A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! The first memoir for young readers by sports legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. At one time, Lew Alcindor was just another kid from New York City with all the usual problems: He struggled with fitting in, with pleasing a strict father, and with overcoming shyness that made him feel socially awkward. But with a talent for basketball, and an unmatched team of supporters, Lew Alcindor was able to transform and to become Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. From a childhood made difficult by racism and prejudice to a record-smashing career on the basketball court as an adult, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's life was packed with "coaches" who taught him right from wrong and led him on the path to greatness. His parents, coaches Jack Donahue and John Wooden, Muhammad Ali, Bruce Lee, and many others played important roles in Abdul-Jabbar's life and sparked him to become an activist for social change and advancement. The inspiration from those around him, and his drive to find his own path in life, are highlighted in this personal and awe-inspiring journey. Written especially for young readers, Becoming Kareem chronicles how Kareem Abdul-Jabbar become the icon and legend he is today, both on and off the court.

Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem

Obstfeld, Raymond

History

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Eric and Didra's plans for a weekend alone are interrupted by the discovery of an escapee from a juvenile detention home hiding in their cabin.

Joker and the Thief, The

Teen & Young Adult

Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Eric unexpectedly meets a fugitive from a juvenile detention  center at a backwoods cabin and the two boys share secrets about  themselves, have an adventure together, and discover that they have a  great deal in common. Reprint. K. PW. 

Laurel-Leaf

When given the drug Moonshadow, Clifford Remington's memory is erased, but after a mysterious disease infects the nation, only he holds the key to stop the hideous plans of a top secret Washington agency

The Remington Factor

Literature & Fiction

Ace Books

In one freak, tragic instant, Season Gottlieb, M.D., finds out how quickly "having it all" can turn to absolute dog crap. When her wedding to Tim, a hardworking fellow doctor, is only two weeks away, her would-be groom snaps. Before the cops gun him down, Tim has sprayed her southern California clinic with bullets, leaving behind a half-dozen dead bodies and the wreckage of Season's world.From its ashes arises her nutsy, well-meaning, deliriously inventive plan to put her life together again: Season will make amends to the families of Tim's victims by becoming their guardian angel.The results are catastrophic, unexpected, and fiendishly funny - for Season as an angel is not what the doctor ordered. Her attempts will get her black-mailed, labeled a lunatic, and arrested. In fact, she's nearly ready to quit when she arrives at the Santa Barbara home of David Payton and his two adopted teenagers determined to change their lives, whether they want them changed or not.With a psycho serial-kidnapper loose in town and with Season's secrets catching up with her, she's on a roller-coaster ride to thrills, chills, and big-time trouble...and thank heaven, she's taking us along for the racy, joyous ride.

Earth Angel

United States

GRAND CENTRAL PUB.

We All Want to Change the World: My Journey Through Social Justice Movements from the 1960s to Today

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Crown

The Joker and the Thief

Demco Media

Presents a collection of articles and essays exploring the Renaissance.

The Renaissance (History Firsthand)

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Greenhaven

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA's alltime leading scorer, champions a lineup of little-known African-American inventors in this lively, kid-friendly book. Did you know that James West invented the microphone in your cell phone? That Fred Jones invented the refrigerated truck that makes supermarkets possible? Or that Dr. Percy Julian synthesized cortisone from soy, easing untold people’s pain? These are just some of the black inventors and innovators scoring big points in this dynamic look at several unsung heroes who shared a desire to improve people’s lives. Offering profiles with fast facts on flaps and framed by a funny contemporary story featuring two feisty twins, here is a nod to the minds behind the gamma electric cell and the ice-cream scoop, improvements to traffic lights, open-heart surgery, and more — inventors whose ingenuity and perseverance against great odds made our world safer, better, and brighter. Back matter includes an authors’ note and sources.

What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors

Children's Books

Biographies

Candlewick

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