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The new novel by NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, starring brothers Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes. It is 1873, and as the economies of Europe threaten to crumble, Mycroft Holmes finds himself in service to the Crown once again. A distant relative of Queen Victoria has been slain by the Fire Four Eleven killer, a serial murderer who leaves no mark upon his victims, only a mysterious calling card. Meanwhile, Sherlock has already taken it upon him...

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Harlem, capitale virtuale di una altrettanto virtuale nazione: l'America nera. Sulle strade illuminate dai club per bianchi, agitate dalle rivolte e scaldate dalle parole di Martin Luther King e Malcolm X, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar fa le prime esperienze e incontra le tracce del suo passato. A conquistarlo è l'onda lunga dell'Harlem Renaissance, il periodo che dagli anni Venti fino ai Quaranta del Novecento ha impegnato artisti, scrittori, intellett...

The young Mycroft Holmes draws on his brother's assistance, investigating a mysterious orphanage overdose with connections to the top of the British establishment.

A "New York Times" bestseller. In his first memoir written for young readers, Abdul-Jabbar focuses on his relationships with several important coaches in his life--including his father, his high-school coach and UCLA basketball coach John Wooden--as he tells the story of his life and career.nd career.

A new novel written by NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar! Fresh out of Cambridge University, the young Mycroft Holmes is already making a name for himself in government, working for the Secretary of State for War. Yet this most British of civil servants has strong ties to the faraway island of Trinidad, the birthplace of his best friend, Cyrus Douglas, a man of African descent, and where his fiancée Georgiana Sutton was raised. Mycroft's comfor...

All'età di 18 anni Lew Alcindor da New York approda a Los Angeles, a Ucla, alla corte di John Wooden, allenatore del Midwest con la fama di essere un vincente. Tra i due nasce un rapporto di stima che, nel corso degli anni, diventerà un'amicizia tra le più durature della storia dello sport. La forza di questo legame è conservata in due foto scattate nello stesso luogo a 41 anni di distanza una dall'altra. Nella prima, un allenatore bianco indi...

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Disc 5 contains the conclusion to the book and includes PDF files (Mac & PC compatible).

In his first memoir written especially for young readers, Abdul-Jabbar focuses on his relationships with several important coaches in his life--including his father, his high-school coach and UCLA basketball coach John Wooden--as he tells the story of his life and career.

This semi-autobiographical novel by an NBA legend and an Edgar nominee combines exciting basketball scenes, middle school angst, and an intriguing mystery. Eighth-grader Theo Rollins' growth spurt has Coach Mandrake trying to transform him into a basketball star, but training time is hurting his science club's chances of winning the "Aca-lympics.

From 1920 to 1940, the Harlem Renaissance produced a bright beacon of light that paved the way for African Americans all over the country. The unapologetic writings of W. E. B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey, the fervent fiction and poetry of Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes, the groundbreaking art of Aaron Douglas and William H. Johnson, and the triumphant music of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong gave voice and expression to the thoughts ...