Biography: sport
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Biography: sport
Paperback. A biography of Branch Rickey, the man who signed Jackie Robinson, and invented baseball's farm system. Num Pages: 728 pages, 18 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 728
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803224537
- ISBN
- 9780803224537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.78
€ 38.99
€ 34.78
Hardback. Details the life of Joe Cronin, from playing shortstop to becoming a team manager and finally to his ascension to American League president during the league's most turbulent era. Num Pages: 432 pages, 35 photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803225305
- ISBN
- 9780803225305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.54
€ 46.99
€ 46.54
Paperback. A collection of personal stories about running and an examination of the culture surrounding the sport Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234260
- ISBN
- 9780803234260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.01
€ 20.99
€ 20.01
Paperback. Biography of Art Rooney - an iconic figure in the history of the NFL Num Pages: 704 pages, 42 illustrations, 1 genealogy, 1map. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5690 x 3683 x 46. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803237674
- ISBN
- 9780803237674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.87
€ 38.99
€ 34.87
Hardback. This book, based on extensive interviews and Alexander's journals, is filled with memorable characters, pithy lessons, snapshots of American life, and a big picture of America's pastime from one of its great off-the-field players. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSBX; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803245013
- ISBN
- 9780803245013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.48
€ 34.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 36 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGS; WSQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803254800
- ISBN
- 9780803254800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.05
€ 31.05
Paperback. Editor(s): Gems, Gerald R. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGS; HBTB; JFSL3; WSBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803266797
- ISBN
- 9780803266797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.99
€ 38.99
€ 34.99
Paperback. During his six and a half decades in baseball, Eddie Robinson knew, played with or against, or worked for or with many of baseball's greats. The lively autobiography highlights a career that touched all aspects of the game from player to coach to front-office executive and scout. Num Pages: 296 pages, 43 photographs. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780803274112
- ISBN
- 9780803274112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.19
€ 21.99
€ 21.19
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 22 photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; 3JMC; 5S; BGSA; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803285309
- ISBN
- 9780803285309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.05
€ 31.05
Hardback. Follows Mary Decker and Zola Budd through their lives and careers, telling the story behind the controversy of their collision at the 1984 Olympics. Olympic Collision relives one of the most famous incidents in Olympic history, its legacy, and what has happened to both athletes since. Num Pages: 352 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSBB; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803290846
- ISBN
- 9780803290846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.16
€ 32.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781477312155
- ISBN
- 9781477312155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.96
€ 19.99
€ 18.96
Hardcover. Melvin Juette has said that becoming paralyzed in a gang-related shooting was 'both the worst and best thing that happened' to him. The incident, he believes, surely spared the then sixteen-year-old African American from prison and/or an early death. It transformed him in other ways, too. This title re-constructs the defining moments of his life. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BGSA; JFFG; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5346 x 3564 x 458. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592134748
- ISBN
- 9781592134748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.74
€ 69.74
Hardback. MATCH OF THE DAY 2 presenter Mark Chapman's brilliant exploration of the relationship between parents and children in sport. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; VFX; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 287 x 30. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781409163282
- ISBN
- 9781409163282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 5.80
€ 18.99
€ 5.80
hardcover. From planning to preparation, to training to execution, the author shares his thoughts on his sacrifices, his heroes, and the people who have supported him along the way as well as what's to come as he heads towards the twilight of his stellar career. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780224100465
- ISBN
- 9780224100465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 6.75
€ 25.99
€ 6.75
Hardcover. Num Pages: 376 pages, 324 games, 174 diagrams, 63 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; BGS; WDMG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1111.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- McFarland
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786496907
- ISBN
- 9780786496907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.67
€ 91.67
Hardcover. With the thoughts of Sir Alex Ferguson, Zinedine Zidane, Didier Drogba, Tim Cahill and many others! A highly unusual and thought-provoking book by France and Tottenham Hotspur football star Louis Saha. Translator(s): Chamberet, Georgia De. Num Pages: 320 pages, Colour section. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 222 x 27. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vision Sports Publishing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907637537
- ISBN
- 9781907637537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.97
€ 19.99
€ 18.97
Paperback. Those promoting Empire as an expression of white supremacy found Arthur Wharton, the world's first black professional footballer, a supreme irritation, and he eventually died in poverty. Series: Sport in the Global Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BGS; HBTB; JFSL3; WSJA; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714644592
- ISBN
- 9780714644592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.02
€ 70.02
paperback. Autobiography of a sporting legend - John 'You cannot be serious!' McEnroe, a tennis player of genius. Num Pages: 352 pages, Section: 16, col, 16pp b/w. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Sphere
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780751534214
- ISBN
- 9780751534214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
paperback. From the winner of the 2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, this is Andy Murray's Sunday Times bestselling account of his road to Wimbledon glory. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 200 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Headline
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780755365975
- ISBN
- 9780755365975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.88
€ 11.99
€ 9.88
paperback. Adam Walker is not your everyday record-breaking sportsman. He took on arguably the toughest extreme sport on the planet - to swim non-stop across seven of the world's deadliest oceans wearing only swim trunks, cap and goggles. It is not a test for the faint-hearted. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSE; WSSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781786062529
- ISBN
- 9781786062529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 9.13
€ 29.99
€ 9.13