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Autobiographies. bibliography Biographies. biography Biography. History. Self-help publications.Smith, Kenny
Summary: "A riveting memoir from Kenny Smith ("Kenny the Jet")-superstar basketball commentator, host of top-rated Inside the NBA, and two-time NBA champion. Smith reveals his thoughtful views on race, the NBA, his upbringing, and an abundance of poignant, colorful inside stories about the star players, coaches, and mentors who taught and inspired him along the way. In his playing career, Kenny Smith...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SMITH, KENNY SMIBosh, Chris
Summary: Bosh had his playing days cut short at their prime by a freak medical condition. Forced to reckon with how to find meaning to carry forward, he found himself looking back over his path, from a teenager in Dallas who balanced basketball with the high school robotics club to the pinnacle of the NBA and beyond. He saw that his important lessons weren't about basketball so much as the inner game of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B BOSH RILBella, Timothy
Summary: The definitive biography of Charles Barkley exploring his early childhood, his storied NBA career, and his enduring legacy in American pop culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B BARKLEY BELBenedict, Jeff
Summary: The reigning king of the game and the first active NBA player to become a billionaire, LeBron James's ascent has been anything but effortless and predetermined. He won his destiny despite overwhelmingly long odds; his mother placed him with a family that gave him stability and put a basketball in his hands. Benedict shows the gradual rise of a star who, surrounded by a tight-knit group of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B LEBRON BENIguodala, Andre
Summary: "The standout memoir from NBA powerhouse Andre Iguodala, the indomitable sixth man of the champion Golden State Warriors. Andre Iguodala is one of the most admired players in the NBA. And fresh off the Warriors' third NBA championship in the last four years, his game has never been stronger. Off the court, Iguodala has earned respect, too--for his successful tech investments, his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 IGUODALA, ANDRE IGUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B IGUODALA IGUPerkins, Kendrick
Summary: "The Education of Kendrick Perkins is an intimate memoir about race, fatherhood, and basketball, from former NBA player and outspoken cultural critic, Kendrick "Perk" Perkins. At age eighteen, Kendrick Perkins left his grandparents' run-down yellow house in Beaumont, Texas for the last time. Sure, he'd traveled the country for camps and tournaments. He'd banged and bruised with the biggest and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PERKINS, KENDRICK PEROakley, Charles
Summary: "A memoir from Charles Oakley-one of the toughest and most loyal players in NBA history-featuring unfiltered stories about the journey that basketball has taken him on and his relationships with Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Phil Jackson, Pat Riley, James Dolan, Donald Trump, George Floyd, and so many others"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OAKLEY, CHARLES OAKGriner, Brittney
Summary: "From the nine-time women's basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist--a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home. On February 17, 2022, Brittney Griner arrived in Moscow ready to spend the WNBA offseason playing for the Russian women's basketball team where she had been the centerpiece of previous championship seasons. Instead, a security...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024