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"A striking and honest portrait of a man overcoming racism in a place that barely acknowledged its existence." —Publishers Weekly Bill Garrett was the Jackie Robinson of college basketball. In 1947, the same year Robinson broke the color line in major league baseball, Garrett integrated big-time college basketball. By joining the basketball program at Indiana University, he broke the gentleman's agreement that had barred black players from the Big Ten, college basketball's most important conference. While enduring taunts from opponents and pervasive segregation at home and on the road, Garrett became the best player Indiana had ever had, an all-American, and, in 1951, the third African Ame...
The Battle of the Narrow Seas
A WWII Royal Navy commander recounts the struggle to control the narrow seas between Britain and the rest of Europe throughout the war. A Motor Torpedo Boat Commander in the Second World War, Sir Peter Scott—the son of explorer Robert Scott—was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his bravery in battle. Combining his own experience with extensive military research, he tells the story of the wide-ranging naval conflict against the Germans, fought in the congested waters of the Channel and the southern North Sea. Actions against convoys and E-boats, often under the shadows of French cliffs; an impossible sortie against Scharnhorst and Gneisenau as they ran the gauntlet through the Straits in February 1942; the attack on St Nazaire; and the defensive and offensive roles taken on by MTBs during the D-Day landings are just some of the events covered in the book. The bravery of the crews of these small ships became legendary. As the War dragged on, their exploits helped to raise the morale of the nation.
In Search of Truth
A bright future seemed assured for eighteen-year-old Clee Bixler. He'd attend Ole Miss, marry his high school sweetheart and practice law in his hometown of Morristown, Mississippi. That was before the night of June 9, 1991, when the death of his errant father leaves the family penniless. While Clee and his mother work, his younger brother Bobby becomes a magnet for trouble. Bobby disappears the same night that bonds worth $200,000 are stolen. Clee fears the incidents are connected. Inadvertently, Clee brings suspicion upon himself with severe consequences. What happens during the long search for Bobby challenges Clee's faith, patience and sense of fairness. It becomes a search for truth, justice and the strength to forgive those who have wronged him. Memorable characters, some dangerous, provide situations rich with human emotion. Two beautiful women vie for his love. Each has had his heart. His task is to separate true love from fantasy.
The Air Reservist
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Sadler's Birthday
From the author of The Gustav Sonata Today is Jack Sadler's birthday. Or is it? He's not sure, he doesn't really care. It might be his last day or the beginning of a new chapter in his life. He must find the key to his old room. He knows the truth about his past lies there and somehow he must get in and confront it. Over a million Rose Tremain books sold ‘A writer of exceptional talent ... Tremain is a writer who understands every emotion’ Independent I ‘There are few writers out there with the dexterity or emotional intelligence to rival that of the great Rose Tremain’ Irish Times ‘Tremain has the painterly genius of an Old Master, and she uses it to stunning effect’ The Times 'Rose Tremain is one of the very finest British novelists' Salman Rushdie ‘Tremain is a writer of exemplary vision and particularity. The fictional world is rendered with extraordinary vividness’ Marcel Theroux, Guardian
