Grand Prix: Formula One in the deadly years
ISBN: 9780473292850 / Angielski / Miękka / 466 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Grand Prix: Formula One in the deadly years is the story of a Formula One motor-racing driver in the deadly years of the 1970s. In what could have been his last season, William Archer is confronted with problems largely of his own making, causing infighting in his team, while overextending himself financially and emotionally. He had agreed to buy and develop an island off the coast of Central America, which he could ill afford, and where he runs into the murky world of Central American politics. He has never won a Formula One World Championship, although he has come close many times. He is a...
Grand Prix: Formula One in the deadly years is the story of a Formula One motor-racing driver in the deadly years of the 1970s. In what could have bee...
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89,96 zł |
7: The Mickey Mantle Novel
ISBN: 9781493013951 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Bestselling sportswriter Peter Golenbock knew Mickey Mantle, Billy Martin, Jim Bouton, Joe Pepitone, and many of Mantle's friends, family, and teammates. While Mickey was a good person at heart, he had a dark side that went far beyond his well-known alcoholism and infidelities. In this fictional portrait, Mickey--now in heaven--realizes that he's carrying a huge weight on his shoulders, as he did throughout his life. He needs to unburden himself of all the horrible things he did and understand for himself why he did them. He wants to make amends to the people he hurt, especially those dear to...
Bestselling sportswriter Peter Golenbock knew Mickey Mantle, Billy Martin, Jim Bouton, Joe Pepitone, and many of Mantle's friends, family, and teammat...
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76,68 zł |
Heroes in Hard Times: Satchel Paige, Dizzy Dean, and Baseball in Depression America
ISBN: 9781499372977 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) As the Great Depression of the 1930s bit hard into North America, heroes - sometimes from the most unlikely quarters - emerged to distract and entertain the public. Some of the greatest earned their status on a baseball field, and in Heroes in Hard Times you will find two of baseball's most talented and colorful pitchers: Dizzy Dean, ace of the St. Louis Cardinals, and Satchel Paige, star of the Negro Leagues. Though Dizzy and Satchel shared a childhood in poverty, a career in baseball, and future recognition in the Hall of Fame, they lived in parallel universes - one white, one black, a...
As the Great Depression of the 1930s bit hard into North America, heroes - sometimes from the most unlikely quarters - emerged to distract and enterta...
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89,96 zł |
Over The Monster
ISBN: 9781500641474 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Harding Ambler has a bright future. Hailed as the next Mickey Mantle by scouts, the young baseball phenomenon dreams of playing professionally and hitting home runs over Fenway Park's Green Monster wall. He's got a steady girlfriend, and they're seriously discussing marriage after graduation. Harding's dreams come crashing down when he finds himself wrongfully convicted as an accomplice to murder and sentenced to fifteen years. Instead of hitting homers in Fenway Park, he's serving time in a prison the inmates refer to as "The Monster." His life in tatters, Harding could easily fall... Harding Ambler has a bright future. Hailed as the next Mickey Mantle by scouts, the young baseball phenomenon dreams of playing professionally and ... |
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58,39 zł |
Pink Laces & Pony Tails
ISBN: 9781505316711 / Angielski / Miękka / 70 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Pink Laces & Pony Tails is the story of a young, brash, sometimes irreverent but always entertaining girl named Nyla. Nyla loves hockey. She loves to play with her friends at the local outdoor rink. Nyla hates the fact that the local boys always take over the rink and never let the girls play. And now she has a very big problem. You see, she challenged the local boys team to a game against her girls team What's the big problem? Nyla doesn't have a girls team So now she has just a couple of weeks to find enough girls to play and figure out how they're going to avoid losing to the...
Pink Laces & Pony Tails is the story of a young, brash, sometimes irreverent but always entertaining girl named Nyla. Nyla loves hockey. She loves to ...
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27,01 zł |
You Gotta Play Hurt
ISBN: 9781501116629 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) From the author of Semi-Tough comes a hilarious novel chronicling one year in the life of irreverent sports columnist Jim Tom Pinch. "Bawdy, bitter, very funny...Jenkins's farewell salute to big-time sportswriting is a tell-all novel that deflates the hype around each and every event, from the Olympics to the Kentucky Derby to Wimbledon (Kirkus Reviews).
From the author of Semi-Tough comes a hilarious novel chronicling one year in the life of irreverent sports columnist Jim Tom Pinch. "Bawdy, bi...
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107,32 zł |
Fat City
ISBN: 9781590178928 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Fat City is a vivid novel of allegiance and defeat, of the potent promise of the good life and the desperation and drink that waylay those whom it eludes. Stockton, California, is the setting: the Lido Gym, the Hotel Coma, Main Street lunchrooms and dingy bars, days like long twilights in houses obscured by untrimmed shrubs and black walnut trees. When two men meet in the ring--the retired boxer Billy Tully and the newcomer Ernie Munger--their brief bout sets into motion their hidden fates, initiating young Munger into the company of men and luring Tully back into training. In a... Fat City is a vivid novel of allegiance and defeat, of the potent promise of the good life and the desperation and drink that waylay those w... |
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72,80 zł |
You Call It Sports, But I Say It's a Jungle Out There!
ISBN: 9781501116476 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Hailed by Kirkus Reviews as "some of the most entertaining sportswriting around", these 93 stories, profiles and columns sparkle with the irreverent style that has made Dan Jenkins America's favorite sportswriter. Jenkins is also the author of the bestsellers Semi-Tough and Life Its Ownself.
Hailed by Kirkus Reviews as "some of the most entertaining sportswriting around", these 93 stories, profiles and columns sparkle with the irreverent s...
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72,96 zł |
The Last Gunner
ISBN: 9781505516142 / Angielski / Miękka / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This story gets underway at the turn of the century. Jean Baptiste, a market hunter and North Carolina native lives with his wife, Jarilyn, and his son Jase on the shores of Albemarle Sound following a way of life not regulated by any clock, but rather by the seasons, plus time and tides. It follows their lives until a tragic accident sounds the death knell for the way of life that has sustained generations of the Baptiste clan.
This story gets underway at the turn of the century. Jean Baptiste, a market hunter and North Carolina native lives with his wife, Jarilyn, and his so...
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31,34 zł |
The Holey Land
ISBN: 9781460922385 / Angielski / Miękka / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Although golf wraps its arms tightly around and through this inspirational story, The Holey Land is filled with history, observation, hypotheses, and humor. Share the journey with these caddie characters and "ex-anythings" to a secret mountaintop in Big Sur where personal epiphany, love, and discovery change lives. And hopefully, as you embrace the book's simple philosophy you will acquire a profound sense of personal freedom that inspires passion -- through the happiness of pursuit.
Although golf wraps its arms tightly around and through this inspirational story, The Holey Land is filled with history, observation, hypotheses, and ...
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45,05 zł |
I Am Sam
ISBN: 9781909477834 / Angielski / Miękka / 498 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) High-flying sports-media mogul and David Beckham doppelganger, Mr. Arsenal is living every football fan's dream: he's loaded, has his pick of the ladies and drives a flashy sports car. And to make his life even sweeter, he's been chosen to work on coverage for the 2014 World Cup. Tasked with producing a short documentary, Mr. Arsenal, stumbles upon footage from Mexico 1970 and a high-profile spat between television pundit and Manchester City coach Malcolm Allison and Tottenham Hotspur player and captain Alan Mullery. On further investigation, he unearths a reference to a half-forgotten player...
High-flying sports-media mogul and David Beckham doppelganger, Mr. Arsenal is living every football fan's dream: he's loaded, has his pick of the ladi...
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81,72 zł |
The Final Nine
ISBN: 9781442110922 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Even though this most recent failure has an extra sting to it, All-Star catcher Tom McKagan knows he must keep his cool. As the Oakland Athletics team captain, he is responsible for projecting just the right balance of concern and positivity to the fans and rallying his teammates to win the upcoming make-or-break matchup. After a tough series of losses late in the season, the team is getting ready to battle it out in a three-game series against their archrivals, the Los Angeles Angels. The winners will advance to the playoffs, and the losers will stay home. But this time it's not... Even though this most recent failure has an extra sting to it, All-Star catcher Tom McKagan knows he must keep his cool. As the Oakland Athletics t... |
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45,10 zł |
A Compensatory Gift of Unyielding Sturdiness: The Harder I Work, The Better I Do, Straight Up
ISBN: 9781491755723 / Angielski / Miękka / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Ronnie Leigh is born with a disfigured face and a questionable "gift" of unusual intuition inherited from his mother. He gets off to a rocky start in life, with behavioral and personality problems compounded in that he "knows, " from an early age, that most people are immediately "put off" by his appearance...and that some even "dislike" him on sight. With the help of his understanding and loving parents and a caring child psychologist, Ronnie learns to appreciate what he does have, and not dwell on what he does not. What he has innately are intelligence and athletic ability, and what... Ronnie Leigh is born with a disfigured face and a questionable "gift" of unusual intuition inherited from his mother. He gets off to a rocky start ... |
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89,97 zł |
Machrihanish
ISBN: 9780986424427 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) John McAlonan is an American of Irish descent. Yet Scotland, specifically Machrihanish Golf Club hard against the remote and rugged Argyll coast, is the closest he's ever come to feeling truly at home. Meanwhile, his only daughter Kate seemingly has it all: She drives a Porsche, lives in a Los Angeles beachside condo and is on the fast track to partner at a global advertising firm. But when tragedy befalls her father en route to his beloved linksland, Kate must follow in his footsteps-turning her carefully constructed world upside down. Aided by her father's eccentric yet endearing Scottish...
John McAlonan is an American of Irish descent. Yet Scotland, specifically Machrihanish Golf Club hard against the remote and rugged Argyll coast, is t...
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68,50 zł |
The Dawg Pound Dynasty: An Alternate History of the NFL
ISBN: 9781507540527 / Angielski / Miękka / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) 1999 was a season unlike any other for Browns fans. After a three year hiatus the Browns would return to the city of Cleveland behind a rookie quarterback with superstar written all over him. It was the perfect comeback for a historic franchise that had suffered in mediocrity for far too long... Only that it wasn't. But what if things had gone differently in 1999? What if a seemingly inconsequential decision in 1999 changed everything for the Browns...and for Cleveland? Now fans of one of the NFL's most storied franchises will get an answer to that question as award winning author D.F....
1999 was a season unlike any other for Browns fans. After a three year hiatus the Browns would return to the city of Cleveland behind a rookie quarter...
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67,41 zł |
Il pallonaro
ISBN: 9788867972821 / Włoski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) I gay nel calcio non esistono. Nel mondo dei machi pallonari non ce ne sono. L'attaccante napoletano Diego Di Martino ha realizzato il sogno della sua vita: il suo primo campionato di calcio in serie A. Sa di essere ricchione e lo sa anche il suo procuratore, Marco Natti, che per due anni gli ha organizzato incontri clandestini con marchette e venditori di sesso.
Diego e stanco di sotterfugi, e stressato, si sente solo e puo commettere qualche passo falso, compromettendo per sempre la sua carriera. E per questo che Natti gli rivela l'esistenza di Marisa, una rete di... I gay nel calcio non esistono. Nel mondo dei machi pallonari non ce ne sono. L'attaccante napoletano Diego Di Martino ha realizzato il sogno de...
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63,08 zł |
Beth's Barrel Race
ISBN: 9781507828168 / Angielski / Miękka / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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24,26 zł |
Penalties
ISBN: 9781507875148 / Angielski / Miękka / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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72,10 zł |
Pal Prestwick
ISBN: 9781508479505 / Angielski / Miękka / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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27,01 zł |
Designated Slugger
ISBN: 9781508491743 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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45,05 zł |