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Author
Series
Killing volume 12
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"In the latest book in the...Killing Series, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard tell the larger-than-life stories of Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. The King is dead. The Walrus is shot. The Greatest is no more. Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. These three icons changed not only the worlds of music, film, and sports, but the world itself. Their faces were known everywhere, in every nation, across every culture. And their...
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
A little boy’s joyous encounter with his hero, boxing champion and poet Muhammad Ali, is everything he’s dreamed of—and more! Like most of the kids he knows, Langston is a huge fan of boxing champ Muhammad Ali. After all, Ali is the greatest for so many reasons—his speed, his strength, his confidence—and his poetry. Langston loves that Ali can float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, and Ali’s words give him confidence to spin his...
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides a profile of this legendary and flamboyant boxer and the complicated life he led, from changing his religion and his name to dodging the draft during the Vietnam Era and fighting his way to regain a stripped title.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
In 1988, then struggling writer Davis Miller drove to Muhammad Ali's mother's modest Louisville house, knocked on the door and introduced himself to his childhood idol. Nearly thirty years later, the two friends have an uncommon bond, the sort that can be fashioned only in serendipitous ways and fortified through shared experiences. Miller now draws from those remarkable moments to give us a beautifully written portrait of a great man physically devastated...
6) 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
Katharine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a biography of the legendary boxing champion that traces the childhood event that inspired his career and the achievements that became his enduring legacy.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of the legendary boxer who began his career as Cassius Clay, discussing his prowess in the ring, his refusal to fight in the Vietnam War, and his life after boxing.
9) Muhammad Ali
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Follow Muhammad Ali's rise from Louisville, Kentucky to international fame, as key events unfolded in Ali's life, including his stunning conversion to Islam and his change of name, his dramatic stand against the Vietnam-era draft, his three-year exile from the ring, his legendary comeback fights, his courageous battle with Parkinson's disease, and his inspirational reemergence on the world stage at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
10) I am Ali
Author
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
An intimate and heart-warming look at the man behind the legend as we've never seen Ali before. The documentary is told through exclusive, unprecedented access to Ali's personal archive of voice recordings combined with touching interviews and testimonials from his inner circle of family and friends, including his daughters, son, ex-wife and brother, plus legends of the boxing community including Mike Tyson, George Foreman and Gene Kilroy.
11) Ali's 65
Publisher
ESPN
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
"Honoring the boxer and the man, this unique documentary defines Ali's impact on society and culture as he celebrates his 65th birthday."--Container.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
The legendary boxer discusses the spiritual values that have shaped him, reflecting on the deepest meanings of life, the principles of Islam, moral courage, belief in God, and the responsibilities of fame and family.
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of Muhammad Ali, from his childhood in Louisville, Kentucky, his legendary boxing career, and his conversion to Islam and opposition to the war in Vietnam, to his appearance at the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta.
14) Muhammad Ali
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
"Cassius Clay is a kid who rushes into boxing by accident, following the theft of his bike. Clay becomes Muhammad Ali, and his talent for the sport is proven when he wins an Olympic Gold Medal. The World Heavyweight Champion never takes a hit without fighting back. Civil Rights activist, contemporary of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, Ali is one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century"--Provided by publisher.
""An original graphic novel...
Author
Series
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"From the best-selling author behind My Weird School: a quirky new biography series that casts fresh light on high-interest historic figures. Did you know that Muhammad Ali was so terrified of flying on planes he would bring a parachute? Or that he won the Presidential Medal of Freedom? Bet you didn't know that he had an official sweat-taster to determine how salty his sweat was after each match! Siblings Paige and Turner do-and they've collected...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
Draws on previously untapped sources to illuminate the secret friendship and disastrous estrangement between Cassius Clay and Malcolm X, sharing insights into Malcolm's alleged role in shaping Clay's double life as a patriotic athlete and Islamic reformer.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Muhammad Ali, the leading heavyweight boxer of the 20th century, was an icon for a generation and his impact in sports and the Civil Rights Movement is still felt today.
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