Boxning

FINALIST FOR THE 2019 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD Meet Horace Hopper, a twenty-one-year-old farm hand in Tonopah, Nevada, who works for Mr Reece and his wife, the nearest thing he's had to family in years. But Horace, half-white half-Paiute Indian, dreams ...

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"Den personliga resan sticker verkligen ut från andra idrottares biografier." Maja Aase, BTJ Det är en regnvåt söndagskväll i februari när Mikaelas tillvaro krossas. Hon häktas för dopningsbrott och döms till 14 månaders fängelse.¿ Mikaela Laurén,...

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In the spring of 1970, a Pretoria schoolboy, Joe, becomes obsessed with Muhammad Ali. He begins collecting daily newspaper clippings about him, a passion that grows into an archive of scrapbooks. Forty years later, when Joe has become a writer, th...

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From one of the major innovators of New Journalism, Norman Mailer's The Fight is the real-life story of a clash between two of the world's greatest boxers, both in and out of the ring, published in Penguin Modern Classics. Norman Mailer's The Figh...

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As seen on TikTok, from Samantha Towle, the New York Times bestselling author of Wardrobe Malfunction and Breaking Hollywood, comes a the first dramatically powerful and passionate novel in the Gods series.Readers are raving about Ruin!'Samantha T...

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INGO - vägen till VM - Jiujitsumästaren, f.d. boxaren och pressfotografen Kurt Durewall följde många av Ingemar Ingo Johanssons matcher och träningar med kameran redo. Bilderna användes ofta av Ingemar, tränaren Edwin Ahlqvist och Kurt när dom dis...

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"En av de bästa sportbiografierna som gjorts på svenska. Det är så starkt och det är så mäktigt, och en sån otrolig ömhet i boken. Boken handlar väldigt mycket om att skapa sig en självkänsla att lära sig älska och bli älskad.." Recensent Magnus U...

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The Essential Karate Book is an informative, illustrated guide to the techniques, philosophy and practice of karate. With 20 chapters covering practically every aspect of karate, this in-depth reference will assist students and instructors as they...

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'Bravura on the ground reporting' David Goldblatt, award-winning author of The Ball is Round 'This is an important book' Simon Kuper, bestselling author of Soccernomics, Chums and Barça 'Compelling' The Times _________ In 2034, Saudi Arabia will h...

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In "Atlas", Teddy recounts his incredible life, from juvenile delinquent, to his induction into the legendary Cus D'Amato's Boxing Camp and his first major challenge - training 14-year-old Mike Tyson. An amateur boxer trained by D'Amato, Atlas cap...

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"Mr. Snyder writes lyrically, and his research appears to be impeccable: It's hard to imagine that anyone has slipped through his interview net? When Bundini died, Ali was abroad and unable to attend the funeral, but he sent flowers with a card th...

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The story of the eight best teenage girl boxers in the United States, told over the two days of a championship tournament and structured as a series of face-offs. As the girls' pasts and futures collide, the specific joy and violence of the sport ...

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One of the most talked-about and bestselling books of last year, this is the no-holds-barred autobiography of a sporting legend driven to the brink of self-destruction The bestseller that has everyone talking. In this, his first, autobiography, 'I...

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Som ensamkommande flyktingbarn från kriget i Afghanistan hade jag svårt att sova i mitt rum hos min svenska fostermamma. Men mardrömmarna och ångesten dämpades när jag slog på sandsäcken som hängde i taket. Det skulle visa sig att boxningen gjorde...

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Gåtan Sonny Liston - en boxares livsöde Ingen vet när han föddes. Ingen vet när och hur han dog. Sonny Listons liv är som hämtat från en blueslåt: uppväxt i djup fattigdom, jobb på bomullsfält från åtta års ålder, misshandlad av pappan, rasistiska...

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Boxningen är en uppmärksammad och brutal sport, men oftast skildrad på ett isolerat sätt - som om den inte vore en spegelbild av den rådande samhällsordningen. Berättelserna om Gentleman Jim Corbett, John L Sullivan, Jim Jeffries, Jack Johnson, Je...

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The story of the relationship between the most devastating heavyweight boxer in history and the mentor who made him. When legendary boxing trainer Cus D'Amato saw thirteen-year-old Mike Tyson spar in the ring, he proclaimed 'That's the heavyweight...

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**WINNER OF BEST SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK AT THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2022** 'Hard-hitting and hilarious' - James Acaster 'Funny, moving and compelling' - Mike Costello A heart-warming, hilarious true story about fighting and family, based ...

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One of the most recognisable, respected and inspirational men on earth, Muhammad Ali is the world's most famous boxing hero. Ali brought unprecedented speed and grace to the sport, and his charm and wit changed forever what the world expects of a ...

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"There have been many books on judo-some highly competent, others well-written or well-illustrated, some fit for beginners, others for the advanced student. To have all these in a single volume is unusual."-San Francisco Chronicle The Art and Scie...

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For much of the twentieth century, boxing was one of America's most popular sports, and the heavyweight champions were figures known to all. Their exploits were reported regularly in the newspapers-often outside the sports pages-and their fame and...

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Taekwondo Basics teaches you all the fundamentals of this martial art form in a clear and easy-to-understand manner! This basic introductory survey contains the following vital information: The origins of Taekwondo its philosophy, history, and dif...

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Hands are the most accessible, effective and natural tool available for use in self defence situations. This manual takes the reader step by step through the moves and techniques required to become competent in real punching. These moves can be us...

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