ISBN: 9780876592175 - Covering Home: Lessons on the Art of Fathering from the Game of Baseball (robins Lane Press) (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Slight wear on jacket edges. Otherwise like new.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. (xii) 114 pp. Personalized inscription on the half-title page by Jack Petrash. Quarter-bound in black cloth on beige boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; aside from the author's inscription, no interior markings. The Chapters are: If You Want the Season of a Lifetime Prepare for It; Understand the Pace of the Game and Manage Accordingly; To Be an All-Star Make the Highlight Film and Avoid the Blooper Reel; Good Habits Last All Season Long So Establish Them Early and Practice Them Often; Work Both Sides of the Plate; If You Have a Shallow Bench Keep Your Game Simple; Develop Well-rounded Players; Remember You Can't Win Them All; and Start a League of Your Own; followed by Extra Innings. Size: 8vo. Signed by Author(s). Book.…

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Fatherhood, Father and Child, Baseball) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDSlight warp from poor storage else very good in very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. xii, 114, [2] pages. Inscribed on half-title page. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Mr. Petrash knows what he is talking about, having been a single parent of 2 sons and a daughter after a divorce, combined with his day job as a teacher. The book has nine lessons, just like the number of innings in a regulation game. He also has some extra inning advice if it goes longer. Jack Petrash interweaves advice and insights on how to be an effective, loving father with anecdotes and allegories of baseball. Using terms and illustrations from baseball, Petrash shows that to be a good father takes similar qualities required to be a good player: be present, establish routines early in a child's life, keep bad situations from escalating out of control, and avoid dwelling on parental failures by focusing on successes. Covering Home is one of the most reader friendly, accessible, and effective "how to" books on parenting ever written specifically for Dads. Winner of the National Parenting Publications Award. Willie Mays said that good players can play with their bodies, but great players play with their hearts and minds as well. The same is true for fathering. In Covering Home, author Jack Petrash combines a love for children with his love for the game of baseball to give fathers, or fathers-to-be, a new perspective on raising children.From the first few pages of Covering Home? There is a place where out passionate commitments converge, and it is there that fathering and baseball intertwine. The lessons that I have learned in one have instructed me in the other; how in fathering as in baseball you have to work on fundamentals, develop good habits, avoid errors, work on your control, and always keep in mind that you can't win them all? In the busyness of modern times where both parents work and travel and go back to school, fathers are repeatedly covering home. Knowing when to cover home is essential. It requires knowledge of what should happen in a given situation but also an awareness of what could go wrong. Whether it's an overthrow, a passed ball, a snow day or a sick child, we need to be alert, as well as ready and willing to act? Like baseball, fathering is a path of development?[It] will call on us to grow in ways we never imagined.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 0.5 X 5.5 X 8.5 inches; 114 pages; signed by author on the title page. Very minor foxing on the top exterior edge of textblock. Some minor smudges inside the DJ and on the surface as well. Light fading and some shelf wear on DJ. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. 1st Edition (Unstated); No Printing Stated.…

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hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

hardcover. Condition: As New.