{"product_id":"barkley-a-biography","title":"Barkley: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Good Morning America Buzz Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2022\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe definitive biography of Charles Barkley, exploring his early childhood, his storied NBA career, and his enduring legacy as a provocative voice in American pop culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe's one of the most interesting American athletes in the past fifty years. Passionate, candid, iconoclastic, and gifted both on and off the court, Charles Barkley has made a lasting impact on not only the world of basketball but pop culture at large.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet few people know the real Charles. Raised by his mother and grandmother in Leeds, Alabama, he struggled in his early years to fit in until he found a sense of community and purpose in basketball. In the NBA he went toe-to-toe with the biggest legends in the game, from Magic to Michael to Hakeem to Shaq. But in the years since, he has become a bold agitator for social change, unafraid to grapple, often brashly, with even the thorniest of cultural issues facing our nation today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInformed by over 370 original interviews and painstaking research, Timothy Bella's \u003cem\u003eBarkley \u003c\/em\u003eis the most comprehensive biography to date of one of the most talked-about icons in the world of sports.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hanover Square Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781335005670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Past Forward","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963483684973,"sku":"9781335005670","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/5251\/0317\/files\/Barkley_A_Biography.png?v=1770949601","url":"https:\/\/threepointclub.org\/products\/barkley-a-biography","provider":"THREE POINT CLUB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}