The OKC Thunder's big man shares the unlikely story behind his indomitable sense of determination and his journey from Rotorua, New Zealand to stardom in the NBA. Steven Adams overcame extreme odds to become a first-round prospect in the 2013 NBA draft. From there he signed a major contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder--making him New Zealand's highest-paid athlete ever--and went on to forge a reputation for his intense, physical style of basketball. Adams takes you inside the draft process from the fascinating whirlwind tour of pre-draft workouts with dozens of teams to the draft itself where dreams are made or dashed and the Gatorade bottles on every table are glued shut. He reveals what it's like to be a rookie in the league, getting pushed around and elbowed--or worse. He takes the court alongside superstars like Russell Westbrook, Paul George, Carmelo Anthony, and Kevin Durant; and matches up against legendary big men like Tim Duncan, DeAndre Jordan, Dwight Howard, and Draymond Green. Adams recounts the Thunder's rise through the victories and the heartbreaks and how the resilient team has a bright future ahead. In this intimate account of his life story so far, the seven-foot center also reflects on his humble upbringing as one of fourteen children, the impact of his father's death when he was just thirteen, the multiple challenges and setbacks he has faced, and what basketball means to him. Told with warmth, humor, and humility, My Life, My Fight is a gripping account from an emerging superstar.

My Life, My Fight: Rising Up from New Zealand to the OKC Thunder

Sports & Outdoors

Adams, Steven

Biographies

Grand Central Publishing

Adams is a decision oriented managerial accounting text that emphasizes discovery learning instead of the more traditional memorization. Using an interactive, decision-making case approach, Adams is organized around the types of business decisions that students - future business managers and investors - are likely to face.

Using Management Accounting Information: A Decision Making Approach

Business & Money

Keller, Don

Pryor, Lee

Harston, Mary

Management & Leadership

South-Western College Pub.

The California Car Company case is a hands-on way for students to learn about the manufacturing process and the advantages of activity based costing.

California Car Company

Pryor, LeRoy

Cengage Learning'

A complete chronological history of impressionism, from its origins to its emergence as one of the cornerstones of contemporary art. Included is a detailed analysis and explanation of key paintings offering appreciation of the artistic techniques developed and employed by the impressionists.

The world of the impressionists

Arts & Photography

Thames and Hudson

In 1863 Claude Monet and Frederic Bazille left Paris for Barbizon, a small village on the edge of the Forest of Fontainebleau, forty miles south-west of Paris. They came to this district to paint from nature in the open air and to make studies for landscape paintings, far from the pressures of city life. Together with Renoir and Sisley, they were following a well-trodden path taken by painters and tourists some thirty years earlier. Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot had been studying the fleeting effects of nature in the forest as early as 1822, and in the 1840s Charles-Emile Jacque, Gustave Courbet, Charles-Francois Daubigny and Jean-Francois Millet made frequent visits to the area, some later taking up permanent residence. Like many innovators, the Barbizon painters have attracted less attention than their followers. The names of Theodore Rousseau, Narcisse Diaz de la Pena and Georges Michel have virtually been forgotten, and the originality of their painting techniques and impulsive brush work attributed to those who later exploited them. In this first survey of the Barbizon School for twenty years. Steven Adams re-evaluates the generation of landscape painters that preceded the Impressionists and illustrates the direct relationship between the paintings of Corot and Monet, Millet and Van Gogh. He examines the development of landscape painting in nineteenth century France from the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in 1816 to the outbreak of the Franco Prussian War in 1870, and discusses the cultural and political changes that influenced a more naturalistic painting style fifty years before the term 'Impressioniste' was first heard in Paris.

The Barbizon School & the Origins of Impressionism

Phaidon Press

The artists of the Barbizon School were a group of landscape painters of the mid-19th century; they came to the village of Barbizon (just outside Paris) to paint from nature in the open air, far from the pressures of city life. Many of the feature that we associate with Impressionist painting - painting from life and impulsive brushwork amongst others - are also found in Barbizon works. Adams attempts to redress the historical balance and examines lanscape painting in the 50 years before the term "Impresioniste" was first heard in Paris. The work of Barbizon artists is set against the tumultuous political crises that overcame France during the first ahlf of the 19th century.

History & Criticism

The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites

Chancellor

The World of the Impressionists

Bounty Books

This lavishly illustrated survey of one of the most popular artistic movements in history examines the intimate world of the painters, their models, their friends, and their critics. The lively and absorbing text is based on the author's original research. Biographical notes on all leading figures of the movement are included as well as gazetteer coverage of the crucial places in the Impressionist story.

The Impressionists

Book Sales

Examines the styles, techniques, and subjects of impressionists such as Monet, Renoir, and Degas, and explains the connections between impressionist art and politics, music, architecture, literature, the cabarets, and the opera

Running Pr Book Pub

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Books by Adams, Steven

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My Life, My Fight: Rising Up from New Zealand to the OKC Thunder

Using Management Accounting Information: A Decision Making Approach

California Car Company

The world of the impressionists

The Barbizon School & the Origins of Impressionism

The Barbizon School & the Origins of Impressionism

The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites

The World of the Impressionists

The Impressionists

The Impressionists