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A Thespian Miracle, Too
As its title suggests, this book focuses mainly on Coleman's battle against nephritis - the kidney condition behind his diminutive stature.I bought it more in hopes of finding some biographical detail, as mysteriously little is written about Coleman these days.The book's first chapter delivered the goods with a satisfyingly detailed biography going up to the early years on "Diff'rent Strokes."Avid fans are advised to seek out the 1996 edition (published only in Wales, where Coleman's popularity is undiminished).This much more recent work details his bitter legal squabbles with his parents, as well as his brief stint on the TV series "227."Rumors that lean times forced him to moonlight as an Oompa Loompa in a Wonka-themed amusement park outside of Manchester are curtly dismissed. ... Read more

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In a state where the love of basketball itself is legendary, there are its rare heroes who also, through the dispassionate lens of history, rise to legendary status.When that legend rises so far above the others as to acquire mythical, or rather, folk hero proportions and then enigmatically vanishes you have King Kelly Coleman.This shy, humble mountain boy blessed with extraordinary talent and drive captured Kentucky's hearts and its all-time record books with performances that have yet to be equaled even a half a century later.Never before in print, the authorized King Kelly Coleman story is told by award-winning author Gary P. West, from actual interviews and information from Coleman himself. ... Read more

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King Kelly
This was a great gift for my uncle who is a huge sports fan and lives in KY, arrived in time.

West captured King Kelly
West did a fine job with his book and has a real sense of capturing both King Kelly and the state tournament (I played in two).But more than that, he captured the sadness and the loss of what King Kelly could have been.As good as King Kelly was, we never got to see him mature as a player beyond Wayland.

Fantastic
In 1956 I was fortunate to have been to the Kentucky high school basketball tournament and witnessed the amazing King Kelly Coleman. He scored 68 points against Shelbyville. This book is great and a fitting tribute to a true legend. This guy is without a doubt the greatest basketball player to ever walk in a pair of shoes. He could move like Michael Jordan, rebound and block shots like Bill Russell, handle the ball like Pete Maravitch, and dribble like Marques Haynes. And those are the things never mentioned because they are dwarfed by his uncanny shooting ability. The only times he ever missed a shot were when he had two or three guys all over him, but that didn't matter because when he did miss he would get his own rebound and put it back in. His personal story is fascinating. He played a short time in the NBA but they say he quit because pro basketball didn't pay well in those days. After 50 years I got to meet him at a book signing. He deserves the title of "King of Basketball".

Must Read!
I found this book fascinating - even though I didn't grow up in Kentucky hearing the King Kelly Coleman stories. This book is more than a one dimensional basketball book. It offers an insight into the cultural aspects of Eastern Kentucky as well as the rich tradition of basketball throughout the state.

King Kelly Coleman - a legend
King Kelly Coleman is a very good read about a legend in Kentucky Basketball history and the area of our Commonwealth where he grew up.Fascinating to see how choices made change an entire lifetime. ... Read more

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Chapters: 20th-Century Actors, Gary Coleman, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Rob Reiner, Corey Feldman, Kathryn Grayson, Anne Hathaway, Naomi Campbell, Charlie Sheen, Louis Gossett, Jr., Martin Short, Jean Simmons, Marie Osmond, Corey Haim, Andrew Koenig, Walter Koenig, Mike Judge, Gerard Butler, Jason Schwartzman, Klaus Kinski, Linda Cardellini, Lionel Jeffries, Lizzy Caplan, Cannon and Ball, Douglas Campbell, Christopher Cazenove, Anton Lang, Bobby Ball, Wendy Toye, Dragan Mićanović, Tommy Cannon, Angharad Rees, Vera Lindsay. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 230. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress. After several stage roles, she appeared in the 1999 television series Get Real. After it was canceled, she was Mia Thermopolis in the The Princess Diaries (2001). Over the next three years, Hathaway starred in family films, reprising her role for sequel, and appearing as the titular character in Ella Enchanted. Hathaway had supporting roles in Havoc and Brokeback Mountain (both 2005). She starred in The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and appeared in Becoming Jane (2007) as author Jane Austen. In 2008, she was acclaimed for her lead role in Rachel Getting Married, for which she won awards, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2010, she starred in the box office hits Valentine's Day and Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland. People magazine named her one of its breakthrough stars of 2001 and she first appeared on its list of the world's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2006. Hathaway was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Gerald Hathaway, a lawyer, and Kate (née McCauley), an actress who inspired Hathaway to follow in her footsteps. The family moved to Millburn, New Jersey, when she was six years old. She has an ol...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=604244 ... Read more

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Discusses the popular television show Diff'rent strokes and its actors, particularly the star, Gary Coleman. ... Read more

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An introductory text dealing with physical evaluation, oral pathology and oral medicine. The book is divided into three parts: collecting diagnostic information; patient evaluation and treatment planning; and differential diagnosis. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Gary Coleman, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Rob Reiner, Corey Feldman, Kathryn Grayson, Anne Hathaway, Naomi Campbell, Charlie Sheen, Louis Gossett, Jr., Martin Short, Jean Simmons, Marie Osmond, Corey Haim, Andrew Koenig, Walter Koenig, Mike Judge, Gerard Butler, Jason Schwartzman, Klaus Kinski, Linda Cardellini, Lionel Jeffries, Lizzy Caplan, Cannon and Ball, Douglas Campbell, Christopher Cazenove, Anton Lang, Bobby Ball, Wendy Toye, Dragan Mićanović, Tommy Cannon, Angharad Rees, Vera Lindsay. Excerpt:Joshua Andrew Koenig (pronounced /ken/ ; August 17, 1968 February 2010), also known as Josh Andrew Koenig or Andrew Koenig , was an American character actor , film director , editor , writer, and human rights activist. He was the son of actor Walter Koenig and actress Judy Koenig (née Levitt). Career From 1985 to 1989, Koenig played a recurring role as Richard "Boner" Stabone, best friend to Kirk Cameron 's character Mike Seaver in the first four seasons of the ABC sitcom Growing Pains . During the same period, he guest starred on episodes of the sitcoms My Sister Sam and My Two Dads as well as the drama 21 Jump Street . In the early 1990s he provided a voice for the animated series G.I. Joe as Ambush and Night Creeper Leader , and had a minor role as Tumak in the 1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Sanctuary ". Koenig played the role of The Joker in the critically successful 2003 fan film Batman: Dead End . Directed by commercial director Sandy Collora , the short received its first screening at the San Diego Comic-Con International . Director Kevin Smith called it "possibly the truest, best Batman movie ever made". Onstage, he starred as the M.C. in the 2007 interactive theater play The Boomerang Kid and performed with the improv group Charles Whitman Reilly and Friends... ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Gary Coleman, Ice-T, Whoopi Goldberg, Eddie Murphy, Samuel L. Jackson, Janet Jackson, Bill Cosby, Levar Burton, Denzel Washington, Nell Carter, Brandy Norwood, Lisa Bonet, Sisqó, Isaac Hayes, Gregory Hines, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vanessa L. Williams, Jamie Foxx, James Earl Jones, Dave Chappelle, Louis Gossett, Jr., Don Cheadle, Ruby Dee, David Alan Grier, Jackée Harry, Wanda Sykes, Avery Brooks, Wentworth Miller, Wayne Brady, Christopher Judge, Diahann Carroll, Kevin Michael Richardson, Viola Davis, Rosey Grier, Debbie Allen, Ivan Dixon, Ernie Hudson, Arsenio Hall, Taye Diggs, Ving Rhames, Roscoe Lee Browne, Ted Lange, Dennis Haysbert, Victoria Rowell, Isabel Sanford, Ahmad Rashād, Loretta Devine, Jasmine Guy, Anna Deavere Smith, Charlie Murphy, Omar Epps, Jennifer Beals, Terry Crews, John Amos, Don Marshall, Redd Foxx, Roma Maffia, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Anna Maria Horsford, Kimberly Elise, Charles S. Dutton, Amber Riley, Paula Jai Parker, Todd Bridges, William Marshall, Sticky Fingaz, Mabel King, Marla Gibbs, D. L. Hughley, Robert Guillaume, Tamala Jones, Cory Hardrict, Brian J. White, Bumper Robinson, Lamont Bentley, Harry Lennix, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Retta, Kim Fields, Boris Kodjoe, Shirley Hemphill, Bill Duke, Richard T. Jones, Telma Hopkins, Niecy Nash, Fred Berry, Rae Dawn Chong, Mario Van Peebles, Rosalind Cash, Bernie Casey, Gene Anthony Ray, Aldis Hodge, Clifton Davis, Frank Silvera, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Richard Biggs, Eriq La Salle, Taimak, Wren T. Brown, Tucker Smallwood, Mark Curry, Kadeem Hardison, Brother Blue, Rhona Bennett, Ellen Cleghorne, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Glenn Plummer, Trina Parks, Jill Marie Jones, Sabrina le Beauf, Richard Brooks, Clarence Williams Iii, Bernie Hamilton, Edwin Hodge, Ernestine Jackson, Kim Coles, Ja'net Dubois, Chuck Jeffreys, Antwon Tanner, ... ... Read more

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Chapters: Gary Coleman, Chaka Khan, John Thain, Clay Guida, Jason Guida, Thomas Forester, O'brien Schofield, Jermaine Lewis, Marcy Heisler, John Rutledge, Allen James Lynch, Brent Sherman, Erik Darnell, Brenda A. Ferber, Martha Sleeper, Ed Shaw, Gary Groh, Matt O'dwyer, Richard Bull, David Bradley, William Stratton, Brad Cieslak, Kevin Anderson, Steve Greenberg, Russell Nype, Frank Bernardi, Christina Loukas, Phil Rosenthal, Scott Dierking, Sean Mcnanie, Emil Yde, Allan Dennis, Steve Finch, Jenni Dant. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 133. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Chaka Khan (born Yvette Marie Stevens, March 23, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter best known for such hit songs as "I'm Every Woman", "Ain't Nobody", "I Feel for You" and "Through the Fire". She sang a modernized theme song for the popular children's TV show Reading Rainbow in the show's later years. Khan was featured vocalist in the funk band Rufus with hit songs, "Tell Me Something Good", "You Got The Love", "Once You Get Started", 'Sweet Thing", "Everlasting Love" and "Stay", before launching a solo career. Khan was christened Yvette Marie Stevens in North Chicago, Illinois. Her sister is dance music artist Taka Boom, and her brother is Mark Stevens of the band Aurra. Khan was raised on Chicago's South Side, and at the age of eleven formed her first group, the Crystalettes. She went to Calumet High School and Kenwood Academy on the city's south side and while in high school, she joined the Afro-Arts Theater group, which toured with Motown great Mary Wells. She adopted the African name "Chaka" while working as a volunteer on the Black Panthers' Free Breakfast for Children program in Chicago. During a naming ceremony at the Afro-Arts Theater, a Yoruba priest christened her Chaka Adunne Aduffe Yemoja Hodarhi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=346473 ... Read more

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Chapters: Ron Barassi, Laurie Nash, John Coleman, Gary Ablett, Sr., List of Australian Football Hall of Fame Inductees, Tom Hafey, Jack Dyer, Royce Hart, Ian Stewart, Norm Smith, Graham Farmer, Francis Bourke, Tom Wills, Jack Worrall, Malcolm Blight, Jim Stynes, Bob Pratt, Leigh Matthews, Paul Roos, Vic Thorp, Ted Whitten, Gordon Coventry, Jack Titus, Dermott Brereton, Les Foote, Tony Lockett, Alex Jesaulenko, Sam Newman, Roy Wright, Peter Matera, Haydn Bunton, Sr., Robert Walls, Kevin Bartlett, Peter Mckenna, Darren Jarman, Bob Rose, Jason Dunstall, Craig Bradley, Allan Ruthven, Norman Banks, Phillip Matson, George Coulthard, Albert Thurgood, Doug Wade, Peter Knights, Jock Mchale, Greg Williams, Bob Skilton, Ivor Warne-Smith, Reg Hickey, Tim Watson, Len Thompson, John Todd, Paul Salmon, Dick Reynolds, Darrel Baldock, Michael Tuck, John Nicholls, Ken Farmer, Stephen Kernahan, Roy Cazaly, Lou Richards, Gavin Brown, Barry Cable, Peter Daicos, H. C. A. Harrison, Kenneth Luke, Jack Mcmurray, Sr., Stuart Spencer, Gary Ayres, Steve Marsh, Bernie Smith, Bob Quinn, Fos Williams, Des Fothergill, Dale Weightman, Hugh Buggy, Terry Daniher, Gerard Healy, John Murphy, Barrie Robran, Ivor Crapp, Len Fitzgerald, Jack E. Clarke, Stephen Silvagni, Garry Hocking, Bruce Doull, Colin Watson, Syd Coventry, Bruce Andrew, Walter Scott, Doug Hawkins, John Cahill, Ian Nankervis, Bob Mclean, Robert Flower, Des Tuddenham, Gary Dempsey, Lindsay Head, John Kennedy, Sr., Harry Collier, Bernie Quinlan, John Platten, Simon Madden, John Schultz, Stephen Michael, Max Basheer, Vic Cumberland, Tom Fitzmaurice, Kevin Murray, Garry Wilson, Dan Minogue, Wayne Schimmelbusch, Bill Morris, Likely Mcbrien, Graham Moss, Frank 'checker' Hughes, Geof Motley, Ray Scott, Russell Ebert, Johnny Leonard, Bill Mohr, William 'nipper' Truscott, Harry Beitzel, Jack Oatey, Jack Regan, David Parkin, Bob Hank, Jack Moriarty, Edward Greeves, Jr., Ross Glendinning, Bill Walker, Hayd...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3280886 ... Read more

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Chapters: Wayne Carey, James Hird, Paul Kelly, Ron Barassi, Gavin Wanganeen, Joel Selwood, Ben Cousins, John Coleman, Gary Ablett, Jr., Gary Ablett, Sr., Jeff White, Tom Harley, Chris Judd, Nathan Buckley, Warren Tredrea, Jimmy Bartel, Royce Hart, Ian Stewart, Cameron Mooney, Andrew Mcleod, Matthew Scarlett, Darren Milburn, Brendan Fevola, Simon Black, Barry Hall, Jonathan Brown, Graham Farmer, Robert Harvey, Malcolm Blight, Jim Stynes, Nick Riewoldt, Michael Roach, Matthew Richardson, Matthew Lloyd, Terry Wallace, Adam Goodes, Leigh Matthews, Paul Roos, Michael Voss, Lance Franklin, Ted Whitten, Anthony Koutoufides, Dermott Brereton, Byron Pickett, Joel Corey, Maurice Rioli, Jason Akermanis, Tony Lockett, Jeff Farmer, Alex Jesaulenko, Sam Newman, Daniel Kerr, Roy Wright, Peter Matera, Steven King, Peter Hudson, Peter Mckenna, Peter Everitt, Darren Jarman, Bob Rose, Fraser Gehrig, Luke Ball, Michael Long, Jason Dunstall, Chris Mainwaring, Matthew Pavlich, Nick Dal Santo, Craig Bradley, Justin Madden, Simon Goodwin, Nicky Winmar, Corey Mckernan, Brad Ottens, Alastair Lynch, Leon Davis, Adem Yze, David Wirrpanda, Shane Crawford, Mark M. Williams, Peter F. Bell, Glenn Archer, Brett Kirk, Mark Ricciuto, Ben Allan, Michael O'loughlin, Samuel Fisher, Mark Harvey, Greg Williams, Lenny Hayes, Matthew Egan, Dane Swan, Michael Gardiner, Chris Tarrant, Paul Medhurst, Len Thompson, John Todd, Matthew Knights, Paul Salmon, Darrel Baldock, Trent Croad, Michael Tuck, John Nicholls, Cameron Ling, Nathan G. Brown, Andrew Jarman, Ryan O'keefe, Scott West, Nick Maxwell, Stephen Kernahan, Brad Hardie, Matthew Primus, Gavin Brown, Michael Mcguane, Barry Cable, Brad Johnson, Garry Foulds, Adam Mcphee, Brendon Goddard, Brett Ratten, Chad Fletcher, Mark Mickan, Tony Modra, Dean Cox, Chris L. Johnson, Nathan Bock, Steve Johnson, Stuart Spencer, Nigel Lappin, Steve Marsh, Mal Brown, Leigh Montagna, Luke Hodge, David Neitz, James Clement, Bernie Smi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=11908471 ... Read more

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Chapters: Ornette Coleman, Gary Bartz, Greg Osby, Gary Thomas. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ornette Coleman (born March 9, 1930) is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s. Coleman's timbre is easily recognized: his keening, crying sound draws heavily on blues music. His album Sound Grammar received the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for music. Coleman was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, where he began performing R ... Read more

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Chapters: Prince, Tupac Shakur, Gary Coleman, Ice-T, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Samuel L. Jackson, Ice Cube, Denzel Washington, Brandy Norwood, Busta Rhymes, Nas, Chris Rock, Bow Wow, Sisqó, Gregory Hines, 50 Cent, T.I., Jennifer Hudson, Ashanti, Jada Pinkett Smith, Chris Brown, O. J. Simpson, Vanessa L. Williams, Richard Pryor, Jamie Foxx, Common, James Earl Jones, Don Cheadle, Louis Gossett, Jr., Method Man, Mario, Rashida Jones, Vin Diesel, David Alan Grier, Wanda Sykes, Wentworth Miller, Davetta Sherwood, Viola Davis, Meagan Good, Kevin Michael Richardson, Ving Rhames, Victoria Rowell, Ivan Dixon, Redd Foxx, Sanaa Lathan, Ernie Hudson, Taye Diggs, E-40, Dennis Haysbert, Isabel Sanford, John Salley, Terry Crews, Chris Tucker, Da Brat, Anna Deavere Smith, John Amos, Roma Maffia, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Charlie Murphy, Mike Epps, Todd Bridges, Charles S. Dutton, Bubba Smith, Michael Jai White, William Marshall, D. L. Hughley, Tamala Jones, Sticky Fingaz, Mabel King, Ken Foree, Cory Hardrict, Brian J. White, Jazsmin Lewis, Lamont Bentley, Aldis Hodge, Bumper Robinson, Boris Kodjoe, Harry Lennix, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Paula Jai Parker, Retta, Bill Duke, Shirley Hemphill, Niecy Nash, Mario Van Peebles, Gene Anthony Ray, Khleo Thomas, Anna Maria Horsford, Caryn Ward, Bernie Casey, Rosalind Cash, K. D. Aubert, Frank Silvera, Robert Townsend, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Victor Varnado, Taimak, N'Bushe Wright, Katt Williams, Charles Brown, Tucker Smallwood, Edwin Hodge, Glenn Plummer, Trina Parks, Richard Brooks, Bernie Hamilton, Clarence Williams III, Ernestine Jackson, Jill Marie Jones, Antwon Tanner, Amy Hunter, Albert Popwell, Chuck Jeffreys, Art Evans, Lee Weaver, Rusty Cundieff, Lorraine Toussaint, Christopher St. John, Wren T. Brown, Trina McGee-Davis, Roger Aaron Brown, Gina Ravera, De'Aundre Bonds, James Edwards, Clinton Rosemond, D'Urville Martin, Fran Bennett, Brian Tyler, Ron Rich,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 362. Not illustrated. Free update...http://booksllc.net/?id=57317 ... Read more

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Chapters: Tupac Shakur, Gary Coleman, Stephen Donaldson, the Notorious B.i.g., Axl Rose, Fred Phelps, Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Suge Knight, Robert Franklin Stroud, Juvenile, José Padilla, T.i., Foxy Brown, Adam Yahiye Gadahn, Chris Brown, O. J. Simpson, Charles Graner, Hiram Monserrate, Johnny Paycheck, Gary Taylor, Richard Rossi, Buddy Cianci, Rick James, Jim Ricks, Matt Wiese, Amy Fisher, Eldridge Cleaver, Maulana Karenga, Isaiah Rider, Ignacio Ramos, Da Brat, Jayson Williams, Robert Waterman, Gucci Mane, Alvin Robertson, Lizzie Grubman, Immense, Hussein Fatal, Dresta, Ruben Patterson, Dean Faiello, Panama Lewis, Charles Ng, Angelo Buono, Jr., Francisco Martin Duran, Sanyika Shakur, James Butler, Robert Elmer Kleason, Selena M. Salcedo, Ivan Frederick, Mark Guardado, Michael Riccardi, Chester Doles, Nathaniel Brazill, Richard Dale Morrison, Tracy E. Perkins, Terri Rachals, Augustin Lizama. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 452. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 September 13, 1996), known by his stage names 2Pac (or simply Pac) and Makaveli, was an American rapper. Shakur has sold over 75 million albums worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. Rolling Stone Magazine named him the 86th Greatest Artist of All Time. In addition to his status as a top-selling rap artist, he was a promising actor and a social activist. Most of Shakur's songs are about growing up amid violence and hardship in ghettos, racism, problems in the society and conflicts with other rappers. His work is known by many for often advocating egalitarianism. Shakur was initially a roadie and backup dancer for the alternative hip hop group Digital Underground. Shakur became the target of lawsuits and experienced other legal problems. In 199...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=31341 ... Read more