Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball Feel-Good Fiction and patiently courting an understanding

and patiently courting an understanding of these creatures that is built upon

calls me cursed

the author of the New York Times bestseller You Are the Placebo

Part of the highly visual Our World In Pictures series

This first book in a three-part series focuses on rustic magical traditions surrounding trees from western and northern Europe and North America

Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball Feel-Good Fiction and patiently courting an understandingTaking over a rowdy gym class right before winter vacation is not something James Naismith wants to do at all. The last two teachers of this class quit in frustration. The studentsa bunch of energetic young menare bored with all the regular games and activities. Naismith needs something new, exciting, and fast to keep the class happyor someone's going to get hurt. Saving this class is going to take a genius. Discover the true story of how Naismith