and traveling through time to meet the famous players they depict. Sports buffs and fans of authors like Tim Green and Jon Scieszka will love this imaginative series.Together for the first time, this collection includes: Honus & Me, featuring Honus Wagner, the greatest shortstop ever, from the turn of the century. Honus Wagner's baseball card is the rarest and most expensive of all; one specimen sold for $2.8 million in 2007. Jackie & Me, featuring Jackie Robinson, the first African-American player in Major League Baseball, six-time All-Star, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Babe & Me, featuring Babe Ruth, all-time great batter and seven-time World Series champion, who set records that still stand today. Shoeless Joe & Me, featuring Shoeless Joe Jackson, who was banned from baseball in the prime of his career and whose involvement in the Black Sox Scandal is still disputed.
Baseball Cat
by Garrison Allenthe Coyotes are hoping to star in the minor leagues. But before the first note of the National Anthem is sung, somebody uses the owner's head for a baseball and scores a deadly hit.
Baseball Crazy
by Nancy MercadoHow magical is the experience of attending your very first baseball game and hearing the crack of the bat resound throughout the stadium? What's more terrifying than being out in left field praying the ball doesn't come your way? Who better are the friends you make while playing out on that diamond? Here are ten fictional stories that celebrate all aspects of the game of baseball. Baseball Crazy is a diverse collection that will hit a home run with all fans of the sport, from the most loyal old-timers to the newest rookies. Batter up! Stories by: Paul Acampora Joseph Bruchac Sue Corbett Ron Koertge Frank Portman David Rice John H. Ritter Charles R. Smith Jr. Jerry Spinelli Maria Testa
Baseball Fever
by Johanna HurwitzEzra Feldman, almost ten, likes baseball more than anything else in the world. But his father cannot understand why his son would rather rot his brains watching men swinging big wooden sticks than read a book or play chess.
Baseball Flyhawk
by Matthew F ChristopherChico Romez is new to the Royals baseball team, but all the players welcome him and his ability in the outfield. All the players except one, that is.
Baseball Genius
by Tim Green Derek JeterAn average kid with an above average talent for predicting baseball pitches tries to help his favorite player out of a slump in this entertaining novel from bestselling authors Tim Green and Derek Jeter.Jalen DeLuca loves baseball. Unfortunately his dad can’t afford to keep him on the travel team. His dad runs a diner and makes enough to cover the bills, but there isn’t enough to cover any extras. So Jalen decides to take matters into his own hands and he sneaks into the home of the New York Yankee’s star second baseman, James Yager, and steals a couple of balls from his personal batting cage. He knows that if he can sell them, he’ll be able to keep himself on the team. But like the best-laid plans—or in this case the worst!—Jalen’s scheme goes wrong when Yager catches him. But Jalen has a secret: his baseball genius. He can analyze and predict almost exactly what a pitcher is going to do with his next pitch. He can’t quite explain how he knows, he just knows. And after proving to Yager that he really can do this, using a televised game and predicting pitch after pitch with perfect accuracy, the two agree to a deal. Jalen will help Yager out of his batting slump and Yager won’t press charges. However, when he begins to suspect that the team’s general manager has his own agenda, Jalen’s going to need his friends and his unusual baseball talent to save not only Yager’s career, but his own good name.
Baseball Great
by Tim GreenJosh feels like he's starting to make it big! Jaden, the school reporter, says he's going to take the baseball team to number one. Then his dad pulls him off the field and signs him up with Coach Rocky Valentine's youth championship team, the Titans. He says Josh has what it takes to be a baseball great-and the Titans will help him get there. <p><p> Now Josh is gulping down Rocky's "Super Stax" milkshakes to build muscle and trying to fit in with his new teammates-older, tougher kids who can suddenly become violent. All Josh really wants to do is play ball, but as he gets in deeper with the Titans, there are questions he's just got to ask. As Josh and his new friend Jaden investigate their suspicions, they find themselves in a dangerous struggle with a desperate man who doesn't want them to expose the nasty secrets they uncover. <p> Pulsing with action, baseball great offers a baseball story attuned to today's headlines, a totally involving, character-driven, sports-centered thriller.
Baseball Haiku: The Best Haiku Ever Written about the Game
by Nanae Tamura Cor van den HeuvelPresenting more than two hundred of the greatest haiku ever written about the game. One of the most unusual baseball books of the 2007 season, this remarkable new collection, which includes poems from both America and Japan, captures perfectly the thrill of baseball--a double play, a game of catch, or the hushed pause as a pitcher looks in before hurling his pitch. Like haiku, the game is concerned with the nature of the seasons: joyous in the spring, thrilling in summer's heat, ripening with the descent of fall, and remembered fondly in winter. Featuring the work of Jack Kerouac, the king of the Beat writers, who penned the first American baseball haiku, and Alan Pizzarelli, a major American haiku poet, the collection also includes Masaoka Shiki, one of the four great pillars of Japanese haiku, who fell in love with baseball when he was a student in Tokyo. Baseball Haiku, a literary and baseball treasure, will make a marvelous gift for the baseball fan in your family.
Baseball Jokes and Riddles: More than 50 to tickle your funny bone!
by Matt Christopher Daniel VasconcellosA collection of wacky jokes, riddles, puns, and anecdotes about America's favorite pastime is gathered by a favorite young sports fiction writer and is guaranteed to liven up locker rooms and baseball diamonds alike.
Baseball Pals
by Matthew F ChristopherVoted captain of his baseball team, Jimmie declares himself pitcher, even though Paul is a better pitcher. When the team begins to lose games and his teammates begin to lose confidence in him.
Baseball Saved Us
by Ken MochizukiA Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over.
Baseball Saved Us: 25th Anniversary Edition
by Ken MochizukiTwenty-five years ago, Baseball Saved Us changed the picture-book landscape with its honest story of a Japanese American boy in an internment camp during World War II. This anniversary edition will introduce new readers to this modern-day classic.One day my dad looked out at the endless desert and decided then and there to build a baseball field. "Shorty" and his family, along with thousands of other Japanese Americans, have been forced to relocate from their homes to a "camp" after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Fighting the heat, dust, and freezing cold nights of the desert, Shorty and the others at the camp need something to look forward to, even if only for nine innings. So they build a playing field, and in this unlikely place, a baseball league is formed. Surrounded by barbed-wire fences and guards in towers, Shorty soon finds that he is playing not only to win, but to gain dignity and self-respect as well. Inspired by actual events, this moving story of hope and courage in a Japanese American internment camp during World War II reveals a long-hidden and ugly part of the American past. This 25th Anniversary Edition features a revised cover and a new introduction from the author and illustrator.
Baseball Turnaround: #53
by Matthew F ChristopherSandy Comstock once made a mistake - a bad one - but he's paid the price and now he just wants to get on with his life. Only one person stands in his way:Perry Warden, the boy who tempted Sandy to break the law in the first place. Convinced that Perry is spreading rumors about him to his new baseball teammates, Sandy face a tough decision. Should he run from the rumors, or come out with the truth about his past.
Baseball World Series (Little League #5)
by Matt ChristopherThe final book in the series has Liam and Carter's teams on the verge of winning the greatest championship of all: the Little League Baseball® World Series. Cousins and best friends who grew up playing baseball together, Liam and Carter must now play against each other to achieve their dreams of winning the Series title! One cousin will win, and the other will lose. © 2013 Little League Baseball, Incorporated.
Baseball for Breakfast
by Bill MyersIn this picture book from Bill Myers, author of The Incredible Worlds of Wally McDoogle series, Jimmy finds a magic pocket watch that lets him skip ahead in time. Maybe a week, a day or just until the end of class or until it's his turn up to bat again. Soon, however, he discovers the wisdom of God's Plan for us to experience not just the good times, but the bad times, and especially the in-between times.
Baseball in April and Other Stories (Fountas & Pinnell LLI Purple #Level U)
by Gary SotoIn this unique collection of short stories, the small events of daily life reveal big themes--love and friendship, youth and growing up, success and failure. Calling on his own experiences of growing up in California's Central Valley, poet Gary Soto brings to life the joys and pains of young people everywhere. The smart, tough, vulnerable kids in these stories are Latino, but their dreams and desires belong to all of us.
Based Upon Availability: A Novel
by Alix StraussFrom the very first page of this stunning novel, readers are drawn into the lives of eight seemingly ordinary women who pass through Manhattan's swanky Four Seasons Hotel. While offering sanctuary to some, solace to others, the hotel captures their darkest moments as they grapple with family, sex, power, love, and death.Trish obsesses over her best friend's wedding and dramatic weight loss. Robin wants revenge after a lifetime of abuse at the hands of her older sister. Anne is single, lonely, and suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Drug-addicted rock star Louise needs to dry out. Southerner turned wannabe Manhattanite Franny is envious of her neighbors' lives. Sheila wants to punish her boyfriend for returning to his wife. Ellen so desperately wants children that she insists she's pregnant to her disbelieving husband. And Morgan, the hotel manager—haunted by the memory of her dead sister—is the thread that weaves these women's lives together.