Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World by David MaranissRequirements: .MP3 reader, 236.71 MBOverview: Best-selling author David Maraniss weaves sports, politics, and history into a groundbreaking tour de force. The athletes competing in the 1960 Rome Olympics included some of the most honored in Olympic history: decathlete Rafer Johnson, sprinter Wilma Rudolph, Ethiopian marathoner […]
Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story by David MaranissRequirements: .MP3 reader, 385 MBOverview: As David Maraniss captures it with power and affection, Detroit summed up America’s path to music and prosperity that was already past history. It’s 1963, and Detroit is on top of the world. The city’s leaders are among the most […]
A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father by David MaranissRequirements: .ePUB reader, 24,4 MBOverview: In a riveting book with powerful resonance today, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss captures the pervasive fear and paranoia that gripped America during the Red Scare of the 1950s through the chilling yet affirming story of his family’s […]
Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe by David MaranissRequirements: .MP3 reader, 643 MBOverview: A riveting new biography of America’s greatest all-around athlete by the best-selling author. Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the […]
Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe by David MaranissRequirements: .ePUB reader, 62 MBOverview: A riveting new biography of America’s greatest all-around athlete by the bestselling author of the classic biography When Pride Still Mattered. Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. He won gold […]
