Author : A Snow & S Onderdonk
Publisher : Shelley Onderdonk
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,90 MB
Release : 2016-06-03
Category :
ISBN : 9780997585421
This book is more than a sports memoir--it's the chronicle of two open-hearted, big-brained people building an unlikely life together by focusing on the common ground between them.
Author : Jackson Blount
Publisher : powerHouse Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,24 MB
Release : 2016-12-06
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781576878125
Lo-Life: An American Classic takes the reader on a tripto New York City in the early 80s-a time when crimeand violence ran the streets. The infamous Lo-Lifegang emerged from this tumultuous time. Formedby crews of teenagers from the Brownsville and CrownHeights neighborhoods of Brooklyn, they made a namefor themselves by dressing head-to-toe in expensive RalphLauren clothing, or "Lo." Polo apparel-and other preppy80s fashion labels like Guess, Nautica, and Benetton,among others-represented an aspirational lifestyle forthese kids from rough neighborhoods just struggling toget by. Fighting for style and survival, the Lo-Lifestargeted these brands, and would acquire them by anymeans necessary, including stick-ups, shoplifting, and hustling. A reign of terror ensued, when your new wintercoat could make you the target for a robbery-or worse. What started as an informal gang uniform organizedaround clean designs and bright colors, became adevotion to a lifestyle brand, and eventually created anassociation between the streets and luxury that wouldfundamentally change the fashion industry. Lo-Life: AnAmerican Classic documents the personal collectionsof exclusive archival vintage photographs amassed bythe crew and interviews with original members,presenting the first comprehensive oral history of thisnotorious New York collective. Lo-Life is the remarkable story of a small group of teenagersfighting to make a name for themselves who eventuallymade themselves seen, heard, and emulated globally. Love and Loyalty!
Author : Susan Zannos
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 11,92 MB
Release : 2005-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 161228907X
Marco Polo, the first European to travel to China and return to write about his adventures, was born in Venice in 1254. Marco's father had left on a journey to Asia before the boy was born. Marco did not see his father and uncle, Niccolo and Maffeo Polo, until fifteen years later. In 1271 the three Polos left Venice and headed for the court of Kublai Khan in eastern China. The journey took them more than three years—they arrived in 1275. Marco Polo became a favorite of the Great Khan, and was sent on important missions all over the Mongol Empire. Marco and his father and uncle served Kublai Khan for 17 years. When they returned to Venice in 1295, Marco became the captain of a merchant ship and was captured and imprisoned in Genoa. While in prison he and another prisoner who was a writer of romances wrote the story of Marco Polo's adventures.
Author : Polo Tate
Publisher : Feiwel and Friends
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 25,79 MB
Release : 2018-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1250128528
"A YA memoir of sexual abuse in the Air Force academy, and the author's survival and healing."--Provided by publisher.
Author : Kalyani Mookherji
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 26,23 MB
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8184304439
Marco Polo (1254-1324) was an Italian voyager and merchant who was one of the first Europeans to travel across Asia through China, visiting the Kublai Khan in Beijing. Marco's story has inspired countless other adventurers to set off and see the world.
Author : Stewart Copeland
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 22,98 MB
Release : 2009-09-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0061941964
When Stewart Copeland gets dressed, he has an identity crisis. Should he put on "leather pants, hostile shirts, and pointy shoes"? Or wear something more appropriate to the "tax-paying, property-owning, investment-holding lotus eater" his success has allowed him to become? This dilemma is at the heart of Copeland's vastly entertaining memoir-in-stories, Strange Things Happen. The world knows Copeland as the drummer for The Police, one of the most successful bands in rock history. But they may not know as much about his childhood in the Middle East as the son of a CIA agent. Or be aware of his film-making adventures with the Pygmies in the deepest reaches of the Congo, and his passion for polo (Brideshead Revisited on horses). In Strange Things Happen we move from Copeland's remarkable childhood to the formation of The Police, their rise to stardom, and the settled-down life that followed. It ends with a behind-the-scenes view of The Police's extraordinarily successful reunion tour. It's a book of amazing anecdotes, all completely true, which take us backstage in a life that is fully lived.
Author : Kareem Rosser
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 23,85 MB
Release : 2021-02-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1250270871
"A marvelous addition to the literature of inspirational sports stories." - Booklist (Starred Review) "This remarkable and inspiring story shines." - Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) "Crossing the Line will not just leave you with hope, but also ideas on how to make that hope transferable” - New York Times bestselling author Wes Moore An inspiring memoir of defying the odds from Kareem Rosser, captain of the first all-black squad to win the National Interscholastic Polo championship. Born and raised in West Philadelphia, Kareem thought he and his siblings would always be stuck in “The Bottom”, a community and neighborhood devastated by poverty and violence. Riding their bicycles through Philly’s Fairmount Park, Kareem’s brothers discover a barn full of horses. Noticing the brothers’ fascination with her misfit animals, Lezlie Hiner, founder of The Work to Ride stables, offers them their escape: an after school job in exchange for riding lessons. What starts as an accidental discovery turns into a love for horseback riding that leads the Rossers to discovering their passion for polo. Pursuing the sport with determination and discipline, Kareem earns his place among the typically exclusive players in college, becoming part of the first all-Black national interscholastic polo championship team—all while struggling to keep his family together. Crossing the Line: A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport That Changed Their Lives Forever is the story of bonds of brotherhood, family loyalty, the transformative connection between man and horse, and forging a better future that comes from overcoming impossible odds.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 960 pages
File Size : 13,49 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Art
ISBN :
Author : Tim McNeese
Publisher : Infobase Learning
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 23,11 MB
Release : 2013-10
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1438148615
Presents a biography of late thirteenth and early fourteenth-century Italian explorer, Marco Polo, and chronicles his life and travels including the time he spent in the court of Emperor Kublai Khan.
Author : Stormie Hale
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,81 MB
Release : 2019-11-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 035996379X
Follow the true life story of Sue Sally Hale (1937-2003) who is credited with breaking the gender barrier in American polo. Going where no woman had gone before, Sue Sally played Sunday polo with the men. At times disguising herself as a man, she persevered when she was neither wanted nor accepted, her chosen sport certainly not prepared for her. Overcoming all odds and with a passion for polo that guided and sustained her throughout her life, she lived incredible highs and debilitating lows. Through wealth, poverty, joy, heartbreak, discipline, sacrifice and hard work, Sue Sally Hale became "Polo's Grande Dame". This is an inspirational story about living an unthinkable dream.
