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A spectacle of corruption
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David Liss |
Benjamin Weaver, the quick-witted pugilist turned private investigator, returns in David Liss's sequel to the Edgar Award--winning novel, A Conspiracy of Paper.Moments after his conviction for a murd… |
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Joe Gans
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Colleen Aycock |
"Joe Gans captured the world lightweight title in 1902, becoming the first black American world title holder in any sport. This biography features original ringside telegraph reports of his most famo… |
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Hard to handle
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Lori Foster |
Sometimes Fate delivers a left hook.After Fate deals Supreme Battle Challenge (SBC) fighter Harley Handleman a sucker punch, his uncle secretly hires a pretty lifecoach to get Harley back in the ring… |
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The First Black Boxing Champions
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Colleen Aycock |
This volume presents fifteen chapters of biography of African American and black champions and challengers of the early prize ring. They range from Tom Molineaux, a slave who won freedom and fame in … |
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Daniel O'Thunder
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Ian Weir |
Set in the 1850s in London, England, this story, told through the interwoven voices of several narrators, relates the adventures of a troubled but charismatic prize-fighting evangelist whose career f… |
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The Longshot
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Katie Kitamura |
Cal was the one. The kid had everything a fighter needed and if he didn't become champion then Riley would have no one to blame but himself ... Cal and his trainer Riley are on their way to Mexico fo… |
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Jailed for life for being black
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Bill Swan |
"Rubin Carter was in and out of reformatories and prisons from the age of twelve. At twenty-four, he became a winning professional boxer and was turning his life around. But Carter was also very voca… |
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Samson
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Shawn Hoffman |
In 1941, Samson Abrams and his entire family are sent to the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp, but when he is recognized as a former boxing champion he is ordered to box for the entertainment o… |
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Joe Louis, my champion
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Miller, William |
After listening to the radio broadcast of the heavyweight championship boxing fight of his hero, Joe Louis, a young African American boy realizes that he can emulate the boxer's persistence and striv… |
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Barney Ross
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Douglas Century |
Born Dov-Ber Rasofsky to Eastern European immigrant parents, Barney Ross grew up in a tough Chicago neighborhood and witnessed his father's murder, his mother's nervous breakdown, and the dispatching… |
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Criminal Vol. 3: The Dead and The Dying
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Ed Brubaker,Sean Phillips |
In three interwoven noir stories, a vengeful woman returns home and two friends get caught in her plot. |
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Million dollar baby
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Clint Eastwood |
A hardened trainer works with a young woman determined to become a boxer. |
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Running with the champ
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Tim Shanahan |
"A former medical sales manager traces his longtime friendship with the two-time heavyweight champion of the world, describing how they bonded over shared efforts on behalf of underprivileged kids an… |
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The jukebox kings
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Douglas Allyn |
It all starts when Mick Shannon Irish Mick loses to a knockout punch. His manager had bet heavy, and now Mick owes the mob, and more specifically, Moishe Abrams, who runs the jukes and collections in… |
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Faded Glory
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David Essex |
342 pages ; 7 3/4 in |
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Million Dollar Crolla
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Anthony Crolla,Dominic McGuinness |
1 volume ; 24 cm |
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Billy Miske
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Clay Moyle |
Hall of Fame boxer Billy Miske was arguably the most courageous and inspirational figure in boxing history, and his story is long overdue. During a career that was impeded and cut short as a result o… |
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The noble art of heavyweight boxing
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Ralph Oates |
A knockout trip through the history of this popular sport, from the last thrilling bareknuckle contest in 1889 between champion John L. Sullivan and challenger Jake Kilrain, right through to modern t… |
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Destiny unknown
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Derek Leinster |
At 18 Derek fulfilled his dreams to go to England and meet his destiny. This book follows his fight to establish a life for himself in a new country. Despite his disadvantages - his lack of social sk… |
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The barfighter
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Ivan G. Goldman |
From Publishers Weekly
Goldman (Where the Money Is) brings to life the sleazy underbelly of professional boxing in the 1980s, where double crosses, thievery and cheating were commonplace. After inst… |
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