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new on the shelves The Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library reports on new books regularly: • “Dog: The Rise and Rise of Julius Ervingâ€? by Vincent M. Mallozzi traces Erving’s epic basketball journey from the asphalt courts of his Hempstead, Long Island, childhood through his final season with the Philadelphia 76ers and beyond. The author follows Doc through his days at Harlem’s legendary Rucker Park, where so many basketball greats were nurtured, and his three seasons at the University of Massachusetts, where “the best kept secret in sportsâ€? wowed teammates and coaches with his explosive leaping ability even though dunking was forbidden by the NCAA at the time. • “A Well-paid Slaveâ€? by Byrd Snyder examines his fight for free agency in pro sports. Prior to 1969, baseball players were bound to their teams for life by a paragraph in their contracts. As a result, players could not receive fairmarket value for their services. More important, players had no control over where or for whom they played. When a player was traded, he had two choices: report to his new team or retire. After the 1969 baseball season, the St. Louis Cardinals traded their star center fielder, Curt Flood, to the Philadelphia Phillies, setting off a chain of events that would forever change sports. • “Wink: The Incredible Life and Epic Journey of Jimmy Winkfieldâ€? by Ed Hotaling tells the story of Jimmy’s rise from humble beginnings as a shoeshine boy in Lexington, Ky., to the top of 20th century American horse racing. Bursting with talent, confidence and charm, this brilliant horseman was poised to become the greatest athlete in what was then the world’s biggest sport when he was blackballed by stable owners in 1903. Desperate to continue racing, Wink left his beloved Kentucky, bought a steamer ticket for Europe and made the world his racetrack. • “Something Like Beautifulâ€? by Asha Bandele is her memoir. When Bandele, a young poet, fell in love with a prisoner serving a 20-to-life sentence and became pregnant with his daughter, she had reason to hope they would live together as a family. Rashid was a model prisoner and expected to be paroled quickly. But, soon after Nisa was born, Rashid was denied parole and told he would be deported to his native Guyana once released. Asha became a statistic: a single black mother in New York City. On the outside, she kept it together. She had a great job at a high profile magazine and a beautiful daughter. But inside, she was falling apart. She began drink-
ing and smoking and eventually stumbled into another relationship, one that opened old wounds. • “A Mighty Long Wayâ€? by Carlotta W. Lanier and Lisa Frazier Page recounts their journey to justice at Little Rock Central High School. When 14-year-old Carlotta walked up the stairs of Little Rock Central on Sept. 25, 1957, she and eight other black students only wanted to make it to class. But the journey of the Little Rock Nine, as they came to be known, would lead the nation on an ever larger and much more turbulent path. • “Love Brought Me Backâ€? by Natalie Cole tells a remarkable story of life-threatening illness and recovery, and the story of a death that brought a new life. In 2009, Cole was on dialysis, her kidneys failing. Without a transplant, her future was uncertain. One of her biggest supporters was her beloved sister Cooke, who became ill with cancer. As Cooke was dying in a hospital, Natalie received a call that a kidney was available — but the surgery had to be performed immediately. Natalie couldn’t leave her sister’s side — but neither could she refuse the kidney that would save her own life. This is a story of sisters, Natalie and Cooke, but also of the sisters who made the transplant possible, Patty and Jessica. It was Jessica’s death that gave new life to Natalie. And, even as Natalie experienced the devastating loss of Cooke, Patty, too, suffered her own terrible loss. But when she met Natalie, she found that her sister’s spirit still lived. • “My Life As I See itâ€? by Dionne Warwick is her autobiography. She made her singing debut in church at the request of her grandfather, the Rev. Elzae Warrick, when she was 6 years old. No one knew then that she would become an international music legend, but what she did know were words passed down by her grandfather — “If you think it, you can do it.â€? And she did it. Warwick released the first of more than 56 charted hits in 1962 with “Don’t Make Me Over,â€? followed by “Walk on By,â€? “I Say a Little Prayer for You,â€? “Alfieâ€? and “A House Is Not a Home.â€? In her first autobiography, she tells the stories from her childhood in East Orange, N.J., to her 50th year in show business. •
The Vicksburg Post
Reagan’s favorite quips set for May release NEW YORK — Like any good after-dinner speaker, when in need of wisdom or simply a good joke, Ronald Reagan liked to consult his note cards. Sayings from Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill and others, a letter received, or anecdotes read or overheard were duly handwritten down on note cards over the decades, as Reagan rose from an actor-turned spokesman for General Electric Co., then California governor Ronald and a twoReagan term president. With his letters and diaries already best-sellers, Reagan’s personal collection of ready-made expressions is being published May 10, part
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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS of the ongoing centennial celebration of his birth. “Ronnie was always collecting quotes and sayings that he might want to include in a speech,� Reagan’s widow, former first lady Nancy Reagan, said. “He started when he was on the road with GE, and continued throughout his term as governor of California and his years in the White House — even after he left Washington. He kept these handwritten cards in his desk and used them as he personalized and edited all of his speeches.� Edited by historian Douglas Brinkley, who also worked on Reagan’s diaries, the new book cites the famous and the anonymous, the profound and the whimsical. He
records Churchill: “Socialism is the philosophy of failure,� and the kind of uncredited quip you might hear at a celebrity roast: “Some people are so indecisive their favorite color is plaid.� According to the book’s introduction, the index cards were found last year, in a box marked in pen “RR’s desk,� at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, Calif. They will be displayed at the library upon the book’s release.
Bristol Palin memoir? It’s a mystery, for now NEW YORK — Bristol Palin may or may not have a memoir out this summer. For now, it’s a mystery. Listings for an “Untitled Bristol Palin Memoir� were on Amazon.com (release
date June) and an online catalog for HarperCollins (release date August), but have been pulled. Publicist Seale Ballenger of the Harper imprint William Morrow, the book’s presumed publisher, declined to comment. Bristol Bristol Palin Palin, daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, has become a celebrity herself through her appearances on “Dancing With the Stars� and as an advocate for sexual abstinence among unmarried teens. Palin, 20, is the mother of a 2-year-old, Tripp Johnston. She is estranged from the boy’s father, Levi Johnston.
Denise Hogan is reference interlibrary loan librarian at the Warren CountyVicksburg Public Library. Write to her at 700 Veto St., Vicksburg, MS 39180.
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