Outrageous!: The Fine Life and Flagrant Good Times of Basketball's Irresistible ForceCharles Barkley, five-time NBA all-star, looks back at his life and basketball career in the same no-holds-barred fashion with which he views everything. Full of his shoot-from-the-lip opinions and outlandish exploits, this book, like the man himself, can only be described as outrageous. 8 pages of photographs. |
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Introduction by Roy S Johnson 52 | 13 |
Let Me Tell You Something You Fat | 50 |
The Wonder Years | 126 |
Copyright | |
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Sporting Lives: Metaphor and Myth in American Sports Autobiographies James W. Pipkin Limited preview - 2008 |