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  • Tissues
    Daniel 'D. Servant' Mendes / Daniel DServant Mendes
    Description’The red dribbleBones failingRemember the crutches I did needThe sleepless nights the warsI risk my life please believeFor nothing I could feel in the ringA KO or even if I diedWould hurt as much as if I never tried’’As a professional boxer, most people around me only see the finale - me stepping into the ring, in great physical shape and performing well under the li...
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    66,16 €

  • The Boxing Kings
    Paul Beston
    For much of the twentieth century, boxing was one of America’s most popular sports, and the heavyweight champions were figures known to all. Their exploits were reported regularly in the newspapers-often outside the sports pages-and their fame and wealth dwarfed those of other athletes. Long after their heyday, these icons continue to be synonymous with the 'sweet science.'In T...
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    34,50 €

  • The Ultimate Pittsburgh Steelers Trivia Book
    Ray Walker
    Do you think you’re the ultimate Pittsburgh Steelers superfan?Do you have a buddy who bleeds black and gold for the Steelers?Do you want to learn about the history of your favorite six-time Super Bowl champion?Even if you couldn’t answer yes to any of those questions, you will still enjoy The Ultimate Pittsburgh Steelers Trivia Book, the best book to learn about the historic Pi...
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    12,46 €

  • The Ultimate Washington Capitals Trivia Book
    Ray Walker
    Want to prove you’re the wizard of Washington Capitals trivia? Pick up this fact book to fully equip yourself with as much information on the franchise as possible! The book begins with the Capitals’ NHL debut in 1974-75 and carries on until the end of the infamous Covid-19-ridden regular season.  All the Capitals fan favorites and stars are represented, including: Mike Gartner...
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    7,77 €

  • Ready to Rise
    Eugene Tejada / Mark Chan
    Ready to Rise is Eugene Tejada’s story - one of loss, forgiveness, redemption, and reconciliation. In a professional basketball game in 2006, a tragic accident was captured on live television. Eugene was paralyzed from the neck down as he was going for a rebound. What emerges from this story is a tale of miracles, life lessons, and acts of kindness that will inspire you to live...
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    21,55 €

  • A Few More Rounds
    Jerry Fitch / John J. Raspanti / John JRaspanti
    Professional boxing is filled with stories of dreams, determination, blood, and will.   A Few More Rounds: A Collection of Boxing Tales, by Jerry Fitch and John J. Raspanti, examines the sights, sounds, and assorted types that populate the fistic landscape.   The 20 chapters include unique stories from Fitch, who writes lovingly of his lifetime friendships with legendary fighte...
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    25,49 €

  • Ragged A**** Ruffian
    Les J Gilson
    Cup finals, a business rollercoaster, love, loss and laughter - a memoir by a former professional football player, who plied his trade in the 1950s and 1960s, before embarking on a business career just as rife with promotions, championships and relegations. This is Les Gilson’s story. ...
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    24,86 €

  • Ragged A**** Ruffian
    Les J Gilson
    Cup finals, a business rollercoaster, love, loss and laughter - a memoir by a former professional football player, who plied his trade in the 1950s and 1960s, before embarking on a business career just as rife with promotions, championships and relegations. This is Les Gilson’s story. ...
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    19,98 €

  • In the Ring With Jack Dempsey - Part I
    Adam J Pollack
    In the Ring With Jack Dempsey - Part I: The Making of a Champion, by Adam J. Pollack is the most thorough and detailed book ever written about former world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey. This book (the first of three) chronicles Dempsey’s life and career from its start up to his winning the world heavyweight championship, fight by fight, as told by those who saw the contest...
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    49,95 €

  • In the Ring With Jack Dempsey - Part I
    Adam J. Pollack / Adam JPollack
    In the Ring With Jack Dempsey - Part I: The Making of a Champion, by Adam J. Pollack is the most thorough and detailed book ever written about former world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey. This book (the first of three) chronicles Dempsey’s life and career from its start up to his winning the world heavyweight championship, fight by fight, as told by those who saw the contest...
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    55,12 €

  • The Coach Who Strangled the Bulldog
    Dick Friedman
    This is the biography of Percy Haughton, college football’s first modern coach. A true innovator, Haughton systematized the game in the early 1900s when it changed from a plodding push-and-pull affair to a wide-open game utilizing passing and speed. In nine seasons at Harvard, Haughton’s squads went 71-7-5 and were national champions three times. ...
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    17,24 €

  • MIRACLE MEN
    Lloyd Burnard
    When Rassie Erasmus took over as coach of the Springboks in 2018, few thought they had a chance of winning the Rugby World Cup. The Boks had slipped to seventh in the world rankings and lost the faith of the rugby-loving public. Less than two years later, jubilant crowds lined the streets of South Africa’s cities to welcome back the victorious team.Sportswriter Lloyd Burnard ta...
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    18,25 €

  • Petrosian Year by Year
    Tibor Karolyi / Tigran Gyozalyan
    International Master Tibor Karolyi and FIDE Master Tigran Gyozalyan have written a comprehensive two-volume treatise on the life and games of Tigran Petrosian, who was world champion from 1963-1969. The present Volume I takes the reader on a journey from Tigran’s childhood, through the war years, successes in Georgian and Armenian national championships, his emergence as an eli...
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    43,46 €

  • One Plus One Equals Three
    Donald Chiarella
    The book discusses teams and leadership in a way not seen before. The author has years of experience at leadership since he was 8 years old in little league. The government agencies he describes and other organizations all use leadership for teams of all sorts. He gives advice to younger staff and helps understand why team leadership is important in American Culture. The book...
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    50,37 €

  • Keane
    Eoin O’Callaghan
    In the late 1980s a pint-sized teenager was making his mark at Rockmount AFC, but no one predicted that he would go on to become one of the most famous players in the world. This is the story of Roy Keane’s rise to greatness, from those early days in Cork, and with Cobh Ramblers, to his time at Nottingham Forest under the charismatic, but eccentric Brian Clough, who recognised ...
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    23,57 €

  • The Life and Crimes of John Morrissey
    Kenneth Bridgham
    In 1855, New York City was scandalized by one of the most infamous murders in its history, that of gang leader Bill “the Butcher” Poole, the feared knife-fighter who later would inspire Daniel Day-Lewis's character in Martin Scorsese’s film The Gangs of New York. The acknowledged mastermind in the Butcher’s undoing was John Morrissey, a two-fisted Irish immigrant who, more ...
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    44,32 €

  • Eddie Cicotte
    David L Fleitz
    Eddie Cicotte, who pitched in the American League 1905-1920, was one of the tragic figures of baseball. A family man and a fan favorite, he ascended to stardom with nothing more than a mediocre fastball, endless guile and a repertoire of trick pitches. He won 29 games in 1919 and led the Chicago White Sox to the pennant. Although he pitched poorly in the World Series that Octob...
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    50,29 €

  • Zátopek
    Jan Novák / Jaromír Švejdík
    Esta es la historia de Emil Zátopek, uno de los mejores corredores de la Historia, desde sus humildes inicios hasta la gloria olímpica. Un tortuoso camino de superación en una época que determinará el futuro de su país, y en el que también encontrará a Dana Ingrova, atleta con la que compartirá vida y éxitos.Zátopek se convirtió en un excepcional corredor llevando al límite sus...
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    18,92 €

  • The Life Story of a Division I Collegiate Athlete
    Randall Minix
    The Life Story of a Division I Collegiate Athlete is a summary of my life experiences as a young man and the many athletic successes and failures I had throughout my life. Detailed in this book are all the personal life experiences and my athletic successes that enabled me to earn a Division I scholarship to VA Tech. The book also includes twenty-four years of my personal softb...
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    9,54 €

  • Edmundo - Instinto Animal
    Sérgio Xavier
    Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto, também conhecido como 'Animal' ― apelido dado pelo locutor Osmar Santos ― está na galeria dos maiores craques do futebol brasileiro.Habilidoso nos campos e polêmico fora deles, muitas vezes pela sua sinceridade, ele sempre esteve em foco nos noticiários, futebolísticos ou não.Agora, em Instinto Animal, livro escrito pelo experiente jornalista esport...
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    25,03 €

  • I Wasn’t Lucky, I Was Blessed
    DeShannon C. Butler Sr. / DeShannon CButler Sr.
    Are you lucky, or are you blessed? Is there a difference between being lucky and being blessed? Depending on the circumstances, one would suggest the two are very subjective. I believe, when you are blessed, you are giving a divined gift from God. You cannot not be lucky to receive such miraculous gifts. This notion of being blessed has been a life lesson for me. As a child, I ...
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    19,49 €

  • Blows to the Head
    Binnie Klein
    A provocative tale of an unlikely contender and her midlife transformation through boxing. ...
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    19,45 €

  • The Undertaker
    Matthew Tennant / Nahuel Tajes / Wrestling Daze
    The Undertaker has been a name synonymous with professional wrestling’s elite for close to three decades. He has inspired millions, created countless memories and carved out a celebrated legacy with his fearsome presence and unmatched in-ring ability.From humble beginnings in World Class Championship Wrestling, to the heady heights of World Wrestling Entertainment, it is time t...
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    58,19 €

  • SIYA KOLISI
    Jeremy Daniel
    SIYA KOLISI arrived at the Rugby World Cup in Japan as a captain. He returned home a leader. The Springbok triumph in November 2019 was the culmination of a journey against incredible odds.As a boy, the deck was stacked against Siya Kolisi. Born into poverty in Zwide township, near Port Elizabeth, he was raised by his grandmother as his mother was too young to cope and his fath...
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    14,34 €

  • Cy Young
    Lew Freedman
    An early celebrity pitcher, Denton 'Cy' Young (1867-1955) established supreme standards on the mound. A small-town Ohio farmer made good, he set Major League pitching records in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that will likely last forever. The winner of 511 games--nearly one hundred more than the second-ranked hurler--Young pitched the first perfect game of the modern e...
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    40,65 €

  • Fire In The Bones Reissue
    James Raffan
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    15,31 €

  • When the Ball is Laid to Rest
    Adonal Foyle
    'Foyle’s poems carry on in the tradition of Derek Walcott, there can be no doubt. But make no mistake, these are original and thoughtful insights by a talented and sensitive poet, writing from his own cultural perspective. I was particularly struck by how Foyle’s poems engaged all my senses. In the Beyond the Caribbean section that introduces the collection, Adonal Foyle goes o...
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    25,28 €

  • Evgeny Vasiukov, Chess Champion of Moscow
    Alexander Nikitin
    Evgeny Vasiukov (1933-2018) was a top-level grandmaster from Moscow who won the Moscow championship 6 times, and over 50 major tournaments in total, including the strong Manila 1974 tournament ahead of Bent Larsen, Lajos Portisch and Svetozar Gligoric. He participated in 11 Soviet championships and was a coach and aide to Anatoly Karpov, Mikhail Tal, David Bronstein, Viktor Kor...
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    25,44 €

  • Cássio
    CELSO UNZELTE
    Vindo do futebol holandês, Cássio chegou ao Corinthians no final de 2011 como uma opção para o banco de reservas. Mas isso só durou até abril do ano seguinte, quando ele assumiu de vez a titularidade do gol do Timão. De lá pra cá, seus mais de 400 jogos o consolidaram como o segundo goleiro que mais vestiu a camisa alvinegra. Seus 9 títulos coroaram o jogador como ídolo indiscu...
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    31,39 €

  • Stumped
    Richard Francis Harrison / Richard Harrison
    An Umpire’s View: One Man’s Worldwide Love Affair With CricketWho in their right mind would want to be a cricket umpire?Meet Richard Harrison, a cricket-mad Australian who (while living in England) embarks on a career as an umpire and a subsequent journey of self-discovery. For six years, he occupies the best seat in the house at some of the most beautiful cricket grounds in th...
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    14,15 €


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