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Hard Work: A Life on and Off the Court (Hardcover)

By Roy Williams, Tim Crothers, John Grisham

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Coach Roy Williams, one of the most successful basketball coaches in the nation, tells the story of his life that few people know, from his turbulent family life as a child to the North Carolina Tar Heels' National Championship victory in 2009.

Product Details ISBN-10: 1565129598
ISBN-13: 9781565129597
Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 11/01/2009
Pages: 288
Language: English

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A beautiful, powerful and important novel which imagines five women in contemporary Iran as they converge on a garden on the outskirts of Tehran, seeking to escape the confinements of tradition. The book was originally published in 1989, and Parsipur was jailed for, among other subversive activities, writing about women's sexuality and their quest for independence. She never received any royalties for that first edition, but this new translation will enable her to do so. - Nancy -

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