New Releases by Peter Golenbock

A popular sportswriter chronicles the explosive and extraordinary career of high-living baseball legend Billy Martin, a controversial and tormented figure blessed with many talents but cursed with psychological demons. 50,000 first printing.

Describes the racial prejudice experienced by Jackie Robinson when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and became the first Black player in Major League baseball and depicts the acceptance and support he received from his white teammate Pee Wee Reese.

Explanatory photographs and instructional text describe the batting techniques and attitude that can make you a winner at the plate.

The former New York Times bestseller is now available in trade paperback a quarter century after Golenbock''s detailed examination of the 1979 New York Yankees World Series championship became hailed as one of the best baseball books written.