“A true emotional phenomenon . . . Entertaining . . . Of particular interest to fans will be the evolution of Johnson’s relationship with Bird, his great karmic partner in the game.”ーNewsday (New Y……続きを見る
Γεια σας, με λένε Απόστολο και ξαναγεννήθηκα στις 6 Φεβρουαρίου 2009 σε ένα νοσοκομείο στο Μεξικό. Αυτές είναι οι κάπως έντονες αναμνήσεις από τον πρώτο ενάμιση μήνα της νέας μου ζωής.
Ο συγγραφέας ……続きを見る
A laugh-out-loud collection of tales from the crease, the stumps and the pub, from the inimitable Skull.
From the pitch to the commentary box, Kerry 'Skull' O'Keeffe has covered Australian cricket f……続きを見る
Forget Torres, Rooney, Beckham and the like. This is what football is really about. One man’s story of a career in the lower leagues.
Chris Hargreaves has been a professional footballer for twenty y……続きを見る
A touching biography of the beloved Pittsburgh Pirate Willie "Pops" Stargell, this life story documents the 21-year, Hall of Fame career of one of the most celebrated and revered players in the hist……続きを見る
著者:Kate Buford
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2010年10月26日
The first comprehensive biography of the legendary figure who defined excellence in American sports: Jim Thorpe, arguably the greatest all-around athlete the United States has ever seen.
With clarit……続きを見る
They won, they lost, they were scorned or cheered, but they got in the ring with the champ. Muhammad Ali through the stories of 15 of his opponents ー an incredible cross-section that reveals Ali as……続きを見る
著者:Josh Hanagarne
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2013年05月02日
A funny and uplifting story of how a Mormon kid with Tourette’s found salvation in books and weight lifting
Josh Hanagarne couldn’t be invisible if he tried. Although he wouldn't officially be diagn……続きを見る
著者:Pat Conroy
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2003年08月26日
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply affecting coming-of-age memoir about family, love, loss, basketballーand life itselfーby the beloved author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini
During o……続きを見る
The Gerry Hitchens Story follows the life of a young miner who was plucked from the mineshaft to find himself playing football for Aston Villa, and then in the Italian League a few years later. It i……続きを見る
著者:Frank Foster
出版社: BookCaps Study Guides
発売日: 2012年09月14日
Rube Foster, Cool Papa Bell, Monte Irvin, Buck Leonard…they are some of the greatest players to ever play the game; so why have so few people heard of them? Because they never played in the MLB; the……続きを見る
Perfect for cricket fans everywhere, Thanks Johnners is a warm and witty tribute to Brian Johnston and his time at the helm of Test Match Special.
The Test Match Special on-air incident, in which Jo……続きを見る
From the best amateur golfer ever to play the game comes an essential instructional guide for any golfer.
Bobby Jones is universally acknowledged to have been the best amateur golfer of all time. He……続きを見る
One Honest Man Four Different Perspectives takes the reader on the journey with a fanatical Ayr United fan, detailing his fascination with football. The four perspectives are player, coah, referee a……続きを見る
著者:Bill Veeck, Ed Linn
出版社: University of Chicago Press
発売日: 2012年12月20日
Baseball Hall of Famer Bill Veeck (1914–86) was an inspired team builder, a consummate showman, and one of the greatest baseball men ever involved in the game. Bill Veeck’s Crosstown Classic, drawn ……続きを見る
A breathtaking account of the world's most gruelling yacht race.
The world's greatest round-the-world yacht race is the Volvo Ocean Race. the men and women who compete have an insatiable appetite fo……続きを見る
著者:Greg Searle
出版社: Pan Macmillan
発売日: 2012年08月16日
Twenty years ago, rower Greg Searle won Gold in the Coxed Pair alongside his brother Jonny, at the Barcelona Olympic Games. At the age of 20, he received an MBE, and by the time he had reached his m……続きを見る
著者:David Potter
出版社: Empire Publications
発売日: 2015年05月21日
The rise of Celtic's Bobby Murdoch mirrored his club's emergence in the Sixties. With Murdoch in midfield, the Hoops became one of the most formidable teams in British football history - winning an ……続きを見る
著者:Michael Johnson
出版社: HarperCollins Publishers
発売日: 2011年09月15日
'Elite athletes aren't born. They're made.'
Michael Johnson
From a living icon of the Olympic Games – as both an athlete and now as a BBC broadcaster – Gold Rush is a compelling analysis of the fasc……続きを見る
Memoirs of James Inglis (1845-1908) who ran an Indigo Plantation on the borderlands between India and Nepal in the years 1863-1875. The book describes the everyday lives of the Planters and the Indi……続きを見る
Malcolm Allison is one of the most controversial figures of the last half-century of English football. Leader of the famed 'West Ham Academy', his playing career was cut short by the loss of a lung ……続きを見る
A brief look at the life of Stacy Bromberg and the world of Ladies Darts. Stacy Bromberg burst into the top echelon of darts when she made the final of the 1995 Women's World Masters. That was the……続きを見る
著者:Dean Windass
出版社: Great Northern Books
発売日: 2012年11月13日
Deano
From Gipsyville to the Premiership
Dean Windass
With Simon Parker
Forewords by
Phil Brown
and
Bryan Robson
GREAT NORTHERN
“A startlingly revealing account not just of his career in football, b……続きを見る
Dear Baseball Fan:
I know what you’re thinking: Couldn’t he have come up with a better title?
My mother agrees with you, but unfortunately Genius just doesn’t have the same ring.
Let’s get something……続きを見る
As a powerfully built, third-year tight end with the Buffalo Bills, Kevin Everett had it all: a promising NFL future, a beautiful girlfriend whom he planned to marry, and an engaging personality tha……続きを見る
著者:Arnold Rampersad
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2011年06月08日
The extraordinary life of Jackie Robinson is illuminated as never before in this full-scale biography by Arnold Rampersad, who was chosen by Jack's widow, Rachel, to tell her husband's story, and wa……続きを見る
"I'm someone who will push you beyond all reasonable limits. Someone who will ask you not to just fulfill your potential but to exceed it. Someone who will expect more from you than you may believe ……続きを見る
Tom Callahan has written the seminal book on golfing great Tiger Woods. Woods, who has gone out of his way to protect his privacy, has never allowed himself to get close enough to a writer to be pro……続きを見る
著者:Paul Shirley
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2007年04月24日
He’s been called a journeyman. Even Paul wouldn’t dispute that classification. Regardless, Bill Simmons, ESPN’s “The Sports Guy,” has said of Paul Shirley, “We could finally have an answer to the qu……続きを見る
Jimmy McMenemy was one of Celtic and Scotland's truly great players. His contribution to the Celtic cause as a player was matched by his contribution in the late 1930s as the trainer of the side who……続きを見る