Publication date: 2000-08
Dewey code: 712.5092
List Price: $29.95
Price: $48.50
Review The Old Man: The Biography of Walter J. Travis / Gale Cengage:Walter Travis didnt start playing golf until he was thirty-five years old. Over the next eight years he won the U. S. Amateur three times, numerous state and regional events, and he became the first American to win the British Amateur. This biography of The Old Man, is not just a lesson in golf history. Its a celebration of one mans enduring contributions.
Authors
- David L. Kendall
- C. Ross McKenney
Dewey code: 796.5092
Price: $14.95
Review Language of the Forest / North Country Press (ME):
Publication date: 2008-06-15
Dewey code: 796.72092
List Price: $59.95
Price: $32.00
Review Jim Clark: A photographic portrait / Haynes Publishing:Jim Clark had a towering ability to get the maximum out of any car he drove, without appearing to be trying hard. Motor racing found in this gentle Scottish farmer a World Champion of great humility, for Clark appeared to have trouble appreciating just how great his own talent was. He raced in an era when chivalry was still an intrinsic part of the game, and he never resorted to underhand tactics. He started racing in a friend's cars, initially without the knowledge of his parents. Before long he had graduated to the famous Border Reivers team's Jaguar D Type, and soon the motor racing world was taking notice of his prowess. He won races in a Lotus Elite and a Lister Jaguar to underline his ability, but when a drive with Aston Martin's Grand Prix team collapsed together with the project, he signed for Formula Two and Formula Junior with Lotus. It was to prove the start of one of the most remarkable team owner/driver relationships in history.
Authors
- DEREK MARSDEN WILLIE THORNE
Review DOUBLE OR QUITS: THE WILLIE THORNE STORY / BIGBLUETUBE:
Publication date: 2005-05-10
Dewey code: 796.357092
List Price: $32.00
Price: $32.00
Review Ee-yah: The Life And Times Of Hughie Jennings, Baseball Hall Of Famer / McFarland & Company:Baseball player and manager Hugh Ambrose Jennings was the kind of colorful personality who inspired nicknames. Sportswriters called him “Ee-yah” for his famous coaching box cry and “Hustling Hughey” for his style of play. But to the nearly 100 other men from northeast Pennsylvania who followed Jennings from the coal mines to the major leagues, he was known as “Big Daddy,” not for his physical stature but for his iconic status to men desperate to escape the mines. The son of an immigrant coal miner from Pittston, Pennsylvania, Jennings himself became a miner at the ripe old age of 11 or 12. He eventually became a mule driver, earning $1. 10 per day and dreaming of getting $5 per day for playing baseball on Saturday afternoons. From the rough-and-tumble world of semi-pro baseball to the major leagues, Jennings was driven to succeed and fearless in his pursuit of his dream. He joined the Baltimore Orioles in 1894 and went on to become manager of the Detroit Tigers during Ty Cobb’s heyday. Jennings’ story is emblematic of how the national pastime and the American dream came together for a generation of ballplayers in the early 20th century.
Publication date: 2007-12-01
Dewey code: 796
List Price: $42.95
Price: $42.40
Review In the Ring With Bob Fitzsimmons / WIN BY KO Publications:This is the third book in Adam Pollack's series on the heavyweight champions of the gloved era. Bob Fitzsimmons was boxing s first pound for pound great, winning the world middleweight title before becoming the world heavyweight champion (and later lightheavyweight champ). Combining both crafty skill and crushing power, Fitzsimmons was able to knock out heavyweights when he only weighed 158 pounds! This meticulous and tremendously researched book uses multiple local primary sources from New Zealand, Australia, and America to chronicle Fitzsimmons' boxing career. It contains detailed fight descriptions never before revealed, round by round reports, pre- and post-fight analysis, daily training regimens, critical analysis of opponents careers, discussion of skills, techniques, strategies, strengths, and weaknesses, and explains how legal, political, social, and economic issues affected and impeded fights. The book also includes stories of fixed fights, conspiracies, legal battles, trials, threats of violence and imprisonment made by governors, judges, and militiamen, and verbal jousting, taunting, boasting, and even physical confrontations between Bob Fitzsimmons and James J. Corbett. 464 pages, 63 photos and illustrations, 969 footnotes, bibliography, index, and appendix (containing a complete Fitzsimmons career record). Adam J. Pollack is the author of John L. Sullivan: The Career of the First Gloved Heavyweight Champion, and In the Ring With James J. [+]Corbett. He is a staff writer for Cyberboxingzone. com, chair of USA Boxing s Rules and Regulations Committee, a boxing coach and attorney living in Iowa City, Iowa.
Publication date: 2008-09-18
Price: $32.00
Review My England Years: The Autobiography / Headline Book Publishing:Sir Bobby Charlton is widely acknowledged as the greatest player ever to wear an England shirt. He won a record number of caps and scored a record number of goals. Here, in the second volume of his bestselling autobiography, Sir Bobby talks in detail about his phenomenal career with England. During the 22 years he played for his country, he was involved in some of the greatest England games of all time, the 9-3 thrashing of Scotland, the 1962 and 1970 World Cup games against the Brazilians, the classic 1970 World Cup quarter-final against West Germany and, of course, the triumph of the 1966 World Cup. Here, for the very first time, Sir Bobby talks openly about his international career and his views on the game. From breaking into the squad at 21, to the highs of '66 and the lows of '70, his story encompasses drama, passion, goals, controversies, classic matches, world-class players, and moments of footballing genius. A truly inspirational story from a true football legend.
Publication date: 2006-10-28
Dewey code: 796.357092
List Price: $47.00
Price: $45.00
Review Danny Litwhiler: Living the Baseball Dream (Baseball in America) / Temple University Press:Danny Litwhiler is one of the lucky major league baseball players to 'live the dream' of playing in not one, but two World Series during his eleven and a half year career in the majors. In 1942, he set a record for 151 consecutive errorless games as an outfielder-rather ironic since he led the league in errors (15) the year before! Litwhiler's engaging memoir chronicles playing, teaching, and coaching baseball during eight decades, starting with his childhood in Ringtown, PA to playing for his favorite team, the Philadelphia Phillies. After his career in the majors, Litwhiler coached college baseball, and over 100 of his players, including Steve Garvey, Dick Howser, and Kirk Gibson, later signed professional contracts. Litwhiler spent his life loving what he does, and passing his knowledge and enthusiasm for baseball on to others. "Danny Litwhiler: Living the Baseball Dream" conveys Litwhiler's passion for the game as he fondly recalls playing with legends like Jackie Robinson and Enos Slaughter. But Danny Litwhiler was more than just a player and coach. He invented many devices used in the game today, such as the Jugs radar gun, which measures the velocity of pitches. And he was a goodwill ambassador for baseball-promoting it internationally, from Central and South America to Europe and Japan. He has lived a baseball life.
Publication date: 2004-05
List Price: $32.00
Price: $32.00
Review Billy Liddell / Robson Press:Billy Liddell is one of the greatest players - some say the greatest - in the entire history of Liverpool FC. A Scotland winger, he was recommended to the club by Matt Busby and made his League debut in the triumphant 1946-7 season. Liddell's talents were most striking during Liverpool's widerness years in the second division. From 1954 to 1962, Liddell carried the club: he was invariably Liverpool's top scorer each season and played in every department of the team except in goal. Such were his contributions that the club was dubbed 'Liddellpool'. Billy Liddell is a nostalgic look at the story of this icon of the Kop. It contains recollections from players, the public and Billy's family as well as fascinating observations from the author. Also included is a comprehensive statistics chapter, with full team line-ups of every Scotland international in which Billy appeared and all his appearances for Great Britain. Foreword by Roger Hunt.
Publication date: 1994-05-19
Review Imran Khan / Gollancz/Witherby:
Edition: 7th
Publication date: 2002-10
List Price: $32.06
Price: $32.05
Review Manchester United / Polar Print Group Ltd:This compilation contains unofficial profiles of more than 200 United players. Established names such as Law, Best, Charlton, Robson, and Cantona are included alongside unknowns like Reg Hunter, who played just one match for the first team. Each description has a photograph and career statistics.
Publication date: 2005-08-01
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $18.60
Price: $41.65
Review Behind the Dream: My Autobiography / Hodder & Stoughton Paperbacks:Joe Jordan was one of many gifted and ambitious Scots who made the journey south to England and, ultimately, glory and success. He was part of the great tradition of Alex James, Denis Law and Graham Souness who laid siege to the England game. He played fifty-two times for his country and became the first Scot to score in three World Cups. When he moved from Leeds to Manchester United in 1978, his transfer fee of GBP350,000 broke the record for a deal between British clubs. He re-captures this fascinating era, where he had to endure the tough rites of passage involved in playing for the most successful and demanding teams in the world.
Creator: Harry Rothgerber
Publication date: 1999-10
Dewey code: 796.357092
List Price: $32.00
Price: $32.00
Review Young Babe Ruth: His Early Life and Baseball Career, from the Memoirs of a Xaverian Brother / McFarland & Company:This work contains memoirs of Xaverian Brother Gilbert (aka Philip F. Cairnes), who is generally credited with being the mentor who steered the Babe to his first professional contract. Several photos from the Xaverian Order complement the text. '.
Publication date: 2004-05
List Price: $32.00
Price: $32.00
Review McFootball / Robson Press:In this comprehensive account of football's formative years, Norman Giller examines the Scottish influence on the English football scene, revealing how it was the Scots who dominated English football - William McGregor founded the Football League, Lord Kinnaird was the driving force behind the Football Association, George Ramsay mastermined Aston Villa's early domination of the League, while Liverpool's first league team was made up of ten Scots and an English goalkeeper! Here, too, are colorful portraits of the managers who have monopolised major domestic prizes: Sir Matt Busby, Bill Shankly, Tommy Docherty, Dave Mackay, Jock Stein, Graeme Souness, Kenny Dalglish, George Graham and Sir Alex Ferguson, and this fascinating book also contains a biopic on every post-war footballer capped by Scotland while playing for an English club, including such major players as Hughie Gallacher, Alex James, Billy Liddell, Jim Baxter, John White, Billy Bremner, Peter Lorimer, Ian St John, Denis Law, Frank McLintock, Martin Buchan, Archie Gemmill, Lou Macari, Gordon Strachan and Alan Hansen.
Publication date: 2005-10-15
Dewey code: 796
List Price: $35.00
Price: $32.29
Review Chelsea FC: The Official Biography - The Definitve Story of the First 100 Years / Headline:CHELSEA FC: THE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY is not a dry, boring history but instead goes to the heart of what gives the club its personality. The author has access to all the key characters, including Mourinho, Abramovitch and the star players, plus legendary names of the past and the varied voices of backroom staff, boarding house landladies and players who never made it. All have a story to tell. The author addresses all the controversies, including: the near suffocation through lack of cash in the 1970s and in 2002; the impact of Abramovitch's money and whether it might corrupt the club's soul; the club and fans response to racism; how the hooliganism which dogged Chelsea for years has been tackled. On the lighter side, Chelsea is regarded as the country's glamour club, and fashions, good and dreadful, will feature alongside celebrity fans and the worlds of art and music. And then there is the football at the core of it all, creating moments of huge tension and excitement. Years of under-achievement now sit alongside the imminent emergence of Chelsea's most successful period in the past century.
Publication date: 2004-05
Dewey code: 798
List Price: $32.00
Price: $32.00
Review Race to the Finish: The Life and Times of Fred Archer / Robson Books:Fred Archers life was one of unparalleled success. He was Champion Jockey for twelve years between 1874 and 1886. He had fame, fortune, was one of the most eligible bachelors in England and attracted the attentions of a Duchess, yet his life was marred by tragedy and ended in the most tragic of circumstances. Chronicling the life of one of England's greatest jockeys and sportsmen, this book seeks to assess his character through the extent of his work and through his relationships, drawing upon the reminiscences of those people closest to him. This is a book not just for followers of horseracing or racing history, but for anyone who may be interested in the life story of an individual whose ambition and courage earned him a place in history and folklore.
Publication date: 2007-07-25
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $48.95
Price: $31.98
Review The Autobiography Of Robert Standish Sievier / Kessinger Publishing, LLC:
Publication date: 2000-06-06
Dewey code: 796
List Price: $11.00
Price: $32.06
Review God's Squad / Zondervan Publishing House:These are the testimonies of an Ultimate Football Fantasy line-up, eleven star players who find inspiration on the field from their Christian faith.
Publication date: 2004-05-20
Dewey code: 796.323092
List Price: $31.99
Price: $31.99
Review Play It Again Sam / Xlibris Corporation:
Authors
- Mary Tillman
- Narda Zacchino
Publication date: 2008-09-03
Dewey code: 796.332092
List Price: $31.95
Price: $31.95
Review Boots on the Ground by Dusk: The Life and Death of Pat Tillman (Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series) / Gale Cengage:In this explosive, heartbreaking, and deeply personal book, Mary Tillman shares the story of her son Pat's extraordinary life, the meaning of patriotism, and the Tillman family's efforts to uncover the truth about his death in Afghanistan at the hands of his fellow soldiers.
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Travis, Language of the Forest, Jim Clark: A photographic portrait, DOUBLE OR QUITS: THE WILLIE THORNE STORY, Ee-yah: The Life And Times Of Hughie Jennings, Baseball Hall Of Famer, In the Ring With Bob Fitzsimmons, My England Years: The Autobiography, Danny Litwhiler: Living the Baseball Dream (Baseball in America), Billy Liddell, Imran Khan, Manchester United, Behind the Dream: My Autobiography, Young Babe Ruth: His Early Life and Baseball Career, from the Memoirs of a Xaverian Brother, McFootball, Chelsea FC: The Official Biography - The Definitve Story of the First 100 Years, Race to the Finish: The Life and Times of Fred Archer, The Autobiography Of Robert Standish Sievier, God's Squad, Play It Again Sam, Boots on the Ground by Dusk: The Life and Death of Pat Tillman (Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series)Top headlines: Obama to broaden genetics role in medical care: For years, scientists have held out hope that the rapidly evolving field of genetics could transform medical diagnosis and treatment, moving beyond a trial-and-error approach. ›22:15 28 Nov, Fri Planet found orbiting puffed-up star: A planet outside of the solar system has been discovered orbiting a dying, puffed-up star called a red giant. ›19:14 Global guide to tipping: Decode the mystery: Knowing how much to tip in what part of the world doesn't have to be a mystery with our global guide to tipping. ›17:44 Book Excerpt: Vegetable Dishes I Cant Live Without: A book excerpt by Mollie Katzen. ›21:49 6 Oct, Sat Germany plans lab tests for airport naked scans: Germany will begin laboratory tests in the next few weeks on full-body airport screening devices to see if they can produce images that do not show passengers naked, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday. ›19:29 29 Nov, Sat Hopes of ever separating conjoined girls dashed: Twin girls born joined at the head have overcome long odds, but the doctor who brought them to the U.S. now says there's no longer a chance they will ever lead separate lives. ›22:03 28 Nov, Fri Canadian seal hunt will continue as usual: Canada's new fisheries minister said Wednesday she expects next year's commercial seal hunt will proceed as usual, despite a European Union proposal that threatens to ban seal products. ›23:29 19 Nov, Wed Bison roundup shows species' prairie recovery: Bison are no longer in danger of extinction. 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