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1) A Bronx tale
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English
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A hard-working bus driver must stand up to the local mob boss if he is to keep his son from falling into a life of crime.
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Violence was a way of life for the girls of Mott Middle School in the South Bronx. Some woke up to it at home, and others dodged it on the way to school. Vicious physical fights broke out in classrooms, hallways, and bathrooms. These girls filed their fingernails into sharp points because they had to be ready to go at any time. Then a new coach joined the ranks at Mott Middle, and a new program began: girl's softball. Coach Astacio offers the girls...
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Told with humor and suspense, and shot in a gritty style reflecting its unvarnished South Bronx milieu, it follows five Eagle Academy debaters as they evolve from content-light amateurs to critical thinking heavyweights. However, debate is only an ongoing McGuffin to the heart of the story: young men in search of a father figure. Coach Crotty arrives in their lives with the clock running out. In two years, the young men of Eagle are likely to become...
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33 1/3 volume 125
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English
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"Uptown Saturday Night is a tapestry of 1970s black popular culture and 1990s New York City hip hop. This volume will detail how the album's fantastic world of "Coolie High" reflected classic films like Cooley High and the Sidney Poitier film from which the album's title is derived, and promoted vintage slang and fashion. The book features new interviews with Camp Lo, producer Ski, Trugoy the Dove from De La Soul, Ish from Digable Planets, and others,...
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