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By Daniel Brown. 2013
Traces the story of an American rowing team from the University of Washington that defeated elite rivals at Hitler's 1936…
Berlin Olympics, sharing the experiences of their enigmatic coach, a visionary boat builder, and a homeless teen rower. Bestseller. 2013.By Cunxin Li. 2003
This is the true story of how, by the thinnest thread of a chance, one moment in time changed the…
course of a small boy's life in ways that are beyond imagination. One day he would dance with some of the greatest ballet companies of the world. One day he would be a friend to a president and first lady, movie stars and the most influential people in America. One day he would become a star: Mao's last dancer, and the darling of the West. Here is Li Cunxin's own story, a beautiful, rich account of an inspirational life, told with honesty, dignity and pride. 2003.By Michael Lewis, Mathieu Klerckx. 2010
Petit garçon afro-américain sans abri, Michael Oher est un des treize enfants d'une mère accro au crack : il ne…
connaît pas son vrai nom, ni son père ou sa date de naissance, et ne sait ni lire ni écrire. Quand il entre dans un collège huppé par ses aptitudes physiques, il a la chance de croiser sur son chemin une riche famille blanche, les Touhy, qui va le prendre sous son aile et lui permettre d'intégrer une prestigieuse équipe de football américain. Quelques descriptions de violence et quelques passages où le langage est grossier. 2010. Titre uniforme: The blind side.By Hayden Herrera. 1998
Frida is the story of one of the twentieth-century's most extraordinary women, the painter Frida Kahlo. Born near Mexico City,…
she grew up during the turbulent days of the Mexican Revolution and, at eighteen, was the victim of an accident that left her crippled and unable to bear children. To salvage what she could from her unhappy situation, Kahlo had to learn to keep still - so she began to paint. 1998.By William Blinn. 1972
Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo meet at the Chicago Bears' training camp. The year is 1965, and the team has…
decided to assign roommates by position, not race. Gale, who is black, and Brian, who is white, will be rooming together -- and it will be a first. This play chronicles the ups and downs of their efforts as pioneers and as friends, until Brian's death at the age of twenty-six. Junior high and older. 1972.By Tyler Stallings, Larry Karaszewski, Scott Alexander. 2014
WITH AN INTERVIEW WITH MARGARET KEANEThe full screenplay by award-winning Ed Wood writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski for acclaimed…
director Tim Burton's film Big Eyes, starring Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz.A rare close-up look into a corner of the 1950s and '60s art world and a perfectly observed account of a dysfunctional marriage, Big Eyes tells the true story of Margaret Keane, an artist who lived and worked in virtual slavery while her husband, Walter, gained fame and fortune passing himself off as the creator of his wife's wildly popular paintings. The story of their toxic relationship would culminate in a Hawaiian courtroom, as Margaret ultimately fights to save her name and reclaim her art, during a heated public court battle. This edition, illustrated with photos throughout, contains the complete screenplay, an afterword by the screenwriters, and an interview with Margaret Keane, the real-life subject of Big Eyes, by Tyler Stallings.By Aaron Rosenberg. 2013
A movie tie-in novel about Jackie Robinson's life story. In theaters 4/12/13. A novel based on the movie 42--a biopic…
about Jackie Robinson's history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers as the first African American Major League Baseball player. Includes a full-color insert of photos from the movie.