Barry Davies' face and voice are instantly recognisable to any UK sports fan. He has guided audiences through some of the most compelling and exciting moments in televised sport over the past 40 years. Here, he relives the magic of those events and reveals what was...

Editeur : Headline
Parution : 2014-08-28
ePub

Rio Ferdinand is widely acknowledged as one of the most talented and skilful defenders in the world. His transfer from West Ham to Leeds was a British record at the time, a feat he achieved again with his subsequent move to Manchester United. Ferdinand's success on the...

Editeur : Headline
Parution : 2014-08-28
ePub

Mont Blanc, or 'Il Bianco' as it is sometimes known as in Italy; The White One. It sits, regally, upon pleated glacial folds gathered together around a timeless, grey-rock body, high above the French town of Chamonix, lord of all that it surveys. It beguiles, bewitches...

Editeur : Summersdale
Parution : 2014-08-14
ePub

THE TRIATHLON: A TRUE TEST OF ENDURANCE AND FITNESS Capturing the discipline, the anguish, the fortitude and the joy that are all key elements of training for and competing in a triathlon, these stunning photographs showcase one of the world’s fastest growing sports....

Editeur : Summersdale
Parution : 2014-08-14
ePub

California offers a veritable feast for foragers, and with Judith Larner Lowry as your trusted guide you will learn how to safely find and identify an abundance of delicious wild plants.  “This book is an excellent deep dive into California’s wild...

Editeur : Timber Press
Parution : 2014-08-12
Collection : Regional Foraging Series ePub

When Polly meets racing yacht designer Nathan Bryce for the first time, she realises immediately that what the papers say about him is all too true. He's handsome, fascinating and utterly ruthless.  Falsely accused of drug smuggling, then released into Nathan’s custody,...

Editeur : Headline Accent
Parution : 2014-07-24
ePub

‘… there I was in the middle of Bogotá, coked up to my eyeballs, in a hallway holding two machetes, while some drunk Colombians argued about whether or not to blow up a bar with a live hand grenade…’ Asia has the hippie trail. South America has the gringo trail. Mark...

Editeur : Summersdale
Parution : 2014-07-07
ePub

'I'm confident they play cricket in heaven. Wouldn't be heaven otherwise, would it?' Patrick Moore This pocket-sized miscellany, packed with fascinating facts, amusing anecdotes and captivating stories and quotes from the world of cricket, is perfect for anyone who...

Editeur : Summersdale
Parution : 2014-07-07
ePub

This pocket-sized miscellany, packed with fascinating facts, handy hints and captivating stories and quotes from the world of golf, is perfect for anyone who knows the incomparable joy of hitting the fairway.

Editeur : Summersdale
Parution : 2014-07-07
ePub

This pocket-sized miscellany, packed with fascinating facts, amusing anecdotes and captivating stories and quotes from the world of rugby, is perfect for anyone who knows the incomparable joy of picking up the ball and running with it.

Editeur : Summersdale
Parution : 2014-07-07
ePub

This pocket-sized miscellany, packed with fascinating facts, amusing anecdotes and captivating stories and quotes from the world of football, is perfect for anyone who knows the incomparable joy of the beautiful game.

Editeur : Summersdale
Parution : 2014-07-07
ePub

When Cyrille Regis became one of the first black players to be selected for the full England team, he was sent a package in the mail. Inside it was a silver bullet and a note that read: ‘You’ll get one of these through your knees if you step on our Wembley turf.’ In the...

Editeur : Constable
Parution : 2014-07-03
ePub

From the author of Infinite Jest and Consider the Lobster: a collection of five brilliant essays on tennis, from the author's own experience as a junior player to his celebrated profile of Roger Federer at the peak of his powers. A "long-time...

Editeur : Little, Brown and Company
Parution : 2014-06-24
ePub

The daredevil who leaped from a helicopter onto the back of a marlin and rode it rodeo-style. A staggering 3,001 bass caught in a single short summer season on Long Island. A grueling 37-hour fight with  Pacific salmon. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction!...

Editeur : Workman Publishing Company
Parution : 2014-06-15
ePub

An absorbing and enlightening inside look at sports secrets—now in an updated and expanded edition! What makes an athlete successful? Why do some players excel? In this new, expanded edition, the experts at Popular Mechanics, along with top athletes, coaches, and...

Editeur : Hearst Books
Parution : 2014-06-03
ePub

Discover what edible resources the Norwest has to offer with this handy guide book to foraging safely and effectively.  The Pacific Northwest provides a veritable feast for foragers, and with Douglas Deur as your trusted guide you'll earn how to safely find and...

Editeur : Timber Press
Parution : 2014-06-03
Collection : Regional Foraging Series ePub

Dark Horses, Dutch in-fighting, the Group of Death, taking on fluids, writing the Germans off (at your peril)... As the small matter of the World Cup approaches, Adam Hurrey turns his attention to the clichés that abound at football's world stage. FREE FOR A LIMITED...

Editeur : Headline
Parution : 2014-05-29
ePub

WHAT DOES IT TAKE to win a major championship and reach the absolute pinnacle of golf? Through a season of the four tournaments -- the Masters, the U.S. Open, the British Open, and the PGA Championship -- known collectively as the majors, John Feinstein takes us where...

Editeur : Little, Brown and Company
Parution : 2014-05-27
ePub

It's the book in which America's favorite sportswriter returns to the arena of his most successful bestseller, A Season on the Brink.It's the book that takes us inside the intensely competitive Atlantic Coast Conference & paints a portrait of how college baskettball is...

Editeur : Little, Brown and Company
Parution : 2014-05-27
ePub

From the author of Raise a First, Take a Knee: John Feinstein's bestselling classic is "the best-ever account of life on the PGA tour" (Golf Magazine) and a must-read for anyone who loves the game of golf.   Traveling with the golfers on the...

Editeur : Little, Brown and Company
Parution : 2014-05-27
ePub