The Quarterback ClubThe Quarterback Club, a novel, is about an elite football booster club supporting a disastrous fictional college football team. Miles has his own concerns another members wife seduces him, he mentions the secret Church Fund to the wrong person and, when a woman attempts to join the all-male Club, is tabbed to try and save it from self-destruction. ISBN: 1-4208-4269-2 Order, paperback, from: AuthorHouse, Amazon, Google or major book store chains. |
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... someone in a Ravens ' jacket who Miles thought looked too drunk to navigate . A huge hand attached to a huge body clapped Miles on the shoulder . " Some performance , huh ? " The huge body with the booming voice belonged to George ...
... someone in a Ravens ' jacket who Miles thought looked too drunk to navigate . A huge hand attached to a huge body clapped Miles on the shoulder . " Some performance , huh ? " The huge body with the booming voice belonged to George ...
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... someone else an opportunity . Middlewest had not won with him , top prospects wanted to play for a winner , and selling top athletes on joining a losing program wasn't one of Clark's strong points although Miles knew that any coach ...
... someone else an opportunity . Middlewest had not won with him , top prospects wanted to play for a winner , and selling top athletes on joining a losing program wasn't one of Clark's strong points although Miles knew that any coach ...
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... someone's comment that it was like trying to pour a gallon of water into a quart container . In the stadium pressbox , Scott Dunbar was wrapping up his broadcast . " Repeating , Michigan upset Ohio State 24 to 20 today , and will ...
... someone's comment that it was like trying to pour a gallon of water into a quart container . In the stadium pressbox , Scott Dunbar was wrapping up his broadcast . " Repeating , Michigan upset Ohio State 24 to 20 today , and will ...
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... Someone tried to firebomb Lou Clark's house about midnight . ” " No kidding . Much damage ? " " No , fortunately ... someone's still after his tail , probably those Quoth the Ravens , even if they can't hit the broad side of a barn ...
... Someone tried to firebomb Lou Clark's house about midnight . ” " No kidding . Much damage ? " " No , fortunately ... someone's still after his tail , probably those Quoth the Ravens , even if they can't hit the broad side of a barn ...
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... someone had attempted to firebomb Lou Clark's house , and a prediction of an inch of snow by nightfall . Light snow was falling when they pulled into the parking lot of the Cassini Auto Services Company . Antonio Cassini was a short ...
... someone had attempted to firebomb Lou Clark's house , and a prediction of an inch of snow by nightfall . Light snow was falling when they pulled into the parking lot of the Cassini Auto Services Company . Antonio Cassini was a short ...
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Page 127 - Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning — little relevancy bore; For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door, Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as "Nevermore.
Page 10 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, ' Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,' I said, ' art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore — Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore !' Quoth the Raven :
Page 28 - It's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game that counts.
Page 101 - I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that as far as the sea is concerned, it's no problem. I can part those waters as clean as a whistle with a flick of my finger.
Page 266 - He quickly put them back in the envelope and stuck it in his shirt pocket. He had accomplished nothing that morning and knew that he would accomplish nothing the rest of the day.