Scott Howard-Cooper, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar List Price: $29.95 Amazon Price: $20.97 You Save: $8.98 (30%) Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days. Hardcover - 192 pages (February 1999) |
Keith Erickson, Forward by John Wooden List Price: $9.99 Amazon Price: $7.99 You Save: $2.00 (20%) Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours. Paperback (February 1996) |
Mark Heisler List Price: $23.95 Amazon Price: $16.77 You Save: $7.18 (30%) Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days. Hardcover (March 1996) | |
Synopsis UCLA won its first two NCAA basketball championships in 1964 and 1965 and went on to win 10 titles in 12 years under John Wooden, creating a standard of excellence that many schools have tried to match with intense recruiting and backdoor deals. Heisler traces the rise of college basketball and focuses on UCLA history, including the 1995 championship season, and features an in-depth interview with Wooden himself. 20 b&w photos. |
John R. Wooden, et al.1997 List Price: $14.95 Amazon Price: $10.47 You Save: $4.48 (30%) Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours. Hardcover - 201 pages | |
Synopsis Evoking days gone by when coaches were respected as much for their off-court performance as for their success on the court, this unique and intimate work presents the timeless wisdom of legendary basketball coach John Wooden. In honest and telling passages, Wooden shares the important personal philosophies that helped make him the winningest college coach of all time. of photos. |
John R. Wooden, et al List Price: $14.95 Amazon Price: $11.96 You Save: $2.99 (20%) Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours. Paperback - 272 pages |
Peter C. Bjarkman, John R. Wooden 1996 Amazon Price: $22.95 Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days. Hardcover (March 1996) | |
Synopsis Despite the increased popularity of professional basketball, college basketball still has a firm grip on most basketball fans. This book looks back at the game that evolved from a set of peach baskets nailed to a wall to today's slam-dunk, in-your-face, trash-talking version, touching on the all-time great players, coaches, teams, and moments along the way. Photos. |
Wizards of Westwood: The UCLA Bruins Story (College Basketball Today) Scott Wrobel Not Yet Available: You may still order this title. We will ship it to you when it is released by the publisher and will request approval of the price via e-mail prior to shipment. Hardcover (August 1999) |
Practical Modern Basketball (Coaching Legends in Basketball) John R. Wooden 1999 Amazon Price: $24.99 Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours. Paperback - 464 pages 3rd edition (February 1999)
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Synopsis Coach Wooden outlines a pattern, a theory, a strategy, and a course for how to develop as a basketball player and as a person. This book organizes and dispenses the knowledge that Coach Wooden has accumulated over a lifetime in the game of basketball. Includes a new introduction by Bill Walton; and new, updated photos. |
Teaching Kids Basketball With John Wooden ESPN Instructional Video List Price: $14.99 Amazon Price: $12.99 You Save: $2.00 (13%) Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours. |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, et al 1996 List Price: $22.00 Amazon Price: $15.40 You Save: $6.60 (30%) Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours. Hardcover - 232 pages (October 1996) | |
Amazon.com Review With all the flair of his last-second game-winning sky hooks, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar delivers a well-written and important collection highlighting the lives of America's greatest black heroes. Taking his title cue from John Kennedy's Profiles in Courage, Abdul-Jabbar brings to life the exploits of a wide variety of African Americans, including Estevanico, a Moorish slave who discovered Arizona and New Mexico; Cinque, a kidnapped African slave who led a mutiny aboard the slave ship Amistad and later won his freedom in the U.S.; and Harriet Tubman, who brought hundreds of slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Sports Immortals) Carl R. Green, William R. Sanford 1993 Amazon Price: $20.00 Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days. Reading level: Ages 9-12 Library Binding - 48 pages (May 1993) |
R. Thomas Cobourn, Nathan I. Huggins 1995 List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: $7.96 You Save: $1.99 (20%) Reading level: Ages 9-12 Paperback - 111 pages (June 1995) | |
Synopsis The life story of the most prolific scorer in the history of the National Basketball Association. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar set a standard for all-around excellence that is unlikely to be surpassed. |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Basketball Legends (NBA Legends) Helen A. Borrello 1995 Amazon Price: $16.95 Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours. Reading level: Ages 9-12 Library Binding - 64 pages (October 1995)
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Synopsis The story of the NBA's all-time leading scorer covers his childhood in New York City, attendance at UCLA, success as the top collegiate basketball player, and excellent play for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers. |
Selected from Giant Steps: The Autobiography of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1990 Amazon Price: $9.70 + $0.85 special surcharge Turtleback (April 1990) Availability: This title usually ships within 4-6 weeks. Please note that titles occasionally go out of print or publishers run out of stock. We will notify you within 2-3 weeks if we have trouble obtaining this title. Also available: Paperback ($3.16) |
Reggie Miller (Basketball legends Series) Barry Wilner Amazon Price: $16.95 Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days. Reading level: Ages 9-12 Library Binding - 64 pages (July 1997) |
Sports Great Reggie Miller (Sports Great Book) Stew Thornley 1996 Amazon Price: $16.95 Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days. Reading level: Ages 9-12 Library Binding - 64 pages (July 1996) |
Reggie Miller: Star Guard (Sports Reports) Peter C. Bjarkman 1999 Amazon Price: $19.95 Library Binding (July 1999) Not Yet Available: You may still order this title. We will ship it to you when it is released by the publisher. |
I Love Being the Enemy: A Season on the Court With the NBA's Best Shooter and Sharpest Tongue Reggie Miller, Gene Wojciecjowski Availability: This title is out of print. Although it is no longer available from the publisher, we'll query our network of used bookstores for you and send an update within one to two weeks.
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The Wizard of Westwood; Coach John Wooden and His UCLA Bruins Dwight Chapin Availability: This title is out of print. Although it is no longer available from the publisher, we'll query our network of used bookstores for you and send an update within one to two weeks. |
The Walton Gang Bill Libby Availability: This title is out of print. Although it is no longer available from the publisher, we'll query our network of used bookstores for you and send an update within one to two weeks. |
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Beyond Success: The 15 Secrets of a Winning Life! Brian D. Biro, John Wooden (forward) 1995 List Price: $24.00 Amazon Price: $16.80 You Save: $7.20 (30%) Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days. Hardcover - 368 pages (December 1995) Also available: Paperback ($11.96) | Audio Cassette ($27.60) |
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Basketball's Balanced Offense Jim Harrick List Price: $12.95 Amazon Price: $10.36 You Save: $2.59 (20%) Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days. Paperback - 107 pages (August 1995) |
Embracing the Legend: Jim Harrick Revives the UCLA Mystique Jim Harrick et al Availability: This title is out of print. Although it is no longer available from the publisher, we'll query our network of used bookstores for you and send an update within one to two weeks. |