Jonathan Eig
1) King: a life
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"The first full biography in decades, "King" mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk and accessible storytelling to forge the definitive life for our times"--
"“Supple, penetrating, heartstring-pulling and compulsively readable . . . Eig’s book is worthy of its subject.” ―Dwight Garner, The New York Times "[King is] infused with the narrative energy of a thriller . . . The most compelling account of King’s life in a generation.”...
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Series
Lola Jones volume 2
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Lola has a mind of her own and, with the help of Grandpa Ed and the support of her mother and friends, she learns how to use her determination to right a wrong at school"--
Author
Series
Lola Jones volume 1
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Lola, with help from Grampa Ed and neighbor Gabriel, figures out a way to show the boys at school that they should be letting girls play soccer with them at recess.
4) Ali: a life
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
Presents an unauthorized portrait of the iconic champion fighter, arguing that race was a central theme in Muhammad Ali's career, faith ,and advocacy work and that his political beliefs and neurological health shaped his complex character.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Immersed in radical feminist politics, scientific ingenuity, establishment opposition, and, ultimately, a sea change in social attitudes, this is the fascinating story of one of the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth century.