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In the most famous scandal of sports history, eight Chicago White Sox players--including Shoeless Joe Jackson--agreed to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for the promise of $20,000 each from gamblers reportedly working for New York mobster...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-09-17
PDF, ePub
Offre spéciale
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12,16€
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Welcome to Vegas. You've got ringside seats to the world's hottest boxing match. Watch fearless champions. Meet the women who knock them off their feet. Fans of Katy Evans, Jamie McGuire and RJ Prescott - let's get ready to ruuummble. Heavyweight boxer Jack Brady was...
Editeur :
Headline Eternal
Parution :
2015-09-15
Collection :
Ringside Series
ePub
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In The Dirty Game, investigative reporter and BBC Panorama presenter Andrew Jennings, who has been heralded around the world for his decade-long pursuit of this story, uncovers the eye-watering level of fraud and criminal activity at the heart of FIFA, which has been...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2015-09-10
ePub
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In rugby, there are the Flash Harrys and the Glory Boys: the fly-halves who run, kick and dazzle; the scrum-halves who nip and dart; the wingers who step and glide. These are the players who get the crowd on their feet, who set stadiums abuzz. But they only get to do...
Editeur :
Headline
Parution :
2015-09-10
ePub
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Ben Cohen’s dad didn’t know anything about the sport his young son had taken up, but he was happy to drive him to practice, and was soon helping out at the club. When his business went bankrupt money was tight, but Ben’s hard working parents inspired their son to put...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2015-09-10
ePub
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The Sunday Times No.1 BestsellerFrom the Bestselling Author of BounceWhat links the Mercedes Formula One team with Google?What links Team Sky and the aviation industry?What connects James Dyson and David Beckham?They are all Black Box Thinkers.Black Box Thinking is a...
Editeur :
John Murray
Parution :
2015-09-10
ePub
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Dan Docherty's The Complete Tai Chi Tutor leads you on a spiritual journey towards understanding the key principles and history of the art of Tai Chi.It investigates what is known and unknown concerning the origins and history of Tai Chi, from the ancient texts of...
Editeur :
Gaia
Parution :
2015-09-07
Collection :
The Gaia Complete Tutor
ePub
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‘Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win’ Gary Lineker Packed with exclusive interviews with key protagonists, Raphael Honigstein’s book lifts the lid on the secrets of German football’s success.13th July...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2015-09-03
ePub
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In the quest for ultimate speed, Formula One combines human drama, cutting-edge technological innovation and high-stakes finance in a thrilling global circus watched by half a billion avid fans.The Fastest Show on Earth brings the FIA Formula One World Championship...
Editeur :
Robinson
Parution :
2015-09-03
ePub
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For over half a century, Match of the Day has been essential viewing for football fans, whatever their allegiance – and no programme has captured the star-studded era of the Premier League better. From Wayne Rooney’s first stunning goal and Sergio Aguero’s last second...
Editeur :
Bbc Digital
Parution :
2015-09-03
ePub
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Inspiring and irreverent by turns, Brian Levison's new anthology has drawn on rugby's wealth of excellent writing. Frank Keating, P. G. Wodehouse, Alec Waugh, A. A. Thomson, John Reason and Mick Imlah are among the distinguished names who have written movingly,...
Editeur :
Robinson
Parution :
2015-08-27
ePub
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As England's cricket team compete for the Ashes in Australia, ex-England spinner Phil Tufnell is enjoying life as a retired cricketer and national treasure. When the sporting legend hung up his cricket boots back in 2003, little did he know the dramatic direction his...
Editeur :
Headline
Parution :
2015-08-27
ePub
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Kenton Cool is the finest alpine climber of this generation. His accomplishments are staggering. He has summited Everest twelve times. He is the first person in history to climb the three Everest peaks, the so-called Triple Crown, in one climb, a feat previously thought...
Editeur :
Preface Digital
Parution :
2015-08-27
ePub
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WINNER OF THE CRICKET SOCIETY AND MCC BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD'I doubt there will be a better book written about this period in West Indies cricket history.' Clive LloydCricket had never been played like...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2015-08-13
ePub
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*SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2015*A man punches the wall in a strategic show of anger. Another complains he has become a stranger to those he loves. A third relies on “my three a day: coffee, Nurofen and a bottle of wine.” Yet another...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2015-08-13
ePub
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Acclaimed world champions in 2003, the England rugby union team came home from the World Cup in New Zealand eight years later to the sound of silence. Their rugby was uninspiring and their reputation in tatters. Stuart Lancaster - former burger-flipper, PE teacher and...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2015-08-06
ePub
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In this poignant, moving book, Muhammad Ali shares the beliefs he has come to live by and which he has passed on to his children. Some of the wisdom is his own; some comes from the teachings of true Islam, from his spiritual studies, and from people he has met in the...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2015-07-31
ePub
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YES!YES!YES! Daniel Bryan is the real deal. Everyone’s favorite underdog, he’s proven to the world and to all of WWE that looks can be deceiving. Just ask everyone who’s ever underestimated him…right before he went out and whipped the WWE Universe into a frenzy.This is...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2015-07-30
ePub
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The rare feat of winning back-to-back flags in 2013 and 2014 cemented coach Alastair Clarkson's men as a truly great team and Hawthorn FC as a great club.At the end of the 2004 season Hawthorn was an unholy mess, with no coach, no chief executive and no captain. Enter...
Editeur :
E-Penguin
Parution :
2015-07-29
ePub
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The rare feat of winning back-to-back flags in 2013 and 2014 cemented coach Alastair Clarkson's men as a truly great team and Hawthorn FC as a great club.At the end of the 2004 season Hawthorn was an unholy mess, with no coach, no chief executive and no captain. Enter...
Editeur :
E-Penguin
Parution :
2015-07-29
ePub
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