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#1 New York Times bestseller Who is the greatest dunker of all
time? Which version of the Michael Jordan was the best Michael
Jordan? What is allowed and absolutely not allowed in a game of
pickup basketball? Basketball (and Other Things) presents readers
with a whole new set of pivotal and ridiculous fan disputes from
basketball history, providing arguments and answers, explained with
the wit and wisdom that is unique to Shea Serrano. Serrano breaks
down debates that NBA fans didn't even know they needed, from the
classic (How many years during his career was Kobe Bryant actually
the best player in the league?) to the fantastical (If you could
assign different values to different shots throughout basketball
history, what would they be and why?). With incredible art from
Arturo Torres, this book is a must-have for anyone who has ever
stayed up late into the night debating basketball's greatest
moments, what-ifs, stories, and legends, or for those who are
discovering the mythology of basketball for the first time.
The Rap Year Book takes readers on a journey that begins in 1979,
widely regarded as the moment rap as a genre became recognised as
part of music's landscape and comes right up to the present. Shea
Serrano deftly pays homage to the most important song of each year.
Serrano also examines the most important moments that surround the
history and culture of rap music-from artists' backgrounds, to
issues of race and safety, to the rise of hip-hop and the struggles
among its major players-both personal and professional. Covering
East Coast and West Coast, famous rapper feuds, chart toppers and
show stoppers, The Rap Year Book takes an in-depth look at the last
thirty-five years of the most influential genre of music to come
out of the last generation. Complete with quizzes, infographics,
lyric maps, hilarious and informative footnotes, portraits of the
artists, and the occasional rebuttal essay by other prominent music
writers, The Rap Year Book is both a narrative and illustrated
guide to some of the most iconic and influential songs ever created
under the umbrella of rap music. Serrano cites a variety of sources
to form his arguments including biographies, magazines and
documentaries, as well as his own experiences growing up at a time
when hip-hop was becoming a prevalent force in the music industry.
With its all-encompassing look at the ups and downs of rap music,
and the landmark songs that are its tent-poles, this book will be
perfect for anyone who is a fan of the genre.
Movies (And Other Things) is a book about, quite frankly, movies
(and other things). One of the chapters, for example, answers which
race Kevin Costner was able to white savior the best, because did
you know that he white saviors Mexicans in McFarland, USA, and
white saviors Native Americans in Dances with Wolves, and white
saviors Black people in Black or White, and white saviors the
Cleveland Browns in Draft Day? Another of the chapters, for a
second example, answers what other high school movie characters
would be in Regina George's circle of friends if we opened up the
Mean Girls universe to include other movies (Johnny Lawrence is
temporarily in, Claire from The Breakfast Club is in, Ferris
Bueller is out, Isis from Bring It On is out...). Another of the
chapters, for a third example, creates a special version of the
Academy Awards specifically for rom-coms, the most underrated movie
genre of all. And another of the chapters, for a final example, is
actually a triple chapter that serves as an NBA-style draft of the
very best and most memorable moments in gangster movies. Many, many
things happen in Movies (And Other Things), some of which funny,
others of which are sad, a few of which are insightful, and all of
which are handled with the type of care and dedication to the
smallest details and pockets of pop culture that only a book by
Shea Serrano can provide.
A hardcover edition featuring new content for fans of the #1 New
York Times bestseller  Any fan of Shea Serrano’s
unconventional, hilarious, and insightful writing will want to add
this hardcover edition of his wildly popular Basketball (and Other
Things) to their collection. The book will feature a new cover and
two new chapters as well as removable art that showcases
Serrano’s trademark creativity and Arturo Torres’s inimitable
illustration style. First released as a paperback in 2017, the book
went on to become a #1 New York Times bestseller. This edition will
be a keepsake for Serrano fans and basketball fans alike.
An ironically upbeat book that asks some of today’s most
inimitable musicians which song they would choose to be the last
one they ever hear  If you could choose the last song
you’d hear before you died, what would it be and why? Your
favorite song of all time? Perhaps the one you danced to at your
wedding? The song from that time you got super stoned and just let
the chords speak to you? It’s a hard question that Mike Ayers has
thought about for years. Â In One Last Song, Ayers invites 30
musicians to consider what song they would each want to accompany
them to those pearly white gates. Weaving together their
explanations with evocative illustrations and poignant
interludes—what your song to die to says about you, what songs
famous people have died to, and more. The book offers insight into
the minds of famous artists and provides an entry point for
considering how integral music is to our own personal narratives.
Bun B.'s Rap colouring and Activity Book is a 48-page fully
interactive book of colouring pages, unbelievably clever activities
and smart plays on rap culture bring Hip-Hop right into your living
room.
NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, HIP-HOP (AND OTHER THINGS) is
about, as it were, rap, but also some other things. It's a smart,
fun, funny, insightful book that spends the entirety of its time
celebrating what has become the most dominant form of music over
the past two and a half decades. From Tupac to Jay Z, Missy Elliott
to Drake, you'll find pretty much all of the big names among these
pages - as well as a bunch of the smaller names, too. There's art
from acclaimed illustrator Arturo Torres, there are infographics
and footnotes; there's all kinds of stuff in there. Some of the
chapters are serious, and some of the chapters are silly, and some
of the chapters are a combination of both things. All of them,
though, are treated with the care and respect that they deserve.
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