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Author: Barry Wilner
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 1589796217
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCovered by four networks, allowing every game to be televised, "March Madness" has become an American phenomenon. This is the story of the tournament, from its beginnings seventy-three years ago as an eight-team bracket to today's sixty-eight-team format--from Cinderella teams, to perennial powerhouses, to buzzer-beaters, upsets, and dynasties.
Author: Ron Snyder
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2022-06-17
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 1476685614
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the biggest draws on the sports calendar, the NCAA men's basketball tournament routinely thrills fans with "bracket buster" upsets. From Loyola Marymount's emotional 1990 run following the death of team leader Hank Gathers to UMBC in 2018 becoming the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed, March Madness holds the sporting world captive for a few weeks each year and changes the lives of players. Drawing on dozens of original interviews, this book chronicles the tournament's many underdog tournament runs, with insights into the teams beyond their exploits on the hardwood.
Author: Random House Disney
Publisher: RH/Disney
Published: 2009-01-13
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 0736425608
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter finding good luck charms that grant them their wishes, Cinderella and Belle prepare for a night of waltzing and fun at a ball.
Author: Kevin Cowherd
Publisher: Loyola College/Apprentice House
Published: 2021-03
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781627203470
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany call it the biggest upset in sports history. Bigger than the Jets over the Colts in Super Bowl III. Bigger than the U.S. hockey team's "Miracle on Ice" win over the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics. Bigger than Buster Douglas's stunning KO of Mike Tyson 10 years later. When little-known UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) takes the floor against mighty Virginia in the first round of the 2018 NCAA men's basketball tournament, the whole world knows the Retrievers will lose. They're 20 1/2-point underdogs. ESPN's Power Basketball Index gives them a 1.5 per cent chance of winning. They're a lowly 16-seed going against the overall no. 1-seed. And a 16 has never beaten a 1. Never, ever. Yet on a magical weekend in Charlotte, N.C., the odds go up in flames. March Madness hits a whole new level. This is the dramatic story of the singular team that made bracket-busting history and thrilled a nation, and the school that headline writers and social media pundits were now calling - devoid of irony - "U MUST BE CINDERELLA!"
Author: Shirley Hughes
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13: 0099433095
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this version of the Cinderella tale set in the 1920s, Ella has two men courting her--the handsome Duke of Arc and Buttons the delivery boy.
Author: Diane Garner
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2012-06
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 1475901011
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiane Garner considers herself a small town Texas Anglo girl with an astonishingly successful single mom. She experiences a dramatic transition from desperate poverty that resulted when her father abandoned the family. The family finds prosperity in a small Texas town when her mother becomes a hospital executive a very unusual career for a woman in the fifties. Diane grows up in the nurturing community where she enjoys various adventures and mischievous pranks with friends. One day at the age of twenty-two she learns a startling secret about her mother's hidden past, then embarks on a journey to restore the lost legacy of her family.
Author: Susan S. Neville
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2010-11-22
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 0253223121
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe electrifying story of the undefeated Butler Bulldogs as their run for the NCAA National Championships became a national phenomenon.
Author: Paul Volponi
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2013-01-10
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0142423858
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Volponi, a multiple award-winning author, keeps the tension high from the first to last page ...The Final Four is definitely a winner." —VOYA, starred review March Madness is in full swing, and there are only four teams let in the NCAA basketball championship. The heavily favored Michigan Spartans and the underdog Troy Trojans meet in the first game in the seminfinals, and it's there that the fates of Malcolm, Roko, Crispin, and M.J. intertwine. As the last moments tick down on the game clock, you'll learn how each player went from being a kid who loves to shoot hoops to a powerful force in one of the most important games of the year. Which team will leave the Superdome victorious? In the end it will come down to who has the most skill, the most drive, and the most heart. "Volponi nails it when it counts in this dynamic story." —Booklist, starred review "Volponi adroitly renders authentic and inspired basketball action." —The New York Times Book Review
Author: Lorraine Carey
Publisher:
Published: 2015-04-01
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780857633132
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThink you know the story of Cinderella? Think again... This laugh-out-loud picture book turns the traditional tale TOTALLY upside down!
Author: Cynthia Rylant
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
Published: 2015-01-27
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 1484712641
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This is a story about darkness and light, about sorrow and joy, about something lost and something found. This is a story about love." Cinderella's story has been told over and over, but never has it been touched by the kind of magic created by the contributors of this book. Mary Blair painted the original pictures for Walt Disney's incomparable animated film, and here her elegant art is gathered together as a picture book. Cynthia Rylant's stories about hardscrabble lives have won not only awards and honors, but hearts. Who better to take a young girl from the darkness of her garret room to the light and brilliance of a ballroom? Together these two great artists have created something quite astonishing: a Cinderella that is breathtaking, heartrending, and joyous, both for those who are coming to the tale for the very first time, and for those who think they know it well.
