Biography: sport
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Biography: sport
Hardcover. Biography of the first African American basketball player in the SEC, set in the civil rights conflicts of the tumultuous Sixties Num Pages: 472 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BGS; JFSL3; JPVH1; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1061.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826520234
- ISBN
- 9780826520234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.33
€ 21.99
€ 20.33
Hardcover. Examining two realms of sports and autobiography, this work looks at recurring patterns found in athletes' accounts of their lives and sporting experiences, examining language, metaphor, rhetorical strategies, and other elements to analyze sports from the inside out. It shows that the meaning of sports is intertwined with the telling. Num Pages: 184 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGSA; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826217790
- ISBN
- 9780826217790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.85
€ 50.85
paperback. Bill Veeck was a team builder, showman and one of the greatest baseball men ever involved in the game. This autobiography offers information about the history of baseball and tales of players and owners. Num Pages: 398 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226852188
- ISBN
- 9780226852188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.58
€ 23.99
€ 22.58
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816697199
- ISBN
- 9780816697199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.45
€ 27.99
€ 25.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: BGS; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816637591
- ISBN
- 9780816637591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.81
€ 17.99
€ 17.81
Paperback. This 25th anniversary edition restores to print Charles Einstein's biography of one of baseball's legends. With a new preface from the author, this volume replays dramatic moments of the Say Hey Kid's career - from the 1951 Miracle Giants to the Amazing Mets of 1973 - and takes us inside the lives of Ruth, DiMaggio, Aaron, Durocher, and others. Series: Writing Baseball S. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809325733
- ISBN
- 9780809325733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.43
€ 28.43
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; BGX; WSD; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781414337272
- ISBN
- 9781414337272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.58
€ 16.99
€ 15.58
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 273 pages, colour plates. BIC Classification: BGSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781414333144
- ISBN
- 9781414333144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.89
€ 18.99
€ 17.89
Hardcover. During his time as manager of the Detroit Tigers from 1949 to 1951, Red Rolfe recorded daily accounts of each game, including observations about his team's performance, strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies of opposing players and managers. His journals offer an opportunity to find out what a manager is thinking when no one is around to hear. Editor(s): Anderson, William M. Num Pages: 360 pages, 36 tables, 16 pages photos. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472115464
- ISBN
- 9780472115464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.42€ 85.46
€ 94.42
€ 85.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; JFSL3; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 166 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299181840
- ISBN
- 9780299181840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.46
€ 20.99
€ 19.46
Paperback. This is the story of the remarkable Norwegian-Canadian who pioneered cross-country skiing in North America. A warm and personal portrait written by his daughter, it also places Johannsen's life in the context of the milieux in which he lived, and adds an element of objectivity and clarity to the Jackrabbit legend. Num Pages: 312 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGS; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 661. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773511514
- ISBN
- 9780773511514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- William Morrow United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062226297
- ISBN
- 9780062226297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.08
€ 31.99
€ 27.08
paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; WSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Harper Paperbacks United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062367723
- ISBN
- 9780062367723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.25
€ 21.99
€ 20.25
Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; BGXA; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062226310
- ISBN
- 9780062226310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.61
€ 18.99
€ 16.61
paperback. A biography of Eddie Collins, one of baseball's most consistently good batters, its best bunter and hit-and-run man, one of its craftiest base runners and finest defensive second basemen. It tells how, during his career, he was repeatedly referred to as the game's smartest player, both on and off the field. Num Pages: photos, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- McFarland & Company United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786432875
- ISBN
- 9780786432875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.16
€ 53.16
Paperback. As a player, manager and football pundit, Gordon Strachan is one of the most popular names in football today. This is his story and his take on the game he loves. Num Pages: 416 pages, Section: 16, Colour. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KLN0016860
- ISBN
- 9780751537482
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This biography traces the early life of George Edward Waddell in western Pennsylvania, the fits and starts of his first years in professional baseball, his big years with the A's, and his subsequent fade into obscurity and his early death. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JJC; BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- McFarland & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786407866
- ISBN
- 9780786407866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.64
€ 40.64
paperback. The author made his fortune building a mobile phone company from scratch. When he sold it for GBP75 million, he bought Crystal Palace FC, the club he'd supported as a boy, and led them into the Premier League. Ten years later Palace was in administration and Jordan had lost nigh on everything. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780224091824
- ISBN
- 9780224091824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.60
€ 19.99
€ 11.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 376 pages, 60 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGS; HBT; WSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 168 x 31. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Edition
- Har/DVD
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772898278
- ISBN
- 9788772898278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.43€ 51.94
€ 66.43
€ 51.94
Num Pages: 243 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Blue River Press United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935628019
- ISBN
- 9781935628019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 21.05
€ 30.99
€ 21.05