Whirlwind Reading Challenge: Corinne's Favorites
Books
Aesop. Aesop's Fables. Grosset & Dunlap: New York, 1947.
Buckley Jr., James and Andrew Thomson, illustrator. Who are Venus and Serena Williams? Penguin: New York, 2017.
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. Grand Central: New York, 1960.
Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. Viking: New York, 1938.
Poetry
Hughes, Langston. "HarIem (A Dream Deferred"). 1951.
Hughes, Langston. "I, Too (Sing America"). 1926.
Kipling, Rudyard. "If." (lines from poem are over door leading to Centre Court at Wimbledon). 1910.
Wordsworth, William. "The Daffodils." 1807.
Whitman, Walt. "O Captain, My Captain." 1865.
Tennis Books
Black Tennis History (children's books)
Althea Gibson: American Women of Achievment Series. Chelsea House Publishing: New York, 1989.
Bryant, Howard and Floyd Cooper, illustrator. Sisters & Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams. Philomel Books: New York, 2008.
Buckley Jr., James and Andrew Thomson, illustrator. Who are Venus and Serena Williams? Penguin: New York, 2017.
Lagunilla, Cheryl. The ABCs of Tennis. GHL Publishing: Pennylvania, 2003.
Black Tennis History (adult books)
Ashe, Arthur and Arnold Rampersad. Days of Grace: A Memoir. Alfred A. Knopf: New York, 1993.
Ashe, Arthur and Frank Deford. Arthur Ashe: Portrait in Motion-- A Diary. Carroll & Graf: New York, 1975.
Davidson, Sue. Changing the Game: The Stories of Tennis Champions Alice Marble and Althea Gibson: Publishers Group West Canada: Toronto, 1997.
Eaton, Dr. Hubert A. Every Man Should Try. Bonaparte Press: Wilmington, D.C., 1984.
Garrison, Zina and Doug Smith. Zina: My Life in Women's Tennis. Frog Books, 2000.
Gibson, Althea. I Always Wanted to be Somebody. Harper & Brothers: New York, 1958.
Gibson, Althea. So Much to Live For. Putnam: New York, 1968.
Gray, Frances Clayton and Yanick Rice Lamb. Born to Win: The Authorized Biography of Althea Gibson. Wiley: Hoboken, New Jersey, 2004.
Hall, Eric Allen. Arthur Ashe, Tennis and Justice in the Civil Rights Era. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, 2014.
Harris, Cecil and Larryette Kyle-DeBose. Charging the Net: The History of Blacks in Tennis from Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe to the Williams Sisters. Ivan R. Dee, Publisher: Chicago, 2007.
McPhee, John. Levels of the Game. Farrar, Straus & Giroux: New York, 1969.
Schoenfeld, Bruce. The Match: How Two Outsiders-- One Black, the Other Jewish-- Forged a Friendship and Made Tennis History. Harper Collins: New York, D.C., 2004.
Smith, Doug. Whirlwind: The Godfather of Black Tennis. Blue Eagle Publishing: Washington, D.C., 2004.
Williams, Richard. Black and White: The Way I See It. Simon & Schuster: New York, 2017.
General Tennis Biographies
Adams, Tim. On Being John McEnroe. Crown Publishers: New York, 2005.
Agassi, Andre. Open: An Autobiography. Alfred A. Knopf: New York, 2009.
Agassi, Mike, Dominic Cobello and Kate Shoup Welsh. The Agassi Story. ECW Press: Toronto, 2004.
Arsenault, Raymond. Arthur Ashe: A Life. Alfred A. Knopf: New York, 1993.
Ashe, Arthur and Frank Deford. Arthur Ashe: Portrait in Motion-- A Diary. Carroll & Graf: New York, 1975.
Bahrami, Mansour. The Court Jester: My Story. Author House: London, 2009. (originally published in French in 2006)
Becker, Boris. Boris Becker: The Player. Bantam: New York, 2004.
Davidson, Sue. Changing the Game: The Stories of Tennis Champions Alice Marble and Althea Gibson: Publishers Group West Canada: Toronto, 1997.
Garrison, Zina and Doug Smith. Zina: My Life in Women's Tennis. Frog Books, 2000.
Gibson, Althea. I Always Wanted to be Somebody. Harper & Brothers: New York, 1958.
Gibson, Althea. So Much to Live For. Putnam: New York, 1968.
Gray, Frances Clayton and Yanick Rice Lamb. Born to Win: The Authorized Biography of Althea Gibson. Wiley: Hoboken, New Jersey, 2004.
Hall, Eric Allen. Arthur Ashe, Tennis and Justice in the Civil Rights Era. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, 2014.
Harris, Cecil and Larryette Kyle-DeBose. Charging the Net: The History of Blacks in Tennis from Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe to the Williams Sisters. Ivan R. Dee, Publisher: Chicago, 2007.
Howard, Johnette. The Rivals: Chris Everett versus Martina Navratilova-- Their Epic Duals and Extraordinary Friendship. Random House: New York, 2005.
Jennings, Jay. Tennis and the Meaning of Life: A Literary Anthology of the Game. Harcourt Brace: Orlando, 1995.
Mathabane, Mark. Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa. Simon & Schuster: New York, 1986.
Mathabane, Mark and Gail Mathabane. Kaffir Boy in America: An Encounter with Apartheid. Scribner: New York, 1989.
McEnroe, John and James Kaplan. You Cannot Be Serious. J.P. Putnam: New York, 2002.
McPhee, John. Levels of the Game. Farrar, Straus & Giroux: New York, 1969.
Parsons, John. The Encyclopedia of Tennis: The Definitive Illustrated Guide to World Tennis. Carlton Books: London, 1998.
Richey, Cliff and Hilaire Richey Kallendorf. Acing Depression: A Tennis Champion's Toughest Match. New Chapter Press: 2009.
Roberts, Selena. A Necessary Spectacle: Billie Jean King, Bobby Riggs and the Tennis Match that Leveled the Game. Crown Publishers: New York, 2005.
Schoenfeld, Bruce. The Match: How Two Outsiders-- One Black, the Other Jewish-- Forged a Friendship and Made Tennis History. Harper Collins: New York, D.C., 2004.
Seles, Monica and Nancy Ann Richardson. Monica: From Fear to Victory. Harper Collins: New York, 1996.
Seles, Monica. Monica Seles: Getting a Grip on My Body, Mind, My Self. Penguin: Washington, D.C., 2009.
Smith, Doug. Whirlwind: The Godfather of Black Tennis. Blue Eagle Publishing: Washington, D.C., 2004.
Vale, Mark. Junior Tennis: A Complete Coaching Manual for the Young Tennis Player. Barron's Educational Series: New York, 2002.
Wertheim, Jon L. Venus Envy: A Sensational Season Inside the Women's Tennis Tour. Harper Collins: New York, 2001.
Williams, Richard. Black and White: The Way I See It. Simon & Schuster: New York, 2017.
Tennis How-to Books
Applewhaite, Charles. Improve Your Tennis IQ: The Off-Court Workout for On-Court Skills. Barron's Educational Series: New York, 2003.
Ashe, Arthur and Alexander McNabb. Arthur Ashe on Tennis: Strokes, Strategies, Traditions, Players, Psychology, and Wisdom. Alfred A. Knopf: New York, 1995.
Blaskower, Pat. The Art of Doubles: Winning Tennis Strategies. F&W Publications, Inc.: Cincinnati, 1994.
Fein, Paul. The Art of Doubles: Winning Tennis Strategies. Potomac Books: Washington, DC, 2005.
Freeman, Criswell. The Art of Doubles: Winning Tennis Strategies. F&W Publications, Inc.: Cincinnati, 1994.
Gilbert, Brad and Steve Jamison. Winning Ugly: Mental Warfare-- Lessons From a Master. Touchstone: New York, 1994.
Gallwey, W. Timothy. The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to Mental Side of Peak Performance. Random House: New York, 1977.
Books, etc. About Other Subjects
Classic Literature
Aesop. Aesop's Fables. Grosset & Dunlap: New York, 1947.
Berry, ed., James. Classic Poems to Read Aloud. Houghton Mifflin: New York, 1995.
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. Grand Central: New York, 1960.
Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. Viking: New York, 1938.