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Louisa
Louisa’s dream of attending the best senior high school in the country materializes when she gains admission to St. Nicolas. Her assertiveness leads her into a confrontation with Paul, the class bully which nearly gets her killed.
The events following this incident further portray the protagonist’s will to achieve her goals no matter what.
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Rattling in the Closet
Suitable for reading by children above age 9, teenagers and young adults
It’s election term in St Felice and there is a tight race for prefects’ positions. Fun-loving Mercy is set to form a winning team with her best buddy Perry. That’s the plan –until the “phen-aah-menal” Salvina springs into the picture. Suddenly, no one in St Felice is certain of anything anymore.
Who is this girl, Salvina, anyway? Can Mercy and her friends afford to watch her trample on their dreams? Torn between truth and lies, how far will Mercy go to protect her hopes, her best friend, and her own carefully kept secret?
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The Silver Spoon (Peggy Oppong Novel)
Sekyiwaa is a product of a broken home characterised by hardships, heartaches and deprivation. When she receives an all-expenses covered scholarship to study medicine overseas, she sees this not only as the realisation of her life’s ambition but also as the gateway to a bright future. She is determined that nothing will come between her and the fulfilment of this dream.
Sekyiwaa’s rich fiance, Jeremiah, is determined to marry before the completion of her eleven years of education and pursues this objective relentlessly using all resources available to him — his irresistible charm, time, energy and money — in his efforts to break her resolve.
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Courtesy for Boys and Girls
Age Range: 9 years and above
Most of us were trained with this as a guidebook. Fundamental rules of courtesy for young people, rules on behaviour; much more needed today!
This book is adapted from up-to-date fundamental rules of courtesy as they apply to young people of today and list for the guidance of parents and teachers 165 rules on a gracious refinement of behaviour.
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The Fourth John: Reign, Rejection & Rebound
An influential northern caucus is secretly meeting and grooming him to contest the man who will select him as a vice presidential candidate. A meeting between the first lady and the Brong-Ahafo caucus results in, perhaps, the fastest ministerial reshuffle in the history of the country. At 2a.m., before the breaking of a major scandal, there is a meeting between the president’s friend and the investigative journalist about how to involve the main opposition leader, in the story to minimise its damage to the president in the upcoming election. The wife of the president reports the wife of the vice president to the vice president’s mother. The night before a crucial election, the president and his main contender are locked up in a meeting with Ghana’s most revered traditional ruler.
These and other revealing accounts on governance, policies and programmes of the fourth presidency of Ghana’s Fourth Republic are the intriguing contents of this book. Here, the journalist whose investigations are believed to have contributed to the downfall of the administration gets brutally intimate with the regime.
Rare interviews with key figures of the governing party and historical contexts to contemporary events provide readers and students of African politics the inside story of what is considered the model democracy on the continent. The fluidity of the writing style and humour make this book about politics and governance in Ghana’s Fourth Republic both informative, educative and entertaining.
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The Green Sunset (Peggy Oppong Novel)
Her father deserted her when she was a baby and her mother, who scratched and scraped to put clothes on her back, was brutally murdered when she was a teenager. By the age of 21, Larley, the much sought-after beautiful lady, had it all – power, wealth, position and fame plus the one gift everyone coveted: Her ability to accurately foretell the future. This earns her several friends and foes.
Larley predicts an unusual spectacle of green sunset and along with it a dramatic change in several people’s fortunes. The fulfillment of this prediction sets in motion a series of events, which leaves everyone gaping.
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Working with Rawlings
Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings burst on the Ghanaian political scene with a failed military mutiny on May 15th, 1979. On June 4th 1979, following a successful uprising staged by junior officers and other ranks of the Ghana Armed Forces, he emerged as the Chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) which ruled Ghana for three months and handed over to a civilian constitutional government on 24th September 1979. On 31st December 1981, he overthrew the constitutional government and formed the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) as the Government of Ghana. He was elected a constitutional President in 1992 and assumed office as such on 7th January 1993. He served two terms as President of the Republic of Ghana, finally leaving office on 6th January 2001.
Jerry John Rawlings is an enigma. It was a privilege working with him and being close to him. He and I went through many exciting experiences together. I have documented some of those experiences in this book. But there are many other experiences which I have not documented either because they belong to the realm of confidentiality or of privacy. What I have documented, however, is enough to give present and future leaders some ideas about governance at the highest levels; the dos and don’ts of governance; the skills required for governance and the importance of human relations as a leadership trait.
This is not a book about Jerry John Rawlings. It is not a book about Kwamena Ahwoi. It is not a book about the PNDC. It is not a book about the NDC. It is a book about Kwamena Ahwoi working with Jerry John Rawlings; our working relationship; our ups and downs and our joint commitment to building a better Ghana than the one we found it. Somewhere along the line, we drifted apart. This book is about that as well. It is my hope that Ghana’s leaders of today and our leaders of the future will learn some lessons from my account of Working with Rawlings, leaving out the negatives and accentuating the positives.
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Grandma’s List (Hardcover)
Winner of the Golden Baobab prize, Grandma’s List is a hardcover book for children aged 5+.
Fatima is determined to save the day. She wants to help Grandma with her to-do list so that everyone will realize that she is a big girl now! But the errands don’t go exactly as expected…Fatima, what have you done?
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The Bold New Normal: Creating The Africa Where Everyone Prospers
Have you ever wondered what it will take to transform each African country into a prosperous nation where each citizen has a real opportunity to thrive? Africa’s narrative has been shaped by a vision of the future that remains bleak. A vision that says a little more is okay for the African. It is time to challenge and change our paradigm of what great outcomes look like for an African country.
It is time for The Bold New Normal of an Africa where citizens of each country genuinely have the opportunity to prosper.
The formula for sustainable prosperity has been tried and tested world over. Why then do we continue to hope that a different method, that has thus far failed the continent, will create sustainable prosperity?
The Bold New Normal is a timely publication that coincides with the 400th anniversary of the start of slavery: the year of return. 400 years since the unraveling of African began, it is time to piece her back together and focus forward. It is surely the time for The Bold New Normal!
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The UT Story: Humble Beginnings – Vol 1 (Hardcover)
How does an Army Captain who failed to obtain a ₵20 million (about $20,000) loan from the banks, set up a successful finance house and cause such a monumental paradigm shift to the lending culture of a country?
Capt. Prince Kofi Amoabeng(Rtd) defied the odds to found Unique Trust Financial Services Limited, which was later rebranded to UT Financial Services Limited and metamorphosed into a Bank (UT Bank) under the UT Holdings Umbrella together with subsidiaries in Germany, South Africa and Nigeria.
In this first instalment of a series of memoirs, PK, as he was affectionately called by his fiercely loyal and dedicated team, shares an inspiring, in-depth, no-holds-barred, behind the scenes, unabashed account of how and what made UT a household name and impacted so many lives.
Written with George Bentum Essiaw, a tenacious, talented writer and filmmaker, The UT Story: Humble Beginnings is replete with profound lessons in entrepreneurship and leadership, employing an effective mixture of orthodox and unorthodox methods grounded firmly in time-tested military principles.
Whatever your background or occupation, this book will fascinate and inspire you to dare.
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Essential History Primary 6 Learner’s Book
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The Source: My First English and Ewe Book for Beginners – Lawo (Ewe, Board Book)
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The Source: My First English and Asante Twi Book for Beginners – Akontaabudeɛ (Asante Twi, Board Book)
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The Source: My First English and Asante Twi Book for Beginners – Aduane (Asante Twi, Board Book)
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The Source: My First English Book for Beginners – Alphabets (Board Book)
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Excellence: Computing for Junior High Schools (Basic 7)
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In the Eye of the Storm: Autobiography of Justice Emile Francis Short (Hardcover)
This book recounts my upbringing, narrating the role my father played in inculcating in me the values of honesty, integrity and hard work. The book describes my life from secondary school through University and the twist and turns of my career. The main object in writing the book is to inspire public officials to discharge their functions “without fear or favour, ill will or affection.” It also seeks to encourage the youth to pursue hard work and do the right thing at all times. It hopes to discourage the youth from engaging in unethical practices like 419, sakawa, satanic or occultic practices to get rich quickly. Honesty does pay in the long run. The idea of sitting down to write about myself especially at age 70 was not an attractive proposition. However, I received encouragement from a number of persons who impressed upon me the need to describe how I navigated the journey as Ghana’s first Commissioner for the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice and the challenges I encountered. My faith in Christ and how it has shaped my career are well articulated in the book.
Justice Emile Francis ShortJustice Emile Short’s memoir contains a powerful account of the life of a man whose local and international standing has generally beclouded a rich and fulfilling life history immersed in family, friends, community, and faith. Adopting a fluent narrative tinged with humor and transitional pauses and asides, this memoir presents a profound excursion into his life marked by detailed narrative of his experiences growing up in Ghana and abroad, education, love life, and professional development, and these will afford any reader a rare insight into the life of one of Africa’s, and certainly Ghana’s greatest sons. While many will find the chronology of his life’s story easy to identify with, his meticulous narration is truly a testament to the memoire’s overall richness and the depth of the author’s encounters and world views. Few memoirs open a window into an author’s life like this piece and the brazen frankness of his accounts illuminates the author and his lived experiences in the many episodes and phases of his years. The reader will find the book a lively and highly engaging read–one which piqued my own interest till the very end. I have hardly read any autobiography this revealing!
Prof. E. Kofi Abotsi
Dean, UPSA Law SchoolA very well told life story. Lovely in its brevity, but that seems to come at the expense of some of the important episodes narrated in the book, particularly the “Damascan” transformation from being a successful conventional elite professional Cape Coast lawyer and hustling in the UK (on the one hand); to becoming a “born again”/charismatic Christian, occupying high level state positions/public office, “speaking truth” to powerful politicians/slaying political tigers, and liberating the enslaved.
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Joyful Way Incorporated: Teruah – Shouts of Praise (Pen Drive in Box Case)
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- TERUAH PRAISE – MI DOE DE DZI [Frederick Otto, 2022] | TSATSƐ LE [Mary-Priscilla Anderson, 2022] | YƐ WƆ NYAME [Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta, 2021] | JESUS, MY LOVE [Emmanuel Amoako Munanu, 2022] | JESUS REIGNS [Emmanuel Amoako Munanu, 2018] Lead Vocals: Seth Justin Acquah Studios: Groove House Studio & Joyful Way Studios Arrangements: David Ofori Atta & Prince Anderson Engineering, Programming, Mixing, Mastering & Drums: Francis Kweku Osei Vocal Recording: Andrews Amon Kotey Keyboards: David Ofori Atta Bass: Bright Osei Boadu Guitars: Dominic Quarchie Horns: Richmond Lamptey Bilson (Nii Djata) Percussions: Emmanuel Kuntu Blankson
- WƆNGBA ABO [Theophilus Aryee, 2022] Lead Vocals: Edwin Komey & Calvis Hammond Studio: Jerbette Productions Studio Arrangements: Jerby Djokoto Engineering, Programming, Recording, Mixing, Mastering & Keyboards: Jerby Djokoto Bass: Bright Osei Guitars: Enoch Owuraku Drums & Percussions: Francis Kweku Osei Programmed Horns: Jerby Djokoto
- ALPHA OMEGA [Herbert E. Crassie, 2022] Lead Vocals: Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta Studios: Music Klinik & Joyful Way Studios Arrangements: Herbert E. Crassie & David Pinkrah Engineering, Programming, Recording, Mixing, Mastering & Keyboards: Herbert E. Crassie & David Pinkrah Additional Vocal Recording: Andrews Amon Kotey Guitars: Dominic Quarchie Bass: Gaddiel Amoah Drums: Richmond Botchey Jr. Horns: Richmond Lamptey Bilson (Nii Djata) Percussions: Francis Kweku Osei
- ƆYƐ ONYAME [Emmanuel Amoako Munanu & Prince Anderson, 2022] Lead Vocals: Daniel Grant Andoh Studios: Koded Studios & Joyful Way Studios Arrangements: Kofi Owusu Dua Anto, Emmanuel Amoako Munanu & Prince Anderson Engineering, Programming, Mixing, Mastering, Keyboards, Bass & Lead Guitar: Kofi Owusu Dua Anto Vocal Recording: Andrews Amon Kotey Drums & Percussions: Francis Kweku Osei Horns: Richmond Lamptey Bilson
- LORD, WE NEED YOU [Joshua Amoah & Prince Anderson, 2022] Lead Vocals: Prince Anderson, Joshua Amoah & Jane Yawson (Afima) Studios: Koded Studios & Joyful Way Studios Arrangements, Programming, Engineering & Keyboards: Joshua Amoah Mixing & Mastering: Kofi Owusu Dua Anto Vocal Recording: Andrews Amon Kotey Additional Vocal Recording: David Pinkrah Bass: Aaron Orleans Thompson Guitars: Dominic Quarchie Drums: Emmanuel Bludo Horns: Richmond Lamptey Bilson (Nii Djata)
- JESUS CALLS [Elvis Bentil, 2020] Lead Vocals: Elvis Bentil Studios: Music Klinik & Beulah Studios Arrangements: Prince Anderson, Elvis Bentsil & Herbert E. Crassie Engineering, Programming, Recording, Mixing & Mastering: Herbert E. Crassie Additional Vocal Recording & Keyboards: David Pinkrah Bass: Daniel Pinkrah Guitars: Jesse Kwaku Boateng & Emmanuel Essiamah (Symonds) Drums: Emmanuel Bludo
- HALLELUJAH FOREVER [Joshua Amoah, 2022 | Seth Justin Acquah & David Ato Ribeiro, 2022] Lead Vocals: Luigi Adotey Maclean & Jane Yawson (Afima) Studios: Joyful Way Studios & Murya Studios Arrangements, Programming, Engineering & Keyboards: Joshua Amoah Mixing & Mastering: Kofi Owusu Dua Anto Vocal Recording: Andrews Amon Kotey Bass: David Ato Ribeiro Guitars: Selorm Dornyoh Drums: Emmanuel Bludo
- NYAME YE MEDLEY [Emmanuel Amoako Munanu & Prince Anderson, 2020] Lead Vocals: Nana Adwoa Amofa Obeng & Elvis Bentil Studios: Music Klinik & Joyful Way Studios Arrangements: Herbert E. Crassie, Prince Anderson & Emmanuel Amoako Munanu Engineering, Programming & Recording: Herbert E. Crassie Mixing, Mastering & Keyboards: David Pinkrah Bass: David Ato Ribeiro Guitars: Emmanuel Essiamah (Symonds) & Jesse Kwaku Boateng Drums: Richmond Botchey
- YI N’AYƐ (SPOKEN WORD) [Kwame Ntow Atua-Ntow & Benedicta Adobea Asare, 2022] Lead Vocals: Kwame Ntow Atua-Ntow & Benedicta Adobea Asare Studios: Jerbette Productions Studios & Joyful Way Studios Arrangements: Jerby Djokoto & Prince Anderson Engineering, Programming, Recording & Keyboards: Jerby Djokoto Mixing & Mastering: Kofi Owusu Dua Anto
- YI N’AYƐ [Stephen Otoo, 2022] Lead Vocals: Emily Nartey, Elvis Kambo-Dorsa & Zoe Okain Studios: Jerbette Productions Studios & Joyful Way Studios Arrangements: Jerby Djokoto & Prince Anderson Engineering, Program- ming, Recording & Keyboards: Jerby Djokoto Mixing & Mastering: Kofi Owusu Dua Anto Additional Vocal Recording: Andrews Amon Kotey Bass: Elvis Yarwood Jr. Guitars: Prince Hakeem Drums: Emmanuel Bludo Programmed Horns: Jerby Djokoto
- GREAT I AM [Siyanqoba Mthethwa, Theophilus Aryee, Franklin Eleblu & Prince Anderson, 2022] Lead Vocals: Prince Anderson & Xolly Mncwango Studios: Siyanqoba Mthethwa & Joyful Way Studios Arrangements, Engineering, Programming, Recording & Keyboards: Siyanqoba Mthethwa Mixing & Mastering: David Pinkrah Vocal Recording: Andrews Amon Kotey Additional Keyboards: Emmanuel Amoako Munanu Guitars: Selorm Dornyoh Bass: David Ato Ribeiro Drums: Emmanuel Bludo
- YE BE DZI NYIM [Theophilus Aryee, 2022] Lead vocals: Theophiline Baaba Mills Studios: Koded Studios & Joyful Way Studios Arrangements: Kofi Owusu Dua Anto & Prince Anderson Engineering, Programming, Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Keyboards, Lead & Bass Guitars: Kofi Owusu Dua Anto Vocal Recording: Andrews Amon Kotey Drums: Emmanuel Bludo Horns: Richmond Lamptey Bilson (Nii Djata)
- YENNSURO [Stephen Otoo, 2022] Lead Vocals: Stephen Otoo Studios: Music Klinic, Beulah Studios & Joyful Way Studios Arrangements: Herbert E. Crassie, Stephen Otoo & Prince Anderson Engineering, Programming, Recording & Keyboards: Herbert E. Crassie Mixing, Mastering & Additional Keyboards: David Pinkrah Additional Vocal Recording: Andrews Amon Kotey Bass: Prince Sennah Lead Guitars: Jesse Kwaku Boat- eng Drums: Emmanuel Bludo
- ASEYE [Theophilus Aryee, 2022] Lead Vocals: Emily Nartey Studios: Koded Studios & Joyful Way Studios Arrangements: Kofi Owusu Dua Anto & Prince Anderson Engineering, Programming, Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Keyboards, Bass & Lead Guitars: Kofi Owusu Dua Anto Vocal Recording: Andrews Amon Kotey Drums: Emmanuel Bludo Horns: Richmond Lamptey Bilson (Nii Djata)
- ME YƐ WO DE DAA [Diana Kukua Dwamena, 2022] Lead Vocals: Nana Araba Grant-Andoh Studios: Koded Studios & Joyful Way Studios Arrangements: Kofi Owusu Dua Anto & Prince Anderson Engineering, Programming, Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Keyboards, Bass & Lead Guitars: Kofi Owusu Dua Anto Vocal Recording: Andrews Amon Kotey Drums: Emmanuel Bludo Horns: Richmond Lamptey Bilson (Nii Djata)
- HYERƐÑ [Rev John Egyir-Croffet, 1984] Studios: Music Klinik & The ManCave Arrangements: Ace Anan Ankomah & Herbert E. Crassie Engineering, Programming, Recording, Mixing, Mastering & Keyboards: Herbert E. Crassie Percussion: Oko Amarteifio
- DAA NKWA [Stephen Otoo, Herbert E. Crassie & Joshua Amoah] Lead Vocals: Stephen Otoo & Sheila Marian Adamptey Studio: Music Klinik Arrangements: Herbert E. Crassie, Prince Anderson & Joshua Amoah Engineering, Programming, Recording, Mixing, Mastering & Keyboards: Herbert E. Crassie Bass: Gaddiel Amoah Drums: Emmanuel Bludo Lead Guitars: Dominic Quarchie & Ace Anan Ankomah Percussions: Oko Amarteifio
- ƆNE YƐN WƆ HƆ [Frederick Eli Otto, 2022] Lead Vocals: Frederick Eli Otto & Jane Yawson (Afima) Studios: Joyful Way Studios & Koded Studios Arrangements: Frederick Eli Otto & Emmanuel Amoako Munanu Engineering, Programming & Keyboards: Emmanuel Amoako Munanu Mixing & Mastering: Kofi Owusu Dua Anto Vocal Recording: Andrews Amon Kotey Bass: David Ato Ribeiro Guitars: Dominic Quarchie Drums: Emmanuel Bludo Horns: Richmond Lamptey Bilson (Nii Djata)
- {BONUS TRACK} CELEBRATION PRAISE – HEOWE [Soul Winners, 2003] | IBE KPALE | YƐ WƆ NYAME [Nana Yaw Ofori Atta, 2021] | SING UNTO THE LORD | NNWOM BI ASHƐ M’AKOMA MA [Church of Pentecost] | OWURA BI DE YESU [Church of Pentecost, ] | MO YESU MO [Church of Pentecost] | W’AMA M’AKOMA ATƆ ME YAM [Church of Pentecost] | S’ANKA ME TU ME [Jack Kwaw (Jak Alolome)] Lead Vocals: Seth Justin Acquah Studios: Joyful Way Studios Arrangements: Prince Anderson & Seth Justin Acquah Programming: Emmanuel Amoako Munanu Recording, Mixing & Mastering: Outluk Records Engineering & Additional Vocal Recording: Andrews Amon Kotey Keyboards: David Pinkrah, Emmanuel Amoako Munanu & Daniel Owusu (Berry) Bass: Aaron Orleans Thompson Guitars: Dominic Quarchie & Emmanuel Essiamah (Symonds) Drums: Gerald Selorm Hiagbe Horns: Emmanuel Ohene (BRASAG), Justice Agbenyor & Isaac Abizie Percussions: James Nana Kojo Seibu
Pre-Production Team: Abigail Addison, Nathaniel Taylor, Mrs Maana Ampa-Sowah, Fred Buame, Siyanqoba Mthethwa
Song Arrangements & Production: Prince Anderson, Seth Justin Acquah, Joshua Amoah, Daniel Grant Andoh, Elvis Kambo-Dorsah, Emmanuel Amoako Munanu, Ato Ribeiro, Andrews Amon Kotey, Herbert E. Crassie, Siyanqoba Mthethwa, Kofi Dua-Anto, Jerby Djokoto, Franklin Eleblu & Francis Osei
Consulting Team: Ace Anan Ankomah, Frederick Otto, Barnabas Otchere-Keelson, Geoff Anno, Theophilus Aryee, Calvis Hammond
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Kwame Nkrumah: Contributions to the African Revolution
Drawing on the published works, correspondence and speeches of Kwame Nkrumah, as well as on contemporary press reportage during Nkrumah’s final months in Ghana, Doreatha Mbalia offers a view of the theory and practice of the visionary proponent of a united African continent.
This work traces the development Mbalia sees in Nkrumah’s theory and practice, from the early formation of his unique ideology that emphasises the crucial role of socialism in the progress towards a united African continent, to the coup that ended his Presidency of Ghana and his subsequent belief that the people of Africa must, when diplomatic and political means had failed, raise arms against neo-colonialism. Mbalia urges that Nkrumah’s vision still points the way to Pan-African unity.
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Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes (Hardcover)
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
America’s most popular sports media figure tells it like it is in this surprisingly personal book, not only dishing out his signature, uninhibited opinions but also revealing the challenges he overcame in childhood as well as at ESPN, and who he really is when the cameras are off.
Stephen A. Smith has never been handed anything, nor was he an overnight success. Growing up poor in Queens, the son of Caribbean immigrants and the youngest of six children, he was a sports-obsessed kid who faced a number of struggles, from undiagnosed dyslexia to getting enough cereal to fill his bowl. As a basketball player at Winston-Salem State University, he got a glimmer of his true calling when he wrote a newspaper column arguing for the retirement of his own Hall of Fame coach, Clarence Gaines.
Smith hustled and rose up from a high school reporter at Daily News (New York) to a general sports columnist at The Philadelphia Inquirer in the 1990s, before getting his own show at ESPN in 2005. After he was unceremoniously fired from the network in 2009, he became even more determined to fight for success. He got himself rehired two years later and, with his razor-sharp intelligence and fearless debate style, found his role on the show he was destined to star in: First Take, the network’s flagship morning program.
In Straight Shooter, Smith writes about the greatest highs and deepest lows of his life and career. He gives his thoughts on Skip Bayless, Ray Rice, Colin Kaepernick, the New York Knicks, the Dallas Cowboys, and former President Donald Trump. But he also pulls back the curtain and talks about life beyond the set, sharing authentic stories about his negligent father, his loving mother, being a father himself, his battle with life-threatening COVID-19, and what he really thinks about politics and social issues. He does it all with the same intelligence, humor, and charm that has made him a household name.
Provocative, moving, and eye-opening, this book is the perfect gift for lovers of sports, television, and anyone who likes their stories delivered straight to the heart.
₵570.81