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Former NBA star and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores his 50-year friendship with Coach John Wooden, one of the most enduring and meaningful relationships in sports...

“Io ero Lewis Alcindor, diciottenne nero di New York. Ero tutto metropolitane veloci, hot jazz e diritti civili. Lui era John Wooden, cinquantacinquenne bianco di una cittadina dell’Indiana. Era tutto...

Tout juste sorti de Cambridge, Mycroft Holmes commence déjà à se faire un nom au sein du gouvernement. Ce diplomate des plus britanniques entretient des liens forts avec la lointaine île de Trinité, où...

The new novel by NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, starring brothers Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes.It is 1873, and as the economies of Europe threaten to crumble, Mycroft Holmes finds himself in service...

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"When I say, therefore, that [my brother] has better powers of observation than I… I am speaking the exact and literal truth."—Sherlock Holmes. This story occurs when Mycroft, an athletic Cambridge graduate,...

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