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Provides an overview of the career of professional baseball player Derek Jeter.

Presents a brief biography of the New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, one of baseball's leading run producers. Includes photographs.

Examines the life and career of baseball star Derek Jeters, discussing his upbringing, success in the American League, leadership abilities, and charity work.

Examines the life and career of baseball star Derek Jeters, discussing his upbringing, success in the American League, leadership abilities, and charity work.

"Learn about Derek Jeter and how he knew when he was a child that he wanted to be where he is today. In this sports biography, follow Derek as he goes from becoming a great high school baseball player to an All-Star starting shortstop for the New York Yankees"--Provided by publisher.

While young Derek's friendship with a new student puts him at odds with his friends and impacts his baseball swing, he gets in trouble for confronting a student who is bullying his sister, in violation of the contract with his parents.

"From a child's-eye view, Travis Dandro recounts growing up with a drug-addicted birth father, alcoholic step-dad, and overwhelmed mother. As a kid, Dandro would temper the tension of his every day with flights of fancy, finding refuge in toys and animals and insects rather than the unpredictable adults around him. Dandro perceptively details the effects of poverty and addiction on a family while maintaining a child's innocence for as long as he can. King of King Court spans from Travis's early childhood through his teen years, focusing not only on the obviously abusive actions, but also on the daily slights and snubs that further strain relations between him and his parents. Alongside Dandro's birth father committing crimes and shooting up, King of King Court lingers on scenes of him criticizing Travis and his siblings. Dandro gives equal heft to these anecdotes, emphasizing how damaging even relatively slight traumas can be to a child's worldview."--.

"Part memoir, part how-to, and part progressive political handbook, this book takes the reader on a journey that begins in the Haitian-American enclave in Queens, New York, where [Karine] Jean-Pierre grew up and ends with her working in the Obama White House"--OCLC.

A dunamic and devastating memoir about the cycle of trauma caused by addiction within one family. From a child's-eye view, Travis Dandro recounts growing up with a drug-addicted birth father, alcoholic step-dad, and overwhelmed mother.

When the Arab Spring began in 2010, author Malek returned to her family home in Damascus, Syria, to reclaim her grandmother's apartment, which the family had to abandon in 1970, when Hafez al-Assad came to power. Exploring the apartment, Malek recalls the multigenerational story of her family, reaching from the end of the Ottoman Empire to the present. She also relates the stories of Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Armenian, and Kurdish Syrians who lived and worked in close quarters with herself and her family, and who experienced the horrors of war under a dictatorial regime.