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    Sooley
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • John Grisham takes you to a different kind of court in his first basketball novel. Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon is a raw, young talent with big hoop dreams-and even bigger challenges off the court. "Hard to put down ... the pages turn quickly ... building to a climax that won't leave readers doubting whether this is a John Grisham novel." -Associated Press In the summer of his seventeenth year, Samuel Sooleymon gets the chance of a lifetime: a trip to the United States with his South Sudanese teammates to play in a showcase basketball tournament. He has never been away from home, nor has he ever been on an airplane. The opportunity to be scouted by dozens of college coaches is a dream come true. Samuel is an amazing athlete, with speed, quickness, and an astonishing vertical leap. The rest of his game, though, needs work, and the American coaches are less than impressed. During the tournament, Samuel receives devastating news from home: A civil war is raging across South Sudan, and rebel troops have ransacked his village. His father is dead, his sister is missing, and his mother and two younger brothers are in a refugee camp. Samuel desperately wants to go home, but it's just not possible. Partly out of sympathy, the coach of North Carolina Central offers him a scholarship. Samuel moves to Durham, enrolls in classes, joins the team, and prepares to sit out his freshman season. There is plenty of more mature talent and he isn't immediately needed. But Samuel has something no other player has: a fierce determination to succeed so he can bring his family to America. He works tirelessly on his game, shooting baskets every morning at dawn by himself in the gym, and soon he's dominating everyone in practice. With the Central team losing and suffering injury after injury, Sooley, as he is nicknamed, is called off the bench. And the legend begins. But how far can Sooley take his team? And will success allow him to save his family? Gripping and moving, Sooley showcases John Grisham's unparalleled storytelling powers in a whole new light. This is Grisham at the top of his game.
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    Sooley
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • John Grisham takes you to a different kind of court in his first basketball novel. Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon is a raw, young talent with big hoop dreams-and even bigger challenges off the court. "Hard to put down ... the pages turn quickly ... building to a climax that won't leave readers doubting whether this is a John Grisham novel." -Associated Press In the summer of his seventeenth year, Samuel Sooleymon gets the chance of a lifetime: a trip to the United States with his South Sudanese teammates to play in a showcase basketball tournament. He has never been away from home, nor has he ever been on an airplane. The opportunity to be scouted by dozens of college coaches is a dream come true. Samuel is an amazing athlete, with speed, quickness, and an astonishing vertical leap. The rest of his game, though, needs work, and the American coaches are less than impressed. During the tournament, Samuel receives devastating news from home: A civil war is raging across South Sudan, and rebel troops have ransacked his village. His father is dead, his sister is missing, and his mother and two younger brothers are in a refugee camp. Samuel desperately wants to go home, but it's just not possible. Partly out of sympathy, the coach of North Carolina Central offers him a scholarship. Samuel moves to Durham, enrolls in classes, joins the team, and prepares to sit out his freshman season. There is plenty of more mature talent and he isn't immediately needed. But Samuel has something no other player has: a fierce determination to succeed so he can bring his family to America. He works tirelessly on his game, shooting baskets every morning at dawn by himself in the gym, and soon he's dominating everyone in practice. With the Central team losing and suffering injury after injury, Sooley, as he is nicknamed, is called off the bench. And the legend begins. But how far can Sooley take his team? And will success allow him to save his family? Gripping and moving, Sooley showcases John Grisham's unparalleled storytelling powers in a whole new light. This is Grisham at the top of his game.
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    Behind the Mask
    Behind The Mask is a collection of Baroque repertoire for Countertenor and Richard Michael Fox's debut album. Excerpts from G. F. Handel's oratorio - Messiah, N. Porpora's opera - Polifemo, J. S. Bach and G. B. Pergolesi. With these tracks played in order, there shows a subtle chronological theme of conscious living which brings one from birth through awakening, recognition, thanksgiving, and resolution. It references the Christ example that conveys the human journey on Earth. Behind The Mask is a live recording performed with the Atlantic String Quartet with harpsichord in Cook Recital Hall on modern instruments at modern pitch. This CD is a great addition to any collection. Richard has an intuitive sense of the dramatic, a soulful expression and a wide range with a sublime clear tone, exquisite timing and a bright crisp coloratura. His ornamentation is always clever, unexpected and very pretty. When asked to define himself, Richard Michael Fox says that he is "a body of infinite consciousness of sovereign being -- as we all are -- creating a very rich human experience". He started singing at an early age and has spent most of this life as a chorister in many choirs. He has sung with Cantus Vocum, Memorial University Chamber Choir, Memorial University Festival Choir, the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra Philharmonic Choir, and the University of Guelph Choir in Ontario. He has also spent some time as the director and pianist of the St. Pius X Folk Choir in St. John's, Newfoundland. Richard Michael Fox has been seen in many musical theatre productions in St. John's with Spirit of Newfoundland, Ta Da! Events, Peter MacDonald Productions, and Artistic Fraud. He played Riff Raff in "Rocky Horror Show", and King Herod in "Jesus Christ Superstar". He has been a comedic emcee and has hosted several "Burlesque Shows" for Neighbourhood Dance Works at the LSPU Hall and the Majestic Theatre, both in St. John's, Newfoundland. In the Fashion Industry, he was scouted and represented by two modelling agencies, Thomas Management in Halifax and Access Agency in Ottawa and worked with internationally accredited Newfoundland fashion designer Dwight Saunders as his studio model in Ottawa, Canada. With respect to Film and Television, Richard has been represented as an actor by Reel Time and Reel Talent Agencies in Calgary and Toronto, Canada. He can be seen in "Cinderella Man", "Heyday!", "Bloomsday Cabaret" for BravoTV, "Rare Birds", Showtime's "Behind the Red Door", two episodes of OLN's "Creepy Canada", and in several episodes of "Queer As Folk" on Showtime in the U.S. and Showcase in Canada. Richard Michael Fox is formally educated and trained as a Baroque Soloist Specialist Countertenor under the tutelage of Dr. Douglas Dunsmore at Memorial University of Newfoundland School of Music. He has devoted his life to the pursuit of bel canto in spite of his severe deafness.
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