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Willie : the game-changing story of the NHL's first black player / by O'Ree, Willie,1935-author.; McKinley, Michael,1961-author.; Iginla, Jarome,1977-writer of foreword.;
"An inspiring memoir that shows that anyone can achieve their dreams if they are willing to fight for them. In 1958, Willie O'Ree was a lot like any other player toiling in the minors, waiting for his chance to play in the best hockey league in the world. He'd grown up playing in small towns, working his way up the complicated hierarchy of junior and minor leagues, losing teeth and dropping the gloves along the way. He was good. Good enough to have been signed by the Boston Bruins, good enough to have been invited to training camp twice. In a six-team league, that meant he was one of the best players in the world. Just not quite good enough to play in the NHL. Until January 18 of that year. The call came, and Willie O'Ree was told he'd be suiting up against the Montreal Canadians. The next morning, he opened the paper to see if his name showed up in the box score. Instead, he found it on the front page, in the headline. Without even realizing it, Willie O'Ree had broken hockey's colour barrier, just as his hero, Jackie Robinson, had done for baseball. In 2018, O'Ree was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in recognition not only of that legacy, but of the way he has built on it in the decades since. He has been, for twenty years now, an NHL Executive. As Director of Youth Development, O'Ree has helped the NHL Diversity program expose more than 40,000 boys and girls of diverse backgrounds to unique hockey experiences. Over the past decade, O'Ree has traveled thousands of miles across North America helping to establish 39 local grassroots hockey programs, all geared towards serving economically disadvantaged youth. While advocating strongly that "Hockey is for Everyone," O'Ree stresses the importance of essential life skills, education, and the core values of hockey: commitment, perseverance, and teamwork."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; O'Ree, Willie, 1935-; Hockey players; Black Canadian hockey players;
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Hey, baby girl! / by Pinkney, Andrea Davis.; Pinkney, J. Brian.;
"Let your little ones know how truly beautiful they are with this precious board book - the sixth title in our growing Bright Brown Baby series. Get ready for sweet togetherness as you snuggle up with your little one and show them how truly extraordinary and beautiful they are. With bouncing, rhythmic text and sweet illustrations, this joyful celebration is the perfect way to teach your little girl that they can spread their light!
Subjects: Board books.; Infants; Parent and child; Black people;
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When they call you a terrorist : a Black Lives Matter memoir / by Khan-Cullors, Patrisse,1984-author.; Bandele, Asha,author.; Davis, Angela Y.(Angela Yvonne),1944-writer of foreword.;
Subjects: Biographies.; Khan-Cullors, Patrisse, 1984-; African American women political activists; African American women; Black lives matter movement.;
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The pioneer woman : black heels to tractor wheels : a love story / by Drummond, Ree.;
American blogger and food writer Ree Drummond relates the real life story of how she met and married her "Marlboro Man." Her stories about her husband, family, and country living paint a warm and touching picture of life on an Oklahoma ranch.
Subjects: Drummond, Ree.; Ranch life; Wives;
© c2011., William Morrow,
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Out there screaming : an anthology of new Black horror / by Adams, John Joseph,1976-editor.; Peele, Jordan,1979-editor.;
"A cop begins seeing huge, blinking eyes where the headlights of cars should be that tell him who to pull over. Two freedom riders take a bus ride that leaves them stranded on a lonely road in Alabama where several unsettling somethings await them. A young girl dives into the depths of the Earth in search of the demon that killed her parents. These are just a few of the worlds of Out There Screaming, Jordan Peele's anthology of all-new horror stories by Black writers. Featuring an introduction by Peele and an all-star roster of beloved writers and new voices, Out There Screaming is a master class in horror, and-like his spine-chilling films-its stories prey on everything we think we know about our world ... and redefine what it means to be afraid. Featuring stories by: Erin E. Adams, Violet Allen, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Maurice Broaddus, Chesya Burke, P. Djèlí Clark, Ezra Claytan Daniels, Tananarive Due, Nalo Hopkinson, N. K. Jemisin, Justin C. Key, L. D. Lewis, Nnedi Okorafor, Tochi Onyebuchi, Rebecca Roanhorse, Nicole D. Sconiers, Rion Amilcar Scott, Terence Taylor, and Cadwell Turnbull"--
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Short stories.; American fiction;
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Pirates of the Caribbean. [videorecording (DVD) ] / by Arenberg, Lee.; Badelt, Klaus.; Bloom, Orlando,1977-; Bruckheimer, Jerry.; Crook, Mackenzie,1971-; Davenport, Jack,1973-; Depp, Johnny.; Elliott, Ted.; Knightley, Keira,1985-; Morris, Brian.; O'Hare, Damian.; Pryce, Jonathan.; Rivkin, Stephen E.; Rose, Penny.; Rossio, Terry.; Rush, Geoffrey,1951-; Schmidt, Arthur.; Verbinski, Gore.; Wolski, Dariusz A.; Wood, Craig.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm); Industrial Light and Magic (Studio); Jerry Bruckheimer Films.; Walt Disney Home Video (Firm); Walt Disney Pictures.;
Director of photography, Dariusz Wolski ; editors, Craig Wood, Stephen Rivkin, Arthur Schmidt ; music, Klaus Badelt ; costume designer, Penny Rose ; production designer, Brian Morris ; visual effects and animation, Industrial Light & Magic.Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Jonathan Pryce, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, Damian O'Hare.The roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow's idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa, steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal. Captain Barbossa kidnaps the governor's beautiful daughter, Elizabeth. In a gallant attempt to rescue her and recapture the Black Pearl, Elizabeth's childhood friend Will Turner joins forces with Jack. What Will doesn't know is that a cursed treasure has doomed Barbossa and his crew to live forever as the undead.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback), Dolby digital surround sound ; widescreen presentation.DVD, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Adventure and adventurers; Buried treasure; Feature films.; Pirates; Sailing ships; Swashbuckler films.;
© c2011., Walt Disney Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
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The spirit of Africville / by Clairmont, Donald H.(Donald Hayden),1938-; Africville Genealogy Society.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 128).LSC
Subjects: Black Canadians; Black Canadians; Relocation (Housing); Urban renewal;
© c2010., Formac Pub. Co.,
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Confessions of the Dead From the authors of Death of the Black Widow [electronic resource] : by Patterson, James.aut; Barker, J. D..aut; cloudLibrary;
Subjects: Electronic books.; Supernatural; Horror; Suspense;
© 2024., Grand Central Publishing,
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I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom A Novel [electronic resource] : by Pargin, Jason.aut; Fliakos, Ari.nrt; cloudLibrary;
A standalone darkly humorous thriller set in modern America's age of anxiety, by New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin. Outside Los Angeles, a driver pulls up to find a young woman sitting on a large black box. She offers him $200,000 cash to transport her and that box across the country, to Washington, DC. But there are rules: He cannot look inside the box. He cannot ask questions. He cannot tell anyone. They must leave immediately. He must leave all trackable devices behind. As these eccentric misfits hit the road, rumors spread on social media that the box is part of a carefully orchestrated terror attack intended to plunge the USA into civil war. The truth promises to be even stranger, and may change how you see the world. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Action & Adventure; Humorous;
© 2024., Macmillan Audio,
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A wilderness of stars / by Ernshaw, Shea.;
An illness cursing the land forces seventeen-year-old Vega, the Last Astronomer, to venture across the wilderness to discover the stars message that will save her people.Ages 14 up.Grades 10-12.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Sick; Grief; Astronomy; Black holes (Astronomy); Loss (Psychology);
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