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82) The Comancheros
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Wayne stars as Jake Cutter, a Texas ranger who has been assigned to go undercover as a gun runner in order to capture a band of outlaws.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history aad bestselling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her greatest challenge: early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Pat Summitt was only 21 when she became head coach of the Tennessee Vols women's basketball team. For 38 years, she has broken records, winning more games than...
Author
Publisher
SelfMadeHero
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Poland, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Harry Haft is sent to Auschwitz. When he is forced to fight against other inmates for the amusement of the SS officers, Haft shows extraordinary strength and courage, and a determination to survive. As the Soviet Army advances in April 1945, he makes a daring escape from the Nazis. After negotiating the turmoil of postwar Poland, Haft immigrates to the United States and establishes himself as a professional prizefighter,...
Author
Publisher
Edge of Sports
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Ryan O'Callaghan's plan was always to play football and then, when his career was over, kill himself. Growing up in a politically conservative corner of California, the not-so-subtle messages he heard as a young man from his family and from TV and film routinely equated being gay with disease and death. Letting people in on the darkest secret he kept buried inside was not an option: better death with a secret than life as a gay man. As a kid, Ryan...
86) 8
Author
Publisher
Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The fiery and unpredictable Nick Diaz brings to the Octagon an 11-fight undefeated streak, a win against BJ Penn and an attitude and style like none other for a showdown with 'The Natural Born Killer' Carlos Condit, former WEC champion and exciting finisher. Plus, welterweight fighters Josh Koscheck and Mike Pierce, who has won 4 of his last 5 bouts, promise to bring an electrifying fight between two powerhouse wrestlers.
Publisher
Ferocious films
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Thematic elements and some violence.
Four high school boys whose undefeated basketball season and friendship are threatened after a drive-by shooting leaves one of them in a coma and one of them with a secret. Brent Fencett, Jed Bracken, and T.J. Lewis are star players on the Charlevoix High School Basketball team; Jackson Carlson is their most obnoxious fan. They are unbeaten on the court and inseparable off it - until Brent gets caught up in his...
90) What is love?
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
What is love? Answer: From the Latin word for crossroads, this is knowledge so common as to be obscure, the pursuit of which engages millions daily. Question: What is trivia? Trivia is the magic in the mundane, the connection in the commonplace, and Maxine Hart's second-favorite pastime. A self-proclaimed Brooklyn street rat and a high school dropout, Maxine has never been a fan of formal education, but thanks to her ADHD "superpowers," she's a glutton...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"In the summer of 1959, most of the town of Braddock, Pennsylvania---along with half a million steel workers around the country---went on strike in the longest labor stoppage in American history. With no paychecks coming in, the families of Braddock looked to its football team for inspiration. The Braddock Tigers had played for five amazing seasons, a total of 45 games, without a single loss. Heading into the fall of '59, this team from just outside...
Author
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Alan Scott Haft provides the firsthand testimony of his father, Harry Haft, a Holocaust victim with a singular story of endurance, desperation, and unrequited love. Harry Haft was a sixteen-year-old Polish Jew when he entered a concentration camp in 1944. Forced to fight other Jews in bare-knuckle bouts for the perverse entertainment of SS officers, Harry quickly learned that his own survival depended on his ability to fight and win. Haft details...
Author
Publisher
Convergent Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black, a riveting intergenerational account of his family's search for meaning and a place to call home in the American South. For much of his life, Esau McCaulley was taught to see himself as an exception: someone who, through hard work, faith, and determination, overcame childhood poverty, anti-Black racism, and an absent father to earn a job as a university...
Author
Publisher
Mercury
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Having sold over 65 million albums worldwide since their debut release in 1980, Def Leppard have proved themselves to be one of rock music's hardest working and consistently powerful live bands. This compilation features the greatest hits and songs from their illustrious career. This expanded edition includes the previously unreleased Personal Jesus and Rock On.
98) T-Rex
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
For the first time ever, women's boxing is included in the 2012 Olympics. Fighting for gold from the U.S. is Claressa 'T-Rex' Shields, just seventeen years old, and by far the youngest competitor. From the hard knock streets of Flint, Michigan, Claressa is undefeated and utterly confident. Her fierceness extends beyond the ring. She protects her family at any cost, even when their instability and addictions threaten to derail her dream.