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Both Members of the Club: A Novella
ISBN: 9781937875473 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Billy Carlyle is a professional fighter starting to lose. His eyes cut too easily and his friends--Gabriel, an aspiring actor, and Sam, an artist preparing for her first gallery show--try to persuade Billy to leave the ring.
From the streets of Manhattan to the gyms of Paris, from struggling with hard pasts to harnessing the primal pull, "Both Members of the Club" is a story of friendship and ambition and violence set against the world of boxing, a place where bodies get tested and truths are exposed. "This astonishingly personal and touching account of a trio of friends who have... Billy Carlyle is a professional fighter starting to lose. His eyes cut too easily and his friends--Gabriel, an aspiring actor, and Sam, an artist prep...
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48,93 |
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J-Hawk Nation
ISBN: 9781478706458 / Angielski / Twarda / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The early 1960s was a time of innocence and a time of promise as America was holding its breath, preparing itself for major changes that began emerging throughout the country. J-Hawk Nation paints a portrait of those magical years in a small rural Iowa community, as seen through the eyes of a sixteen-year-old boy. The heartfelt, nostalgic anecdotal stories recall milestones familiar to every reader . . . first love, the search for personal identity, questions that needed to be faced about the high school years and what lay ahead. But the soul of J-Hawk Nation is the extraordinary basketball...
The early 1960s was a time of innocence and a time of promise as America was holding its breath, preparing itself for major changes that began emergin...
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172,42 |
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J-Hawk Nation
ISBN: 9781478706465 / Angielski / Miękka / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The early 1960s was a time of innocence and a time of promise as America was holding its breath, preparing itself for major changes that began emerging throughout the country. J-Hawk Nation paints a portrait of those magical years in a small rural Iowa community, as seen through the eyes of a sixteen-year-old boy. The heartfelt, nostalgic anecdotal stories recall milestones familiar to every reader . . . first love, the search for personal identity, questions that needed to be faced about the high school years and what lay ahead. But the soul of J-Hawk Nation is the extraordinary basketball...
The early 1960s was a time of innocence and a time of promise as America was holding its breath, preparing itself for major changes that began emergin...
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120,63 |
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Opur's Blade
ISBN: 9781479786848 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After the first ball is struck on the driving range, the head pro, J Dub Schroeder, realizes that he has a child prodigy in his midst. Soon thereafter the pro shop regulars assign a nickname to the teenager. To the locals the lad becomes known as Opur for because of his propensity to sink putts with an old, worn-out putter that was gathering dust in the lost-and-found barrel. Follow the action events until they culminate in an action packed conclusion as a young underdog fights for his dream on the hallowed grounds of America's greatest golfing event---The Classic.
After the first ball is struck on the driving range, the head pro, J Dub Schroeder, realizes that he has a child prodigy in his midst. Soon thereafter...
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80,88 |
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A Bigger Prize
ISBN: 9781475993851 / Angielski / Miękka / 452 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When trainer Frank "Black Machine" Whaley of View Point, Texas, dies of a heart attack in 1946, Elegant Raines, an eighteen-year-old black prizefighter, must find a new trainer. Raines calls on Leemore "Pee-Pot" Manners, a boxing trainer who lives in Longwood, West Virginia. Any honest man would say Pee-Pot knows more about boxing than anyone alive-whether that man is black or white. Raines's goal is to become the heavyweight champion of the world. Under Pee-Pot's tutelage Raines wins not only the middleweight championship, but the light heavyweight championship, marking him as one of... When trainer Frank "Black Machine" Whaley of View Point, Texas, dies of a heart attack in 1946, Elegant Raines, an eighteen-year-old black prizefig... |
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96,15 |
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A Bigger Prize
ISBN: 9781475993875 / Angielski / Twarda / 452 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When trainer Frank "Black Machine" Whaley of View Point, Texas, dies of a heart attack in 1946, Elegant Raines, an eighteen-year-old black prizefighter, must find a new trainer. Raines calls on Leemore "Pee-Pot" Manners, a boxing trainer who lives in Longwood, West Virginia. Any honest man would say Pee-Pot knows more about boxing than anyone alive-whether that man is black or white. Raines's goal is to become the heavyweight champion of the world. Under Pee-Pot's tutelage Raines wins not only the middleweight championship, but the light heavyweight championship, marking him as one of... When trainer Frank "Black Machine" Whaley of View Point, Texas, dies of a heart attack in 1946, Elegant Raines, an eighteen-year-old black prizefig... |
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134,68 |
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A Nasty Bit of Rough
ISBN: 9781936891122 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Forget all that Zen stuff--Here's the Golf Book the Golf World Really Needs...In David Feherty, we've found at last not only a true Renaissance man but also a writer with the guts to address the important themes of the 21st century. In A NASTY BIT OF ROUGH, the operatic singer turned golf pro turned witty golf commentator turns into a golf novelist and discusses the world's most vital issues -- flatulence; alcohol consumption in vast quantities; male genitalia getting whacked, bitten, lanced, and shot; and more flatulence...The overly serious world of golf writing...
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Forget all that Zen stuff--Here's the Golf Book the Golf World Really Needs...In David Feherty, we've found at last not o...
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72,63 |
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Cox
ISBN: 9780099570820 / Angielski / Miękka / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is nothing as fun as messing about with men in boats as Amy discovers when she's cornered at Henley Regatta by Rollo, a blond Adonis in lycra, who asks her to give him a massage on the boathouse floor. Men like Rollo are the reason Amy wanted to become a sports physiotherapist in the first place.
There is nothing as fun as messing about with men in boats as Amy discovers when she's cornered at Henley Regatta by Rollo, a blond Adonis in lycra, w...
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92,75 |
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The Damned Utd
ISBN: 9780571224333 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Overachieving and eccentric football manager Brian Clough is on his way to take over the country's most successful, and most reviled, football club - Leeds United. The battle he'd face there would make or break the club - or him. This work tells the story of a world characterised by fear of failure and hunger for success.
Overachieving and eccentric football manager Brian Clough is on his way to take over the country's most successful, and most reviled, football club - ...
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50,28 |
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Three Lions Roar: A Novel Of World Cup 2006
ISBN: 9780595361120 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Three Lions Roar: A Novel of World Cup 2006"
Imagine a Sunday night championship match with the underdog U-12 boy's team pulling away with a 2-0 victory. Or how about a Champions League final with the underdog team Liverpool, after being down 3-0, coming back to win it all in a shootout? Whatever the circumstance, whoever the opponent, "Three Lions Roar" pays tribute to just that: The underdogs We have all lived it, whether it was watching the World Cup final or just playing a pick up game. We have all felt it, the feeling of rising up to the occasion when all obstacles are in your... "Three Lions Roar: A Novel of World Cup 2006"
Imagine a Sunday night championship match with the underdog U-12 boy's team pulling away with a 2-0 v... |
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57,61 |
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The Scrapper
ISBN: 9780862785383 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Brendan O'Carroll's first novel since the phenomenal success of his Mrs Brown trilogy is set in the rough world of the Dublin boxing scene and introduces a new, larger-than-life character - Sparrow McCabe.
Brendan O'Carroll's first novel since the phenomenal success of his Mrs Brown trilogy is set in the rough world of the Dublin boxing scene and introdu...
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50,28 |
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The Green Box
ISBN: 9781456617073 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 77-year-old Bill Sullivan, on a whim, drove through Newton, Mass. and stopped at Boyd Park to visit the Green Box. It was there, while WWII raged in Europe and the Pacific, that Sully and his friends waited eagerly for the park instructor to open the Green Box to the treasures of baseballs, gloves, bats, board games and a vast assortment of gems. The Green Box was the meeting place where lessons were learned about prejudice, justice, life, death and the pain of first love lost.
77-year-old Bill Sullivan, on a whim, drove through Newton, Mass. and stopped at Boyd Park to visit the Green Box. It was there, while WWII raged in E...
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57,61 |
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Every Man's Fight
ISBN: 9781479201204 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the story of Kenny Grey, an American unknown who travels to Ireland to box. The ordeal in the ring grinds out a tale of determination, will, deception, belief, betrayal and love itself. It is the story of what one man will do to realize a dream, what another will do to forget, and the love of a woman that touches both. Is it all about a boxing crown for Kenny Grey or is it redemption for an aging trainer, Barry "Dukes" McDonough? Will Moira's son know a father now, or will he taste the same desertion she knew years ago? Is Grey a champion or just a great fighter? The answers are found...
This is the story of Kenny Grey, an American unknown who travels to Ireland to box. The ordeal in the ring grinds out a tale of determination, will, d...
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52,56 |
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The Empty Net
ISBN: 9781466949867 / Angielski / Twarda / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A humorous account of the life and times of a young hockey player, Eddy Walsh in the pursuit of his dream to be a professional hockey player. Eddy struggles through childhood problems, arrests, deaths and injuries only to find the game was not what he expected.
A humorous account of the life and times of a young hockey player, Eddy Walsh in the pursuit of his dream to be a professional hockey player. Eddy ... |
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136,20 |
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A Badwater Homecoming
ISBN: 9781492202721 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Texas, 1962. Local rivalries between high school teams drive the region, rallying entire communities around their players and coaches. Tom Hampton is a star player for the Badwater Tigers, driven by the highest expectation of his community. Playing under a coach determined to win at any price, Tom's entire future is put in jeopardy. The homecoming game will test the Tom, coach Tabor, and everyone around them in the biggest weekend of their lives.
Texas, 1962. Local rivalries between high school teams drive the region, rallying entire communities around their players and coaches. Tom Hampton is ...
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68,59 |
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The Empty Net
ISBN: 9781553694014 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A humorous account of the life and times of a young hockey player, Eddy Walsh in the pursuit of his dream to be a professional hockey player. Eddy struggles through childhood problems, arrests, deaths and injuries only to find the game was not what he expected.
A humorous account of the life and times of a young hockey player, Eddy Walsh in the pursuit of his dream to be a professional hockey player. Eddy ... |
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91,85 |
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Penn State Blue!
ISBN: 9781625163905 / Angielski / Twarda / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Penn State Blue is a rousing football novel that takes place at Penn State University, known for its strong academics, its football team and long-time coach. Bob Ricks plays a hunch after being heavily recruited by several warm weather schools. He meets with Penn State Coach Sal Almorretti, and is told what he most wants to hear: "We can win a championship with you." This is a situation Bob has dreamed of all his life. Other schools promised him personal glory, trophies like the Heisman, but Coach Sal hits a bull's-eye This novel began as a tribute for the honorable work of a brilliant,...
Penn State Blue is a rousing football novel that takes place at Penn State University, known for its strong academics, its football team and long-tim...
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119,27 |
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The Quarterback: The Trials of an Unlikely Champion
ISBN: 9781493100545 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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80,88 |
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The Quarterback: The Trials of an Unlikely Champion
ISBN: 9781493100552 / Angielski / Twarda / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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145,61 |
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Wir segeln dem Teufel den Schwanz ab
ISBN: 9783839188408 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ein seltsamer Anruf erreicht den Skipper Hans. Die junge franzosische Professorin fur Geschichte des Altertums Afrah, von der Uni Aix-Marseille, mochte drei Wochen in der Adria auf den Spuren ihrer marokkanischen Vorfahren segeln. Skipper Hans kennt jeden Winkel der Adria. Irgendwie hat er Grund zu der Annahme, der Nachkomme schwedischer Wikinger zu sein. Durch seine Liebe zum Segeln ist er schon oft in schwierige Situationen geschliddert. Doch dieses Mal ist alles ganz anders. Sturmische Uberfahrten und romantische Nachte in den Hafen und auf See wechseln sich ab, bis er sich mit seiner...
Ein seltsamer Anruf erreicht den Skipper Hans. Die junge franzosische Professorin fur Geschichte des Altertums Afrah, von der Uni Aix-Marseille, mocht...
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56,24 |
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