Basketball and the Age of Obama
Alexander Wolff
The influence Barack Obama has had on basketball and vice versa, in essays and photographs
192 pages
| 10 x 8
| 108 color photos, 22 halftones
Myth, Genealogy, and Invention in the Cultures of Basketball
Yago Colás
Examining the nature, origin, and purpose of popular myths in basketball, past and present
228 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 color photo
The True Story of the Best Basketball Team You've Never Heard Of
Larry Needle
How a small kid in South Philly embarked on a journey that would take him around the world with the Harlem Globetrotters
72 pages
| 5.5 x 8.5
The Man Who Invented Basketball
Rob Rains with Hellen Carpenter
The first definitive biography of basketball’s inventor
216 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 1 figure, 10 halftones
Eddie Gottlieb, Philadelphia Sports Legend and Pro Basketball Pioneer
Rich Westcott
The first full-length study of Eddie Gottlieb, a pioneering player, coach, owner, and entrepreneur in basketball and baseball
320 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 figs., 50 halftones
The Life of Tom Gola
David Grzybowski
The first, definitive biography of La Salle basketball icon Tom Gola
208 pages
| 6 x 9
| 30 halftones
When Basketball Ruled at the Chinese Playground
Kathleen Yep
Breaking out of Chinatown by shooting and dribbling
216 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 1 figure, 19 halftones
A History of the Big 5
Robert S. Lyons
A history of the most famous rivalries in college basketball, fought out in the shrine to the game
240 pages
| 8.375 x 10.875
| 119 halftones
His Best Writing on the Sixers, the Dream Team, and Beyond
Edited by Andy Jasner
Three decades of reporting by renowned Philadelphia Hall of Fame sportswriter Phil Jasner
264 pages
| 6 x 9
| 13 halftones
The Life and Times of Basketball's Greatest Jewish Team
Doug Stark
The history of the South Philadelphia Hebrew Association's basketball team and the legends it spawned
344 pages
| 6 x 9
| 75 tables, 36 halftones
50 Years of Wit and Wisdom from the Groundbreaking Sportswriter
Edited by Gloria Hochman
50 years of classic columns from one of Philadelphia's most beloved sportswriters
360 pages
| 6 x 9
| 17 halftones
Gangs, Disability and Basketball
Melvin Juette and Ronald J. Berger
The remarkable story of a disabled man’s struggle to make a productive life for himself
192 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 10 halftones
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