Download or read book All In written by Billie Jean King and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • An inspiring and intimate self-portrait of the champion of equality that encompasses her brilliant tennis career, unwavering activism, and an ongoing commitment to fairness and social justice. “A story about the personal strength, immense growth, and undeniable greatness of one woman who fearlessly stood up to a culture trying to break her down.”—Serena Williams In this spirited account, Billie Jean King details her life's journey to find her true self. She recounts her groundbreaking tennis career—six years as the top-ranked woman in the world, twenty Wimbledon championships, thirty-nine grand-slam titles, and her watershed defeat of Bobby Riggs in the famous "Battle of the Sexes." She poignantly recalls the cultural backdrop of those years and the profound impact on her worldview from the women's movement, the assassinations and anti-war protests of the 1960s, the civil rights movement, and, eventually, the LGBTQ+ rights movement. She describes the myriad challenges she's hurdled—entrenched sexism, an eating disorder, near financial peril after being outed—on her path to publicly and unequivocally acknowledging her sexual identity at the age of fifty-one. She talks about how her life today remains one of indefatigable service. She offers insights and advice on leadership, business, activism, sports, politics, marriage equality, parenting, sexuality, and love. And she shows how living honestly and openly has had a transformative effect on her relationships and happiness. Hers is the story of a pathbreaking feminist, a world-class athlete, and an indomitable spirit whose impact has transcended even her spectacular achievements in sports.
Download or read book Becoming Billie Holiday written by Carole Boston Weatherford and published by Boyds Mills Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award The stunning voice and hard life of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday is revealed through evocative, accessible poetry. In 1915, Sadie Fagan gave birth to a daughter she named Eleanora. The world, however, would know her as Billie Holiday, possibly the greatest jazz singer of all time. Eleanora's journey to become a legend took her through pain, poverty, and run-ins with the law. By the time she was fifteen, she knew she possessed something that could possibly change her life--a voice. Eleanora could sing. Her remarkable voice led her to a place in the spotlight with some of the era's hottest big bands. Through a sequence of raw and poignant poems, New York Times best-selling and award-winning poet Carole Boston Weatherford chronicles the singer's young life, her fight for survival, and the dream she pursued with passion.
Download or read book The Secret Life of Billie s Uncle Myron written by Len Jenkin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1996 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because her rock star parents fail to give her enough attention, eleven-year-old Billie stows away in Uncle Myron's Cadillac and joins him in fantastic travels.
Download or read book Billie Eilish The Unofficial Biography written by Adrian Besley and published by Zest Books ™. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating biography of a worldwide pop star
Download or read book The Spotty Holiday written by Sally Rippin and published by Hardie Grant Egmont. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this gorgeous story from the blockbuster chapter-book series, Billie B Brown’s holiday is ruined! In The Spotty Holiday, Billie has lots of fun things planned for her visit to Grandma's. But when Billie wakes up covered in spots, will her holiday have to be cancelled? Written by the Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin, Billie B Brown is the perfect first chapter-book series. Every down-to-earth story follows bold, brilliant Billie as she uses her imagination to tackle a new challenge, whether it’s about friends, family or feelings. With her best friend, Jack, by her side, there’s nothing Billie can’t do! With more than ten million books in print around the world, Billie B Brown has helped a generation of readers love learning to read. Each book is carefully designed with short chapters, decodable vocabulary and lots of illustrations, and there are no mountains of text or super-tricky words to intimidate the early reader. And there’s plenty of books in the Billie B Brown series to explore! For more wonderful series by Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin, check out the Hey Jack! and School of Monsters series. Readers will love other books in the Billie B Brown! series: The Bad Butterfly The Soccer Star The Midnight Feast The Best Day Ever The Snow Day The Wonderful Wedding and many more!
Download or read book Billie s Kiss written by Elizabeth Knox and published by Victoria University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an Edwardian twist on The Tempest, and surprising, earthy, and magical qualities, this irresistible novel is set on the remote, divided Scottish island of Kissack and Skilling, one half of which looks historically and geographically towards Catholic Ireland, the other toward the Protestant north and Scandinavia. In the spring of 1903 a ship explodes as it docks on the island, drowning many of the passengers and crew in the icy waters of Stolnsay harbor. Young, strawberry-blonde-haired Billie Paxton is among the only survivors. Clumsy, illiterate, and suddenly alone, Billie will not say why, before the explosion, she jumped from ship to shore, and so falls under the immediate suspicion of her fellow passenger, Murdo Hesketh, and his cousin and employer, Lord Hallowhulme, who owns the island—and has controversial plans for improving the lives of its inhabitants. Gloriously inventive and vividly atmospheric, Billie’s Kiss conjures up a way of life hurtling toward a brave new world in an enchanting novel that brings together murder and eugenics, progress, prejudice, and the loss of innocence.
Download or read book Billie s Great Desert Adventure written by Sally Rippin and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Billie is off on a great desert adventure! But will her magic carpet help her escape the forty furious thieves?
Download or read book American Hereford Record and Hereford Herd Book written by American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Ruth Fielding at the War Front Or The Hunt for the Lost Soldier written by Alice B. Emerson and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruth, a young girl working for the Red Cross at a hospital somewhere on the war front during WWI. After learning that her friend Tom has gone missing in Germany, she takes matters into her own hands to find her soldier friend.
Download or read book Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest written by Alice B. Emerson and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies written by Alice B. Emerson and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helen and Tom Cameron plan an automobile trip upstream with Ruth Fielding. Soon after the friends depart, they seek shelter from a storm in an old farmhouse and are frightened by a couple of rough-looking gypsies. Ruth hears the men discussing a wealthy old woman, a valuable necklace, and how they will no longer take risks for her. Ruth wonders what it all means. Later, the chums continue on their way, but Tom's car breaks down. He goes for help, leaving Ruth and Helen alone. Some gypsies offer to help Ruth and Helen.
Download or read book Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point written by Alice B. Emerson and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the school year draws to a close, Ruth and her friends plan a trip to Lighthouse Point. During their stay at Lighthouse Point, a girl named Nita is rescued from a sinking ship. It turns out that Nita has run away from a western ranch, and her real name is Jane Hicks. Before Ruth and her friends leave Lighthouse Point, Jane Hicks is reunited with her uncle, and the Hickses invite Ruth and her friends out to Silver Ranch on a vacation.
Download or read book Lonesome Tunes written by Howard Brockway and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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