Book Description
Heartfelt memoir of a basketball player who collapsed on the court and died, by his best friend and teammate. Awards: BL Editors' Choice; YALSA Best Book for Young Adults.
Author : Bo Kimble
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 32,66 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Heartfelt memoir of a basketball player who collapsed on the court and died, by his best friend and teammate. Awards: BL Editors' Choice; YALSA Best Book for Young Adults.
Author : Kimberly Willis Holt
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,30 MB
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1627794433
It's 1948 in Rippling Creek, Louisiana, and Tate P. Ellerbee's new teacher has just given her class an assignment—learning the art of letter-writing. Luckily, Tate has the perfect pen pal in mind: Hank Williams, a country music singer whose star has just begun to rise. Tate and her great-aunt and -uncle listen to him on the radio every Saturday night, and Tate just knows that she and Hank are kindred spirits. Told entirely through Tate's hopeful letters, this beautifully drawn novel from National Book Award–winning author Kimberly Willis Holt gradually unfolds a story of family love, overcoming tragedy, and an insightful girl learning to find her voice. This title has Common Core connections.
Author : Hank Green
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 19,90 MB
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1524743453
THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Sparkling with mystery, humor and the uncanny, this is a fun read. But beneath its effervescent tone, more complex themes are at play.” —San Francisco Chronicle In his wildly entertaining debut novel, Hank Green—cocreator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers, and SciShow—spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined. The Carls just appeared. Roaming through New York City at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship—like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor—April and her best friend, Andy, make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day, April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world—from Beijing to Buenos Aires—and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center of an intense international media spotlight. Seizing the opportunity to make her mark on the world, April now has to deal with the consequences her new particular brand of fame has on her relationships, her safety, and her own identity. And all eyes are on April to figure out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us. Compulsively entertaining and powerfully relevant, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing grapples with big themes, including how the social internet is changing fame, rhetoric, and radicalization; how our culture deals with fear and uncertainty; and how vilification and adoration spring for the same dehumanization that follows a life in the public eye. The beginning of an exciting fiction career, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is a bold and insightful novel of now.
Author : Lycrecia Williams
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,51 MB
Release : 1991-04
Category : Country musicians
ISBN : 9781558531055
The stepdaughter of Hank Williams and the half-sister of Hank Williams, Jr., Lycrecia Williams tells a personal story of tenderness, humor, and honesty about Hank and Audrey's life together. 16 pages of photos.
Author : Peter Golenbock
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,5 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 015205250X
A biography of the Hall of Fame baseball player who broke Babe Ruth's career home run record.
Author : Rheta Grimsley Johnson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,87 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781588382849
Arguably the first country music superstar, the late Hank Williams has been written about in many books. What makes this little volume special is its original approach. Johnson (Enchanted Evening Barbie and the Second Coming: A Memoir), a native of the American South and a reporter and columnist for Southern newspapers for over 30 years, doesn't try to recap the artist's life; rather, she presents several essays on how the music and the legend affected her life. In one especially engaging chapter, she discusses interviewing and getting to know Williams's lone, illegitimate daughter, Jett Williams. Verdict This very readable book paints many vivid pictures of life in Alabama and other Southern states in the 1940s-60s. Thus, it brings to life the time and the place through the prism of the poetry and storytelling of one of the South's authentic heroes. Recommended.-Bill Walker, Cesar Chavez Central Lib., Stockton, CA(c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Author : Susan Masino
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 31,65 MB
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1617131113
Covering three generations of Hank Williams, Family Tradition is both unique and vast in scope. Beginning in the present day with Hank III – who gave the author unprecedented access – and time-traveling across the years, this examines just what kind of rebel mojo inspired this crazed family of country music, from Hank Sr. – often regarded as one of the most influential of American musicians – to Hank Jr., to this year's model, Hank III, who has somehow found a way to reconcile his legacy's deep-rooted twang and high-lonesome sound with particularly searing strains of punk and heavy metal, launching an all-out war with traditional Nashville in the process. Listen to Susan Masino live at Book Expo America on the BEA Podcast.
Author : John Hutton
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,50 MB
Release : 2020-03-27
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781936669783
Hank's a real heart, not like a Valentine--but he's the most lovable friend you'll ever find Children will have fun getting to know Hank, as he leads them on an amazing tour of...himself They'll learn what Hank's made of, how he works, how to keep him healthy, how doctors and nurses learn about him, and heart differences that children can be born with and how these can be fixed.
Author : John R. Erickson
Publisher : Hank the Cowdog
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 18,6 MB
Release : 2017-12-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781591882138
Accompanying Slim and Little Alfred into town on a Christmas shopping trip, Hank and Drover run into a wounded buzzard and a gang of toughs so mean and heartless, it's a wonder they ever make it back to the ranch.
Author : Hank Green
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 24,27 MB
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 147322425X
'A raucous, boldly inventive tale' BOOKLIST 'Provides a "Black Mirror"-like warning of new technology without the heavy feeling of dread' USA TODAY The magnificent sequel to Hank Green's #1 New York Times bestselling debut novel, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing The statues disappeared in an instant. While they were on Earth, they caused confusion and destruction without ever lifting a finger. They also contributed to the untimely death of April May: a young woman who stumbled into their path, naming them the Carls and gaining viral fame in an avalanche of conspiracy theories. When April's friends try to carry on with their lives, a series of clues arrive - mysterious books that seem to predict the future - and which also seem to suggest April may be very much alive . . . But there's a bigger mystery to solve. Did the Carls ever really leave us, and what happens if they're here to stay? A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor is a bold and brilliant conclusion that asks whether anyone has the right to change the world.