The Last Boy (Enhanced Edition) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Last Boy (Enhanced Edition) write by Jane Leavy. This book was released on 2010-11-16. The Last Boy (Enhanced Edition) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Award-winning sports writer Jane Leavy follows her New York Times runaway bestseller Sandy Koufax with the definitive biography of baseball icon Mickey Mantle. The legendary Hall-of-Fame outfielder was a national hero during his record-setting career with the New York Yankees, but public revelations of alcoholism, infidelity, and family strife badly tarnished the ballplayer's reputation in his latter years. In The Last Boy, Leavy plumbs the depths of the complex athlete, using copious first-hand research as well as her own memories, to show why The Mick remains the most beloved and misunderstood Yankee slugger of all time.
Roots: The Enhanced Edition
Roots: The Enhanced Edition - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Roots: The Enhanced Edition write by Alex Haley. This book was released on 2011-02-07. Roots: The Enhanced Edition available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. First published forty years ago, Roots electrified the nation: it received a Pulitzer Prize and was a #1 New York Times bestseller for 22 weeks. In the four decades since then, the story of the young African slave Kunta Kinte and his descendants has lost none of its power to enthrall and provoke. Roots: The Enhanced Edition features rare interviews with author Alex Haley from the NBC News Archives that took place as the Roots phenomenon unfolded over 30 years ago. There are also photos, footage, and recordings from the Haley family, all of which provide a unique understanding of Alex Haley's journey researching and writing the book. In new video interviews NBC's Tom Brokaw and David Wilson reflect on the story's lasting impact. Roots is a groundbreaking story of history and family that spanned continents and touched generations. One of the most important books and television series ever to appear, Roots galvanized the nation and created an extraordinary political, racial, social and cultural dialogue that hadn't been seen since the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The book sold over one million copies in the first year, and the miniseries was watched by an astonishing 130 million people. It also won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Roots opened up the minds of Americans of all colors and faiths to one of the darkest and most painful parts of America's past, and we continue to feel its reverberations today. Roots: The Enhanced Edition is truly definitive--adding unmatched, sweep, context and insight to this ever-relevant classic. The Enhanced Edition features: Full text of the book Video introduction and interview with David Wilson New video interview with Tom Brokaw Footage of author Alex Haley provided by the NBC News Archives and the Haley family, including Today Show interviews with Tom Brokaw, Roots-related events in the 1970s, an extended interview about the book, and more (45 minutes of video) Recordings of Alex Haley speaking about researching and writing the book (30 minutes of audio) 10 rare photos from the Haley family Essay by Alex Haley Reading Group Guide Introduction by Michael Eric Dyson Extended biography of Haley
Billionaire Boy
Billionaire Boy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Billionaire Boy write by David Walliams. This book was released on 2011-06-09. Billionaire Boy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A hilarious, touching and extraordinary fable from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author across the globey, with EXCLUSIVE audio and video from David Walliams
The Robert Evans Collection (Enhanced Edition)
The Robert Evans Collection (Enhanced Edition) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Robert Evans Collection (Enhanced Edition) write by Robert Evans. This book was released on 2014-01-14. The Robert Evans Collection (Enhanced Edition) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "A sequel better than any[one] could have anticipated . . . even readers who've never heard of Evans will find this to be both entertaining and inspiring." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) In this innovative digital edition, legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans’s story is brought to life like never before. The Robert Evans Collection includes the full texts of his two memoirs, the classic The Kid Stays in the Picture and The Fat Lady Sang, along with rare and exclusive video and audio clips, and never-before-seen photos and memorabilia from Evans’s personal collection.
The Last Boy
The Last Boy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Last Boy write by Jane Leavy. This book was released on 2010-10-12. The Last Boy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Award-winning sports writer Jane Leavy follows her New York Times runaway bestseller Sandy Koufax with the definitive biography of baseball icon Mickey Mantle. The legendary Hall-of-Fame outfielder was a national hero during his record-setting career with the New York Yankees, but public revelations of alcoholism, infidelity, and family strife badly tarnished the ballplayer's reputation in his latter years. In The Last Boy, Leavy plumbs the depths of the complex athlete, using copious first-hand research as well as her own memories, to show why The Mick remains the most beloved and misunderstood Yankee slugger of all time.
