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Sweet Thunder - The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson
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Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray RobinsonSweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson

Continuing to set himself apart as one of our canniest cultural historians, Wil Haygood grounds the spectacular story of Robinson's rise to greatness within the context of the fighter's life and times. Born Walker Smith, Jr., in 1921, Robinson had an early childhood marked by the seething racial tensions and explosive race riots that infected the Midwest throughout the twenties and thirties. After his mother moved him and his sisters to the relative safety of Harlem, he came of age in the vibrant post-Renaissance years. 
 
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Tags: Robinson, thirties, After, mother, twenties, Thunder, Sweet, Sugar, Times
The House of Niccolo 08 - Gemini
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The House of Niccolo 08 - GeminiThe House of Niccolo 08 - Gemini

'Dunnett's legion of devoted readers will need no recommendation to buy GEMINI. They would, I imagine, walk barefoot to the bookshop over broken glass to get it...Anyone reading this novel, even as an introduction to Dunnett's work will, I suspect, join that band of admirers' Sunday Times GEMINI represents the final appearance of Nicholas de Fleury, who opened this series as a carefree, clumsy 18 year old apprentice in Flanders. Now he is in his thirties. The culmination of this amazing series sees Niccolo face his toughest battle yet, against an enemy who will tax every skill he has acquired over the course of the last few years...
 
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Tags: Niccolo, series, GEMINI, Dunnett, thirties, House
Day by Day: The Thirties
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Day by Day: The Thirties "Day by Day: The Thirties" is a unique, two-volume work that provides researchers of all ages with a complete, accessible chronology of the decade from 1930 to 1939. It documents the major events of the period as they unfolded each day, including the social, economic, political, and cultural issues that defined the decade. Comprehensive coverage is divided into 10 sections: World Affairs; Europe; Africa and the Middle East; The Americas; Asia and the Pacific; U.S. Politics and Social Issues; U.S. Foreign Policy and Defense; Economics and Great Depression; Science, Technology...
 
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Tags: decade, Pacific, Politics, Social, Issues, Thirties, Middle, Africa
Last Chance Saloon
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Last Chance SaloonDublin resident Keyes, author of the popular Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married and other novels, treats her audience to another fun read. Years ago, three friends from a small Irish town started new lives in London. Now in their early thirties and feeling as if they are in the "Last Chance Saloon" of relationships, they are finally growing up. Funny and irreverent, Keyes's Last Chance Saloon is a terrific vacation read.
 
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Tags: Chance, Saloon, feeling, thirties, early
The Theory of the Novel
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The Theory of the NovelIn an essay of prophetic vision, Lukacs defines a critical realism: 'anyone who wants to become more intimately acquainted with the prehistory of the important ideologies of the [nineteen-] twenties and thirties ...will be helped by a critical reading of this book.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
 
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Tags: critical, reading, helped, thirties, nineteen