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He set numerous nba records during his 20year career, including most points scored 38,387, most field goals made 15,837, most minutes played 57,446, and most mvp awards won 6. Basketball legend, kareem abduljabbar recently announced his 12th book, coach wooden and me. The new novel by nba allstar kareem abdul jabbar, starring brothers mycroft and sherlock holmes. It is 1872, and a series of gruesome murders is the talk of london. But whats even more entertaining is watching the holmes brothers try to outdo each other with their deductive reasoning. Times editorinchief davan maharaj at the festival of books on saturday. November 22, 2016 president barack obama awards abduljabbar with the presidential medal of freedom. His recent titles are becoming kareem 2017 and coach wooden and me. Kareem abdul jabbar s the empty birdcage is a novel set in 1873 where the economies of europe are on the verge of collapse.
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