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By William R Hartston. 1985
This book contains all you need to know to learn and develop an understanding of good chess. The early chapters…
describe the rules of the game, and elementary strategy and tactics. The book then describes more advanced play, and commentaries on famous games. 1985.By Chris Baker. 1999
This text commences with how to assess your own strengths and weaknesses. Other topics covered are: how to improve your…
opening repertoire; how to prepare for competitive play; how to cope with time-pressure; and chessboard psychology. A summary of the most important rules of chess is also included. 1999.By Kevin Sylvester. 2005
Take a walk on the weird side! Odd, weird and just plain gross moments in sports await you, including yucky…
bathroom incidents, cursed teams, and spectacular losers. Find out why some hockey fans throw an octopus on the ice, how a dead guy got drafted, and how the hand of God may have decided a soccer game. Grades 4-7. 2005.By Gerald Donaldson, Steve Bauer. 1989
Professional cyclist Steve Bauer provides information on: the history of bicycles; bicycle anatomy, maintenance and repair; fitness and training for…
riding; cycling skills and techniques. Junior and senior high and adult readers. 1989.By David Lamb. 1991
After covering bloody events in Middle East war zones, a foreign correspondent returns to America determined to take time off.…
Lamb, also hoping to renew his boyhood enthusiasm for baseball, spends a summer observing sights, sounds, players, and fans in ballparks. This account chronicles his journey across the country and into the recesses of his memory. Some strong language. c1991.By Frederick Doerflinger. 1971
By Frederick Doerflinger. 1970
By Peter J Brancazio. 1984
By Dick Mansfield. 1988
By Michael Mewshaw. 1983
Shocking account of six months on the men's professional tennis tour, by a tennis-playing author who deeply cares about sport.…
His outlook quickly changes when he encounters fixed matches, prize splitting, dumped matches, drugs, and conflicts of interest. Strong language. 1983.By Dick Bass, Frank Wells, Rick Ridgeway. 1986
By James Kaplan, John McEnroe. 2002
This autobiography chronicles the tennis career of John McEnroe. From his first Wimbledon in 1977, when he stunned the tennis…
world by reaching the semi-finals, and shocked it with his on-court behaviour. What followed was a double act of technique and temperament that set the sport alight. The book also covers his life outside tennis from his friendship with Keith Richards and Jack Nicholson, his stormy marriage to Tatum O'Neal, his forays into the worlds of art and rock music, and his arrival as one of the most astute sports commentators around. 2002.By Silver Donald Cameron. 1984
Details the history of the schooner Bluenose, the most fabled ship in Canadian history, and its exact replica, Bluenose II,…
which was launched in 1963 and carries on the legend. 1984.By Roger Rosenblat. 2000
Rosenblat believes most people worry needlessly about things that aren't important, thereby taking years off their lives. Rosenblat gives advice…
on how to keep things in perspective and live life to the fullest in 54 humorous pieces. 2000.By Stéphane Garneau. 2016
Stéphane Garneau a hérité de son père, Richard, la fascination pour le dépassement de soi incarné par des sportifs d'exception.…
D'où leur vient ce désir de gravir de hautes montagnes, de traverser la mer en solitaire ou de courir jusqu'à l'épuisement ? À quel moment l'étincelle s'est-elle transformée en véritable passion ? Quel est le secret de leur détermination et le prix de leur acharnement ? Pour répondre à ces questions, Stéphane Garneau s'est entretenu avec douze athlètes et six observateurs (entraîneurs et commentateurs) afin de cerner avec eux ces instants de grâce où l'être humain se transcende et force notre admiration. Ce sont ces fragments de vie qu'il partage avec nous dans ce livre inspiré et inspirant. 2016.By Mireille Messier. 2013
Comment transformer un mot en changeant seulement une lettre à la fois, à l'instar du titre où zéros devient héros.…
Un amusant livre-jeu pour ceux qui aiment jongler avec les lettres. Années 1-3. 2013.By Brent S Rushall. 1979
This manual is one of the first to concentrate on the general psychological principles which apply to all competitive sport…
and lead to competition success. Professor Rushall believes that there is an ideal form of preparation, and sets out to define a procedure which takes into account scientific knowledge recently gained about performance at the highest level of competition. He has personally studied athletes of international standing, and correlates his findings about what affects performance with recent psychological studies of how humans cope with stress such as occurs in competitive sport. 1979.By Jane Fonda, Stéphane Roques. 2012
A travers des conseils pratiques et un témoignage personnel et spirituel, l'actrice démontre qu'à 45, 50 et même après 60…
ans, chacun peut s'épanouir et devenir l'être aimant, généreux et heureux qu'il a toujours rêvé d'être. Elle détaille un à un les ingrédients de cette recette du bonheur : alimentation, fitness, acceptation de soi, spiritualité. 2012. Titre uniforme: Prime time.By Rob Neyer. 2018
The former ESPN columnist and analytics pioneer dramatically recreates an action-packed 2017 game between the Oakland A's and eventual World…
Series Champion Houston Astros to reveal the myriad ways in which Major League Baseball has changed over the last few decades. 2018.By Jean-Yves Cloutier, Michel Gauthier. 2011
Vous avez envie de retrouver la forme ? Vous avez résolu de faire de la course à pied. Vous êtes…
un coureur occasionnel et vous souhaitez faire votre premier demi-marathon ? Vous êtes un fervent de la course et vous cherchez un programme d’entraînement à votre mesure ? Les auteurs présentent un programme en 10 niveaux adapté aux objectifs et aux besoins de chacun. Plus qu’un simple programme d’entraînement, Courir au bon rythme, c’est aussi une nouvelle façon d’entrevoir la mise en forme et l’entraînement à la course. 2011.