Hoop RootsA multilayered memoir of basketball, family, home, love, and race, John Edgar Widemans Hoop Roots brings \"a touch of Proust to the blacktop\" (Time) as it tells of the author's love for a game he can no longer play. Beginning with the scruffy backlot playground he discovered in Pittsburgh some fifty years ago, Wideman works magical riffs that connect black music, language, culture, and sport. His voice modulates from nostalgic to outraged, from

all three women must come to terms with the choices that have defined their lives before

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disappearing into the city streets each night

Rebellious

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with administration officials in Washington

From award-winning author Adriana Herrera comes a heart-warming—and seriously hot—contemporary romance in her highly-acclaimed Dreamers series

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Combining brilliant military analysis with narrative history of enormous power

This book offers creative

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taking his beloved brother