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1) LeBron
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Presents a definitive biography of one of the greatest athletes of all time that chronicles not only LeBron James' meteoric rise to fame but also his solid family, political activism, and business empire.
The reigning king of the game and the first active NBA player to become a billionaire, LeBron James's ascent has been anything but effortless and predetermined. He won his destiny despite overwhelmingly long odds; his mother placed him with a family...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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Description
"A fast and exciting read. . . . This survey of Owsley's career will appeal to both science and legal buffs." —Publishers Weekly
The story of the Smithsonian's brilliant forensic anthropologist and the 9,000-year-old skeleton that sparked his landmark lawsuit against the U.S. government
When he is not studying ancient skeletons, Doug Owsley is enlisted by the State Department and the FBI to identify remains. He
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year
NCAA football is big business. Every Saturday millions of people file into massive stadiums or tune in on television as "athlete-students" give everything they've got to make their team a success. Billions of dollars now flow into the game. But what is the true cost? The players have no share in the oceans of money. And once the lights go down, the glitter doesn't shine so brightly. Filled with mind-blowing...
NCAA football is big business. Every Saturday millions of people file into massive stadiums or tune in on television as "athlete-students" give everything they've got to make their team a success. Billions of dollars now flow into the game. But what is the true cost? The players have no share in the oceans of money. And once the lights go down, the glitter doesn't shine so brightly. Filled with mind-blowing...
4) Tiger Woods
Author
Publisher
Contra
Pub. Date
2019
Language
Español
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Description
Tiger Woods cuenta la trepidante historia, llena de claroscuros, de la ascensión, caída y renacimiento del mejor golfista de todos los tiempos.
En 2009, Tiger Woods era probablemente el deportista más famoso del mundo; una estrella de fama y fortuna inconmensurables que gozaba de lo que, en apariencia, era una vida idílica, casado con una bella mujer, dos hijos y el mejor swing del circuito. Con un palmarés que incluía catorce majors y setenta...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In Little Pink House, award-winning investigative journalist Jeff Benedict takes readers behind the scenes of the Suzatte Kelso case (a case that ultimately reached the United States Supreme Court) in which Kelso led the charge to take on corporate America to save her home
6) Tiger Woods
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In 2009, Tiger Woods was the most famous athlete on the planet, a transcendent star of almost unfathomable fame and fortune living what appeared to be the perfect life. Married to a Swedish beauty and the father of two young children, he was the winner of fourteen major golf championships and earning more than $100 million annually. But it was all a carefully crafted illusion. As it turned out, Woods had been living a double life for years -- one...