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The Blind Side
Michael Lewis
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Description for The Blind Side
Hardcover. By the author of the bestselling Moneyball: in football, as in life, the value we place on people changes with the rules of the games they play. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
The young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story will one day be among the most highly paid athletes in the National Football League. When we first meet him, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or any of the things a child might learn in school such as, say, how to read or write. Nor has he ever touched a football.
What changes? He takes up football, and school, after a rich, Evangelical, Republican family plucks him ... Read more
The young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story will one day be among the most highly paid athletes in the National Football League. When we first meet him, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or any of the things a child might learn in school such as, say, how to read or write. Nor has he ever touched a football.
What changes? He takes up football, and school, after a rich, Evangelical, Republican family plucks him ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393061239
SKU
V9780393061239
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-80
About Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis is the best-selling author of Liar’s Poker, Moneyball, The Blind Side, The Big Short, The Undoing Project, and The Fifth Risk. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his family.
Reviews for The Blind Side
"Its dialogue is sharp and its anecdotes well chosen."
Janet Maslin - The New York Times "As close to perfect as a work of popular nonfiction can be."
Malcolm Gladwell - New York Times Book Review "I read Lewis for the same reasons I watch Tiger Woods. I’ll never play like that. But it’s good to be reminded ... Read more
Janet Maslin - The New York Times "As close to perfect as a work of popular nonfiction can be."
Malcolm Gladwell - New York Times Book Review "I read Lewis for the same reasons I watch Tiger Woods. I’ll never play like that. But it’s good to be reminded ... Read more