Forrest C. ("Phog") Allen overcame the argument of James Naismith, inventor of the game, that basketball didn't need a coach. Allen served (for a while under Naismith) at the University of Kansas...
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Author: Kerkhoff, BlairSummary:
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Author: Spencer, MarkSummary:
Quand Mark Spencer et sa famille ont emménagé dans la magnifique Maison Allen de Monticello dans l’Arkansas, ils savaient que cette demeure était réputée pour être hantée. On racontait dans le...
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Author: Cooper, WyllisSummary:
A bottle of The Glenlivet in the Black Museum is the exhibit in a case of stolen uranium!
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Author: Goodman, FredSummary:
Allen Klein was like no one the music industry had seen before. The hard-nosed business manager became infamous for allegedly catalyzing the Beatles' breakup and robbing the Rolling Stones, but...
Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Music -
Author: Rex, AdamSummary:
Rex brings back Frankenstein--and the monster is getting married! But Frankenstein and his undead bride will have many things to deal with before this monster bash.
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Author: Livesay, John Frederick BlighSummary:
A history of the Canadian war effort in the first World War.
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Author: Barris, TheodoreSummary:
On Easter Monday April 9, 1917, sixteen battalions of the Canadian Corps rose along a six-kilometre line of trenches in northern France against the occupying Germans. All four Canadian divisions...
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Author: Watt-Cloutier, SheilaSummary:
The Right to Be Cold is a human story of resilience, commitment, and survival told from the unique vantage point of an Inuk woman who, in spite of many obstacles, rose from humble beginnings in...
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Author: King, Laurie R.Summary:
Vietnam verteran Allen Carmichael has lived on the fringe of society since the war, rescuing abused children from hostile environments and placing them with foster families. Now in California, he...
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Author: Say, AllenSummary:
Part memoir, part graphic novel, part narrative history, Caldecott Medalist Allen Say chronicles his journey as an artist during WWII when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan's premier...
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Author: Nix, GarthSummary:
"Beneath the earth, a malignant force lies waiting, greedy for freedom from its ancient prison. As the Old Kingdom falls once more into a realm of darkness and terror, the people look...
Genre: Fantasy fiction, Young adult fiction -
Author: Clark, GraemeSummary:
As a child of deaf parents Clark dreamed of finding a way to help the deaf hear. His story from ear surgeon to bionic ear pioneer
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Author: ANTHONY, Hubert LawrenceSummary:
"An extraordinary insight into the war experiences of a very young man, and the relationship between a son and his mother, during the horrors of Galipoli and its aftermath ... Sapper Hubert...
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Author: Grant, CorinneSummary:
A funny, appealing and big-hearted memoir of how one of Australia's leading comic talents, Corinne Grant, learned to reconcile love, loss, lack of cupboard space and far too much stuff. From...
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Author: Baum, CarolineSummary:
Caroline Baum's fascinating and moving memoir about being an only child in a very unusual family.