Hoops
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Hoops: A Cultural History of Basketball in America
By Thomas AielloOne of the most important “muscular Christians” was Thomas Wentworth Higginson, editor of the Atlantic Monthly. His 1858 essay, “Saints and Their Bodies,” argued that ministers were weak. He asked why the cloistered, scrawny minister ...
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Hoops
By Walter Dean MyersSeventeen-year-old Lonnie Jackson sees the city-wide basketball Tournament of Champions as a possible escape from Harlem but fears the pressures that have sidelined his coach, Cal.
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Hoops
By Walter Dean MyersAn ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults New Bonus Content: -Q&A with Walter Dean Myers -Q&A with screenwriter John Ballard -Teaser chapter from On a Clear Day -Excerpt from 145th Street All eyes are on seventeen-year-old Lonnie Jackson ...
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Hoops
By Walter Dean MyersSeventeen-year-old Lonnie Jackson sees the city-wide basketball Tournament of Champions as a possible escape from Harlem but fears the pressures that have sidelined his coach, Cal.
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Hoops
By Genie EspinosaFantasía distópica, feminista y post millenial en la que tres amigas del alma quedan atrapadas entre dos universos paralelos y deben encontrar la manera de volver a reunirse.
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Hoops: Four Decades of the Pro Game
By Mark Jacobson, Walter IoossPhotographs, commentary, and quotations chronicle four decades of professional basketball rivalries, accomplishments, and personalities, including Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant.
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Hoops: A Cultural History of Basketball in America
By Thomas AielloThis book presents the first cultural history of the sport from the street to the highest levels of professional mens and womens competition, chronicling the relationship between the sport and American society.