Authors
- Crawford Brankin
- Ally McCoist
Review Ally McCoist / Mainstream Publishing:Ally McCoist is unarguably one of Scotland's most charismatic sporting heroes - a footballer with great skills on the park, and a deft, lively sense of humour off the field of play. His goal-scoring exploits have made him one of the all-time Rangers greats, and his Scotland performances have earned him a whole legion of fans away from the confines of Ibrox. Yet Ally's story has not been a straightforward rise to fame. He has had setbacks - and difficult spells that stretched his resolve to the limit. In this book, Ally tells his story. It is a frank look at life at the very top of British football. He speaks of his early breakthrough into Scottish senior football, his move to England and back to Rangers. And he tells how the Souness revolution at Ibrox affected him - as a player and as a person. He talks of his experiences in Europe, his time as a Scotland player, and he recalls the World Cup snub he'll never forget.
Publication date: 2003-12
Dewey code: 629
List Price: $29.95
Price: $222.68
Review Forza Amon! A Biography of Chris Amon / Haynes Publishing:Chris Amon, a New Zealand sheep farmer's son who led the Ferrari team for two seasons in the late 1960s, is remembered in Formula 1 as the best driver never to win a Grand Prix. Yet his contemporary Jackie Stewart rated him 'one of the world's foremost drivers' and Jochen Rindt considered him a true rival. Eoin Young, an ace storyteller, chronicles the life of this extraordinarily unlucky racer who was driving at the age of six, had a pilot's license at 16, and raced a 1954 250F Grand Prix Maserati a year later.
Publication date: 2004-04-01
Dewey code: 796
List Price: $14.99
Price: $30.33
Review Cage Fighter: The True Story of Ian "The Machine" Freeman / John Blake:Incarcerated in a metal cage, Ian Freeman's fights have no limits. He is a friend to keep close and an enemy to steer clear of; cross him and you will live to regret it. For Ian, violence is no glamorous profession, but a way of life. Determined to be able to defend himself whatever the challenge, Ian quickly established himself as an unbeatable force in the fighting art of Vale Tudo—Portuguese for "anything goes"—and rose to Britain's finest heavyweight Mixed Martial Arts fighter. This book tells the tale of one man's battle to win. Having championed justice on his own doorstep, defeated bullies, drug dealers and trouble makers, he has gone on to become a champion both in name and nature.
Publication date: 2005-09-30
Review Catherina McKiernan: Running for My Life / Red Rock Press:
Edition: Limited ed.
Publication date: 2002-08
Dewey code: 796
List Price: $49.95
Price: $40.00
Review Ozzie Smith: Road to Cooperstown,, Limited Edition / Sports Publishing:Limited Leatherbound Edition. Limited to 1000 copies. Signed by Ozzie Smith and Rob Rains. Includes certificate of authenticity. Ozzie Smith has lived a legendary life of baseball, capped by the ultimate honor - induction into Cooperstown. The Wizard of Oz, best known for his on-field acrobatics and his ability to make the impossible play from shortstop, played in the major leagues for 19 years, the final 15 in St. Louis. He retired in 1996, was voted into the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, ans was named to the All-Century team as one of the 100 best players in the 20th century. The brilliant, full-color photography in this book is the perfect complement to Ozzie Smith's sensational and colorful career.
Publication date: 2007-09-07
List Price: $28.84
Price: $28.84
Review Stevo / Vertical Editions:The face of rugby league, Sky Sports Mike 'Stevo' Stephenson has been appearing on UK TV screens twice a week for nearly two decades. Co-commentating with his on-screen partner, Eddie Hemmings, Stevo has developed a reputation for straight talking in the game without pulling punches! However, many viewers little realise that in his earlier days, Stevo was one of the star players in rugby league. Larger than life Stevo tells his story from growing up on the hard streets of a northern mill town, embarking on a highly successful rugby league career, his record breaking transfer to Australian club Penrith, then his second career as a journalist and TV commentator. Stevo recounts many incidents behind the scenes at Sky Sports and tells the story of his aims to build a rugby league museum and describes the work that saw his dream happen. Love him or hate him (and many fans do), Stevo is guaranteed to entertain readers with his fascinating life story in "Stevo: Looking Back".
Publication date: 2002-12-09
Dewey code: 796.3570922
List Price: $29.95
Price: $29.95
Review Big and Little Poison: Paul and Lloyd Waner, Baseball Brothers / McFarland & Company:This work tells the story of the Waner brothers, Paul and Lloyd, from their early lives in Oklahoma through their playing days. It is also the story of two American eras: the Roaring Twenties and the Depression years. The Waners experienced the excitement of playing in the World Series, but they also encountered the pressures of having to perform in order to keep their jobs, and they struggled to overcome health problems. Both put up impressive numbers individually: Paul amassed 3,152 hits, and his. 333 lifetime average ranks among the highest ever in the game. Lloyd, a lifetime. 316 hitter, collected 2,459 hits, and had it not been for health problems, might have cleared the 3,000 hit milestone as well.
Publication date: 2001-10
Dewey code: 796.33463092294
Price: $29.83
Review The Away Game / HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd:This text is a collection of revealing and often controversial stories that lift the lid on football's mysterious world of players, administrators, agents, coaches and promoters, and Australia's place in it.
Publication date: 1998-03
Price: $24.95
Review Colin McRae (Heroes on Wheels Series) / Haynes Pubns:
Publication date: 2006-05-04
Review Year in the Centre / Penguin:
Publication date: 2007-04
Review Peter Broadbent: A Biography / Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd:
Publication date: 2008-03-22
Dewey code: 796.092273
List Price: $29.95
Price: $29.95
Review Sporting Lives: Metaphor and Myth in American Sports (Sports and American Culture Series) (Sports and American Culture Series) / University of Missouri Press:This first book to examine the two popular realms of sports and autobiography looks at recurring patterns found in athletes' accounts of their lives and sporting experiences, examining language, metaphor, and other rhetorical strategies to analyze sports from the inside out. Drawing on the life stories of well-known athletes, Pipkin follows players from the echoing green of eternal youth to the sometimes cultlike and isolated status of fame, interpreting recurring patterns both in the living of their lives and in the telling of them. He sheds light on athletes' common obsession with youth and body image; explores their descriptions of being in a zone; and considers the time that all athletes dread, when their bodies begin to betray them. and the cheering stops.
Authors
- Graydon R. Hilyard
- Leslie K. Hilyard
Dewey code: 688.79124092
List Price: $39.95
Price: $29.16
Review Carrie Stevens: Maker of Rangeley Favorite Trout and Salmon Flies / Stackpole Books:85 color photos, 85 b/w photos 8 x 11 "No tier of that period was as creative in designing patterns or tied better quality, more lifelike streamers than Mrs. Stevens. This biography has been carefully researched and beautifully written. "- Keith Fulsher, master fly tier, originator of the Thunder Creek series Carrie Stevens (1882-1970) of Upper Dam, Maine, created some of the most beautiful and enduring streamer patterns ever, including the legendary Gray Ghost, which she designed to catch the giant brook trout and landlocked salmon of the Rangeley Lakes. This long-awaited book is both a history of the woman and the region, as well as a guide to the Stevens method. It includes color plates of original patterns, some only recently discovered, along with a biography illustrated with archival photos. The tying section lists dressings for more than 100 streamers, 65 of which have never been published. Graydon R. Hilyard has been studying Carrie Stevens and collecting her work for fifteen years. His son Leslie, a champion fly tier, tied patterns for the book and contributed to the research.
Creator: Dave Clark
Publication date: 2008-05-26
List Price: $28.95
Price: $28.54
Review Diamond in the Rough: The Dave Clark Story / iUniverse, Inc.:Sixteen-year old polio survivor Dave Clark refuses to wear the leg brace his doctors have prescribed, afraid it will interfere with his chances of one day becoming a professional baseball player. Although Lillian and Bernard Clark know that playing baseball is probably an impossible goal for their disabled son, the devoted parents won't stand in the way of his dreams. Little do they know that Dave Clark will grow up to be not merely a baseball player, but an inspirational legend of this great American pastime. Diamond in the Rough: The Dave Clark Story is the true story of one incredible man who refused to give up his dream to play professional baseball, despite the crippling aftermath of polio. Much more than a story about baseball, it is a motivational record of Clark's amazing and inspiring life. Learning to play the game while still using crutches, Clark boldly pursues his dream, ultimately entering the professional stage as a pitcher in the minor leagues at just five-foot, two-inches tall. Clark's simple philosophy of "You get knocked down, you get up" is the humble foundation for this stirring story of persistence, hope and a young man's love for the game of baseball.
Publication date: 2001-03
Dewey code: 796.962092
List Price: $35.00
Price: $153.81
Review Maurice "Rocket" Richard / Team Power Enterprises:
Publication date: 2006-09-22
List Price: $32.04
Price: $32.04
Review The Will to Win: Sean Boylan / O'Brien Press Ltd:Renowned as the manager who brought the Sam Maguire to Meath after a gap of twenty years - and then brought it back again three more times - Boylan has led an interesting and extraordinary life. Healer, herbalist, GAA manager, family man - he is an inspiration to all who come in contact with him. Here his profound understanding of the human spirit, of what really makes people tick, of how to engage a person's deepest loyalty shines through every sentence. This is a book of celebration of the best in people - his people. Boylan's own account of his years as spoken to John Quinn - in his own voice and his own words.
Publication date: 1999-06
Dewey code: 796
List Price: $20.00
Price: $60.00
Review Joe K: A Biography of Joe Kasberger / Newark Abbey Pr:
Publication date: 2005-08-01
Dewey code: 796.333092
List Price: $36.95
Price: $29.00
Review The Pearl: Steve Renouf's Story / University of Queensland Press:The Pearl is the story of Steve Renouf, a brilliant Aboriginal rugby league player. But it is not just the tale of a gifted footballer. It is the story of his family heritage; of his childhood in the southern Queensland town of Murgon; and of his emergence as a try-scoring centre. It is the story of how he and his childhood sweetheart Elissa fought for their love in the face of community prejudices. It is also the story of Steve’s journey from a small country town to play for the Brisbane Broncos, Queensland and Australia, and build a reputation as one of the most admired attacking players in the game’s history. The Pearl commemorates the end of Steve Renouf’s football career but comes as he and Elissa and their five young children embark on the next stage of their lives.
Publication date: 2008-09-01
List Price: $28.84
Price: $28.84
Review Northern and Proud: The Bob Stokoe Story / Know the Score Books:Bob Stokoe created one of the greatest moments in football history when his Second Division Sunderland side defeated the might of Leeds United in the 1973 FA Cup final. When the final whistle shrilled out across Wembley and most of the football world celebrated his side's incredible triumph against the odds, Stokoe danced across the turf, arms outstretched to rejoice with his players. That moment has been immortalised in the both the TV footage and a statue outside Sunderland's new home, the Stadium of Light. Stokoe was all the more remarkable because he had managed to cross the divide in the north east. As a player he had been a member of Newcastle's 1950s FC Cup-winning teams as a centre-half seemingly hewn out of granite who took no prisoners as he protected the likes of Jackie Milburn, Bobby Mitchell, George Robledo and Len White. But Stokoe fell out with the powers that be at Newcastle and was sold, against his will to Hartlepool. A subsequent move to Bury saw him begin a managerial career which took him to Charlton, Carlisle, Blackpool and Rochdale before his moment in the sun with Sunderland. He won the FA Cup after just six months in the job, and two seasons later won them promotion back into the First Division. Bizarrely, committed northerner Stokoe, who failed dismally at Charlton after selling all the 'southern woofters' the club owned and replacing them with 'tougher' northern players, returned to manage four of his clubs on at least one more occasion, always being called in to perform a heroic rescue act at the last minute. During his 40 year career in the game, this journeyman manager was also involved with longstanding fueds with both Don Revie and Brian Clough. [+]The spat with Revie revolved around the Leeds manager offering Stokoe a bribe before an important league match, full details of which appear in Northern & Proud, while the argument with Clough was over the incident which ended the then Sunderland striker's career after Stokoe told the stricken Clough to 'fucking get up'. The pair never spoke again, while Clough banned Stokoe's name from ever being used in his presence. Despite his incredible career, Stokoe died a forgotten man in a north-east nursing home. This book is written by author Paul Harrison, who kept in touch with Stokoe throughout his years in the wilderness and until his death and carried out a number of in-depth interviews with the legendary player and manager. This is the unexpurgated account of Stokoe's career, including many of those interviews.
Publication date: 2002-01-01
Dewey code: 796
List Price: $34.95
Price: $30.50
Review Jack O'Connor / Safari Press:Read the only authorized biography of Jack O'Connor: his early years; his rise to the top of his profession; his hunts for tiger in India, sheep in North America and Asia, buffalo in Tanganyika; his absentmindedness; and his glory years.
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