{ "item_title" : "Mamba & Mambacita", "item_author" : [" Vanessa Bryant "], "item_description" : "A beautiful and moving testament to the enduring life of Kobe Bryant and the Mamba Mentality.When Kobe and Gianna Bryant died, tragically and unexpectedly, in 2020, the worldmourned with whole-hearted fierceness. In perhaps the largest and most intense outpouring of public art the world has ever seen, murals went up on seemingly every available wall in Los Angeles and around the world. The paintings were professional and amateur, authorized and distinctly not, some public and some private, many of them monumental, others profoundly intimate. All of them expressed a love and respect for Kobe and Gigi as athletes, as a father and daughter, as heroes who should not—and will not—be forgotten. In Mamba & Mambacita Forever, Vanessa Bryant brings together the images and stories of more than a hundred of the most striking and stirring of these murals, weaving together gorgeous, globe-spanning photography with testimonies from the artists themselves of how they worked to transform grief into beauty on an unprecedented scale. Taken together, what emerges is the story of a man who became even more than he himself could have imagined, an icon for a city and a sport, a global avatar of determination, discipline, and competitiveness who became an inspiring figure of hope and transformation. Most movingly, the murals capture Kobe as he proudly embraced his role as a committed father to his daughters, and with Gianna—who had already accomplished so much, and was poised to achieve so much more—the two of them emerged as unstoppable champions of women’s sports and equality, Mamba & Mambacita Forever ensures that the legacy of Kobe and Gianna Bryantwill live on even when the most monumental murals themselves have all crumbled. Vanessa Bryant is Founder and Chair of the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation, a nonprofit organization, which is dedicated to creating positive impact for boys and girls in sports through the loving vision and memory of Kobe and Gianna “Gigi” Bryant. The foundation provides sports programming through installing courts, basketball camps, clinics and equipment and scholarship funding for young people. She is the mother to four daughters: Natalia, Gianna, Bianka, and Capri. Vanessa and Kobe were married for twenty years. Born in Los Angeles, she continues to live with her family in Southern California.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/0/37/461/051/0374610517_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "40.00", "online_price" : "40.00", "our_price" : "40.00", "club_price" : "40.00", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "40.00" } }

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