Legends In Black

Author : Tom Johnson
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN 13 : 1743486138
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legends in Black: New Zealand Rugby Greats on Why We Win written by Tom Johnson and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2014-07-23 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the world of rugby, the All Blacks have an unsurpassed legacy of success. We are the best of the best. Legends in Black comprises frank, no-holds-barred interviews with New Zealand rugby greats, each sharing their thoughts on every aspect of what it means to be an All Black: first selection, the haka, international and provincial rugby, professionalism, team culture, camaraderie, technical advances, coaching and leadership. A one-of-a-kind account of New Zealand rugby, Legends in Black draws on unprecedented access to some of the biggest names in the game – revealing the secrets to why we win. 'The winning ethos was so fundamental to the culture and had been ingrained for years, and it just keeps going. The wonderful thing about the All Blacks is the tradition of its history, the belief by players in what happened before. Winning was something that was an absolute focus.' —John Hart 'Leadership is within the team. I had a role as a fixer, if there was trouble going on – not a dirty role, but as the one able to talk to the opposition and tell them, 'I wouldn't do that again, if I were you.''' —Colin Meads 'Winning becomes a habit, because success is fantastic, but when you take those platitudes you've also got to learn how to lose, lose well and graciously, and learn from your losses.' —Wayne 'Buck' Shelford 'It was about working out who you played the game for . . . it's not the name of the team or the colour of the jersey, but the people around you.' —Andy Haden Also available as an eBook

Author : Vashti Harrison
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316475165
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History written by Vashti Harrison and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author-illustrator Vashti Harrison shines a bold, joyous light on black men through history in this #1 New York Times bestseller. An important book for readers of all ages, this beautifully illustrated and engagingly written volume brings to life true stories of black men in history. Among these biographies, readers will find aviators and artists, politicians and pop stars, athletes and activists. The exceptional men featured include writer James Baldwin, artist Aaron Douglas, filmmaker Oscar Devereaux Micheaux, lawman Bass Reeves, civil rights leader John Lewis, dancer Alvin Ailey, and musician Prince. The legends in Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History span centuries and continents, but each one has blazed a trail for generations to come.

Author : Maurice J. Hobson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469635364
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Legend of the Black Mecca written by Maurice J. Hobson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a century, the city of Atlanta has been associated with black achievement in education, business, politics, media, and music, earning it the nickname "the black Mecca." Atlanta's long tradition of black education dates back to Reconstruction, and produced an elite that flourished in spite of Jim Crow, rose to leadership during the civil rights movement, and then took power in the 1970s by building a coalition between white progressives, business interests, and black Atlantans. But as Maurice J. Hobson demonstrates, Atlanta's political leadership--from the election of Maynard Jackson, Atlanta's first black mayor, through the city's hosting of the 1996 Olympic Games--has consistently mishandled the black poor. Drawn from vivid primary sources and unnerving oral histories of working-class city-dwellers and hip-hop artists from Atlanta's underbelly, Hobson argues that Atlanta's political leadership has governed by bargaining with white business interests to the detriment of ordinary black Atlantans. In telling this history through the prism of the black New South and Atlanta politics, policy, and pop culture, Hobson portrays a striking schism between the black political elite and poor city-dwellers, complicating the long-held view of Atlanta as a mecca for black people.

Author : Paulina L. Alberto
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108988512
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Legend written by Paulina L. Alberto and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-06 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrities live their lives in constant dialogue with stories about them. But when these stories are shaped by durable racist myths, they wield undue power to ruin lives and obliterate communities. Black Legend is the haunting story of an Afro-Argentine, Raúl Grigera ('el negro Raúl'), who in the early 1900s audaciously fashioned himself into an alluring Black icon of Buenos Aires' bohemian nightlife, only to have defamatory storytellers unmake him. In this gripping history, Paulina Alberto exposes the destructive power of racial storytelling and narrates a new history of Black Argentina and Argentine Blackness across two centuries. With the extraordinary Raúl Grigera at its center, Black Legend opens new windows into lived experiences of Blackness in a 'white' nation, and illuminates how Raúl's experience of celebrity was not far removed from more ordinary experiences of racial stories in the flesh.

Author : DK
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0744039096
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Timelines from Black History written by DK and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erased. Ignored. Hidden. Lost. Underappreciated. No longer. Delve into the unique, inspiring, and world-changing history of Black people. Black leaders, writers, civil rights activists, scientists, and more have influenced, inspired, and changed the societies we live in. This history book’s pages are filled with the stories of these historical giants and their contributions to the world. Grow Your Understanding of Black History This children’s book, prefaced by Mireille Harper, introduces children to prominent Black people in history such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks, and Dr. Martin Luther King. The timelines have been individually commissioned, with the stunning visual designs reflecting the essence of that particular historical person. This visual reflection from DK Books will compel children to investigate further and understand world history and the important roles Black people played in shaping it: • Features an equal number of timelines about women and men • Explores the amazing stories of incredible figures often ignored by European-focused history • Covers key moments in European, Caribbean, North American and African history, taking readers from pre-colonial Africa through the Jim Crow Era and the Civil Rights Movement to today’s Black Lives Matter movement • Created, designed, written, and edited by a multicultural team from many different nations, heritages, communities, faiths, and no faiths From Mansa Musa to Barack Obama; learn about more than 100 Black leaders and historical individuals, and discover the 30 timelines from throughout world history in this compelling children’s Black history book. Learn about Lewis Latimer and his integral contributions to the lightbulb, of how Ethiopia avoided colonisation thanks to its brave queen, and many more important moments in world and Black history. Pages of visual representations take children, adolescents, and adults on a trip through history. Stacked with facts and visually vibrant, Timelines From Black History: Leaders, Legacies, Legends is an unforgettable and accessible hive of information on the people and the issues that have shaped Black history.

Author : Tochi Onyebuchi
Publisher : Marvel Entertainment
ISBN 13 : 1302941593
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Panther Legends written by Tochi Onyebuchi and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2022-10-05 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects Black Panther Legends (2021) #1-4, material from Shuri: A Black Panther Novel. Dive into the legend of the Black Panther! In this new origin story by acclaimed author Tochi Onyebuchi and New York Times-bestselling illustrator Setor Fiadzigbey, T'Challa and Hunter are brothers growing up in Wakanda's idyllic royal palace. Theirs transcends the usual sibling rivalry, however: Hunter, although older, is adopted, and T'Challa is the true heir to the throne. But when tragedy strikes, the brothers must grow up fast! See the moments that made T'Challa who he is - from his walkabout as a teen, during which he meets the enchanting Ororo Munroe, to when he first invites the Fantastic Four to Wakanda! Son, brother, warrior, king - as each chapter unfolds, new pieces of T'Challa's character will be revealed, and the Black Panther will rise!

Author : RANDOLPH W. CAMERON
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1418459054
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finding a Way to the Top written by RANDOLPH W. CAMERON and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2004-11-09 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people will fail at their first and second attempts to be successful in a corporation, not because they lack the academic skills or the technical know-how. They will fail because they lack the knowledge and experience to deal with the discipline of corporate culture. Black, Hispanic, and Asian women and men are more visible than ever on the corporate ladder, yet they often find that it takes more than talent and ambition to climb to the top. This step-by-step guide in paperback tells you what you need to know to not only survive, but to thrive in todays job market. In that position, Mr. Cameron served such clients as Columbia Pictures, Mobile Oil, and the Government of Bermuda. Mr. Cameron has published a number of articles on profit and nonprofit management.

Author : Ian Murray
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1450209963
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legends of the Black Orchid written by Ian Murray and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-05-06 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1914, two college friends, Thomas Tiggy McStuart and Hans von Gotha, one British and the other German, find themselves on opposite sides of the impending war. Tiggys dream of becoming a barrister and Hans plan to receive his doctorate are quickly fading. As Hans leaves for Germany after being conscripted, he realizes their friendship might never be the same. Tiggy, feeling compelled to defend the crown, joins the London Light Infantry where he excels as a sniper in World War I and is eventually captured by the Germans. Meanwhile, Hans completes express doctorate training and is sent to serve at a field hospital in France. The lives of the two friends reconnect in a way neither of them thought possible. Based on real-life events, Legends of the Black Orchid follows Tiggy and Hans through World War I and the start of World War II. It depicts how circumstances and the influences of the Black Orchid, a society formed by the royal families of Europe, bring them together as one, ultimately making them part of an exclusive intelligence unit that becomes the platform on which the British and American governments form a cooperative base for espionage.

Author : Vashti Harrison
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316475106
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History written by Vashti Harrison and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated board book edition of instant bestseller Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History showcases women who changed the world and is the perfect goodnight book to inspire big dreams. Featuring 18 trailblazing black women in American history, Dream Big, Little One is the irresistible board book adaptation of Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History. Among these women, you'll find heroes, role models, and everyday women who did extraordinary things - bold women whose actions and beliefs contributed to making the world better for generations of girls and women to come. Whether they were putting pen to paper, soaring through the air or speaking up for the rights of others, the women profiled in these pages were all taking a stand against a world that didn't always accept them. The leaders in this book may be little, but they all did something big and amazing, inspiring generations to come.

Author : T. D. Griffith
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 149304060X
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Hills Myths and Legends written by T. D. Griffith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did a doomed party of prospectors discover gold in South Dakota's Black Hills decades before Custer's Black Hills Expedition scouted out the area? Why would anyone want to murder one of Deadwood, South Dakota's most upstanding citizens? Where did Lame Johnny hide his stolen cache of over $7.5 million in gold? From the wily—and some say dangerous—jackalope to the world’s largest mammoth grave, Black Hills Myths and Legends of makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the Mount Rushmore State’s most fascinating and compelling stories.