Author: Michael Lewis
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039333838X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Story of Michael Oher, a rising gridiron star, who was rescued from the ghettos of Memphis and placed with a wealthy family to help develop his football skills.
The Blind Side (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Movie Tie-in Editions)
Author: Michael Lewis
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039333838X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Story of Michael Oher, a rising gridiron star, who was rescued from the ghettos of Memphis and placed with a wealthy family to help develop his football skills.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039333838X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Story of Michael Oher, a rising gridiron star, who was rescued from the ghettos of Memphis and placed with a wealthy family to help develop his football skills.
The Blind Side (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Movie Tie-in Editions)
Author: Michael Lewis
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393079023
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
The book behind the Academy award-winning film starring Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw—over one million copies sold. When we first meet him, Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read and write. He takes up football, and school, after a rich, white, Evangelical family plucks him from the streets. Then two great forces alter Oher: the family's love and the evolution of professional football into a game where the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist becomes the priceless package of size, speed, and agility necessary to guard the quarterback's greatest vulnerability, his blind side.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393079023
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
The book behind the Academy award-winning film starring Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw—over one million copies sold. When we first meet him, Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read and write. He takes up football, and school, after a rich, white, Evangelical family plucks him from the streets. Then two great forces alter Oher: the family's love and the evolution of professional football into a game where the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist becomes the priceless package of size, speed, and agility necessary to guard the quarterback's greatest vulnerability, his blind side.
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
Author: Michael Lewis
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393330478
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Follows one young man from his impoverished childhood with a crack-addicted mother, through his discovery of the sport of football, to his rise to become one of the most successful, highly-paid players in the NFL.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393330478
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Follows one young man from his impoverished childhood with a crack-addicted mother, through his discovery of the sport of football, to his rise to become one of the most successful, highly-paid players in the NFL.
I Beat The Odds
Author: Michael Oher
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101560037
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The football star made famous in the hit film (and book) The Blind Side reflects on how far he has come from the circumstances of his youth. Michael Oher shares his personal account of his story, in this inspirational New York Times bestseller. Looking back on how he went from being a homeless child in Memphis to playing in the NFL, Michael talks about the goals he had to break out of the cycle of poverty, addiction, and hopelessness that trapped his family. Eventually he grasped onto football as his ticket out and worked hard to make his dream into a reality. With his adoptive family, the Touhys, and other influential people in mind, he describes the absolute necessity of seeking out positive role models and good friends who share the same values to achieve one's dreams. Sharing untold stories of heartache, determination, courage, and love, I Beat the Odds is an incredibly rousing tale of one young man's quest to achieve the American dream.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101560037
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The football star made famous in the hit film (and book) The Blind Side reflects on how far he has come from the circumstances of his youth. Michael Oher shares his personal account of his story, in this inspirational New York Times bestseller. Looking back on how he went from being a homeless child in Memphis to playing in the NFL, Michael talks about the goals he had to break out of the cycle of poverty, addiction, and hopelessness that trapped his family. Eventually he grasped onto football as his ticket out and worked hard to make his dream into a reality. With his adoptive family, the Touhys, and other influential people in mind, he describes the absolute necessity of seeking out positive role models and good friends who share the same values to achieve one's dreams. Sharing untold stories of heartache, determination, courage, and love, I Beat the Odds is an incredibly rousing tale of one young man's quest to achieve the American dream.
Anna Karenina (Movie Tie-in Edition)
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0345803930
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 976
Book Description
The official movie tie-in to the major motion picture starring Keira Knightly, Jude Law, Emily Watson, and Aaron Johnson, directed by Joe Wright. This ebook edition also includes the screenplay by Tom Stoppard. Leo Tolstoy’s classic story of doomed love is one of the most admired novels in world literature. Generations of readers have been enthralled by his magnificent heroine, the unhappily married Anna Karenina, and her tragic affair with dashing Count Vronsky. In their world frivolous liaisons are commonplace, but Anna and Vronsky’s consuming passion makes them a target for scorn and leads to Anna’s increasing isolation. The heartbreaking trajectory of their relationship contrasts sharply with the colorful swirl of friends and family members who surround them, especially the newlyweds Kitty and Levin, who forge a touching bond as they struggle to make a life together. Anna Karenina is a masterpiece not only because of the unforgettable woman at its core and the stark drama of her fate, but also because it explores and illuminates the deepest questions about how to live a fulfilled life. Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0345803930
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 976
Book Description
The official movie tie-in to the major motion picture starring Keira Knightly, Jude Law, Emily Watson, and Aaron Johnson, directed by Joe Wright. This ebook edition also includes the screenplay by Tom Stoppard. Leo Tolstoy’s classic story of doomed love is one of the most admired novels in world literature. Generations of readers have been enthralled by his magnificent heroine, the unhappily married Anna Karenina, and her tragic affair with dashing Count Vronsky. In their world frivolous liaisons are commonplace, but Anna and Vronsky’s consuming passion makes them a target for scorn and leads to Anna’s increasing isolation. The heartbreaking trajectory of their relationship contrasts sharply with the colorful swirl of friends and family members who surround them, especially the newlyweds Kitty and Levin, who forge a touching bond as they struggle to make a life together. Anna Karenina is a masterpiece not only because of the unforgettable woman at its core and the stark drama of her fate, but also because it explores and illuminates the deepest questions about how to live a fulfilled life. Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude
Mudbound
Author: Hillary Jordan
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 9781565125698
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
In 1946, Laura McAllan tries to adjust after moving with her husband and two children to an isolated cotton farm in the Mississipi Delta.
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 9781565125698
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
In 1946, Laura McAllan tries to adjust after moving with her husband and two children to an isolated cotton farm in the Mississipi Delta.
Reacher: Killing Floor (Movie Tie-In)
Author: Lee Child
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593440633
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
THE FIRST NOVEL IN LEE CHILD'S #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES—NOW AN ORIGINAL SERIES ON PRIME VIDEO! “From its jolting opening scene to its fiery final confrontation, Killing Floor is irresistible.”—People Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He’s just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and in less than an hour, he’s arrested for murder. Not much of a welcome. All Reacher knows is that he didn’t kill anybody. At least not here. Not lately. But he doesn’t stand a chance of convincing anyone. Not in Margrave, Georgia. Not a chance in hell.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593440633
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
THE FIRST NOVEL IN LEE CHILD'S #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES—NOW AN ORIGINAL SERIES ON PRIME VIDEO! “From its jolting opening scene to its fiery final confrontation, Killing Floor is irresistible.”—People Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He’s just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and in less than an hour, he’s arrested for murder. Not much of a welcome. All Reacher knows is that he didn’t kill anybody. At least not here. Not lately. But he doesn’t stand a chance of convincing anyone. Not in Margrave, Georgia. Not a chance in hell.
The Blind Side
Author: George G. Gilman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780450055706
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780450055706
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
The Zookeeper's Wife
Author: Diane Ackerman
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039333306X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A true story--as powerful as "Schindler's List"--in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039333306X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A true story--as powerful as "Schindler's List"--in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands.
When Harlem Was in Vogue
Author: David Levering Lewis
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140263349
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
"A major study...one that thorougly interweaves the philosophies and fads, the people and movements that combined to give a small segment of Afro America a brief place in the sun."—The New York Times Book Review.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140263349
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
"A major study...one that thorougly interweaves the philosophies and fads, the people and movements that combined to give a small segment of Afro America a brief place in the sun."—The New York Times Book Review.