"As I travel the circle of my life near to its completion, I remember a time when I was young and more idealistic than I am today; when my step was lighter and my hair not so gray. For many of my days, I have been the most public of men. Yet I have kept the most important chapter of my life private and hidden from view. I write now of that time with the wisdom of a life fully lived and with the honesty of one who senses that the grave is near. I write so that, when I pass from this world, the events and people that I am about to describe shall be remembered forever." England, 1870: His...
"As I travel the circle of my life near to its completion, I remember a time when I was young and more idealistic than I am today; when my step was li...
An evocative historical novel that explores the rising influence of Dickens's work in mid-19th century London through the journey of a young woman's struggle against poverty and injustice. In the winter of 1836, a young journalist named Charles Dickens held an infant in his arms. Only eight months of age, Ruby Spriggs was living under the most deplorable conditions that existed in London. Crushing poverty seemed her only future. Through the intervention of kind patrons, the child blossoms into a young woman instilled with a love of learning and books. But the forces that Dickens...
An evocative historical novel that explores the rising influence of Dickens's work in mid-19th century London through the journey of a young woman's s...
In the words of more than 200 of Ali's family members, opponents, friends, world leaders, and others who have known him best, the real Muhammad Ali emerges: deeply religious, mercurial, generous, a showman in and out of the ring. Thirty years after he burst onto the scene as a gold medal light-heavyweight at the Rome Olympics, Muhammad Ali is still a magical figure. His accomplishments in the ring were the stuff of legend--the two fights with Sonny Liston, when he proclaimed himself "The Greatest" and proved he was; the three epic wars against Joe Frazier; the stunning victory over George...
In the words of more than 200 of Ali's family members, opponents, friends, world leaders, and others who have known him best, the real Muhammad Ali em...
Thomas Hauser has become amust readinga in the boxing community, and his latest book demonstrates why. An Unforgiving Sport brings together Hauseras 2008 articles from secondsout.com and espn.com, in which he exposes the inner workings of HBO Sports, goes behind the scenes at boxingas biggest fights, revisits historical figures like John L. Sullivan, and offers revealing portraits of Don King, Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao, Ricky Hatton, Bernard Hopkins, and a host of others. Booklist praised an earlier collection of Hauseras articles as aone more testament to [Hauseras] talent and...
Thomas Hauser has become amust readinga in the boxing community, and his latest book demonstrates why. An Unforgiving Sport brings together Hauseras 2...
Thomas Hauser has become "must reading" in the boxing community, and his latest book demonstrates why. Boxing Is . . . brings together all of Hauser's 2009 articles. In them, Hauser illuminates the behind-the-scenes stories of the year's most memorable personalities and events. He takes us from Manny Pacquiao's dressing room in the tense moments before 2009's biggest fight to an in-depth portrait of the incomparable Sugar Ray Robinson, all the while continuing to show why his annual collections, avidly anticipated by fans and critics alike, have become, according to columnist Bart Barry, "an...
Thomas Hauser has become "must reading" in the boxing community, and his latest book demonstrates why. Boxing Is . . . brings together all of Hauser's...
Thomas Hauser's recording of the contemporary boxing scene has become the sport's most eagerly anticipated written work. Here's what readers are saying about And the New . . .
"Masterful, as always . . . Awesome writing."
"On a scale of one to ten, Hauser rates one hundred."
"The most accurate, honest, and insightful writing about boxing that I've ever read."
"Thomas Hauser is in a league of his own."
"It doesn't get any better than this. Another five-star article from Hauser."
"Brilliant, enlightening, and wonderful. This is what boxing writing...
Thomas Hauser's recording of the contemporary boxing scene has become the sport's most eagerly anticipated written work. Here's what readers are sayin...
Thomas Hauser is best known as Muhammad Ali's biographer and for his recording of the contemporary boxing scene. "Booklist" called Hauser "the most respected boxing journalist working today and perhaps the best ever." Robert Lipsyte said Hauser is "the best boxing writer of our time." Still, Hauser's love of sports began not with boxing but with baseball. Long before he turned to the sweet science, America's national pastime had captured his heart. His childhood allegiance was to the New York Yankees. Growing up in the suburbs of New York, he cheered for the Giants in football and Knicks...
Thomas Hauser is best known as Muhammad Ali's biographer and for his recording of the contemporary boxing scene. "Booklist" called Hauser "the most re...
Commenting on Thomas Hauser's annual collections of articles on boxing, Ring Magazine declared, "What makes Hauser's stories so extraordinary is that the man many consider 'The Dean of Boxing Writers' refuses to allow his admiration for the sport to blind him to its dark side. His annual volumes on boxing have become required reading for hardcore and casual fans alike."
"Straight Writes and Jabs" is the latest in the popular series. It brings readers into the dressing room with elite champions in the moments before some of 2012's biggest fights. Hauser's award-winning investigative...
Commenting on Thomas Hauser's annual collections of articles on boxing, Ring Magazine declared, "What makes Hauser's stories so extraordinary is that ...
In 2015, Booklist observed, the arrival of Hauser s annual boxing review is akin to Christmas morning for fight fans. Nobody knows a sport any better than Hauser knows boxing.
Each year, readers, writers, and critics alike look forward to Thomas Hauser s annual collection of articles about the contemporary boxing scene. He s one of the last real champions of boxing and one of the very best who has ever written about the sport.
A Hard World continues this tradition of excellence with dressing-room reports from big fights like Canelo Alvarez vs. Miguel Cotto, a...
In 2015, Booklist observed, the arrival of Hauser s annual boxing review is akin to Christmas morning for fight fans. Nobody knows a sport a...
"Booklist "called "Straight Writes and Jabs," last year s collection of boxing articles by Thomas Hauser, wonderful writing from a world-class journalist. This year s collection, "Thomas Hauser on Boxing," is the latest in the popular annuals bringing together all Hauser s writing from the previous year. Readers will enter the dressing room with elite champions in the moments before some of 2013 s biggest fights. Hauser s award-winning investigative journalism is on display in his prize-winning expose of the tragedy that befell heavyweight boxer Magomed Abdusalamov. There s a look at the...
"Booklist "called "Straight Writes and Jabs," last year s collection of boxing articles by Thomas Hauser, wonderful writing from a world-class journal...
