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  • George Varnell
    Jeff Burlingame
    'A marvelous job of unveiling the rich and intriguing tapestry of George Varnell’s life.' - Daniel James Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat 'This deeply researched book relays the facts about Varnell while imparting the essence of the man, particularly his love of sports and sportsmen.'- Timothy P. Brown, author of How Football Became Football:...
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    21,68 €

  • A True Heart
    Billy Dib
    Suffering with chronic asthma during the first few months of life, and growing up in one of only two Lebanese families in a tough suburb of Sydney, Billy Dib was a fighter from the day he was born. Afraid to go to school because of the constant bullying, with the strength of his faith, he learnt to fight with resilience and humility. His destiny was paved from the moment he wal...
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    42,62 €

  • Thurm
    Thurman Munson
    Originally published in 1978 as Thurman Munson: An Autobiography just a year before Thurman Munson’s death, Marty Appel’s collaboration with the famous New York Yankees catcher and captain breathes new life in Thurm: Memoirs of a Forever Yankee. With a new Introduction by Appel and Foreword by Diana Munson, this revised edition celebrates the life of the Yankee captain in his o...
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    16,58 €

  • A True Heart
    Billy Dib
    Suffering with chronic asthma during the first few months of life, and growing up in one of only two Lebanese families in a tough suburb of Sydney, Billy Dib was a fighter from the day he was born. Afraid to go to school because of the constant bullying, with the strength of his faith, he learnt to fight with resilience and humility. His destiny was paved from the moment he wal...
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    24,86 €

  • GARDNER Vol. III
    Corey Gardner
    GARDNER Vol. III: Athletes and Authors contains over 20 biographies on prize - fighters, athletes, politicians, authors, and entertainers surnamed Gardner. They range from a British boxing champion to an American wrestling champion to a Hollywood actress to a spy novelist. The volume has all of those who stepped into the spotlight onto a stage or in a ring surnamed Gardner. ...
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    63,41 €

  • The Life of a Racer Volume 2
    Carl Fogarty / John McAvoy / Michael Rutter
    In this follow-up to his autobiography, Michael Rutter changes his focus and now reflects on his father’s life - the victories, defeats, scrapes with the law and practical jokes. He also looks at his father’s close brushes with death, including the horrific career-ending crash of 1985, and its aftermath.Tony Rutter (1942-2020) is best known for his four world TT-F2 championship...
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    36,39 €

  • The Alphabet Box and Other Snapshots From the Album
    Phillip Schmidt
    Life is full of surprises, isn’t it? If you’re like this author, perhaps there was a time in your life that you were naive to this reality. I have time and time again been amazed, bemused and sometimes awestruck at how living one’s life can careen you into the different degrees of the unexpected. It may be a run in with a piranha or a small box of alphabet letters that leaves y...
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    18,45 €

  • The Alphabet Box and Other Snapshots From the Album
    Phillip Schmidt
    Life is full of surprises, isn’t it? If you’re like this author, perhaps there was a time in your life that you were naive to this reality. I have time and time again been amazed, bemused and sometimes awestruck at how living one’s life can careen you into the different degrees of the unexpected. It may be a run in with a piranha or a small box of alphabet letters that leaves y...
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    29,39 €

  • Ladies Don’t Do That!
    Jackie MacDonald
    In the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Jackie MacDonald burst onto the Canadian sport scene with an immense amount of publicity. The tall blond teacher, often compared to Marilyn Monroe, who put the shot, pumped iron and drove a Harley Davidson motorcycle, caught the eye of photographers even before she surprised the track and field community by winning a silver med...
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    36,52 €

  • Coach, Caddy, Ref
    Mike Reed
    Played and coached high school and college baseball; caddied on the PGA and LPGA Tours; and officiated in the World Basketball League, the NBA Summer League, and preseason. Worked on the grounds crew with the San Diego Padres. ...
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    11,94 €

  • Female Force
    Michael Frizell
    Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner told ESPN, 'Don’t worry about what other people are going to say, because they’re always going to say something, but if you’re just true to yourself, let that shine through. Don’t hide who you really are.' Despite personal challenges, her meteoric rise in the WNBA after a storied college hoops career inspires many. But her detainment in Russ...
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    21,83 €

  • Female Force
    Michael Frizell
    Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner told ESPN, 'Don’t worry about what other people are going to say, because they’re always going to say something, but if you’re just true to yourself, let that shine through. Don’t hide who you really are.' Despite personal challenges, her meteoric rise in the WNBA after a storied college hoops career inspires many. But her detainment in Russ...
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    8,74 €

  • Playing the Game Our Way
    Amos Whittington Sr.
    Growing up in any major metropolitan city can be extremely challenging, especially when you’re African American. I never thought that an everyday normal little kid that I was would experience such a roller-coaster ride of a life. It was almost a guarantee that I would end up in jail, uneducated, or even dead by the time I was sixteen. That’s according to statistics in the 1980s...
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    9,73 €

  • Coach C.H. Hopper Kennedy
    Mert Kennedy / Richard Kennedy
    This is the story of Charles Hoffman 'Hopper' Kennedy. He became a high school football and basketball coach in the early 1920s. He worked his way up the ladder by working with each of his players to help each of them to believe in themselves to become the best they could be and to help them form into a team. He would scout the teams he would be playing--sometimes going to thei...
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    10,21 €

  • Heidelberg Of The Norfolk 17
    Andrew Heidelberg / Robert D. Gaines
    The true story of Andrew Heidelberg, who against incredible barriers, became the first African-American to play previously 'white' high school football in the South. The story, as told by Andrew to Robert D. Gaines, covers his childhood in the racist South, the NAACP recruitment of children to integrate the white public schools, integration by The Norfolk 17 in 1959, and Andrew...
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    19,69 €

  • Life in the Fast Lane
    Chris Stoddart
    In the late 1960s, a new sport emerged in Canada that would change the lives of many people: wheelchair sports.In Life in the Fast Lane, Chris Stoddart recounts the rise of wheelchair racing, with him as one of its pioneers. Born with spina bifida-a condition that affects the development of the spine-Stoddart witnessed the extraordinary transformation of the wheelchair from a h...
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    24,70 €

  • Mad Dog! Detroit Tiger Dick McAuliffe
    Tom McAuliffe
    NEW 2nd Edition!Born to be a Ballplayer......from a town so small it didn’t have a traffic light. Dick McAuliffe was drafted into Major League Baseball at the age of 17 by the Detroit Tigers and became a 3-time MLB ’All Star’, 1968 World Series Champion and loving Father with 2 wonderful kids.Every team needs a ’spark plug’… a player who can rally other players and the fans whe...
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    19,05 €

  • Barca
    Graham Hunter
    BARCELONA are the greatest football team in the world, the greatest for a generation and possibly the greatest of all time.This is the untold inside story of how the best and most loved football team in the world came to redefine how the game is played.We start with the 2011 Champions League final at Wembley, the game that ended the debate about whether Barcelona were the great...
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    26,05 €

  • Barca
    Graham Hunter
    BARCELONA are the greatest football team in the world, the greatest for a generation and possibly the greatest of all time. This is the untold inside story of how the best and most loved football team in the world came to redefine how the game is played. We start with the 2011 Champions League final at Wembley, the game that ended the debate about whether Barcelona were the gr...
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    38,19 €

  • Mr. Mulligan - The Life of Champion Armless Golfer Tommy McAuliffe
    Tom McAuliffe
    He captured the world’s attention through golf……and through humor and grit, inspired millions. Do you know the story of Tommy McAuliffe? Born in 1893, he was destined to make an impact, and not just from the tee box. A magnetic personality that made the greatest golfers who ever lived want to join him for a round. He played with Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, and Arnold Palmer. Wha...
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    19,47 €

  • Fortune and Fame
    David Collins / Jonathan Power
    FROM POSTIE TO A LIFE ADVISING THE CELEBSJonathan Power advised the biggest stars in the Premier League from clubs including Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea, as well as British Lions rugby players and world champions in Boxing and Snooker. Pop stars and songwriters also sought his financial and agency advice. The ultimate validation came when Sir Bobby Robson ...
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    11,77 €

  • Fortune and Fame
    David Collins / Jonathan Power
    FROM POSTIE TO A LIFE ADVISING THE CELEBSJonathan Power advised the biggest stars in the Premier League from clubs including Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea, as well as British Lions rugby players and world champions in Boxing and Snooker. Pop stars and songwriters also sought his financial and agency advice. The ultimate validation came when Sir Bobby Robson ...
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    18,53 €

  • Blowin’ Smoke II
    Steve Carmichael
    Blowin’ Smoke II is written as a continuation, not sequel, of Blowin’ Smoke, as the main characters are related to trapshooting in one way or another. Many of the stories intertwine with those of the first publication but will appeal to a much larger general readership which will include sports fishermen and general aviation amongst others. ...
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    26,36 €

  • Blowin’ Smoke II
    Steve Carmichael
    Blowin’ Smoke II is written as a continuation, not sequel, of Blowin’ Smoke, as the main characters are related to trapshooting in one way or another. Many of the stories intertwine with those of the first publication but will appeal to a much larger general readership which will include sports fishermen and general aviation amongst others. ...
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    16,19 €

  • Harmon Wages
    Harmon Wages / Stan Awtrey
    From the moment he was born, Harmon Wages has been beating the odds, the scale of which would cause most to throw up their hands and quit. As a Gator at University of Florida, an Atlanta Falcon and an Emmy-nominated TV sportscaster, Wages cleared hurdle after hurdle in his personal quest for excellence. Harmon attributes so much of his life to experiences growing up in the smal...
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    15,17 €

  • Southview to Gettysvue
    Bill Schmidt
    Born in a coal camp in Southview, Pennsylvania, to a German immigrant father who was a coal miner for thirty-seven years, my future looked preordained. I was headed to the coal mines or the steel mills in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was just a way of life in Appalachia, and the measurement of success was just getting a job, eventually getting married, and raisin...
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    26,83 €

  • Principles of High Performing Teams
    Steve J. Anderson
    Principles of High-Performing Teams provide the leader, mentor, and coach with rare leadership insights to define elite sports’ aligned excellence elements. The author’s significant reference to team scenarios that impact behaviour and action are referenced throughout the book. These references offer a catalogue of crucial learnings, models and methodology that embrace and expl...
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    20,98 €

  • Principles of High Performing Teams
    Steve J. Anderson
    Principles of High-Performing Teams provide the leader, mentor, and coach with rare leadership insights to define elite sports’ aligned excellence elements. The author’s significant reference to team scenarios that impact behaviour and action are referenced throughout the book. These references offer a catalogue of crucial learnings, models and methodology that embrace and expl...
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    33,14 €

  • Pastor Coach
    Ondra Waddy
    At a time when today’s society needs more positive role models for their student/athletes, Ondra Waddy sets a shining example. Through his passion for the game, an uncompromising faith, and a love for teaching, he galvanizes the next generation of athletes to maximize their God-given talents--on and off the court.In Pastor Coach, he shares his remarkable life story of how Jesus...
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    17,27 €

  • Heartfelt
    Joy Kimler
    When horse people meet and share stories, the conversation always goes back to the horse that meant so much to them, that one individual who made a mark so deep in their life they were changed forever. This book contains short stories from people who went on to do great things, whether competing at the Olympics or climbing to the top of their discipline. These horse stories wil...
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    21,34 €


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