Isbn: 9780618251391 - best amer sports 04 pa: a premier anthology of outstanding journalism on the drama and humanity of sports (the best american series ®) (12 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind. "Cracker-jack writing from some of the country's best-known sports journalists." -- Publishers Weekly With Richard Ben Cramer at the helm, this year's selections embrace the world of sports in all its drama, humanity, and excitement, from swimming the Arctic Ocean to high school football. Today's foremost journalists shed light on Mia Hamm, Amare Stoudemire, and on sports' underbelly as a professional baseball team scalps its own tickets and as women single-mindedly pursue million-dollar athletes. We witness the World Taxidermy Championships, the final days of the Michael Jordan Wizards, and much more.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind. "Cracker-jack writing from some of the country's best-known sports journalists." -- Publishers Weekly With Richard Ben Cramer at the helm, this year's selections embrace the world of sports in all its drama, humanity, and excitement, from swimming the Arctic Ocean to high school football. Today's foremost journalists shed light on Mia Hamm, Amare Stoudemire, and on sports' underbelly as a professional baseball team scalps its own tickets and as women single-mindedly pursue million-dollar athletes. We witness the World Taxidermy Championships, the final days of the Michael Jordan Wizards, and much more.…

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Zustand: NEAR FINE. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Collects 26 essays by sportswriters and journalists - including Gary Smith, Ira Berkow, William Nack, Mitch Album, Rick Telander, Robert Draper, Charles P. Pierce and others. Introduction by Richard Ben Cramer and foreword by Glenn Stout, series editor. SIGNED by Susan Orlean at her essay "Lifelike" on the World Taxidemry Champtionship. Biographical notes on contributors. xxiii, 300 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 300 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.