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Baddest man : the making of Mike Tyson / by Kriegel, Mark,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author whose coverage of Mike Tyson and his inner circle dates back to the 1980s, a magnificent noir epic about fame, race, greed, criminality, trauma, and the creation of the most feared and mesmerizing fighter in boxing history. On an evening that defined the Greed is Good 1980s, Donald Trump hosted a raft of celebrities and high rollers in a carnival town on the Jersey Shore to bask in the glow created by a 21-year-old heavyweight champion. Mike Tyson knocked out Michael Spinks that night, and in 91 frenzied seconds earned more than the annual payrolls of the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics combined. It had been just eight years since Tyson, a feral child from a dystopian Brooklyn neighborhood was delivered to boxing's forgotten wizard, Cus D'Amato, living a self-imposed exile in upstate New York. Together, Cus and the Kid were an irresistible story of mutual redemption-darlings to the novelists, screenwriters and newspapermen long charmed by D'Amato, and perfect for the nascent industry of cable television. Long before anyone heard of Tony Soprano, Mike Tyson was HBO's leading man. It was the greatest sales job in the sport's history, and the most lucrative. But the business of Tyson concealed truths that were darker and more nuanced than the script would allow. The intervening decades have seen Tyson villainized, lionized, and fetishized-but never, until now, fully humanized. Mark Kriegel, an acclaimed biographer regarded as "the finest boxing writer in America," was a young cityside reporter at the New York Daily News when first swept up in the Tyson media hurricane, but here measures his subject not by whom he knocked out, but by what he survived. Though Tyson was billed as a modern-day Jack Dempsey, the truth was closer to Sonny Liston. Tyson was Black, feared, and born to die young. What made Liston a pariah, though, would make Tyson-in a way his own handlers could never understand-a touchstone for a generation raised on a soundtrack of hip hop and gunfire. What Peter Guralnick did for Elvis in Train to Memphis and James Kaplan for Sinatra in Frank, Kriegel does for Tyson. It's not just the mesmerizing ascent that he captures, but Tyson's place in the American psyche"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Tyson, Mike, 1966-; African American boxers; Boxing;
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Wind and Truth Book Five of the Stormlight Archive [electronic resource] : by Sanderson, Brandon.aut; cloudLibrary;
The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive—the iconic epic fantasy masterpiece that has sold more than 10 million copies, from acclaimed bestselling author Brandon Sanderson. Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future of Roshar on the line. The Knights Radiant have only ten days to prepare—and the sudden ascension of the crafty and ruthless Taravangian to take Odium’s place has thrown everything into disarray. Desperate fighting continues simultaneously worldwide—Adolin in Azir, Sigzil and Venli at the Shattered Plains, and Jasnah in Thaylenah. The former assassin, Szeth, must cleanse his homeland of Shinovar from the dark influence of the Unmade. He is accompanied by Kaladin, who faces a new battle helping Szeth fight his own demons . . . and who must do the same for the insane Herald of the Almighty, Ishar. At the same time, Shallan, Renarin, and Rlain work to unravel the mystery behind the Unmade Ba-Ado-Mishram and her involvement in the enslavement of the singer race and in the ancient Knights Radiant killing their spren. And Dalinar and Navani seek an edge against Odium’s champion that can be found only in the Spiritual Realm, where memory and possibility combine in chaos. The fate of the entire Cosmere hangs in the balance. Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson The Cosmere The Stormlight Archive ● The Way of Kings ● Words of Radiance ● Edgedancer (novella) ● Oathbringer ● Dawnshard (novella) ● Rhythm of War The Mistborn Saga The Original Trilogy ● Mistborn ● The Well of Ascension ● The Hero of Ages Wax & Wayne ● The Alloy of Law ● Shadows of Self ● The Bands of Mourning ● The Lost Metal Other Cosmere novels ● Elantris ● Warbreaker ● Tress of the Emerald Sea ● Yumi and the Nightmare Painter ● The Sunlit Man Collection ● Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians ● Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians ● The Scrivener's Bones ● The Knights of Crystallia ● The Shattered Lens ● The Dark Talent ● Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (with Janci Patterson) Other novels ● The Rithmatist ● Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds ● The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England Other books by Brandon Sanderson The Reckoners ● Steelheart ● Firefight ● Calamity ● Lux (with Steven Michael Bohls) Skyward ● Skyward ● Starsight ● Cytonic ● Skyward Flight (with Janci Patterson) ● Defiant At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Epic;
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Au secours du dragon du soleil / by West, Tracey,1965-; Howells, Graham.; Daigle, Marie-Carole.;
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Subjects: Roman fantastique.; Fantasy fiction.; Dragons; Magiciens; Magie; Dragons; Wizards; Magic;
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Le chant du dragon du poison / by West, Tracey,1965-; Jones, Damien.; Daigle, Marie-Carole.;
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Subjects: Roman fantastique.; Fantasy fiction.; Dragons; Magiciens; Magie; Dragons; Wizards; Magic;
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Le réveil du dragon de la terre / by West, Tracey,1965-; Howells, Graham.; Daigle, Marie-Carole.;
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Subjects: Roman fantastique.; Fantasy fiction.; Dragons; Magiciens; Magie; Dragons; Wizards; Magic;
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Le secret du dragon de l'eau / by West, Tracey,1965-; Howells, Graham.; Daigle, Marie-Carole.;
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Subjects: Roman fantastique.; Fantasy fiction.; Dragons; Magiciens; Magie; Dragons; Wizards; Magic;
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Le parfum du dragon des fleurs / by West, Tracey,1965-; Daigle, Marie-Carole.; Howells, Graham.;
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Subjects: Roman fantastique.; Roman d'aventures.; Fantasy fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Dragons; Magie; Magiciens; Dragons; Magic; Wizards;
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La vague du dragon de la mer / by West, Tracey,1965-; Daigle, Marie-Carole.; Loveridge, Matt.;
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Subjects: Roman fantastique.; Roman d'aventures.; Fantasy fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Dragons; Magie; Magiciens; Dragons; Magic; Wizards;
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Le souffle du dragon de la glace / by West, Tracey,1965-; De Polonia, Nina.; Daigle, Marie-Carole.;
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Subjects: Roman fantastique.; Roman d'aventures.; Fantasy fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Dragons; Magiciens; Magie; Géants; Dragons; Wizards; Magic; Giants;
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Le hurlement du dragon du vent / by West, Tracey,1965-; Daigle, Marie-Carole.; Howells, Graham.;
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Subjects: Roman fantastique.; Roman d'aventures.; Fantasy fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Dragons; Magie; Sorciers; Sauvetages; Dragons; Magic; Wizards; Rescues;
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