It’s all here, the glory and the pain the character, charisma, and courage of the hero called Magic. AN ALTERNATE SELECTION OF THE BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB

Born Earvin Johnson, "Magic" Johnson earned his nickname with his dynamic basketball skills and charismatic leadership.

With intimate, fly-on-the-wall detail, When the Game Was Ours transports readers to this electric era of basketball and reveals for the first time the inner workings of two players dead set on besting one another.

Longtime biographer Roland Lazenby spent years tracking the unlikely ascension of Johnson—an immensely popular public figure who was instantly scandalized but who then turned to his legendary will to rise again as a successful ...

Legendary Athletes introduces readers to the people who have made significant impacts both athletically and socially. Magic Johnson: Basketball Star & Entrepreneur highlights Magic Johnson's childhood and rise to fame.

Examines the life and work of the star of the Los Angeles Lakers who became a crusader for AIDS education and treatment and established himself as a business leader after his retirement from the team.

Examines Magic Johnson's career as a record-breaking champion with the L.A. Lakers and discusses his fight against AIDS.

Through hundreds of interviews with Johnson's coaches, representatives past and present, teammates, opponents, friends and loved ones, including key conversations with Johnson himself, this is the first truly definitive study of the ...

Describes the life and career of the Los Angeles Lakers' great player.