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The voice of motor racing and much loved public figure - and the
man responsible for introducing millions of viewers to the
previously inaccessible world of Formula 1 - tells the story of his
incident-packed life, with a brand new chapter on his globetrotting
adventures since retirement. Murray Walker is a national treasure.
When the man who made famous the catch phrase 'Unless I'm very much
mistaken... I AM very much mistaken!!!' announced that he was
retiring as ITV's Grand Prix commentator, the media reacted as if
the sport itself was losing one of its biggest stars. His
reputation for mistakes was the making of Walker. He was the fan
who happened to be given the keys to the commentary box - and never
wanted to give them back. His high-octane delivery kept viewers on
the edge of their seats, while his passion for talking about the
sport he loved was matched by an all-encompassing knowledge gained
through hours of painstaking research before every race. In his
book he writes about his childhood and the influence that his
father, British motorcycle champion Graham Walker, had on his
career. Failing to match his father's achievements on the track
after active service in World War II, he made a successful career
for himself in advertising which catapulted him to the top of his
profession. An offer from the BBC to take over the commentary seat
for their F1 broadcasts was too good to turn down, and it wasn't
long before the infamous 'Murrayisms' enlivened a sport which until
then had been shrouded in a cloak of unfathomable technical jargon
and mind-numbing statistics. He also talks about the biggest
changes in the sport over the last 50 years, in particular the
safety issues which came to the fore after the tragic death of
Ayrton Senna, which he witnessed first hand. His partnership with
James Hunt behind the microphone is the subject of some hilarious
anecdotes, while his views on drivers past and present such as
Stirling Moss, Jackie Stewart, Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher
make for fascinating reading.
Murray Walker combines and enclyclopaedic knowlege of Grand Prix
racing with an unbridled fanaticism that remains undimmed after
more than half a century of race commentaries. In his personal
tribute to the sport, he celebrates the most talented drivers of
all time, the rivalries that have set his pulse racing and the
circuits he finds the most inspiring. This updated edition of
Murray Walker's Formula One Heroes gives an 'in a nutshell'
appraisal of legends old and new from an esteemed hero and geniuine
F1 insider who, even now he' retired, cannot keep his all-consuming
passion off the page.
Tens of millions of Americans either suffer from Alzheimer's or
care for someone who does. In a single generation, that number will
triple. Jeanne Murray Walker's memoir speaks with compassionate
wisdom about the gifts that wait to be discovered even in the midst
of this grim disease. As Walker cares for her mother during her
heartrending decline, she, her sister and her mother develop closer
ties. The intimate look at illness and death-hardly acknowledged by
our culture-becomes another sort of gift and after spending
thousands of hours with her mother, Jeanne begins to recover her
own early memories and understand her history in a transformative
way. THE GEOGRAPHY OF MEMORY reveals that for all the grim news
about Alzheimer's, it is possible to find joy and hope in the midst
of pain. The story is made up of three braided strands. Two are
narrative: the present story of caring for her mother and the past
story of Walker's childhood memories. The third strand is a series
of pithy Field Notes that anchor the book in practical reflections
on memory. Interwoven are chapters which flash back to Walker's
teenage battles with her feisty, valiant, widowed mother. Only
because Walker slowed down and spent thousands of hours in the
company of her mother during the last decade of her life was she
able to recover these memories. The field notes are short, poetic
pauses in the narrative that address memory: what it is, how it
works, how it can be strengthened, what happens when it goes away.
Geography of Memory is the hopeful story about Alzheimer's that
readers are waiting to hear.
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Stay on Track Journal (Paperback)
Heather Murray-Walker, Madison Walker; Illustrated by Cocomicheleillustrations
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Sonnets are familiar to us, but not relevant. What do they have to
do with our fast-paced, tech-driven, ever-shrinking contemporary
world? But what if the sonnet-invented 700 years ago-could come
back like a cat with nine lives? A sonnet in the twenty-first
century might serve as a sacramental form, calling us from our
work-mad lives to quietness and reflection. In Pilgrim, You Find
the Path by Walking, Jeanne Murray Walker invites the reader to
join her on a journey told in 58 colloquial sonnets, beginning in
the slangy streets of New York and ending in the holiness of
silence and praise. Stops on the journey include reflections on
death and grief, but also praise for a migrating butterfly, a knock
on the door, the astonishing ocean. This book is designed to be
used as a devotional and read slowly; to be both a book of poetry
and a spiritual companion.
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Ambition (Paperback)
Luci Shaw, Jeanne Murray Walker; Scott Cairns
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Ambition (Hardcover)
Luci Shaw, Jeanne Murray Walker; Scott Cairns
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TT 2007: Review (DVD)
Murray Walker, John Surtees, John McGuinness, Noriyuki Haga, Carl Fogarty
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Official review of Britain's (and the world's) most famous yearly
motorcycle racing event - the Isle of Man TT Races. To celebrate
the event's 100th year in existence, the authorities on the IOM
really made a splash this year. This programme is spread over two
hours and features coverage of every angle of 2007's extravaganza.
Included is never before seen race footage from every imaginable
angle including from helicopter, kerb and bike mounted cameras,
paddock, pit and after-race parties. Close-in looks at some of the
sport's most famous current faces as well as the evergreens like
John Surtees, Murray Walker and Carl Fogarty.
Mark Sloper directs this feature-length documentary taking you
through the thrills and spills of the 2012 British Superbike
season. Six riders fight it out for the trophy - Tommy Hill,
Australian Josh Brookes, Irishman Michael Laverty, newcomer Alex
Lowes, West Country racer Tommy Bridewell, and ex-BSB champion,
Shane 'Shakey' Byrne. Legendary broadcaster, Murray Walker
narrates.
"Anyone who can get through a newspaper," Jeanne Murray Walker
says, "will find this book a piece of cake." Indeed, the poems in
this book are strong but unpretentious pieces rich in meaning and
feeling. / The poems in New Tracks, Night Falling acknowledge that
we are people driven and divided by fear. They talk about racism,
war, loss, greed, alienation, our disregard of the earth, and our
disregard of each other. Sometimes we feel like night is falling in
the bright light of day. Yet we get glimpses of hope, of what could
be: / In this dark time I want to / make light bigger, / to toss it
in the air like a pizza chef, / to stick my fists in, stretching it
/ till I can get both arms into radiance above the elbow / and spin
it above us. / Hope continually threads its way through these
poems. We hear its voice as Walker writes about choices -- both
those we make and those beyond our making. / And we feel hope
rising like bread when Walker focuses on the gifts of potential,
resolution, mercy, joy -- the new tracks that we can make in fresh
snow, on old paths, along the roads more or less traveled. These
are stays against the falling night. / With a keen eye for both
physical and emotional detail, Walker explores a journey that all
of us are on, and she does so in a way that speaks to our deep
fears and deeper joys, that engages and inspires. Tempering somber
notes with more joyful ones, she reminds us of the good things,
great and small, that are still possible in this world.
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