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Assisted

Author : John Stockton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781609079253
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (792 download)

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Download or read book Assisted written by John Stockton and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fast, gritty, durable player who could read a basketball floor as well as anyone who ever played the game, John Stockton left the NBA after nineteen seasons with the Utah Jazz, holding a massive assist record, including the career mark (15,806). He also twice led the league in steals with a career total of 3,265, retiring as the NBA's all-time leader. During Stockton's career, the Jazz never missed the playoffs. Coach Frank Layden said, "Nobody thought that he was going to be this good. Nobody. But the thing was, nobody measured his heart." John's autobiography, Assisted, pulls back the curtain on his very personal life to show fans a thoughtful recounting of the people, places, and events that influenced John along his path of extraordinary success. This book clearly illustrates the importance of his family, his faith, and his unparalleled competitive spirit.--From publisher description.

Competing Voices

Author : Ronald Isetti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781977214843
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (148 download)

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Download or read book Competing Voices written by Ronald Isetti and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-24 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Shunning boosterism, this history of Stockton California seeks to present a critical and candid account of a tent city during the Gold Rush that grew into a metropolis larger than either Pittsburgh or Cincinnati. It begins with the Yokut and Miwok tribes of the San Joaquin and moves forward to the present day, highlighting along the way the city's "golden age" during the Roaring Twenties and its unique, even crucial, roles during the Civil War, the Great War, and the Second World War. It does not ignore movers and shakers liek city manager Walter Byron Hogan, local industrialists such as Tillie Lewis, and real estate developers such as the billionaire Alex Spanos. However, it also tells the stories of ordinary citizens who did extraordinary things -- a transvestite woman who worked for a local newspaper during the Gilded Age and stowed away on a troop ship to the Philippines in 1898, a high school teacher who refused to abandon her Japanese students when they were imprisoned in 1942 at the county fairgrounds and was later honored by the Emperor of Japan, a brilliant Jewish humanities professor who inspired som many of his students, including jazz composer Dave Brubeck. Seeking to be inclusive, this history takes pains to acknowledge the contributions of Native Americans, Chinese, and Italian immigrants, Filipino/as, Japanese Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Sikhs, gays and lesbians, and women. Everyone is given a voice." -- cover, p.[4].

Filipinos in Stockton

Author : Dawn B. Mabalon, Ph.D.
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738556246
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (562 download)

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Download or read book Filipinos in Stockton written by Dawn B. Mabalon, Ph.D. and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Filipino settlers arrived in Stockton, California, around 1898, and through most of the 20th century, this city was home to the largest community of Filipinos outside the Philippines. Because countless Filipinos worked in, passed through, and settled here, it became the crossroads of Filipino America. Yet immigrants were greeted with signs that read "Positively No Filipinos Allowed" and were segregated to a four-block area centered on Lafayette and El Dorado Streets, which they called "Little Manila." In the 1970s, redevelopment and the Crosstown Freeway decimated the Little Manila neighborhood. Despite these barriers, Filipino Americans have created a vibrant ethnic community and a rich cultural legacy. Filipino immigrants and their descendants have shaped the history, culture, and economy of the San Joaquin Delta area.

Beauty Is Never Enough

Author : Elizabeth Barstow Alton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781947889057
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Beauty Is Never Enough written by Elizabeth Barstow Alton and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beauty Is Never Enough. As a thirteen-year-old, Elizabeth B. Alton participated in the 1920 Atlantic City International Rolling Chair Parade, an event that gave rise to the Miss America Pageant. Walking the length of the Boardwalk surrounded by an enthusiastic crowd-she remembered the day for the rest of her life. Alton narrates the details of her innocent childhood, marriage to her high school sweetheart John, and varied business ventures. Her community service is extensive and praiseworthy, especially her participation in the New Jersey Federation of Women's Clubs and the establishment of Stockton University. The centerpiece of her memoir is Alton's longtime association with the Miss America Pageant, providing a behind the scenes view of the Pageant's earliest years through the mid 1990s. Throughout, she notes the difficulties of working in a man's world determined to gain appropriate recognition for women. It is a story of a pioneer who lived her life advocating that beauty is never enough.

Ting-a-ling

Author : Frank R. Stockton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Ting-a-ling written by Frank R. Stockton and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Chinese Community of Stockton

Author : Sylvia Sun Minnick
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439613672
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book The Chinese Community of Stockton written by Sylvia Sun Minnick and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002-03-19 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stockton, referred to as Sam Fow by its Chinese community, was the third largest metropolitan area leading to the goldfields of California at the turn of the 20th century. The Chinese immigrants came from Kwangtung, China, to find their fortune, and instead found a series of restrictive laws aimed at keeping them from participating in the development of the burgeoning frontier town. Their story is here, in over 200 vintage images of community life and resilience. Despite legislation such as the Foreign Miners' taxes and the California Alien Land Act, and most recently the construction of the Crosstown Freeway combined with the redevelopment project that disseminated the heart of Chinatown, the Chinese of this area were major contributors to California and Stockton's economy. They have maintained a balance between their heritage of familial and religious obligations and western education and activities. Included are photographs dating from the late 1920s of traditional Chinese associations and more recent community activities. These images showcase once thriving businesses, educational and religious efforts, and familial milestones.

The Deeper the Roots

Author : Michael Tubbs
Publisher : Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book
ISBN 13 : 1250173450
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Deeper the Roots written by Michael Tubbs and published by Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Insightful, emotional, and enraging. By sharing his story in gripping detail, Michael Tubbs embodies an old feminist tradition whereby the personal is political. He empowers us to fight for equal opportunities for our communities, and encourages us to amass the courage to overcome loss and injustice.” —Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist The making of a visionary political leader—and a blueprint for a more equitable country “Don’t tell nobody our business,” Michael Tubbs’s mother often told him growing up. For Michael, that meant a lot of things: don’t tell anyone about the day-to-day struggle of being Black and broke in Stockton, CA. Don’t tell anyone the pain of having a father incarcerated for 25 years to life. Don’t tell anyone about living two lives, the brainy bookworm and the kid with the newest Jordans. And also don’t tell anyone about the particular joys of growing up with three “moms”—a Nana who never let him miss church, an Auntie who’d take him to the library any time, and a mother, “She-Daddy”, who schooled him in the wisdom of hip-hop and taught him never to take no for an answer. So for a long time Michael didn’t tell anyone his story, but as he went on to a scholarship at Stanford and an internship in the Obama White House, he began to realize the power of his experience, the need for his perspective in the halls of power. By the time he returned to Stockton to become, in 2016 at age 26, its first Black mayor and the youngest-ever mayor of a major American city, he knew his story meant something. The Deeper the Roots is a memoir astonishing in its candor, voice, and clarity of vision. Tubbs shares with us the city that raised him, his family of badass women, his life-changing encounters with Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama, the challenges of governing in the 21st century and everything in between—en route to unveiling his compelling vision for America rooted in his experiences in his hometown.

The Daily Coyote

Author : Shreve Stockton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416592180
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The Daily Coyote written by Shreve Stockton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developed from her tremendously popular blog, this book offers the inspiring and beautifully illustrated account of the author's experiences raising an orphaned coyote as a beloved pet. Full-color photographs throughout.

The Christmas Wreck

Author : Frank Richard Stockton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Christmas Wreck written by Frank Richard Stockton and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Lady Or the Tiger and Other Short Stories

Author : Frank Stockton
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0812519566
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book The Lady Or the Tiger and Other Short Stories written by Frank Stockton and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1992-04-15 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of stories by the nineteenth century author, featuring his most famous tale, "The Lady or the Tiger," which poses a dilemma that was hotly debated for years after its publication.

Fat City

Author : Leonard Gardner
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590178939
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Fat City written by Leonard Gardner and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fat City is a vivid novel of allegiance and defeat, of the potent promise of the good life and the desperation and drink that waylay those whom it eludes. Stockton, California is the setting: the Lido Gym, the Hotel Coma, Main Street lunchrooms and dingy bars, days like long twilights in houses obscured by untrimmed shrubs and black walnut trees. When two men meet in the ring -- the retired boxer Billy Tully and the newcomer Ernie Munger - their brief bout sets into motion their hidden fates, initiating young Ernie into the company of men and luring Tully back into training. In a dispassionate and composed voice, Gardner narrates their swings of fortune, and the plodding optimism of their manager Ruben Luna, as he watches the most promising boys one by one succumb to some undefined weakness; still, "There was always someone who wanted to fight."

The Griffin and the Minor Canon

Author : Frank R. Stockton
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006029731X
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Griffin and the Minor Canon written by Frank R. Stockton and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2005-11-08 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first of Frank Stockton's original fairytales re-illustrated by Maurice Sendak. When a griffin shows great fondness for the sculpture of himself above the great door of the church, and equal admiration for the Minor Canon, the townspeople fear that the terrifying creature will live among them forever.

The Lady, Or the Tiger?

Author : Stockton Frank R.
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781539402350
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Lady, Or the Tiger? written by Stockton Frank R. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Called the most famous riddle mystery of all time, this very short story poses a dilemma. A man is sentenced to an unusual punishment for having a romance with a king's beloved daughter. Taken to the public arena, he is faced with two doors, behind one of which is a hungry tiger that will devour him. Behind the other is a beautiful lady-in-waiting, whom he will have to marry if he finds her. While the crowd waits anxiously for his decision, he sees the princess among the spectators, who points him to the door on the right with a slight movement of her hand. The lover starts to open the door and ...

A Lady's Place

Author : Mary Jo Gohlke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692840665
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book A Lady's Place written by Mary Jo Gohlke and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historic account of The Philomathean Club, a women's social and educational institution in Stockton, Ca.

A History of Stockton from Its Organization Up to the Present Time

Author : George Henry Tinkham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Stockton from Its Organization Up to the Present Time written by George Henry Tinkham and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

5 Clones

Author : Edward Bonilla
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781940233710
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (337 download)

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Download or read book 5 Clones written by Edward Bonilla and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the United States permanently closes all of its borders to immigration, and expels all "nonnatives"from the country in a furor of Nationalism and Isolationism, California secedes from the Union to form its own independent nation. In the midst of this chaos, Dan and his 5 Clones - his physical replicas, created in a federal lab to be low intelligence farm laborers - attempt to secretly enter the new California Independent Republic, becoming enmeshed in a struggle to find and secure a new technology that could save, or destroy the world. But are Dan's 5 clones really just workers? Slaves? Pets? Family? Or will they turn out to be something entirely different.. Here is a big question: What is a human being? Blood. Flesh and bone. A soul. Who is to say that a 'soul' is thesole possession of a human being? I loved this book and I am certain you will too. Gary Petras, author of Memories End, The Sisters Hood and the Thorndancer, Small Heroes and Farrow And Blackstorm Trilogies www.5Clones.com

Dead Run

Author : Joe Jackson
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Dead Run written by Joe Jackson and published by Crown. This book was released on 1999 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summers are always stifling in southern Virginia, and they're even hotter on the Mecklenburg Correctional Center's Death Row when Dennis Stockton arrives there in July 1983. Charged with murder for hire, Stockton insisted he was innocent, but his jury sentenced him to die. In prison, he begins keeping a diary and it soon becomes his lifeline, nurturing dreams of freedom and publication as an author. Mecklenburg's officials had always prided themselves on running a secure prison, but that left them vulnerable to an ingenious escape conspiracy. Though indispensable in the plotting, Stockton decides not to run, betting instead on a new trial and exoneration. The escape of the "Mecklenburg Six" is dazzlingly suspenseful, as they take hostages, don guards' uniforms, and, staging a monumental bluff, make history with America's first mass escape from Death Row. Mean-while, Stockton notes it all in his journal. After the escape, a Norfolk newspaper editor, William F. Burke, Jr., writes to the remaining inmates, seeking information on the unprecedented breakout. Stockton's diary becomes the most revealing account, and when excerpts are published, a scandalous portrait of Death Row emerges: bribed guards, marijuana plants, homebrew alcohol, weapon stashes, unlocked cell doors, and jailhouse sex. Overnight, Stockton becomes the most hated man in Virginia's prisons for his exposé. During the next eleven years, he survives plots against his life and endures subhuman conditions. Throughout his ordeal he struggles to find his voice as a writer, while battling to gain a new trial and escape the "monster factory," his name for Death Row. As Stockton's scheduled execution nears, the case against him begins unraveling, leaving readers to ponder the true nature of justice.