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26 produkter
Ernest Hemingway : den sista intervjun och andra konversationer
Av Ernest Hemingway, George Plimpton m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
115 kr
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”Den viktigaste talangen för en begåvad författare är en inbyggd, stötsäker, skitdetektor.” – Ernest Hemingway En av det tjugonde århundradets mest inflytelserika litterära ikoner avslöjar mer av sig själv än någonsin tidigare i denna omfattande samling samtal från hela hans karriär. Här talar …
Paper Lion
Confessions of a last-string quarterback
Häftad, 2016
165 kr
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In the mid-1960s, George Plimpton talked his way into the Detroit Lions’ pre-season training camp and in doing so set the bar for participatory sports journalism. With his characteristic wit, Plimpton recounts his experience of a month practising and living with the team – getting to know the …
Bogey Man
A Month on the PGA Tour
Häftad, 2016
162 kr
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From the author of Paper Lion What happens when a weekend athlete – of average skill at best – joins the professional golf circuit? George Plimpton spent a month of self-imposed torture on the PGA tour to find out, meeting amateurs, pros, caddies, officials, fans and hangers-on along the way. In …
Out of my League
An Amateur's Ordeal in Professional Baseball
Häftad, 2016
165 kr
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From the author of Paper Lion It began as a fun filled stunt and came to a deeply hellish, nearly humiliating end. George Plimpton had the chance to answer every baseball fan’s question: could I strike out a major league star? Out of My League chronicles what happened next as his inspired idea – to …
One for the Record: The Inside Story of Hank Aaron's Chase for the Home Run Record
Av Bob Costas, George Plimpton
Inbunden, 2016
429 kr
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Beat Writers at Work
Av Paris Review, George Plimpton
Häftad, 1999
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
307 kr
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Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintences and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career
Häftad, 1998
285 kr
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Paris Review Anthology
Av George Plimpton, George Plimpton
Inbunden, 1990
837 kr
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A selection of representative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from the Anthology from 1953 to present.
Norton Book of Sports
Inbunden, 2026
735 kr
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When it comes to popularity, American enthusiasm for sports is right up there with mom and apple pie. From this long love affair with the games of men and boys-and, increasingly, women-has sprung a vast literature that moves across fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Edie: American Girl
Av Jean Stein, George Plimpton
Häftad, 1994
4,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
265 kr
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Edie
An American Biography
Av Jean Stein, George Plimpton
E-bok, 2010
125 kr
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A brilliant and unique biography of Andy Warhol's tragic muse, the 60s icon Edie Sedgwick‘Exceptionally seductive… You can’t put it down’ LA TimesOutrageous, vulnerable and strikingly beautiful - in the 1960s Edie Sedgwick became both an emblem of, and a memorial to, the doomed world spawned by …
Paper Lion
Confessions of a last-string quarterback
E-bok, 2016
125 kr
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In the mid-1960s, George Plimpton talked his way into the Detroit Lions’ pre-season training camp and in doing so set the bar for participatory sports journalism. With his characteristic wit, Plimpton recounts his experience of a month practising and living with the team – getting to know the …
Shadow Box
An Amateur in the Ring
E-bok, 2016
125 kr
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From the author of Paper Lion Stepping into the ring against light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, George Plimpton pauses to wonder what ever induced him to become a participatory journalist. Bloodied but unbowed, he holds his own in the bout – and brings back this timeless book on boxing and …
Bogey Man
A Month on the PGA Tour
E-bok, 2016
125 kr
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From the author of Paper Lion What happens when a weekend athlete – of average skill at best – joins the professional golf circuit? George Plimpton spent a month of self-imposed torture on the PGA tour to find out, meeting amateurs, pros, caddies, officials, fans and hangers-on along the way. In …
Open Net
A Professional Amateur in the World of Big-Time Hockey
E-bok, 2016
147 kr
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After forays into American football, golf and the world of professional boxing, George Plimpton accepts his riskiest assignment yet: taking to the ice as goalie for his beloved National Hockey League team, the Boston Bruins. Signing a release holding the Bruins blameless if he should meet with …
Mad Ducks and Bears
Football Revisited
E-bok, 2016
147 kr
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From the author of Paper Lion Following his turn as a Detroit Lions rookie in Paper Lion, George Plimpton returns to the field of American football and focuses on the careers of his Lions teammates, Alex ‘Mad Duck’ Karras and John ‘the Bear’ Gordy. What he uncovers is a fond tribute to the values …
Out of my League
An Amateur's Ordeal in Professional Baseball
E-bok, 2016
125 kr
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From the author of Paper Lion It began as a fun filled stunt and came to a deeply hellish, nearly humiliating end. George Plimpton had the chance to answer every baseball fan’s question: could I strike out a major league star? Out of My League chronicles what happened next as his inspired idea – to …
As Told At the Explorers Club
More Than Fifty Gripping Tales Of Adventure
E-bok, 2020
336 kr
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For more than a century, The Explorers Club has been the meeting place for some of the most daring adventurers on the planet. It's a legendary oasis, where a man just back from the Gobi Desert might kick back and, over some port, have a chat with a fellow off to Bandung.This updated edition …
