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"On a creepy island where everyone has a strange obsession with the year 1994, a newcomer arrives, hoping to learn the truth about her son's death--but finds herself pulled deeper and deeper into the bizarrely insular community and their complicated rules..."--Provided by publisher.
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"Jemele Hill’s world came crashing down when she called President Trump a 'white supremacist'; the White House wanted her fired from ESPN, and she was deluged with death threats. But Hill had faced tougher adversaries growing up in Detroit than a tweeting president. Beneath the exterior of one of the most recognizable journalists in America was a need—a calling—to break her family’s cycle of intergenerational trauma. Born in the middle of...
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"An Asian American basketball star walks into a gym. No one recognizes him, but everyone stares anyway. It is the start of a joke but what is the punchline? When Won Lee, the first Asian American in the NBA, stuns the world in a seven-game winning streak, the global media audience dubs it 'The Wonder'—much to Won’s chagrin. Meanwhile, Won struggles to get attention from his coach, his peers, his fans, and most importantly, his hero, Powerball!,...
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Neve Angel's life is all work and no play, but she wouldn't have it any other way. One of Denver's top sports reporters, she's fought hard to make it in a male-dominated world, and she won't back down from a fight with anyone–not even the Hellions' gruff head coach, Tor Gunnar. Her hostile relationship with the icy Scandinavian is the stuff of local legend. Tor Gunnar hates dealing with the media; at best, they are a nuisance and at worst, a distraction....
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In this first volume of his Frank Bascombe trilogy, Bascombe is a sportswriter attempting to cope with his failed marriage and the death of his son. Unable to establish true connections with people, Bascombe drifts into and out of various relationships, but retains an introspective eye that allows him to transcend life's obstacles.
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This book is as unconventional and wide-ranging as the author's remarkable career, in which he has chronicled the heroes and the characters of just about every sport in nearly every medium. He joined Sports Illustrated in 1962, fresh out of Princeton. They called him "the Kid," and he made his reputation with dumb luck discovering fellow Princetonian Bill Bradley and a Canadian teenager named Bobby Orr. These were the Mad Men-like 1960s, and he recounts...
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"Fighting against the Odds is the culmination of Fiaz Rafiq’s decades of work behind the scenes as a mixed martial arts and combat sports journalist, gaining the trust and confidence of the best fighters in UFC and boxing. Rafiq shares candid accounts, hidden histories, and thrilling experiences from his time with some of the most famous and prominent personalities in fighting sports. Included are never-before-told stories of UFC’s most decorated...
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"Ray Barone, a successful sportswriter and devoted husband to Debra...must deal with his brother and parents, who happen to live across the street. Frank and Marie love to meddle in his life, while older brother Robert sometimes resent his success. Nevertheless, Ray manages to keep a bright outlook and a sense of humor as he balances his family and work lives."--container.
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"Hara Isari has big ambitions and they won’t be sidetracked by her mother’s insisting that she settle down soon. She dreams of leaving her small-town newspaper behind, as well as her felon father, and building a career as a sports writer, so when she is chosen to exclusively interview a basketball superstar, she jumps at the chance. It’s time to show the bigwigs what she’s truly made of. At the same time, she meets a rookie on the rise, Derek...
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"Cowboy Ross Burris has an image problem, and he needs to fix it in a hurry. When sports reporter Celeste Montgomery comes to town for an interview, opportunity knocks--and Ross answers. He can't believe it when he proposes to the city girl, but no one is more surprised than Celeste when she actually says 'I do!' to the sexy rodeo star. But she quickly realizes she's made a terrible mistake, because all she wants is to make her fake Mr. a forever...
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"Ray Barone, a successful sportswriter and devoted husband to Debra...must deal with his brother and parents, who happen to live across the street. Frank and Marie love to meddle in his life, while older brother Robert sometimes resent his success. Nevertheless, Ray manages to keep a bright outlook and a sense of humor as he balances his family and work lives."--container.
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"Ray Barone, a successful sportswriter and devoted husband to Debra...must deal with his brother and parents, who happen to live across the street. Frank and Marie love to meddle in his life, while older brother Robert sometimes resent his success. Nevertheless, Ray manages to keep a bright outlook and a sense of humor as he balances his family and work lives."--container.
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"Ray Barone, a successful sportswriter and devoted husband to Debra...must deal with his brother and parents, who happen to live across the street. Frank and Marie love to meddle in his life, while older brother Robert sometimes resent his success. Nevertheless, Ray manages to keep a bright outlook and a sense of humor as he balances his family and work lives."--container.
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"Ray Barone, a successful sportswriter and devoted husband to Debra...must deal with his brother and parents, who happen to live across the street. Frank and Marie love to meddle in his life, while older brother Robert sometimes resent his success. Nevertheless, Ray manages to keep a bright outlook and a sense of humor as he balances his family and work lives."--container.
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"Ray Barone, a successful sportswriter and devoted husband to Debra...must deal with his brother and parents, who happen to live across the street. Frank and Marie love to meddle in his life, while older brother Robert sometimes resent his success. Nevertheless, Ray manages to keep a bright outlook and a sense of humor as he balances his family and work lives."--container.
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