LeBRON JAMES-KING OF THE COURT Young Adult Biography ::::The "LeBron James--King of the Court, Companion Study Guide" is also available. ::::ABOUT THE BOOK "His path was laden with possibilities and pitfalls, cheers and criticism, laughter and lamenting.but he arrived at his destination-the NBA-fortified by a solid personal code of honor and academic achievement." -From the Foreword by Nancy Gilliam and M. LaVora Perry ::::Within LeBron James' story are lessons that echo from the years when he and his mother struggled to survive and endure hard choices. These lessons deepened when LeBron's unique basketball skills became apparent, drawing national media attention to him and the small Catholic high school he attended. As he conquered the high school arena and set his sights on the pros, LeBron faced his share of naysayers and skeptics, but he silenced all doubters with his stellar rookie performance during his first NBA season as a multi-million dollar draft pick for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Through it all, LeBron stayed true to himself. Despite phenomenal wealth and fame, the lessons he learned as a young player will hopefully always remain with him, keeping him focused and grounded on his way to perhaps becoming one of the best-and classiest-athletes to ever play the game. ::::ENDORSEMENTS "Robinson.ably demonstrates how other[s].can take lessons from LeBron James' story and apply them to their own lives-whether it's realizing the importance of doing well in school or the challenge of working hard to be the best at whatever one wants to achieve or learning to appreciate the enduring value of family and friends." -Larry E. Davis, Editor of Working with African American Males-A Guide to Practice ::::"With an emphasis on LeBron James as a scholar/athlete, B.J. Robinson has placed the young phenom in a wholesome context that is sure to inspire thousands of youth." -Herb Boyd, Author of Pound for Pound- The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson ::::"This is a book that young people interested in sports- and their parents-will find invaluable."-Robert Fleming, Author of Wisdom of the Elders and Alvin Ailey-Dancer &amp; Choreographer ::::"This book takes one athlete's moving story and uses it to inspire others." -Evelio Grillo, Author of Black Cuban, Black American ::::"This book will encourage youngsters to read.because the book's subject, high school super athlete LeBron James, took education seriously." -Kristin Lattany, Author of The Soul Brothers and Sister Lou ::::"Robinson tells LeBron James' remarkable story in such a way that young athletes in any sport can benefit from the lessons she weaves throughout the book. ::::I would recommend LeBron to any young athlete in need of an inspira-tional story borne out of natural talent, academic success in high school, hard work, and a passion to be the very best in a chosen sport." -Robert Trotman, Award-winning Coach of the Nu-Finmen Swim Club for youth, Long Island, New York ::::Journalist B.J. Robinson is a former publishing executive. LEBRON JAMES-KING OF THE COURT is the author's first sports biography. An avid sports fan and advocate for young athletes, Robinson also serves as an active Police Activity League (PAL) board member and is currently at work on a young adult sport series.

Lebron James--king of the Court

Robinson, B.J.

Parenting & Relationships

SpringTree

This open anthology of British Literature encompasses the following eras: Romantic, Victorian, and Twentieth Century and Beyond. The selections represent the literature developed and developing within and through their respective eras. Considering the limitations that the very act of anthologizing imposes, not all that could be representative is included. But what is included, hopefully, is literature that was shaped by its era and that helped shape the literature that followed. 
This anthology includes contextualizing Introductions to each era, Biographies of each author, and Reading and Review Questions on each author's included works. This material offers basic signposts toward critical interpretation and understanding of the selections. But they do not impose or intend to shape that understanding so students can instead hone their critical thinking skills and synthesize historical, cultural, and aesthetic concepts.
With this open anthology, students can compare the selections both within and across historical eras to analyze shared themes. The theme of personal identity as inherent or as socially constructed opens a constellation of related themes, many of which students may take for granted or have not critically examined. Students can understand the revolutionary aspects of the Romantic era by considering how static and determined class distinctions of the eighteenth century became more fluid and conditional in the nineteenth century. They can understand how the Romantics, seeing past sources of identity within a stable class system catastrophically disrupted by revolutionary forces across Europe and ultimately within England, considered universal elements of individuality that were shared across all classes and that demonstrated fundamental equality among humans.
Imagination became a touchstone of such shared humanity. Considering the theme of Imagination opens related themes of dream and nightmare, happiness and terror, truth and doubt (or self-truths and self-doubts). Categories of identity constructs—such as hero and monster—similarly become conditional or conditioned, for example, upon self-realization and social limitations.
Students can consider how one era’s literature influenced the next. Victorian poetry can suggest how revelation of self could be made objective and impersonal through dramatized monologues. A speaker’s point of view can reveal truths about humanity—such as jealousy, control, hatred, and greed—that evoke both sympathy and rejection. Impersonality can then lead to the shifting impersonations of Modern literature. Ego and egotism can be deplored by Victorian writers but desired by the Moderns. The horrors of the twentieth century can subvert the heroics of the nineteenth. And the realization of these horrors can grow out of the very sense of individual rights that the Romantics expressed—rights shared across gender, race, and class.
This anthology hopefully will open students (and readers) to the conversation that literature has held with readers in the past and is holding with us now.

British Literature: Romantic Era to the Twentieth Century and Beyond

Literature & Fiction

World Literature

University of North Georgia

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