Tales from the Hardwood

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The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy 4.20 avg rating — 37,511 ratings
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The Breaks of the Game
The Breaks of the Game 4.21 avg rating — 13,153 ratings
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A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers
A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers 4.17 avg rating — 9,141 ratings
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When the Game Was Ours
When the Game Was Ours 4.23 avg rating — 15,832 ratings
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Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever
Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever 4.23 avg rating — 13,850 ratings
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Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association
Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association 4.21 avg rating — 3,721 ratings
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The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of One Turbulent Season with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls
The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of One Turbulent Season with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls
by: Sam Smith
4.25 avg rating — 18,937 ratings
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Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich
Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich 4.10 avg rating — 6,888 ratings
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Play Their Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine
Play Their Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine 4.23 avg rating — 4,498 ratings
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The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams
The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams 4.20 avg rating — 5,998 ratings
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Tip-Off: How the 1984 NBA Draft Changed Basketball Forever
Tip-Off: How the 1984 NBA Draft Changed Basketball Forever 4.13 avg rating — 1,035 ratings
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Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made
Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made 4.28 avg rating — 6,679 ratings
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A March to Madness: A View from the Floor in the Atlantic Coast Conference
A March to Madness: A View from the Floor in the Atlantic Coast Conference 4.09 avg rating — 2,296 ratings
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Seven Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns
Seven Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns 4.04 avg rating — 4,408 ratings
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When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball
When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball 4.03 avg rating — 1,222 ratings
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The Last Season: A Team In Search of Its Soul
The Last Season: A Team In Search of Its Soul 4.11 avg rating — 8,723 ratings
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The Last Amateurs
The Last Amateurs 4.02 avg rating — 1,993 ratings
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The Punch: One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever
The Punch: One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever 3.96 avg rating — 3,534 ratings
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Michael Jordan: The Life
Michael Jordan: The Life 4.31 avg rating — 8,109 ratings
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Last Dance
Last Dance 3.81 avg rating — 1,171 ratings
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Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s
Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s 4.35 avg rating — 4,519 ratings
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The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty
The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty 4.32 avg rating — 2,988 ratings
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Second Wind
Second Wind 4.22 avg rating — 300 ratings
24.
The Rivalry: Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and the Golden Age of Basketball
The Rivalry: Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and the Golden Age of Basketball 4.22 avg rating — 443 ratings
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Can I Keep My Jersey?: 11 Teams, 5 Countries, and 4 Years in My Life as a Basketball Vagabond
Can I Keep My Jersey?: 11 Teams, 5 Countries, and 4 Years in My Life as a Basketball Vagabond 3.83 avg rating — 3,499 ratings
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A Season Inside: One Year in College Basketball
A Season Inside: One Year in College Basketball 4.12 avg rating — 471 ratings
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Tall Tales: The Glory Years of the NBA
Tall Tales: The Glory Years of the NBA 4.28 avg rating — 245 ratings
28.
Let Me Tell You a Story: A Lifetime in the Game
Let Me Tell You a Story: A Lifetime in the Game 4.13 avg rating — 1,938 ratings
29.
The Mamba Mentality: How I Play
The Mamba Mentality: How I Play 4.26 avg rating — 17,184 ratings
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Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated
Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated 4.38 avg rating — 6,356 ratings
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Sacred Hoops: SPIRITUAL LESSONS OF A HARDWOOD WARRIOR
Sacred Hoops: SPIRITUAL LESSONS OF A HARDWOOD WARRIOR 4.02 avg rating — 5,399 ratings
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Heaven Is a Playground
Heaven Is a Playground 4.23 avg rating — 1,537 ratings
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Glory Road: My Story of the 1966 NCAA Basketball Championship and How One Team Triumphed Against the Odds and Changed America Forever
Glory Road: My Story of the 1966 NCAA Basketball Championship and How One Team Triumphed Against the Odds and Changed America Forever 4.19 avg rating — 431 ratings
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FreeDarko Presents: The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac: Styles, Stats, and Stars in Today's Game
FreeDarko Presents: The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac: Styles, Stats, and Stars in Today's Game 4.28 avg rating — 1,344 ratings
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Fab Five: Basketball, Trash Talk, The American Dream
Fab Five: Basketball, Trash Talk, The American Dream 4.29 avg rating — 4,638 ratings
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The Last Great Game: Duke vs. Kentucky and the 2.1 Seconds That Changed Basketball
The Last Great Game: Duke vs. Kentucky and the 2.1 Seconds That Changed Basketball 4.35 avg rating — 2,467 ratings
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FreeDarko Presents: The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History
FreeDarko Presents: The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History 4.31 avg rating — 1,641 ratings
38.
Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court
Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court 4.38 avg rating — 2,755 ratings
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Boys Among Men: How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution
Boys Among Men: How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution 4.14 avg rating — 2,792 ratings
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Only the Strong Survive: The Odyssey of Allen Iverson
Only the Strong Survive: The Odyssey of Allen Iverson 4.23 avg rating — 478 ratings
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Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball
Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball 4.29 avg rating — 836 ratings
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Fall River Dreams: A Team's Quest for Glory, A Town's Search for Its Soul
Fall River Dreams: A Team's Quest for Glory, A Town's Search for Its Soul 4.18 avg rating — 725 ratings
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Hoop Dreams
Hoop Dreams 4.22 avg rating — 676 ratings
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The Basketball Diaries
The Basketball Diaries 3.99 avg rating — 31,489 ratings
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The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History
The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History 4.30 avg rating — 859 ratings
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Four Corners: How Unc, N.C. State, Duke, and Wake Forest Made North Carolina the Center of the Basketball Universe
Four Corners: How Unc, N.C. State, Duke, and Wake Forest Made North Carolina the Center of the Basketball Universe 3.88 avg rating — 80 ratings
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They Call Me Coach
They Call Me Coach 4.18 avg rating — 2,048 ratings
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Don't Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench
Don't Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench 3.96 avg rating — 5,274 ratings
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Wilt, 1962: The Night of 100 Points and the Dawn of a New Era
Wilt, 1962: The Night of 100 Points and the Dawn of a New Era 3.80 avg rating — 322 ratings
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Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty
Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty 4.28 avg rating — 4,231 ratings
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Shaq Uncut: My Story
Shaq Uncut: My Story 4.06 avg rating — 3,502 ratings
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The Art of a Beautiful Game: The Thinking Fan's Tour of the NBA
The Art of a Beautiful Game: The Thinking Fan's Tour of the NBA 4.29 avg rating — 3,881 ratings
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Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant
Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant 4.30 avg rating — 2,387 ratings
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Inside Game: Race, Power, and Politics In the NBA (Ohio History and Culture)
Inside Game: Race, Power, and Politics In the NBA (Ohio History and Culture) 4.18 avg rating — 39 ratings
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The Andrew Gaze Story: A Kid, a Ball, a Dream
The Andrew Gaze Story: A Kid, a Ball, a Dream 3.76 avg rating — 25 ratings
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I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It
I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It 3.68 avg rating — 1,341 ratings
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Drive: The Story of My Life
Drive: The Story of My Life 4.07 avg rating — 4,724 ratings
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Runnin' Rebel: Shark Tales of "Extra Benefits", Frank Sinatra and Winning It All
Runnin' Rebel: Shark Tales of "Extra Benefits", Frank Sinatra and Winning It All 3.94 avg rating — 179 ratings
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Not a Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson
Not a Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson
by: Kent Babb
3.91 avg rating — 926 ratings
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West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life
West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life 3.86 avg rating — 1,426 ratings
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Sum It Up: 1,098 Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective
Sum It Up: 1,098 Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective 4.57 avg rating — 264 ratings
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In The Swish
In The Swish 4.27 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Stephen Curry: The Boy Who Never Gave Up
Stephen Curry: The Boy Who Never Gave Up 4.46 avg rating — 866 ratings
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Walk-On Warrior: Drive, Discipline, and the Will to Win
Walk-On Warrior: Drive, Discipline, and the Will to Win 4.08 avg rating — 141 ratings
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A Sense of Where You Are: Bill Bradley at Princeton
A Sense of Where You Are: Bill Bradley at Princeton 4.10 avg rating — 1,796 ratings
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Sprawlball: A Visual Tour of the New Era of the NBA
Sprawlball: A Visual Tour of the New Era of the NBA 4.10 avg rating — 1,647 ratings
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Life on the Run
Life on the Run 4.10 avg rating — 658 ratings
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Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska
Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska 3.96 avg rating — 499 ratings
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Blue Blood: Duke-Carolina: Inside the Most Storied Rivalry in College Hoops
Blue Blood: Duke-Carolina: Inside the Most Storied Rivalry in College Hoops 4.02 avg rating — 283 ratings
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Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery (The Sports Beat, #1)
Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery (The Sports Beat, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 5,324 ratings
70.
Basketball: A Love Story
Basketball: A Love Story 4.19 avg rating — 1,530 ratings
72.
Hang Time: My Life in Basketball
Hang Time: My Life in Basketball 4.18 avg rating — 206 ratings
73.
King of the Court: Bill Russell and the Basketball Revolution
King of the Court: Bill Russell and the Basketball Revolution 4.16 avg rating — 113 ratings
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To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever: A Thoroughly Obsessive, Intermittently Uplifting, and Occasionally Unbiased Account of the Duke-North Carolina Basketball Rivalry
To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever: A Thoroughly Obsessive, Intermittently Uplifting, and Occasionally Unbiased Account of the Duke-North Carolina Basketball Rivalry 3.97 avg rating — 869 ratings
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Dr. J: The Autobiography
Dr. J: The Autobiography 4.04 avg rating — 905 ratings
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I Came As a Shadow: An Autobiography
I Came As a Shadow: An Autobiography 4.47 avg rating — 1,914 ratings
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Wilt: Just Like Any Other 7-Foot Black Millionaire Who Lives Next Door
Wilt: Just Like Any Other 7-Foot Black Millionaire Who Lives Next Door 3.75 avg rating — 166 ratings
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Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP
Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP 4.40 avg rating — 3,857 ratings
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Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics
Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics 4.21 avg rating — 1,165 ratings
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Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success
Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success 4.19 avg rating — 17,340 ratings
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Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure
Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure 4.15 avg rating — 102 ratings
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A Coach's Life: My 40 Years in College Basketball
A Coach's Life: My 40 Years in College Basketball 4.15 avg rating — 556 ratings
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Forever's Team
Forever's Team 4.02 avg rating — 196 ratings
83.
Season of Upsets: Farm boys, city kids, Hoosier basketball and the dawn of the 1950s
Season of Upsets: Farm boys, city kids, Hoosier basketball and the dawn of the 1950s 4.29 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Mindgames: Phil Jackson's Long Strange Journey
Mindgames: Phil Jackson's Long Strange Journey 3.96 avg rating — 213 ratings
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Assisted: An Autobiography
Assisted: An Autobiography 3.96 avg rating — 982 ratings
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Lute!: The Seasons of My Life
Lute!: The Seasons of My Life 3.83 avg rating — 126 ratings
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Counting Coup : A True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Big Horn
Counting Coup : A True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Big Horn 4.17 avg rating — 1,267 ratings
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Hard Work: A Life On and Off the Court
Hard Work: A Life On and Off the Court 4.17 avg rating — 887 ratings
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Going Home Again: Roy Williams, The North Carolina Tar Heels, And A Season To Remember
Going Home Again: Roy Williams, The North Carolina Tar Heels, And A Season To Remember 4.24 avg rating — 63 ratings
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Golden: The Miraculous Rise of Steph Curry
Golden: The Miraculous Rise of Steph Curry 3.96 avg rating — 1,268 ratings
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KG: A to Z: An Uncensored Encyclopedia of Life, Basketball, and Everything in Between
KG: A to Z: An Uncensored Encyclopedia of Life, Basketball, and Everything in Between 4.09 avg rating — 993 ratings
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Bleeding Orange: Fifty Years of Blind Referees, Screaming Fans, Beasts of the East, and Syracuse Basketball
Bleeding Orange: Fifty Years of Blind Referees, Screaming Fans, Beasts of the East, and Syracuse Basketball 4.16 avg rating — 373 ratings
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Forty-Eight Minutes: A Night in the Life of the NBA
Forty-Eight Minutes: A Night in the Life of the NBA
by: Bob Ryan
4.09 avg rating — 93 ratings
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I Love Being the Enemy
I Love Being the Enemy 4.10 avg rating — 198 ratings
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My Life
My Life 4.05 avg rating — 1,076 ratings
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Bob Knight: His Own Man
Bob Knight: His Own Man 3.40 avg rating — 67 ratings
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The Sixth Man
The Sixth Man 4.07 avg rating — 3,599 ratings
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Winter Games
Winter Games 3.70 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Hanging On To My Dreams: Bouncing Back From All Rejections
Hanging On To My Dreams: Bouncing Back From All Rejections 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings
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