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Pound for Pound - A Biography of Sugar Ray Robinson
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Pound for Pound - A Biography of Sugar Ray RobinsonPound for Pound - A Biography of Sugar Ray Robinson

Hailed by critics as a long overdue portrait of Sugar Ray Robinson, a man who was as elusive out of the ring as he was magisterial in it, Pound for Pound is a lively and nuanced profile of an athlete who is arguably the best boxer the sport has ever known. So great were Robinson's skills, he was eulogized by Woody Allen, compared to Joe Louis, and praised by Muhammad Ali, who called him "the king, the master, my idol."
 
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Baseball Card Adventures - Jackie and Me
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Baseball Card Adventures - Jackie and MeBaseball Card Adventures - Jackie and Me

Joe Stoshack experiences what it's like to be an African American in a segregated society when he travels back to 1947 to watch Jackie Robinson play, and while going back in time he himself turns black. He tries to bring back a bunch of Jackie Robinson cards, but the cards are stolen by the Dodger's batboy.
 
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The Swiss Family Robinson
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The Swiss Family RobinsonThe Swiss Family Robinson

The Swiss Family Robinson has delighted generations of readers with its exciting tale of a family which, though shipwrecked, displays “the right stuff” and builds a charming colony that later, they do not want to leave. Cut off from the comforts and companionship of other humans, they use a familiarity with natural history and biology to find the resources and build the tools to construct a canoe, weave cloth, irrigate a garden, and turn an immense hollow tree into a lofty house with a spiral staircase. They domesticate buffaloes, wild asses, and monkeys. T

 

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Robinson Crusoe (level 6)
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Robinson Crusoe. (level 6)Robinson Crusoe. (level 6)

When the captain tells Robinson, "Young man, you should never go to sea again… God has shown you that the sea is not for you." Robinson ignores his advice and goes to sea again, this time with terrible consequences. He is forced into slavery and escapes, but he is then shipwrecked on a desert island where he manages to survive through resourcefulness and luck.
 
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The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything (Audiobook)
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The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything (Audiobook)The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything (Audiobook)





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