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Pistol $12.99 Pistol is more than the biography of a ballplayer. It’s the stuff of classic novels: the story of a boy transformed by his father’s dream — and the cost of that dream. Even as Pete Maravich became Pistol Pete — a basketball icon for baby boomers — all the Maraviches paid a price. Now acclaimed author Mark Kriegel has brilliantly captured the saga of an American family: its rise, its apparent ruin, and, finally, its redemption. Almost four decades have passed since Maravich entered the national consciousness as basketball’s boy wizard. No one had ever played the game like the kid with the floppy socks and shaggy hair. And all these years later, no one else ever has. The idea of Pistol Pete continues to resonate with young people today just as powerfully as it did with their fathers. In averaging 44.2 points a game at Louisiana State University, he established records that will never be broken. But even more enduring than the numbers was the sense of ecstasy and artistry with which he played. With the ball in his hands, Maravich had a singular power to inspire awe, inflict embarrassment, or even tell a joke. But he wasn’t merely a mesmerizing showman. He was basketball’s answer to Elvis, a white Southerner who sold Middle America on a black man’s game. Like Elvis, he paid a terrible price, becoming a prisoner of his own fame. Set largely in the South, Kriegel’s Pistol, a tale of obsession and basketball, fathers and sons, merges several archetypal characters. Maravich was a child prodigy, a prodigal son, his father’s ransom in a Faustian bargain, and a Great White Hope. But he was also a creature of contradictions: always the outsider but a virtuoso in a team sport, an exuberant showman who wouldn’t look you in the eye, a vegetarian boozer, an athlete who lived like a rock star, a suicidal genius saved by Jesus Christ. A renowned biographer — People magazine called him “a master” — Kriegel renders his subject with a style that is, by turns, heartbreaking, lyrical, and electric. The narrative begins in 1929, the year a missionary gave Pete’s father a basketball. Press Maravich had been a neglected child trapped in a hellish industrial town, but the game enabled him to blossom. It also caused him to confuse basketball with salvation. The intensity of Press’s obsession initiates a journey across three generations of Maraviches. Pistol Pete, a ballplayer unlike any other, was a product of his father’s vanity and vision. But that dream continues to exact a price on Pete’s own sons. Now in their twenties — and fatherless for most of their lives — they have waged their own struggles with the game and its ghosts. Pistol is an unforgettable biography. By telling one family’s history, Kriegel has traced the history of the game and a large slice of the American narrative. |
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Flintlock Pistol $5.99 Includes one pistol. |
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Stack-On GS-8 8-Gun Safe with Combination Lock, Green $279.99 Stack – On 8 – Gun Safe with Combination Lock… a small Safe with BIG TIME durability! Remove clutter and put away your valuable goods with this rock-solid Gun Safe from Stack-On! Built with solid steel, you can rest assured your belongings will remain safe with pry-resistant protection. A ram-tough set of 3 live-action locking bolts and 3 steel dead bolts provide 6 locking points which are retra… |
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True Crime New York City $19.99 True Crime: New York City is the most authentic depiction of New York in a Video game. Marcus Reed was a gang member, just waiting for his turn in a jail cell, until Terry showed him he could do more than just fill an orange jumpsuit. Five years later, Marcus and Terry are New York City police officers, and life is better — until Terry is brutally murdered. Marcus gets the call to go undercover a… |
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Toshiba Camileo S20 Basic Full-HD Camcorder (Silver/Black) $112.86 Compact, lightweight and ultra-portable, the Toshiba CAMILEO® S20-B PA3792U-1BAM with swiveling 3″ LCD fits in every pocket! At 2/3″ thin and 3.5 oz, this tiny video camera is about the same size as a Smartphone and can go wherever you do…. |
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Dr. Tech HD 1280×720 Digital Camcorder & 12MP Camera w/ 8X Digital Zoom + TV-Out~Free 2GB microSD $74.95 The Dr. Tech HDDV-2000 crams genuine high-definition movie-making power into a smaller and lighter package than anything else out there. High-definition movies (recorded at 24 fps and 1280 x 720 pixels) can be sent via TV Cable to the latest high-resolution flat-panel TVs. The HDDV-2000 sports a unique pistol-grip style that lets you shoot steadily with one hand. The Power of Full HD Movies in a Pocket-Sized: Stunning, full high-definition movies on the HDDV-2000 records HD videos at 720p while others will only record at D1 or VGA. Plus, 12.0-MegaPixels Max. DIGITAL CAMERA: HDDV-2000 original algorithm uses a pixel-interpolation filter to convert the 5 megapixels captured by the CMOS sensor to the recorded equivalent of 12.0 megapixels (4032 x 3024 pixels). This filter enables fine-grained A3-sized printouts of detailed images. You can even enlarge part of an image without sacrificing image fidelity. Large, Easy-to-View, Wide 2.4-Inch LTPS LCD Monitor with 270-Degree Rotation: The large, wide 2.4-inch LTPS LCD monitor built into the HDDV-2000 makes it easy to view and confirm images before and after shooting. The monitor rotates through 270??, so you can position it at your preferred angle. This lets you keep your subject clearly in view, whether you??re shooting high, low or at yourself. Light and Compact for easy One-Handed Shooting: The classic HDDV-2000 design enables comfortable one-handed shooting, without the wrist fatigue and shaking you get from conventional designs.This Camera is Built to Last – High Impact Polymer. This is no toy camera made out of easy to crack plastic like other models on Ebay. Solid construction! SVP Innovation Enhances Your Experience: The HDDV-2000 offers 9 levels of focus adjustment, along with exposure correction of up to ??2.0 EV in 0.5 EV steps. You can also freely adjust aspects of picture quality, such as white balance, effect and night mode, to suit the scene you??re recording. An upgraded concept of the Smart Touch Button tha |
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Dr. Tech HD 1280×720 Digital Camcorder & 12MP Camera w/ 8X Digital Zoom + TV-Out~Free 2GB microSD $74.95 The Dr. Tech HDDV-2000 crams genuine high-definition movie-making power into a smaller and lighter package than anything else out there. High-definition movies (recorded at 24 fps and 1280 x 720 pixels) can be sent via TV Cable to the latest high-resolution flat-panel TVs. The HDDV-2000 sports a unique pistol-grip style that lets you shoot steadily with one hand. The Power of Full HD Movies in a Pocket-Sized: Stunning, full high-definition movies on the HDDV-2000 records HD videos at 720p while others will only record at D1 or VGA. Plus, 12.0-MegaPixels Max. DIGITAL CAMERA: HDDV-2000 original algorithm uses a pixel-interpolation filter to convert the 5 megapixels captured by the CMOS sensor to the recorded equivalent of 12.0 megapixels (4032 x 3024 pixels). This filter enables fine-grained A3-sized printouts of detailed images. You can even enlarge part of an image without sacrificing image fidelity. Large, Easy-to-View, Wide 2.4-Inch LTPS LCD Monitor with 270-Degree Rotation: The large, wide 2.4-inch LTPS LCD monitor built into the HDDV-2000 makes it easy to view and confirm images before and after shooting. The monitor rotates through 270??, so you can position it at your preferred angle. This lets you keep your subject clearly in view, whether you??re shooting high, low or at yourself. Light and Compact for easy One-Handed Shooting: The classic HDDV-2000 design enables comfortable one-handed shooting, without the wrist fatigue and shaking you get from conventional designs.This Camera is Built to Last – High Impact Polymer. This is no toy camera made out of easy to crack plastic like other models on Ebay. Solid construction! SVP Innovation Enhances Your Experience: The HDDV-2000 offers 9 levels of focus adjustment, along with exposure correction of up to ??2.0 EV in 0.5 EV steps. You can also freely adjust aspects of picture quality, such as white balance, effect and night mode, to suit the scene you??re recording. An upgraded concept of the Smart Touch Button tha |