Mel Cebulash

"[One] of the greatest writers of the twentieth century...Richard Stark, real name Donald Westlake...His Parker books form a genre all their own." --John Banville, Booker Prize-winning author of The SeaMaster criminal Parker takes another turn for the worse as he tries to recover loot from a heist gone terribly wrong. In Nobody Runs Forever, Parker and two cohorts stole the assets of a bank in transit, but the police heat was so great they could only escape if they left the money behind. In this follow-up novel, Parker and his associates plot to reclaim the loot, which they hid in the choir loft of an unused country church. As they implement the plan, people on both sides of the law use the forces at their command to stop Parker and grab the goods for themselves. Though Parker's new getaway van is an old Ford Econoline with "Holy Redeemer Choir" on its doors, his gang is anything but holy, and Parker will do whatever it takes to redeem his prize, no matter who gets hurt in the process. .

Recounts some unusual moments in football history, such as Jim Marshall's sixty-yard run in the wrong direction and the tackle by a man who wasn't even in the game.

Tommy enjoys being a starter on his high school basketball team, but he doesn't enjoy being compared to the father who had deserted the family when Tommy was very young.

Thirteen unusual anecdotes about major league baseball players and games.

The eighth-grade boys invite the new boy to join their baseball team, although he is very short.

Recalls unusual moments in basketball such as the Olympic game the U.S. won and then lost and the all women's team, the Red Heads.

Though he would prefer to be sought out for other reasons, it is sixteen-year-old Terry Tyndale's reputation for being a high school private eye that attracts attention and trouble when Sherri McFarland asks him to solve a mystery.

Ruth Marini becomes the first woman professional baseball player, advancing from the minor league to pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

A boy agrees to deliver a cat to a mysterious man, but he has second thoughts when he learns why the man wants the cat.

Jerry enjoys spending time with Cindy, the prettiest girl in junior high, but he doesn't like the jokes she plays using her pet rattlesnake.

A young player examines his schoolyard friendships when he is offered a spot on an organized basketball team.

Eighteen-year-old Ruth was the star of her high school baseball team and the Los Angeles Dodgers thinks she may be good enough to become professional baseball's first female player.

Willie's unusual pet helps make the class Pet Day a success.