Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated - Hardcover

Serrano, Shea

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1419743198 ISBN 13: 9781419743191

Verlag: Abrams Image, 2020

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#1 New York Times bestseller
"Hilarious, informative." --Slam Magazine
"The ultimate book on basketball fandom." --NPR
"Cleverly written . . . A must for any basketball fan." --Esquire
"Full of hilarious hypotheticals, fun footnotes, and magnificent illustration." --Buzzfeed

Every fan of Shea Serrano's unconventional, hilarious, and insightful writing will want to add this hardcover edition of his wildly popular Basketball (and Other Things) to their sports book collection. This edition features a new cover and two new chapters as well as a removable basketball card that showcases Serrano's trademark creativity and Arturo Torres's inimitable illustration style.

On first publication, this unique, eye-opening look at basketball history and stars became a nationwide bestseller. Serrano covers topics such as:

• Who's the greatest dunker in NBA history?
• Which NBA players get remembered for the wrong reasons?
• What's the most important NBA Championship?
• Who had the better big-name game under duress?
• Which NBA player's legacy is the most greatly affected if we give him the Championship he never won?
• And many more!

Do you love basketball? The Celtics, Lakers, Bulls, Clippers, Knicks, Pistons, Warriors, another team? Then you'll love what Serrano has to say about the game you love, the team you love, and the players past and present who have made the NBA the greatest show in sports for decades. Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Steph Curry, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Allen Iverson, Patrick Ewing, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: They are all here.

You'll love this book. And you'll love NBA basketball even more after reading it. Buy it for yourself or for the basketball fan in your life.

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Shea Serrano is an award-winning writer, author, and illustrator. His recent book, The Rap Year Book, reached the bestseller lists of the New York Times and Washington Post, topped the iBooks arts and entertainment bestseller list, and was named one of Billboard's Best 100 Music Books of All Time. Serrano is a staff writer for The Ringer. He lives in Houston, Texas.

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Any fan of Shea Serrano’s unconventional, hilarious, and insightful writing will want to add this hardcover edition of his wildly popular Basketball (and Other Things) to their collection. The book will feature a new cover and two new chapters as well as removable art that showcases Serrano’s trademark creativity and Arturo Torres’s inimitable illustration style. First released as a paperback in 2017, the book went on to become a #1 New York Times bestseller. This edition will be a keepsake for Serrano fans and basketball fans alike.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Abrams Image
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1419743198
• ISBN 13: 9781419743191
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Zeichner: Torres Arturo
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Chronicle Books LLC; info@abramsandchronicle.co.uk; ; 1st floor 1 West Smithfield; London; EC1A 9JU; Vereinigtes Königreich