The First Sentence Reader

Books that grab you right from the start.

Showing posts with label Tennis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tennis. Show all posts
Monday, June 9, 2025

The Game

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Kramer, Jack and Deford, Frank .  The Game: My 40 years in Tennis . New York: Putnam 1979 . Print. First Sentences:   While I have spent a g...
Monday, February 10, 2025

The Racket

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Niland, Conor.  The Racket: On Tour with Tennis's Golden Generation -- and the Other 99% . Dublin, Ireland: Sandycove (Penguin). 2025 . ...
Monday, May 22, 2017

Special Post - Best Sports Instruction

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Now that summer is here, it's time to think about playing outdoors. And playing a sport well is the best fun. But if you really wanted ...
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Thursday, July 7, 2016

String Theory

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Wallace, David Foster.  String Theory . New York: Library of America. 2016. Print. First Sentences: When I left my boxed townsh...
Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Handful of Summers

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Forbes, Gordon.  Handful of Summers . New York: Simon & Schuster. 1978. Print First Sentences: Staircase number one at the...
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The First Sentence Reader
Call me Fred. I am a retired librarian from The Ohio State University and an avid, yet selective and highly judgmental reader who is under no illusion a book will get better in its writing style, plot, or characters after a disappointing first few sentences. However, the books profiled in this blog are, in every way, wonderful reads.
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