Michael Jordan
Bill Gutman
Examines the personal life and basketball career of the high-scoring player with the Chicago Bulls, who made a brief attempt to play minor league baseball in 1994. Illustrated with photographs from some of his games.
Read Time: ~1.6 hr
A Tramp Abroad
by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens (1880)
About this book
Twain's account of traveling in Europe. A Tramp Abroad sparkles with the author's shrewd observations and highly opinionated comments on Old World culture. A Tramp Abroad includes among its adventures a voyage by raft down the Neckar and an ascent of Mont Blanc by telescope, as well as the author's attempts to study art.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreA Tramp Abroad Lead Character
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