Walking with Lions: The Essential Guide to Touring with the 2013 British & Irish Lions

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Walking with Lions: The Essential Guide to Touring with the 2013 British & Irish Lions
Adam Hathaway (Author), John Griffiths (Author), Daniel Ford (Author), Peter Burns (Editor)

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This is the essential guide to the British & Irish Lions’ 2013 tour to Hong Kong and Australia.

Daniel Ford and Adam Hathaway (authors of A Fan’s Guide to World Rugby) profile each of the cities and stadiums on the Lions 2013 itinerary, providing fascinating insights to the history of the grounds and teams that play there as well as providing recommendations on local bars near the stadiums, how to get to the grounds, essential contact information, ground records and key things to see and do in each city.

John Griffiths (author of numerous books on the sport, including British Lions, Rugby’s Strangest Matches and the IRB World Rugby Yearbook 2012) brings his significant rugby knowledge to bear with an abridged history of the Lions, profiling each tour in their 125 year history, from the first tour in 1888 all the way through to the present day, highlighting key talking points, outstanding tourists and a brief resume of each Test match.

Also included is a comprehensive records section, featuring the fixtures and results of every tour in the Lions’ magnificent history.

This is an indispensable guide to the Lions and the 2013 tour – whether you are joining the great red pilgrimage in person, or simply want to enjoy the full flavour of the tour from your armchair.


John Griffiths is a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph's rugby column, and the author of several sports books, including The Book of English International Rugby, The Book of International Rugby Records and The Five Nations Championship.

Daniel Ford is a writer, editor and publisher based in south London. He has travelled extensively watching sport and lived and worked in South Africa for 134 years where he was editor of GQ and Sunday Life magazines for Independent Newspapers.

Adam Hathaway is the rugby union correspondent for The People, vice-chairman of the Rugby Union Writers’ Club and has written on the sport for every major national newspaper and countless magazines.

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• Published on: 2012-12-13
• Released on: 2012-12-13
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ANZAC'S - Missing in Action

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ANZAC'S - Missing in Action
Tom Mather (Author)

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This is a companian book for Missing in Action it deals with Australian Rugby League players who were killed during World War One. It compliments the English equivalent of Rugby League players from Great Britain who lost their lives in the great conflict. I hope that this book will go some way to dispelling a long held believe in Australia that the Rugby League Authorities and its players did not do enough to support the war effort from 1914 until 1918. Many in that Country believe it was the Australian Rugby Union Authorities and players that gave great support to the war effort. The sixteen Rugby League players covered in this book will hopefully change the readers opinion of this myth.

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• Published on: 2012-12-04
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Perfectly (in)Sane

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Perfectly (in)Sane
Olivia Jarem (Author)

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The story that sets me apart begins spring, sophomore year of high school....

This was the year I was violently raped of my virginity by my best friend’s older brother in their secluded basement. This memoir documents my nine year silent struggle while I attempted to reconcile this traumatic event and simultaneously seek enlightenment. Solace, and ultimately, salvation, came in the form of two consuming outlets: education and the sport of lacrosse. As a model student-athlete and daughter of a black belt, I was too young and naive to process the event and too terrified to admit my ‘mistake.’ Therefore, I resolved to maintain a façade of perfection while battling severe depression behind closed doors. Constantly trying to bury the past, my story is told with journal entries that narrate my journey from suburban Upstate New York to California and back, through my successful collegiate and Division I lacrosse years, until my soul-crushing breakdown of 2011-us.html12. On the verge of suicide, illumination came, ironically, from the sport I had a love/hate relationship with since high school, and the Native American Indians whom I encountered during this difficult year who showed me the path without ever speaking a single word. The following is my love story with the greatest sport ever played.

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• Published on: 2012-12-21
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Bent Arms & Dodgy Wickets: England's Troubled Reign as Test Match Kings during the Fifties

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Bent Arms & Dodgy Wickets: England's Troubled Reign as Test Match Kings during the Fifties
Tim Quelch (Author)

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When Andrew Strauss’s team seized the world title in the summer of 2011 they finally recovered what had been lost at the Adelaide Oval in 1959. In 1953 England became the ‘unofficial world champions’. Len Hutton’s victory at the Oval in that coronation year heralded an apparently golden age in England’s Test match history. There were many heroic performances not only from the immaculate Len Hutton and the dashing Denis Compton but there were controversies, too. The title, ‘Bent Arms’ refers also to the petty constraints that its Test players endured while ‘Dodgy Wickets’ reflects the political sensitivities associated with being Imperial ambassadors.

Key features

- Book tells the story of the triumph and loss of the England cricket team in the 1950s through the memoirs of those who took part, for and against
- The tale is set against a backdrop of a declining British Empire, the institution that had helped spread the game, fostering also a complacent attitude about enduring British supremacy
- Written by critically-acclaimed author Tim Quelch, whose previous books on football – Never Had It So Good and Underdog! – have received high praise for capturing the social aspects of the eras each covered

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The Commandments of Lacrosse

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The Commandments of Lacrosse
David Gardner (Author)

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The Commandments of Lacrosse are 50 rules and practices that players should follow to become a better teammate and player of the game of lacrosse. These simple to follow techniques and related skills will be enjoyed and beneficial to players, coaches, parents, officials and fans of lacrosse.

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• Published on: 2012-12-19
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Deerfoot: Athletics' Noble Savage - From Indian Reservation to Champion of the World (Desert Island Athletics Histories)

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Deerfoot: Athletics' Noble Savage - From Indian Reservation to Champion of the World (Desert Island Athletics Histories)
Rob Hadgraft (Author)
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To see our full range of athletics books, click on "Kindle Store" and search for DESERT ISLAND ATHLETICS HISTORIES.

British author Rob Hadgraft specialises in biographies of marathon and ultra-distance runners. All are available worldwide on Amazon Kindle. His five subjects to date are:

1. The Little Wonder: The Untold Story of Alfred Shrubb - World Champion Runner (ASIN: B00608AT02).
2. Beer and Brine: The Making of Walter George - Athletics' First Superstar (ASIN: B0061SEXV2).
3. Deerfoot: Athletics' Noble Savage - From Indian Reservation to Champion of the World (ASIN: B005KBC7VO).
4. Tea with Mr Newton: 100,000 Miles - The Longest Protest March in History (ASIN: B0061C3HBU).
5. Plimsolls On, Eyeballs Out: The Rise and Horrendous Fall of Marathon Legend Jim Peters (ASIN: B005YNKK9Y).

British sport had never seen anything quite like him. He ran like the wind, wearing feathers, beads and moccasins. Louis Bennett (‘Deerfoot’) was an American Indian plucked from a reservation thousands of miles away to perform on London racetracks.

Instructed by his manager to run in native costume and emit frightening war whoops, Deerfoot’s races turned into bizarre and absorbing spectacles. Touted as the world’s fastest pedestrian, he was an instant sensation in a Victorian England hungry for spectacle, entertainment and the opportunity to gamble.

There was no doubt he was a phenomenal runner, but everywhere he went Deerfoot faced a bewildering mixture of hero-worship, racial discrimination, admiration, ridicule and even violence. The pressures saw him descend into heavy drinking and brawling. On occasion he was even provoked into attacking spectators during a race.

Thanks solely to Deerfoot, the rough-and-ready English racetracks began attracting women spectators and gentlemen of the upper classes for the first time, such was the unique fascination with this handsome ‘noble savage’. Even the Prince of Wales demanded to meet him.

Deerfoot rarely lost a race and won himself and his crafty English manager a small fortune. They had to deal with accusations that many events were a sham with fixed outcomes. However, Deerfoot’s critics often ignored the fact that he smashed a number of world records during his stay and his best time for the one-hour race would not be beaten for 34 years.

The early 1860s was a fascinating period in the early development of organised athletics, and star performer Deerfoot was a truly unique mixture of sporting excellence and freak show.

Told in full for the first time, this is his story.

When a man calling himself Deerfoot emerged from a pub in Hackney in September 1861 and strolled across to the racetrack next door, thousands of Englishmen nearly fainted with shock and excitement.

Dressed in full Native American costume and glaring fiercely at all about him, this muscular Senecan Indian had travelled thousands of miles to be at the home of pedestrianism. He was here with the intention of beating the champion English runners in their own backyard.

English sport had never seen anything quite like it. The frenzy of interest that greeted the exotic visitor sent shockwaves throughout the land. Thousands turned out to see this ‘noble savage’ run at the big London venues and then further afield in the provinces.

Just about every race involving Deerfoot (and he crammed 130 into his 87-week stay) would become a bizarre mixture of athletic excellence and manufactured outcomes. Anything could happen at a Deerfoot race: a world record, an outbreak of violence, a fortune won or lost in betting, runners collapsing insensible.

But even the cynics who condemned the whole thing as a cheap circus could not fail to be impressed by this strange man from a strange land who ran faster than anybody had run before.

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• Published on: 2012-11-29
• Released on: 2012-11-29
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Life's New Hurdles

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Life's New Hurdles
Colin Jackson (Author)

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Colin Jackson is one of the greatest athletes that Britain has ever produced. He was in the world top ten for 16 years, and was world number 1 for two of them. He set seven European and Commonwealth and nine UK records, and he still holds the world record for indoor hurdling.

In 2003 Colin retired from athletics in front of an adoring home crowd. Then real life began. In Life’s New Hurdles Colin describes the shock of adjusting to sudden change. How would he manage without the strict routine of training and competing that had been his life since the age of 17? Would he forever long to be back on the track? And how satisfying would his new career be as a sports presenter and television personality? From athletics commentating to Strictly Come Dancing, Colin describes the challenges and joys of starting a whole new life.

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• Published on: 2012-12-09
• Released on: 2012-12-09
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'David English: The RSO Legacy & Bunbury Cricket Club Tails.'

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'David English: The RSO Legacy & Bunbury Cricket Club Tails.'
Stephanie Lynne Thorburn (Author), David English (Foreword)

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This special edition Kindle publication encompasses a compendium of collectable connoisseur's features, reports and interviews themed on Dr. David English, RSO Records and 26 years of the Bunbury pro-celebrity Cricket Club.

The Bunbury cricket project has been supported over time by an unprecedented aggregation of music, showbiz and sporting personalities including Bill Wyman, Eric Clapton Sir Ian Botham, Viv Richards, Barry Gibb, and Joanna Lumley. To date, the Bunburys have raised over 15 million for major charities such as Leukaemia Research, Save the Children Fund, Make-A-Wish and Crossroads Centre, Antigua. Bunbury C.C. was founded in 1986 by David English (ex-President of RSO) and the 'Eric Clapton X1';  the Bunburys enjoyed their Silver Anniversary in 2011.

The overall appeal of this personal memoir on the career of David English is that of a nostalgic almanac or collector's special edition biography. The material has been assimilated by the author as a labour of love and as a gift to the Bunbury Cricket Club and its many supporters.

The book title pays homage to David English and illustrator Jan Brychta's enchanting children's book series, 'The Bunbury Tails'.  The work provides plenty of substance for lovers of David's quintessentially English, eccentric Bunbury Cricket Club and is equally informative for those curious in respect to the under documented biographical aspects of Robert Stigwood's archetypal RSO Records.


Length:  28,000 words.  15 Chapters.
Bonus fictional Chapter:  'Nocturne Images:  The Secret Lives of the Bunburys' added 21st December 2012.

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• Published on: 2012-12-06
• Released on: 2012-12-06
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The Method: How to make consistent profits from the IPL and T20 Cricket

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The Method: How to make consistent profits from the IPL and T20 Cricket
Spencer Lloyd (Author)

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The explosion of online bookmakers has opened up a huge selection of in-play markets. Spencer Lloyd describes how his data analysis skills led to the discovery of a method which enables punters to make consistent profits on the Indian Premier League and other T20 games. This step by step guide encourages readers to test 'The Method' for themselves without any risk - then reap the benefits of this intriguing but simple system.

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• Published on: 2012-12-02
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Cricket For Dummies

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Cricket For Dummies
by Julian Knight

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A complete guide to cricket for players and fans alike

Whether you're a budding player or aspiring armchair expert, Cricket For Dummies helps you get to grips with this fascinating sport. Completely revised and updated for the first back-to-back Ashes series in 38 years, this hands-on guide gives you clear explanations of the cricket's laws, step-by-step explanations of techniques and tactics, and exciting coverage of the tournaments, global rivalries, and great players.

• Fully revised and updated to chronicle the rise of twenty20 cricket and the IPL, the implementation of DRS, and the changing face of the game
• Covers cricket basics—the pitch, the laws, the equipment and more
• Provides an in-depth look at cricket formats
• Offers a guide to building cricket skills—bowling, batting, and fielding
• Includes coverage of the best players and the biggest tournaments throughout the world

Complete with Top Ten Lists of the greatest cricketers, the most memorable cricket matches, and the biggest controversies, Cricket For Dummies is your one-stop resource on this popular sport.

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• Published on: 2013-02-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
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Jim Thorpe: World's Greatest Athlete

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Jim Thorpe: World's Greatest Athlete
Robert W. Wheeler (Author)
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Born in 1888 in Oklahoma Territory, Jim Thorpe was a Sac and Fox Indian. After attending the Sac and Fox agency school and Haskell Indian Junior College in Lawrence, Kansas, he transferred to Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania. At Carlisle he led the football team to victories over some of the nation’s best college teams-Army, Navy, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Pennsylvania, and Nebraska. In 1912 he participated in the Olympic Games in Stockholm, winning both the decathlon and pentathlon. It was then that King Gustav V of Sweden dubbed him "the world’s greatest athlete."

Between 1913 and 1919, Thorpe played professional baseball for the New York Giants, the Cincinnati Reds, and the Boston Braves. In 1915 he began playing professional football with the Canton (Ohio) Bulldogs. When the top teams were organized into the American Professional Football Association in 1920, Thorpe was named the first president of the league, which was renamed the National Football League in 1922. Throughout his career he excelled in every sport he played, earning King Gustav’s accolade many times over.

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• Published on: 2012-11-28
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Running Through Life

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Running Through Life
by Tommy Bresson

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What comes to mind when you think about running a marathon? Courage? Discipline? Perseverance? Running Through Life explores 26 different characteristics that speak to the emotions and thoughts of marathon runners. In each chapter, author Tommy Bresson explores a characteristic that relates specifically to a certain mile in the marathon or to training in general. Using stories from his own life and examples from the Bible, Bresson illustrates the importance of these characteristics-not just while running the marathon, but in life itself. Whether you are training for your seventeenth marathon or just curious about the sport, you will enjoy and be encouraged by the lessons Bresson shares. As you gain a clearer picture of who God is and how his character is revealed through stories in the Bible, you will find yourself challenged to reflect on how these various characteristics manifest themselves in your own life.

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• Published on: 2012-11-27
• Binding: Paperback
• 260 pages

Gillette Rugby League Yearbook 2012/13

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Gillette Rugby League Yearbook 2012/13
by Tim Butcher

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• Published on: 2012-12-01
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Volleyball: Steps to Success

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Volleyball: Steps to Success
by Bonnie Kenny, Cindy Gregory
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Cover the court with confidence by mastering the essentials of the game. Volleyball: Steps to Success offers a comprehensive, progressive approach with a proven system for learning, expert instruction, crisp illustrations, and 60 drills to improve play on both sides of the net.

Volleyball: Steps to Success establishes a solid foundation by detailing proper footwork and posture before moving on to the individual skills of serving, passing, setting, attacking, blocking, and digging. Recent changes in the game, such as the addition of the libero position and rally scoring, are highlighted in the team-oriented steps covering offense, defense, transitioning, and out-of-system play. The carefully selected drills and step-by-step instruction speed the development process, and the scoring system for each drill and step helps gauge progress along the way.

Aces, kills, blocks, digs, and assists are at your fingertips. With Volleyball: Steps to Success, part of the popular Steps to Success Series, you can become a complete player in any formation.

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• Published on: 2006-08-11
• Original language: English
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Bent Arms & Dodgy Wickets: England's Troubled Reign as Test Match Kings During the Fifties

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Bent Arms & Dodgy Wickets: England's Troubled Reign as Test Match Kings During the Fifties
by Tim Quelch

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When Andrew Strauss's team seized the world title in the summer of 2011 they finally recovered what had been lost at the Adelaide Oval in 1959. This tale of England's preceding triumph and loss is recounted through the memoirs of many of the star players when England had last been top of the world. Bent Arms and Dodgy Wickets tells the story of English cricket's slow recovery from the Second World War, of its brief time of triumph and of its undignified fall from grace - a tale of fluctuating fortunes reflected upon by great names including Hutton, Compton and Trueman, Lindwall and Miller, McGlew and Weekes. The title refers to the sporting controversies of the time - suspect bowling actions and poor pitches - as Britain declined as an imperial power, and English cricket was hampered by class snobbery, anachronistic fixations and an uncompetitive domestic game.

• Rank: #567973 in Books
• Published on: 2012-12-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
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Stiff Upper Lips and Baggy Green Caps: A Sledger's History of the Ashes

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Stiff Upper Lips and Baggy Green Caps: A Sledger's History of the Ashes
Simon Briggs (Author)

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Peppered with bouncers, expletives, and even the odd diplomatic incident, this is a rip-roaring journey through over a century of Ashes history.

For a list of every Ashes century and five-wicket haul, try Wisden, but if you want to know which England batsman was a martyr to syphilis and which Australian fast bowler reckoned the Queen had 'nice legs for an old Sheila', then read on...

Stiff Upper Lips and Baggy Green Caps exposes the seamy side of Ashes cricket. It gives the inside story behind controversies from the Bodyline series of 1932-33 and the Lillee and Thomson blitzkrieg of 1974-75, right up to the unseemly modern spats that ensure that this biannual frenzy of backbiting, finger-pointing and dubious facial hair remains one of the great events of the sporting calendar.

• Published on: 2013-02-28
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Beer and Brine: The Making of Walter George - Athletics' First Superstar (Desert Island Athletics Histories)

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Beer and Brine: The Making of Walter George - Athletics' First Superstar (Desert Island Athletics Histories)
Rob Hadgraft (Author)

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To see our full range of athletics books, click on "Kindle Store" and search for DESERT ISLAND ATHLETICS HISTORIES.

British author Rob Hadgraft specialises in biographies of marathon and ultra-distance runners. All are available worldwide on Amazon Kindle. His five subjects to date are:

1. The Little Wonder: The Untold Story of Alfred Shrubb - World Champion Runner (ASIN: B00608AT02.
2. Beer and Brine: The Making of Walter George - Athletics' First Superstar (ASIN: B0061SEXV2).
3. Deerfoot: Athletics' Noble Savage - From Indian Reservation to Champion of the World (ASIN: B005KBC7VO).
4. Tea with Mr Newton: 100,000 Miles - The Longest Protest March in History (ASIN: B0061C3HBU).
5. Plimsolls On, Eyeballs Out: The Rise and Horrendous Fall of Marathon Legend Jim Peters (ASIN: B005YNKK9Y).

Walter George was the sickly child who grew up to become the greatest athlete the world had ever seen.

And not only was he the quickest runner over a range of distances, he lived fast too. His weakness was ‘a beer, a cigar and a spree’ and he gambled heavily. But this was the late 19th century and the world’s first official amateur champion had no role models to emulate or coaching manuals to guide him. As a result, some of his escapades simply beggar belief.

A typical episode involved a drunken midnight race along Regent Street with pals. Ignoring a London bobby’s advice to go home to bed, George then trekked though the night to meet a lady-friend. This was followed by a hectic morning’s shopping and lavish lunch in the West End before our hero bowled merrily into the Lillie Bridge stadium to casually smash a world record!

Despite his carefree lifestyle, there was a serious side to George, whose innovative training included a zen-like exercise programme he called ‘100-up’, and lengthy sessions soaking in brine baths. As a raw youngster George carefully planned how he’d break the world mile record by a huge margin. His friends laughed him out of the clubhouse when they saw the details in his notebook. A few years later he shocked the sporting world by achieving this target to the second. The record would stand for 29 years - a unique achievement.

In his day he was the talk of the land - arguably the sporting world’s very first superstar. Even in 1887 he was forced to get married in secret to dodge fans and admirers.

Walter George was a national institution, the original lovable rogue of sport. He liked a drink and a smoke and gambled himself into heavy debt. His key training session was a relaxing brine bath. Yet he dominated athletics like a colossus, winning championships and smashing world records galore.

They said his ‘miracle mile’ at Lillie Bridge would never be surpassed. In fact, the record stood for 29 years and inspired subsequent generations to attempt a crack at the four-minute mile.

In the days when Britannia ruled the waves, Walter George was a true world champion and the pride of the British Empire. Told for the first time, this is the story of a remarkable athletics pioneer.

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• Published on: 2012-11-29
• Released on: 2012-11-29
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Talks with old English cricketers

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Talks with old English cricketers
A. W. Pullin (Author)

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(...)" INTRODUCTION.

THERE is no attempt in this volume to give a lifehistory of the famous cricketers whose portraits adorn its pages. Statistics, too, are as far as possible avoided: they are to be found in the established chronicles of our great national pastime. The idea kept in view is to delve deep into the mine of personal reminiscence. If the yield should enable the public to appraise the cricket metal here shown at its worth, if the reader should feel that he can take(...)".

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• Published on: 2012-12-10
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Take A Shot!: A Remarkable Story of Perseverance, Friendship, and a Really Crazy Adventure

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Take A Shot!: A Remarkable Story of Perseverance, Friendship, and a Really Crazy Adventure
by Jake Steinfeld, Dave Morrow
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Take a Shot! is the incredible true story of how three unlikely partners—world-famous fitness icon Jake Steinfeld, former Princeton University lacrosse star Dave Morrow, and son of a TV preacher Tim Robertson—broke all the rules and beat all the odds to create Major League Lacrosse. This book will take you on a roller-coaster ride through the ups and downs of starting a business—and not just any business, but a professional sports league built around America’s oldest and most tradition-bound game. Today, Major League Lacrosse is entering its 12th season, and the sport has exploded into the fastest-growing game in the U.S. But it wasn’t always that way . . . not even close. For four crazy, chaotic years, from 1998 to 2001, Jake, Dave, and Tim faced enormous obstacles and endless challenges in their lonely battle to make their lacrosse dream come true.

From the earliest inspiration—Jake’s chance reading of a magazine article that got the ball rolling—to the wild search for investors and owners, to the insane setbacks that nearly derailed the league time and time again, to the emotional and triumphant debut of Major League Lacrosse, Take a Shot! is an action-packed, thrill-a-minute adventure story.

But this book is also about friendship under fire. It tells the tale of three men from vastly different worlds—Jake, the brash Hollywood icon and driving force behind Major League Lacrosse; Dave, a shy Ivy Leaguer from blue-collar Detroit and the ultimate fish out of water; and Tim, the son of TV evangelist Pat Robertson and a multimedia mogul—who teamed up to try the impossible: start a professional sports league from scratch at a time when other leagues were crashing and burning around them.

When Jake recruited Dave to be his partner, neither had any idea what was in store for them, nor what it took to start something like this (after all, who does?). But they had something more important: a gut instinct that, from day one, they could always trust each other. And so, with only a handshake, they ignored all the naysayers who warned them that they were doomed to fail and together built Major League Lacrosse, weathering every crisis and shrugging off each disaster along the way. And in the process, their partnership evolved into an enduring friendship, as Jake helped Dave blossom into a big-time entrepreneur, and Dave—at a crucial moment with everything on the line—came out of his shell and justified Jake’s relentless faith in him.

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• Published on: 2012-08-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .90" h x 5.90" w x 9.00" l, 1.00 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 188 pages

The Birth of the Ashes: The Amazing Story of the First Ashes Test

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The Birth of the Ashes: The Amazing Story of the First Ashes Test
by Christopher Hilton

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WHAT IS the reality behind the mythology of The Ashes? The amazing and unexpected answers are revealed in this deeply researched book, which will fascinate every cricket lover around the world. Here, for the first time, the Oval Test match of 1882 – every bit as dramatic as anything in the 2005 season – is recreated ball by ball all the way to the agonising climax when Australia won by 7 runs. Here, too, is the social context of that match, from the founding of Australia, spiced with a host of insights into how cricket was born and how it grew in a vast, rugged land – and how the Australians first came to England to take on the Mother Country. The story of The Ashes is more, much more. When the Hon. Ivo Bligh took an England team to Australia in 1882–83 he said he was going to reclaim the Ashes of English cricket, lost at the Oval. That led to a meeting with a property baron near Melbourne, an invitation for the team to stay at his mansion for Christmas…a knock-about match against the staff…and the baron’s wife, who had a little urn on her mantelpiece. She felt she ought to put some ashes into it for Bligh. It led Bligh to a love affair with an Irish music teacher at the mansion, marriage and residence in his family mansion in Kent. It was this Irishwoman who, in 1927 when Bligh died, carried out his final instructions and sent the urn to be displayed at Lord’s, where it remains today as the living symbol of 130 years of titanic struggle between the old enemies.

• Rank: #289298 in Books
• Published on: 2012-12-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 178 pages

Wodehouse At The Wicket

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Wodehouse At The Wicket
P G Wodehouse (Author)

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Wally Hammond: Gentleman & Player

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Wally Hammond: Gentleman & Player
Roderick Easdale (Author)

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Walter Hammond had all the attributes of a Boy’s Own hero.

On the field he struck an imposing figure, handsome of face and broad of shoulder, as immaculately turned out in his whites as he was off the field when his dapper manner charmed the ladies.

He moved with a languid, easy grace, whether swooping in the covers or taking slip catches few could match. His batting was all elegant orthodoxy, his cover drive of exquisite beauty and power, his fast-medium bowling delivered from the most classical of actions.

He won matches for his county, Gloucestershire, almost on his own. He came through the professional ranks to captain England to their biggest win in an Ashes test. His contemporaries saluted his genius.

Yet his star seems to have dimmed, the modern fan and cricket writer seemingly not much interested in him. When the names of past greats of the game have rolled down through the years, his is one that you rarely seem to hear. Even so, many people will say that Wally Hammond is England’s best test cricketer.

For his abundant talents, for all his admirers beyond the boundary, however, Hammond was not a happy or fulfilled man. If life was not always as kind to him as it could have been, how much of this was his own fault? And why is he not better known these days? How could someone who so enriched the cricket of his time fade from cricket collective’s memory to the extent that he has?

'Wally Hammond: Gentleman and Player' is a concise, expertly argued biography of one of English cricket's most enigmatic legends. It is a book that no devotee of the game will want to miss.

Roderick Easdale is a Berkshire-born Yorkshire supporter who now lives within walking distance of Lord's. An erratic and ferocious fast bowler in his youth, he decided it was time to retire from playing when his sole wicket one season was a stumping. He now plays golf instead. He is the author of The Novel Life of PG Wodehouse and England's One Test Wonders.

Reviews of England's One Test Wonders:

'Roderick Easdale is a natural writer. He makes an impact where other's don't. This excellent book defies convention' (Cricket Lore)

'This book is a winner' (The Cricketer)

'Much time and research has gone into this fascinating study' (The Independent)

'An extremely interesting book and a rattling good read' (Northants Evening Telegraph)

'Preposterously entertaining' (Press Association)

Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher.

• Rank: #53643 in eBooks
• Published on: 2012-12-03
• Released on: 2012-12-03
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Worlds Toughest Endurance Challenges

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Worlds Toughest Endurance Challenges
by Richard H Moore

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Across the world seemingly ordinary people are undertaking extraordinary challenges that will push their limits to achieve the improbable - by sea, bike, foot or sled. From the Badwater Ultramarathon in the unforgiving heat of Death Valley in California to the freezing wilderness of Alaska, these once-in-a-lifetime experiences are increasingly popular, and strangely addictive. For a certain breed of competitor, there is an unbreakable drive to see exactly how much the body and will can endure. Ultra-endurance events in the hottest, coldest, highest, most remote locations - these are no Sunday morning excursions but gruelling fights for survival and victory. This book looks at 50 of the most extreme marathons, triathlons, bike rides and other iconic endurance events from around the globe. The World's Toughest Endurance Challenges is a truly inspiring and beautiful collection of what we can achieve when racing to the limits. With full-colour stunning photography, coverage of every detail of these cruel challenges and including accounts of competitors who have lived to tell the tale, this book is a wonderful testament to those who face Mother Nature and survive.

• Rank: #669048 in Books
• Published on: 2012-11-22
• Binding: Hardcover
• 288 pages