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It's Still Greek to Me
An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek
by David Alan Black
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1998 by Baker Academic
ISBN-13: 978-0-8010-2181-7, ISBN: 0-8010-2181-2

"eople who teach or write about Greek grammar tend to treat the subject as though it were a green vegetable: you may not ... I don't think it's a good policy to make adults feel as if they're back in third grade, and so I go out of my way to make ..."






New Testament Textual Criticism(1st Edition)
A Concise Guide
by David Alan Black
Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 1994 by Baker Academic
ISBN-13: 978-0-8010-1074-3, ISBN: 0-8010-1074-8

"Scribes,. Scrolls,. and. Scripture. The Purpose and Materials of New Testament Textual Criticism Introduction This book is a simple and direct introduction to New Testament textual criticism—the study of the original text of the New Testament. It is dedicated to the principle that an understanding of this subject is possible for all students of the Bible. Its aim is to take inquirers behind the dust of scholarship to the living fai ..."






A Cold Winter
by Alan Black
Published 2014
ISBN-13: 978-1-5028-9347-5, ISBN: 1-5028-9347-9






The Glorious World Cup
A Fanatic's Guide
by Alan Black, David Henry Sterry
Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2010 by Berkley
Bargain Price
ISBN-13: 978-0-451-23020-1, ISBN: 0-451-23020-5

"If a guide book was a riot, then this is it. The Glorious World Cup is a smash and grab read with propellant laughs, and wicked satire. Expect some crunching tackles on the establishment with profiles on hooligans, World Cup villains and serious national grudges. Stuffed with country and player profiles, bags of footie history, and all you need to know about South Africa. Shooting on target are contributors Irvine Welsh, author of Train ..."






Kick the Balls(Reprint)
A Bruising Season in the Life of a Suburban Soccer Coach
by Alan Black
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2009 by Plume
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-452-29539-1, ISBN: 0-452-29539-4

"A "hilarious and utterly irreverent tale" (Irvine Welsh) of a year in the life of an abrasive pee-wee soccer coach Growing up in Scotland, Alan Black learned that soccer was no mere game; it was a matter of life or death. In this harshly hilarious tale, Black, a Glasglow transplant living in suburban California, coaches the Dragons, a peewee team that proves an embarrassment to his beloved sport. They're pampered. They're soft. They've ..."






Kick the Balls
An Offensive Suburban Odyssey
by Alan Black
Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2008 by Hudson Street Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-59463-047-7, ISBN: 1-59463-047-X

"Get the ball! Take it up the field!" I was amazed at how this tiny fleck of child could vroom so fast. If only he could be taught to run with the ball toward the correct goal we might be able to score. I took him aside at a training session for big man to wee man management. "Speedy Gonzalez, you're our magic mouse, wee man. Keep eating the cheese. Here's what I want you to do with the ball." "Dad!" he yelled. "Speedy Gonzalez? Wha ..."






How to Coach Rugby Football - the National Coaching Foundation
by Alan Black
Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1991 by Harpercollinswillow
ISBN-13: 978-0-00-218325-3, ISBN: 0-00-218325-0






Computational Morphology
Practical Mechanisms for the English Lexicon (ACL-MIT Series in Natural Language Processing)
by Alan Black, Stephen Guy Pulman, Graeme Donald Ritchie, Graham Russell
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 1991 by A Bradford Book
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-51938-0, ISBN: 0-262-51938-0

"Previous work on morphology has largely tended either to avoid precise computational details or to ignore linguistic generality. Computational Morphology is the first book to present an integrated set of techniques for the rigorous description of morphological phenomena in English and similar languages. By taking account of all facets of morphological analysis, it provides ..."






Using New Testament Greek in Ministry
A Practical Guide for Students and Pastors
by David Alan Black
Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1993 by Baker Academic
ISBN-13: 978-0-8010-1043-9, ISBN: 0-8010-1043-8

"In developing the exegesis of this text, use your Greek New Testament as much as possible, but do not hesitate to consult other tools, including concordances, commentaries, and grammars. It is particularly helpful to notice the text's literary form, since the passage is very carefully constructed. In a brief essay entitled “ Paul and Christian Unity: A Formal Analysis of Philippians 2:1–4,”1 I have attempted to shed some light on th ..."






Kick the Balls
by Alan Black
ISBN-13: 978-1-4362-2203-7, ISBN: 1-4362-2203-6






The Cab Driver
by Alan Black
Paperback, 210 Pages, Published 2012 by Bookpal
ISBN-13: 978-1-74284-145-8, ISBN: 1-74284-145-7

"Women taught both father and son everything they needed to know about sex. The father became a well respected engineer, a builder of bridges. The son became a serial killer - the worst in American history. 103 victims. The son could have done in over a thousand if it wasn't for an act of God. Compelling reading with an amazing ending."






Global Online Direct, Inc., Bryant E. Behrmann, and Larry "Buck" E. Hunter
Securities and Exchange Commission Litigation Complaint
by Alan Black
Paperback, Published 2011 by Diane Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-4578-0470-0, ISBN: 1-4578-0470-0

"GLOBAL ONLINE DIRECT, INC., BRYANT E. BEHRMANN and LARRY “BUCK” E . HUNTER, Defendants. : : : : : : : Civil Action No. 1:07-CV-0767-WSD FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTIVE AND OTHER RELIEF Plaintiff, Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”), pursuant to Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, files this First Amended Complaint alleging that: OVERVIEW 1. Bryant E. Behrmann (“Behrman”) and Larry “Buck” E. Hunte ..."






The Glorious World Cup
A Fanatic's Guide
by Alan Black, David Henry Sterry
144 Pages, Published 2010 by Penguin
ISBN-13: 978-1-101-66507-7, ISBN: 1-101-66507-6

"His son, the Dear Small Fry, Kim Jongil, has shown us how to make love to nuclear weapons, and expect nothing for breakfast, lunch and ... The Chollima, the nickname of our national team, named after the winged horse, never stop running."






Eye on the Prize
(Paperback)
by Alan Black
Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2009 by Trafford Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-4269-1551-2, ISBN: 1-4269-1551-9

"And secondly to my brother Steven, whose prompting pushed me to get this book into print. The cover artwork was done by Martha Soto, a good friend and a ..."






Steel Walls and Dirt Drops
by Alan Black
Published 2009
ISBN-13: 978-1-4269-8447-1, ISBN: 1-4269-8447-2






Chewing Rocks
by Alan Black
Paperback, 212 Pages, Published 2009 by Trafford Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-4269-1990-9, ISBN: 1-4269-1990-5

"And James, since we have embarrassed you, I think that turn about is fair play; what were you teasing Mister Randall Kramer about that day? ..."






Steel Walls and Dirt Drops
by Alan Black
Paperback, 328 Pages, Published 2009 by Trafford Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-4269-1483-6, ISBN: 1-4269-1483-0

"I don't know about you, Sir, but I would ask De La Pax what to do. ... Besides, De La Pax has enough problems with Able Squad's armor without worrying about ..."






Kick the Balls
An Offensive Suburban Odyssey
by Alan Black
Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2008 by Hudson Street Press
Bargain Price
ISBN-13: 978-1-61554-433-2, ISBN: 1-61554-433-X

"Fever Pitch meets Trainspotting in this laugh-outloud, caustic account of one man’s attempt to coach a peewee soccer team When Alan Black was a child growing up in Glasgow, Scotland, soccer—or what he called fitba’—was the be all and end all. His experience was not the little league, boys-of-summer stuff of modern America. For him, it was life and death. Now middleaged and living in California, Alan finds himself coaching a team of eig ..."






Kick the Balls
A Bruising Season in the Life of a Suburban Soccer Coach
by Alan Black
272 Pages, Published 2008 by Penguin
ISBN-13: 978-1-101-21396-4, ISBN: 1-101-21396-5

"“Listen,” he said, “I'm going to kick the ball and you are going to run and get it and bring it back like a fucking dog. And if you don't, your pals will get shot.” With that, he took a huge swipe and the ball raced down the field. I chased it, of course, ..."






Building Stronger Communities
by Philip J. Hughes, Alan Black, Peter Kaldor, John Bellamy, Keith Castle
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2007 by University Of New South Wales Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-86840-814-9, ISBN: 0-86840-814-X

"Shalom Schwartz (1994) suggested modifications to Rokeach's schema. He argued that the two lists of terminal and instrumental values could not always be clearly distinguished. Sometimes people saw the instrumental values as ends in themselves. Some people just value 'cleanliness' in its own right, for example, rather than as a means to other ends. Schwartz developed a list of 57 values, each of which he asked people to rate. He fou ..."



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