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- Sixty-one : life lessons from Papa, on and off the court / by Paul, Chris,1985-author.; Wilbon, Michael,author.;
"By the NBA superstar: A powerful and unexpected memoir of family, faith, tragedy, and life's most important lessons. The day after future NBA superstar Chris Paul signed his letter of intent to play college basketball for Wake Forest, he received a world-shattering phone call. His grandfather, Nathaniel "Papa" Jones, a pillar of the Winston-Salem community where he owned and operated the first Black-owned service station in North Carolina, was mugged and ultimately died from a heart attack resulting from the assault. His funeral filled the largest church in the county, which held over one thousand people. He was sixty-one years old. The day after burying his grandfather, Chris was coping the best way he knew how: by playing basketball for his high school team. After pouring in shot after shot, his last attempt was an airball purposely flung out of bounds from the foul line before Chris exited the game. The next day, local news headlines declared that he fell six points shy of the statewide single game high school scoring record. But he accomplished exactly what he set out to do: scoring sixty-one points, one for each year of life lived by his grandfather. In Sixty-One, Chris opens up about life beyond basketball and the role his grandfather played in molding him into the man and father he is today. He'll speak about the foundation of faith and family he built his life upon, what it means to be a positive light within your community and beyond, and the importance of setting the proper example for future generations. Most importantly, Chris will talk about his home, Winston-Salem, and the close-knit family and village that raised him to become one of the most respected leaders in all of sports"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Paul, Chris, 1985-; Paul, Chris, 1985-; Community life; Grandparent and child.;
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- Behind you is the sea : a novel / by Darraj, Susan Muaddi,author.;
An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American community in Baltimore-from young activists in conflict with their traditional parents to the poor who clean for the rich-lives which intersect across divides of class, generation, and religion. Funny and touching, Behind You Is the Sea brings us into the homes and lives of three main families-the Baladis, the Salamehs, and the Ammars-Palestinian immigrants who've all found a different welcome in America.Their various fates and struggles cause their community dynamic to sizzle and sometimes explode: The wealthy Ammar family employs young Maysoon Baladi, whose family struggles financially, to clean up after their spoiled teenagers. Meanwhile, Marcus Salameh, whose aunt married into the wealthy Ammar family, confronts his father in an effort to protect his younger sister for "dishonoring" the family. Only a trip to Palestine, where Marcus experiences an unexpected and dramatic transformation, can bridge this seemingly unbridgeable divide between the two generations. Behind You Is the Sea faces stereotypes about Palestinian culture head-on and, shifting perspectives to weave a complex social fabric replete with weddings, funerals, broken hearts, and devastating secrets.- Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Muslims; Palestinian Americans; Parent and child; Poverty; Social classes;
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- Rebecka Martinsson. [videorecording] / by Ahlqvist, Daniel,television producer.; Edfeldt, Fredrik,1972-television director.; Engdahl, Niklas,1974-actor.; Engström, Henrik,screenwriter.; Engvoll, Ida,1985-actor.; Esmaili, Ardalan,1986-actor.; Fröler, Samuel,1957-actor.; Grosin, Mattias,1966-screenwriter.; Inde, Jonas,actor.; Lind, Lars,1935-actor.; Melander, Eva,1974-actor.; Öhrman, Jakob,1984-actor.; Oredsson, Thomas,1946-actor.; Röör, Gunilla,1959-actor.; Virtanen, Ville,1961-actor.; Acorn Media (Firm),publisher.; RLJ Entertainment,distributor.; Yellow Bird Rights,production company.;
Director of photography, Petrus Sjövik ; ediotr, Hanna Lejonkvist ; composers, Dan Berridge, Matthew Bourne.Ida Engvoll, Eva Melander, Jakob Öhrman, Gunilla Röör, Jonas Inde, Niklas Engdahl, Ville Virtanen, Ardalan Esmaili, Lars Lind, Thomas Oredsson, Samuel Fröler.Prosecutor Rebecka Martinsson returns to her roots in Kiruna, to attend the funeral of the priest that had administered her confirmation. Her plan was to travel with a return ticket, but Rebecka stayed. Now several years have passed, and when we return to Rebecka in season 2 her anxieties about truly fitting in and if she made the right choice have grown worse.14A.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital stereophonic.- Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; Foreign television programs.; Murder; Police; Women lawyers;
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