wyszukanych pozycji: 7
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The Eternal Summer: Palmer, Nicklaus, and Hogan in 1960, Golf's Golden Year
ISBN: 9780375753688 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Was there ever a year in golf like 1960?
It was the year that the sport and its vivid personalities exploded on the consciousness of the nation, when the past, present, and future of the sport collided. Here was Arnold Palmer, the workingman's hero, "sweating, chain-smoking, shirt-tail flying"; Ben Hogan, the greatest player of the fifties, a perfectionist battling twin demons of age and nerves; and, making his big-time debut, a crew-cut college kid who seemed to have the makings of a champion: twenty-year-old Jack Nicklaus. And of course, the rest: Ken Venturi, Chi Chi Rodriguez,... Was there ever a year in golf like 1960?
It was the year that the sport and its vivid personalities exploded on the consciousness of the nation, w... |
cena:
76,02 |
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Chasing Tiger
ISBN: 9780743442138 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) All eat from the bowl of life -- Tiger Woods just has a bigger spoon. So writes Curt Sampson in his groundbreaking account of the current state of golf and the man who changed the game forever -- Tiger Woods. With a mix of power, skill, and business savvy, Woods has become the biggest sports figure since Michael Jordan, wielding a competitive edge of equal parts inspiration and intimidation. As for the rest of the golfing world -- including other players, junior golfers and their parents, corporate America, agents, instructors, fans, and the media -- it's either catch up or give...
All eat from the bowl of life -- Tiger Woods just has a bigger spoon. So writes Curt Sampson in his groundbreaking account of the current ...
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cena:
72,03 |
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The Lost Masters: Grace and Disgrace in '68
ISBN: 9780743274234 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Of all the games ever played in a sporting competition, never has an event been so bizarre and yet so fitting for its historical moment: the 1968 Masters. Anger gripped America's heart in April 1968. Vietnam and a bitter presidential contest sharpened the divides between races and generations, while protests and violence poisened the air. Then an assassin's bullet took the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Cities burned.
The smoke had barely cleared when the Masters began. Never was the country more ready for distraction and escape--but could the orderly annual excitement... Of all the games ever played in a sporting competition, never has an event been so bizarre and yet so fitting for its historical moment: the 1968 M...
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cena:
72,03 |
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Hogan: A Biography
ISBN: 9780553061949 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Ben Hogan won four U.S. Opens in six years, three of them after a near-fatal head-on automobile collision. Driven by an obsessive dedication to the game, legend has it, he practiced until his hands bled. The concentration and precision he exhibited on the course awed spectators and fellow players alike.
In this extraordinary book--the first full-scale biography of the enigmatic Hogan in twenty years--Curt Sampson explores the milestones of Hogan's life--his father's suicide, his miraculous comeback after his brush with death, his many triumphs on the Tour. Sampson draws on interviews... Ben Hogan won four U.S. Opens in six years, three of them after a near-fatal head-on automobile collision. Driven by an obsessive dedication to the ga...
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cena:
79,82 |
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Texas Golf Legends: Legends Edition
ISBN: 9780896723146 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Ben Crenshaw, Judy Rankin, Tom Kite, Fred Cobb, Harvey Penick, Babe Zaharias, Lee Trevino . . . the list of Texas golf legends reads like the leader board of an imaginary 20th-Century Golf Greats Invitational.The Lone Star State has spawned more than its share of golf heroes, and fifty of the best are featured in this collection of portraits and interviews. Milosevich deftly illustrates each golfer with compelling head-and-shoulder portraits and action views. Sampson's brief vignettes of the golfers capture the dramatic incidents and illuminating details that help...
Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Ben Crenshaw, Judy Rankin, Tom Kite, Fred Cobb, Harvey Penick, Babe Zaharias, Lee Trevino . . . the list of Texas golf legend...
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cena:
1405,88 |
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Furious George: My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless Gms, and Poor Shot Selection
ISBN: 9780062367808 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The most outspoken and combative coach in NBA history--and one of the most successful, amassing more than 1,175 victories, the sixth best winning record ever--reflects on his life, his career, and his battles on and off the basketball court in this no-holds-barred memoir A man of deep passion and intensity, George Karl earned his bad boy reputation while playing at the University of North Carolina, a rap that continued through the five years he spent with the San Antonio Spurs--and long after he stopped playing. Karl's beery nights, fistfights, and barking followed him into a... The most outspoken and combative coach in NBA history--and one of the most successful, amassing more than 1,175 victories, the sixth best winning r... |
cena:
75,98 |
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Texas Golf Legends: Eagle Edition
ISBN: 9780896723832 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Ben Crenshaw, Judy Rankin, Tom Kite, Fred Cobb, Harvey Penick, Babe Zaharias, Lee Trevino... the list of Texas golf legends reads like the leader board of an imaginary 20th-Century Golf Greats Invitational. This collection of portraits and interviews features fifty of the best golfers.
Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Ben Crenshaw, Judy Rankin, Tom Kite, Fred Cobb, Harvey Penick, Babe Zaharias, Lee Trevino... the list of Texas golf legends r...
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cena:
3010,52 |