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Sports and Fitness
Basketball Biographies

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Wooden : a Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and Off the Court (97 Edition)
Wooden : a Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and Off the Court (97 Edition)
by John Wooden
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Evoking days gone by when coaches were expected as much for their off-court performance as for their success on the court, this unique and intimate work presents the timeless wisdom of legendary basketball coach John Wooden. In honest and telling... (read more)

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Doc: The Rise and Rise of Julius Erving
Doc: The Rise and Rise of Julius Erving
by Vincent M. Mallozzi
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The definitive biography of basketball genius Julius Erving--the icon who transcended his sport and defined an era Julius Erving, aka Dr. J, was a wizard with the basketball, performing feats the world had never seen before: midair spins and whirls... (read more)

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For the Love of the Game: My Story
For the Love of the Game: My Story
by Michael Jordan
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For 13 brilliant seasons Michael Jordan danced the dance of greatness across hardwood floors of basketball arenas from New York to Los Angeles to Barcelona and Paris. With a warrior's heart and an artist's grace, Jordan long ago transcended the sport to... (read more)

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Shooting Stars
Shooting Stars
by Lebron James
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From the ultimate team- basketball superstar LeBron James and Buzz Bissinger, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Friday Night Lights and Three Nights in August-a poignant, thrilling tale of the power of teamwork to transform young lives, including James's... (read more)

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Drive: The Story of My Life
Drive: The Story of My Life
by Larry Bird
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The long-silent superstar sets the record straight, revealing a side of himself and basketball you've never seen before.... (read more)

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Don't Let the Lipstick Fool You
Don't Let the Lipstick Fool You
by Lisa Leslie
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From the basketball legend whose slam dunk made WNBA history comes a candid and inspiring memoir that also takes a gripping, behind-the-scenes look at the cutthroat world of professional sports.... (read more)

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A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers (Fireside Books)
A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers (Fireside Books)
by John Feinstein
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A Season on the Brink chronicles the basketball season that John Feinstein spent following the Indiana Hoosiers and their fiery coach, Bob Knight. Knight granted Feinstein an unprecedented inside look at college basketball -- with complete access to... (read more)

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Driven from Within
Driven from Within
by Michael Jordan
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Michael Jordan is the rare global icon whose celebrity extends beyond his original stage and onto multiple platforms. His relentless determination produced six NBA Championships and some of the most spectacular performances in sports history, while his... (read more)

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Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love
Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love
by Larry Bird
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Larry Bird captured the imagination and admiration of basketball fans throughout his thirteen-year career with the Boston Celtics with his trademark style of creative, intelligent, exciting, and hard-nosed play. And then, last year in his rookie season... (read more)

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Let Me Tell You a Story : a Lifetime in the Game (04 Edition)
Let Me Tell You a Story : a Lifetime in the Game (04 Edition)
by John Feinstein
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America's favorite sportswriter teams up with Red Auerbach, the most successful and admired coach in basketball history, to share amazing highlights from a legendary life. of photos.... (read more)

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Seven Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns
Seven Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns
by Jack Mccallum
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Sports Illustrateds" chief NBA writer offers an insiders view of the Phoenix Suns and takes a season-long look at the NBAs most exciting and controversial team.... (read more)

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When Nothing Else Matters: Michael Jordan's Last Comeback
When Nothing Else Matters: Michael Jordan's Last Comeback
by Michael Leahy
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As one of the greatest, most celebrated athletes in history, Michael Jordan conquered professional basketball as no one had before. Powered by a potent mix of charisma, nearly superhuman abilities, and a ferocious need to dominate the game, he won six... (read more)

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Great Sports Heroes: Michael Jordan
Great Sports Heroes: Michael Jordan
by James Beckett
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Here's a commemorative tribute to one of the country's -- and the world's -- finest athletes. From his high school and college days, through championships, tragedy, retirement and his eventual return from an abbreviated baseball career, it covers Michael... (read more)

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They Call Me Coach
They Call Me Coach
by John R Wooden
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The critically acclaimed, classic autobiography of UCLA basketball's legendary coach "What Knute Rockne was to football, Connie Mack to baseball, and Wilbur and Orville Wright to flying, John Wooden is to basketball." --Los Angeles Times "They Call Me... (read more)

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Loose Balls: Easy Money, Hard Fouls, Cheap Laughs, and True Love in the NBA
Loose Balls: Easy Money, Hard Fouls, Cheap Laughs, and True Love in the NBA
by Jayson Williams
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The first candid report from a land of fragile egos, available women, unexpected tenderness, intramural fistfights, colossal partying, bizarre humor, inconceivable riches, and desperate competition, Loose Balls does for roundball what Ball Four did for... (read more)

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Jim Pollard: The Kangaroo Kid
Jim Pollard: The Kangaroo Kid
by Dolph Grundman
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Jim Pollard was an integral part of the Minneapolis Laker team. Along with George Mikan and Vern Mikkelsen, he won five NBA championships during the 1950s. This biography presents his compelling story.... (read more)

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Let Me Tell You a Story
Let Me Tell You a Story
by Red Auerbach
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- Red Auerbach has come across all kinds of characters throughout his years in sports and has opinions to offer and amazing stories to tell about all of them. - A book about a true sports legend by an extraordinarily popular sportswriter will appeal to... (read more)

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Loose Balls: Easy Money, Hard Fouls, Cheap Laughs and True Love in the NBA
Loose Balls: Easy Money, Hard Fouls, Cheap Laughs and True Love in the NBA
by Jayson Williams
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The funniest, smartest, most honest book ever written about life in the NBA. All-Star center Jayson Williams is one of the best players in the NBA, probably the strongest, certainly among the most generous, and definitely the wittiest. His irreverent... (read more)

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Special Delivery
Special Delivery
by Clay Latimer
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When Karl Malone arrived in Salt Lake City in 1985, he couldn't make a free throw, hit a jumper or decipher a game plan. According to his plentiful critics, he lacked the emotional resources and ruthlessness to make himself over into a first-rank power... (read more)

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The Last Season: A Team in Search of Its Soul
The Last Season: A Team in Search of Its Soul
by Phil Jackson
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For the countless basketball fans who were spellbound by the Los Angeles Lakers' 2003 &2004 high-wire act, this book is a rare and phenomenal treat. In The Last Season, Lakers coach Phil Jackson draws on his trademark honesty and insight to tell the... (read more)

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