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  • Boxing Day

    The fight that changed the world

    di Jeff Wells ...
    Serie eBook 125 - Untapped
    In 1908, Jack Johnson became the first African American World Heavyweight champion—after winning a fight in Australia. In a gripping piece of writing that brings the Edwardian sporting world to life, veteran sports journalist Jeff Wells explains just what happened, who was involved, and why this fight was so significant.Boxing Day was first published in 1998.Jeff Wells is an acclaimed sports ... Altre info

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  • Billy

    By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, this intimate biography of the British comic is "a triumph of the will, an Angela's Ashes with punch lines" ( Publishers Weekly).One of the UK's most beloved stand-up comedians, Billy Connolly is recognized around the world for his HBO comedy specials and roles in movies like The Boondock Saints and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. An ... Altre info

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    In the east end of Regency London, two families lie butchered. Residents of the notorious Ratcliffe Highway, the victims bear the mark of unprecedented brutality.Panic sweeps the country as its public cries for justice. But these murders stem from an older horror, its source a sea voyage two centuries old. In a ship owned by Queen Elizabeth herself, a young man embarks on England's first venture ... Altre info

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  • The Sweet Science

    A.J. Liebling's classic New Yorker pieces on the "sweet science of bruising" bring vividly to life the boxing world as it once was.The Sweet Science depicts the great events of boxing's American heyday: Sugar Ray Robinson's dramatic comeback, Rocky Marciano's rise to prominence, Joe Louis's unfortunate decline. Liebling never fails to find the human story behind the fight, and he evokes the ... Altre info

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  • Australian Tragic

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  • Legends of the Baggy Green

    Dubious behaviour and achievements from cricket's chequered history

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  • The Immortal Bobby

    Bobby Jones and the Golden Age of Golf

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  • Henry Cooper - The Authorised Biography

    Henry Cooper is best remembered for the night he nearly changed boxing history - 19 July 1963. Fighting an up-and-coming boxer by the name of Cassius Clay, later to become Muhammad Ali, his famous left hook (known as 'Henry's Hammer') sent Clay crashing onto the canvas. Arguable Britain's greatest ever heavyweight fighter, Cooper won 40 of his 55 professional bouts, beating most of the true boxing ... Altre info

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  • Loose Amongst the Legends

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