Publication date: 2002-10-03
Price: $74.15
Review An Evening With... / Hodder & Stoughton Audio Books:Available together in one specially-priced pack for the first time, this is another collection of priceless anecdotes from some of Britain's best-loved characters - Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Alan Titchmarsh and Barry Norman. From insider gossip from the film world, through polar exploration all the way to gardening tips and childhood reminiscences, this is the perfect audio collection for anyone who likes to hear a good story well told.
Creator: Sir Chris Bonington
Publication date: 2002-05-01
Price: $63.07
Review A Long Way from Clent / Brewin Books:In 1972 whilst climbing the Matterhorn, Len York fell at 12,000 feet and sustained terrible injuries. This book recounts his amazing recovery which has led him to complete many breathtaking feats, despite the fact he is now paraplegic.
Creator: Stephen McCarthy
Publication date: 2005-11-01
Review Neil Fox: Rugby League's Greatest Points Scorer / London League Publications Ltd:
Creator: Sir Stanley Rous
Publication date: 1981-09-01
Review Herbert Chapman, Football Emperor / Peter Owen Ltd:
Edition: Library
Publication date: 2009-03-19
Dewey code: 813
List Price: $99.97
Price: $62.98
Review Forever Blue: The True Story of Walter O'Malley, Baseball's Most Controversial Owner and the Dodgers of Brooklyn and Los Angeles / Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Lib Ed:Reviled in New York and beloved in Los Angeles, Walter O’Malley is the most controversial owner in the history of American sports. He changed baseball and Brooklyn forever when he moved the Dodgers to California. But while famous writers have ranked him with Hitler and Stalin when listing 20th century villains, O’Malley refused to apologize or defend himself. As a result, fans across the nation have been unable to stop arguing about him—until now. Using never-before-seen documents and candid interviews with O’Malley’s associates and relatives, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Michael D’Antonio finally reveals this complex sportsman and industry pioneer. Born into Tammany Hall connections, O’Malley used political contacts to grow wealthy during the Great Depression, and then schemed to take control of the downtrodden Dodgers. But while he pursued wealth and power, O’Malley didn’t decide to uproot the borough’s team until he had been defeated in a war of wills with famed power broker Robert Moses. Once transplanted to Los Angeles, O’Malley defied opponents of his stadium and helped define the city. Other owners came to regard him as their guide—almost an unofficial commissioner—and he worked behind the scenes to usher in the age of the players union and free agency. Filled with new revelations on O’Malley’s battle with Moses, his pioneering business strategies, and his relationship with Jackie Robinson, Forever Blue is a uniquely intimate portrait of a man who changed America’s pastime forever. [+]His fascinating story is fundamental to the history of sport, business and the American West.
Publication date: 2006-09-22
Dewey code: 796.7609795
List Price: $29.95
Price: $64.20
Review Smoke, Sand, & Rubber / Sylvester Publishing #133:In this book lies a glimpse into the daring West Coast midget racers who led an early era in auto racing. Readers will learn how hazardous midget racing was in the beginning and how some were attracted to this risky business. Mel Anthony tells what it was like to start his first race in 1946. A select few accomplished drivers would go on to Indy: George Amick, Les Anderson, Bob Christie, Len Sutton, Shorty Templeman, Jack Turner, while the rest did not. In addition to the Indy drivers, cars driven by Chick Barbo, Bob Gregg, Allen Heath, Gordy Livingston, The Muir brothers, Don Olds, Paul Pold, Louie Sherman, Ernie Spalding, Cliff Spalding, and others have been restored, and some appear in vintage events today.
Publication date: 2001-09-01
Dewey code: 796
Price: $32.50
Review Allan Bateman: There and Back Again / Mainstream Publishing:Allan Bateman is a player genuinely respected throughout the two worlds of rugby. Calm in the face of adversity, he appears laid back, but he became known as the "Clamp" in his rugby league days because of the ferocity of his tackling. He has been playing first-class rugby for 17 years and shows no sign of slowing down. As a wry observer during what has been a tumultuous period for the union code, he has many a tale to tell.
Creator: Jimmy Greaves
Publication date: 2002-12
Dewey code: 796
Price: $26.85
Review My Memories of Spurs / Britespot Publishing Ltd:
Publication date: 2007-04-24
Price: $62.03
Review No Ordinary Joe: The Autobiography of the Greatest British Boxer of Our Time / Century:In March 2006, the fiery son of an Italian immigrant to Wales stepped into the ring to face his destiny — a fight with the American boxer billed as the next Mike Tyson, Jeff Lacy — and won. Calzaghe’s autobiography charts his road to success.
Authors
- Lorenzo Hamilton
- Scott/Benet, Lorenzo Hamilton
List Price: $64.00
Price: $64.00
Review Landint It: My Life On And Off The Ice / Books on Tape:
Edition: Limited
Publication date: 1989-09-30
Dewey code: 796.332092
List Price: $100.00
Price: $63.00
Review Paterno: By the Book / Random House:A four-time Coach of the Year and head football coach at Penn State, Joe Paterno tells his life story. 6 cassettes.
Edition: Revised
Publication date: 2005-04
Dewey code: 796
List Price: $81.60
Price: $64.68
Review Who Works in Motorsports / Who Works Publications Ltd:Third year of publication, a guide in the "Who Works" tradition covering motor sport championships worldwide: ALMS, Champ Car, DTM, FIA-GT, Formula One, GP2, IRL, NASCAR, WRC, WTCC, LMES etc. Published with a glossy hard cover in a convenient size for reference it has over 550 pages (illustrated with colour pictures) of detailed information on 2007 motor sport championships: teams, drivers, cars, sponsors, suppliers, service companies, tracks and officials etc. A unique publication covering the worlds 11 top series with over 370 drivers, 170 teams, 280 cars, 800 journalists, 250 PR and press officers, 78 race tracks, 350 sponsors and suppliers plus more than anyone would expect to find in just one book. "Who Works in Motorsports" was well received in 2005 and became the "must have" book for all motor sport professionals and fans, it's destined to be even more popular with fans and motorsports professionals in 2007.
Creator: Erin Key
Publication date: 2002-01
Dewey code: 796
Price: $20.95
Review A Wing. . . and a Hero!: The Steve Yzerman Story / Authorhouse:
Creator: Andrew Denton
Publication date: 2000-06-16
Review Moving the Goalposts / Halstead Press:
Publication date: 1996-08
Dewey code: 796.323092
Price: $13.30
Review Grant Hill: Basketball's High Flier (Millbrook Sports World) / Demco Media:Covers the basketball career of the forward for the Detroit Pistons who was also a star player at Duke University.
Edition: 2r.e.
Publication date: 2003-06-01
Dewey code: 796
Price: $31.00
Review Harold Gimblett / Fairfield Books:
Creator: Tom Parker
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 1999-02
Dewey code: 796
List Price: $27.95
Price: $74.95
Review Hogan / Reef Audio:Ben Hogan won four U. S. Opens in six years, three of them after a near-fatal head-on automobile collision. Driven by an obsessive dedication to the game, legend has it, he practiced until his hands bled. The concentration and precision he exhibited on the course awed spectators and fellow players alike. In this extraordinary book-the first full-scale biography of the enigmatic Hogan in twenty years-Curt Sampson explores the milestones of Hogan's life-his father's suicide, his miraculous comeback after his brush with death, his many triumphs on the Tour. Sampson draws on interviews with fellow golf legends Byron Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, and Sam Snead to present an in-depth portrait of a man with bullet-proof confidence and singlemindedness, a man who turned the negatives he encountered into a life of glory and achievement. The great Ben Hogan cast a long and complex shadow. A complicated and misunderstood man, he was so consumed with the solitary pursuit of excellence that the camaraderie of his game passed him by. Yet, he was utterly revered-for his consistency, his perseverance, his dedication, his mystery, and his courage. [+]He was the one golfer his fellow golfers held in awe. Curt Sampson does a fine job of hacking through the rough of the Hogan mystique in search of the enigma who held the world at arm's length. His biography of Bantam Ben is as probing as it is solid; it aims for the man, and finds the bottom of the cup.
Publication date: 1999-10
Dewey code: 796.9626409047
Price: $34.95
Review Hockey in the Seventies: The Game We Knew / Raincoast Books:
Publication date: 1995-04-10
Price: $67.13
Review The Skipper / Limlow Books Ltd:
Publication date: 1999-06
Dewey code: 797.122092
List Price: $19.95
Price: $108.88
Review Fire in the Bones: Bill Mason and the Canadian Canoeing Tradition (Phyllis Bruce Books) / HarperCollins Publishers:
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An Evening With..., A Long Way from Clent, Neil Fox: Rugby League's Greatest Points Scorer, Herbert Chapman, Football Emperor, Forever Blue: The True Story of Walter O'Malley, Baseball's Most Controversial Owner and the Dodgers of Brooklyn and Los Angeles, Smoke, Sand, & Rubber, Allan Bateman: There and Back Again, My Memories of Spurs, No Ordinary Joe: The Autobiography of the Greatest British Boxer of Our Time, Landint It: My Life On And Off The Ice, Paterno: By the Book, Who Works in Motorsports, A Wing. . . and a Hero!: The Steve Yzerman Story, Moving the Goalposts, Grant Hill: Basketball's High Flier (Millbrook Sports World), Harold Gimblett, Hogan, Hockey in the Seventies: The Game We Knew, The Skipper, Fire in the Bones: Bill Mason and the Canadian Canoeing Tradition (Phyllis Bruce Books)Top headlines: 'War and Peace': New Versions Worth the Read: 'War and Peace' has been the Everest of literature for more than 150 years. 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