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Run, dribble, pass, shoot, score! Ready for Sports: Basketball introduces young readers in prekindergarten to grade 1 to one of the most popular sports for kids. From uniforms to scoring, the engaging text and images provide children with the knowledge they need to be ready to play with confidence.
The Ready for Sports series provides parents with a great way to introduce young readers to a variety of kid-friendly team sports. Each book measures 8"...
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A provocative and revelatory new biography of the legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, by one of America's top college basketball writers.
No college basketball coach has ever dominated the sport like John Wooden. His UCLA teams reached unprecedented heights in the 1960s and '70s capped by a run of ten NCAA championships in twelve seasons and an eighty-eight-game winning streak, records that stand to this day. Wooden also became a renowned motivational...
6) Fade away
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Myron Bolitar mysteries volume 3
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English
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For sports agent Myron Bolitar, the disappearance of a man he'd once competed against was bringing back memories--of the sport he and Greg Downing had both played and the woman they both loved. Now, among the stars, the wanna-bes, the gamblers and groupies, Myron's unraveling the strange, violent life of a sports hero gone wrong, and coming face-to-face with a past he can't relive and a present he may not survive.
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Dynamite
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
The artwork of Atari inspired a generation and created a bridge from the simple on-screen graphics of its early games to the imaginations of eager gamers. Now, Dynamite Entertainment proudly brings the most iconic, mind-blowing video game illustrations to posters showcasing the tremendous talent of Atari's greatest artists!
Millipede 2600, Star Raiders 520, RealSports Baseball 5200, Missile Command 2600, Centipede 2600, 3D Tic-Tac-Toe Asteroids...
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Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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O'Neal is a four-time NBA champion and a three-time NBA Finals MVP. His presence--both physically and psychologically--has made him a ruling force in the game for years. But there is a lot more to him than basketball. In this candid new autobiography, he discusses his colorful career, NBA victories, and his thoughts on major NBA names. 304 pp. (Biography/Autobiography)
9) Foul trouble
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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"College recruiters are clambering to sign up Terrell Jamerson, the #1 high school basketball player in the country. But not all of these recruiters are straight shooters, and Terrell will have to think fast if he wants to stay in the game"--
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Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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"Phil Jackson--the legendary coach of the Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls--has told his own story. Now it is time for a different view--a deeply reported, unauthorized account by one of America's top sports journalists"--
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Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
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English
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Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
13) Little Shaq
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Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
Description
Seven-year-old Shaquille O'Neal, a talented basketball and video game player, learns to share the spotlight with his cousin Barry when the youngsters work together to earn money by watering plants.
14) Justin
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Series
Blacktop books volume 1
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Fifteen-year-old Justin keeps a list of goals stashed under his mattress. Number 1 is "figure out life plans." Number 5 is "earn Zen Master rating in WoW." Number 7 is "play a little basketball every day." Nowhere on that list is "take on the crew from Ghosttown," but that's the type of trouble that always seems to finds him, and he's not the type to back down from a challenge.
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English
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"Basketball's most unlikely-and most sought-after-training guru offers an inside look at his career, his methods, and the all-star players whose games he's helped transform. Where do the best basketball players in the world turn when they want to improve their game? Whom does a future NBA Hall of Famer thank at his press conference when he's named Rookie of the Year? Who is it that Sports Illustrated, The Wall Street Journal, and Men's Journal all...
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The Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
Description
"In Players First, John Calipari relates for the first time anywhere his experiences over his first four years coaching the Kentucky Wildcats, college basketball's most fabled program, from the doldrums to a national championship, drawing lessons about leadership, character, and the path to personal and collective victory. At its core, Calipari's coaching philosophy centers on keeping his focus on the players--what they need to get the best out of...
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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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During his storied career as head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson won more championships than any coach in the history of professional sports. Even more important, he succeeded in never wavering from coaching his way, from a place of deep values. Jackson was tagged as the "Zen master" half in jest by sportswriters, but the nickname speaks to an important truth: this is a coach who inspired, not goaded; who led by awakening...
18) Travel team
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Danny Walker volume 1
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2006.
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English
Description
After he is cut from his travel basketball team--the very same team that his father once led to national prominence--twelve-year-old Danny Walker forms his own team of cast-offs that might have a shot at victory.
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2012.
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English
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"They were the Beatles of basketball, the Mercury Seven in sneakers. In Dream Team, acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team that captivated the world, kindled the hoop dreams of countless children around the planet, and remade the NBA into a global sensation. As a senior staff writer for Sports Illustrated, McCallum enjoyed a courtside seat...
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English
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"Former NBA superstar Allen Iverson was once one of America's most famous athletes: a trendsetter who transcended race, celebrity, and pop culture, and emerged from a troubled past to become one of the most successful and highly compensated athletes in the world. Now, his life and career comes vividly to light in this hard-hitting biography that examines what drove his successes and failures. Through extensive research and interviews with those closest...
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