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The Story of the Edmonton Commercial Graduates Basketball Club\" discusses the domination by the Edmonton Grads for a quarter century under the guidance of J. Percy Page. Not only winning championships, they traveled the world to continue their domination. \"The Grads are Playing Tonight!\" is a strongly recommended pick...\" Wisconsin Bookwatch, February 2012\u003cbr\u003eHall's fine book brings the Grads to life - fierce competitors who played with joyful élan. The book is also a compelling portrait of the rough-and-tumble prairie city whose civic pride was awakened by the Grads' exploits. Bruce Ward, Ottawa Citizen, February 19, 2012\u003cbr\u003e# 6 on the Edmonton Journal's Bestsellers list for the week on April 23, 2012\u003cbr\u003e\"Almost like a fairytale, this hard-to-believe story about an almost-invincible female basketball team and their committed coach, J. Percy Page (later Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta), comes alive in the pages of The Grads are Playing Tonight! 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The Grads are Playing Tonight! will continue to play itself out in readers' heads long after they shut its covers.\" Jury comments, Trade Non-Fiction Book Award, BPAA.\u003cbr\u003e#7 on the Edmonton Journal's Bestsellers list for the week of June 24, 2012.\u003cbr\u003e\"Imagine that a Canadian sports team won ninety-six per cent of all the games it ever played - over the course of twenty-five years; that it sawed through its competition, going undefeated as it captured four consecutive Olympic championships; that it was named the best to ever play its sport, by the sport's inventor, no less. Wouldn't that team be an icon in Canada? Well, there is such a squad, but, unfortunately, the team is virtually unknown outside its native Alberta. I'm talking about the Edmonton Grads - a women's basketball team that dominated the sport between 1915 and 1940. Fortunately, M. Ann Hall has set out to cure our collective national amnesia with her new book, The Grads are Playing Tonight!... Hopefully, Hall's book will help spread the story across Canada.\" Mark Reid, Canada's History Magazine, June-July 2012\u003cbr\u003e\"Reading \"The Grads Are Playing Tonight!\" was a nostalgic experience for me.... M. Ann Hall's book is exactly how I remember the Grads: full of grit, enthusiastic about life, inspiring and proud. And they should be. The Grads were not simply amazing basketball players. They were transformative women of their time... They played in front of the largest sporting crowds of their time. Hall is a sportswriter, so her writing style is compelling, and she provides plenty of details on the team.\" Tracey Peter, Herizons, Fall 2012\u003cbr\u003e[The Grads Are Playing Tonight!] is the first comprehensive book about the club. In an extensively researched, accessible, yet detailed read, Hall reveals new insights into the team, the organization, the coach (J. Percy Page), and the lives of the players.... Hall also effectively places the story of the Grads organization within the history of basketball in North America and Europe, discussing the debates over gender-based rules, social and medical opinion during the 1920s and 1930s about the appropriate uses of women's bodies, and the international stage of women's sport during this period... The Grads Are Playing Tonight! is an important and long-awaited contribution to women's sport history scholarship.\" Carly Adams, Great Plains Quarterly, Fall 2012\u003cbr\u003e\"Ann Hall's latest contribution to the cannon of sports history is a well-written all encompassing examination of the legacy of the Edmonton Commercial Graduates basketball team. The Edmonton Commercial Graduates team (the \"Grads\") maintains the most outstanding winning record in the history of basketball.... Hall's thoughtful examination is extensive in scope, eloquently bringing together primary and secondary resources to provide a masterful collection of statistics, oral histories, photographs, commentaries, and newspaper accounts. Her account is the first book to provide an in-depth examination of the importance of the Edmonton Commercial Graduates basketball team across several domains of study: sports history, the sport of basketball, women's sport history and sport organization\/administration.... This book would be a welcome addition to both the avid sport history scholar and the general population. Hall's writing, explorations, and explanations are highly accessible across disciplines and to those wishing to simply learn more about this outstanding basketball team.\" Christiane Job, Sport History Review 2012\u003cbr\u003e\"As might be expected from the pioneering author M. 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The Grads Are Playing Tonight! is an inspiring challenge to those of us who want to understand both elite sport and its broader participatory culture.\" Jean Williams, Sport in History, November 2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword; The Huis and Where They Came From; The Formation of the Hui Zu; The Fate of the Hui During and After the Qing Dynasty; Further Assimilation of Minorities and its effects of Muslims; How the Hui Zu Lives in China; Influential Muslim Personalities; Admiral Zheng He and His Achievements; Contributions of the Chinese Muslims; The Staunchness of the Chinese Muslims.","brand":"University of Alberta Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884962361687,"sku":"9780888646026","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780888646026.jpg?v=1722534255"},{"product_id":"sacred-hoops-9781401308810","title":"Sacred Hoops","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a new introduction, Phil Jackson's modern classic of motivation, teamwork and Zen insight.","brand":"Hyperion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885509488983,"sku":"9781401308810","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781401308810.jpg?v=1722536715"},{"product_id":"history-of-basketball-in-fifteen-sneakers-9781523510283","title":"History of Basketball in Fifteen Sneakers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ultimate book for both hoops fans and sneaker obsessives, \u003ci\u003eA History of Basketball in Fifteen Sneakers\u003c\/i\u003e is an exciting and fascinating look at the sport written with authority and experience by former \u003ci\u003eComplex\u003c\/i\u003e magazine editor Russ Bengtson. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom primeval Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars to baroque Reebok Pumps and myth-making Air Jordans to super-high-tech Nike Adapt BBs, each chapter breaks down how a specific sneaker defined an era of basketball, transformed the culture, or changed the game. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith full-colour sneaker photographs and sidebars throughout, the book is a kaleidoscopic celebration of the players, styles, and iconic moments that have shaped hoops both on and off the court. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTopics include: Puma Clydes and the New York City street game; the explosion of sneaker marketing in the 1980s and the rise of the modern global basketball superstar with Michael Jordan; Nike Air Swoopes and the evolution of the women's game; sneaker tech and tweaking design to playing style, from inside post moves to outside sharpshooting; and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book is not only a tremendous amount of fun, but also a tremendous resource of history. 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There’s no one better to tell this story than Russ Bengtson.”—\u003cb\u003eMirin Fader, bestselling author of Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP and senior staff writer at The Ringer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A gorgeous book, as innovative and essential as the iconic sneakers that grace these pages. Whether you’re a sneakerhead, a basketball lover, or someone who has never even watched hoops, this book will pull you in. There’s no one better to tell this story than Russ Bengtson.” —\u003cb\u003eMirin Fader\u003c\/b\u003e, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGiannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP\u003c\/i\u003e and senior staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe Ringer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Russ Bengtson has been at both the genesis and the center of the sneaker revolution for thirty years. \u003ci\u003eA History of Basketball In Fifteen Sneakers\u003c\/i\u003e is not the typical sneaker dive—it is a historical recreation on how basketball and the shoes that have been a part of the game since Day One are as deeply connected as Chuck is to Taylor, Jordan is to Air, and P. 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