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34 produkter
Famous Last Words, Fond Farewells, Deathbed Diatribes, and Exclamations Upon Expiration
Av Ray Robinson
Inbunden, 2003
122 kr
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“Don’t let it end like this. Tell them I said something.”—Pancho Villa “Drink to me!”—Pablo Picasso A collection of notable last recorded words of the dying, Famous Last Words is bursting with life, hope, wisdom, and often laughter. Here are writers, philosophers, athletes, kings and queens, movie …
Pound For Pound
A Biography of Sugar Ray Robinson
Häftad, 2006
197 kr
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Hailed by critics as a long-overdue portrait of Sugar Ray Robinson, a man as elusive outside the ring as he was magisterial in it, Pound by Pound is a lively and nuanced profile of an athlete who is arguably the best boxer the scene has ever seen. But the same discipline that Robinson brought to …
Pound for Pound
A Biography of Sugar Ray Robinson
E-bok, 2009
102 kr
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"An informative account of the life of Hollywood-handsome middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson" (Essence)."A rich history of the athlete, the man, the sport and a fascinating time in African American history." —EbonyHailed by critics as a long overdue portrait of Sugar Ray Robinson, a man who …
Matty: An American Hero
Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants
Av Ray Robinson
E-bok, 1994
191 kr
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When all-time pitching great Christy Mathewson died of tuberculosis in 1925 at the age of 45, it touched off a wave of national mourning that remains without precedent for an American athlete. The World Series was underway, and the game the day after Mathewson''s death took on the trappings of a …
Rockne of Notre Dame
The Making of a Football Legend
Av Ray Robinson
E-bok, 1999
156 kr
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In a mere twelve years, Rockne''s "Fighting Irish" won 105 games, including five astonishing undefeated seasons. But Rockne was more than the sum of his victories--he was an icon who, more than anyone, made football an American obsession. The book gives us colorful descriptions of such Rockne teams …
American Original
A Life of Will Rogers
Av Ray Robinson
Inbunden, 1997
502 kr
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Hailed by The New York Times as "America's Aristophanes," Will Rogers was one of this century's most astute and beloved humorists. If as he often remarked, he never met a man he didn't like, it is also true that Rogers never met a man he didn't like to make fun of. Everyone from congressmen and …
Matty: An American Hero
Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants
Av Ray Robinson
Häftad, 1999
379 kr
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The compelling story of one of America's greatest athletes. Ray Robinson draws on rare interviews, press clips, and eyewitness accounts to tell the story of baseball's Golden Age at the turn of the century and that of one of its best players. finest pitcher in baseball history and America's first …
Rockne of Notre Dame
The Making of a Football Legend
Av Ray Robinson
Häftad, 2002
327 kr
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In a mere twelve years, Rockne's "Fighting Irish" won 105 games, including five astonishing undefeated seasons. But Rockne was more than the sum of his victories--he was an icon who, more than anyone, made football an American obsession.The book gives us colorful descriptions of such Rockne teams …
Rockne of Notre Dame
The Making of a Football Legend
Av Ray Robinson
E-bok, 1999
156 kr
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In a mere twelve years, Rockne''s "Fighting Irish" won 105 games, including five astonishing undefeated seasons. But Rockne was more than the sum of his victories--he was an icon who, more than anyone, made football an American obsession. The book gives us colorful descriptions of such Rockne teams …
Matty: An American Hero
Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants
Av Ray Robinson
E-bok, 1994
214 kr
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When all-time pitching great Christy Mathewson died of tuberculosis in 1925 at the age of 45, it touched off a wave of national mourning that remains without precedent for an American athlete. The World Series was underway, and the game the day after Mathewson''s death took on the trappings of a …
American Original
A Life of Will Rogers
Av Ray Robinson
E-bok, 1996
253 kr
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Hailed by The New York Times as "America''s Aristophanes," Will Rogers was one of this century''s most astute and beloved humorists. If as he often remarked, he never met a man he didn''t like, it is also true that Rogers never met a man he didn''t like to make fun of. Everyone from congressmen and …
Electricity
Film tie-in
Av Ray Robinson
E-bok, 2008
141 kr
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Electricity is now a film starring Agyness Deyn.Lily's epilepsy means she's used to seeing the world in terms of angles - you look at every surface, you weigh up every corner, and you think of your head slamming into it - but what would she be like without her sharp edges? Prickly, spiky, up-front …
Iron Horse
Lou Gehrig in His Time
Av Ray Robinson
Häftad, 2006
294 kr
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Lou Gehrig will go down in history as one of the best ballplayers of all time; he was elected to the Hall of Fame and played in a record-setting 2,130 consecutive games. ALS known today as "Lou Gehrig's Disease" robbed him of his physical skills at a relatively young age, and he died in 1941. Ray …
Privatisation and the Welfare State
Av Ray Robinson, Julian Le Grand
E-bok, 2018
644 kr
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Originally published in 1984, Privatisation and the Welfare State brings together a distinguished set of experts on the Welfare State and its main policy areas of health care, housing, education and transport. Each chapter provides some much-needed analysis of privatisation policies in areas where, …
Privatisation and the Welfare State
Av Ray Robinson, Julian Le Grand
E-bok, 2018
658 kr
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Originally published in 1984, Privatisation and the Welfare State brings together a distinguished set of experts on the Welfare State and its main policy areas of health care, housing, education and transport. Each chapter provides some much-needed analysis of privatisation policies in areas where, …
Privatisation and the Welfare State
Av Julian Le Grand, Ray Robinson
Inbunden, 2018
2144 kr
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Originally published in 1984, Privatisation and the Welfare State brings together a distinguished set of experts on the Welfare State and its main policy areas of health care, housing, education and transport. Each chapter provides some much-needed analysis of privatisation policies in areas where, …
Privatisation and the Welfare State
Av Julian Le Grand, Ray Robinson
Häftad, 2020
563 kr
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Originally published in 1984, Privatisation and the Welfare State brings together a distinguished set of experts on the Welfare State and its main policy areas of health care, housing, education and transport. Each chapter provides some much-needed analysis of privatisation policies in areas where, …
Who Owns Our Bodies?
Making Moral Choices in Health Care
E-bok, 2020
577 kr
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This book explores the controversial dilemmas which meet at the intersection of medicine philosphy and law - questions concerning killing and not killing which are faced daily in health care. They embrace euthanasia abortion the care of the elderly and the demented the care of the mentally ill …
Forgetting Zoe
Av Ray Robinson
E-bok, 2011
100 kr
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She's escaped her captor, but can she escape her past?Zoë Nielsen was just like any other ten-year-old walking to school, not knowing that a chance encounter with Thurman Hayes would lead to her abduction and imprisonment in a converted nuclear bunker, 4,000 miles away, beneath a remote ranch house …
Electricity
Film tie-in
Av Ray Robinson
Häftad, 2014
99 kr
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Electricity is now a film starring Agyness Deyn.Lily's epilepsy means she's used to seeing the world in terms of angles - you look at every surface, you weigh up every corner, and you think of your head slamming into it - but what would she be like without her sharp edges? Prickly, spiky, up-front …
Jawbone Lake
Av Ray Robinson
E-bok, 2014
102 kr
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From the author of Electricity and Forgetting Zoë, comes a thought-provoking, beautifully written and taut thriller.Ravenstor, the Peak District. New Year’s Day. A young woman stands on the shore of a frozen lake and watches a Land Rover crash off the bridge wall and into the ice. Two hundred miles …
My Natural and the Spiritual Experience
Av Ray Robinson
E-bok, 2014
53 kr
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This book is in relations to anyone whos going through difficult seasons in their lives. Just believe in the word of God for what ever is taking place in your life. This is also to encourage your spirit that you are not alone with the many burdens of life.
Who Owns Our Bodies?
Making Moral Choices in Health Care
E-bok, 2020
590 kr
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This book explores the controversial dilemmas which meet at the intersection of medicine philosphy and law - questions concerning killing and not killing which are faced daily in health care. They embrace euthanasia abortion the care of the elderly and the demented the care of the mentally ill …
Mating Habits of Stags
Av Ray Robinson
Häftad, 2020
124 kr
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‘Poetic and powerfully brutal...a one-off’ – The TimesThe lyrical new novel from the award-winning author of Electricity and Forgetting ZoëSHORTLISTED: Portico Prize Midwinter. As former farmhand Jake, a widower in his seventies, wanders the beautiful, austere moors of North Yorkshire trying to …
Super 8 Dream
the new novel from the prize-winning author of Forgetting Zoë
Av Ray Robinson
Inbunden, 2026
190 kr
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‘Fast, feverish and arresting’ George HarrisonPaul lives quietly in a northern town. By day, he works at a café; by night, he channels his anguish into the dark, arresting panels of his graphic novel, burying childhood trauma beneath ink and imagination.When a chance conversation with a family …
