Edition: Updated
Publication date: 1994-06
Price: $13.95
Review The Intimidator: The Dale Earnhardt Story : An Unauthorized Biography / Down Home Pr:
Publication date: 2003-09
Dewey code: 629
List Price: $39.95
Price: $140.85
Review Nuvolari / Breedon Books Publishing:Vivid biography of possibly the greatest racing driver of all time. - Uses dramatic contemporary reports to recreate Nuvolari's great races, including his remarkable victory in the 1935 German GP and his heartrending last stand in the 1948 Mille Miglia. - Author PR; book signings; reviews/features in Motor Sport, F1 Racing and other motorsport press as well as the Telegraph Magazine and national sport supplements. Tazio Nuvolari (1892-1953) is widely regarded as the greatest racing driver of all time. Through the 1930s and into the 1940s his reputation for skill and bravery eclipsed a whole generation of rivals. Even today his name alone evokes a classic era in the history of road and Grand Prix racing. Yet there is no current affordable biography of him in the English language. In this fascinating assessment of Nuvolari's life, Christopher Hilton seeks to understand Nuvolari the man - and the Nuvolari legend as it unfolded. Using original documentary material, race reports of the time from several countries and the recollections of Nuvolari's contemporaries, the author recreates the excitement generated by his driving and the impact it made on motorsport. Nuvolari's virtuosity at the wheel came with a competitive instinct so fierce that he repeatedly broke cars and his own body. [+]The author captures many aspects of Nuvolari's strong personality, a personality which, in the days before intrusive journalism, was virtually unknown. The extraordinary performances that decorated Nuvolari's long career form the backbone of the narrative - the 1930 Mille Miglia, the 1935 German GP, the 1938 British GP at Donington, the 1948 Mille Miglia. Marking the half century after Nuvolari's death, this new biography is an invaluable addition to motor racing history and essential reading for anyone interested in the sport - even if they are followers of modern Formula 1 heroes like the Schumachers, Coulthard and Montoya.
Creator: Jeremy Guscott
Publication date: 1997-10-30
Price: $40.73
Review The Lions Diary / Penguin Audiobooks:
Publication date: 2001-11-01
Dewey code: 941
List Price: $40.00
Price: $50.70
Review Sniffer: The Life and Times of Allan Clarke / Tempus:The life and career of Leeds United player Allan Clarke is detailed in this book, from his humble beginnings to his rise to become champion player. He discusses his former teammates, his training, and the soccer moments for which he is best remembered.
Publication date: 1988-06
Price: $11.95
Review Isaac Murphy / Kentucky Imprints:This is the story of a famous African American, Isaac Murphy. Mr Murphy was held by all who delt with him in the highest possible human reguard. He was a stauanchly honest and respected hero of the Sport of Kings. In a time when Horse racing was fast becoming seedy and disrespected, Isacc Murphy brought quiet dignity. He was Kentucky's record breaking Jocky he was a man for all to look up to.
Publication date: 2004-10-07
Review El Diego: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Footballer / Yellow Jersey Press:
Creator: Richard Allen
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-04-03
Dewey code: 796.357092
List Price: $69.99
Price: $39.45
Review Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season / Tantor Media:April 15, 1947, marked the most important opening day in baseball history. When Jackie Robinson stepped onto the diamond that afternoon at Ebbets Field, he became the first black man to break into major-league baseball in the twentieth century. In Opening Day, Jonathan Eig tells the true story behind the national pastime's most sacred myth. Drawing on interviews with surviving players, sportswriters, and eyewitnesses, as well as newly discovered material from archives around the country, Eig presents a fresh portrait of a ferocious competitor who embodied integration's promise and helped launch the modern civil rights era.
Publication date: 2007-08-31
Review The Legends of Nottingham Forest / Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd:
Publication date: 2003-10
Dewey code: 796
List Price: $51.65
Price: $64.16
Review Automobile Ceramique: Pioneers of Motor Racing / Zoot Publications:
Authors
- Dr. Seaborn Beck Weathers
- Stephen G. Michaud
Edition: MP3 Una
Publication date: 2005-04-25
Dewey code: 796.522092
List Price: $39.25
Price: $39.25
Review Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest / Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed:On May 10, 1996, nine climbers perished in a blizzard high on Mount Everest, the single deadliest day ever on the peak. The following day, one of these victims was given a second chance. His name is Beck Weathers. The tale of Dr. Weathers's miraculous awakening from a deep hypothermic coma was widely reported. But the hidden story of what led the pathologist to Everest in the first place, and his painful recovery after his dramatic rescue, has not been told until now. Brilliant and gregarious, Weathers discovered in his thirties that mountain climbing helped him cope with the black dog of depression. But his self-prescribed therapy came at a steep cost: estrangement from his wife, Peach, and their two children. By the time he left for Everest, his home life had all but disintegrated. Yet when he was reported dead after lying exposed on the mountain for eighteen hours in subzero weather, it was Peach who orchestrated the daring rescue that brought her husband home. [+]Only then, facing months of surgery and the loss of his hands, did Beck Weathers also begin to face himself, his family, his past, and his uncertain future. Candid and uncompromising, Left for Dead is a deeply compelling saga of crisis and change, and of the abiding power of love and family. Left for Dead is a deeply personal story, told in first person by a variety of people who contributed to the survival of Beck Weathers during the Everest accident of 1996 that left nine climbers dead. It goes past the tragedy to discuss why Weathers got involved in climbing in the first place, his lengthy and painful recovery, and the all-important relationship with his wife, Margaret (commonly referred to as Peach). Without Peach's hope and tenacity, it's likely that rescue efforts would not have been continued, and Weathers may never have recovered from the hypothermic coma and its dreadful results. The story of their relationship-they were estranged at the time of the accident-is told from both perspectives, and his obsession with mountains seems almost like another family member. The overall tone is straightforward and conversational: children, pets, and clothing feature as prominently as reconstructive surgery and heroic rescues. But no matter how plainly they are told, the events of that climb are sure to bring tears. Rob Hall's last conversation with his wife, climbers disappearing into the storm, Anatoli Boukreev's rescuing three people, and Weathers and climbing partner Yasuko being left for dead are just a few from a long list. Still, you'll find yourself laughing just pages later, when Weathers gets his rescue team to sing "Chain of Fools" while hiking back to safety-you can imagine Peach being in full agreement of that song's appropriateness. The Everest deaths affected people around the world, and this chronicle of one survivor and his family is a hopeful reminder of the good that can result from such tragedies. -Jill Lightner.
Authors
- Liz Allison
- David Green
- Thomas Pope
Price: $24.95
Review Full Circle: The Story of Davey Allison (Profiles in American Stock Car Racing) / Rising Star Publications:
Creator: Dick Hill
Edition: Mp3a
Publication date: 2006-10-25
Dewey code: 796.83092
List Price: $39.25
Price: $39.25
Review King of the World / Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed:There had been mythic sports figures before Cassius Clay, but when he burst upon the sports scene in the 1950s, he broke the mold. Those were the years when boxing and boxers were at the mercy of the mob and the whim of the sportswriters. If you wanted a shot at a title, you did it their way. Young Clay did it his way - with little more than an Olympic gold medal to his credit, he danced into Sonny Liston's baleful view and provoked the terrifying champ into accepting him as his next challenger. The rest is history. Muhammad Ali has become a mythic hero, an American icon, a self-invented legend. As both a mirror and a molder of his times, Ali became the most recognizable face on the planet, a key figure in the cultural battles of the times. This is the story of his self-creation, and his rise to glory, told by a master storyteller.
Publication date: 2003-02
Dewey code: 629
List Price: $29.95
Price: $115.26
Review Carlo Chiti the Roaring Sinfonia / Giorgio NADA Editore:
Edition: Limited ed.
Publication date: 1996-06-01
Dewey code: 796
List Price: $49.95
Price: $39.46
Review The Life and Times of a Baseball Hero (Limited Edition) / Sports Publishing LLC:Limited Leatherbound Edition. Limited to 500 copies. Signed by Ralph Kiner, William Hageman (author) and Honus Wagner's granddaughter Leslie Blair. Includes certificate of authenticity. Honus: The Life and Times of a Baseball Hero is a biographical look at the life and times of the great Honus Wagner. Not many fans know the full story of Honus Wagner, and Wagner himself was largely responsible for the public's ignorance. Being notoriously shy, he declined to talk about himself or baseball to sportswriters of his time. Through thousands of hours of exhaustive research and interviews, plus the help of Wagner's granddaughter, Leslie Blair, author William Hageman was able to get the story of the great baseball legend.
Publication date: 2004-09
Dewey code: 796.357092
List Price: $29.95
Price: $65.39
Review Joe: Rounding Third & Heading for Home / Orange Frazer Press:He has been cursed since age 15, carrying always the appositive affixed eternally to his name-the youngest pitcher in major league baseball. And yet the Joe Nuxhall story neither begins nor ends with the appositive. Baseball, in fact, may not even have been his best sport. He was a high school fullback, big and fast and good enough to be All-State, and he was unquestionably the best schoolboy basketball center in Ohio. He had pitched ten no-hitters before he was 15, however, and when he pitched for the Cincinnati Reds that historic time, he first had to get permission from his 9th grade principal, and ferried himself to Crosley Field and back, alone, on the bus. It was not, as history tells us, an auspicious occasion (an ERA of 67. 50), but it launched the remarkable career of perhaps the best-loved and most enduring sports figure Cincinnati has ever seen. Noted sportscaster Greg Hoard's new biography, Joe, dramatically paints the Depression era background of "Hamilton Joe," closing industrial league games for his athletic father when the boy was barely a teenager, facing feared veteran slugger Stan Musial his first time up, and on to Birmingham, where he watched, astounded, while a lanky Negro pitcher named Satchel Paige warmed up by throwing strikes across a piece of chewing gum tinfoil. "The Old Left-Hander" pitched twenty-two seasons of professional baseball, including an All-Star year in 1955 when he led the league in shut-outs, and even when he retired to the broadcasting booth, he was still pitching batting practice. Greg Hoard's tale of baseball's last great innocent is the story of a charmed life, in which a blue-collar kid from a gritty industrial town, by great athleticism and a disarming guilelessness, found himself an enduring legend.
Publication date: 2004-08-16
Dewey code: 797
List Price: $35.10
Price: $38.60
Review The Dive: A Story of Love and Obsession / HarperCollinsWillow:A world-champion competitor in the deadly sport of freediving tells the heart-wrenching story of his life with and without his beloved wife, Audrey, who died trying to break his own record. Francisco 'Pipin' Ferreras, a native of Cuba, is a world champion in the dangerous and controversial sport of freediving, in which athletes test the limits of their minds and bodies by diving to unthinkable depths without oxygen tanks. Audrey Mestre was a beautiful French marine biology student researching the physiology of freediving. When she decided to base her studies on the legendary Pipin, a passionate romance was born. Pipin and Audrey soon married and moved to Miami, where she took up the sport herself and proceeded to break the female world record (115 metres). They became freediving's power couple, constantly training together and encouraging one another. But on 17 October 2002, Audrey pushed her body too far and died off the coast of the Dominican Republic while attempting to break the world record - which was currently held by her husband. Now, for the first time, Pipin tells his own story. He addresses the controversy that has followed him throughout his career and defends his sport and his own records against criticism from peers. And Pipin opens up as never before, providing what no interviewer has been able to capture: a glimpse into the heart of a complex and haunted man. [+]In his own words, he relates the tragic story of his relationship with Audrey - a unique and complicated tale of love and competition taken to the extreme.
Publication date: 1992-09
Dewey code: 796.352092
Price: $34.95
Review Maestro: The Life of Sir Henry Cotton / Hodder & Stoughton:
Publication date: 1997-09-19
Review Mickey Thomas (Goal! Series) / Boxtree Ltd:A biography of Mickey Thomas, known as much for his off-the-field activities as his achievements as an international footballer. His exploits included being jailed for laundering counterfeit banknotes, and getting stabbed with a screwdriver when caught "in flagrante" with a married woman.
Publication date: 2008-06-13
Dewey code: 796
List Price: $57.95
Price: $39.13
Review Audubon: An Intimate Life Of The American Woodsman / Kessinger Publishing, LLC:
Publication date: 2007-03
Review Bobby Johnstone: The Passing of an Age: The Passing of and Age / Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd:
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