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  • The Boxers of North, Mid and West Wales
    Gareth Jones / Jones Gareth
    Casual observers of the Welsh boxing scene might well think that the best practitioners of the sport have all hailed from the valleys and coastal cities of the south. But the rural counties have contributed their share to the nation’s fistic history.In the high-profile heavyweight division alone, the area covered by this book has produced two British champions and another who c...
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    42,93 €

  • The Iceman Experience
    James Washington
    We went to the playgrounds to find our missing fathers. What we found was the game. It was the only game that mattered in Harlem.In Harlem’s playgrounds we found our guardian sanctuaries, notoriety, and respect. Nothing could replace the alluring pull of high wired fences and asphalt parks. We drowned in the intoxication of a competitive game under the glistening sun amid frant...
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    17,15 €

  • The Iceman Experience
    James Washington
    We went to the playgrounds to find our missing fathers. What we found was the game. It was the only game that mattered in Harlem.In Harlem’s playgrounds we found our guardian sanctuaries, notoriety, and respect. Nothing could replace the alluring pull of high wired fences and asphalt parks. We drowned in the intoxication of a competitive game under the glistening sun amid frant...
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    25,02 €

  • Boxing
    Loyiso Mtya
    ...a story so real it reads like fiction.Anyone who has ever been in a boxing ring would know, after a couple of punches, knock outs and black outs, very few boxers have lived to tell their story. With a life that spans over 40 years both in and out of the ring, the account of South African boxing great Loyiso Mtya is a story well worth telling.As any professional boxer who has...
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    32,25 €

  • Miki Dora’s Last Interview aka Underground Journals
    Gerry Kantor / Miki (Mickey) Dora
    Miki Dora’s Last Interview aka Underground Journals was originally written in 2003 as a magazine article and was unpublished. Over the years it has gone through many drafts, and there are several manuscripts of earlier drafts of the book which have been given to known and unknown surf world people in France, California and Hawaii, so that in a sense, it has been published 'unde...
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    16,97 €

  • King of the Journeymen
    Peter Buckley
    King of the Journeymen is the gripping autobiography of Peter Buckley, a pro boxer who fought 300 times and was a ’stepping stone’ for world champions such as Naseem Hamed and Duke McKenzie. As a boy, Buckley shone as an amateur boxer, but outside the ring he was heading for trouble. He was suspended numerous times from school and sent to prison at age 15 for assault and robber...
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    35,73 €

  • Never Seen a Finer Day
    Chris Ridley
    Never seen a finer day is more than a saying. It’s an attitude. It’s a mindset. It’s a mindset that we all should wake up with each morning. There are days we don’t feel it; there are bad weather days, lack of sleep mornings, and just days we don’t feel like doing life in general. But when there is a task before us, a difficult or challenging situation, say like maybe a footbal...
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    23,71 €

  • Never Seen a Finer Day
    Chris Ridley
    Never seen a finer day is more than a saying. It’s an attitude. It’s a mindset. It’s a mindset that we all should wake up with each morning. There are days we don’t feel it; there are bad weather days, lack of sleep mornings, and just days we don’t feel like doing life in general. But when there is a task before us, a difficult or challenging situation, say like maybe a footbal...
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    16,61 €

  • Petr Izmailov
    Mihail Marin / Nikolai Izmailov
    Petr Izmailov was considered to be one of the top four players of the Soviet Union in 1929 according to Yuri Averbakh, and he was ranked around number 50 in the world at the time based on Chessmetrics methodology. Izmailov won the 1928 Championship of Soviet Russia, reached the last four of the 1929 Soviet Championship, and had a 2/2 lifetime score against Botvinnik. He was a r...
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    25,17 €

  • Petr Izmailov
    Mihail Marin / Nikolai Izmailov
    Petr Izmailov was considered to be one of the top four players of the Soviet Union in 1929 according to Yuri Averbakh, and he was ranked around number 50 in the world at the time based on Chessmetrics methodology. Izmailov won the 1928 Championship of Soviet Russia, reached the last four of the 1929 Soviet Championship, and had a 2/2 lifetime score against Botvinnik. He was a r...
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    36,89 €

  • Between The Plates
    Andrew Simpson / Sheridan Simpson
    Imagine waking up to the shrill sound of a phone call in the early morning hours to hear that your youngest child is being rushed to the hospital. Scott and Janet Simpson received that phone call that changed their lives forever.My name is Andrew Simpson, and I was the reason for that phone call. At the age of eighteen, I suffered from a traumatic brain injury that left me in a...
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    17,40 €

  • The Crazy Golf Pro
    Don Walin
    Golf:My childhood dream came true when I became a member of the Canadian Professional Golfer’s Association (CPGA). In 1989, three years into what looked like a promising future as a CPGA golf professional, my world was turned upside down with a devastating diagnosis of manic depression (bipolar disorder), and I ended up as a patient in the psychiatric ward for six weeks. This w...
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    23,38 €

  • The Ultimate Chelsea FC Trivia Book
    Ray Walker
    Do you want to be a chief or a chump when it comes to Chelsea trivia?If your aim is to reach the top of the totem pole, then this trivia and fact book on the history of the famous football club is definitely for you!Why settle for anything but the best where Chelsea trivia challenges are concerned? Be sure to soak in as much knowledge as possible about the team by studying this...
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    9,47 €

  • Take Your Marks, Get Set...
    Linda Sole
    This is a remarkable, `No holds barred` story of one woman’s journey of becoming a Mature Athlete in her late 50`s and all of the challenges that in itself presents. She has achieved an abundance of success with her chosen disciplines, and in 2020 was dealt the cruellest of blows, being diagnosed with stage 4 Lung Cancer, and how she coped with all of this during a global Pande...
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    13,12 €

  • Double-Crossing the Gold Dust Trio
    Ken Zimmerman Jr.
    The Double Cross Which Brought Down the Most Powerful Organization in Professional WrestlingBetween 1923 and 1928, the Gold Dust Trio of World Champion Ed 'Strangler' Lewis, manager Billy Sandow and promotional genius Joseph 'Toots' Mondt dominated professional wrestling. Due to the promotional practices of the Trio, Ed 'Strangler' Lewis earned the most money of any professiona...
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    14,98 €

  • FAME
    Michael Frizell
    Americans call the game 'soccer,' while the rest of the world dubs it 'football.' Whatever it’s called, fans know their names: Maradona. Beckham. Ronaldo. Messi.Diego Maradona’s career formed while he was only a child kicking a ball in the slums of Buenos Aires. He became a legend during the World Cup tournament in 1986 and was named FIFA Player of the 20th Century.David Beckha...
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    23,42 €

  • Bill Dewitt, Sr.
    Benita W Boxerman / Burton A Boxerman
    In 1954, one year after Baltimore bought the St. Louis Browns, the New York Yankees hired former Browns executive and owner William O. DeWitt as assistant to general manager George Weiss. DeWitt, the news announced, was considered an astute baseball man who would have a definite role to play with the Yankees. Baseball fans had assumed that once the Browns were no longer the Ame...
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    50,21 €

  • Soccer Greats Coming Home
    Chest Dugger / TBD
    Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.This famous quote, by William Shakespeare, reveals the mindset of strong achievers. But how does this apply to the all time soccer greats?Are they born great? Do they come with magical powers? Superior coaching? Crazy life experiences?To answer this question, we looked at the life history an...
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    23,81 €

  • Soccer Greats Coming Home
    Chest Dugger
    Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.This famous quote, by William Shakespeare, reveals the mindset of strong achievers. But how does this apply to the all time soccer greats?Are they born great? Do they come with magical powers? Superior coaching? Crazy life experiences?To answer this question, we looked at the life history an...
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    34,41 €

  • Shane Warne
    Mr Vivek
    Short biography of Shane Warne and about life ,during writing this book no character & no religious are harmed written by mr vivek kumar pandey. winner youngest writer award 1st rank in india 2020.He is only one writer can publish 660+ own book that was greatest successfull in his life. ...
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    12,56 €

  • The Shane Watson (Color)
    Vivek Pandey
    Short biography of Shane Watson and about life ,during writing this book no character & no religious are harmed written by mr vivek kumar pandey. winner youngest writer award 1st rank in india 2020.He is only one writer can publish 600+ own book that was greatest successfull in his life. ...
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    13,25 €

  • The Shane Watson
    Vivek Pandey
    Short biography of Shane Watson and about life ,during writing this book no character & no religious are harmed written by mr vivek kumar pandey. winner youngest writer award 1st rank in india 2020.He is only one writer can publish 600+ own book that was greatest successfull in his life. ...
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    13,28 €

  • The Dinesh Karthik
    Vivek Pandey
    Short biography of The Dinesh Karthik and about life ,during writing this book no character & no religious are harmed written by mr vivek kumar pandey. winner youngest writer award 1st rank in india 2020.He is only one writer can publish 600+ own book that was greatest successfull in his life. ...
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    13,31 €

  • The Dinesh Karthik (Color)
    Vivek Pandey
    Short biography of The Dinesh Karthik and about life ,during writing this book no character & no religious are harmed written by mr vivek kumar pandey. winner youngest writer award 1st rank in india 2020.He is only one writer can publish 600+ own book that was greatest successfull in his life. ...
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    13,28 €

  • The VVS Laxman
    Vivek Pandey
    Short biography of Vss Laxman and about life ,during writing this book no character & no religious are harmed written by mr vivek kumar pandey. winner youngest writer award 1st rank in india 2020.He is only one writer can publish 600+ own book that was greatest successfull in his life. ...
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    13,37 €

  • The VVS Laxman (Color)
    Vivek Pandey
    Short biography of Vss Laxman and about life ,during writing this book no character & no religious are harmed written by mr vivek kumar pandey. winner youngest writer award 1st rank in india 2020.He is only one writer can publish 600+ own book that was greatest successfull in his life. ...
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    13,34 €

  • The Rahul Dravid (Color)
    Mr Vivek
    Short biography of Rahul Dravid and about life ,during writing this book no character & no religious are harmed written by mr vivek kumar pandey. winner youngest writer award 1st rank in india 2020.He is only one writer can publish 600+ own book that was greatest successfull in his life. ...
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    13,25 €

  • The Ravi Shastri (Color)
    Mr Vivek
    Short biography of Ravi Shastri and about life ,during writing this book no character & no religious are harmed written by mr vivek kumar pandey. winner youngest writer award 1st rank in india 2020.He is only one writer can publish 600+ own book that was greatest successfull in his life. ...
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    12,18 €

  • The Kapil Dev
    Mr Vivek
    Short biography of Kapil Dev and about life ,during writing this book no character & no religious are harmed written by mr vivek kumar pandey. winner youngest writer award 1st rank in india 2020.He is only one writer can publish 600+ own book that was greatest successfull in his life. ...
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    12,18 €

  • The Sourav Ganguly
    Mr Vivek
    Short biography of Sourav Ganguly and about life ,during writing this book no character & no religious are harmed written by mr vivek kumar pandey. winner youngest writer award 1st rank in india 2020.He is only one writer can publish 600+ own book that was greatest successfull in his life. ...
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    11,40 €