Download or read book A Bride for the Prizefighter written by Alice Coldbreath and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Prizefighter en Mi Casa written by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2007-12-11 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Chula Sanchez isn’t thin, isn’t beautiful, and because she’s Mexican, isn’t popular in her south Texas town. And now that a car accident has left her father paralyzed and her plagued with seizures, she is poor. But Chula’s father is determined to pull his family out of debt. He sends for El Jefe—the most revered prizefighter in Mexico. Chula’s father hopes that with steel-pipe arms and fists like pit bulls, El Jefe will win the local illegal boxing matches and bring home much-needed money. But El Jefe—a man who many see as a monster—only brings confusion to a home that is already filled with problems. And now Chula must decide for herself whether good and bad can reside in one person and whether you can have strength in your heart when your fists have none.

Download or read book Prize Fight written by Morton Meyers, M.D. and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We often think of scientists as dispassionate and detached, nobly laboring without any expectation of reward. But scientific research is much more complicated and messy than this ideal, and scientists can be torn by jealousy, impelled by a need for recognition, and subject to human vulnerability and fallibility. In Prize Fight , Emeritus Chair at SUNY School of Medicine Morton Meyers pulls back the curtain to reveal the dark side of scientific discovery. From allegations of stolen authorship to fabricated results and elaborate hoaxes, he shows us how too often brilliant minds are reduced to petty jealousies and promising careers cut short by disputes over authorship or fudged data. Prize Fight is a dramatic look at some of the most notable discoveries in science in recent years, from the discovery of insulin, which led to decades of infighting and even violence, to why the 2003 Nobel Prize in Medicine exposed how often scientific objectivity is imperiled.

Download or read book Prize Fighter written by Future D. Fidel and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isa Alaki is not from here. At ten years old, Isa's life in the Congolese city of Bukavu changed forever. The streets were burning. The town was mostly silent, like a ghost town, until the yelling started. At school, Isa knows he has to get home. The soldiers would be looking for his father. The sound of gunfire, the sharp smell of blood and the screams of his sister still echo in his head. Back then, he had a choice to make. Death or a gun. He picked up the gun and became a child soldier, forced to fight for the same forces that massacred his family. After years of horror, Isa escaped, and he is given a chance of freedom when he travels to Australia. He brings with him papers that grant him refugee status, the hope that he can find his brother, Moïse, and the scars of a brutal war. Here, the fighting skills Moïse taught him when he was a boy see Isa become a talented young boxer. He spends his days punching away the past, punching away the demons in his mind, literally trying to punch his way to a better life. His powerful left hook promises much, but the demons he is wrestling with have a power all their own. The question for Isa is ... will the past ever let him free? A moving debut novel that packs an emotional punch based on the critically acclaimed play by Future D. Fidel. 'Prize Fighter is a gripping read, as compelling as it is confronting. It is a testament to Fidel's craft and to the power of the human spirit.' - Books+Publishing 'Prize Fighter is a powerful and compellingly written story that operates with little adornment. It doesn't need it. More than once I felt like I had been punched in the guts - and it's been a while since a book made me sob.' Weekend Australian

Download or read book The Great Prize Fight written by Alan Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bare Fists written by Bob Mee and published by . This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text takes a look at the forgotten world of bare-knuckle prize-fighting, from the heyday of pugilism in the 18th century, to its extinction at the end of the 19th, and its re-emergence this century in the form of illegal underground bouts.

Download or read book The Prizefighter and the Playwright written by Jay R. Tunney and published by Firefly Books. This book was released on 2011-12-23 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The curious story of the unlikely relationship between a champion boxer and a celebrated man of letters. Gene Tunney, the world heavyweight-boxing champion from 1926 to 1928, seemed an unusual companion for George Bernard Shaw, but Shaw, a world-famous playwright, found the Irish-American athlete to be "among the very few for whom I have established a warm affection." The Prizefighter and the Playwright chronicles the legendary -- but rarely documented -- relationship that formed between this celebrated odd couple. From the beginning, it seemed a strange relationship, as Tunney was 40 years younger and the men could not have occupied more different worlds. Yet it is clear that these two famous men, comfortable on the world stage, longed for friendship when they were out of the celebrity spotlight. Full of surprises and revelations about Shaw and Tunney, this handsome book is also a fascinating look at their times. Author Jay R. Tunney is the son of the famous fighter, and his book is a beautifully woven and often surprising biography of the two men. The book evolved from the acclaimed BBC radio program The Master and the Boy. Fans of George Bernard Shaw will enjoy the little-known stories in this intensely personal account that includes never-before-published images from Tunney's own family collection.

Download or read book The Passing of Prize Fighting A Collection of Classic Articles from Pugilistica the Times and Punch Magazine written by Various and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.

Download or read book Legalizing Transportation of Prize fight Films written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce. Subcommittee on S. 2047 and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Legalizing Transportation of Prize fight Films written by United States. U.S. Congress. Senate. Comm't on interstate commerce and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Prizefighter The Searing Autobiography of Britain s Bareknuckle Boxing Champion written by Decca Heggie and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-08 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'You can get a couple of years for beating the shit out of another bloke, or a couple of grand. I chose to do the latter'. Decca's story is that of a bullied boy with an impossible dream. Of solvent abuse, violence, drug addiction, depression, boxing and bareknuckle fighting but - ultimately - redemption. It begins on a council estate in Carlisle where, as the victim, of cruel bullies, a young Decanaesthetised himself from the pain and humiliation by sniffing solvents. In his mid-teens the fear fell away to be replaced by fury, as the bullies discovered to their cost. Memories of that frightened boy fuelled a rage that forged a fearsome street-fighter and future champion. Working on the doors attracted more trouble but further enhanced his growing reputation. At the age of nineteen, life was good until the love of his life left him. Depression set in and prevailed. For almost ten years, he fell prey to a rampant cocaine habit, which provoked his demons, making him unpredictable and dangerous to be around. Serious jail time seemed inevitable. Out of sheer desperation, his Dad arranged Decca's first unlicensed boxing match. He won and became instantly hooked. Having gotten fit, hungry, and off the drugs, he was lured into the bloody arena of bareknuckle fighting. Many brutal undefeated fights followed, as did two BKB heavyweight titles. A chance meeting with renowned boxing promoter Ricky English led to Decca's shot at the iconic 'Guv'nor' title. The rest, as they say, is history.

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Download or read book Across Da Causeway written by Cal S. Mobley, Jr. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across da causeway is a book of tales, stories, and events, that someway, somehow, shaped the Miami we live in today. Comprised of historical facts blended in a superb fictional way to introduce The other side of the causeway. The beaches have been the signature for sum time now in miami and for all those that don't travel much to that part of the world, this was how we lived. Sports, drugs, murder, and MONEY!! From the old to the new Miami represent those. So from a perspective of a young teen growing in a neighborhood that boast the top 5 underground legends in miami's history this is what I describe as an ode to a place that shines on all its adversities, rains on all parades, and boast one of the only few places in the world that recognizes DR. Rev. Martin Luther Kings....remembrance by way of a large gathering called a parade. Our legacy for being one of the first cities to start semi pro football from our athletes that didn't make it. Slide thru the inner cities as we bless u with history never told before in a manner unknown to DADE COUNTY. True O.G. Style. CAL S. MOBLEY JR.

Download or read book Illustrated Sporting Books written by John Herbert Slater and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Crossing Sidelines Crossing Cultures written by Joel S. Franks and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2000 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crossing Sidelines, Crossing Cultures crosses disciplines in order to examine an unexplored facet of American racial and ethnic experiences-Asian Pacific American participation in sports. Joel S. Franks examines the experiences of famous and not so famous Asian Pacific American athletes from the late 1800s to the present. Through the stories of athletes such as swimmer Duke Kahanamoku and figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi, Franks demonstrates how Asian Pacific Americans have overcome discrimination and stereotypes to cross the cultural barriers that separate them from other American racial and ethnic groups. This book reveals how the struggles that Asian Pacific Americans face in their desire to assert their cultural citizenship are often expressed through sports.

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