2nd ed. — Haynes Publishing, 1997. — 1996 p. — 142 p. — ISBN10: 1852605669. Alan Henry is one of the most respected F1 journalists, and has built up good relationships with most of the sport’s leading personalities over the years. He is currently Grand Prix Editor for Autocar and regular Formula 1 columnist for The Guardian. His numerous books include a good number over the...
Publication details not specified. 40 p. Insight on the life of chess genius Paul Morphy by Leona Querouze (Constant Beauvais), a student of Morphy's mother, who met him personally.
Sports Publishing, 2016. — 224 p. Whatever you call him, Michael Jeffrey Jordan can be considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time. During his career, Jordan won six NBA championships and was a fourteen-time All-Star, five-time NBA MVP, and six-time NBA Finals MVP. To say Jordan was dominant during his career would be a severe understatement. Now for the first...
Rodale Books, 2019. — 225 p. — ISBN: 978-1635652888, ISBN: 978-1635652895 (ebook). Four-time Olympian Meb Keflezighi shares lessons learned from each of the 26 marathons he's run in his storied career. When Meb Keflezighi ran his final marathon in New York City on November 5, 2017, it marked the end of an extraordinary distance-running career. As the first person in history to...
Ebury Press, 2003. — 192 p. — ISBN10: 0091894352, ISBN13: 978-0091894351. Language: English Great book with a great insight into Schuey's life (also privat life), but for me it is too much of a picture book rather than a 'serious' biography of a racing driver. Maybe it's just me, but I would have preferred a more informative autobiography about how he has seen his racing career...
Little, Brown and Company, 2014. — 720 p. The definitive biography of the most legendary basketball player of all time. When most people think of Michael Jordan, they think of the beautiful shots, his body totally in sync with the ball, hitting nothing but net. He is responsible for incredible moments so ingrained in basketball history that they have their own names: The Shrug,...
BenBella Books, 2019. — 264 p. Fame. Sex. Pain. Drugs. Death. Booze. Money. Addiction. Redemption. Dizzying heights. Rock-bottom depths. Desperation and elation — sometimes in the same hour. Not to mention power...and the struggle for it. The world knows Lamar Odom as a two-time NBA world champion who rocketed to uncharted heights of fame thanks to being a member of both the...
Grand Central Publishing, 2018. — 296 p. What really happened when LeBron James stunned the NBA by leaving a potential dynasty in Miami to come home to play with the Cleveland Cavaliers? How did the Cavs use secret meetings to put together the deal to add star Kevin Love? Who really made the controversial decision to fire coach David Blatt when the team was in first place?...
Piemme, 2016, Milano, p. 272. ISBN: 978885665712. Irma Testa, giovanissima campionessa mondiale e prima donna azzurra a qualificarsi alle Olimpiadi nella boxe, racconta la sua vita dentro e fuori dal ring. La prima volta che Irma entra alla Boxe Vesuviana, il maestro Zurlo la caccia dalla palestra. "Il pugilato non fa per te" le dice. Anche la seconda volta. La terza invece le...
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