Author: Daniel O'Connor
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9781560253563
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Iron Mike collects the best writing on the tumultuous fifteen-year career of the most reviled and idolized athlete in the world, Michael Gerard Tyson. Since becoming, at age nineteen, the youngest heavyweight champion in history, Tyson's dramatic rise, fall, and continuing struggle has provoked more passionate writing, both in and out of the sports pages, than that of any other boxer since Muhammad Ali. Iron Mike is about more than boxing. Like no other athlete, Mike Tyson is at the nexus of America's cultural anxieties about race, class, masculinity, violence, and celebrity; like no other athlete his story of high drama and low comedy inspires writers to wrestle with these themes, with Tyson often no more than the occasion for the writer's own preoccupations. And Tyson has provided many such occasions: his rise to the Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship at age twenty-one; his rocky marriage to Robin Givens; his controversial conviction for the rape of Desiree Washington; his return to boxing and reclamation of the WBC and WBA belts; his biting of Evander Holyfield. Iron Mike is a kaleidoscopic portrait of a man who, for better and worse, is one of the most recognizable, popular, and defining icons of our time. The book includes selections from Joyce Carol Oates, Pete Hamill, Jose Torres, Pete Dexter, Phil Berger, Christopher Hitchens, Robert Lipsyte, Dave Anderson, Jonathan Yardley, Richard Rodriguez, Katherine Dunn, Budd Schulberg, William Plummer, David Remnick, Keith Botsworth, and others.
Iron Mike
Author: Daniel O'Connor
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9781560253563
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Iron Mike collects the best writing on the tumultuous fifteen-year career of the most reviled and idolized athlete in the world, Michael Gerard Tyson. Since becoming, at age nineteen, the youngest heavyweight champion in history, Tyson's dramatic rise, fall, and continuing struggle has provoked more passionate writing, both in and out of the sports pages, than that of any other boxer since Muhammad Ali. Iron Mike is about more than boxing. Like no other athlete, Mike Tyson is at the nexus of America's cultural anxieties about race, class, masculinity, violence, and celebrity; like no other athlete his story of high drama and low comedy inspires writers to wrestle with these themes, with Tyson often no more than the occasion for the writer's own preoccupations. And Tyson has provided many such occasions: his rise to the Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship at age twenty-one; his rocky marriage to Robin Givens; his controversial conviction for the rape of Desiree Washington; his return to boxing and reclamation of the WBC and WBA belts; his biting of Evander Holyfield. Iron Mike is a kaleidoscopic portrait of a man who, for better and worse, is one of the most recognizable, popular, and defining icons of our time. The book includes selections from Joyce Carol Oates, Pete Hamill, Jose Torres, Pete Dexter, Phil Berger, Christopher Hitchens, Robert Lipsyte, Dave Anderson, Jonathan Yardley, Richard Rodriguez, Katherine Dunn, Budd Schulberg, William Plummer, David Remnick, Keith Botsworth, and others.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9781560253563
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Iron Mike collects the best writing on the tumultuous fifteen-year career of the most reviled and idolized athlete in the world, Michael Gerard Tyson. Since becoming, at age nineteen, the youngest heavyweight champion in history, Tyson's dramatic rise, fall, and continuing struggle has provoked more passionate writing, both in and out of the sports pages, than that of any other boxer since Muhammad Ali. Iron Mike is about more than boxing. Like no other athlete, Mike Tyson is at the nexus of America's cultural anxieties about race, class, masculinity, violence, and celebrity; like no other athlete his story of high drama and low comedy inspires writers to wrestle with these themes, with Tyson often no more than the occasion for the writer's own preoccupations. And Tyson has provided many such occasions: his rise to the Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship at age twenty-one; his rocky marriage to Robin Givens; his controversial conviction for the rape of Desiree Washington; his return to boxing and reclamation of the WBC and WBA belts; his biting of Evander Holyfield. Iron Mike is a kaleidoscopic portrait of a man who, for better and worse, is one of the most recognizable, popular, and defining icons of our time. The book includes selections from Joyce Carol Oates, Pete Hamill, Jose Torres, Pete Dexter, Phil Berger, Christopher Hitchens, Robert Lipsyte, Dave Anderson, Jonathan Yardley, Richard Rodriguez, Katherine Dunn, Budd Schulberg, William Plummer, David Remnick, Keith Botsworth, and others.
Undisputed Truth
Author: Mike Tyson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142181218
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
“Raw, powerful and disturbing—a head-spinning take on Mr. Tyson's life.”—Wall Street Journal Philosopher, Broadway headliner, fighter, felon—Mike Tyson has defied stereotypes, expectations, and a lot of conventional wisdom during his three decades in the public eye. Bullied as a boy in the toughest, poorest neighborhood in Brooklyn, Tyson grew up to become one of the most ferocious boxers of all time—and the youngest heavyweight champion ever. But his brilliance in the ring was often compromised by reckless behavior. Yet—even after hitting rock bottom—the man who once admitted being addicted “to everything” fought his way back, achieving triumphant success as an actor and newfound happiness and stability as a father and husband. Brutal, honest, raw, and often hilarious, Undisputed Truth is the singular journey of an inspiring American original.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142181218
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
“Raw, powerful and disturbing—a head-spinning take on Mr. Tyson's life.”—Wall Street Journal Philosopher, Broadway headliner, fighter, felon—Mike Tyson has defied stereotypes, expectations, and a lot of conventional wisdom during his three decades in the public eye. Bullied as a boy in the toughest, poorest neighborhood in Brooklyn, Tyson grew up to become one of the most ferocious boxers of all time—and the youngest heavyweight champion ever. But his brilliance in the ring was often compromised by reckless behavior. Yet—even after hitting rock bottom—the man who once admitted being addicted “to everything” fought his way back, achieving triumphant success as an actor and newfound happiness and stability as a father and husband. Brutal, honest, raw, and often hilarious, Undisputed Truth is the singular journey of an inspiring American original.
MIKE REILLY Finding My Voice
Author: Mike Reilly
Publisher: Steeplechase Publishing
ISBN: 9781733747820
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
MIKE REILLY: Finding My Voice illuminates how profoundly IRONMAN touches its participants and its fans. Written from the perspective of a World Championship race announcer and one of the most prominent personalities in triathlon, it provides an intimate and revealing glimpse into a fascinating corner of the world of endurance sports.
Publisher: Steeplechase Publishing
ISBN: 9781733747820
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
MIKE REILLY: Finding My Voice illuminates how profoundly IRONMAN touches its participants and its fans. Written from the perspective of a World Championship race announcer and one of the most prominent personalities in triathlon, it provides an intimate and revealing glimpse into a fascinating corner of the world of endurance sports.
The Book of Iron Might
Author: Mike Mearls
Publisher: Malhavoc Press
ISBN: 9781588469809
Category : Dungeons and Dragons (Game)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Who needs eldritch might? Barbarians, fighters, rangers, paladins, and other warriors meet their foes head on, relying on nothing but their cool nerves and skill at arms. They would say a good sword arm is worth a thousand spells.
Publisher: Malhavoc Press
ISBN: 9781588469809
Category : Dungeons and Dragons (Game)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Who needs eldritch might? Barbarians, fighters, rangers, paladins, and other warriors meet their foes head on, relying on nothing but their cool nerves and skill at arms. They would say a good sword arm is worth a thousand spells.
Gas Burners for Forges, Furnaces, & Kilns
Author:
Publisher: Skipjack Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9781879535206
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Publisher: Skipjack Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9781879535206
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Fire & Fear
Author: José Torres
Publisher: Warner Books
ISBN: 9780446514859
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Former lightweight champion and acclaimed biographer Jose Torres has written this first, full-scale portrait of boxing's most explosive, intriguing and dominating champion--Mike Tyson. 16-page photo insert.
Publisher: Warner Books
ISBN: 9780446514859
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Former lightweight champion and acclaimed biographer Jose Torres has written this first, full-scale portrait of boxing's most explosive, intriguing and dominating champion--Mike Tyson. 16-page photo insert.
Monte Cook Presents Iron Lore
Author: Malhavoc
Publisher: White Wolf Publishing
ISBN: 9781588467966
Category : Dungeons and Dragons (Game)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A complete player's handbook, this guide welcomes players to the heroic combat action variation on fantasy roleplaying games that they have long wanted, but which no other book had previously delivered.
Publisher: White Wolf Publishing
ISBN: 9781588467966
Category : Dungeons and Dragons (Game)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A complete player's handbook, this guide welcomes players to the heroic combat action variation on fantasy roleplaying games that they have long wanted, but which no other book had previously delivered.
Keenan
Author: Jeff Gordon
Publisher: McGregor Publishing
ISBN: 9780965384605
Category : Hockey coaches
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This behind-the-scenes story of National Hockey League coach and general manager Mike Keenan provides a fascinating insight into the obsessive and sometimes self-destructive mind of one of sports most controversial leaders. Photos.
Publisher: McGregor Publishing
ISBN: 9780965384605
Category : Hockey coaches
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This behind-the-scenes story of National Hockey League coach and general manager Mike Keenan provides a fascinating insight into the obsessive and sometimes self-destructive mind of one of sports most controversial leaders. Photos.
Iron Mike
Author: Patricia Rose
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781517286095
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
They came, but not in peace. They came to destroy us. Our cities crumbled. Our people died by the billions. Their weapons were sophisticated beyond our worst nightmare. But they didn't count on our stubborn tenacity or our will to live. We fight back, and we fight dirty. Mike Sanderlin survived the first attack ... but could he survive the war? How will he keep his sister safe in a world where terror swoops from the sky and looters claim the streets? Law and order are as forgotten as the bodies that rot in the sun. To keep his sister alive, Mike changes. He becomes Iron Mike, a man unafraid of making the hard decisions, a man unafraid of war, of killing or being killed. Iron Mike isn't afraid, period. Iron Mike is a survivor.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781517286095
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
They came, but not in peace. They came to destroy us. Our cities crumbled. Our people died by the billions. Their weapons were sophisticated beyond our worst nightmare. But they didn't count on our stubborn tenacity or our will to live. We fight back, and we fight dirty. Mike Sanderlin survived the first attack ... but could he survive the war? How will he keep his sister safe in a world where terror swoops from the sky and looters claim the streets? Law and order are as forgotten as the bodies that rot in the sun. To keep his sister alive, Mike changes. He becomes Iron Mike, a man unafraid of making the hard decisions, a man unafraid of war, of killing or being killed. Iron Mike isn't afraid, period. Iron Mike is a survivor.
In the Season of the Sun
Author: Kerry Newcomb
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480478873
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Torn apart by betrayal, two brothers search for each other on the Western plains While their family’s wagon train stops for a rest, Jacob Milam goes hunting with his younger brother, Tom. They are hoping for a rabbit, a deer, or even a buffalo, but they haven’t managed to catch anything bigger than a rattlesnake when they see the Indian raiding party galloping over the plains. Jacob races back to camp, desperate to warn his parents, but it is already too late. Betrayed by their Indian guide, the settlers have been slaughtered. Jacob and Tom are the only survivors. When the Indian guide kidnaps Tom to raise him as a warrior, Jacob is left to wander the plains. Rescued by a shaman, he is initiated into the mystical rites of the Blackfeet people. As they come of age in an unfamiliar land, Jacob and Tom are finally reunited in an unlikely place: the killing fields of the Old West.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480478873
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Torn apart by betrayal, two brothers search for each other on the Western plains While their family’s wagon train stops for a rest, Jacob Milam goes hunting with his younger brother, Tom. They are hoping for a rabbit, a deer, or even a buffalo, but they haven’t managed to catch anything bigger than a rattlesnake when they see the Indian raiding party galloping over the plains. Jacob races back to camp, desperate to warn his parents, but it is already too late. Betrayed by their Indian guide, the settlers have been slaughtered. Jacob and Tom are the only survivors. When the Indian guide kidnaps Tom to raise him as a warrior, Jacob is left to wander the plains. Rescued by a shaman, he is initiated into the mystical rites of the Blackfeet people. As they come of age in an unfamiliar land, Jacob and Tom are finally reunited in an unlikely place: the killing fields of the Old West.