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Beating the Impossible - A Life of Comebacks, Extreme Sports and PTSD (Hardcover): Don Schwartz Beating the Impossible - A Life of Comebacks, Extreme Sports and PTSD (Hardcover)
Don Schwartz; Edited by Bronwyn Preece, Lee Schwartz
R762 R671 Discovery Miles 6 710 Save R91 (12%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Chasin' The Ring - One Man's 70-Year Run Through Basketball History (Hardcover): A. L. Bianchi Chasin' The Ring - One Man's 70-Year Run Through Basketball History (Hardcover)
A. L. Bianchi; As told to J Michael Kenyon
R897 Discovery Miles 8 970 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Martial Arts Extraordinaire Biography Book - 50 Years of Martial Arts Excellence Tribute to the Legendary Grandmaster Ron Van... Martial Arts Extraordinaire Biography Book - 50 Years of Martial Arts Excellence Tribute to the Legendary Grandmaster Ron Van Clief: 50 Years of Martial Arts Excellence (Hardcover)
Jessie Bowen
R1,549 R1,277 Discovery Miles 12 770 Save R272 (18%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Pass Interference - History of the Black Quarterback in the NFL (Hardcover): Wisdom Martin Pass Interference - History of the Black Quarterback in the NFL (Hardcover)
Wisdom Martin
R663 Discovery Miles 6 630 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Unfiltered - My Incredible Decade in Formula 1 (Paperback): Guenther Steiner Unfiltered - My Incredible Decade in Formula 1 (Paperback)
Guenther Steiner
R440 R393 Discovery Miles 3 930 Save R47 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Fasten your seatbelts as Formula 1's favourite underdog, Guenther Steiner, takes you on a wild ride through his ten years at Team Haas.

From the first seeds of his idea to establish a new F1 team to the challenges of funding and building that team from the ground up, Guenther shares the real story of the origins of Team Haas, immerses readers in the high and lows of its first decade on the grid, and opens up about his departure from the team at the end of 2023.

As Guenther recalls his proudest achievements and the many, many disasters he has faced, he takes readers behind the scenes, into the pit lanes and garages, and out on to the circuits of the world's greatest race tracks. We spend time with drivers, mechanics, executives, sponsors, commentators and fans, and take in many personal moments too, all the while grappling with the big challenges and small details that keep the wheels of a Formula 1 team turning.

Told in his inimitable style, packed with hugely entertaining stories, outspoken opinions and unvarnished truths, this is Guenther at his very best – insightful, opinionated and completely unfiltered.

Basketball Country - A Road Trip Story (Hardcover): Matthew DuQuette Basketball Country - A Road Trip Story (Hardcover)
Matthew DuQuette
R718 R637 Discovery Miles 6 370 Save R81 (11%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Rooted to Rise - The Redwood Legacies of Life-Anchoring People (Hardcover): Sherri Coale Rooted to Rise - The Redwood Legacies of Life-Anchoring People (Hardcover)
Sherri Coale
R571 R525 Discovery Miles 5 250 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Breaking Free - My Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder (Paperback): Herschel Walker Breaking Free - My Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder (Paperback)
Herschel Walker; Foreword by Jerry Mungadze
R420 R395 Discovery Miles 3 950 Save R25 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The NFL legend and Heisman Trophy winner shares the inspiring story of his life and diagnosis with dissociative identity disorder.

Herschel Walker is widely regarded as one of football's greatest running backs. He led the University of Georgia to victory in the Sugar Bowl on the way to an NCAA Championship and he capped a sensational college career by earning the 1982 Heisman Trophy. Herschel spent twelve years in the NFL, where he rushed for more than eight thousand yards and scored sixty-one rushing touchdowns.

But despite the acclaim he won as a football legend, track star, Olympic competitor, and later a successful businessman, Herschel realized that his life, at times, was simply out of control. He often felt angry, self-destructive, and unable to connect meaningfully with friends and family. Drawing on his deep faith, Herschel turned to professionals for help and was ultimately diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder.

While some might have taken this diagnosis as a setback, Herschel approached his mental health with the same indomitable spirit he brought to the playing field. It also gave him, for the first time, insight into his life's unexplained passages, stretches of time that seemed forever lost. Herschel came to understand that during those times, his "alters," or alternate personalities, were in control.

Born into a poor, but loving family in the South, Herschel was an overweight child with a stutter who suffered terrible bullying at school. He now understands that he created "alters" who could withstand abuse. But beyond simply enduring, other "alters" came forward to help Herschel overcome numerous obstacles and, by the time he graduated high school, become an athlete recognized on a national level.

In "Breaking Free, " Herschel tells his story -- from the joys and hardships of childhood to his explosive impact on college football to his remarkable professional career. And he gives voice and hope to those suffering from DID. Herschel shows how this disorder played an integral role in his accomplishments and how he has learned to live with it today. His compelling account testifies to the strength of the human spirit and its ability to overcome any challenge.

Hamza Abdullah - Come Follow Me: A Memoir. The NFL. A Transition. A Challenge. A Change. (Hardcover): Hamza Abdullah Hamza Abdullah - Come Follow Me: A Memoir. The NFL. A Transition. A Challenge. A Change. (Hardcover)
Hamza Abdullah
R888 Discovery Miles 8 880 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Against All Odds - The Donnie Hixon Story (Hardcover): Stanley J Byrdy Against All Odds - The Donnie Hixon Story (Hardcover)
Stanley J Byrdy; As told by Donald G Hixon
R587 Discovery Miles 5 870 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
French Roll - Misadventures in Love, Life, and Roller Skating Across the French Riviera (Hardcover): J Michael Jarvis French Roll - Misadventures in Love, Life, and Roller Skating Across the French Riviera (Hardcover)
J Michael Jarvis
R654 R598 Discovery Miles 5 980 Save R56 (9%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Golden Age of Strength and Conditioning (Paperback): Boyd Epley The Golden Age of Strength and Conditioning (Paperback)
Boyd Epley
R429 Discovery Miles 4 290 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
9 Innings of Memories and Heroes (Hardcover): John Berns 9 Innings of Memories and Heroes (Hardcover)
John Berns; Foreword by Tom Roy
R614 Discovery Miles 6 140 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Man in the Gap - The Life, Leadership, and Legacy of Doug Bennett (Hardcover): Brette Simmons Man in the Gap - The Life, Leadership, and Legacy of Doug Bennett (Hardcover)
Brette Simmons
R699 Discovery Miles 6 990 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Thirty Years in a White Haze - Dan Egan's Story of Worldwide Adventure ?and the Evolution of Extreme Skiing (Hardcover):... Thirty Years in a White Haze - Dan Egan's Story of Worldwide Adventure 
and the Evolution of Extreme Skiing (Hardcover)
Dan Egan, Eric Wilbur; Illustrated by Kimberley Kay
R1,173 R1,002 Discovery Miles 10 020 Save R171 (15%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Clemente (Paperback): David Maraniss Clemente (Paperback)
David Maraniss
R484 Discovery Miles 4 840 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

On New Year's Eve 1972, following eighteen magnificent seasons in the major leagues, Roberto Clemente died a hero's death, killed in a plane crash as he attempted to deliver food and medical supplies to Nicaragua after a devastating earthquake. David Maraniss now brings the great baseball player brilliantly back to life in "Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero, " a book destined to become a modern classic. Much like his acclaimed biography of Vince Lombardi, "When Pride Still Mattered, " Maraniss uses his narrative sweep and meticulous detail to capture the myth and a real man.

Anyone who saw Clemente, as he played with a beautiful fury, will never forget him. He was a work of art in a game too often defined by statistics. During his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, he won four batting titles and led his team to championships in 1960 and 1971, getting a hit in all fourteen World Series games in which he played. His career ended with three-thousand hits, the magical three-thousandth coming in his final at-bat, and he and the immortal Lou Gehrig are the only players to have the five-year waiting period waived so they could be enshrined in the Hall of Fame immediately after their deaths.

There is delightful baseball here, including thrilling accounts of the two World Series victories of Clemente's underdog Pittsburgh Pirates, but this is far more than just another baseball book. Roberto Clemente was that rare athlete who rose above sports to become a symbol of larger themes. Born near the canebrakes of rural Carolina, Puerto Rico, on August 18, 1934, at a time when there were no blacks or Puerto Ricans playing organized ball in the United States, Clemente went on to become the greatest Latino player in the major leagues. He was, in a sense, the Jackie Robinson of the Spanish-speaking world, a ballplayer of determination, grace, and dignity who paved the way and set the highest standard for waves of Latino players who followed in later generations and who now dominate the game.

The Clemente that Maraniss evokes was an idiosyncratic character who, unlike so many modern athletes, insisted that his responsibilities extended beyond the playing field. In his final years, his motto was that if you have a chance to help others and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth. Here, in the final chapters, after capturing Clemente's life and times, Maraniss retraces his final days, from the earthquake to the accident, using newly uncovered documents to reveal the corruption and negligence that led the unwitting hero on a mission of mercy toward his untimely death as an uninspected, overloaded plane plunged into the sea.

All My Octobers - My Memories of Twelve World Series When the Yankees Ruled Baseball (Paperback): Mickey Mantle All My Octobers - My Memories of Twelve World Series When the Yankees Ruled Baseball (Paperback)
Mickey Mantle
R342 R320 Discovery Miles 3 200 Save R22 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

To everyone who truly loves the game, Mickey Mantle epitomizes the golden age of baseball, when the mighty New York Yankees indisputably ruled, appearing in an unprecedented twelve World Series in fourteen years! In this intimate memoir, Mantle recounts the joys and trials of his rise from rural Oklahoma youngster to the pinnacle of baseball greatness.

In "All My Octobers," the one and only Mick relives every one of his World Series appearances -- from the 1951 battle when he played alongside an aging Joe DiMaggio to his three-home-run performance in the 1964 showdown. In addition to the on-field heroics, Mantle talks candidly about the injuries, the alcohol, the parties and celebrations, and the terrible toll they can take on a young athlete's life. But most of all, it is a remembrance of October greatness, of postseason pyrotechnics . . . and a loving appreciation of a team of titans that achieved something marvelous and unequaled to this day.

From World War II to the Run of the Year (Hardcover): Deborah Dilks From World War II to the Run of the Year (Hardcover)
Deborah Dilks
R687 Discovery Miles 6 870 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Yoga Manifesto - How Yoga Helped Me and Why it Needs to Save Itself (Paperback): Nadia Gilani The Yoga Manifesto - How Yoga Helped Me and Why it Needs to Save Itself (Paperback)
Nadia Gilani
R385 R349 Discovery Miles 3 490 Save R36 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

How did an ancient spiritual practice become the preserve of the privileged? Nadia Gilani has been practising yoga as a participant and teacher for over twenty-five years. Yoga has saved her life and seen her through many highs and lows; it has been a faith, a discipline, and a friend, and she believes wholeheartedly in its radical potential. However, over her years in the wellness industry, Nadia has noticed not only yoga's rising popularity, but also how its modern incarnation no longer serves people of colour, working class people, or many other groups who originally pioneered its creation. Combining her own memories of how the practice has helped her with an account of its history and transformation in the modern west, Nadia creates a love letter to yoga and a passionate critique of the billion-dollar industry whose cost and inaccessibility has shut out many of those it should be helping. By turns poignant, funny, and shocking, The Yoga Manifesto excavates where the industry has gone wrong, and what can be done to save the practice from its own success.

I Had a Hammer - The Hank Aaron Story (Paperback): Hank Aaron I Had a Hammer - The Hank Aaron Story (Paperback)
Hank Aaron
R472 R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Save R27 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Henry Aaron left his mark on the world by breaking Babe Ruth's record for home runs. But the world has also left its mark on him.

"Hammering Hank" Aaron's story is one that tells us much about baseball, naturally, but also about our times. His unique, poignant life has made him a symbol for much of the social history of twentieth-century America.

Raised during the Depression in the Deep South enclave of Mobile, Alabama, Aaron broke into professional baseball as a cross-handed slugger and shortstop for the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League. A year later, he and a few others had the unforgettable mission of integrating the South Atlantic League. A year after that, he was a timid rookie leftfielder for the Milwaukee Braves, for whom he became a World Series hero in 1957 as well as the Most Valuable Player of the National League.

Aaron found himself back in the South when the Braves moved to Atlanta in 1965. Nine years later, in the heat of hatred and controversy, he hit his 715th home run to break Ruth's and baseball's most cherished record--a feat that was recently voted the greatest moment in baseball history. That year, Aaron received over 900,000 pieces of mail, many of them vicious and racially charged.

In a career that may be the most consistent baseball has ever seen. Aaron also set all-time records for total bases and RBIs. He ended his playing days by spending two nostalgic seasons back in Milwaukee with the Brewers, then embarked on a new career as an executive with the Atlanta Braves. He was for a long time the highest-ranking black in baseball. In this position, Aaron has become an unofficial spokesman in racial matters pertaining to thenational pastime.

Because of the depth and pertinence of Aaron's dramatic experiences, "I Had A Hammer" is more than a baseball autobiography. Henry Aaron's candor and insights have produced a revealing book about his extraordinary life and time.

Torchy - The Humble Life of a Coaching Legend (Hardcover): B O Clark Torchy - The Humble Life of a Coaching Legend (Hardcover)
B O Clark
R867 Discovery Miles 8 670 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Road Captain - My Life at the Heart of the Peloton (Hardcover): Luke Rowe Road Captain - My Life at the Heart of the Peloton (Hardcover)
Luke Rowe
R585 R495 Discovery Miles 4 950 Save R90 (15%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

FEATURING A FOREWORD FROM MARK CAVENDISH AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM GERAINT THOMAS, CHRIS FROOME AND ROD ELLINGWORTH.

A rare insight into the heart of pro cycling and the inner workings of the peloton, from Team Sky and Ineos Grenadiers legend, Luke Rowe.

There’s one well-established truth in professional cycling: the strongest always wins. Yet in a sport of champions, victory is only possible as a team. At the heart of that team effort, that unity, is the road captain.

After more than a decade as the pre-eminent road captain in professional bike racing, Luke Rowe reveals here for the first time the intricacies of that role. As he lifts the lid, he provides the ultimate insider’s view on racing tactics and strategy within the professional peloton. He gives readers an unprecedented insight into what exactly is going on within that pulsing mass of athletic power and state-of-the-art machinery, seen through the eyes of the rider tasked with leading his team to glory.

Featuring exhilarating stories from his years at Team Sky and Ineos Grenadiers – where he played a fundamental role in the team’s dominance at the Tour de France, leading Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal to their Tour victories – Luke shows what it’s like to manage a road race unfolding at 60km/h. As he points out, it is ‘like playing chess on wheels’.

Road Captain immerses readers in the team dynamics, tactical complexities and split-second decisions vital to success in professional cycling. It discloses the mental and physical battles taking place within a group of riders, and reveals how the biggest bike races are won.

The Sky's the Limit - The Joe Dial Story (Hardcover): Doug Eaton The Sky's the Limit - The Joe Dial Story (Hardcover)
Doug Eaton; As told to Joe Dial
R655 Discovery Miles 6 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Against the Wind - Hope Sees The Invisible (Hardcover): Tony F Powell Against the Wind - Hope Sees The Invisible (Hardcover)
Tony F Powell
R748 Discovery Miles 7 480 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Masterpieces and Dramas of the Soviet Championships: Volume II (1938-1947) (Hardcover): Sergey Voronkov Masterpieces and Dramas of the Soviet Championships: Volume II (1938-1947) (Hardcover)
Sergey Voronkov
R1,576 Discovery Miles 15 760 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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