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  • The Big O

    My Life, My Times, My Game

    by Oscar Robertson ...
    Perhaps the greatest all-around player in basketball history, Oscar Robertson revolutionized basketball as a member of the Cincinnati Royals and won a championship with the Milwaukee Bucks. When he was twenty-three, in 1962, he accomplished one of basketball’s most impressive feats: averaging the triple-double in a single season—a feat never matched since. Cocaptain of the Olympic gold medal team ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

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  • Enrique's Journey

    The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother

    by Sonia Nazario ...
    An astonishing story that puts a human face on the ongoing debate about immigration reform in the United States, now updated with a new Epilogue and Afterword, photos of Enrique and his family, an author interview, and more—the definitive edition of a classic of contemporary AmericaBased on the Los Angeles Times newspaper series that won two Pulitzer Prizes, one for feature writing and another for ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • A Place to Stand

    by Jimmy Santiago Baca ...
    The Pushcart Prize–winning poet's memoir of his criminal youth and years in prison: a "brave and heartbreaking" tale of triumph over brutal adversity ( The Nation).Jimmy Santiago Baca's "astonishing narrative" of his life before, during, and immediately after the years he spent in the maximum-security prison garnered tremendous critical acclaim. An important chronicle that "affirms the triumph of ... Read more

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  • 'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky

    Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child

    by David Henderson ...
    The expanded edition of the definitive, critically praised, and most beloved biography of music legend Jimi Hendrix—including previously unpublished photos.Originally published to great acclaim in 1978, ’Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky was written by poet, scholar, and Hendrix friend David Henderson as a personal favor to Jimi. Since then, it has garnered rave reviews and sold over 500,000 copies, ... Read more

    $22.50 CAD

  • Rainbow in the Cloud

    The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou

    by Maya Angelou ...
    “Words mean more than what is set down on paper,” Maya Angelou wrote in her groundbreaking memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Indeed, Angelou’s words have traveled the world and transformed lives—inspiring, strengthening, healing. Through a long and prolific career in letters, she became one of the most celebrated voices of our time.Now, in this collection of sage advice, humorous quips, and ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Coretta

    My Life, My Love, My Legacy

    by Coretta Scott King, Rev. Dr. Barbara Reynolds ...
    Named a Washington Post Book to ReadA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA USA Today “New and Noteworthy” PickARead It Forward* Favorite ReadAParade* Magazine PickCoretta Scott King's true story, told in full for the first time.... ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Dangerous Summer

    by Ernest Hemingway ...
    Experience Hemingway’s firsthand chronicle of a brutal season of bullfights in Spain.In the 1950s, Hemingway and his wife return to Spain, where Hemingway had visited before as a war correspondent to cover the Spanish Civil War, in order to see friends and follow bullfighting events. Hemingway’s time in Spain is most often remembered as his experiences with bullfighting, his passion often conveyed ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Can I Keep My Jersey?

    11 Teams, 5 Countries, and 4 Years in My Life as a Basketball Vagabond

    by Paul Shirley ...
    He’s been called a journeyman. Even Paul wouldn’t dispute that classification. Regardless, Bill Simmons, ESPN’s “The Sports Guy,” has said of Paul Shirley, “We could finally have an answer to the question ‘What would it be like if one of our friends was an NBA player?”There’s no denying that Paul Shirley is the closest thing pro basketball’s got to Odysseus. In Homeric fashion, he has logged time ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman (Autobiography)

    Enriched edition.

    by Austin Steward, Camille Bishop ...
    Austin Steward's autobiographical work 'Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman' is a poignant account of his life as an African American man living in the early 19th century. The book details his experiences as a slave for over two decades, highlighting the harsh realities of slavery and the resilience of the human spirit. Steward's narrative is imbued with raw emotion and vivid ... Read more

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  • Unguarded

    My Forty Years Surviving in the NBA

    by Lenny Wilkens, Terry Pluto ...
    Unguarded reveals the Lenny Wilkens we have never seen before, the tough, strong, thoughtful, and analytical man who has spent a life in basketball making his teammates and players better than they knew they could be. Thought-provoking, candid, always honest, Wilkens shares all the secrets he's learned in his four decades surviving in the NBA storm.For forty years, he has been the Quiet Man of the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Heads of State

    Pennsylvania's Greatest High School Basketball Players of the Modern Era

    by Mark Hostutler ...
    The history of basketball spans more than a century, from its humble origin as a simple diversion during the harsh winters in America to today's perennial, rim-rattling show of international renown. Throughout the last 60 years, Pennsylvania has been at the forefront of the sports evolution, supplying the world with a steady stream of stars, from Wilt Chamberlain to Kobe Bryant, who have proven to ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • This Game's the Best! So Why Don't They Quit Screwing With It?

    So Why Don't They Quit Screwing With It?

    by George Karl, Don Yaeger ...
    Look back at the early coaching career of Hall of Famer George Karl, former head coach of the Seattle Supersonics, and one of the most outspoken men in professional basketball.Opinionated and always passionate about the sport, Karl cuts loose with controversial views on the NBA, the players, the media, sports agents, and the many other elements that make the game great--and sometimes screw it up.. ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD