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Book Synopsis The Sixteenth Round by : Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
Download or read book The Sixteenth Round written by Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was riding a wave of success. The survivor of a difficult youth, he rose to become a top contender for the middleweight boxing crown. But his career crashed to a halt on May 26, 1967, when he and another man were found guilty of the murder of three white people and sentenced to three consecutive life terms. Written from prison and first published in 1974, The Sixteenth Round chronicles Hurricane's journey from the ring to solitary confinement. The book was his cry for help to the public, an attempt to set the record straight and force a new trial. Bob Dylan wrote his classic anthem "Hurricane" about his struggle, and Muhammad Ali and thousands of others took up his cause. The power of Carter's voice, as well as his ironic humor, makes this an eloquent, soul-stirring account of a remarkable life.
Book Synopsis Eye of the Hurricane by : Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
Download or read book Eye of the Hurricane written by Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Onetime seemingly unstoppable boxing champion, victim of a false conviction for a triple homicide, and spokesperson for the wrongfully incarcerated, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter is a controversial twentieth century icon. In this moving narrative, Dr. Carter tells of the metaphoric and physical prisons he has survived: his poverty-stricken childhood, his troubled adolescence and early adulthood, his 19-year imprisonment with 10 years in solitary confinement, and the knowledge that his life was forever altered by injustice. A spiritual as well as factual autobiography, his is not a comfortable story or a comfortable philosophy, but he offers hope for those who have none, and his words are a call to action for those who abhor injustice. Eye of the Hurricane may well change the way we view crime and punishment in the twenty-first century.
Book Synopsis Lazarus and the Hurricane by : Sam Chaiton
Download or read book Lazarus and the Hurricane written by Sam Chaiton and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2000-01-21 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true story in which an African-American teen tries to help Rubin "Hurricane" Carter receive a fair trial for the murder of three men in 1966.
Download or read book Hurricane written by James S. Hirsch and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiration for the recent film starring Denzel Washington, "Hurricane" recounts the miraculous journey of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter--a boxer wrongly jailed for three murders--from fierce despair to freedom and enlightenment. of photos.
Book Synopsis Sixteenth Summer by : Michelle Dalton
Download or read book Sixteenth Summer written by Michelle Dalton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sweet summer romance about “the floaty happiness of first love” (BCCB) between a girl living in a beachside island town and a city boy is perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Morgan Matson. Anna is dreading another tourist-filled summer on Dune Island that follows the same routine: beach, ice cream, friends, repeat. That is, until she locks eyes with Will, the gorgeous and sweet guy visiting from New York. Soon, her summer is filled with flirtatious fun as Anna falls head over heels in love. But with every perfect afternoon, sweet kiss, and walk on the beach, Anna can’t ignore that the days are quickly growing shorter, and Will has to leave at the end of August. Anna’s never felt anything like this before, but when forever isn’t even a possibility, one summer doesn’t feel worth the promise of her heart breaking…
Book Synopsis Round about a Pound a Week by : Mrs. Pember Reeves
Download or read book Round about a Pound a Week written by Mrs. Pember Reeves and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Round about a Pound a Week" by Mrs. Pember Reeves. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Book Synopsis Nobody Gonna Turn Me 'round by : Doreen Rappaport
Download or read book Nobody Gonna Turn Me 'round written by Doreen Rappaport and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This final installment in the powerful nonfiction trilogy about the African-American experience introduces readers to the people, armed with the songs and strength passed down from their ancestors, who profoundly impacted the American civil rights movement.
Book Synopsis Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City by : K. J. Parker
Download or read book Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City written by K. J. Parker and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: K. J. Parker's new novel is the remarkable tale of the siege of a walled city, and the even more remarkable man who had to defend it. A siege is approaching, and the city has little time to prepare. The people have no food and no weapons, and the enemy has sworn to slaughter them all. To save the city will take a miracle, but what it has is Orhan. A colonel of engineers, Orhan has far more experience with bridge-building than battles, is a cheat and a liar, and has a serious problem with authority. He is, in other words, perfect for the job. Sixteen Ways To Defend a Walled City is the story of Orhan, son of Siyyah Doctus Felix Praeclarissimus, and his history of the Great Siege, written down so that the deeds and sufferings of great men may never be forgotten.
Download or read book "P" is for Peril written by Sue Grafton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kinsey Millhone trusts her life to her instincts as her investigation into the disappearance of a renowned physician takes her into a dark and dangerous world of duplicity, betrayal, and double-dealing, in the noir-influenced novel by the author of fifteen mysteries spanning the first two-thirds of the alphabet. 750,000 first printing.
Book Synopsis Alternative Exchanges by : Laurence Fontaine
Download or read book Alternative Exchanges written by Laurence Fontaine and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exchanges have always had more than economic significance: values circulate and encounters become institutionalized. This volume explores the changing meaning of the circulation of second-hand goods from the Renaissance to today, and thereby examines the blurring of boundaries between market, gifts, and charity. It describes the actors of the market - official entities such as corporations, recognized professions, and established markets but also the subterranean circulation that develops around the need for money. The complex layers that not only provide for numerous intermediaries but also include the many men and women who, as sellers or buyers, use these circulations on countless occasions are also examined.
Book Synopsis Princess Ben by : Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Download or read book Princess Ben written by Catherine Gilbert Murdock and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2009-05-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “deliciously frothy fairy tale” from the award-winning author of The Book of Boy and the Dairy Queen series (Horn Book Magazine, starred review). Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s talents for storytelling and creating strong female characters take a fresh turn in this spirited and sophisticated fairy tale. Benevolence is not your typical princess. With her parents lost to assassins, Princess Ben ends up under the thumb of the conniving Queen Sophia. Starved and miserable, locked in the castle’s highest tower, Ben stumbles upon a mysterious enchanted room. So begins her secret education in the magical arts: mastering an obstinate flying broomstick, furtively emptying the castle pantries, setting her hair on fire . . . But Ben’s private adventures are soon overwhelmed by a mortal threat to her kingdom. Can Ben save the country and herself from foul tyranny? “Murdock spins a rip-roaring yarn that borrows fairy-tale conventions (particularly from “Sleeping Beauty”) and reverses them to suit her strong, resourceful heroine. The wild adventure, intricately imagined setting, memorable characters, and romance will charm readers, especially fans of Gail Carson Levine’s Fairest.”—Booklist (starred review) “Murdock’s first venture into fantasy offers a fairy tale with several twists and surprises, and readers will be drawn into the world and moods that she creates.”—School Library Journal “Readers will love every minute they spend with [Princess Ben].”—Teensreadtoo.com This ebook includes a sample chapter of Wisdom’s Kiss.
Download or read book Agents of Empire written by Noel Malcolm and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a Venetian-Albanian family in the late sixteenth century forms the basis of a sweeping account of the interaction between East and West Europe and the Ottoman Empire at a pivotal moment in history.
Download or read book Swept Away written by Michelle Dalton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facing a lonely summer overrun by tourists in her seaside hometown, insecure Mandy takes a volunteer job at the local lighthouse and gives a private tour to a cute newcomer who encourages her to confront her self-esteem issues.
Book Synopsis One Good Turn by : Witold Rybczynski
Download or read book One Good Turn written by Witold Rybczynski and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-09-11 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Best Tool of the Millennium The seeds of Rybczynski's elegant and illuminating new book were sown by The New York Times, whose editors asked him to write an essay identifying "the best tool of the millennium." The award-winning author of Home, A Clearing in the Distance, and Now I Sit Me Down, Rybczynski once built a house using only hand tools. His intimate knowledge of the toolbox -- both its contents and its history -- serves him beautifully on his quest. One Good Turn is a story starring Archimedes, who invented the water screw and introduced the helix, and Leonardo, who sketched a machine for carving wood screws. It is a story of mechanical discovery and genius that takes readers from ancient Greece to car design in the age of American industry. Rybczynski writes an ode to the screw, without which there would be no telescope, no microscope -- in short, no enlightenment science. One of our finest cultural and architectural historians, Rybczynski renders a graceful, original, and engaging portrait of the tool that changed the course of civilization.
Book Synopsis Why the Wheel Is Round by : Steven Vogel
Download or read book Why the Wheel Is Round written by Steven Vogel and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no part of our bodies that fully rotates—be it a wrist or ankle or arm in a shoulder socket, we are made to twist only so far. And yet there is no more fundamental human invention than the wheel—a rotational mechanism that accomplishes what our physical form cannot. Throughout history, humans have developed technologies powered by human strength, complementing the physical abilities we have while overcoming our weaknesses. Providing a unique history of the wheel and other rotational devices—like cranks, cranes, carts, and capstans—Why the Wheel Is Round examines the contraptions and tricks we have devised in order to more efficiently move—and move through—the physical world. Steven Vogel combines his engineering expertise with his remarkable curiosity about how things work to explore how wheels and other mechanisms were, until very recently, powered by the push and pull of the muscles and skeletal systems of humans and other animals. Why the Wheel Is Round explores all manner of treadwheels, hand-spikes, gears, and more, as well as how these technologies diversified into such things as hand-held drills and hurdy-gurdies. Surprisingly, a number of these devices can be built out of everyday components and materials, and Vogel’s accessible and expansive book includes instructions and models so that inspired readers can even attempt to make their own muscle-powered technologies, like trebuchets and ballista. Appealing to anyone fascinated by the history of mechanics and technology as well as to hobbyists with home workshops, Why the Wheel Is Round offers a captivating exploration of our common technological heritage based on the simple concept of rotation. From our leg muscles powering the gears of a bicycle to our hands manipulating a mouse on a roller ball, it will be impossible to overlook the amazing feats of innovation behind our daily devices.
Book Synopsis The Sixteenth Round by : Rubin Carter
Download or read book The Sixteenth Round written by Rubin Carter and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Boy Who Sailed Around the World Alone by : Robin Lee Graham
Download or read book The Boy Who Sailed Around the World Alone written by Robin Lee Graham and published by Goldencraft. This book was released on 1973-10-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the voyage of a California sixteen-year-old who spent nearly five years sailing alone around the world.
