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Showboat : The Life of Kobe Bryant by Roland Lazenby (2017, Trade Paperback)
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- ISBN
- 9780316387149
- Book Title
- Showboat : the Life of Kobe Bryant
- Item Length
- 8.2in
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Company
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.9in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
- Topic
- Rich & Famous, Basketball, Sports
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 20.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 640 Pages
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The definitive portrait of Kobe Bryant, from the author of Michael Jordan . "Lazenby's detailed research and fantastic writing paint a complex, engaging picture of one of the NBA's greats." (Kurt Helin, Pro Basketball Talk , NBC Sports) Eighteen-time All-Star, scorer of 81 points in a single game, MVP, and one of the best shooting guards in NBA league history: Kobe Bryant is among basketball's absolute greatest players, and his importance to the sport is undeniable. Third on the NBA career scoring list and owner of five championship rings, he is an undisputed all-time great, one deserving of this deep and definitive biography. Even within the flashiest franchise in all of sports--the Los Angeles Lakers, where he played his entire career--Bryant always took center stage, and his final game captivated the basketball world, indeed the country. Roland Lazenby delves deep to look behind this public image, using classic basketball reporting and dozens of new interviews to reveal the whole picture, from Bryant's childhood through his playing years. Showboat is filled with large personalities and provocative stories, including details of Bryant's complicated personal life and explosive relationships on the court, and is a riveting and essential read for every hoops fan.
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Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316387142
ISBN-13
9780316387149
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237800127
Product Key Features
Book Title
Showboat : the Life of Kobe Bryant
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Rich & Famous, Basketball, Sports
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
640 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
1.9in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
20.2 Oz
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"Roland Lazenby's new biography of Michael Jordan is as breathtaking as a dunk by 'His Airness.' ... A richly detailed, thoroughly researched book.... Lazenby expertly sifts through the myths to produce a definitive portrait of Michael Jordan."-- Bob D'Angelo, Tampa Tribune, "Roland Lazenby's the David McCullough of the sports biography." -- Matt "Money" Smith, Fox Sports Radio, "Engaging... Lazenby, author of Michael Jordan: The Life , turns his eye to another basketball legend: the recently retired Kobe Bryant."-- Publishers Weekly, "Right from its early pages it's clear that Roland Lazenby's biography of Michael Jordan is in full-press mode to be the best volume ever written on perhaps basketball's greatest player.... Lazenby's a born researcher and some serious legwork went into gathering all of the quotes and facts here, which add up to a kind of Jordan-centric encyclopedia."-- Colin Fleming, The Boston Globe, "Like [Lazenby's] recent book about Michael Jordan, [ Showboat ] finds new angles to approach people we've been looking at every day their whole careers. Mr. Lazenby smartly focuses much of the book at the last few years of Mr. Bryant's career."-- Will Leitch, Wall Street Journal, "Lazenby's thoroughly enjoyable biography is an impressive portrait of a man consumed by his competitive ambitions. It is also by far the most complete book on Michael Jordan to date.... Essential reading for all sports fans and particularly for those interested in American cultural history and popular culture."-- Library Journal (starred review), "'Showboat' is more than just for show. It's a tell all that shows us there's more to a man than the name on the back of his jersey...or even the one on the front."-- Tim David Harvey, Basketball Buzz, "This book is easily going to end up on some definitive must-read list for Lakers books. I've read Phil Jackson's Eleven Rings , Jeanie Buss' Laker Girl , and Madmen's Ball , but none of those quite compare to Showboat . Check out the book and grab a copy of it."-- Lakers Outsider, "A lot has been written about arguably the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan, but Roland Lazenby's Michael Jordan: The Life is easily the definitive version. The journalist has covered Jordan's career for nearly thirty years and his knowledge of the game and of this miraculous player shows in what is one of the best sports biographies in years."-- Parade, "Lazenby's detailed research and fantastic writing paint a complex, engaging picture of one of the NBA's greats."-- Kurt Helin, Pro Basketball Talk, NBC Sports, "There is more than enough analysis of Bryant's on-court accomplishments to satisfy the hard-core hoops fan, but the meatier material is in the Bryant family dynamics.... Showboat is an often insightful look at a complicated and still relatively young man."-- Phil Taylor, Washington Post, A Men's Journal Best Book of the Year Finalist for the Sunday Times Biography of the Year Finalist for the Cross British Sports Book Award Praise for SHOWBOAT, "Stands to be one of the popular go-to sports books on the holiday gift list."-- Tom Hoffarth, Los Angeles Daily News, "Roland Lazenby is one of the preeminent voices when it comes professional hoops.... His latest book Showboat is a dynamic biography of the loved and loathed Los Angeles' swingman.... The book does a masterful job of going beyond what the public already knows about Kobe - that he was a maniacal competitor - and gives the reader a comprehensive look at what propelled him to reach the apex of his sport."-- Sean Burch, FOX Sports' "Lake Show Life", "It's not every day that I'm blown away by a book about a sports figure. But MICHAEL JORDAN: THE LIFE, by Roland Lazenby, ranks up there with the very best: The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn, Friday Night Lights by Buzz Bissinger, and Joe DiMaggio by Richard Ben Cramer. The depth of reporting, his frequent ascent into poetry, and his intelligent analysis of the life of this complicated, fascinating American icon deserve Pulitzer Prize consideration. For the first time I understand what makes Michael Jordan tick. I was captivated, fascinated and beguiled from beginning to end."-- Peter Golenbock, New York Times-bestselling author of George and In the Country of Brooklyn, "An utterly definitive biography.... The most comprehensive attempt yet made to explain the factors that have gone into producing the most famous basketball player and marketing phenom in the history of world sports....I don't know how it would be possible to write a more complete biography of him."-- The Chicago Tribune, "With the publication of Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant , it is high time we recognized author Roland Lazenby for what he has become: the finest sports biographer of our time. First with the astonishing Michael Jordan: The Life and now his having written an incredibly researched, beautifully written biography of this enigmatic Laker superstar, Lazenby has entered rarified air: one is wowed by what one learns and at the same time you can't wait to read what comes next."-- Peter Golenbock, author of ten New York Times bestsellers, Praise for Michael Jordan One of Amazon's Best Books of the Year: Sports & Outdoors "In his thoughtful, extraordinarily well-researched biography "Michael Jordan: The Life," Roland Lazenby... gives us the life and much more.... The exhaustive narrative of Jordan's basketball career is written with appropriate awe. But what makes this portrayal especially worthwhile is everything else."-- Mike Greenberg, New York Times Book Review, "Lazenby tells Bryant's story well...this is bound to be the best biography of Kobe Bryant for some time."-- Kirkus, "With surgical precision, Roland Lazenby expertly dissects the life of this generation's most fascinating basketball player. What made Kobe Bryant tick so loud for so long? Lazenby shows you with a tour de force in reporting and an intimate inspection at Bryant's trials, accomplishments and tribulations."-- Jonathan Abrams, author of Boys Among Men
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