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Rugby is not a game for those who think that centres are what you find in a box of Black Magic or who confuse Jonah Lomu with Joanna Lumley. At the same time, it is not a game for the bright: what kind of tortured mind would invent an oval ball? Of course, it helps if...
Editeur :
Mainstream Digital
Parution :
2012-03-23
ePub
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'I am proud to say that I knew Jock Stein as a football manager, as a colleague and as a friend . . . he was the greatest manager in British football . . . men like Jock will live forever in the memory' - Sir Alex FergusonDuring his long reign at Celtic, Jock Stein was...
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Mainstream Digital
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2012-03-23
ePub
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Many feared that West Ham would fade and die during the 2001-2002 season. Former gaffer Harry Redknapp had been sacked in mysterious circumstances and would never again exclaim that a Hammers side is 'down to the bare bones'. Meanwhile, Glenn Roeder - the man who was...
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Mainstream Digital
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2012-03-23
ePub
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'The whole point of a race is to find a winner... I chose to race, so I chose to win.' For 14 years between 1965 and 1978, cyclist Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx simply devoured his rivals, their hopes and their careers. His legacy resides as much in the careers he ruined...
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Ebury Digital
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2012-03-22
ePub
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THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLERWhat makes a man the greatest of all time? Eddy Merckx is to cycling what Muhammad Ali is to boxing or Pelé to football: quite simply, the best there has ever been. Merckx was a machine. It wasn't just the number of victories (445); it...
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Vintage Digital
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2012-03-22
ePub
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Look for a Lions legend and the chances are you will find an Irishman. Throughout the touring team's history, the heroes of Irish rugby have been at the heart of the Lions' finest hours - on and off the pitch.Look at the Lions record books and you will find Irishmen at...
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Mainstream Digital
Parution :
2012-03-16
ePub
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Malcolm Allison is one of the most controversial figures of the last half-century of English football. Leader of the famed 'West Ham Academy', his playing career was cut short by the loss of a lung to tuberculosis. Disillusioned, he became a professional gambler before...
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Mainstream Digital
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2012-03-16
ePub
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Graeme Sharp is quite simply an Everton legend. Second only to the immortal Dixie Dean as the club's top goalscorer, he netted 159 goals in over 400 appearances for the Toffees. Sharp became a Goodison Park hero during the halcyon days of the '80s, when Everton won two...
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Mainstream Digital
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2012-03-16
ePub
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When his father dies suddenly, Grant Gordon's life descends into freefall. Having long harboured an obsession with the British in India, and in particular what they did for recreation, Grant goes to find the golf courses the British built during the Raj and decides to...
Editeur :
Constable
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2012-03-15
ePub
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What can maths tell us about sports? 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Sport sheds light on the mysteries of running, jumping, swimming and points scoring across the whole sporting spectrum. Whether you are a competitor striving to go faster or...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2012-03-15
ePub
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The fun and easy way to get into the swing of things and take strokes off your game ? fast Whether you're a total beginner or you've clocked a few hours on the links, Golf For Dummies, 2nd Edition is the only guide you need. Packed with expert tips and techniques for...
Editeur :
For Dummies
Parution :
2012-03-08
PDF, ePub
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A charming and inspiring book of 365 things to do in London. Beautifully illustrated with bitesize entries ranging from the well-known to the quirky, this is the perfect gift for anyone wanting to discover all of the gems London has to offer...'One thing to do every...
Editeur :
Virgin Digital
Parution :
2012-03-08
ePub
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Fishing For Dummies, UK Edition, provides you with a thorough introduction to all types of fishing - sea fishing, game fishing, and coarse fishing. This authoritative covers everything you need to know about this fantastic sport, including instruction on: Identifying...
Editeur :
For Dummies
Parution :
2012-03-06
PDF, ePub
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Richard Williamson’s weekly walking column has long been one of the most popular features in the Chichester Observer, Worthing Observer and West Sussex Gazette. Now, following the format that has proved such a hit over the years, for the first time he has compiled his...
Editeur :
Summersdale
Parution :
2012-03-05
ePub
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This is not a 100,000-word, minute-by-minute, blow-by-blow account of the 2011 Tour de France.This is not the story of Cadel Evans.This is not the story of Alberto Contador, Andy Schleck, or Bradley Wiggins.And it's not even the story of Mark Cavendish.(Although he is...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2012-03-01
ePub
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No one sees clearer than an individual whose life is hanging by the finger tips on the edge of an abyss. Probing the furthest reaches of human daring and endurance, here are 28 of the great first-hand accounts of extreme mountaineering, from legendary names. Written by...
Editeur :
Robinson
Parution :
2012-03-01
Collection :
Mammoth Books
ePub
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Begining with the 1921 attempt on the summit of Everest through to the disasters of the 1990s, this work features 30 white-knuckle accounts of climbing endeavour on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the...
Editeur :
Robinson
Parution :
2012-03-01
ePub
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365 days, 7 fights, 4 Kos, 3 decisions, 2 scandals, 1 missing ear, 1 wild yearChris Jones did not know what he was getting himself into. He looked for a sport to call his own when he was hired as a rookie reporter. He found boxing. Over the course of the year that...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2012-02-29
ePub
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From the streets of Peckham to the neon-lit strip of Las Vegas, Frank Maloney's life has been a roller-coaster ride that even he finds hard to believe at times. The Cockney-born son of Irish parents, who once harboured thoughts of becoming a priest, instead went on to...
Editeur :
Mainstream Digital
Parution :
2012-02-24
ePub
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The Ashes, the symbol of cricket supremacy between England and Australia, is the game's oldest and fiercest rivalry, still hot to the touch after a century and a quarter.The Book of Ashes Anecdotes collects hundreds of the best stories from more than 260 publications to...
Editeur :
Mainstream Digital
Parution :
2012-02-24
ePub
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