Promotion

Use code BESTBOOKS24 for 25% off sitewide + free shipping over $35

The Book of James

The Power, Politics, and Passion of LeBron

The Book of James Open the full-size image

Contributors

By Valerie Babb

Read by Valerie Babb

Read by Sean Polite

Formats and Prices

Price

$24.99

Format

Format:

  1. Audiobook Download (Unabridged) $24.99
  2. ebook $18.99 $24.99 CAD
  3. Hardcover $30.00 $39.00 CAD

This item is a preorder. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around November 28, 2023. This date is subject to change due to shipping delays beyond our control.

Also available from:

The unique social, cultural, and political life of the incomparable LeBron James
 
LeBron James is the hero in two very American tales: one, a success story the nation loves; the other, the latest installment in an ongoing chronicle of American antiblackness. He’s the poor boy from a “broken” home who makes good. He’s also the poor Black boy from a “broken” home who makes good, then at the apex of his career finds “n*****” spray-painted across the gate to his home.
 
James has lived in the public eye ever since high school when his extraordinary athletic skills subjected his every action, every statement, every fashion choice to intense public scrutiny that tells us less about James himself and more about a nation still wrestling with many social inequities. He uses his celebrity not to transcend Blackness, but to give it a place of cultural prominence, and the backlash he receives exposes the frictions between Blackness and a country not fully comfortable with its presence. As a result, James’s story is a revelatory narrative of how much Blackness is loved, hated, misunderstood, and just plain cool in an America that has changed and yet not changed at all.

Genre:

On Sale
Nov 28, 2023
Publisher
Hachette Audio
ISBN-13
9781668632949

You May Also Like

Black Ball
Black Ball $19.99 $25.99 CAD
The Boston Globe Story of the Celtics
The Boston Globe Story of the Celtics $32.00 $41.00 CAD
A Year of Basketball Trivia Page-A-Day® Calendar 2025
A Year of Basketball Trivia Page-A-Day® Calendar 2025 $17.99 $23.99 CAD
The Real Hoosiers
The Real Hoosiers $30.00 $39.00 CAD
A History of Basketball in Fifteen Sneakers
A History of Basketball in Fifteen Sneakers $35.00 $45.00 CAD

Valerie Babb

About the Author

Valerie Babb is Andrew Mellon Professor of Humanities at Emory University. She holds a joint appointment in the departments of African American Studies and English.

Learn more about this author

Learn More