![]() ![]() And those words are powerful and instructive.- Ron Cook, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Reseña del editor: ![]() All the Way: My Life in Four Quarters is told in Namath's words. Have read everything about Namath for years.But this new book is different, better than all of the ones before it in a sense. He doesn't tell all, but he tells a good yarn, guaranteed."- The Wall Street Journal "So here we have it: a reflective football icon-76 years old, incredibly-and an elder statesman. He not only beat the Colts, he whooped alcoholism, evolved into a doting grandfather and endures the many side affects of gridiron fame with nary a complaint- USA Today For all his flaws - and the author does not hide them - Namath is a likable and lively raconteur. "As exciting as it is personal."- 247SportsĮven casual sports fans will find this an enthralling read. ![]() Namath doesn't shy away from the physical and emotional setbacks he has experienced on and off the field."- The Wall Street Journal ![]()
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![]() ![]() Some of them, like Helena's son Quinn, are actually drop-dead gorgeous.Īnd when her fellow students are struck by a mysterious illness, Hunter suspects they are under attack not from the nightwalkers, but from within the academy. So when she receives a special invitation to attend the coronation of vampire queen Helena Drake, she's surprised to think of vampires as something other than evil prey. Hunter Wild attends the secret Helios-Ra Academy, following in her family's tradition of training as vampire hunters. A witty, exhilarating and fresh take on an old tale" (Kelley Armstrong). The thrilling third novel in this YA series featuring "vampires with bite and girls who bite back. ![]() ![]() ![]() It s his fourteenth birthday, and, Grandpop says to become a man, you have to learn how to shoot a gun. Then Ernie lets him down in the bravery department. And when he finds the secret room that Grandpop is always disappearing into a room so full of songbirds and plants that it s almost as if it s been pulled inside-out he begins to wonder if his grandfather is really so brave after all. How does he match his clothes? Know where to walk? Cook with a gas stove? Pour a glass of sweet tea without spilling it? Genie thinks Grandpop must be the bravest guy he s ever known, but he starts to notice that his grandfather never leaves the house as in NEVER. Thunderstruck and being a curious kid Genie peppers Grandpop with questions about how he covers it so well (besides wearing way cool Ray-Bans). ![]() The first is that he and his big brother, Ernie, are leaving Brooklyn for the very first time to spend the summer with their grandparents all the way in Virginia in the COUNTRY The second surprise comes when Genie figures out that their grandfather is blind. ![]() When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires literally in this piercing middle grade novel by the winner of the Coretta Scott King Johnson Steptoe Award. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ennis shortly after began to write for Crisis' parent publication, 2000 AD. 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In his book, India Calling, Giridharadas describes how India's growing economy is creating growing opportunity - what many might recognize as American-style chances to get ahead. "India has become - in a way that it has not been - a land of opportunity for millions and millions and millions of people," he says. Writer Anand Giridharadas grew up in America, but it was in India - the country that his parents left - where he went to look for hope. "My notion of it was never based on India's history or traditions, its long civilizational parade it was a first-generation idea of a place in our shared past, nostalgically shared but blessedly past." "I grew up with only a faint idea that another country was also somehow mine," Giridharadas writes of his upbringing in America. The sun sets over a stretch of the skyline in Mumbai, India, where writer Anand Giridharadas worked as a management consultant after he graduated from college. ![]() ![]() Richard is the best straight-as-a-ramrod stander at his table. All the students are hurrying to put away their textbooks, load up their backpacks, check the floor around their desks, and then stand ramrod-straight behind their chairs. He doesn’t even look tempted to jump around or pull a braid or give a punch. Gavin can do all that being good stuff so easily. He looks over at Gavin, his new best friend. He must try really hard not to pull one of Nikki’s fat braids. He’ll have to make sure he doesn’t make a fart sound with his hand in his armpit. He’ll have to make sure he keeps his lips together and doesn’t punch Ralph in the shoulder for fun. Then, he’ll have to walk in an “orderly fashion” to the line at the classroom door. First, he must get up and push his chair under the desk and stand behind it like a soldier. When his table is called, he will have to hold him-self back from jumping up and running out of there. She’s the teacher and she’s really nice and he likes her a lot. He only has to endure waiting for everyone at his table to straighten up and look “ready to be dismissed.” Those are Ms. When the bell rings, that’s the signal for freedom. Four minutes until his weekend officially begins. ![]() Richard is watching the clock above the whiteboard. ![]() ![]() ![]() And so Patty’s also running for her mom, who can’t. She runs from the reason WHY she’s not able to live with her “real” mom anymore: her mom has The Sugar, and Patty is terrified that the disease that took her mom’s legs will one day take her away forever. She runs for many reasons-to escape the taunts from the kids at the fancy-schmancy new school she’s been sent to ever since she and her little sister had to stop living with their mom. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team-a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. A newbie to the track team, Patina must learn to rely on her teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons in this New York Times bestselling follow-up to the National Book Award finalist Ghost by New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds. ![]() ![]() ![]() Scorned and shunned, he swore never to return to the land of his birth. Lord Courtland Chase, grandson of the Duke of Ashvale, was driven from England at the behest of his cruel stepmother. ![]() She's refused dozens of suitors and cried off multiple betrothals, but running away?even if brash and foolhardy?is the only option left to secure her independence. Sometimes, finding love means flouting the rules.īorn to a life of privilege, Lady Ravenna Huntley rues the day that she must marry. USA Today bestselling author Amalie Howard whisks you away with a historical romance full of drama, true love, and the perfect happily ever after.Ī rebellious heiress determined to be independentĪ shunned duke forced to return to his family estateĪnd a scandalbetween them that will have the whole ton aflutter ![]() |
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