The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
Title | The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Lewis |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 2007-09-17 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0393066223 |
The #1 New York Times Bestseller "Lewis has such a gift for storytelling…he writes as lucidly for sports fans as for those who read him for other reasons." —Janet Maslin, New York Times When we first meet him, Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read or write. He takes up football, and school, after a rich, white, Evangelical family plucks him from the streets. Then two great forces alter Oher: the family’s love and the evolution of professional football itself into a game where the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist becomes the priceless package of size, speed, and agility necessary to guard the quarterback’s greatest vulnerability, his blind side.
The Blind Side
Title | The Blind Side PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Lewis |
Publisher | Perfection Learning |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Adopted children |
ISBN | 9781606865354 |
In football, as in life, the value we place on people changes with the rules of the games they play.
The Blind Side
Title | The Blind Side PDF eBook |
Author | Michael M. Lewis |
Publisher | |
Pages | 339 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | College sports |
ISBN | 9780329907174 |
The Blind Side
Title | The Blind Side PDF eBook |
Author | Michael M. Lewis |
Publisher | Turtleback Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | College sports |
ISBN | 9780606144896 |
Its not a jock book. Its not a sociology book. Its a storybook about modern society, ancient virtues, and the power of love, money and talent to do a little good.
The Blind Side (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Movie Tie-in Editions)
Title | The Blind Side (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Movie Tie-in Editions) PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Lewis |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 347 |
Release | 2009-10-12 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0393079023 |
The book behind the Academy award-winning film starring Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw—over one million copies sold. When we first meet him, Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read and write. He takes up football, and school, after a rich, white, Evangelical family plucks him from the streets. Then two great forces alter Oher: the family's love and the evolution of professional football into a game where the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist becomes the priceless package of size, speed, and agility necessary to guard the quarterback's greatest vulnerability, his blind side.
I Beat the Odds
Title | I Beat the Odds PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Oher |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2012-02-07 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1592406386 |
The football star made famous in the hit film (and book) The Blind Side reflects on how far he has come from the circumstances of his youth. Michael Oher shares his personal account of his story, in this inspirational New York Times bestseller. Looking back on how he went from being a homeless child in Memphis to playing in the NFL, Michael talks about the goals he had to break out of the cycle of poverty, addiction, and hopelessness that trapped his family. Eventually he grasped onto football as his ticket out and worked hard to make his dream into a reality. With his adoptive family, the Touhys, and other influential people in mind, he describes the absolute necessity of seeking out positive role models and good friends who share the same values to achieve one's dreams. Sharing untold stories of heartache, determination, courage, and love, I Beat the Odds is an incredibly rousing tale of one young man's quest to achieve the American dream.
The Blind Side
Title | The Blind Side PDF eBook |
Author | Michael M. Lewis |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Adopted children |
ISBN |
The story of a young man's rise to football stardom. The young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story will one day be among the most highly paid athletes in the NFL. Plucked from the mean streets by a wealthy family, he took up football and school, and turned out to possess the priceless combination of size, speed, and agility needed to guard the quarterback's greatest vulnerability: his blind side.