Drawing on more than 500 interviews with friends and family, teammates, and opponents, Leavy delivers the definitive account of Mantle's life, mining the mythology of The Mick for the true story of a luminous and illustrious talent with a damaged soul.

Profiles some heroes of baseball and what they did to achieve their legendary status.

Books in the Fantasy Field Trips series take the reader on field trips to the most unlikely of destinations! In this book, climb into our amazing drilling machine as we prepare to make a journey to the center of the Earth! Our 'tour' takes us through the various layers that make up our planet: the crust, upper and lower mantle, outer core, and finally the inner core itself. But what will we find when we get there?

Louis, who loves baseball despite being the worst stickball player in White Plains, New York, sees his opportunity to be bat boy for the 1961 Yankees team as the perfect way to escape the problems of his father's remarriage and moving to the suburbs.

Award-winning Washington Post writer Jane Leavy chronicles Mickey Mantle's baseball career and explains how the legendary slugger's exploits directly affected an entire generation of Americans.

"Continuing the stories launched with the best-selling Road to Riverdale collection, this second volume features some of the most important issues in the New Archie line of comics - innovative, entertaining and compelling reimaginings of the iconic characters fans have followed for over 75 years. Whether it's a primer for the TV show or a handy guide to the new Archie Comics landscape, Road to Riverdale Volume Two makes for the perfect introduction...

The story of Mickey Mantle's magnificent 1956 season Mickey Mantle was the ideal batter for the atomic age, capable of hitting a baseball harder and farther than any other player in history. He was also the perfect idol for postwar America, a wholesome hero from the heartland. In A Season in the Sun, acclaimed historians Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith recount the defining moment of Mantle's legendary career: 1956, when he overcame a host of injuries...

From Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and the writers of the CW's Riverdale comes the first collection of the comic book set in the universe of the TV series. RIVERDALE VOL. 1 offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica, Josie & the Pussycats and their friends, exploring small-town life and the darkness bubbling beneath Riverdale's wholesome facade. Learn the secrets and hidden tales from the summer before the eternal love-triangle begins. Featuring...