Isbn: 9781888363784 - the cockroach basketball league: a novel: viii (31 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The Cockroach Basketball League follows the tribulations of hard-driving coach Bob Lassner of the Savannah Stars, a team in the Commercial Basketball League - a fiction drawn from Rosen's own nine years experience coaching in the minor-league Continental Basketball Association. Lassner is an aging hippie and divorc© who hails from a Bronx tenement. His obsession with the game of basketball animates this kinetic, gritty ramble through the sport's minor leagues. Lassner is either red with rage or soft with compassion as he struggles to deal with his wayward players. His top scorer is selfish and arrogant; another player faces a grand jury for a point-shaving scheme; still others are drinking and taking drugs. Lassner also faces a meddlesome team owner, racial tension, and the threat of losing his job if he doesn1t produce victories. With The Cockroach Basketball League, Rosen provides a poignant portrait of men - both players and coaches - who may not ever make it to the NBA. Through this look at life in the minors, Rosen offers a unique perspective on college and pro basketball, media hype, and the psychology of dreams deferred.…

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Trade Paperback. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket as Issued. BZ6 - A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with heavy clear plastic lamination applied to the covers plus there are the usual library labels and stamps on the back cover, the top outside paper edges, the front endpaper, and the title page. Foreword by Phil Jackson. This is the first of the author's trilogy of basketball novels. The other two titles in the series are "The House of Moses All-Stars" and "Barney Polan's Game." 279p. Size: 6"x8.75". Ex-Library.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: Good. The Cockroach Basketball League follows the tribulations of hard-driving coach Bob Lassner of the Savannah Stars, a team in the Commercial Basketball League - a fiction drawn from Rosen's own nine years experience coaching in the minor-league Continental Basketball Association. Lassner is an aging hippie and divorc© who hails from a Bronx tenement. His obsession with the game of basketball animates this kinetic, gritty ramble through the sport's minor leagues. Lassner is either red with rage or soft with compassion as he struggles to deal with his wayward players. His top scorer is selfish and arrogant; another player faces a grand jury for a point-shaving scheme; still others are drinking and taking drugs. Lassner also faces a meddlesome team owner, racial tension, and the threat of losing his job if he doesn1t produce victories. With The Cockroach Basketball League, Rosen provides a poignant portrait of men - both players and coaches - who may not ever make it to the NBA. Through this look at life in the minors, Rosen offers a unique perspective on college and pro basketball, media hype, and the psychology of dreams deferred.…

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Softcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. The Cockroach Basketball League follows the tribulations of hard-driving coach Bob Lassner of the Savannah Stars, a team in the Commercial Basketball League%u2014a fiction drawn from Rosen's own nine years experience coaching in the minor-league Continental Basketball Association. Lassner is an aging hippie and divorcé who hails from a Bronx tenement. His obsession with the game of basketball animates this kinetic, gritty ramble through the sport's minor leagues. Lassner is either red with rage or soft with compassion as he struggles to deal with his wayward players. His top scorer is selfish and arrogant; another player faces a grand jury for a point-shaving scheme; still others are drinking and taking drugs. Lassner also faces a meddlesome team owner, racial tension, and the threat of losing his job if he doesn1t produce victories. With The Cockroach Basketball League, Rosen provides a poignant portrait of men%u2014both players and coaches%u2014who may not ever make it to the NBA. Through this look at life in the minors, Rosen offers a unique perspective on college and pro basketball, media hype, and the psychology of dreams deferred. Former library book. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.…

Soft cover. First Edition. ISBN: 1888363789, 1st Trade Paperback Edition, Fine Minus/pictorial wraps; trace of light wear to covers and cover edges, 8vo., 279 pages., 0.0 0.0 0.0.

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The Cockroach Basketball League follows the tribulations of hard-driving coach Bob Lassner of the Savannah Stars, a team in the Commercial Basketball League-a fiction drawn from Rosen's own nine years experience coaching in the minor-league Continental Basketball Association. Lassner is an aging hippie and divorce who hails from a Bronx tenement. His obsession with the game of basketball animates this kinetic, gritty ramble through the sport's minor leagues.Lassner is either red with rage or soft with compassion as he struggles to deal with his wayward players. His top scorer is selfish and arrogant; another player faces a grand jury for a point-shaving scheme; still others are drinking and taking drugs. Lassner also faces a meddlesome team owner, racial tension and the threat of losing his job if he doesn't produce victories.With The Cockroach Basketball League, Rosen provides a poignant portrait of men-both players and coaches-who may not ever make it to the NBA. Through this look at life in the minors, Rosen offers a unique perspective on college and pro basketball, media hype, and the psychology of dreams deferred. This affectionate look at life in the basketball minor leagues is enlivened by real-life details from a coach who's been there. "Mr. Rosen skillfully induces the reader to join 'the Brotherhood of the Sacred Hoop'"--"The New York Times". Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good. Clean text.

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. reprint edition. 279 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Condición: New. 1998. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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PAPERBACK. 1st edition thus. inscribed by Rosen "To Phil, Thanks for your generosity - from one hoop-o-maniac to another", 279pp, octavo. Foreward is by legendary Bulls/Lakers coach Phil Jackson, former Knick and Albany Patroon (CBA!) We have no provenance for this, but I'm enjoying thinking that the book was inscribed to him. tight binding, clean throughout, clean and colorful wraps, crisp pages, light crease to the corner, mild edge wear, faint sticker ghost to upper right corner, Very Good.…

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The Cockroach Basketball League follows the tribulations of hard-driving coach Bob Lassner of the Savannah Stars, a team in the Commercial Basketball Leaguea fiction drawn from Rosen's own nine years experience coaching in the minor-league Continental Basketball Association. Lassner is an aging hippie and divorcé who hails from a Bronx tenement. His obsession with the game of basketball animates this kinetic, gritty ramble through the sport's minor leagues.Lassner is either red with rage or soft with compassion as he struggles to deal with his wayward players. His top scorer is selfish and arrogant; another player faces a grand jury for a point-shaving scheme; still others are drinking and taking drugs. Lassner also faces a meddlesome team owner, racial tension and the threat of losing his job if he doesn't produce victories.With The Cockroach Basketball League, Rosen provides a poignant portrait of menboth players and coacheswho may not ever make it to the NBA. Through this look at life in the minors, Rosen offers a unique perspective on college and pro basketball, media hype, and the psychology of dreams deferred.…

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The Cockroach Basketball League follows the tribulations of hard-driving coach Bob Lassner of the Savannah Stars, a team in the Commercial Basketball League-a fiction drawn from Rosen's own nine years experience coaching in the minor-league Continental Basketball Association. Lassner is an aging hippie and divorce who hails from a Bronx tenement. His obsession with the game of basketball animates this kinetic, gritty ramble through the sport's minor leagues.Lassner is either red with rage or soft with compassion as he struggles to deal with his wayward players. His top scorer is selfish and arrogant; another player faces a grand jury for a point-shaving scheme; still others are drinking and taking drugs. Lassner also faces a meddlesome team owner, racial tension, and the threat of losing his job if he doesn1t produce victories.With The Cockroach Basketball League, Rosen provides a poignant portrait of men-both players and coaches-who may not ever make it to the NBA. Through this look at life in the minors, Rosen offers a unique perspective on college and pro basketball, media hype, and the psychology of dreams deferred. This affectionate look at life in the basketball minor leagues is enlivened by real-life details from a coach who's been there. "Mr. Rosen skillfully induces the reader to join 'the Brotherhood of the Sacred Hoop'"--"The New York Times". Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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Condición: New. A native of the Bronx and longtime pal of basketball guru Phil Jackson,&#160CHARLEY ROSEN&#160led the league in technical fouls during each of his six years as a coach in the now-defunct Continental Basketball Association. Since then he has become .