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“frederick landry”

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  • Anchor of Faith

    The Enduring Spirit of the Black Men's Gathering

    by Richard W. Thomas, Frederick Landry ...
    Born of the need to address the plight of men of African descent in the United States, and the unique afflictions imposed upon them, the Black Men's Gathering was founded in 1987 as an individual initiative. From its humble origins in a Greensboro hotel room where the original twelve participants met, the Gathering would grow and evolve over the course of a quarter-century to embrace hundreds in ... Read more

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  • Forty Million Dollar Slaves

    The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete

    by William C. Rhoden ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “An explosive and absorbing discussion of race, politics, and the history of American sports.”—EbonyFrom Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali and Arthur Ashe, African American athletes have been at the center of modern culture, their on-the-field heroics admired and stratospheric earnings envied. But for all their money, fame, and achievement, says New York Times columnist ... Read more

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  • Fully Alive

    Discovering What Matters Most

    by Timothy Shriver ...
    On a quest for what matters most, Timothy Shriver discovers a radically different, inspiring way of life.At a time when we are all more rudderless than ever, we look for the very best teachers and mentors to guide us. In Fully Alive, an unusual and gripping memoir, Timothy Shriver shows how his teachers have been the world's most forgotten minority: people with intellectual disabilities. In these ... Read more

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  • United

    Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good

    by Cory Booker ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • United States Senator Cory Booker, hailed as “one of the key figures for justice and forthrightness in America today” (HuffPost), makes an impassioned case that the virtues of empathy, responsibility, and action must guide our nation toward a brighter future.Raised in northern New Jersey, Cory Booker went to Stanford University on a football scholarship, accepted a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Black Detroit

    A People's History of Self-Determination

    by Herb Boyd ...
    NAACP Image Award Finalist: "Boyd's riveting new history…turns an oft-caricatured community into a world of actual, struggling human beings."—Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of Between the World and MeA Michigan Notable Books HonoreeIn this book, the author of Baldwin's Harlem looks at the evolving culture, politics, economics, and spiritual life of Detroit—in "a blend of memoir, love letter, history, ... Read more

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  • What Makes the Great Great

    Strategies for Extraordinary Achievement

    by Dennis Kimbro ...
    Part vocational pep rally, part how-to book, in What Makes the Great Great, bestselling author Dennis Kimbro explores the strategies and thought processes of successful African-Americans.What Makes the Great Great elaborates on the inspiring message Dennis Kimbro put forth in his first book Think and Grow Rich--A Black Choice. Through dozens of interviews and the inspirational stories of people ... Read more

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  • Hope & Heroes

    Portraits of Integrity & Inspiration

    by Barry Shainbaum, Madelaine Palko ...
    Fourty - seven heroes, one journey, unlimited hope. Hope & Heroes is many stories. Each reveals a different path, real people achieving the extraordinary at home, in our communities, on the national or world stage. Men, women, teenagers and seniors alike, adopting the challenges of the environment, racism, war and peace, self-esteem, physical and mental handicaps, corporate integrity, food and ... Read more

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  • BLACK FIVES: The Alpha Physical Culture Club's Pioneering African American Basketball Team, 1904-1923

    by Claude Johnson ...
    Formed in 1904, the Alpha Physical Culture Club of Harlem was America's first African American athletic club. Conrad Norman, its Jamaican-born founder, hoped to address rampant lung disease among blacks living in New York City's overcrowded tenements by providing proper exercise facilities they could use without bias. The club's basketball team, the Alpha Big Five, became nationally famous during ... Read more

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  • The Happiest Life

    Seven Gifts, Seven Givers, and the Secret to Genuine Success

    by Hugh Hewitt ...
    What's the secret to a life of happiness?"In this delightful book brimming with humorous and poignant passages, radio personality Hugh Hewitt provides the answer. The starting place is generosity, he says, and there are seven gifts that are sure to improve the lives of both giver and receiver: encouragement, energy, enthusiasm, good humor, graciousness, gratitude, and patience.Anyone can give ... Read more

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  • How Basketball Can Save the World

    13 Guiding Principles for Reimagining What's Possible

    by David Hollander ...
    A thought-provoking exploration of how basketball—and the values rooted in the game—can solve today’s most pressing issues, from the professor behind the popular New York University courseNBA and WNBA superstars, Hall of Fame players, coaches, and leading cultural figures have all dropped by New York University Professor David Hollander’s course “How Basketball Can Save the World” course to debate ... Read more

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  • Lead to Succeed

    10 Traits of Great Leadership in Business and Life

    by Rick Pitino ...
    Learn how to be a leader from one of sports' greatest teachers, Rick Pitino.As Rick Pitino says, great leaders aren't born great; they learn great leadership along the path of life. From the time Pitino first became a coach at twenty-four, he has been a student of leadership in all its forms, studying how great leaders from legendary coaches to American presidents to world humanitarians are able ... Read more

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  • The Athletics Incubus: How College Sports Undermine College Education

    How College Sports Undermine College Education

    by Andrew Hacker, Claudia Dreifus ...
    Previously published as part of HIGHER EDUCATION?A quarter of a million dollars. It's the going tab for four years at most top-tier colleges. But is it worth it?In this provocative work, the renowned sociologist Andrew Hacker and New York Times writer Claudia Dreifus make an incisive case that American college athletics—which originally came into the campus as an innocent form of recreation—have ... Read more

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