Rocket Men
ISBN: 9780553819366 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The Haslam family is motorbike royalty. "Rocket" Ron Haslam, one of10 brothers and sisters from a Derbyshire mining town, started racing on the professional circuit in 1972 at the age of 15 and developed into one of the finest, and fastest, racers the UK has ever seen. Winner of three World titles and four British championships, as well as a record six Macau GPs, he rode in more than 100 Grands Prix. Despite tragically losing two of his brothers, Phil and Terry, in motorbike accidents, Haslam kept on riding in his chosen sport, setting speed records wherever he went, with his most recent...
The Haslam family is motorbike royalty. "Rocket" Ron Haslam, one of10 brothers and sisters from a Derbyshire mining town, started racing on the profes...
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81,85 zł |
Abel Kiviat, National Champion: Twentieth-Century Track and Field and the Melting Pot
ISBN: 9780815609391 / Angielski / Twarda / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Abel Kaviat (1892-1991) was one of track and field's largest personalities, competing as 'the Hebrew runner' for New York's Irish-American Athletic Club and was elected its captain. Katchen offers a detailed account of the I-AAC's evolution, and sheds light of the rapid modernization of the sport.
Abel Kaviat (1892-1991) was one of track and field's largest personalities, competing as 'the Hebrew runner' for New York's Irish-American Athletic Cl...
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149,36 zł |
Geno: In Pursuit of Perfection
ISBN: 9780446694773 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Controversial, confrontational, and driven, Coach Geno Auriemma is a force to be reckoned with - and the most accomplished male coach in women's basketball today. In his relentless quest for excellence at the University of Connecticut, he has led the Huskies to five national championships. "Yet his soul never rests. For Auriemma, life affords only the briefest moments of happiness - a good round of golf, forty minutes of great basketball, a day at the beach with his family, a nice glass of wine - while disaster is seemingly always waiting to strike. It's a fatalistic philosophy, a remnant of...
Controversial, confrontational, and driven, Coach Geno Auriemma is a force to be reckoned with - and the most accomplished male coach in women's baske...
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93,98 zł |
War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, and America in a Time of Unrest
ISBN: 9780446698658 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The Vietnam War . . . Nixon . . . Kent State . . . The late 1960s and early 1970s were a time of total turmoil in America-the country was being torn apart by a war most people didn't support, young men were being taken away by the draft, and racial tensions were high. Nowhere was this turmoil more evident than on college campuses, the epicenters of the protest movement. The uncertain times presented a challenge to two of the greatest football coaches of all time. Woody Hayes, the legendary archconservative coach of Ohio State, feared for the future of America. His protege and...
The Vietnam War . . . Nixon . . . Kent State . . . The late 1960s and early 1970s were a time of total turmoil in America-the country was ...
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155,81 zł |
Open: An Autobiography
ISBN: 9780307268198 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography. Agassi's incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis camp that feels like a prison camp. Lonely, scared, a ninth-grade dropout, he rebels in ways that will soon make him a 1980s icon. He dyes his hair, pierces his ears, dresses like a punk rocker. By the time he turns pro at sixteen, his new look promises to change tennis forever, as does his...
From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting ...
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162,39 zł |
Another Season: A Coach's Story of Raising an Exceptional Son
ISBN: 9780316056526 / Angielski / Miękka / 223 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) When beloved University of Alabama football coach Gene Stallings's son was born with Down syndrome and a serious heart defect, doctors predicted he wouldn't live to see his first birthday and urged Coach Stallings and his wife to institutionalize him. But for Gene and Ruth Ann that was not an option. Johnny quickly won the hearts and adoration of the Stallings family and everyone who took the time to know him, and, proving the doctors wrong by leading an active life, he became a vital and important part of his family, his community, and his father's career. With intimate glimpses of family...
When beloved University of Alabama football coach Gene Stallings's son was born with Down syndrome and a serious heart defect, doctors predicted he wo...
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125,90 zł |
Boxing Shadows
ISBN: 9780292721296 / Angielski / Twarda / 195 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Reaching the top in any sport requires a long, hard climb. But when you start with the baggage of years of family dysfunction and incarceration in a hellish mental hospital, the climb is especially steep. Yet even with such weights to carry, Anissa Zamarron won not one, but two, world championships in women's boxing. Her story, as dramatically intense as the Clint Eastwood film Million Dollar Baby, is one of tremendous courage and determination to overcome the odds against her as a Latina and as a woman working through mental illness and addiction--a fight in which Zamarron... Reaching the top in any sport requires a long, hard climb. But when you start with the baggage of years of family dysfunction and incarceration in ... |
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103,69 zł |
John Buck O'Neil: The Rookie, the Man, the Legacy 1938
ISBN: 9781438950594 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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134,57 zł |
More Than Winning: The Story of Tom Osborne
ISBN: 9780803226630 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) At age twenty-eight, when Tom Osborne agreed to join Bob Devaney s full-time coaching staff at the University of Nebraska, he resolved to be a head coach by the time he reached age thirty-five. Little did he know that this goal would chart his course toward becoming one of the nation s premier football coaches. Six years later in 1972, Devaney named Osborne as head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers.In high school and college, Osborne had been an outstanding athlete in his own right. He went on to play professional football and to earn his master s and doctorate degrees in educational...
At age twenty-eight, when Tom Osborne agreed to join Bob Devaney s full-time coaching staff at the University of Nebraska, he resolved to be a head co...
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88,13 zł |
Grasping the Ring: Nine Unique Winners in Life and Sports
ISBN: 9780803226357 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Over the course of his varied career, Gene A. Budig has served as a professor, the president of the American League of Major League Baseball, the head of three major universities, a major general in the Air National Guard, a newspaper man, and co-owner of a Minor League Baseball team. One can safely assume that Budig has met his share of interesting and inspiring people. In Grasping the Ring, he selects nine from this great array of individuals and offers candid biographical sketches of these compelling characters. Though they are very different, George Steinbrenner, Larry Doby, Tom...
Over the course of his varied career, Gene A. Budig has served as a professor, the president of the American League of Major League Baseball, the head...
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62,19 zł |
Frantic Francis: How One Coach's Madness Changed Football
ISBN: 9780803218949 / Angielski / Miękka / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) When Francis Schmidt, a bow tie wearing law school graduate with a bombastic personality, got started as a volunteer high school coach, football still followed Victorian tenets of caution and simplicity and often employed fewer than fifty plays. By the time Frantic Francis had risen through the ranks of small colleges on the plains to one of the top coaching jobs in America head coach at Ohio State University in the 1930s football was a wild, wide-open game, largely because of Schmidt s own daring style. With a mind that never stopped thinking about football, he created a playbook ten times...
When Francis Schmidt, a bow tie wearing law school graduate with a bombastic personality, got started as a volunteer high school coach, football still...
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160,80 zł |
Double-Edged Sword: The Many Lives of Hemingway's Friend, the American Matador Sidney Franklin
ISBN: 9780803211292 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Sidney Franklin (1903 76) was the last person you d expect to become a bullfighter. The streetwise son of a Russian Jewish cop, Sidney had an all-American boyhood in early twentieth-century Brooklyn while hiding the fact that he was gay. A violent confrontation with his father sent him packing to Mexico City, where first he opened a business, then he opened his mouth bragging that Americans had the courage to become bullfighters. Training with iconic matador Rodolfo Gaona, Sidney s dare spawned a legend. Following years in small-town Mexican bullrings, he put his moxie where his mouth was,...
Sidney Franklin (1903 76) was the last person you d expect to become a bullfighter. The streetwise son of a Russian Jewish cop, Sidney had an all-Amer...
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145,18 zł |
Doc: The Rise and Rise of Julius Erving
ISBN: 9780470170182 / Angielski / Twarda / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The definitive biography of basketball genius Julius Erving--the icon who transcended his sport and defined an era
Julius Erving, aka Dr. J, was a wizard with the basketball, performing feats the world had never seen before: midair spins and whirls punctuated by powerful slam dunks, which he was the first to glamorize. In a career that lasted from the 1970s well into the 1980s, he was one of the first players to make extemporaneous individual expression an integral part of the game, setting the style of play that has prevailed ever since. He's also long been respected as a gracious,... The definitive biography of basketball genius Julius Erving--the icon who transcended his sport and defined an era
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128,16 zł |
From Strength to Strength. the Story of Peter Kipchumba Rono
ISBN: 9789966769633 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Peter Rono won the 1,500 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympic games beating favourites Peter Elliott and Steve Cram of Great Britain thus becoming the youngest Olympic Champion to win the 1500 m. Ambassador Peter Rono, is an only child who grew up in humble background in Nandi, Kenya. Armed with champion stories from his grandfather's successes and his mother's unrelenting faith in God he begins a journey of firsts. With energy Peter's story easily moves from strength to strength.
Peter Rono won the 1,500 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympic games beating favourites Peter Elliott and Steve Cram of Great Britain thus becoming the yo...
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187,96 zł |
The Earnhardts: A Biography
ISBN: 9780313358401 / Angielski / Twarda / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) From mid-century dirt tracks to today's super speedways, The Earnhardts: A Biography tells the remarkable story of a racing family Dale, his father Ralph, and son Dale Jr. whose careers span the full history of NASCAR and whose accomplishments define this unique American motorsport. Drawing on extensive research, including interviews with friends, family, and sports writers covering the NASCAR scene, Gerry Souter follows the Earnhardts' story from Ralph's short track racing in cars he built himself to Dale's record-setting career and shocking death to Dale Jr.'s... From mid-century dirt tracks to today's super speedways, The Earnhardts: A Biography tells the remarkable story of a racing family Dale, his... |
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163,80 zł |
Peyton Manning: A Biography
ISBN: 9780313357268 / Angielski / Twarda / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) From the moment Peyton Manning arrived in the National Football League at the start of the 1998 season, he has been a numbers machine, completing passes at a dazzling rate and throwing touchdowns at a pinball-machine clip. Fans, teammates, and NFL foes alike have been in awe of what Manning's right arm has wrought. In Peyton Manning: A Biography, sportswriter Lew Freedman chronicles Manning's life, from his childhood as the son of New Orleans Saints' quarterback Archie Manning through the many laurels won during his high school and college careers to his record-setting... From the moment Peyton Manning arrived in the National Football League at the start of the 1998 season, he has been a numbers machine, completing p... |
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185,64 zł |
The End of Autumn: Reflections on My Life in Football
ISBN: 9780252076695 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Much of Michael Oriard's education took place outside the schoolroom of his native Spokane, Washington, during "slaughter practices" on high school football fields. He was taught to "punish" and "dominate," to rouse his school spirit with religion, and to "tough it" through injuries, even serious ones. At the age of eighteen he entered Notre Dame and walked onto the football team, where studying hard was never harder. By his senior year, playing for Ara Parseghian's Fighting Irish, he was the starting center and co-captain of the team. After graduating, he signed with the Kansas City... Much of Michael Oriard's education took place outside the schoolroom of his native Spokane, Washington, during "slaughter practices" on high school... |
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124,44 zł |
Diving Dream to Olympic Team: The Keith Russell Story
ISBN: 9781440135774 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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98,08 zł |
Diving Dream to Olympic Team: The Keith Russell Story
ISBN: 9781440135798 / Angielski / Twarda / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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140,82 zł |
Coach Tommy Thompson and the Boys of Sequoyah
ISBN: 9780806140704 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) When eleven-year-old Tommy Thompson arrived at a government-run Indian boarding school in 1915, it seemed a last resort for the youngster. Instead, it turned out to be the first step toward a life dedicated to helping others. Thompson went on to become a star athlete and football coach--a Cherokee legend whose story is remembered by many and is now finally told for a wider audience. Following gridiron fame at Northeastern State College, Thompson returned to Sequoyah Vocational School in 1947 as Boys' Coach and Advisor. More than a thousand boys attended the boarding school during the... When eleven-year-old Tommy Thompson arrived at a government-run Indian boarding school in 1915, it seemed a last resort for the youngster. Instead,... |
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118,19 zł |