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  • Charles Barkley

  • The Inspiring Story of One of Basketball's Greatest Power Forwards (Basketball Biography Books, Book 82)
  • By: Clayton Geoffreys
  • Narrated by: Steve Krumlauf
  • Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
  • 3.0 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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Charles Barkley

By: Clayton Geoffreys
Narrated by: Steve Krumlauf
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Learn the incredible story of the basketball great Charles Barkley! One of many riveting listens in the basketball biography books series.

In Charles Barkley: The Inspiring Story of One of Basketball's Greatest Power Forwards, you'll learn the inspirational story of basketball's legendary power forward Charles Barkley. Barkley was one of the most popular big men throughout 1980's and 1990's basketball due to his dominance on both sides of the court. He remains one of the greatest examples of how to overcome obstacles to become a great, as he went through his entire career as "undersized" compared to traditional power forwards.

Charles Barkley is easily one of the greatest to ever play the game. Get this basketball book on Charles Barkley today if you're looking for an inspiring basketball biography book to listen to or a gift for a basketball fan!

Here is a preview of the chapters inside this Charles Barkley book:

  • Childhood and Early Life
  • High School Career
  • College Career
  • Charles Barkley’s NBA Career
  • Getting Drafted, Rookie Season, the Rise to Stardom, Becoming the Sixers’ Best Player
  • The Franchise Player, Clashes with Team Management and Ownership, End of the Run in Philly
  • MVP Season in Phoenix, Trip to the Finals
  • The Slow and Steady Decline, Final Three Seasons in Phoenix, on His Last Leg in Houston, Retirement
  • International Career
  • Barkley’s Personal Life
  • Charles Barkley’s Legacy and Future
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A WIKIPEDIA READING

This seemed to be a reading of his Wikipedia page. No mention of all of the great stories at gambling and friendships outside of basketball.. It would have been nice to have the narrator actually pronounce some of the other names correctly and simple things like stating someone's record the correct way. The only positive I can think of is that it was only a couple hours of my time that I cannot get back.

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The worst reader

I guess they picked the guy that read this on quality of voice and not exceptional reading capabilities. In the future, anyone hired to read these audiobooks need to do a little research on name pronunciation, and punctuation flow.

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I didn't realize

of course I know the name of Charles Barkley I grew up in that area. But after listening to this book and then watching YouTube videos I had no idea he was that explosive, that fast. After listening to this audio book, I'm even more impressed, years after his play, of how great he was.

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