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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie
Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007
Excellent
I bought the books and it was in excellent condition. I would buy again and the fast shipping. thanks.
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Wooden
John Wooden
McGraw-Hill, 1997
Wooden
I bought this book for my student/athlete son. I had him read the book and find five things that he could immediately apply to his life. The book is written in such a manner that the parallels between sports and life are seamlessly interwoven. By using sports as a ...
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Bo Ryan: Another Hill to Climb
Bo Ryan, Mike Lucas
KCI Sports Publishing, 2008
Bo knows hoops. As a member of the exclusive 500-win club, University of Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan has the second highest winning percentage among active coaches (with at least 500 victories) in college basketball, second only to North Carolina's Roy Williams. Ryan's formula for success can be traced back to UW-Platteville, where he won four ...
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Wooden on Leadership
John Wooden
McGraw-Hill, 2005
A basketball philosophy masterpiece
Hands down this is the best basketball philosophy book. This tells exactly how Wooden ran UCLA's basketball program and explains why they won 10 national championships. To truely understand the mind of one of basketball's greatest coaches, you must read this book. ...
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Hot Hand: Mike Lupica's Comeback Kids
Mike Lupica
Philomel, 2007
Hoop-hoop-hoop!
As a Language Arts teacher, I am always searching for books that will get my young male charges into reading, especially those kids who think that athletes don't need to be able to read to succeed. Telling them this just doesn't work, but getting them to read things ...
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Forged By Fire
Sharon M. Draper
Simon Pulse, 1998
Forged by Fire
Hard to put down! Even if you don't like to read, it's an interesting story.
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Long Shot: A Comeback Kids Novel (Comeback Kids)
Mike Lupica
Philomel, 2008
Pedro Morales has always been content helping others look great. The epitome of a point guard, he plays the game to set up his teammates?Ned, in particular, the star forward on the receiving end of Pedro?s pinpoint passes. Pedro wants to make his father proud, and so he runs for class president. Yet doing so means going one-on-one against Ned, ...
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Rebound Rules: The Art of Success 2.0
Rick Pitino, Pat Forde
Collins, 2008
THE ART OF THE GAME
Have you ever watched a person go through life and just said to yourself, "That man surely leads a charmed life." If anyone should fit that description, it would be Rick Pitino.
I had came into REBOUND RULES with a few prejudices of my own--I'm an enormous Kentucky ...
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Mind Gym : An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence
Gary Mack, David Casstevens
McGraw-Hill, 2002
Best one for athletes!
I have read several books on the mental game in sports and this is by far the best. I work with collegiate and professional athletes and recommend this so often that Gary Mack should send me a commission!!!
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Resilience: Faith, Focus, Triumph
Alonzo Mourning, Dan Wetzel
Ballantine Books, 2008
Great read
I've read 11 of the 14 chapters in this book so far. I've only had it two days. It is truly a great read and I'm usually pretty hard to please.
I don't want to discuss any details and spoil it for anyone who may be reading it. Let's just say there are some ...
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Weighing the Odds in Sports Betting
King Yao
Pi Yee Press, 2007
About as good as it gets for sports betting literature
This book is easily worth the 14 dollar investment. I gave this book 4 stars as I was primarily looking for handicapping ideas or methods whereas the book excels in providing "betting" advice which he has learned through the use of his extensive databases.
The book ...
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Hoops
Walter Dean Myers
Laurel Leaf, 1983
Hoops - Must Read Basketball Novel
"When I stood up and took my warm-up jacket off, everybody from our neighborhood stood up with me. There was a roar that made even the players on the floor look over to see what was going on..." Do you want to find out what happens next? Well then read this novel to ...
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Pete Maravich: The Authorized Biography of Pistol Pete
Wayne Federman, Marshall Terrill
Focus, 2008
The Best Biography of Pistol Pete Maravich
OK, I read the hard-cover version of this book (Maravich) a couple years back and found it - far and away - the most comprehensive and informative book ever written on the Pistol (and I've read them all).
This is basically the paperback version of that book but ...
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Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich
Mark Kriegel
Free Press, 2008
A Better Rock
Along with countless other boys from the 1970s, I wore floppy hair and droopy socks as a nod to Pistol Pete Maravich. But even with my socks pulled down, Maravich was never my favorite basketball player. What he represented was coolness. Maravich was an unrepentant ...
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Seven Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns
Jack McCallum
Touchstone, 2006
Pretty enjoyable book
A great, well-written and funny book exploring what goes on behind closed doors on an NBA team.
If you're looking for a book that delves into players affinity for clubs, booze and girls, then you'll have to look elsewhere. The Suns are a pretty clean club, and I'm ...
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