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About Suzy Beamer Bohnert
Suzy Beamer Bohnert played sports during her youth, participating in leagues, playing in gyms, and gathering the neighborhood kids to join in pickup games until the streetlights were too dim to light the sporting site.
She launched her writing career as a newspaper sports editor. During that job, Suzy interviewed numerous coaches, athletes, and fans about sports, putting complicated games into simple words. Her books include "College, Covid, and Questions: Tips and Advice for Incoming Freshmen, Undergraduates, Transfer Students, and Parents"; "Game-Day Goddess: Learning Baseball's Lingo"; "Game-Day Goddess: Learning Basketball's Lingo"; "Game-Day Goddess: Learning Football's Lingo"; "Game-Day Youth: Learning Baseball's Lingo"; "Game-Day Youth: Learning Basketball's Lingo"; "Game-Day Youth: Learning Football's Lingo"; and the fiction children's book, "Binkie Learns to Fly."
An author of many acclaimed books for readers, her award-winners include "Game-Day Youth: Learning Baseball's Lingo," a Mom's Choice Award-winner for "Most Outstanding Nonfiction Children's Book"; "Game-Day Youth: Learning Basketball's Lingo," named Best Books for Teen Boys by the New Hampshire Library Media Association; "Game-Day Youth: Learning Football's Lingo," given the Honorable Mention Award for nonfiction in the Readers' Favorite International Book Awards; and the "Game-Day Goddess Sports Series, 3-Volume Set," selected as Best Books for College Students by StudentAdvisor.com, a "Washington Post" Co. "College, Covid, and Questions: Tips and Advice for Incoming Freshmen, Undergraduates, Transfer Students, and Parents," "Game-Day Goddess: Learning Baseball's Lingo," "Game-Day Youth: Learning Basketball's Lingo," "Game-Day Youth: Learning Baseball's Lingo," and "Game-Day Youth: Learning Football's Lingo" were winners of the Readers' Favorite Five-Star Award.
The recipient of nineteen national awards for writing excellence, she lives in northern Virginia with her husband and family.
For more information, visit her Web site at suzybohnert.wix.com/gameday.
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Blog postYou've received an acceptance letter to college and you're ready to begin the transition from high school to campus. Don't forget to put College, Covid, and Questions: Tips and Advice for Incoming Freshmen, Undergraduates, Transfer Students, and Parents on your reading list. It provides simple, clear answers about campus dining, dorms, clubs, recreational activities, and more. By Suzy Beamer Bohnert, it's available from www.bn.com and www.amazon.com.
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Blog postKansas won the men's NCAA 2022 national championship and South Carolina captured the women's title in exciting basketball games. Next up are the National Basketball Association playoffs. Are you ready with your copy of Game-Day Youth: Learning Basketball's Lingo? You'll want to buy your copy from www.bn.com or www.amazon.com to make sure you understand everything the broadcasters say. Written by Suzy Beamer Bohnert to make you the best sports fan.
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Blog postThe National Basketball Association featured its 75th Anniversary Team the other night with the likes of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Jerry West, Oscar Robertson, and Julius Erving as some of the team members. Can you imagine having these players on one squad? Buy now from www.bn.com and www.amazon.com and have Suzy Beamer Bohnert's Game-Day Goddess: Learning Basketball's Lingo as a part of your sports library.
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Blog postIf you're a transfer student heading to a new college, you'll need College, Covid, and Questions: Tips and Advice for Incoming Freshmen, Undergraduates, Transfer Students, and Parents before you arrive at your new destination. You may have some college credits under your belt, but you can always learn more about apartment living, saving money on books, and how to benefit most from the tutoring services offered by your new academic institution.
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Blog postNo matter who you root for in the National Football League playoffs, you need a great source of information to watch the game and know what's happening. That resource is Game-Day Youth: Learning Football's Lingo by Suzy Beamer Bohnert. Whether it's knowing more about offensive or defensive formations, the player positions, or vocabulary, this book will help you to know the game like a pro. Available now from www.bn.com and www.amazon.com.
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Blog postA great gift for college is Suzy Beamer Bohnert's latest book titled College, Covid, and Questions: Tips and Advice for Incoming Freshmen, Undergraduates, Transfer Students, and Parents. Packed with information about classes, clubs, technology, internships, and getting along with others. Makes an excellent stocking stuffer and available in e-book and paperback from www.bn.com and www.amazon.com.
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Titles By Suzy Beamer Bohnert
Millions watch football games at fields, stadiums, or on TV. Others listen to games on the radio. Youths play the game in backyards and schoolyards, getting great exercise, working on their skills, and attending practices to learn more about a fantastic and fun team sport.
Whether you recently signed up for the football team, watch a brother or sister play, or want to learn more about this game, this book is for you.
Simple text, clear illustrations of the field and its markings, drawings of where the players play on the field, and pictures of the official’s signals will help you know more about playing football, the players and positions, basic rules, and the meaning of football words.
Game on!
Imagine receiving an invitation to your boss's party to watch a football game. Horror strikes because you don't know the first thing about the sport--or maybe you'd like to know more. Or, you love your job, and you want to impress your supervisor and colleagues. But what's a touchdown? Why are those men knocking each other down and charging about wildly?
Before you go nuts trying to learn the language of football on your own, read Game-Day Goddess: Learning Football's Lingo to understand the game. Let this book familiarize you with the expressions the broadcasters use on TV and radio; grasp what's happening when those men on the field in striped shirts thrust their arms high above their heads. One hint. They're not beginning a cheer, such as the wave.
Game-Day Goddess: Learning Football's Lingo documents the action you'll see on television or hear on the radio, or in the stands, and the essentials of the game. A handy reference covering the most important phrases and words used in today's game at the pro and college level, this concise dictionary features simple entries.
With this resource, readers will never again be at a loss for the meaning of a football phrase or feel foolish because they don't know what's going on out on the field.
College, Covid, and Questions: Tips and Advice for Incoming Freshmen, Undergraduates, Transfer Students, and Parents
Millions of people are considering going on to college, but there are so so many choices and questions that need consideration and answers. Not only when and where do you want to go to school, but once you've made the decision, how do you prepare? Once on campus, how do you take advantage of all the opportunities at college and beyond? What type of school-community college, four-year university, public, or private?
Whether you're in high school, the mom or dad of a university student, taking a gap year or a college transfer student, making a career change, finishing a military career, or enduring a bad job market, this book is for you. Or, maybe you were waiting for your dream school, and received an acceptance.
College, Covid, and Questions will help you to know:
- School essentials during coronavirus
- Considerations when buying a computer
- Technology to succeed in school
- Characteristics to look for in a tutor
- Advice on help with accommodations and services from the Center for Accessibility Services
- Advantages and disadvantages of campus meal plans
- Hints and tips when seeking an internship
- Tips to get along with roommates
- Academic advisors-your role and theirs
Simple, clear answers about coronavirus and college, classes, internships, campus dining, dorms, roommates and residence life, academic advisors and mentors, clubs, recreational activities, and getting back home.
This is the essential guide to navigating the college journey successfully in these unprecedented times.
Millions watch major-league baseball games at the ballparks or on TV. Others listen to games on the radio. Youths play the game in parks and schoolyards, getting great exercise, working on their skills, and attending practices to learn more about a fantastic and fun team sport.
Whether you recently signed up for the baseball or softball team, watch a brother or sister play, or want to learn more about these games, this book is for you.
Simple text, clear illustrations of the field and its markings, drawings of where the players play on the field, and pictures of the umpire's signals will help you know more about playing baseball, the players and positions, basic rules, and the meaning of baseball words.
Game on!
Millions watch basketball games at gyms, arenas, or on TV. Others listen to games on the radio. Youths play the game in gyms and schoolyards, getting great exercise, working on their skills, and attending practices to learn more about a fantastic and fun team sport.
Whether you recently signed up for the basketball team, watch a brother or sister play, or want to learn more about this game, this book is for you.
Simple text, clear illustrations of the court and its markings, drawings of where the players play on the court, and pictures of the official's signals will help you know more about playing basketball, the players and positions, basic rules, and the meaning of basketball words.
Game on!
Imagine receiving an invitation to your boss's party to watch a baseball game. Horror strikes because you don't know the first thing about the sport--or maybe you'd like to know more. Or, you love your job, and you want to impress your supervisor and colleagues. But what's a foul ball? Why are those men running on the field and charging about wildly?
Before you go nuts trying to learn the language of baseball on your own, read Game-Day Goddess: Learning Baseball's Lingo to understand the game. Let this book familiarize you with the expressions the broadcasters use on TV and radio; grasp what's happening when those men on the field in blue shirts thrust their arms high above their heads. One hint. They're not beginning a cheer, such as the wave.
Game-Day Goddess: Learning Baseball's Lingo documents the action you'll see on television or hear on the radio, or in the stands, and the essentials of the game. A handy reference covering the most important phrases and words used in today's game at the pro and college level, this concise dictionary features simple entries.
With this resource, readers will never again be at a loss for the meaning of a baseball phrase or feel foolish because they don't know what's going on out on the field.
Imagine receiving an invitation to your boss's party to watch a basketball game. Horror strikes because you don't know the first thing about the sport--or maybe you'd like to know more. Or, you love your job, and you want to impress your supervisor and colleagues. But what's a free throw? Why are those men running down the court and charging about wildly?
Before you go nuts trying to learn the language of basketball on your own, read Game-Day Goddess: Learning Basketball's Lingo to understand the game. Let this book familiarize you with the expressions the broadcasters use on TV and radio; grasp what's happening when those men on the court in striped shirts thrust their arms high above their heads. One hint. They're not beginning a cheer, such as the wave.
Game-Day Goddess: Learning Basketball's Lingo documents the action you'll see on television or hear on the radio, or in the stands, and the essentials of the game. A handy reference covering the most important phrases and words used in today's game at the pro and college level, this concise dictionary features simple entries.
With this resource, readers will never again be at a loss for the meaning of a basketball phrase or feel foolish because they don't know what's going on out on the court.