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  Born Free trilogy: Book 2

  Living Free

  The Story of Elsa and Her Cubs

  by Joy Adamson

  When Elsa's three mischievious cubs begin wreaking havok on the nearby villages, Joy and her husband are forced to move them hundreds of miles to a game preserve.
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  The Comeback Season

  by Jennifer E. Smith

  The last place Ryan Walsh should be this afternoon is on a train heading to Wrigley Field. She should be in class, enduring yet another miserable day of her first year of high school. But for once, Ryan isn't thinking about what she should be doing. She's not worried about her lack of friends, or her suffering math grade, or how it's been five whole years since the last time she was really and truly happy. Because... (more)
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  Fables: Book 8

  Wolves

  by Bill Willingham

  Collecting issues #48-51 of writer and creator Bill Willingham's award-winning Vertigo series, WOLVES also includes newly-created maps of Fabletown and the Homelands illustrated by Willingham and, as a special bonus, Willingham's complete script to the double-sized issue #50.
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  Ron Santo: A Perfect 10

  by Pat Hughes, Rich Wolfe

  Hardcover Book
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  Bunts: Curt Flood Camden Yards Pete Rose and Other Reflections on Baseball

  by George F. Will

  In this New York Times bestseller, Pulitzer Prize-winning author George F. Will returns to baseball with more than seventy finely honed pieces about the sometimes recondite, sometimes frustrating, yet always passionately felt national pastime. Here are Will's eulogy for the late Curt Flood ("Dred Scott in Spikes"), Will on Ted Williams ("When Ted Williams retired in 1960, a sportswriter said that Boston knew how... (more)
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  101 Reasons to Love the Cubs (101 Reasons to Love)

  by Dave Green

  The Cubs haven't won a World Series since 1908, but they still have the game's most loyal fans. The Cardinals have won the World Series more than any other National League team in history. The Cubs have the ivy-covered walls of Wrigley Field, where fans watch games from apartment rooftops across the street. The Cardinals have "The Birds on the Bat," one of the most distinctive logos in all of sports. The Cubs... (more)
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  The Comeback Season

  by Jennifer E. Smith

  The last place Ryan Walsh should be this afternoon is on a train heading to Wrigley Field. She should be in class, enduring yet another miserable day of her first year of high school. But for once, Ryan isn't thinking about what she should be doing. She's not worried about her lack of friends, or her suffering math grade, or how it's been five whole years since the last time she was really and truly happy. Because... (more)
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  Lost in the Ivy

  by Randy Richardson

  Reporter Charley Hubbs has left almost everything of his former life behind—even part of his memory. Now Charley has the story that any reporter would kill for. Problem is, he might have done just that—and his name has moved from the bylines to the headlines. As the dead bodies pile up around him, Charley sets out to prove to himself that he’s not the homicidal maniac the press has made him out to be. Enlisting... (more)
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  Good Money after Bad

  by Donald G. Evans

  Good Money After Bad follows the fluctuating fortunes of sports gambler Chance Skinner during the summer of 1995, while Chicago is experiencing its worst-ever heat wave. Chance, at 26, lives rent-free in his Gram's converted pantry overlooking Wrigley Field. He aspires to something vaguely like success, which includes respect, love, a kind of integrity and meaningful work. Gambling seems like a... (more)
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  Blueberries for Sal

  by Robert McCloskey

  Kuplink, kuplank, kuplunk! Sal and her mother are picking blueberries to can for the winter. But when Sal wanders to the other side of Blueberry Hill, she discovers a mama bear preparing for her own long winter. Meanwhile, Sal's mother is being followed by a small bear with a big appetite for berries! Will each mother go home with the right little one?--publisher's description."The adventures of a little... (more)
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  3 Nights in August

  Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager

  by Buzz Bissinger

  Three Nights in August captures the strategic and emotional complexities of baseball's quintessential form, the three-game series. As the St. Louis Cardinals battle their archrival Chicago Cubs, we watch from the dugout through the eyes of legendary manager Tony La Russa, considered by many to be the shrewdest mind in the game today. In his twenty-seven years of managing, La Russa has been named Manager of the... (more)
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  Where's Harry?: Steve Stone Remembers 25 Years with Harry Caray

  by Steve Stone

  A friend of the legendary sportscaster for more than 20 years, Stone regales readers with hundreds of stories about the baseball icon.
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  Let's Make Noise at the Ballpark

  by Debra Mostow Zakarin, Lisa Rojany Buccieri, Marcela Cabrera

  It’s a special day for Zach and Zoe — Grandpa’s taking the twins to the stadium to see an exciting baseball game. Wow — it’s so loud and so much fun! Let’s Make Noise at the Ballpark captures all of the sights and sounds of a ballgame in an engaging giant pop-up format. Kids will feel like they’re sitting in the stands doing the wave with the rest of the crowd. CRACK! What a hit! HOT DOGS! PEANUTS! Hey, I’m... (more)
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  The Complete Chicago Cubs: Fully Revised & Up to Date. The Total Encyclopedia of the Team

  by Derek Gentile

  The definitive sourcebook for Cubs fans everywhere, this lavish encyclopedia contains information on every player who ever stepped up to the plate for the Cubs, every statistic and every important moment in Cubs history. More than just an incredible collection of statistics, this Cubs tribute reminds fans of blockbuster trades, great players who got away, notable accomplishments by some un-notable Cubs... (more)
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  AllStar SportStory

  Playoff Dreams

  by Fred Bowen

  Brendan is one of the best players in the league, but no matter how hard he tries, he can't make his team win and break their losing streak. It looks as if his playoff dreams are never going to come true - at least not with this team! While attending a ball game with his uncle at Wrigley Field, an unexpected event and the story of the legendary Cubs player and Hall of Fame member Ernie Banks make Brendan begin... (more)
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  Bear (Animals in the Wild)

  by Mary Hoffman

  Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and natural environment of different kinds of bears throughout the world.
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  Bleacher Bums

  by Joe Mantegna

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  Fables: Book 5

  The Mean Seasons

  by Bill Willingham

  Collecting issues 22 and 28-33 of the hit VERTIGO series, this trade paperback features two tales of Bigby's exploits during World War II as well as "The Year After," which follows the aftermath of the Adversary's attempt to conquer Fabletown — including the birth of Snow White and Bigby's children!
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  Wrigleyville: A Magical History Tour of the Chicago Cubs

  by Peter Golenbock

  For celebrated sportwriter Peter Golenbock, Wrigleyville is a symbol of America's fidelity to its greatest sport. As he did with classics of sports literature, Bums (a history of the Brooklyn Dodgers) and Dynasty (a history of the New York Yankees), Golenbock turns to a team that has won and broken the hearts of generations of fans; the Chicago Cubs. Utilizing dozens of personal interviews with players,... (more)
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  Wrigley Field's Last World Series: The Wartime Chicago Cubs and the Pennant of 1945

  by Charles N. Billington

  I don't care who wins, as long as it s the Cubs! --legendary announcer, Bert Wilson, WIND On the eve of World War II, baseball truly was America's national pastime. Little could anyone predict the changes and sacrifices that would be imposed on the sport during the early 1940s. As the war was coming to an end in 1945 and a jubilant mood was overtaking the country, baseball was back in full swing and the... (more)