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1) Nike
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about Nike, Inc. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
2) Air
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
From award-winning director Ben Affleck, it reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son's immense...
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Formats
Description
"Kara Goucher grew up with Olympic dreams. She excelled at running from a young age, and though she was confronted with serious challenges including the death of her father and struggles with disordered eating, her prospects were bright. She won high school cross country championships in Minnesota, NCAA track and field championships at the University of Colorado, and when she graduated from college, Nike offered her a sponsorship deal. Alberto Salazar...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Description
"In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. In 1962, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed $50 from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost athletic shoes from Japan. Selling...
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Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Today, Nike is the biggest athletic shoe company in the world, but a long time ago runner businessman Phil Knight started out with just an idea. Find out more about Nike's history, how the business grew, and the role that marketing played in this illustrated nonfiction book!" -- Back cover.
