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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group, 2002. Trade Paperback. As New. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. For almost forty years, Dean Smith coached the University of North Carolina basketball team with unsurpassed success, having an impact both on the court and in the lives of countless young men. In A Coach’s Life, he looks back on the great games, teams, players, strategies, and rivalries that defined his career and, in a new final chapter, discusses his retirement from the game. The fundamentals of good basketball are the fundamentals of character—passion, discipline, focus, selflessness, and responsibility—and superlative mentor and coach Dean Smith imparts them all with equal authority. 378 pages..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1995. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In this deeply felt, unforgettable book, Bill Reynolds journeys with a high school basketball team through the past and present of an American town. Fall River, Massachusetts is a once-prosperous industrial center haunted by its history, a blue-collar town facing hard times and an uncertain future. Each autumn, however, the Durfee High School basketball team begins its annual drive for a state championship: a quest that inspires and sometimes consumes kids, coaches, families, teachers, and all of Fall River. 354 pages..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday Publishing, 1992. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collectible. Bestselling author Bob Greene shows us a side of Michael Jordan that doesn't make the sports page: the inside. Getting to know Jordan, traveling and spending time with him over two world championship seasons with the Chicago Bulls during playoff surges and trying personal moments, not only provided Greene with an intimate look at Jordan but also taught him new lessons about grace and adversity, about what happens to a man when he is elevated to international heroism and is subjected to the relentless scrutiny that inevitably comes with that rarified territory. Personal and human, filled with the sound of Jordan's own voice in conversations with Greene that relate to life inside and outside of basketball, .capturing Jordan's innermost feelings about his past, present, and future. 406 pages..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Warner Books, Incorporated, 1996. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. They were a talented team with a near-perfect record but a reputation for choking in the crunch of the state playoffs. Finally, after five straight years of disappointments, the Amherst Lady Hurricanes found they just might have what it took to go all the way. This is a fierce, funny, and intimate look into their minds and hearts during one very special season. A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction. When Pulitzer Prize-winner Blais pokes gentle fun at Amherst, Mass., where an infuriated teen-aged athlete in the heat of the fray may yell, "You ignore your inner child!" you suspect this will be a special book. And it is, as the reader follows the Amherst High girls basketball team-the Lady Hurricanes-in the 1992-93 season, from game one on December 15 to the final game on March 16, when they all but obliterated Haverhill, 74-36,… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 2000. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "If you were to ask for a guide on your in-depth tour of college basketball, you couldnot do better than John Feinstein." Feinstein spent a season with the players of the Patriot League, one of the NCAA's smallest Division I conferences, a group of schools that includes Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Bucknell, Army and Navy. Spend a season with the players of the Patriot League, one of the NCAA's smallest Division I conferences, where teams compete without the benefit of private planes and deluxe hotels, while carrying full course loads of college classes. 424 pages..

Lincolnwood, IL, U.S.A.: Publications International, Limited, 1996. Hard Cover. Fine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 10 - Button Play-a-Sound. All the buttons work and make sounds. The printing numbers say 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.

New York, NY: Pocket Books, 1990. In Raw Recruits, Wolff and Keteyian use an investigative journalistic approach to find the ugly truth in the often corrupt world of big-time college basketball. They introduce us to sneaker mogul Sonny Vaccaro, a brilliant man who crafted himself a spot in college basketball lore by working for companies such as Nike and Adidas. The authors also give harrowing insight on the tainted college careers of Chris Mills and Shawn Kemp. A book for all lovers of college basketball. 274 pages. Top & bottom of spine slightly bumped.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Scholastic, Incorporated, 1996. Hard Cover. Fine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 65 pp., numerous color photos and cartoons from the Warner Brothers movie. A story based on the Space Jam screenplay, in which Michael Jordan and Looney Toon characters encounter aliens. Printing is 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Top and bottom of spine is slightly bumped..