Authors
- Andrew Shields
- Malcolm Balk
Dewey code: 509
RRP: £9.99
Price: £9.79
Review The Art of Running: With the Alexander Technique / Ashgrove Publishing:
Publication date: 2008-10-16
RRP: £17.99
Price: £10.79
Review Not a Proper Journalist / Yellow Jersey Press:
Publication date: 2004-10-01
Dewey code: 796
RRP: £14.95
Price: £2.00
Review Two Falls, Two Submissions or a Knockout: The Legend of TV Wrestling / Parrs Wood Press:
Authors
- Sally Jenkins
- Lance Armstrong
Publication date: 2004-07-31
Dewey code: 796.62092
Price: £7.73
Review Every Second Counts / Broadway Books:In the opening of Lance Armstrong's memoir, Every Second Counts (coauthored by Sally Jenkins), he reflects: "Generally, one of the hardest things in the world to do is something twice. " While he is talking here about his preparation for what would prove to be his second consecutive Tour de France victory in 2000, the sentiment could equally be applied to the book itself. And just as Armstrong managed to repeat his incredible 1999 tour victory, Every Second Counts repeats-and, in some ways exceeds—the success of his bestselling first memoir, It's Not About the Bike. Every Second Counts confronts the challenge of moving beyond his cancer experience, his first Tour victory and his celebrity status. Few of Armstrong's readers will ever compete in the Tour de France (though cyclists will relish Armstrong's detailed recounting of his 2000-2003 tour victories), but all will relate to his discussions of loss and disappointment in his personal and professional life since 1999. They will relate to his battles with petty bureaucracies, such as the French court system during the doping scandal that almost halted his career. And they will especially relate to constant struggles with work/life balance. In the face of September 11-which arrives halfway through the narrative (just before the fifth anniversary of his diagnosis)-Armstrong draws from his experiences to show that suffering, fear and death are the essential human condition. In so openly using his own life to illustrate how to face this reality, he proves that he truly is a hero-and not just because of the bike. In Every Second Counts he is to be admired as a human being, a man who sees every day as a challenge to live richly and well, no matter what hardships may come. [+]-Patrick O'Kelley, Amazon. com.
Authors
- Ernesto Cherquis Bialo
- Diego Armando Maradona
- Daniel Arcucci
Dewey code: 796.334092
RRP: £13.94
Price: £7.94
Review Maradona: The Autobiography of Soccer's Greatest and Most Controversial Star / Skyhorse Publishing:
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 2000-05-01
Dewey code: 796.6092
Price: £22.99
Review Eddy Merckx: The Greatest Cyclist of the 20th Century / VeloPress:
Creator: David Ashforth
Publication date: 2008-11-03
RRP: £16.99
Price: £11.21
Review A Gambler's Diary: Living the Dream / Highdown:
Authors
- Valentino Rossi
- Enrico Borghi
Publication date: 2006-04-15
Dewey code: 796.75092
RRP: £16.99
Price: £9.18
Review What If I Had Never Tried It: The Autobiography / Motorbooks International:
Publication date: 2002-09-02
RRP: £18.99
Price: £0.01
Review Murray Walker: Unless I'm Very Much Mistaken / HarperCollinsWillow:The drivers and teams changed, but for as long as most people can remember, Murray Walker-fast, furious and very flappable-was the voice of Formula One. In Unless I'm Very Much Mistaken, the much-loved commentator reflects on a unique career with all the style and enthusiasm that he brought to his broadcasts Whether he's talking about his first experiences of motor sport as a competitor, his time in the army, his career in advertising, his transition from media part-timer to media legend or his retirement from frontline F1 broadcasts at the end of the 2001 season, Walker has a fascinating story to tell-and he retains his journalist's sense of what the people really want to know. He shares his face-to-face knowledge of motor sport gods like Fangio and Enzo Ferrari and recalls his less daunting encounters with British luminaries such as Nigel Mansell, the Hills, Jackie Stewart and James Hunt, including the occasion when the latter pair sniped at each other in a memorable commentary box match-up. There's also a good selection of the best Murrayisms, such as "And the battle is well and truly on if it wasn't before, and it certainly was!", "There's nothing wrong with the car except it's on fire!" and "I just stopped my startwatch". Tremendous admiration for the skills and courage of the stars of his sport epitomises the Walker approach. This is no doubt fuelled by his own slightly fraught attempt at piloting a Formula One car in 1983 and by his experience at less pedestrian speed 15 years later when he was strapped into a two-seater McLaren behind co-commentator Martin Brundle. But he also gently settles one or two scores along the way. Elsewhere he reflects on the itinerary of affection so peculiar to the life of a British celebrity-This Is Your Life, Desert Island Discs and an OBE-and on his private life, his hugely influential parents, his late and happy marriage and what he hopes retirement will bring. It's a tribute to the man's singular voice that so much of the tone of this book is unmistakably Murray. It's not high-octane blunder-speckled race vintage, but the scripted television style he has made his own, a more measured bombast that makes this generously illustrated tome very easy to like. [+]-Alex Hankin.
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 1991-09-05
Price: £6.99
Review The Druid's Lodge Confederacy: The Gamblers Who Made Racing Pay / Mandarin:
Edition: New title
Publication date: 2006-09-15
RRP: £18.99
Price: £3.99
Review Emlyn Hughes: A Tribute to the Crazy Horse / NPI Media Group:
Authors
- Ronald Gallimore
- Swen Nater
Publication date: 2005-12-01
Dewey code: 796.323092
RRP: £13.50
Price: £6.02
Review You Haven't Taught Until They Have Learned: John Wooden's Teaching Principles and Practices / Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S.:
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 2000-11-20
Price: £6.99
Review The Rock Says / HarperCollinsWillow:
Edition: Reprint
Publication date: 2002-03
Dewey code: 798.400929
Price: £8.91
Review Seabiscuit: An American Legend (Ballantine Reader's Circle) / Ballantine Books:
Publication date: 1999-10-28
Dewey code: 796
Price: £17.95
Review Bob Paisley: Manager of the Millennium / Robson Books Ltd:
Publication date: 2006-02-24
Dewey code: 796.334092
RRP: £17.99
Price: £9.15
Review From Prison to the Premiership / John Blake Publishing Ltd:
Edition: New title
Publication date: 2005-05-01
Dewey code: 629.2878092
RRP: £24.99
Price: £13.99
Review Edelbrock: Made in USA / Motorbooks International:
Creator: Debbie Beckerman
Publication date: 2004-06-07
Dewey code: 796
RRP: £18.99
Price: £1.50
Review Mr. Nastase: The Autobiography / HarperCollinsWillow:
Publication date: 2005-05-26
Dewey code: 796
RRP: £17.99
Price: £11.28
Review Darren Lehmann: Worth the Wait - An Autobiography / Methuen Publishing Ltd:
Creator: John Kruk
Publication date: 2008-03-04
Dewey code: 796.357092
RRP: £13.97
Price: £8.28
Review The 33-Year-Old Rookie: How I Finally Made It to the Big Leagues After Eleven Years in the Minors / Ballantine Books:
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