King Of The World

Author : David Remnick
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780804173629

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King of the World by David Remnick Pdf

The bestselling biography of Muhammad Ali--with an Introduction by Salman Rushdie On the night in 1964 that Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) stepped into the ring with Sonny Liston, he was widely regarded as an irritating freak who danced and talked way too much. Six rounds later Ali was not only the new world heavyweight boxing champion: He was "a new kind of black man" who would shortly transform America's racial politics, its popular culture, and its notions of heroism. No one has captured Ali--and the era that he exhilarated and sometimes infuriated--with greater vibrancy, drama, and astuteness than David Remnick, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lenin's Tomb (and editor of The New Yorker). In charting Ali's rise from the gyms of Louisville, Kentucky, to his epochal fights against Liston and Floyd Patterson, Remnick creates a canvas of unparalleled richness. He gives us empathetic portraits of wisecracking sportswriters and bone-breaking mobsters; of the baleful Liston and the haunted Patterson; of an audacious Norman Mailer and an enigmatic Malcolm X. Most of all, King of the World does justice to the speed, grace, courage, humor, and ebullience of one of the greatest athletes and irresistibly dynamic personalities of our time.

Author : Philip Mansel
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780241960592

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King of the World by Philip Mansel Pdf

Winner of the Franco-British Society Book Prize 2019 'The ultimate biography of the Sun King' Simon Sebag Montefiore Louis XIV dominated his age. He extended France's frontiers into Netherlands and Germany, and established colonies overseas. The stupendous palace he built at Versailles became the envy of monarchs all over Europe. In his palaces, Louis encouraged dancing, hunting, music and gambling. He loved conversation, especially with women: the power of women in Louis's life and reign is a particular theme of this book. Louis was obsessed by the details of government but the cost of building palaces and waging continuous wars devastated the country's finances and helped set it on the path to revolution. Nevertheless, by his death, he had helped make his grandson king of Spain, where his descendants still reign, and France had taken essentially the shape it has today. King of the World is the most comprehensive and up-to-date biography of this hypnotic, flawed figure in English. It draws on all the latest research to paint a convincing and compelling portrait of a man who, three hundred years after his death, still epitomises the idea of le grand monarque.

Author : Arthur Phillips
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780812985504

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The King at the Edge of the World by Arthur Phillips Pdf

Queen Elizabeth’s spymasters recruit an unlikely agent—the only Muslim in England—for an impossible mission in a mesmerizing novel from “one of the best writers in America” (The Washington Post) “Evokes flashes of Hilary Mantel, John le Carré and Graham Greene, but the wry, tricky plot that drives it is pure Arthur Phillips.”—The Wall Street Journal NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND THE WASHINGTON POST The year is 1601. Queen Elizabeth I is dying, childless. Her nervous kingdom has no heir. It is a capital crime even to think that Elizabeth will ever die. Potential successors secretly maneuver to be in position when the inevitable occurs. The leading candidate is King James VI of Scotland, but there is a problem. The queen’s spymasters—hardened veterans of a long war on terror and religious extremism—fear that James is not what he appears. He has every reason to claim to be a Protestant, but if he secretly shares his family’s Catholicism, then forty years of religious war will have been for nothing, and a bloodbath will ensue. With time running out, London confronts a seemingly impossible question: What does James truly believe? It falls to Geoffrey Belloc, a secret warrior from the hottest days of England’s religious battles, to devise a test to discover the true nature of King James’s soul. Belloc enlists Mahmoud Ezzedine, a Muslim physician left behind by the last diplomatic visit from the Ottoman Empire, as his undercover agent. The perfect man for the job, Ezzedine is the ultimate outsider, stranded on this cold, wet, and primitive island. He will do almost anything to return home to his wife and son. Arthur Phillips returns with a unique and thrilling novel that will leave readers questioning the nature of truth at every turn.

Author : Randall Coleman
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780986360015

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King of the World by Randall Coleman Pdf

The year is 2022, and time is running out. The Earth is heating up at an alarming rate. Governments are corrupt and terrorism abounds. More nations are on the brink of war than at any other time in history, and fear riddles the planet. The Group of Five are fed up, and they’re doing something about it. In their quest to usher in a new way, the Group of Five is seeking to elect a true king, one who can restore balance to the world. Will they find a suitable king in time, or will political corruption and the Earth’s imminent destruction win out?

Author : Rick Bennet
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781628722352

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King Of A Small World by Rick Bennet Pdf

King of the poker players from his suburban enclave in Maryland to Washington, D.C., Joey Moore faces a crisis in his life when an gambling opponent commits suicide and an unwanted baby is forced on him. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Author : René Guénon
Publisher : Sophia Perennis
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Kings and rulers
ISBN : 0900588586

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The King of the World by René Guénon Pdf

This remarkable book grew out of a conference headed by René Guénon, the sinologist René Grousset, and the neo-Thomist Jacques Maritain on questions raised by Ferdinand Ossendowski's thrilling account in his Men, Beast and Gods of an escape through Central Asia, during which he foils enemies and encounters shamans and Mongolian lamas, whose marvels he describes. The book caused a great sensation, especially the closing chapters, where Ossendowski recounts legends allegedly entrusted to him concerning the 'King of the World' and his subterranean kingdom Agarttha. The present book, one of Guénon's most controversial, was written in response to this conference and develops the theme of the King of the World from the point of view of traditional metaphysics. Chapters include: Western Ideas about Agarttha; Shekinah and Metatron; The Three Supreme Functions; Symbolism of the Grail; Melki-Tsedeq; Luz: Abode of Immortality; The Supreme Center concealed during the Kali-Yuga; and The Omphalos and Sacred Stones .

Author : Wesley King
Publisher : Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481478236

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A World Below by Wesley King Pdf

“A swift-paced survival tale that’s a cool blend of Lord of the Flies and Journey to the Center of the Earth.” —School Library Journal “A sharp meditation on the seemingly universal difficulties of being young, smart, and uncertain.” —BCCB “A multifaceted journey from darkness to light.” —Kirkus Reviews Winner of the Red Maple Fiction Award A class field trips turns into an underground quest for survival in the latest middle grade novel from the author of Edgar Award winner OCDaniel. Mr. Baker’s eighth grade class thought they were in for a normal field trip to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. But when an earthquake hits, their field trip takes a terrifying turn. The students are plunged into an underground lake…and their teacher goes missing. They have no choice but to try and make their way back above ground, even though no one can agree on the best course of action. The darkness brings out everyone’s true self. Supplies dwindle and tensions mount. Pretty and popular Silvia does everything she can to hide her panic attacks, even as she tries to step up and be a leader. But the longer she’s underground, the more frequent and debilitating they become. Meanwhile, Eric has always been a social no one, preferring to sit at the back of the class and spend evenings alone. Now, he finds himself separated from his class, totally by himself underground. That is, until he meets an unexpected stranger. Told from three different points of view, this fast-paced adventure novel explores how group dynamics change under dire circumstances. Do the students of Mr. Baker’s class really know each other at all? Or do they just think they do? It turns out, it’s hard to hide in the dark.

Author : Matt Waters,Waters
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190927172

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King of the World by Matt Waters,Waters Pdf

"Cyrus the Great was a transformational figure: an exceptional leader, general, and visionary. He was also the founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, which dominated the world stage from the Mediterranean to the Indus during the sixth through fourth centuries BCE. When Cyrus took the royal title "King of the World" in 539 BCE, it was closer to a literal reality than for any ruler before him in history. Cyrus the Great thus was an object of fascination even in antiquity, well-regarded among several peoples in almost every accounting of his life. This book treats the stories of Cyrus' birth, conquests, and reign through multiple perspectives, grounded in analysis of ancient sources from the Persians, Elamites, Babylonians, Judeans, and Greeks. Cyrus the Great remains a worthy object of attention for the imprint he left on world history, anywhere the ancient Achaemenid Empire touched in antiquity, and its legacy thereafter"--

Author : Cindy Morgan
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780310717621

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Dance Me, Daddy by Cindy Morgan Pdf

A father watches her daughter grow up. Includes CD with song and narrated story.

Author : Cheryl King
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1954403690

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Sitting on Top of the World by Cheryl King Pdf

June never thought she'd be dressing like a boy and jumping onto a freight train to travel across Tennessee. But that's what she has to do to find work so her family's farm can survive. It's 1933, and the Great Depression is tightening its chokehold on America. Where once June was sitting on top of the world with her beloved brother, now she's risking her life to fulfill his dying wish. When she falls in love with a railroad bull, her life takes a drastic turn, for she knows what devastation railroad bulls can cause.

Author : Michael Clemons
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Football players
ISBN : 0006386229

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All Heart by Michael Clemons Pdf

It's the feel good autobiography of the year - the uplifting story of Michael "Pinball" Clemons, the Canadian Football League superstar whose heart, talent and dedication are far bigger than his famed small 5'6" stature would indicate. One of the key factors in the Toronto Argonauts' three Grey Cup wins, Michael Clemons' gridiron talent is a story in itself, but it is his fight to get to the NFL and then CFL, that is revealing, entertaining, and above all, inspiring. "All Heart" is an autobiography that young people in particular should read, a story infused with Michael's quiet, yet incredibly strong and charismatic character, qualities which have made him one of our best-loved sports stars and a role model for kids. An inside look into two very different sports leagues and a man's true heart and soul, "All Heart" is one terrific read.

Author : William N. Armstrong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1904
Category : Voyages around the world
ISBN : NYPL:33433000371975

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Around the World with a King by William N. Armstrong Pdf

Author : Stephen D. King
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780300240078

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Grave New World by Stephen D. King Pdf

A controversial look at the end of globalization and what it means for prosperity, peace, and the global economic order Globalization, long considered the best route to economic prosperity, is not inevitable. An approach built on the principles of free trade and, since the 1980s, open capital markets, is beginning to fracture. With disappointing growth rates across the Western world, nations are no longer willing to sacrifice national interests for global growth; nor are their leaders able—or willing—to sell the idea of pursuing a global agenda of prosperity to their citizens. Combining historical analysis with current affairs, economist Stephen D. King provides a provocative and engaging account of why globalization is being rejected, what a world ruled by rival states with conflicting aims might look like, and how the pursuit of nationalist agendas could result in a race to the bottom. King argues that a rejection of globalization and a return to “autarky” will risk economic and political conflict, and he uses lessons from history to gauge how best to avoid the worst possible outcomes.

Author : Fatima Bhutto
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : PERFORMING ARTS
ISBN : 1733623701

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New Kings of the World by Fatima Bhutto Pdf

A lively, inside look at how Bollywood, Turkish soap operas, and K-Pop are challenging America's cultural dominance around the world.

Author : Cameron W. Hughes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0578596644

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King of Cheer by Cameron W. Hughes Pdf

Cameron Hughes has ignited crowds at sporting events across the globe for over 25 years. It's a story of getting up, showing up, and never giving up that will move every reader. Let's spread some cheer!