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467 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Muhammad Ali's daughter presents a candid and intimate family memoir based on personal recordings her father kept throughout his adult life, detailing the everyday adventures their family shared and their collective experiences with pain, laughter, and love.
"An intimate, behind-the-scenes portrait of a legend, a man admired and respected as the greatest sporting icon of our age, written by Ali's daughter Hana. As Muhammad Ali approached the end...
63) Ali: a life
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Physical Desc
xv, 623 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Based on more than 500 interviews, including Muhammad Ali's closest associates, and enhanced by access to thousands of pages of newly released FBI records, this is a thrilling story of a man who became one of the great figures of the twentieth century."--
64) Creed II
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2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Life has become a balancing act for Adonis Creed. Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight, he is up against the challenge of his life. Facing an opponent with ties to his family's past only intensifies his impending battle in the ring. Rocky Balboa is there by his side through it all and, together, Rocky and Adonis will confront their shared legacy, question what's worth fighting for, and discover that nothing's more important...
65) Real steel
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1 videodisc (approximately 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to build and train a championship contender.
In a near future world...
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Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Frankie is a former boxing manager who initially refuses to train Maggie due to her gender and age. With her talent and his coaching, the spirited young fighter rises through the ranks of women's boxing and the pair form a touching bond in the process.
67) The fighter
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1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Once upon a time, Dicky Eklund was known as the pride of Lowell, Massachusetts. There isn't a person in Lowell who doesn't know about the time that Dicky knocked down the great Sugar Ray Leonard. By the early 1990s, Dicky's crack addiction has soured everything, although he dreams of making a comeback. The real contender is his half-brother Micky Ward. 31-year-old Micky is an unassuming nice guy, long regarded as little more than a stepping-stone...
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354 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A fascinating chronicle of the five-year period in Muhammad Ali's life that became a tumultuous turning point--when he joined the Nation of Islam, changed his name, refused military service, was stripped of his boxing license, and stood at the center of an incendiary legal case that gripped the nation. In June 2016, the world mourned Muhammad Ali as a heavyweight champion, a hero, an Olympic gold medalist, and an American icon. [Journalist] Leigh...
69) That night
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308 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The year since a mass shooting shook their Queens neighborhood has played out differently for Jess and Lucas, both of whom were affected by that night in eerily similar and deeply personal ways."--Publisher's description.
A year ago a mass shooting shook their Queens neighborhood, and both Jess and Lucas were affected in eerily similar and deeply personal ways. Jess struggles to take care of her depressed mother, and Lucas takes up boxing under...
70) Golden boy
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1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young and gifted violinist earns money for his education by prizefighting.
71) Rocky Balboa
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1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A former heavyweight boxing champion comes out of retirement to fight a 10 round exhibition bout against an opponent who is thirty years younger than he is.
72) Ali
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19 audio discs (22 hrs., 45 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The definitive biography of an American icon, from a New York Times best-selling author with unique access to Ali's inner circle. He was the wittiest, the prettiest, the strongest, the bravest, and, of course, the greatest (as he told us over and over again). Muhammad Ali was one of the twentieth century's greatest radicals and most compelling figures. At his funeral in 2016, eulogists said Ali had transcended race and united the country, but they...
73) Super Oscar
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Physical Desc
1 volume 32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Young Oscar De La Hoya learns that one cannot daydream all the time.
Series
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (338 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Nosotros los pobres: Esta historia narra la vida de un humilde carpintero (Pepe el Toro) que injustamente es acusado de un crimen. En la cárcel se encuentra con el verdadero culpable del asesinato que le impugnan y logra demostrar su inocencia. = We, the poor: Pepe el Toro is a humble carpenter who lives peacefully with his paralized mother, his daughter, and his girlfriend. They all join together to fight injustice after Pepe is wrongfully accused...
Series
Criterion collection volume 819
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
Boxer Joe Pendleton dies 50 years too soon due to a heavenly mistake, and is given a new life as a millionaire playboy.
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