John (Watusi) Branch
Forfatter af Boy on Ice: The Life and Death of Derek Boogaard
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Learning-Centred Curriculum Design in Higher Education (Learning in Higher Education series) (2017) 2 eksemplarer
A Story of Kwanzaa 1 eksemplar
Out on a Limb 1 eksemplar
New Innovations in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (Learning in Higher Education series) (2018) 1 eksemplar
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Funny Times: A Monthly Newspaper of Humor, Politics & Fun, Volume 16, Issue 2 (2001) — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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None of the stories are actually about sports, but stories about people. I sobbed at several. They range from a short blog post about a woman killed during the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, her young daughter soccer teammates with the author's daughter, to a massive multimedia story about a deadly avalanche that won the Pulitzer Prize.
There's a story about Sherpas bringing down the bodies of two Indian climbers who died on Everest. One about the death of BASE jumpers. Another about the first two men to free climb the Dawn Wall of El Capitan in Yosemite (immediately followed that up with watching the documentary about it on Netflix, titled 'The Dawn Wall').
One of the longer ones I particularly liked was about the always-losing Lady Jaguars of Carroll Academy. A small, district-run school in a poverty-stricken area, Carroll Academy is a halfway-school of sorts for kids that are struggling with behaviour issues at their regular schools or minor crimes to give them structure and boundaries. Because there are only ever a handful of girls at the school, joining the basketball team is mandatory. That's where John Branch starts, letting you into the world of these children that you can't help but root for.… (mere)