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Big Game, Small World

A Basketball Adventure

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Regular Price $12.99 CAD

Regular Price $9.99

Regular Price $12.99 CAD

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On Sale

May 30, 2010

Page Count

448 Pages

ISBN-13

9780446561310

Description

Alex Wolff canvasses the globe and travels to 16 different countries (and 10 states in the U.S.) to find out exactly why basketball has become a worldwide phenomenon. Whether it’s in a pick-up game on the Royal court in Bhutan, in the heart of a former female college player of the year turned cloistered nun, in the tragedy of the legendary junior national team in war torn Yugoslavia, or in the life’s work of one of the greatest players to ever play in the NBA, Alex Wolff discovers that basketball can define an individual, a race, a culture, and in some instances even a country. Fusing John Feinstein’s talent for finding the human drama behind sport with Bill Bryson’s travelogue style, Wolff shows how the power and love of basketball extends to the four corners of the earth and engages people of all cultures, races, genders, and generations.

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