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1) Michael Jordan

Author

Joseph, Paul

Series

Awesome athletes

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This book describes the life and basketball career of the high-scoring player who led the Chicago Bulls to four NBA championships.

2) Sacred hoops: spiritual lessons of a hardwood warrior

Author

Jackson, Phil

Pub. Date

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"Sacred Hoops is an inside look at the higher wisdom of teamwork from Chicago Bulls' head coach Phil Jackson. At the heart of the book is Jackson's philosophy of mindful basketball - and his lifelong quest to bring enlightenment to the competitive world of professional sports."--BOOK JACKET. "One of the most successful coaches in NBA history, Jackson has developed a new paradigm of leadership based on Eastern and Native American principles. His approach...

3) Playing for keeps: Michael Jordan and the world he made

Author

Halberstam, David

Pub. Date

[1999]

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"In Playing for Keeps, David Halberstam takes the first full measure of Michael Jordan's epic career, one of the great American stories of our time. A narrative of astonishing power and human drama, brimming with revealing anecdotes and penetrating insights, the book chronicles the forces in Jordan's life that have shaped him into history's greatest basketball player, and the larger forces that have converged to make him the most famous living human...

4) The story of the Chicago Bulls

Author

Frisch, Nate

Series

NBA a history of hoops

Pub. Date

c2015

5) Unguarded

Author

Pippen, Scottie

Pub. Date

2021.

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"Scottie Pippen has been called one of the greatest NBA players for good reason. Simply put, without Pippen, there are no championship banners—let alone six—hanging from the United Center rafters. There’s no Last Dance documentary. There’s no “Michael Jordan” as we know him. The 1990s Chicago Bulls teams would not exist as we know them. So how did the youngest of twelve go from growing up poor in the small town of Hamburg, Arkansas,...

6) The story of the Chicago Bulls

Author

LeBoutillier, Nate

Pub. Date

c2007

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Chronicles the history of the Chicago Bulls basketball team, highlighting important games, players, and coaches and presenting color photos.

7) For the love of the game: my story

Author

Jordan, Michael

Pub. Date

[1998]

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Basketball star Michael Jordan discusses his career, family, beliefs, and dreams.

8) Michael Jordan: legendary guard

Author

Owens, Tom

Series

Sports greats

Pub. Date

1997

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Profiles the basketball superstar, who retired from the Chicago Bulls at age thirty, played minor league baseball, and then returned to professional basketball in 1994.

9) The Chicago Bulls basketball team

Author

Owens, Thomas S

Pub. Date

1997

10) Taking to the air: the rise of Michael Jordan

Author

Naughton, Jim

Pub. Date

c1992

11) Sports great Michael Jordan

Author

Aaseng, Nathan

Pub. Date

c1992

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A biography of the star player for the Chicago Bulls who led the team to their first ever NBA championship in 1991.

12) Michael Jordan: the life

Author

Lazenby, Roland

Pub. Date

2014.

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Traces the life of one of the most legendary basketball players in the history of the sport, drawing upon interviews with Jordan's friends, family, and teammates, and following his career from college to the NBA.

13) Michael Jordan

Author

Dougherty, Denis

Pub. Date

1999

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A biography of the multi-talented basketball star for the Chicago Bulls, who has won nine NBA scoring titles and been named NBA's Defensive Player of the Year.

14) Michael Jordan

Author

Lovitt, Chip

Pub. Date

[1998]

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Discusses the childhood, education, basketball career, and personal life of the Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan.

15) Chicago Bulls

Author

Clausen-Grace, Nicki

Series

Bolt. Team stats basketball edition

Pub. Date

[2021]

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"Discover the Chicago Bulls' powerhouse players and biggest moments through exciting text and dynamic infographics"--

16) Michael Jordan: basketball's soaring star

Author

Deegan, Paul J

Pub. Date

c1988

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Describes the life and career of the Chicago Bulls basketball player who became the first player in twenty-four years to score more than 3,000 points in one season.

17) Scottie Pippen: the do-everything superstar

Author

Gutman, Bill

Pub. Date

[1997]

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Looks at the career of this basketball star who, in spite of playing in the shadow of Michael Jordan, has become one of the greatest all-around performers in the sport's history.

18) Michael Jordan: beyond Air

Author

Brooks, Philip

Pub. Date

1995

19) Jumpman: the making and meaning of Michael Jordan

Author

Smith, John Matthew

Pub. Date

2023.

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"In 1991, Michael Jordan was on the brink of his first national championship and global superstardom. As he overcame stiff competition from the reigning titans of basketball and solidified his iconic status in the imagination of the American public, every new success created unprecedented commercial possibilities. Yet his life grew increasingly isolating. Every game, every appearance on television, amplified the public clamoring for Jordan to meet...