Edition: 1
Publication date: 2005-12-15
Dewey code: 796.42092
List Price: $42.95
Price: $35.78
Review Roger Bannister and the Four-Minute Mile: Sports Myth and Sports History / Routledge:On 6th May 1954, in what is regarded as one of the key moments in the history of modern sport, Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes. Fifty years on, Bannister's status, not just as a champion athlete but also as a true British hero, a gentleman and an amateur from a "golden era" in sport, retains its unblemished appeal. Until now there has been little critical and even less close historical study of Bannister and his achievement. This book redresses the balance, and in doing so provides fresh insights into the making of this British champion. Roger Bannister and the Four-Minute Mile does more than detail the history of a sports star. It is a testimonial to the legend of Roger Bannister but it also invites the reader to reconsider the very words often used to describe him - notably "hero" and "gentleman amateur. " Informed by contemporary sports science, the text also questions the significance of the four-minute mile per se. Thoroughly researched, this book gives fascinating insights into the history of track racing as well as early athletic training methods and the beginnings of sports science. The first rigorous historical study of Bannister's sporting life and the man behind the legend reveals an ambivalent athlete - highly achievement-orientated and scientific in his approach but also in love with the freedom of running sensuously in nature, in contrast to the constraints of modern sport.
Creator: Norman Maclean
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2000-03-01
Dewey code: 920
Price: $12.95
Review On the Big Blackfoot / Highbridge Audio:On the Big Blackfoot is Norman Maclean's memoir about his Montana youth that inspired his beloved story, A River Runs Through It. In this archival recording, Norman Maclean reflects about his father, his brother, Paul, and the fly fishing that united them to one another and the natural world. Interwoven throughout are the musings and memories of his own son, Chicago Tribune journalist John Maclean-son remembers father, father recalls brother. Set against the gurgling sounds of the Big Blackfoot River, their voices recount a bittersweet love across the generations. It's a story sure to leave the listener, like Norman Maclean, "haunted by waters. ".
Publication date: 2006-05-08
Price: $35.95
Review Robbo: My Autobiography / Hodder & Stoughton Audio Books:Bryan Robson is widely remembered as a fearless and inspirational player and captain, both for club and country, whose presence lifted team-mates and intimidated opponents. At his peak, he was acknowledged as the most complete midfield player in the country, and played at the highest level despite a series of devastating injuries. He began his playing career at West Bromwich Albion, then moved to Manchester United in 1981 for a then record British transfer fee of GBP1. 5 million. He soon became captain, and enjoyed regular Cup success, eventually winning the Championship. He also won 90 caps for England, 65 of them as captain. His autobiography reveals a fascinating insight into his days with the England and United camps and characters such as Paul Gascoigne, Gary Lineker, Roy Keane and Alex Ferguson. He puts the record straight on the 'drink culture' that Ferguson sought to stamp out at United, and describes his pain when he discovered he was surplus to the manager's requirements. He also gives an insight into the management techniques of the greats that he has played for, such as Ron Atkinson, Bobby Robson and Terry Venables. He candidly reflects on the highs and lows of his football life, and discusses incidents on the pitch as well as some of the clashes that have happened behind the scenes. [+]Bryan Robson is currently manager of West Bromwich Albion, where he masterminded the 'great escape' for the club on 15 May 2005, spectacularly avoiding relegation.
Publication date: 1999-10-01
Review Thrust / Bantam Books:The story of the world's first supersonic car, and the entangled human emotions behind this great engineering achievement. It is the tale of Richard Noble's obsession with speed, from his early days with the crude self-built Thrust 1 jet car.
Authors
- W. Harrison Daniel
- Daniel W. Harrison
Dewey code: 796.357092
List Price: $29.95
Price: $34.50
Review Jimmie Foxx: The Life and Times of a Baseball Hall of Famer, 1907-1967 / McFarland & Company:"A fine addition to baseball literature"-Sports Collectors Digest; "A scholarly biography"-The Sporting News; "a well-researched, detailed account"-Mississippi Quarterly; In February 1925, 17-year-old Jimmie Foxx left his home in Sudlersville, Maryland, and joined the Philadelphia Athletics in spring training. Over the next twenty years, Foxx was one of the most consistent stars in the majors. His long home runs were legendary-his 535 were second only to Babe Ruth's 714 when he retired in 1945. Only six years later, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Foxx tried his hand at a variety of jobs after he left baseball, but seemed always to be drawn back to the game. He coached and managed in the minor leagues and even managed the Fort Wayne Daisies of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1953. This is the story of Foxx's rise to glory, his life in and out of the game, and his love affair with the national pastime.
Edition: Reprint
Publication date: 2008-05-22
Dewey code: 796.522092
Price: $23.00
Review No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks:This gripping and triumphant memoir follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time. For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand atop the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. But No Shortcuts to the Top is as much about the man who would become the first American to achieve that goal as it is about his stunning quest. As Viesturs recounts the stories of his most harrowing climbs, he reveals a man torn between the flat, safe world he and his loved ones share and the majestic and deadly places where only he can go. A preternaturally cautious climber who once turned back 300 feet from the top of Everest but who would not shrink from a peak (Annapurna) known to claim the life of one climber for every two who reached its summit, Viesturs lives by an unyielding motto, “Reaching the summit is optional. Getting down is mandatory. ” It is with this philosophy that he vividly describes fatal errors in judgment made by his fellow climbers as well as a few of his own close calls and gallant rescues. And, for the first time, he details his own pivotal and heroic role in the 1996 Everest disaster made famous in Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air. In addition to the raw excitement of Viesturs’s odyssey, No Shortcuts to the Top is leavened with many funny moments revealing the camaraderie between climbers. It is more than the first full account of one of the staggering accomplishments of our time; it is a portrait of a brave and devoted family man and his beliefs that shaped this most perilous and magnificent pursuit.
Publication date: 2008-10-17
Dewey code: 796.83092
List Price: $39.95
Price: $35.95
Review Joe Gans: A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion / McFarland:Joe Gans captured the world lightweight title in 1902, becoming the first black American world title holder in any sport. Gans was a master strategist and tactician, and one the earliest practitioners of "scientific" boxing. As a black champion reigning during the Jim Crow era, he endured physical assaults, a stolen title, bankruptcy, and numerous attempts to destroy his reputation. Four short years after successfully defending his title in the 42-round "Greatest Fight of the Century," Joe Gans was dead of tuberculosis. This biography features original round-by-round ringside telegraph reports of his most famous and controversial fights, a complete fight history, photographs, and early newspaper drawings and cartoons.
Publication date: 2006-01-24
Dewey code: 796.357092
Price: $16.95
Review Red Legs and Black Sox: Edd Roush and the Untold Story of the 1919 World Series / Emmis Books:The 1919 World Series is baseball's black eye, resulting in eight members of the White Sox being banned from the game for life for intentionally losing the series. Moviegoers recognize Shoeless Joe Jackson, the slugging outfielder for the Sox, from such popular films as Eight Men Out and Field of Dreams. And most baseball aficionados have seen photos of the grim-faced baseball commissioner who banned the offending players from the game. But there is another side to the story, revealed for the first time in Red Legs and Black Sox. Author Susan Dellinger focuses on the series from the Cincinnati Reds’ perspective, as told by her grandfather, Edd Roush, star player of the 1919 Reds. This is a story that is far more complicated than previous movies and books have alluded to, involving fixes on both teams — and corruption right down to the leagues themselves.
Authors
- James Robert Saunders
- Monica Renae Saunders
Dewey code: 798.40092396073
List Price: $39.95
Price: $35.41
Review Black Winning Jockeys in the Kentucky Derby / McFarland & Company:This work examines the presence of black jockeys in the Kentucky Derby, from the first instance of slaves working as stable hands and tending their masters' horses to the first black jockey to win the prestigious Kentucky Derby in 1875 and the continued participation of black jockeys in the Kentucky Derby. Black owners and trainers in the Kentucky Derby are also discussed. Three appendices list black winning jockeys, black trainers and bloack owners of Kentucky Derby horses.
Publication date: 1989-10-30
Review Sparky / Hutchinson Radius:
Publication date: 1990-12
Price: $42.00
Review The Last Sailorman / Hyperion Books:
Publication date: 1992-09-15
Dewey code: 796.83092
Price: $49.50
Review Muhammad Ali / Rizzoli:A photographic celebration of the life and career of Muhammad Ali presents 175 photographs by Ali's official photographer and a text-based on interviews with Ali, family, opponents, and friends-that discusses his personality, values, and skills. Original.
Publication date: 2004-09-06
Dewey code: 798
List Price: $20.65
Price: $35.97
Review An Evening with Oaksey / Headline Book Publishing:John Oaksey has seen it all in racing, as a jockey, commentator and newspaper reporter. After a lifetime devoted to the sport he recalls the great characters, horses and races that have made horseracing the great passion of his life, a passion that he is so brilliantly able to convey to others. One of the most respected and loved people in the sport, partly due to his work with the Injured Jockeys Fund, John Oaksey has a fund of fascinating and hilarious stories to tell, which re recounts with humour and great gusto.
Publication date: 1995-09
Review Tamata and the Alliance / Thomas Reed Publications:
Creator: Rex Linn
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2006-12
Dewey code: 796
List Price: $65.95
Price: $41.55
Review Full Throttle: The Life and the Fast Times of NASCAR Legend Curtis Turner, Library Edition / Blackstone Audiobooks:
Publication date: 2003-01
Price: $36.06
Review John Britten / Craig Potton Publishing:Since his tragically early death from cancer in 1995, John Britten has taken his place as a New Zealand hero. He and his dedicated team in Christchurch, designed and built from scratch the Britten V-twin motorcycle. For a time this machine was probably the fastest four-stroke bike in the world. It could wheel stand at 150 miles per hour simply by opening up the throttle. After five years of research, the author has finally been able to give due credit to the man and his achievements. The biography details his early life, the development of his vision and the early prototype motorcycles, and then the gruelling cycle of hard work, set-backs and failures before the Britten V-twin finally was able to beat the world's best. His bike had legions of fans worldwide, captured by the elegance, originality and power of his machine, but also by the romance of his story - an individual taking on some of the worlds' biggest and best motorcycle manufacturers and winning. This title should appeal to readers both inside and outside the motorcycle fraternity because of its universally inspiring theme - that extraordinary things are possible when a person turns their dreams into reality.
Authors
- Sidney Olson
- David Lanier Lewis
Dewey code: 338.76292092
List Price: $35.95
Price: $35.95
Review Young Henry Ford: A Picture History of the First Forty Years (Great Lakes Books) / Wayne State University Press:Young Henry Ford is a visual and textual presentation of the first forty years of Henry Ford-an American farm boy who became one of the greatest manufacturers of modern times and profoundly impacted the habits of American life.
Publication date: 2007-06-14
Price: $35.61
Review Norman Whiteside Autobiography / Headline Publishing Group:
Publication date: 1995-03
Price: $30.80
Review Boxing Legends / Magna Large Print Books:
Authors
- Peter. With Cairns, Andy. Beardsley
Review BEARDSLEY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. / Stanley Paul:
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