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In 1965, 16-year-old Robin Lee Graham began a solo around-the-world
voyage from San Pedro, California, in his 24-foot sloop, Dove. Five
years and 33,000 miles later, he had accomplished what few would
dare attempt, returning to port with a wife and daughter and enough
extraordinary experiences to fill this bestselling book. Originally
published in 1972. 32 pages of photographs.
In the 1980s and early 1990s, David Campese thrilled spectators both in Australia and overseas with his footloose, crazy-brave style of free running. This book tells the story of his rise from humble beginnings to the very top of a global sport.
As a rugby player, David Campese seemed to operate on cross-grained pure instinct, one that left many a defender clutching at him in vain, stranded in the slipstream of his audacity. Hailed as the 'Bradman of rugby' by former Wallaby coach Alan Jones, and the 'Pele' of rugby by others, Campese was a match-winner. The refrain 'I saw Campese play' now speaks to much more than wistful reminiscences about a player widely regarded as the most entertaining ever to play the game of Rugby Union. It has come to represent a state of chronic disbelief that the Wallaby ascendancy of Campese's era has been seemingly squandered.
Campese occupies a unique intersection in rugby's history: one of its last amateurs, and one of its first professionals. He had shown, too, that coming from outside the traditional bastions of rugby - the private schools and universities - was no barrier to reaching the top. Indeed, he challenged that establishment and unsettled it, warning in the early 1990s that the code risked 'dying' if more was not done to expand its appeal.
David Campese revolutionised how the game was played and appreciated. His genius, most visibly manifest in his outrageous goosestep, captured the national and sporting imagination. The rigid, robotic rugby of today appears incapable of accommodating a player of his dash and daring.
The Noble Art of Heavyweight Boxing is a knockout trip through the
history of this popular sport, from the last thrilling bareknuckle
contest in 1889 between champion John L. Sullivan and challenger
Jake Kilrain, right through to modern times, covering key fights
and boxing greats such as Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Rocky Marciano,
Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Lennox Lewis, and many, many more.
Illustrated with contemporary photographs and packed with
fascinating true details about the personalities and bouts, this
book will be a winner with every sports fan and boxing enthusiast.
The brilliant autobiography from the ‘saviour of Nike’
If you’re a sneaker head, you know him as the Savior of Nike. If you’ve
watched Air you saw Matt Damon’s portrayal of the man who discovered
Michael Jordan and how he revolutionized the payment structure of
endorsements for athletes. Legends and Soles tells Sonny’s story – his
blind-sided firing by Nike Chairman Phil Knight, the landmark 2021
Supreme Court decision that upended big-time college sports, the
countless days and nights of watching athletes compete, and so much
more that only Sonny can retell.
Written in collaboration with six-time New York Times bestselling
author Armen Keteyian, Legends and Soles provides truth to storylines
and headlines including:
· Vaccaro’s pivotal role in the never-before-told story of the courting
and signing of Michael Jordan
· How Nike, at the behest of an embittered Knight, went as far as
having the Portland FBI investigate Vaccaro who was working for
archival Adidas on a RICO charge of corporate espionage
· His close relationships with NBA superstars Kobe Bryant, LeBron
James, Kevin Garnett and Tracy McGrady and Hall of Fame coaches Jerry
Tarkanian of UNLV and John Thompson of Georgetown
· The high stakes drama behind the O’Bannon lawsuit that changed the
entire landscape in college sports
· Filled with in-depth stories and photos illuminating some of Sonny’s
most treasured career memories, Legends and Soles is the long-awaited
memoir of a giant in the story of American sports.
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It starts at love
(Hardcover)
Laura Vallverdu Zafra; Illustrated by Marta Contel; Edited by Augie Haas
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