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Review W W Norton & Co Ltd  / Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 2000-08-02
Dewey code: 650
RRP: £9.95
Price: £12.95

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Review Parrs Wood Press  / Out of the Blue - Into the Black: The Autobiography of John Spencer Publication date: 2005-04-01
RRP: £17.99
Price: £15.90

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Review J H Haynes & Co Ltd  / Valentino Rossi: Motogenius Edition: 3Rev Ed
Publication date: 2005-03-23
Dewey code: 796.75092
RRP: £7.99
Price: £1.29

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Review AuthorHouse  / Johnny Kincaid: Wrestling's Ring Side Seat Publication date: 2007-04-19
Dewey code: 790
RRP: £10.99
Price: £7.42

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Review Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd  / Evel Incarnate: The Life and Legend of Evel Knievel Publication date: 2000-09-22
Dewey code: 796
Price: £12.99

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Publication date: 2000-07-17
Price: £7.99

Review Dooley!: The Autobiography of a Soccer Legend / Hallamshire Publications Ltd:


Review HarperCollinsWillow  / Woosie: My Autobiography
Authors
  • Ian Woosnam
  • Edward Griffiths
  • Edward Griffths
Publication date: 2002-07-15
Dewey code: 796
Price: £18.99

Review Woosie: My Autobiography / HarperCollinsWillow:

The shortest man ever to win a Major? Certainly, as Ian Woosnam recounts in his entertaining autobiography Woosie, his lack of inches (he's claiming 5ft 4) has been as much a feature of his golf career as anything else-but it only adds to the achievement of a dairy farmer's son from the Welsh borders battling his way to be the best in the world. And Woosnam, who wrote the book in company with veteran sports "ghost" Edward Griffiths, certainly had to battle. This is no tale of hot-housing precocious sporting talent a la Tiger Woods. From hours spent practising in the cow shed, ducking and diving among the junior leagues committee men, to living in a caravan as an assistant greenkeeper, hustling the members to supplement a subsistence wage, Woosie had to scrap for a life in golf. And when he finally joined the European Tour, any thoughts of having made it were dispelled by five long years following the big boys in his shared rickety old camper van, living off beer and versions of beans on toast, failing to qualify or missing cut after cut. But when success did come it came in abundance. From playing key roles in Europe's Ryder Cup resurgence in the 1980s and 90s, the Masters victory in 1991, and capturing the coveted World No. 1 spot, to the Indian summer of the last few years, when as a veteran in golf terms, Woosie has challenged again for top honours. It's a fairytale, given a plain-speaking recount that can leave some of the on-course highlights feeling a little flat, but balances that with some forthright recollections of the reality behind the scorecards-good and bad times with his longstanding friend and caddie Wobbly; the problems of drifting in and out of form; how a New Year's Eve party trick helped him reinvent his swing; the gallery of greats from Ballesteros to Woods with whom he has competed; and, of course, that problem with an extra club that arguably robbed him of a sensational Open victory in 2001. Satisfying stuff. [+]
-Alex Hankin.

Review Corgi  / Brian Moore Autobiography Edition: 2Rev Ed
Publication date: 1996-10-03
Price: £6.99

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Review Coronet  / Kenny Dalglish Autobiography Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Publication date: 1997-08-07
Dewey code: 790
Price: £6.99

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Review Time Warner Paperbacks  / Eye of the Tiger: My Life Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 1993-04-08
Price: £4.99

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Review J H Haynes & Co Ltd  / Ken Tyrrell: Portrait of a Motor Racing Giant Publication date: 2002-07-09
Dewey code: 796.72092
RRP: £19.99
Price: £10.18

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Review Mountaineers Books  / Anderl Heckmair: My Life: Eiger North Face, Grand Jorasses, & Other Adventures Edition: 1
Publication date: 2002-10
Dewey code: 796
RRP: £16.25
Price: £10.45

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Review Blake Publishing  / Ronaldo: King of the World Publication date: 2002-09-15
Dewey code: 796.3334092
RRP: £16.99
Price: £16.99

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Review Bantam Press  / The Voice of Rugby: My Autobiography Publication date: 2004-10-01
Dewey code: 796
RRP: £17.99
Price: £17.49

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Review McFarland & Co Inc  / John L. Sullivan: The Career of the First Gloved Heavyweight Champion Publication date: 2006-07-15
Dewey code: 796.83092
RRP: £38.50
Price: £33.84

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Review Exposure Publishing  / The Team That Dared to Dream - The Amazing Rise of Gretna FC from Division 3 to the FA Cup Publication date: 2007-03-14
Dewey code: 796
RRP: £7.99
Price: £6.44

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Review John Blake Publishing Ltd  / Magnificent Sevens Publication date: 2007-08-01
Dewey code: 796.334092242733
RRP: £17.99
Price: £8.99

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Review Virgin Books  / My Olympic Ten Days - Kelly Holmes Publication date: 2004-12-06
Dewey code: 796
RRP: £9.99
Price: £0.01

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Review ReganBooks,U.S.  / Taking Shots: Tall Tales, Bizarre Battles and the Incredible Truth about the NBA: Tall Tales, Bizarre Battles and the Incredible Truth About the NBA Edition: New title
Publication date: 2007-03-01
Dewey code: 338.47796092
RRP: £14.99
Price: £3.10

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Review John Wiley & Sons  / The Immortal Bobby: Bobby Jones and the Golden Age of Golf Publication date: 2005-04-08
Dewey code: 796.352092
RRP: £19.99
Price: £8.19

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Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism, Out of the Blue - Into the Black: The Autobiography of John Spencer, Valentino Rossi: Motogenius, Johnny Kincaid: Wrestling's Ring Side Seat, Evel Incarnate: The Life and Legend of Evel Knievel, Dooley!: The Autobiography of a Soccer Legend, Woosie: My Autobiography, Brian Moore Autobiography, Kenny Dalglish Autobiography, Eye of the Tiger: My Life, Ken Tyrrell: Portrait of a Motor Racing Giant, Anderl Heckmair: My Life: Eiger North Face, Grand Jorasses, & Other Adventures, Ronaldo: King of the World, The Voice of Rugby: My Autobiography, John L. Sullivan: The Career of the First Gloved Heavyweight Champion, The Team That Dared to Dream - The Amazing Rise of Gretna FC from Division 3 to the FA Cup, Magnificent Sevens, My Olympic Ten Days - Kelly Holmes, Taking Shots: Tall Tales, Bizarre Battles and the Incredible Truth about the NBA: Tall Tales, Bizarre Battles and the Incredible Truth About the NBA, The Immortal Bobby: Bobby Jones and the Golden Age of Golf

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