Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9780306818103
ISBN: 0306818108
Label: Da Capo Press
Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2008-10-27
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Studio: Da Capo Press

Customer Rating:
Summary: 1986 Is No Longer "The Last Banner"
Comment: Peter May's "Top of the World" relives the Celtics' drive to their first NBA championship in 22 years and their seventeenth overall. May tells the story of how the 2008 Celtics were assembled and paints a brief background sketch of coach Doc Rivers and of each of the key members of the title squad. The author takes the reader through the highlights of the team's 66-16 regular season and describes Boston's playoff conquests of the Hawks, Cavaliers, Pistons, and Lakers.

The book's only drawback was the fact that it contained a half-dozen or so factual errors concerning scores or years--while the book was good overall, it seemed that no one proofread it. Still, it will be eagerly devoured by any Celtic fan, and May himself must be as pleased as anyone that the title of one of his earlier books, "The Last Banner", is now obsolete.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: top of the world
Comment: i just loved top of the world..a story of how the boston celtics took the nba title last year.....a must read for celtics fans ...give it as a gift to LA laker fans LOL

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Top of the World
Comment: Top of the World provides a great insight into the 2008 Celtics' championship season. You get to know the players and their backgrounds better. The book is well written, easy to read, sustains interest, and hits the important issues. It is a great companion to the DVDs of the playoffs and the team. Highly recommended for true Celtic fans.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Celtics story offers obvious parallels for life
Comment: Rather than simply retell the details of specific games of the season, Peter May offers rare insight into the on and off-court orchestration of a championship season. From ownership to management to coaches to the players themselves - a near complete change from major loser to NBA champion - and here's how it was done in only one season !! It also is a great story of how maximum effort and selfless team play in basketball can produce a champion with obvious parallels for life. Any true sports fan - not only Boston fans - will find this a memorable and rewarding read and one that celebrates teamwork over the ever so prevalent "me-first" attitude in sports today.

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Summary: Top of the World!
Comment: For any Celtics fan, this is a great read. To see that the acquisition of Allen and Garnett was equal parts persistence, plan, and luck gives any Celtics fan hope that another championship is within reach with the current ownership and management. Thanks to Peter May for delivering!

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