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Mad Ducks and Bears
ISBN: 9780224100403 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Deals with American football and focuses on the careers of the author's Lions teammates, Alex 'Mad Duck' Karras and John 'the Bear' Gordy. This book offers a behind the scene look at the football team and its companion.
Deals with American football and focuses on the careers of the author's Lions teammates, Alex 'Mad Duck' Karras and John 'the Bear' Gordy. This book o...
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82,10 |
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Out of My League
ISBN: 9780224100410 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. It began as a fun filled stunt and came to a deeply hellish, nearly humiliating end. This book chronicles what happened next as his inspired idea - to get on the mound and pitch a few innings to the All-Stars of the American and National Leagues - got seriously out of hand.
It began as a fun filled stunt and came to a deeply hellish, nearly humiliating end. This book chronicles what happened next as his inspired idea - to...
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66,70 |
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Paper Lion: Confessions of a last-string quarterback
ISBN: 9780224100229 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. In the mid-1960s, George Plimpton talked his way into the Detroit Lions' pre-season training camp and in doing so set the bar for participatory sports journalism. In this book, he recounts his experience of a month practising and living with the team - getting to know the pressures rookies confront, the hijinks, and taking behind the scenes snaps.
In the mid-1960s, George Plimpton talked his way into the Detroit Lions' pre-season training camp and in doing so set the bar for participatory sports...
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65,37 |
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Edie: American Girl
ISBN: 9781529110715 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A brilliant and unique biography of Andy Warhol's tragic muse, the 60s icon Edie Sedgwick'Exceptionally seductive... You can't put it down' LA TimesOutrageous, vulnerable and strikingly beautiful - in the 1960s Edie Sedgwick became both an emblem of, and a memorial to, the doomed world spawned by Andy Warhol.
A brilliant and unique biography of Andy Warhol's tragic muse, the 60s icon Edie Sedgwick'Exceptionally seductive... You can't put it down' LA TimesOu...
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65,37 |
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Open Net
ISBN: 9780224100397 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. After forays into American football, golf and the world of professional boxing, the author accepts his riskiest assignment yet: taking to the ice as goalie for his beloved National Hockey League team, the Boston Bruins. This book is at once a celebration of the thrills and grace of the greatest sport on ice.
After forays into American football, golf and the world of professional boxing, the author accepts his riskiest assignment yet: taking to the ice as g...
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82,10 |
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Shadow Box
ISBN: 9780224100236 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Stepping into the ring against light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, the author pauses to wonder what ever induced him to become a participatory journalist. From the gym, the locker room, the ringside, and even in the harsh glare of the ring itself, the author documents what it truly means to be a boxer.
Stepping into the ring against light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, the author pauses to wonder what ever induced him to become a participatory jo...
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66,70 |
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Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintences and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career
ISBN: 9780385491730 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. He was the most social of writers, and at the height of his career, he was the very nexus of the glamorous worlds of the arts, politics and society, a position best exemplified by his still legendary Black and White Ball. Truman truly knew everyone, and now the people who knew him best tell his remarkable story to bestselling author and literary lion, George Plimpton.
Using the oral-biography style that made his Edie (edited with Jean Stein) a bestseller, George Plimpton has blended the voices of Capote's friends, lovers, and colleagues into a captivating and narrative. Here we see... He was the most social of writers, and at the height of his career, he was the very nexus of the glamorous worlds of the arts, politics and society, a...
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75,81 |
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The Bogey Man: A Month on the PGA Tour
ISBN: 9780224100267 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. What happens when a weekend athlete - of average skill at best - joins the professional golf circuit? The author spent a month of self-imposed torture on the PGA tour to find out. In this book, we find golf legends, adventurers, stroke-saving theories, superstitions, and other golfing lore, and best of all, the author's thoughts and experiences.
What happens when a weekend athlete - of average skill at best - joins the professional golf circuit? The author spent a month of self-imposed torture...
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65,37 |
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Norton Book of Sports
ISBN: 9780393030402 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 492 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. When it comes to popularity, American enthusiasm for sports is right up there with mom and apple pie. From this long love affair with the games of men and boys--and, increasingly, women--has sprung a vast literature that moves across fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
When it comes to popularity, American enthusiasm for sports is right up there with mom and apple pie. From this long love affair with the games of men...
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214,62 |
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Truman Capotes turbulentes Leben : Kolportiert von Freunden, Feinden, Bewunderern und Konkurrenten. Inkl.Download
ISBN: 9783954030668 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2014 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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134,19 |
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102,69 |
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One for the Record: The Inside Story of Hank Aaron's Chase for the Home Run Record
ISBN: 9780316326933 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The inside story of Hank Aaron's chase for the home run record, repackaged and with a foreword by Bob Costas and new material from the Plimpton Archives.
In ONE FOR THE RECORD, George Plimpton recounts Hank Aaron's thrilling race to become the new home run champion. Amidst media frenzy and death threats, Aaron sought to beat Babe Ruth's record. In 1974, he finally succeeded. A fascinating examination of the psychology of baseball players, ONE FOR THE RECORD gives an absorbing account of the men on the mound who had to face Aaron. But the book's true genius lies in the portrait... The inside story of Hank Aaron's chase for the home run record, repackaged and with a foreword by Bob Costas and new material from the Plimpton Arc...
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125,09 |
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Mad Ducks and Bears: Football Revisited
ISBN: 9780316326445 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. George Plimpton's follow-up to Paper Lion, one of his personal favorites among his classic books--now repackaged and including a foreword from Steve Almond and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton archives.
In MAD DUCKS AND BEARS, George Plimpton's engaging companion to Paper Lion, Plimpton focuses on two of the most entertaining and roguish linemen and former teammates--Alex Karras ("Mad Ducks") and John Gordy ("Bears"), both of whom went on to achieve brilliant post-football success. A more reflective, less madcap book than Plimpton's other work, MAD... George Plimpton's follow-up to Paper Lion, one of his personal favorites among his classic books--now repackaged and including a foreword fr...
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132,67 |
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Paper Lion: Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback
ISBN: 9780316284509 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The book that made a legend--and capture's America's sport in detail that's never been matched, now featuring a foreword by Nicholas Dawidoff a and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton Archives.
George Plimpton was perhaps best known for PAPER LION, the book that set the bar for participatory sports journalism. With his characteristic wit, Plimpton recounts his experiences in talking his way into training camp with the Detroit Lions, practicing with the team, and taking snaps behind center. His breezy style captures the pressures and tensions rookies confront, the... The book that made a legend--and capture's America's sport in detail that's never been matched, now featuring a foreword by Nicholas Dawidoff a
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113,72 |
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The Bogey Man: A Month on the PGA Tour
ISBN: 9780316326261 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. George Plimpton chronicles his month spent on the PGA tour in THE BOGEY MAN, now repackaged and including a foreword by Rick Reilly and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton Archives.
What happens when a weekend athlete--of average skill at best--joins the professional golf circuit? George Plimpton, one of the finest participatory sports journalists, spent a month of self-imposed torture on the tour to find out. Along the way, he meets amateurs, pros, caddies, officials, fans, and hangers-on. In THE BOGEY MAN, we find golf legends, adventurers, stroke-saving theories,... George Plimpton chronicles his month spent on the PGA tour in THE BOGEY MAN, now repackaged and including a foreword by Rick Reilly and never-befor...
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136,46 |
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Out of My League: The Classic Account of an Amateur's Ordeal in Professional Baseball
ISBN: 9780316284547 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The baseball classic that Ernest Hemingway called "beautifully observed and incredibly conceived," now repackaged and including a foreword from Jane Leavy and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton archives.
The first of Plimpton's remarkable forays into participatory journalism, OUT OF MY LEAGUE chronicles with wit, charm, and grace what happens when a self-professed amateur has the chance to answer every fan's question: could he strike out a major league star? Plimpton's inspired idea--to get on the mound and pitch a few innings to the All-Stars of the American... The baseball classic that Ernest Hemingway called "beautifully observed and incredibly conceived," now repackaged and including a foreword from Jan...
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117,51 |
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The Paris Review Anthology
ISBN: 9780393027693 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 688 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A selection of representative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from the Anthology from 1953 to present.
A selection of representative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from the Anthology from 1953 to present.
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250,13 |
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The Class of 1861: Custer, Ames, and Their Classmates After West Point
ISBN: 9780809320660 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. George Armstrong Custer wrote about his friend Pierce Manning Butler Young, who left West Point to become a Confederate general: "I remember a conversation held at the table at which I sat during the winter of '60 '61. I was seated next to Cadet P. M. B. Young, a gallant young fellow, a classmate of mine, then and since the war an intimate and valued friend a major-general in the Confederate forces during the war and a member of Congress from his native State Georgia] at a later date. The approaching war was as usual the subject of conversation in which all participated, and in the freest... George Armstrong Custer wrote about his friend Pierce Manning Butler Young, who left West Point to become a Confederate general: "I remember a conv... |
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136,53 |
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The Paris Review Book: Of Heartbreak, Madness, Sex, Love, Betrayal, Outsiders, Intoxication, War, Whimsy, Horrors, God, Death, Dinner, Baseba
ISBN: 9780312422394 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 907 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. For a half-century, The Paris Review has published writing and interviews from the world's most brilliant authors. To commemorate the anniversary, a breathtakingly diverse and illuminating anthology has been assembled. The greatest writers here write and speak upon the greatest subjects of our time: For a half-century, The Paris Review has published writing and interviews from the world's most brilliant authors. To commemorate the annive... |
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200,85 |
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Latin American Writers at Work
ISBN: 9780679773498 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The fourth book in the Modern Library's Paris Review Writers at Work series, Latin American Writers at Work is a thundering collection of interviews with some of the most important and acclaimed Latin American writers of our time. These fascinating conversations were compiled from the annals of The Paris Review and include a new, lyrical Introduction by Nobel Prize-winning author Derek Walcott.
The fourth book in the Modern Library's Paris Review Writers at Work series, Latin American Writers at Work is a thundering collection o...
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83,39 |
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