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  • Cinderella Man

    door Marc Cerasini ...
    Serie Boek 75 - Shooting Script
    Set in New York in the Depression, this is the story of Jim Braddock, who takes up boxing to make money to feed his family, and eventually goes up against champ Max Baer, notorious for having killed two men in the ring.James J. Braddock, born in New York City, was known locally for his thunderous right hand and successful amateur boxing career. After turning professional, he defeated foe after foe ... Meer lezen

    3,99 €

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  • Lady Sings the Blues

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    Serie series Harlem Moon Classics
    Perfect for fans of The United States vs. Billie Holiday, this is the fiercely honest, no-holds-barred memoir of the legendary jazz, swing, and standards singing sensation—a fiftieth-anniversary edition updated with stunning new photos, a revised discography, and an insightful foreword by music writer David RitzTaking the reader on a fast-moving journey from Billie Holiday’s rough-and-tumble ... Meer lezen

    10,17 €

  • Black Is the New White

    door Paul Mooney ...
    With his no-holds-barred delivery and unique worldview, Paul Mooney continues to stir anger, generate laughter, and provoke thought while attempting to tear down racial and social barriers through his juicy memoir about his years writing comedy with the likes of Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, the Wayans' Brothers, and Dave Chappelle.For more than forty years—whether writing for Richard Pryor and ... Meer lezen

    15,65 €

  • Heartstone

    door Phillip Margolin ...
    They were young, popular, the perfect couple -- an all-American boy and a beautiful cheerleader. But the youthful passion that led them to Lookout Point that terrible evening would prove fatal. For Richie Walters the end came swiftly, as death descended upon him in a savage orgy of horrific violence. Elaine Murray would live long enough to learn just how lucky her boyfriend had been ...Two brutal ... Meer lezen

    5,69 €

  • The Soul of Baseball

    A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America

    door Joe Posnanski ...
    "One of the best baseball books in years"—a journey with Negro League legend Buck O'Neil by the New York Times–bestselling author of The Baseball 100 ( Cleveland Plain Dealer).Winner of the Casey Award for Best Baseball Book of the YearWhen legendary Negro League player Buck O'Neil asked award-winning sports columnist Joe Posnanski how he fell in love with baseball, that simple question eventually ... Meer lezen

    15,89 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • The Burning

    The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

    door Tim Madigan ...
    “A powerful book, a harrowing case study made all the more so by Madigan's skillful, clear-eyed telling of it.” —Adam Nossiter, The New York Times Book ReviewOn the morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob numbering in the thousands marched across the railroad tracks dividing black from white in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and obliterated a black community then celebrated as one of America's most prosperous. 34 ... Meer lezen

    10,17 €

  • Tammy Wynette

    Tragic Country Queen

    door Jimmy McDonough ...
    The first full-scale biography of the enduring first lady of country musicThe twentieth century had three great female singers who plumbed the darkest corners of their hearts and transformed private grief into public dramas. In opera, there was the unsurpassed Maria Callas. In jazz, the tormented Billie Holiday. And in country music, there was Tammy Wynette."Stand by Your Man," "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," ... Meer lezen

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  • The One

    The Life and Music of James Brown

    door RJ Smith ...
    The definitive biography of James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, with fascinating findings on his life as a Civil Rights activist, an entrepreneur, and the most innovative musician of our timePlaying 350 shows a year at his peak, with more than forty Billboard hits, James Brown was a dazzling showman who transformed American music. His life offstage was just as vibrant, and until now no biographer ... Meer lezen

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  • Yes I Can: the story of Sammy Davis Jr

    door Burt Boyar ...
    In Yes I Can, his 1965 worldwide Number One Best Selling autobiography, Sammy Davis recounts the extraordinary obstacles he overcame to become the undisputed world's greatest entertainer. He describes his personal conviction, the view of success that both propelled him to stardom and served as his armor against racism. "I have to be a star like another man has to breathe. I've got to get so big, ... Meer lezen

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  • Like Trees, Walking

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    door Ravi Howard ...
    "A breathtaking debut" based on the true story of the modern-day lynching of a black man in the 1980s American south (A tlanta Journal-Constitution ).Michael Donald, a young black man living in Mobile, Alabama, was abducted and lynched by members of the Ku Klux Klan in 1981. It was the last recorded lynching in America, as well as a shocking awakening for a post-Jim-Crow generation that had been ... Meer lezen

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  • Whiskey River

    door Loren Estleman ...
    Serie Boek 1 - The Detroit Novels
    Edgar Award Finalist: In the throes of Prohibition-era Detroit, one reporter follows the gripping and violent life of a man who helped keep the booze flowing.Like nowhere else in America, Detroit flourished during Prohibition. The constant flow of liquor from across the Canadian border made Lake Erie a war zone, and lined the pockets of the men who ran the Purple Gang, the Unione Siciliana, and ... Meer lezen

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  • Kill 'Em and Leave

    Searching for James Brown and the American Soul

    door James McBride ...
    “You won’t leave this hypnotic book without feeling that James Brown is still out there, howling.”—The Boston GlobeFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, Deacon King Kong, and Five-Carat SoulKill ’Em and Leave is more than a book about James Brown. Brown embodied the contradictions of American life: He was an ... ... Meer lezen

    5,29 €