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  Power of One

  by Bryce Courtenay

  In this magical novel, an irresistible boy tells the story of his survival and coming of age against the background of South Africa during and just after World War II.
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  The Contender

  by Robert Lipsyte

  Before you can be a champion, you have to be a contender. Alfred Brooks is scared. He's a highschool dropout and his grocery store job is leading nowhere. His best friend is sinking further and further into drug addiction. Some street kids are after him for something he didn't even do. So Alfred begins going to Donatelli's Gym, a boxing club in Harlem that has trained champions. There he learns it's the... (more)
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  Santa Olivia

  by Jacqueline Carey

  Lushly written with rich and vivid characters, SANTA OLIVIA is Jacqueline Carey's take on comic book superheroes and the classic werewolf myth. Loup Garron was born and raised in Santa Olivia, an isolated, disenfranchised town next to a US military base inside a DMZ buffer zone between Texas and Mexico . A fugitive "Wolf-Man" who had a love affair with a local woman, Loup's father was one of a group... (more)
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  Wolfe: Book 2

  Fighting Ruben Wolfe

  by Markus Zusak

  Cameron and Ruben Wolfe come from a family clinging to the ragged edge of the working class. To make money, the boys hook up with a sleazy fight promoter who sees something marketable in the untrained brothers¹ vulnerability. But the Wolfe brothers are fighting for more than tips and pay-off money. It soon becomes a fight for identity, for dignity, and for each other.
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  Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner

  by F. X. Toole

  Seventy-year-old F.X. Toole has exploded onto the literary scene with this astonishing first collection of stories drawn from his own experiences in boxing. In these powerful and moving tales, he reveals a complex web of athletes, trainers, and promoters and their extended families, all players in an unforgiving business where victory, like defeat, comes at a dark and painful price. F. X. Toole breathes life into... (more)
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  King of the World: Muhammed Ali and the Rise of an American Hero (Vintage)

  by David Remnick

  "Succeeds more than any previous book in bringing Ali into focus . . . as a starburst of energy, ego and ability whose like will never be seen again."-- The Wall Street Journal "Best Nonfiction Book of the Year"-- Time "Penetrating . . . reveal<s> details that even close followers of <Ali> might not have known. . . . An amazing story." -- The New York Times On the night in 1964 that Muhammad Ali... (more)
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  Cinderella Man: James Braddock, Max Baer, and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History

  by Jeremy Schaap

  Lost in the annals of boxing is the sport's true Cinderella story. James J. Braddock, dubbed "Cinderella Man" by Damon Runyon, was a once promising light heavyweight for whom a string of losses in the ring and a broken right hand happened to coincide with the Great Crash of 1929. With one good hand, Braddock was forced to labor on the docks of Hoboken. Only his manager, Joe Gould, still believed in him, finding... (more)
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  Fat City (California Fiction)

  by Katia Granoff, Leonard Gardner

  Originally published in 1969, Fat City is an American classic whose stature has increased over the years. Made into an acclaimed film by John Huston, the book is set in and around Stockton, California.
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  The Boxer and the Spy

  by Robert B. Parker

  Another teen thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of the Spenser mysteries. When a shy high school studentÂ’s body is found washed up on the shore of a quiet New England beach town—an apparent suicide—fifteen-year-old Terry Novak doesnÂ’t know what to think. Something just doesnÂ’t add up, so he decides to do some investigating of his own with the help of his best friend, Abby. It doesnÂ’t... (more)
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  Wolfe: Book 1

  The Underdog

  by Markus Zusak

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  The Power of One

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  Why I Fight

  by J. Adams Oaks

  Wyatt Reaves takes the seat next to you, bloodied and soaking wet, and he is a big-fisted beast. Tell him to stretch out like an X across asphalt and you've got a parking space. But Wyatt's been taking it lying down for too long, and he is NOT happy. Since he turned twelve and a half, he's been living with his uncle, a traveling salesman of mysterious agenda and questionable intent. Soon, Uncle Spade sees the... (more)
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  Chasing the Bear: A Young Spenser Novel

  by Robert B. Parker

  See how it all began for one of literatureÂ’s most famous P.I.s—Spenser! For almost forty years, Robert B. ParkerÂ’s inimitable private investigator Spenser has been solving cases and selling millions of books worldwide. Now, for the first time, see how it all began as the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master sheds light on SpenserÂ’s formative years spent with is father and two uncles out West. This is an... (more)
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  Le Dahlia noir

  by James Ellroy

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  The Power Of One

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  The Power of One

  by Bryce Courtenay

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  Night Train

  by Nick Tosches, Julia Dorner

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  The Janitor

  by Jan Irving

  I’m a naturally optimistic type of person, you know? Yeah, I think good things will happen, only they usually don’t. Take Noel: even though he’s educated and rich and he don’t think he’s even gay, I want to belong to him. I want him to take me completely---Dane ConnellyDane Connelly is a gay janitor and boxer with a soft heart and a simple outlook--he wants to meet the right man, someone who will look... (more)
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  The Argonautica, Jason and the Argonauts: Parallel English/Greek (Forgotten Books)

  by Apollonius Rhodius

  Book Description: "The Argonautica tells the story of the journey of Jason and the Argonauts to the land of Colchis in search of the Golden Fleece. The story of the Argonauts was a traditional cycle of myths which Apollonius of Rhodes wove into this saga at the turn of the third century BCE. Apollonius, born about 270 BC, was a librarian at the great Library of Alexandria. He composed the Argonautica in his... (more)