Jersey Joe Walcott: A Boxing Biography, Paperback - James Curl

Reducere. Born into extreme poverty in 1914, Jersey Joe Walcott began boxing at the age of 16 to help feed his hungry family. After ten years, without proper...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: James CurlRonald James Padavona began playing music in 1950s doo whop bands as a bass and trumpet player. He eventually fou...

Reducere. With his nickname, Dirty Jersey, tattooed on the inside of his left forearm, James Salant wanted everyone to know he was a tough guy. At the age of...

This new Selected Poems offers an ordered retrospective of the fertile career of Derek Walcott, spanning six decades and drawing on twelve collecti...

The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013 draws from every stage of the poet's storied career. This collection, selected by Walcott's friend the poet G...

Reducere. The magnificent, inspiring story of anAMERICAN SPORTS HERO, by Newbery Award-winning author Matt de la Pena. On the eve of World War II, African-Am...

Reducere. A collection spanning the whole of Derek Walcott's celebrated, inimitable, essential career ``He gives us more than himself or 'a world'; he gives ...

Reducere. For well over a century, the lure of scenic beaches and ocean waves has drawn visitors to the Jersey Shore. Presidents kept summer homes here to es...

Reducere. It's a magical Christmas Eve, and all of the children in your town are sleeping. Well, all of the children but you How could you possibly fall asle...

Reducere. A riveting tale of perseverance in the face of hardship, Cinderella Man is the chronicle of the boxer James J. Braddock, whose exceptional story of...

Features a poem in five books, of circular narrative design, titled with the Greek name for Homer, this book charts two currents of history: the vi...

Reducere. It's Halloween night, and creatures and critters from near and far are starting to gather outside the front door. And now here comes a whole army o...

Reducere. A poem in five books, of circular narrative design, titled with the Greek name for Homer, which simultaneously charts two currents of history: the ...

"Tiepolo's Hound" joins the quests of two Caribbean men: Camille Pisarro, who leaves his native St Thomas to follow his vocation as a painter in Pa...

Reducere. Drawing from every stage of the Nobel laureate's career, Derek Walcott's Selected Poems brings together famous pieces from his early volumes, inclu...

Reducere. DescriptionFor well over a century, the lure of scenic beaches and ocean waves have drawn visitors to the Jersey Shore. Presidents had summer homes...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Derek WalcottA DAZZLING NEW COLLECTION FROM ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POETS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY In White Egrets, Derek...

Focuses on such characteristic subjects as: the Caribbean's complex colonial legacy, the Western artistic tradition, the blessings and withholdings...

Reducere. From growing up in the Channel Islands post World War II, to running sheep and cattle stations in Australia, Memoirs of a Jersey Girl is the story ...

Reducere. The Bounty was the first book of poems Walcott published after winning the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. Opening with the title poem, a memorable...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Erin a. DelaneyDrawn From Life Jersey City, New Jersey is a coloring book based on the photography of Erin A. DeLaney. The ...

A collaboration between one of the world's most eminent poets, Nobel Prize-winner Derek Walcott, and one of its most coveted painters, Peter Doig. ...

Reducere. Examines the history of James City, a black community located near New Bern. Established in 1863 as a camp for destitute former slaves, James City ...

Reducere. Bob Buccino worked in law enforcement for fifty-one years; twenty-four of which were spent investigating organized crime. He is a superior court re...

Reducere. This is the story about a native New Jersey girl who, at the age of fifty-six, relocates to a small town in northwest North Dakota. There she finds...

Reducere. On a Caribbean island, the morning after a full moon, Felix Hobain tears through the market in a drunken rage. Taken away to sober up in jail, all ...

Reducere. Here is the enlightening story of an esteemed and eloquent Mi'kmaq woman whose message of "gentle persuasion" has enriched the life of a nation. Ri...

A devastating critique of the Modernist Movement: from the Bauhaus and Le Corbusier, through destructive Modernism-inspired urban planning of the p...

The definitive biography of a fascinating and enigmatic figure.

A detailed chronicle of this quirky seventies band based around the in-depth interviews with all the band members as well as the road crew and fans...