Fantasy Sports

Ya desde su publicación, "Quidditch a través de los tiempos" se convirtió en uno de los libros más populares de la biblioteca de Hogwarts. Leído por Harry Potter, Hermione Granger y muchos otros, es la guía indispensable del juego más famoso del mundo mágico. Desde el pantano Queerditch en el siglo XI hasta convertirse en el sofisticado deporte que es hoy, "Quidditch a través de los tiempos" te transportará a aquellos momentos tanto de triunfo como de desesperación (para quienes apoyen a los Chudley Cannons) que forman parte del quidditch. Apréndelo todo sobre la historia y las reglas del juego, desde algunas de las 700 faltas (y en qué final de la Copa del Mundo se cometieron todas) hasta la diferencia entre un Transylvanian Tackle y un Woollongong Shimmy.

The Rider is a GFL novella co-written by Scott Sigler and Paul E Cooley. It is the story of The Roughland Ridgebacks captain, Poughkeepsie Pete, and his favorite mount, Old Bess the Tyrannosaurus Rex. They play dinolition, and they are the best team in the game.

The story involves Yolanda Davenport's search for the truth about Ju Tweedy's involvement with the murder of Grace McDermot, the incident that drove Ju to join the Ionath Krakens.

Every fantasy sports player has dealt with the injury that was supposed to last “a week or two” but kept a player out for eight weeks. The glowing practice reports from the coach all week followed by an injury deactivation on game day. The vague and confusing terminology, the contradictory information—all fantasy sports players have (at least) one story of how player injuries derailed an otherwise promising game/week/season.

From the acclaimed PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize-winning author of A Naked Singularity, a shockingly hilarious novel that tackles, with equal aplomb, both America’s most popular sport and its criminal justice system. From Paterson, New Jersey, to Rikers Island to the streets of New York, Sergio de la Pava’s Lost Empress introduces listeners to a cast of characters unlike any other in modern fiction: dreamers and exiles, immigrants and night-shift workers, a lonely pastor and others on the fringes of society - each with their own impact on the fragile universe they navigate.

Theo's dragon Wanda is a bit different to the other dragons – she’s more friendly than fearsome, she gets distracted by her tail when flying, and when Theo first met her she didn’t seem to have any powers at all. But Wanda is Theo’s best friend, things are NEVER boring when she’s around – and in fact she has the rarest power of all… a magical bum.

Ron Shandler is a self-described rotoholic. In the beginning, he hoarded newspaper box scores and pored over every number at his disposal. Then came the compulsion to create his own numbers. A monthly newsletter expanded into an annual Baseball Forecaster book, which spawned a media company, websites, tournaments, and more. Part memoir, part madcap history, Fantasy Expert is a fascinating and wide-ranging look at the modern growth and development of the game that went from cottage industry to national obsession.

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s now time for the main event of book publishing. Steeped in history, the blue ribbon division has experienced some of the most awe-inspiring and exciting moments in sports. Today, in these very pages, we’ll pit the twenty greatest heavyweight boxers head-to-head to see who comes out on top. There will be no ducking tonight. Each warrior will fight the other in a fantasy league in some of the most exciting pugilistic combat to ever be written.

Barnabas Jack lived a simple life as an ordinary Japanese salaryman. Life was good in his suburban utopia, until he died, of course. Imagine his surprise when he opened his eyes to a middle-aged male goddess who had given him the gift of reincarnation to new worlds. But there was one catch: Whatever killed him the past life is what he became in the next. With this knowledge, Barnabas Jack embarks on a personal journey to die at the hands of a cute girl or a handsome man. But for now, he'll just have to settle with being a car.

It’s high-stakes, win-or-die football action in the far future, as aliens and humans fill positions based on physiology and leave their blood, sweat and tears on gridirons across the galaxy. Last season, 19-year-old rookie quarterback Quentin Barnes overcame his racism and unified his team. He led the Ionath Krakens to a lower-tier championship, a championship that earns them promotion into the meat grinder known as “Tier One.”

This year's favored team to win is Annuna, with their S-ranked captain and star player Giant Slayer. Disaster strikes when Giant Slayer is injured and put out for the rest of the season. Leadership of the team falls to the militaristic and cruel vice-captain, Harpy. To complicate matters, the team has to deal with an arrogant new player, dark secrets, and their greatest rival team, Thunder. Can Harpy lead Annuna to the A-rank championship and victory, or will they tear each other apart before the games get the chance? Find out in the first installment of Battle Games!

In Slow Getting Up - hailed by Rolling Stone as "the best football memoir of all time" - Nate Jackson told his story facedown on the field. Now, in Fantasy Man, he's flat on his back. Six years have passed since the former Denver Broncos tight end wore a helmet, and every day he drifts further from the NFL guy, the sanctioned-violence guy, the psychopath who ran headfirst into other psychos for money. But Nate hasn't quite left the game.

Since the Big Bubble popped in 1929, life in the United States hasn't been the same. Hotshot wizards will tell you nothing's really changed, but then again, hotshot wizards aren't looking for honest work in Enid, Oklahoma. No paying jobs at the mill, because zombies will work for nothing. The diner on Main Street is seeing hard times as well, because a lot fewer folks can afford to fly carpets in from miles away.

Arriving at Princeton for her freshman year, Thea Slavin finds herself alone, a stranger in a strange land. Away from her family and her Eastern European homeland for the first time, she struggles to adapt to unfamiliar American ways and the challenges of college life - including a young man whose brooding good looks and murky past intrigue her. Drawn to the elusive Rhys and his equally handsome and mysterious brother Jake, she ventures into a sensual mythic underworld as irresistible as it is dangerous.

After high-school baseball phenom JaMark Reliford suffers a career-ending injury in his final game, he makes the deal of a lifetime. A deal that gives him everything he wants, but could cost him everything he loves. Inspired by blues folklore and classic baseball fiction, Michael Lortz writes a new tale of fastballs and phantoms, strikeouts, and second chances.

Pro football free agency is underway in 2024, and there are many moves to jump into. Now in its seventh edition (including an analysis of the Texans WR room after the Stefon Diggs trade!), 2024 NFL Fantasy Football Free Agency Review includes an analysis of running backs, wide receivers, and quarterbacks to change teams and who to target for the 2024 fantasy football season.

Journalist Samantha Jameson always wanted to be one of the boys, but Ryan Terell won't let her join the club. Fresh from the battlegrounds of Iraq, reporting on a bunch of overgrown boys playing pro football is just the change of scenery she needs. If trying to be taken seriously in the world of sports writing wasn't hard enough, Ryan, her college crush, is only making it harder. As a tight-end for the team she's covering, he is strictly off limits.

This book will transform the way you think about fantasy football. Instead of giving you short-term "tips and tricks" that are bound to fail, Noah Lieberman provides you with a deeper understanding of fantasy sports that will answer all the tough questions. Whether you’re a seasoned pro, or you've never played before, If You Think You Know Fantasy Football…Think Again will give you a fascinating perspective on one of the world’s fastest growing games. By the end, you’ll be ready to take on the world of fantasy sports.

After a demonic possession at the biggest wrestling show of the year, the Vatican sends exorcist Gabriel Blackwell to infiltrate the company, pose as a wrestler, and expel the demon. Blackwell has a complicated history with the wrestling business and must adapt or die, fighting for his soul on pay-per-view! An all-out battle between good and evil with the squared circle as the stage!

Seventeen-year-old Morgan Daniel has been in the witness protection program most of her life. But The Panteras have caught up with her and her younger brother. Her car is totaled, she's hurt, and the street gang is closing in when wolves with glowing eyes appear out of nowhere and chase away the killers. Then a very cute guy who handles a bow like Robin Hood emerges from the woods and takes them to safety at his fortress-like home. And that's just the first sign that Morgan and her brother have entered a hidden world filled with secrets....