Barefoot RunnerAbebe Bikila was the first black African to win an Olympic gold medal. He won the marathon running barefoot in Rome in 1960 and won again wearing shoes in Tokyo in 1964, becoming the first person to win the most grueling of all human contests twice. Born into bitter poverty in rural Ethiopia in 1932, at sixteen Bikila joined the Imperial Guard of the Emperor Haile Selassie. It was there that he came to the notice of the Swedish athletics coach Onni

From birthday parties gone wrong to family drama

this is the perfect introduction to the magical world of classical music

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and the fun begins - Al's on his greatest mission yet

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because she has a chance to relive all their firsts for a second time—from dates

Meanwhile scenting a sure kill in the so-called War on Terror the spies of three nations converge upon the innocents

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