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  • I Think Therefore I Play
    Alessandro Alciato / Andrea Pirlo
    Andrea Pirlo is one of the finest footballers of his generation - a World Cup and Champions League winning playmaker who has redefined his position at the base of midfield, and one of the most deadly free-kick takers the game has known. This is his story, in his words. It is written with a level of humour and insight which confound his image as a dead-eyed assassin on the field...
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    16,54 €

  • Legendary Boxing Trainer George Washington
    Kenneth Washington
    As people of color, we arrived on a nightmare and never stop praying for the dream. George did not fret because of any evildoers neither envious against the workers of iniquities, asking God to give him grace to accept with serenity of the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things that should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other, ke...
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    20,03 €

  • Lone Star
    Ruth Rouff
    The life of Babe Didrikson reimagined. As a poor kid growing up in Beaumont Texas, brash, scrappy Babe Didrikson dreams of becoming a great athlete. She is on her way to fulfilling her dream when in 1932 she wins five track and field events at the AAU National Championships and then medals three times at the 1932 Olympic Games. Babe is suddenly a celebrated athlete, but the way...
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    19,60 €

  • Running and Returning
    Vicki Ash Hunter
    For Vicki Ash Hunter, Ph.D., running was an escape. Compelled to move her body, flee her perceived inadequacies, and shed her sadness, Hunter found solace - and success - in competitive and endurance-distance running. She established herself as a national-class athlete, qualified for the marathon Olympic Trials in 1988, and became a trusted coach to others. Even after a life-th...
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    23,22 €

  • ALL CAPS
    Craig Colby
    In March 2020, during the great COVID-19 lockdown, television producer Craig Colby’s work disappeared. He marked the time by wearing a different baseball hat every day, posting a picture with a story about each one on social media. A community of friends started sharing their hats and stories, too. After 125 days, Craig ran out of hats, but gained new insight into what each cap...
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    37,44 €

  • ALL CAPS
    Craig Colby
    In March 2020, during the great COVID-19 lockdown, television producer Craig Colby’s work disappeared. He marked the time by wearing a different baseball hat every day, posting a picture with a story about each one on social media. A community of friends started sharing their hats and stories, too. After 125 days, Craig ran out of hats, but gained new insight into what each cap...
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    48,77 €

  • VITA DA SPEEDCUBER
    Riccardo Munaro
    Questo libro parla della mia sfortunata storia da Speedcuber persona che risolve il cubo in meno di 50 secondi, e da inventore di un metodo sconosciuto a molti. ...
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    20,12 €

  • Baseball, Art, and Dreams
    Scott Christopher
    Baseball, Art, and Dreams is the amazing true story of Scott Christopher, a boy who loved the game of baseball. At age six he falls on the broken soda bottle, severing all seven tendons, median nerve, and both arteries in his throwing hand. Some said Scott had ten minutes to live, and shockingly his team of doctors considered amputation. After years of grueling rehabilitation, ...
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    33,64 €

  • Scoring Goals in the Dark
    Clare Shine
    As a young footballer, Clare Shine appeared to have it all. She won her first international call-up at age 13, and by 15 was part of the Republic of Ireland Women’s under-17 squad. But the pressure of being a star striker weighed heavily on her young shoulders. By age 19, she had played in a UEFA European Championship and a FIFA World Cup, scored the winner in a Cup Final, won ...
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    28,30 €

  • Inicios de los Grandes del Fútbol
    Chest Dugger
    Algunos nacen grandes, algunos logran grandeza, a algunos la grandeza les es impuesta.Esta famosa cita, de William Shakespeare, revela la mentalidad de los grandes triunfadores. Pero, ¿cómo se aplica esto a los grandes del fútbol de todos los tiempos?¿Han nacido grandes? ¿Vienen con poderes mágicos? ¿Un entrenamiento superior? ¿Experiencias locas?Para responder a esta pregunta,...
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    27,71 €

  • Inicios de los Grandes del Fútbol
    Chest Dugger
    Algunos nacen grandes, algunos logran grandeza, a algunos la grandeza les es impuesta.Esta famosa cita, de William Shakespeare, revela la mentalidad de los grandes triunfadores. Pero, ¿cómo se aplica esto a los grandes del fútbol de todos los tiempos?¿Han nacido grandes? ¿Vienen con poderes mágicos? ¿Un entrenamiento superior? ¿Experiencias locas?Para responder a esta pregunta,...
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    39,54 €

  • Lawyer on Wheels
    Michael Sterlin
    Lawyer on Wheels is part travelogue, part adventure and part biography. Most of all, it is a book about bicycling, written by a man whose life has been inextricably linked with this pastime. The author has spent most of his life touring the world, solo, on a bicycle. This book provides detailed diaries of several long bicycle trips, most notably a long trip through Mexico and C...
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    69,34 €

  • Lawyer on Wheels
    Michael Sterlin
    Lawyer on Wheels is part travelogue, part adventure and part biography. Most of all, it is a book about bicycling, written by a man whose life has been inextricably linked with this pastime. The author has spent most of his life touring the world, solo, on a bicycle. This book provides detailed diaries of several long bicycle trips, most notably a long trip through Mexico and C...
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    61,94 €

  • How Cricket Saved My Life
    Ian Martin
    An honest, often sad but humorous account of life inside a body that no longer does as it is told! Ian Martin was a sports-loving youngster. When he realised he was more enthusiastic than talented enough to make a career out of playing sport he left home and joined the Royal Navy. This book tells the story of his experiences at sea onboard HMS Ark Royal, his service during the ...
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    22,72 €

  • Dear John
    John Lloyd
    John Lloyd was the poster boy of British tennis - a former British number one, Grand Slam finalist, Wimbledon mixed-doubles champion and Davis Cup captain. Remarkably, he and his two brothers, David (of leisure club fame) and Tony, all played in the singles championship at Wimbledon in the same year: a testament to the parents who believed in their sons’ dreams as the boys batt...
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    27,73 €

  • What the Fuzz? Survival Stories of a Minor League Mascot
    Daniel Ruefman
    This memoir shares the unique coming of age story of a young college student, utterly devoid of confidence, until he is 'recruited' as a semi-professional mascot for a junior hockey team. After a year on the ice, a new opportunity draws him into the world of Minor League Baseball. As the unexpectedly humorous, heartwarming, and (at times) hazardous experiences unfold, the young...
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    11,89 €

  • Pee Wee Reese
    Glen Sparks
    Harold ''Pee Wee'' Reese may have been the most beloved Brooklyn Dodgers player of all time. During a 16-year career in the 1940s and 1950s, he delivered timely hits, made countless acrobatic defensive plays at shortstop, and stole hundreds of bases for clubs that won seven pennants and, in 1955, finally overcame the Yankees to win the World Series. Reese may be best remembe...
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    58,83 €

  • Runner’s High or
    Lucas Simon Drake
    What happens when you run 50 miles on LSD?Can LSD make you happy, gay, or even a better runner? In Runner’s High or: Can LSD Make You Gay? Lucas Simon Drake goes on a journey to find out what happens when you combine psychedelic drugs with somethings as extreme as ultra running. He’s new to both drugs and ultra running - join in on his journey and you will learn:- Why getting h...
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    10,91 €

  • Pleasant Good Evening - A Memoir
    Dan Russell
    Dan Russell’s Sportstalk was appointment-listening for tens of thousands of B.C. sports fans over its three-decade run. What began in 1984 as a simple 50-minute filler would grow into the longest-running and most-listened to show of its kind in Canada.Russell created and solo-hosted the weekday-evening shows as Sportstalk became the gathering spot for Vancouver Canucks fans, hi...
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    33,96 €

  • Pleasant Good Evening - A Memoir
    Dan Russell
    Dan Russell’s Sportstalk was appointment-listening for tens of thousands of B.C. sports fans over its three-decade run. What began in 1984 as a simple 50-minute filler would grow into the longest-running and most-listened to show of its kind in Canada.Russell created and solo-hosted the weekday-evening shows as Sportstalk became the gathering spot for Vancouver Canucks fans, hi...
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    27,37 €

  • The Conquering Dreamer
    Mark Teague
    Long before the name Mark Teague became known nationally in football coaching circles, he was like any other ordinary kid growing up in the South. He loved sports; had a vivid, creative imagination; and was a dreamer.He learned early on that life has a way of presenting obstacles that often stand in the way of those dreams. Those obstacles would teach him the focus and intestin...
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    26,02 €

  • Jimmy Greaves
    Norman Giller
    Jimmy Greaves: The One and Only is the sensational and official biography of arguably the greatest British goalscorer of all time, authorised by Jimmy’s widow, Irene, and told by his friend of 64 years, Norman Giller. This brutally honest ’warts ’n’ all’ account covers the many highs and lows of Jimmy’s extraordinary triple career as great footballer, master TV raconteur and th...
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    27,91 €

  • Earn a Black Belt In...An Average Guy’s Guide to Life
    Robert Nichols
    First and foremost, I am not an expert on any of the topics discussed in this book. I’m an average everyday person like most. Second, this isn’t a book about martial arts. Sorry if it comes as a surprise given the title, and a surprise because, yes, that is what I do for a living. So, you’re probably thinking 'what is this book about?'Well, I will completely admit, I’ve made a ...
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    16,08 €

  • His Last Shift
    Wade Davison
    In the early 2000s, sixteen-year-old Todd Davison and his older brother Wade were living the Canadian hockey dream - playing together in the Western Hockey League, a stepping-stone for many future NHL stars. Todd seemed destined to be one of them; with his incredible speed, skill, and indomitable spirit, he had already defied all odds to become the smallest player in the league...
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    15,37 €

  • His Last Shift
    Wade Davison
    In the early 2000s, sixteen-year-old Todd Davison and his older brother Wade were living the Canadian hockey dream - playing together in the Western Hockey League, a stepping-stone for many future NHL stars. Todd seemed destined to be one of them; with his incredible speed, skill, and indomitable spirit, he had already defied all odds to become the smallest player in the league...
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    20,08 €

  • Stat Daddy
    Kevin Taylor
    Stat Daddy takes you on a whimsical sports journey from the late ’70s through present-day social media coverage, linking old-school two-a-day football coaches with today’s highly skilled prep athletes who would have run circles around star players forty years ago. Follow along in the oft-amusing and nostalgia-laced anecdotes from yesteryear. Stat Daddy covers it all, too-sports...
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    15,92 €

  • Arsenal 101
    Rab McWilliam
    Arsenal 101 is an entertaining compendium of Arsenal’s fascinating history, facts, games, stories, personalities, legends and footballing adventures.Rab MacWilliam has revisited the club’s history from its early years as Woolwich Arsenal at the end of the nineteenth century to its status as one of the leading European teams of the present day. Rab has distilled Arsenal’s histor...
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    28,64 €

  • Arsenal 101
    Rab McWilliam
    Arsenal 101 is an entertaining compendium of Arsenal’s fascinating history, facts, games, stories, personalities, legends and footballing adventures.Rab MacWilliam has revisited the club’s history from its early years as Woolwich Arsenal at the end of the nineteenth century to its status as one of the leading European teams of the present day. Rab has distilled Arsenal’s histor...
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    17,70 €

  • So, You Think You Want an Athletic Scholarship
    Jesse Deloach
    A refreshing work that gives readers an outlook on the ins and outs of being a student athlete. Jesse memorizes personal experiences that tie into choices and decisions that can be learned from and applied to everyday life situations, whether positive, negative, or neutral. Are you on your way to college to begin your new job of being a student athlete, or just looking to learn...
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    15,54 €

  • From the End Zone to a Wheelchair
    Doug Smooth Harrington
    'This book is refreshingly honest and goes deep into Doug’s soul and emerges with a confession that will bring tears to your eyes. From the first page to the last, you will be taken on a rollercoaster ride of sex, overindulgence, and self-hate. Doug’s journey to God didn’t start with his accident, it started years before in college when his battle with demons first began. Journ...
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    14,24 €


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