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On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans. Both men were forced to leave the Olympics, received death threats, and faced ostracism and continuing economic hardships.

Jonell Joshua spent her childhood shuttling back and forth between Savannah and New Jersey—living in grandparents’ homes during the times her mother, struggling with mental illness, needed support to raise her and her brothers. Together the family found a way to keep going even in the darkest of times. How Do I Draw These Memories? is a memoir about nostalgia, faith, the preciousness of life, and unconditional love.

Sixteen-year-old Jeremiah Thomas, all-star football player and MVP, had helped lead the Parkview Pacers to their first state title in twenty-one years. Now a new season of football is about to start, and his training has made him the strongest guy at Parkview. Jeremiah's life revolves around faith, family, and football. He's handsome, strong, witty, a captain of the football team, and owner of a state championship ring.

Todo el mundo sabe quién es Taylor Swift: su reputación la precede. Artista, compositora, actriz, directora, ganadora de miles de premios. En conclusión, una de las figuras más importantes de la industria musical hoy en día.

Edie is a talented dancer and a skilled gymnast with hopes of making the Olympic team. Between her rigorous training and her struggle to find her place in a family where she’s the daughter “with brains but no looks,” Edie’s too busy to dwell on the state of the world. But life in Hungary in 1943 is dangerous for a Jewish girl.

This public domain book about the Duchess of York, Queen Elizabeth II's mother, was originally published in 1925. This new version includes an engaging forward filled with helpful guided reading for middle and upper school students meant to bring this lovely biography of the then Duchess, soon to be Queen to life.

Inspired is an autobiography by a 19-year-old British Zambian student. It delivers a series of profound and reflective life experiences. Neo manages to turn them into teachable lessons, that a wide range of young people and adults will relate with. In-particular, Inspired also offers insights for young athletes about the obstacles they may face during their individual journeys as sports people and how to overcome them.

Growing Up on Fox Street is full of warm and uplifting stories from an era gone by. Informative, nostalgic, and engaging at its core, it is written from the viewpoint of a little girl enjoying carefree youthful days with her brothers, cousins, and friends in a small American town during the 1960s.

Questo audiolibro è il primo di una miniserie dedicata al diario di Emmanuel, un diario autentico scritto da un adolescente di cui si sono perse le tracce anni fa; la sua scomparsa risale al 1997, quindi il libro è ambientato nei primi anni '90. Emmanuel è un adolescente irrequieto, incapace di accontentarsi del molto che possiede e con una personalità borderline che lo porterà a fare esperienze intense e disordinate, alla ricerca di un "senso". In questa sua ricerca travolgerà diversi personaggi, tra cui Antonia, la fidanzata del fratello Michele.

Enaldinho encarou o desafio de escrever um livro e agora está na hora de você encarar o mundo louco dele e rir de suas várias histórias, que são tão malucas e engraçadas quanto as trollagens lá do canal! Neste audiolivro, ele abre o coração e mostra que sempre foi um garoto muito determinado, e apesar do trabalhão que dava na escola, Enaldinho sempre conseguiu conquistar seus objetivos. Ao lado de uma família–e de uma namorada–incrível, o que não faltam são histórias para contar ao lado de seus amigos!

A raw and bold memoir about abuse and addiction, and the power of expression and community that helped Stephanie Kuehnert, the author of Ballads of Suburbia and regular Rookie contributor, survive and thrive. Told in varied narrative styles, including journal entries and pages torn from her actual diaries and zines, this is the memoir of Stephanie's life as a struggling outsider who survived substance and relationship abuse to become a strong young woman after years and years trapped in a cycle that sometimes seemed to have no escape.