The Boys of Dunbar

The Boys of Dunbar
Title The Boys of Dunbar PDF eBook
Author Alejandro Danois
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 288
Release 2017-09-19
Genre Education
ISBN 1451666985

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"The inspirational story of the most talented high-school basketball team ever and the dedicated coach who gave his players a lifetime opportunity by insisting on success"--

The Boy and the Bayonet

The Boy and the Bayonet
Title The Boy and the Bayonet PDF eBook
Author Paul Laurence Dunbar
Publisher Teacher Created Materials
Pages 35
Release 2019-12-02
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1644913550

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In the spring of 1895, Bud is excited for his Cadet Corps team to compete in the end-of-the-year drills competition at his school. His company is the favorite to win, but can they pull it off? This historical fiction book is based on a story by the African-American poet and playwright, Paul Laurence Dunbar. Especially appealing to reluctant readers, this 32-page historical fiction book features hi-lo text, full-color illustrations and a short chapter format.

Muggsy

Muggsy
Title Muggsy PDF eBook
Author Muggsy Bogues
Publisher Triumph Books
Pages 248
Release 2022-04-12
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1637270291

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A candid and insightful memoir from one the NBA's most unlikely stars Growing up, Muggsy Bogues was always told he should do something else, anything besides basketball. He never acknowledged his many doubters except to prove them spectacularly wrong. Twenty years after receiving his first basketball as a toddler, he stood proud—at five-foot-three—as the starting point guard for the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA. From the East Baltimore playground courts where he earned his nickname by "muggin'" opponents for possession of the ball, to Dunbar High School where he excelled alongside future NBA players, Bogues set the tone in his early years for the great heights he'd reach professionally. In this new autobiography, Bogues delves deep into his life and career, reflecting on legendary battles with Michael Jordan, John Stockton, and other generational stars of '80s and '90s hoops. He shares far-ranging anecdotes from playoff runs in Charlotte, filming Space Jam, and even watching a young Steph Curry grow up. Conversational and clear-sighted, this is a story of uncompromising vision and fleet-footed determination during a golden era for the NBA.

A Case for Solomon

A Case for Solomon
Title A Case for Solomon PDF eBook
Author Tal McThenia
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 21
Release 2013-08-13
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1439158606

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True crime.

The Life of Kings

The Life of Kings
Title The Life of Kings PDF eBook
Author Frederic B Hill
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 323
Release 2023-06-14
Genre History
ISBN 1442268786

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In an age when local daily papers with formerly robust reporting are cutting sections and even closing their doors, the contributors to The Life of Kings celebrate the heyday of one such paper, the Baltimore Sun, when it set the agenda for Baltimore, was a force in Washington, and extended its reach around the globe. Contributors like David Simon, creator of HBO’s The Wire, and renowned political cartoonist Kevin Kallaugher (better known as KAL), tell what it was like to work in what may have been the last golden age of American newspapers -- when journalism still seemed like “the life of kings” that H.L. Mencken so cheerfully remembered. The writers in this volume recall the standards that made the Sun and other fine independent newspapers a bulwark of civic life for so long. Their contributions affirm that the core principles they followed are no less imperative for the new forms of journalism: a strong sense of the public interest in whose name they were acting, a reverence for accuracy, and an obligation

Penguin

Penguin
Title Penguin PDF eBook
Author Polly Dunbar
Publisher Walker
Pages 32
Release 2009-07-01
Genre Penguins
ISBN 9781406323986

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Can a penguin be the perfect present? Ben is delighted when he opens his present and finds a penguin inside. But Penguin says nothing. It isn't until a passing lion intervenes that Penguin finally speaks - and when he does, Ben discovers something that was really worth the wait.

Dunbar

Dunbar
Title Dunbar PDF eBook
Author Edward St. Aubyn
Publisher Hogarth
Pages 178
Release 2017-10-03
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1101904291

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A reimagining of one of Shakespeare's most well-read tragedies, by the contemporary, critically acclaimed master of domestic drama Henry Dunbar, the once all-powerful head of a global media corporation, is not having a good day. In his dotage he hands over care of the corporation to his two eldest daughters, Abby and Megan, but as relations sour he starts to doubt the wisdom of past decisions. Now imprisoned in Meadowmeade, an upscale sanatorium in rural England, with only a demented alcoholic comedian as company, Dunbar starts planning his escape. As he flees into the hills, his family is hot on his heels. But who will find him first, his beloved youngest daughter, Florence, or the tigresses Abby and Megan, so keen to divest him of his estate? Edward St Aubyn is renowned for his masterwork, the five Melrose novels, which dissect with savage and beautiful precision the agonies of family life. His take on King Lear, Shakespeare’s most devastating family story, is an excoriating novel for and of our times – an examination of power, money and the value of forgiveness.