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Sports and games
Are you sitting comfortably? Then Jeff will begin ... The universally-loved, award-winning host of Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday and Channel… 4's Countdown, and author of the bestselling Jelleyman's Thrown a Wobbly, returns with a Jackanory-style, football-flavoured narrative which gathers together the funniest, weirdest, most tragic, most heart-warming, under-the-radar stories of the football season. The book is stuffed to the gunnels with behind-the-scenes revelations, opinions and personal anecdotes from Jeff, and has a strong leaning towards the absurdities of both the highest levels and the grass-roots of the game. From the Macclesfield goalkeeper booked for using a golf tee to take his goal kicks, to the unintelligible ranting and raving of South American dictator chairmen. Let Jeff be your trusted guide through the madness of the football season, and let Jeffanory supply you with a veritable treasure trove of great anecdotes to take to the pub.
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Music biography, Journals and memoirs, Music
Travis Barker s soul-baring memoir chronicles the highlights and lowlights of the renowned drummer s art and his life … including the harrowing plane crash that nearly killed him and his traumatic road to recovery--a fascinating never-before-told-in-full story of personal reinvention grounded in musical salvation and fatherhood P P After breaking out as the acclaimed drummer of the multiplatinum punk band Blink-182 everything changed for Travis Barker But the dark side of rock stardom took its toll his marriage chronicled for an MTV reality show fell apart Constant touring concealed a serious drug addiction A reckoning did not truly come until he was forced to face mortality His life nearly ended in a horrifying plane crash and then his close friend collaborator and fellow crash survivor DJ AM died of an overdose In this blunt driving memoir Barker ruminates on rock stardom fatherhood death loss and redemption sharing stories shaped by decades worth of hard-earned insights His pulsating memoir is as energetic as his acclaimed beats It brings to a close the first chapters of a well-lived life inspiring readers to follow the rhythms of their own hearts and find meaning in their lives
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Sports biography, Sports and games
The story of America s most sacred and carefully constructed football dynasty is revealed in this unflinching family… portrait For generations American athletes have enjoyed the ever-escalating celebrity lavished upon them when they combine on-the-field talent with off-the field charisma but never before have we seen as transformative a sports dynasty as the Mannings a bloodline of strong arms Southern values and savvy business instincts each man compelling in his own right made whole by family But how in just fifty years did this private trio achieve football immortality A gripping and definitive account In the Name of the Father traces Archie Peyton and Eli s roots from red-clay Mississippi to the bright lights of the Super Bowl to reveal the truth of their grit and dedication their inherent ability and the drama they endured behind closed doors As New York Times Notable biographer Mark Ribowsky meticulously chronicles the road to football stardom was not paved smoothly for patriarch Archie The most celebrated and beloved athlete to emerge from tiny Drew Mississippi Archie lost his father to suicide during his heyday at Ole Miss Then despite his playing through the pain a string of surgeries prematurely ended a storied NFL career most memorably spent with the New Orleans Saints Similar savior-like expectations were passed to Archie s eldest Cooper the most gifted of his brood but the shocking discovery of a spinal condition prevented Cooper from ever playing a single snap of college ball Luckily Archie had been raising all three of his sons to love the gridiron throwing deep balls to them off the front porch and there were two more heir apparents in the wings Raised watching dusty old game films in the family den Peyton was swiftly hailed as a generational talent his record-breaking tenure at Tennessee paving a clear path to the NFL Winning Super Bowls with both the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos he was able to overcome a debilitating neck injury after barely being able to hold a football to eclipse Archie in football success It was Peyton who would first pair his football cachet with capitalism selecting commercials and appearances to show off his humor and expand the now-ubiquitous Manning brand into mainstream popular culture And finally there was quiet Eli with an arm and a career to match his big brother s but a reserved and enigmatic affect all his own The good-boy who followed his father to Ole Miss Eli entered the NFL even more carefully managed then his brother was forcing a trade when the lackluster San Diego Chargers selected him with the first pick in the draft Even with two dramatic Super Bowl wins with the New York Giants Eli s lows have been catastrophic and he has never been quite the media darling his brother is But even as their football careers wind down the power of the Manning name only grows Drawing on new interviews and research Ribowsky reveals a family of transcendent talent and intense loyalty dedicated to maintaining an all-American fa ade that has on occasion shown cracks From the family s past steeped in problematic parts of Southern identity to locker-room scandal turned lawsuit to flashes of fraternal jealousy Ribowsky leaves no stone unturned Rich in gridiron dramatics and familial intrigue In the Name of the Father is a quintessentially American saga of a multifaceted lineage that has forever changed the game
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Music biography, Actors biography
For the first time legendary performer Roy Orbison s story as one of the most beloved rock legends will… be revealed through family accounts and records p p1 margin 0 0px 0 0px 0 0px 0 0px text-indent 36 0px font 12 0px Geneva p p2 margin 0 0px 0 0px 0 0px 0 0px font 12 0px Geneva span Apple-tab-span white-space pre Roy Orbison is a rock and roll icon almost without peer He came of age as an artist on the venerable Sun Records label toured with The Beatles had massive hits in the 1960s 1970s and 1980s invented the black-clad sunglasses-wearing image of the rock star and reinvented the art of songwriting many times over He is a member of the Rock Roll and Songwriters Halls of Fame a recipient of the Musicians Hall of Fame s inaugural Iconic Riff Award and the winner of multiple GRAMMY awards He is known the world over for hits like Blue Bayou You Got It and Oh Pretty Woman and was a member of the band that inspired the term supergroup -the Traveling Wilburys with Bob Dylan George Harrison Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty Despite these and countless other accolades the story of Roy Orbison s life is virtually unknown to his millions of fans around the world Now for the first time ever the Orbison Estate headed by Roy s sons Wesley Roy Jr and Alex Orbison has set out to set the record straight The Authorized Roy Orbison tells the epic tale of a West Texas boy drawn to the guitar at age six whose monumental global career successes were matched at nearly every turn by extraordinary personal tragedies including the loss of his first wife in a motorcycle accident and his two oldest sons in a fire It s a story of the intense highs and severe lows that make up the mountain range of Roy Orbison s career one that touched four decades and ended abruptly at perhaps its highest peak when he passed away at the age of fifty-two on December 6 1988 Filled with hundreds of photographs many never before seen gathered from across the globe and uncovered from deep within the Orbison Vault The Authorized Roy Orbison shows Roy Orbison as a young child and follows him all the way through to the peak of his stardom and up to his tragic end Wesley Roy Jr and Alex Orbison-Roy s Boys-have left no stone unturned in order to illustrate the people places things and events that forged their father the man behind those famous sunglasses
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Arts and entertainment, Sports and games
The legendary boxer s personal photographer from 1977 1978 shares fascinating stories and stunning rare photographs… Michael Gaffney traveled the world with Muhammad Ali covered three fights took eight thousand photographs and produced hours of recordings that pieced together in this book define and reveal an authentic Ali Poignant funny and brutally honest this book reveals the struggles of the legendary fighter who fought to stay in the game he loved This is a dramatic and up-close look at the trilogy of Ali s fights from 1977 1978 A tough win against Earnie Shavers a shocking loss to Leon Spinks and a glorious redemptive comeback victory to win the World Heavyweight Championship for an unprecedented third time a feat never accomplished before or since Filled with dramatic photos The Champ is also a compelling personal journey inside the good heart and courageous spirit of one of the most extraordinary people of our lifetime The Champ is one helluva achievement and one helluva book Bert Randolph Sugar Hall of Fame boxing historian
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Sports and games, Travel and geography
Hike through tranquil pine forests and across vast prairies of wildflowers With Moon 75 Great Hikes Minneapolis … St Paul adventure is just outside your door Inside you ll find A Hike for Everyone ranging from short flat routes suitable for families to daylong treks for more ambitious hikers with options to extend or shorten the journey All hikes are rated for difficulty and indicate if they are wheelchair-accessible or dog-friendlyExplore the Trails Highlights like lakes rivers waterfalls historic sites wildlife and wildflowers are noted for each hike Maps and Directions Get around with easy-to-use maps point-by-point navigation and detailed driving directions to each trailhead with GPS coordinates and public transit options when availableTop Hikes throughout the Twin Cities Metro Area including Brainerd Lakes and the Mississippi River Valley the St Croix River Valley the Minnesota River Valley and Southern MinnesotaTrusted Advice Expert outdoorsman and Minnesota native Jake Kulju has been hiking the greater Twin Cities since childhoodTips and Tools Essentials like health and safety information trail etiquette and background on the landscape and history of the trailsWhether you re a veteran hiker or a first-timer Moon s comprehensive coverage and strategic advice will have you ready to lace up your hiking boots and head out on your next adventure Looking to experience more of the Midwest s beauty Try Moon Michigan s Upper Peninsula or Moon Wisconsin
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General non-fiction, Sports and games
This book reimagines the pleasures of sports and provides a critical perspective from the Global South Analysing the spread… of sports markets in Sri Lanka along with a range of struggles the book highlights how the celebration of sportive nationalism promoting sports markets in the Global South reinforces patriarchal ethno-nationalist authoritarian sports cultures By explaining how the realm of social reproduction involving households and communities is integral for play and sports the book challenges the market-driven sports and development agenda while arguing for a sports commons By foregrounding issues of justice and care the book highlights how struggles for recognition redistribution and representation are central to reimagining sports within an alternative notion of work play and resistance
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United States history, Sports and games
In the tradition of Michael Lewis s Moneyball award-winning historian S C Gwynne tells the incredible story of… how two unknown coaches revolutionized American football at every level from high school to the NFL Hal Mumme is one of a handful of authentic offensive geniuses in the history of American football The Perfect Pass is the story of how he irreverently destroyed and re-created the game Mumme spent fourteen mostly losing seasons coaching football before inventing a potent passing offense that would soon shock players delight fans and terrify opposing coaches The revolution he fomented began at a tiny overlooked college called Iowa Wesleyan where Mumme was head coach and Mike Leach a lawyer who had never played college football was hired as his offensive line coach In the cornfields of Iowa while scribbling plays on paper napkins these two mad inventors drawn together by a shared disregard for conventionalism and a love for Jimmy Buffett began to engineer the purest most extreme passing game in the 145-year history of football Implementing their Air Raid offense their teams--at Iowa Wesleyan and later at Valdosta State and the University of Kentucky--played blazingly fast--faster than any team ever had before and they routinely beat teams with far more talented athletes And Mumme and Leach did it all without even a playbook Their quarterback once completed sixty-one of eighty-six passes both collegiate records In The Perfect Pass S C Gwynne explores Mumme s leading role in changing football from a run-dominated sport to a pass-dominated one the game that tens of millions of Americans now watch every fall weekend Whether you re a casual or ravenous football fan this is a truly compelling story of American ingenuity and how a set of revolutionary ideas made their way from the margins into the hot center of the game we celebrate today
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Journals and memoirs, Sports and games, United States travel and geography
Based on his popular New York Times series bestselling author Bruce Weber shares the adventures of his solo bicycle… ride from coast to coast P Riding a bicycle across the United States is one of those bucket-list goals that many dream about but few fulfill During the summer and fall of 2011 at the age of fifty-seven Bruce Weber an obituary writer for The New York Times made the trip alone and wrote about it as it unfolded mile by mile a vivid and immediate report of the self-powered life on the road P Now expanding upon the articles and blog posts that quickly became a must-read adventure story Weber gives us Life Is a Wheel a witty inspiring and reflective diary of his journey in which the challenges and rewards of self-reliance and strenuous physical effort yield wry and incisive observations about cycling and America not to mention the pleasures of a three-thousand-calorie breakfast P The story begins on the Oregon coast with Weber wondering what he s gotten himself into and ends in triumph on New York City s George Washington Bridge From Going-to-the-Sun Road in the northern Rockies to the headwaters of the Mississippi and through the cityscapes of Chicago and Pittsburgh his encounters with people and places provide us with an intimate two-wheeled perspective of America And with thousands of miles to travel Weber considers when he s not dealing with tractor-trailers lightning storms dehydration headwinds and loneliness his past his family and the echo that a well-lived life leaves behind P Part travelogue part memoir part romance part paean to the bicycle as a simple mode of both mobility and self-expression and part bemused and panicky account of a middle-aged man s attempt to stave off well you know Life Is a Wheel is an elegant and beguiling escape for biking enthusiasts armchair travelers and any readers who are older than they were yesterday
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Music biography, Music
This is the untold story of living legend Mavis Staples--lead singer of the Staple Singers and a major figure in… the music that shaped the civil rights era Now in her seventies Mavis has been a fixture in the music world for decades One of the most enduring artists of popular music she and her family fused gospel soul folk and rock to transcend racism and oppression through song Honing her prodigious talent on the Southern gospel circuit of the 1950s Mavis and the Staple Singers went on to sell more than 30 million records with message-oriented soul music that became a sound track to the civil rights movement--inspiring Martin Luther King Jr himself Critically acclaimed biographer and Chicago Tribune music critic Greg Kot cuts to the heart of Mavis Staples s music revealing the intimate stories of her sixty-year career From her love affair with Bob Dylan to her creative collaborations with Prince to her recent revival alongside Wilco s Jeff Tweedy this definitive account shows Mavis as you ve never seen her before I ll Take You There was written with the complete cooperation of Mavis and her family Readers will also hear from Prince Bonnie Raitt David Byrne Marty Stuart Ry Cooder Steve Cropper and many other individuals whose lives have been influenced by Mavis s talent Filled with never-before-told stories this fascinating biography illuminates a legendary singer and group during a historic period of change in America
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Criticism, Sports and games
Fishers Craft and Lettered Art provides editions English translations and analysis from social cultural and… environmental perspectives of the three oldest European extended tracts on fishing Richard Hoffmann discusses the history of fishing in popular culture and outlines the economic and ecologic considerations needed to examine and understand the fishing manuals Hoffmann further explores how continental fishing traditions were conveyed from oral craft practice into printed culture and proposes that these manuals demonstrate a lively and complex interaction between written texts and popular culture The tracts are presented in their original languages - Spanish and German - with facing page translations Close attention is paid to original setting functions and possible range of readings with detailed explanatory notes to help modern fishers and historians Fishers Craft and Lettered Art is a fascinating look at one vital aspect of everyday life at the end of the Middle Ages
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Music biography
LEO SMITH cellist journalist composer and teacher was one of the most picturesque… and frequently idolized artists on the Canadian scene His career spanned the years between the old music and the new between the time when artistic education was private and the time when people fasten their cultural hopes on public education and government funds between the last days when white gloves were worn to drawing room musicales and the days when men dash to recitals without ties Throughout this period Leo Smith not only composed and performed for the public but carried his public with him into the new era His history then provides a changing picture of the Canadian cultural scene through one of the most formative periods in the country s social history To the crowds at large popular concerts such as the Toronto Proms this elderly contented musician represented the epitome of the music maker In his music Leo Smith bridged the gap between the old orthodoxies and new idioms and as a teacher of theory and composition he showed a younger generation intent on yet newer innovations how to be consistent as creative experimentalists And in the last years of his life he moved out of the scholar s study into the hurly-burly of a metropolitan newspaper to become one of Canada s most trenchant and informed music critics Pearl McCarthy s biography vividly recapitulates the Canadian musical scene between 1910 and 1952 and provides a coda to the career of an important influecne in Canadian music
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Computers and internet, Sports and games, Science and technology
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Music biography, Music
Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington was one of jazz s greatest innovators Join Bill Gutman as he explores… the fascinating life of this legend from his birth at the turn of the century to his death at the age of seventy-five Interviewing Duke s friends fans and fellow musicians Gutman documents the progress of a man who dedicated his life to crafting the ever-changing sound of jazz Gutman plunges into the history of jazz from its origin in the honky-tonk sounds of the Ragtime Era to the forms that are widely enjoyed today Jazz has evolved through the years to become one of the most popular forms of music with Duke Ellington as chief composer artist and perfomer Gutman s account of Ellington s life as it parallels the history of jazz provides a fascinating history for both jazz veterans and those new to the art form
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Music biography, Music
Robert Schumann (1810-56) is one of the most important and representative composers of the Romantic era. Born in Zwickau, Germany,… Schumann began piano instruction at age seven and immediately developed a passion for music. When a permanent injury to his hand prevented him from pursuing a career as a touring concert pianist, he turned his energies and talents to composing, writing hundreds of works for piano and voice, as well as four symphonies and an opera. Here acclaimed biographer Martin Geck tells the fascinating story of this multifaceted genius, set in the context of the political and social revolutions of his time. The image of Schumann the man and the artist that emerges in Geck's book is complex. Geck shows Schumann to be not only a major composer and music critic-he cofounded and wrote articles for the controversial Neue Zeitschrift für Musik-but also a political activist, the father of eight children, and an addict of mind-altering drugs. Through hard work and determination bordering on the obsessive, Schumann was able to control his demons and channel the tensions that seethed within him into music that mixes the popular and esoteric, resulting in compositions that require the creative engagement of reader and listener. The more we know about a composer, the more we hear his personality in his music, even if it is above all on the strength of his work that we love and admire him. Martin Geck's book on Schumann is not just another rehashing of Schumann's life and works, but an intelligent, personal interpretation of the composer as a musical, literary, and cultural personality.
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Sports and games
This ultimate book for the ultimate sports fan extends far beyond classics like tennis and basketball With the rules… of engagement for an outrageous assortment of sports--from jousting and Mongolian wrestling to baseball cricket ultimate Frisbee and caber tossing--this book is a resource and a revelation for sporting types of all stripes Including extensive sidebars with tips trivia and strategy as well as classic line art and illustrations throughout this compendium of competitive games is ideal for brushing up on rules and regulations settling disputes or finding a new passion
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Sports biography, Sports and games
The first in-depth biography of one of the most talented and infamous legends to play in the National Football League--the… life and times of pro football's first bad boy, famed Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler.Ken "The Snake" Stabler was the embodiment of the original Men in Black--the freewheeling, hard-hitting Oakland Raiders. The league's first swashbuckling pass thrower, the mythical southpaw Southerner famous for come-from-behind drives late in the game, Stabler led the Raiders to their first Super Bowl championship in 1977. In an era dominated by gentleman quarterbacks like Roger Staubach and Bob Griese, this 1974 NFL MVP, four-time Pro-bowler, and Super Bowl champion was an iconoclast who partied as hard as he played and lived life unapologetically on his own--not the NFL's--terms.Though Stabler's legacy is larger-than-life, there has never before been an exclusive account of him, until now. Snake goes deep under the surface of Stabler's persona to reveal a man who, despite his penchant for partying and debauchery, was committed to winning and being the best player he could be. From his college days playing for Bear Bryant at Alabama to his years with the Raiders under coach John Madden, his broadcasting career to his death in 2015 and the revelation that he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as C.T.E., Snake probes the myriad facets of Stabler's life on and off the field to tell his complete story, and explores how his legacy and the culture and times that pivotally shaped it, continues to impact football today.
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Music biography, Music
Un recorrido hist rico a trav s de los protagonistas y creadores del heavy metal en Uruguay … El fen meno cultural del metal en Uruguay no es una moda Es m s que m sica es cultura y forma de vida stas son algunas de las conclusiones a las que el lector podr llegar leyendo este libro Desde las primeras expresiones a nivel mundial a mediados de la d cada del 70 del Siglo XX pasando por las primeras manifestaciones en Uruguay hace m s de 30 a os las caracter sticas del p blico los festivales y medios propios de difusi n son algunas de las tem ticas que Fernando Soria autor y activo participante de la escena metalera uruguaya logra plasmar en estas p ginas Como un riff filoso de guitarra el testimonio y la opini n juegan para crear este libro que trabaja por primera vez en 30 a os un g nero que ha logrado trascender la m sica cido Alvacast Cross Chopper Reytoro son solo algunas de las historias que se rescatan en voz de sus integrantes y nos permiten armar este puzle hecho de metal
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Medicine, Sports and games
This unique book is the first of its kind to specifically explore the science medicine challenges and successful… experiences of assisting those who must perform and thrive in hot conditions with an eye toward maximizing both performance and safety Beginning with both human and comparative physiology as it relates to coping with the heat key concepts are subsequently elaborated including heat acclimatization work-to-rest ratios hydration sleep the effects of altitude and the use of drugs and supplements The sections that follow discuss heat-related considerations in individual and team sports and other populations monitoring techniques and medical and legal issues Athletes warfighters and laborers are often forced to perform intense physical activity in the heat as a part of their jobs or lifestyle The process of properly preparing for this challenge is multifaceted and often not fully understood or utilized Sport and Physical Activity in the Heat is an excellent resource for team physicians high-level coaches serious athletes athletic trainers exercise scientists strength and conditioning coaches industrial hygienists military commanders or anyone involved in the process of maximizing performance and safety during exercise in the heat for the athlete warfighter or laborer
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Business and economics, General non-fiction, Sports and games
Describing the fundamental elements of research methods for leisure recreation and tourism this new edition of a popular… textbook is updated throughout It covers the measurement of variables sampling questionnaire design and evaluation methods and also a wider discussion of writing proposals communicating research findings cross-cultural research and the use of new technologies in conducting research This new edition includes New and expanded material on visual research methods non-parametric tests and sampling to encompass growing areas of research interest Pedagogical features and extra citations to create a cohesive learning experience for students and Numerous examples from tourism and recreation literature in every chapter tying theory into scenarios students could face in their careers Written by internationally renowned researchers in an accessible style this book introduces both undergraduate and graduate students to the vital skills they will need to succeed in the leisure recreation tourism and hospitality industries