Bissinger : 6 results priced between £2.00 and £25.00

Return once again to the enduring account of life in the Mojo lane, to the Permian Panthers of Odessa -- the winningest high school football team in Texas history. Odessa is not known to be a town big on dreams, but the Panthers help keep the hopes and dreams of this small, dusty town going. Socially and racially divided, its fragile economy follows the treacherous boom-bust path of the oil business. In bad times, the unemployment rate barrels out of control; in good times, its murder rate skyrockets...

Drawing from the "Philadelphia" magazine, this is a collection of profiles of the famous, infamous, and nearly famous in Philadelphia. It includes essays on athletes, such as: Mike Schmidt and Dr J; captains of industry, including Brian Roberts; and the politicians - Governor Rendell, Mayor Goode, and many other civic leaders.

Current Affairs/Urban Studies "An extraordinary book, an insider's account of the dailyworkings of a big-city administration."--Witold Rybczynski, The New York Review of Books A Prayer for the City is Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Buzz Bissinger's true epic of Philadelphia mayor Ed Rendell, an utterly unique, unorthodox, and idiosyncratic leader who will do anything to save his city: take unions head on, personally lobby President Clinton to save 10,000 defense jobs, or wrestle Smiley the Pig...

BUZZ BISSINGER is the author of "Friday Night Lights", a classic about the obsession for football in Odessa, Texas. Formerly a reporter for the "Chicago Tribune" and "Philadelphia Inquirer", he has won the Pulitzer Prize and the Livingston Award, among other honors. He is a contributing editor at "Vanity Fair".

BUZZ BISSINGER is the author of "Friday Night Lights", a classic about the obsession for football in Odessa, Texas. Formerly a reporter for the "Chicago Tribune" and "Philadelphia Inquirer", he has won the Pulitzer Prize and the Livingston Award, among other honors. He is a contributing editor at "Vanity Fair".