The First Sentence Reader

Books that grab you right from the start.

Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts
Monday, April 25, 2016

The Three-Year Swim Club

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Checkoway, Julie.  The Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of Maui's Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory . New York: ...
Monday, April 18, 2016

Waterman

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Davis, David.  Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku . Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. 2015. Print. First Senten...
Monday, August 19, 2013

The Boys in the Boat

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Brown, Daniel James.   The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics . New York: Viking. 2...
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The First Sentence Reader
Call me Fred. I am a retired librarian from The Ohio State University and an avid, yet selective and highly judgmental reader who is under no illusion a book will get better in its writing style, plot, or characters after a disappointing first few sentences. However, the books profiled in this blog are, in every way, wonderful reads.
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