{"product_id":"pacific-rims-beermen-ballin-in-flip-flops-and-the-philippines-unlikely-love-affair-with-basketball-9780451233226","title":"Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball","description":"\u003cb\u003eA young man's journey through the Philippines' most unlikely obsession: basketball. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003ePacific Rims\u003c\/i\u003e, Rafe Bartholemew, journalist, New Yorker, and veteran baller, ventures through the Philippines to investigate the country's love of basketball. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From street corners where diehards fashion hoops out of old car parts to the professional league where politicians exploit team loyalties to win elections, \u003ci\u003ePacific Rims\u003c\/i\u003e gets the story-and gets in the game.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rafe Bartholomew\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.13h x 5.59w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780451233226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRafe Bartholomew\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003ePacific Rims: Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball\u003c\/i\u003e. For more than four years, Bartholomew worked at the ESPN website Grantland.com as a senior editor. His writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSeattle Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Sports Writing\u003c\/i\u003e 2007. He currently lives in New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45461324136563,"sku":"9780451233226","price":32.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e26f3642-7e43-4721-b218-9cc5930dd444.jpg?v=1788865033","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/pacific-rims-beermen-ballin-in-flip-flops-and-the-philippines-unlikely-love-affair-with-basketball-9780451233226","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}