The Man who Once was Whizzer White

The Man who Once was Whizzer White
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Total Pages : 616
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015045629865
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Book Synopsis The Man who Once was Whizzer White by : Dennis J. Hutchinson

Download or read book The Man who Once was Whizzer White written by Dennis J. Hutchinson and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hutchinson provides the first definitive biography of Justice Byron "Whizzer" White--this century's most famous scholar-athlete--who served on the Supreme Court for 31 years and was the author of the famous dissenting opinion in "Roe vs. Wade". of photos.

The Brethren

The Brethren
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 717
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ISBN-10 : 9781439126349
ISBN-13 : 1439126348
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Brethren by : Bob Woodward

Download or read book The Brethren written by Bob Woodward and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 717 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Brethren is the first detailed behind-the-scenes account of the Supreme Court in action. Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong have pierced its secrecy to give us an unprecedented view of the Chief and Associate Justices—maneuvering, arguing, politicking, compromising, and making decisions that affect every major area of American life.

Resilient by Nature

Resilient by Nature
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Publisher : Post Hill Press
Total Pages : 203
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ISBN-10 : 9781642933895
ISBN-13 : 1642933899
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Resilient by Nature by : Reggie Williams

Download or read book Resilient by Nature written by Reggie Williams and published by Post Hill Press. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In so many ways, Reggie Williams has had the type of life that people dream of: he starred as an athlete, excelled with an Ivy League education, built a sports empire as part of an iconic corporate brand, achieved global impact as a public servant, and won major honors for his community work. Along the way, Williams glowed on the biggest stages alongside celebrities, business leaders, and social icons. Yet Williams’s life has also presented a nightmare—and a determined mission to score another victory—with the battle to save his right leg from amputation. The residual effects of a fourteen-year career as an NFL linebacker has challenged Williams—who has undergone twenty-eight surgeries for football injuries, including multiple knee replacement operations—to draw on the resilience that has been at the foundation of his rise from the beginning. In Resilient by Nature, Williams provides an intimate account of his remarkable journey while also sharing his unique perspectives on a wide variety of issues.

Shakey: Neil Young's Biography

Shakey: Neil Young's Biography
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Publisher : Anchor
Total Pages : 1001
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ISBN-10 : 9781400075447
ISBN-13 : 1400075440
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by : Jimmy McDonough

Download or read book Shakey: Neil Young's Biography written by Jimmy McDonough and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2003-05-13 with total page 1001 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neil Young is one of rock and roll’s most important and enigmatic figures, a legend from the sixties who is still hugely influential today. He has never granted a writer access to his inner life – until now. Based on six years of interviews with more than three hundred of Young’s associates, and on more than fifty hours of interviews with Young himself, Shakey is a fascinating, prodigious account of the singer’s life and career. Jimmy McDonough follows Young from his childhood in Canada to his cofounding of Buffalo Springfield to the huge success of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young to his comeback in the nineties. Filled with never-before-published words directly from the artist himself, Shakey is an essential addition to the top shelf of rock biographies.

Closed Chambers

Closed Chambers
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Publisher : Penguin Group
Total Pages : 596
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ISBN-10 : UOM:49015002555945
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Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Closed Chambers by : Edward Lazarus

Download or read book Closed Chambers written by Edward Lazarus and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1999 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of "Black Hills/White Justice" offers an inside look at the most secretive institution in the American government--the Supreme Court. of photos.

First

First
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 513
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ISBN-10 : 9780399589294
ISBN-13 : 0399589295
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Book Synopsis First by : Evan Thomas

Download or read book First written by Evan Thomas and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of Sandra Day O’Connor, America’s first female Supreme Court justice, drawing on exclusive interviews and first-time access to Justice O’Connor’s archives—as seen on PBS’s American Experience “She’s a hero for our time, and this is the biography for our time.”—Walter Isaacson Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR and The Washington Post She was born in 1930 in El Paso and grew up on a cattle ranch in Arizona. At a time when women were expected to be homemakers, she set her sights on Stanford University. When she graduated near the top of her law school class in 1952, no firm would even interview her. But Sandra Day O’Connor’s story is that of a woman who repeatedly shattered glass ceilings—doing so with a blend of grace, wisdom, humor, understatement, and cowgirl toughness. She became the first ever female majority leader of a state senate. As a judge on the Arizona Court of Appeals, she stood up to corrupt lawyers and humanized the law. When she arrived at the United States Supreme Court, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, she began a quarter-century tenure on the Court, hearing cases that ultimately shaped American law. Diagnosed with cancer at fifty-eight, and caring for a husband with Alzheimer’s, O’Connor endured every difficulty with grit and poise. Women and men who want to be leaders and be first in their own lives—who want to learn when to walk away and when to stand their ground—will be inspired by O’Connor’s example. This is a remarkably vivid and personal portrait of a woman who loved her family, who believed in serving her country, and who, when she became the most powerful woman in America, built a bridge forward for all women. Praise for First “Cinematic . . . poignant . . . illuminating and eminently readable . . . First gives us a real sense of Sandra Day O’Connor the human being. . . . Thomas gives O’Connor the credit she deserves.”—The Washington Post “[A] fascinating and revelatory biography . . . a richly detailed picture of [O’Connor’s] personal and professional life . . . Evan Thomas’s book is not just a biography of a remarkable woman, but an elegy for a worldview that, in law as well as politics, has disappeared from the nation’s main stages.”—The New York Times Book Review

Maroon & Gold

Maroon & Gold
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Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
Total Pages : 300
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ISBN-10 : 1582612234
ISBN-13 : 9781582612232
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Maroon & Gold by : Bob Eger

Download or read book Maroon & Gold written by Bob Eger and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2001-09-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Maroon & Gold: A History of Sun Devil Athletics, veteran sportswriter Bob Eger recounts not only the most celebrated moments but many little-known items from the university's colorful sports history. From turn-of-the-century football legend Charlie Haigler to the electrifying Whizzer White to latterday star Jake Plummer, the rich football lineage is well documented. But this is much more than a football book. Who could forget coach Ned Wulk's great basketball teams of the early 1960s or the five national basketball titles? It's a little-known fact that women were participating in an early form of aerobics on campus as early as 1891 and playing basketball in 1898, though the school didn't begin attracting national attention for women's athletics until golfer JoAnne Gunderson and diver Patsy Willard began to dominate their sports in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Maroon & Gold: A History of Sun Devil Athletics is must reading for any true Sun Devil fan from any generation.