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Hardcover:

9781451696028 | Simon & Schuster, August 11, 2015, cover price $26.00

Paperback:

9781451696035 | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, August 23, 2016), cover price $16.00

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Hardcover:

9781250061041 | Flatiron Books, October 6, 2015, cover price $26.99

Paperback:

9781250060679 | Flatiron Books, October 4, 2016, cover price $16.99

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By Lonnie Wheeler (contributor)

Hardcover:

9781439150221 | Simon & Schuster, February 12, 2013, cover price $27.00

Paperback:

9781439150238 | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, February 18, 2014), cover price $16.95

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Hardcover:

9780385528696 | 1 edition (Doubleday, September 22, 2009), cover price $26.00

Paperback:

9780767931106 | Reprint edition (Anchor Books, April 5, 2011), cover price $15.95

CD/Spoken Word:

9780739384831 | Abridged edition (Random House, September 22, 2009), cover price $30.00

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Paperback:

9781933197555, titled "Schoolboy Legends: A Hundred Years of Cincinnati's Most Storied High School Football Players" | Orange Frazer Pr Inc, August 1, 2009, cover price $29.95

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The legendary major league star discusses his family life and friendships, the difficulties of being an African-American, his teammates--including Clemente, Campanella, Mays, Musial, and Robinson--and his shattering of Babe Ruth's home run record, in a new edition of the classic baseball memoir. Reprint.

Paperback:

9780061373602 | Reprint edition (Perennial, June 1, 2007), cover price $15.99 | About this edition: The great home run hitter recounts his life, from his poor beginnings in Alabama and his job with the Negro American League to his post-baseball career as a spokesman for the advancement of African Americans.

By Lonnie Wheeler and Thomas E. Witte (photographer)

Paperback:

9781933197142 | 1 edition (Orange Frazer Pr Inc, August 1, 2006), cover price $24.95

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The greatest home run hitter in baseball history recounts his life, from his poor beginnings in Alabama and his job with the Negro American League to his post-baseball career as a spokesman for the advancement of African Americans

Prebinding:

9780785702849 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $16.30 | About this edition: The greatest home run hitter in baseball history recounts his life, from his poor beginnings in Alabama and his job with the Negro American League to his post-baseball career as a spokesman for the advancement of African Americans

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Traces the history of the Kentucky Wildcats basketball team; discusses coaches, scandals, and the team's slow acceptance of integration; and describes the role played by basketball in unifying the people of the state (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9781882203208 | Orange Frazer Pr Inc, March 1, 1998, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Traces the history of the Kentucky Wildcats basketball team; discusses coaches, scandals, and the team's slow acceptance of integration; and describes the role played by basketball in unifying the people of the state

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In the vein of Friday Night Lights, a look at the fanatical culture surrounding the University of Kentucky's basketball team, The Wildcats, follows the team's operations under coach Rick Pitino and the unrelenting pressure on them to win. 35,000 first printing. Tour.

Hardcover:

9780684836713 | Simon & Schuster, March 1, 1998, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: In the vein of Friday Night Lights, a look at the fanatical culture surrounding the University of Kentucky's basketball team, The Wildcats, follows the team's operations under coach Rick Pitino and the unrelenting pressure on them to win.

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A nationally celebrated youth worker, the host of the weekly radio show, 'Street Soldiers,' tells how, as an inner-city public school teacher, he founded the Omega Boys Club in an effort to save black youths from gangs and drugs. Reprint.

Paperback:

9780385317061 | Reprint edition (Delta, August 1, 1997), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The author recounts his efforts to draw young people off the streets

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The founder of the Omega Boys Club recounts his college days during the turbulent 1960s, his fight to integrate the staff and curriculum of the University of San Francisco, and his efforts to draw young people off the streets. 100,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Hardcover:

9780385314305 | Delacorte Pr, May 1, 1996, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: The founder of the Omega Boys Club recounts his efforts to draw young people off the streets

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The founder of the Omega Boys Club recounts his college days during the turbulent 1960s, his fight to integrate the staff and curriculum of the University of San Francisco, and his efforts to draw young people off the streets. Read by Joe Marshall. Simultaneous.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780553477269 | Bantam Audio, May 1, 1996, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: The founder of the Omega Boys Club recounts his college days during the turbulent 1960s, his fight to integrate the staff and curriculum of the University of San Francisco, and his efforts to draw young people off the streets.

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Paperback:

9780140175288 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, March 1, 1996), cover price $16.00

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A colorful no-holds-barred autobiography by one of baseball's all-time greatest pitchers features recollections by the Hall-of-Famer about his traveling through the south with Willie Mays's black all-stars, building racial harmony on the Cardinals, and much more. Tour.

Hardcover:

9780670847945 | Viking Pr, September 1, 1994, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: An autobiography by one of baseball's greatest pitchers features recollections about his traveling through the south with Willie Mays' Black all-stars, building racial harmony on the Cardinals, and more

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The first African-American mayor of Detroit recounts his life, describing his epic journey from 'Big Time Red' on the Prohibition streets of Detroit to his rise in politics. 35,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo.

Hardcover:

9780670845514 | Viking Pr, February 1, 1994, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: The first African-American mayor of Detroit recounts his life, describing his epic journey from 'Big Time Red' on the Prohibition streets of Detroit to his rise in politics

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Traces the life of the popular home run hitter, and describes the highlights of his career

Paperback:

9780671690946 | Aladdin Paperbacks, January 1, 1990, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: A biography of the New York Yankee famed for his legendary hitting ability.

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Having spent a summer of observation in the famous Wrigley Field bleachers, the author chronicles the ways and antics of devoted baseball fans, young and old, in a tribute to the American institution of basbeall

Hardcover:

9780809246410 | Contemporary Books, May 1, 1988, cover price $16.55 | About this edition: Having spent a summer of observation in the famous Wrigley Field bleachers, the author chronicles the ways and antics of devoted baseball fans, young and old, in a tribute to the American institution of basbeall

Paperback:

9780809243648 | Contemporary Books, March 1, 1989, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Having spent a summer of observation in the famous Wrigley Field bleachers, the author chronicles the ways and antics of devoted baseball fans, young and old, in a tribute to the American institution of basbeall

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Paperback:

9780961963729 | Orange Frazer Pr Inc, July 1, 1988, cover price $21.95

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