Books with title Breaking the Sound Barrier

Like America in the first half of the twentieth century, baseball was still segregated. Every road to the major leagues was blocked by unwritten agreements never to allow black athletes entry. It seemed like the better they played, the further they were pushed back. Until, that is, a plan was hatched by two men. One seized an opportunity to advance the game of baseball forever, and the other ran a path through bigotry like he ran the bases, with strength and grace. Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson would work together to break down the color barriers of baseball, and show the world that African-American athletes were as good and as worthy as anyone to put on a major league uniform. They were not alone. From Larry Doby to Monte Irvin, and the irrepressible Satchel Paige, baseball was gifted by the emergence of a weath of talent and personality that would truly make it, at last, America's pastime.

The novel portrays the story of a brilliant boy who, despite financial hardship, struggles hard to achieve a splendid career. Aakash, Arun and Aayesha are classmates and Madhu is two years senior to them in the same college.A heart warming love story and spontaneous outburst of feeling by Aayesha, a Muslim girl, for her friend Arun, gives it a beautiful climax.The novel strikes at the barriers which people have raised in the name of religion and superstition.

The novel portrays the story of a brilliant boy who, despite financial hardship, struggles hard to achieve a splendid career. Aakash, Arun and Aayesha are classmates and Madhu is two years senior to them in the same college. A heart warming love story and spontaneous outburst of feeling by Aayesha, a Muslim girl, for her friend Arun, gives it a beautiful climax. The novel strikes at the barriers which people have raised in the name of religion and superstition.