Biografi: sport
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5 248 produkter
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"En mycket läsvärd och påfallande ärlig fotbollsbiografi."
- Staffan Wennerlund, BTJ, betyg 4 av 5
Manchester United-stjärnan Paul Ince ville sätta skräck i sina svenska motståndare. Han tog av sig sin engelska landslagströja i spelargången på Råsunda och visade upp den muskulösa överkroppen, samtidigt som han stirrade ner de elva blågula spelarna för att redan innan avspark försöka vinna den mentala striden. I samma sekund visste EM kvaldebutanten Johan Mjällby att han hade övertaget. För det första var han betydligt mer vältränad än Paul Ince, för det andra skulle det här bli en kamp som han redan utkämpat och vunnit många gånger under sitt 27-åriga liv.
Kampen mot alla odds.
Det här är historien om hur man når världens största fotbollsarenor, även om ens talang inte är den största. Det är historien om personliga motgångar, svåra skador och missbruk inom familjen. Men framför allt är det historien om hur en av svensk idrotts hårdaste vinnarskallar byggdes. Den som ledde till att Johan Mjällby, tillsammans med Henrik Larsson, blev nominerad till världslaget 2002 som enda svenskar, trots att hans högra knä kallats för det trasigaste idrottsknäet som läkarna någonsin sett.
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Johan Mjällby slog på 1990-talet igenom i AIK både som mittfältare och försvarare. Han gjorde även 49 landskamper för Sverige, och deltog i ett VM-slutspel och två EM-slutspel. Som utlandsproffs blev han en mycket uppskattad stjärna i skotska Celtic, där han bland annat var med om att vinna trippeln säsongen 2000/2001.
Mathias Lühr är erfaren sportjournalist som arbetat på bland annat Expressen och Barometern
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Den lyfter fram F1-legender från 1950-talet till idag. Här finns namn som Ayrton Senna, Juan Manuel Fangio, Jackie Stewart, Alain Prost och Michael Schumacher, men också moderna världsstjärnor som Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton och Max Verstappen. Med finns även berättelser om förare vars karriärer tragiskt avslutades i förtid men som ändå lämnat ett outplånligt avtryck i F1. Texten kompletteras med dokumentära fotografier som fångar både dramatiska ögonblick på banan och bakom kulisserna. Boken erbjuder inte bara sportfakta utan också personliga berättelser som hjälper dig att förstå vad som gör dessa förare så unika. Boken är skriven av den välrenommerade motorsportjournalisten Tony Dodgins, författare till bästsäljaren Formel 1: Rivalerna, som denna gång fokuserar på enskilda livsöden. Förordet är skrivet av Christian Horner, teamchef för Red Bull Racing. Tack vare författarens unika perspektiv och de gripande fotografierna hamnar du mitt i dramat, duellerna och segrarna som definierar Formel 1. Formel 1: Legendarerna är mer än en bok det är en visuell och innehållsmässig upplevelse som gläder varje motorsportfantast, oavsett om man fascineras av tekniska detaljer, inspirerande personligheter eller hastighetens estetik i all sin enkelhet. Bakom varje legend finns en berättelse. Bakom varje seger finns en människa.
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The saying goes, "The second best thing about surfing is talking about it afterward."Gerry Lopez, one of the most revered surfers of all time brings readers into the intimately personal sport with Surf Is Where You Find It, a collection of stories that recount harrowing waves, epic wipeouts, and heroes encountered over a lifetime on the water. From growing up in Hawaii in the '50s and '60s, to finding the tube in the early days at Pipeline, to pioneering legendary spots like Uluwatu and G-Land in Indonesia, Lopez has traveled for surf the world over. But for him, the people stood out the most. Originally published in 2008, Surf Is Where You Find It preserves memories of surf eras gone by, and commemorates those who helped shape the surfing world today. Now, ten years and more than 50,000 copies later, Patagonia is once again re-launching the surfing classic in a fully redesigned edition with new photos. Timed to correspond with the release of a new documentary, The Yin and Yang of Gerry Lopez about Gerry produced by equally legendary surfer and skateboarder Stacy Peralta, these 38 stories and hundreds of photos offer more of Gerry than ever before. In these pages, Gerry pays homage to those who shaped surfing today -- surfing any time, anywhere, and in any way. Includes forewords by Rob Machado and The Surfer's Journal founder Steve Pezman.
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Läs om den pyrande konflikten mellan Ayrton Senna och Alain Prost, ordväxlingarna mellan Nigel Mansell och Nelson Piquet, kollisionen mellan James Hunt och Niki Lauda som inspirerade en stor Hollywoodfilm, samt den moderna rivaliteten mellan Lewis Hamilton och Max Verstappen. I hjärtat av Formel 1 finns en knivskarp tävlan och en outtröttlig kamp mellan förarna. Boken Formel 1 Rivaler beskriver dramatiken, unikheten och den spännande
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The New York Times bestsellerThe #1 Irish Times bestsellerThe definitive biography of Rory McIlroy, the most important, popular and confounding player of the post-Tiger era.Rory McIlroy contains multitudes. The child of a working-class family from a small town in a war-torn homeland now commutes to work in his own private jet and counts billionaires as confidants. He can overwhelm a golf course with his transcendent talent and then, at the next tournament, look utterly lost. In the same press conference, he can be golf’s most eloquent ambassador and a trash-talking troll.McIlroy’s victory at the 2025 Masters Tournament packed such an emotional punch because he is golf’s most vulnerable superstar. Across two decades as a pro he has been the anti-Tiger, letting fans into his heart and into his world. When McIlroy collapsed onto the final green at Augusta National, having finally completed the career Grand Slam, golf fans cried along with him because so many saw themselves in his struggles.Known as the most fearless writer on the golf beat for over thirty years, Alan Shipnuck traces McIlroy’s evolution from a young Northern Irish phenom to a game-changing force. Rory brings to life the heartbreaks, triumphs, tabloid romance, business disputes, and divisive politicking to fully define one of golf’s all-time great players.Alan Shipnuck, New York Times and Irish Times bestseller, April 2026
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Lando Norris: Road to World Champion tells the incredible story of the 2025 championship campaign and what it takes to win. Featuring a race-by-race rundown alongside over 100 stunning full-colour photographs.'Relive the euphoric highs and the gut-wrenching lows of one of the most dramatic title fights in F1 history. Nate Saunders pens an outstanding blow-by-blow account of Lando Norris’ remarkable journey to world championship glory in the face of adversity' - Lawrence Barretto, F1’s Lead Correspondent and Channel 4’s F1 Reporter‘With customary wit and warmth, Nate Saunders brilliantly retells the story of a season that defied all expectations...’ - Alex Jacques, Author of Grid to Glory Lando Norris: Road to World Champion charts his extraordinary rise to become motorsport’s 2025 standout star. From a shy, gaming-obsessed teenager to Britain’s newest Formula One World Champion, Norris’ journey is anything but straightforward. Despite starting out as an early fan favourite at McLaren – funny, relatable and refreshingly vulnerable – questions persisted about whether he had the ruthlessness required to reach the sport’s summit. But now, after recently becoming the Winner of the Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award and gaining an F1 title win, it seems like the only way is up for Norris.Here, Formula One journalist Nate Saunders of ESPN — a leading global multiplatform sports brand — reveals that Norris’s story is ultimately one of perseverance and authenticity. The dramatic 2025 title fight, against teammate Oscar Piastri and the formidable Max Verstappen, pushed him harder than ever and went down to the last second, but in the pressure cooker of Abu Dhabi he proved his mettle.In a full-colour celebration featuring over 100 photographs, Nate Saunders traces Lando’s journey to win the title and offers insider access to how he rewrote the script for what a champion can look like. This is the race-by-race story of a young man who faced his fears, silenced the doubters and won the biggest prize in motorsport – his way.
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Ronnie Hellström hade aldrig några andra drömmar än denna: att bli en målvakt av världsklass. Han levde sin dröm. Ja, mer än det, verkligheten överträffade drömmen. Uttagen till världslaget i VM 1974 i Västtyskland. Uttagen till världslaget i VM 1978 i Argentina. Vid tre tillfällen rankad som Europas bästa målvakt av det högt ansedda fotbollsmagasinet France Football. Han blev legendarisk och älskad tre gånger om: i Hammarby, i Kaiserslautern och via landslaget av hela svenska folket. Sepp Maier, en av Tysklands bästa målvakter genom tiderna och medlem i VM-guldlaget 1974, fick en gång frågan om i vad mån turen hade spelat in i hans karriär. Han svarade: Den största tur jag haft är att Ronnie Hellström inte föddes i Tyskland för då hade jag inte fått spela en enda landskamp. Här är boken om bajaren som var bättre än de bästa ja, bäst i världen. Här är boken om Ronnie Hellström.
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One of the greatest drivers of his generation, Jim Hall is even better known as an innovator. From tiny Chaparral Cars in Midland, Texas emerged a series of vehicles that changed the face of racing. His high-winged Chaparral 2E Can-Am car and 2F World Sportscar Championship contender may be the most influential race vehicles of the 20th century. Today, every Formula 1 car uses net downforce, driver-adjustable wings, composite chassis, side-mounted radiators, semi-automatic gearboxes and advanced telemetry to optimize vehicle performance — all things Chaparral pioneered in the mid-1960s. Here he tells his story — his life, his cars, his relationship with Chevrolet, his partnership with Hap Sharp, his battles with sanctioning body bureaucracies — for the first time to award-winning author George Levy in this authorized biography.
Charlie Hustle
The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
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Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games .
New, updated and expanded edition – now with 145 games
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
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Improve your chess by studying the greatest games of all time, from Adolf Anderssen's 'Immortal Game' to Magnus Carlsen's world championship victories, and featuring a foreword by five-times World Champion Vishy Anand.This book is written by an all-star team of authors. Wesley So is the reigning Fischer Random World Champion, the 2017 US Champion and the winner of the 2016 Grand Chess Tour. Michael Adams has been the top British player for the last quarter of a century and was a finalist in the 2004 FIDE World Championship. Graham Burgess is the author of thirty books, a former champion of the Danish region of Funen, and holds the world record for marathon blitz chess playing. John Nunn is a three-time winner of both the World Solving Championship and the British Chess Federation Book of the Year Award. John Emms is an experienced chess coach and writer, who finished equal first in the 1997 British Championship and was chess columnist of the Young Telegraph.The 145 greatest chess games of all time, selected, analysed, re-evaluated and explained by a team of British and American experts and illustrated with over 1,100 chess diagrams. Join the authors in studying these games, the cream of two centuries of international chess, and develop your own chess-playing skills - whatever your current standard. Instructive points at the end of each game highlight the lessons to be learned.First published in 1998, a second edition of The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games in 2004 included an additional twelve games. Another new edition in 2010 included a further thirteen games as well as some significant revisions to the analysis and information regarding other games in earlier editions of the book, facilitated by the use of a variety of chess software. This 2021 edition, further updated and expanded, now includes 145 games.The authors have made full use of the new generation of chess analysis engines that apply neural-network based AI.
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En rafflande historia om stor talang, envishet, längtan efter att vinna, kärlek till tennisen och konflikter. Den mest aktuella och omfattande biografin om Novak Djokovic bjuder förutom hans egen berättelse på avgörande händelser under hans karriär.
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Den efterlängtade biografin om världens bästa fotbollsspelare!Vinnare i kategorin Årets fotbollsbok på Cross Sports Book Awards!Cristiano Ronaldo är känd över hela planeten som den portugisiske fotbollsspelaren som är största stjärnan i spanska storklubben Real Madrid och kapten för det portugisiska landslaget. När Ronaldo flyttade från Manchester United till Real Madrid blev övergången historisk som den dyraste någonsin, med en transfersumma på nästan en miljard kronor. Ronaldos kontrakt med Real Madrid gör honom till en av de bäst betalda spelarna i världen.Ronaldo var den förste spelaren att vinna alla de fyra viktigaste utmärkelserna för Årets fotbollsspelare i England och har röstats fram som Premier Leagues bäste spelare någonsin. 2008, 2013 & 2014 vann han Ballon d Or, som världens bäste fotbollsspelare. Han är den ende spelaren i fotbollshistorien som sex säsonger i rad gjort minst 50 mål. I september 2015 blev Ronaldo tidernas främste målskytt i UEFA Champions League och i oktober samma år blev han Real Madrids främste målgörare genom tiderna.Han är med andra ord ett världsfenomen. Ändå är väldigt lite känt om människan Ronaldo. Guillem Balague har skrivit den både insiktsfulla och avslöjande biografin Cristiano Ronaldo.I svensk översättning av Jens Ahlberg.GUILLEM BALAGUE är expert på spansk fotboll för brittiska Sky Sports och skriver regelbundet om internationell fotboll i The Times. Han är också den bästsäljande författaren till de stora biografierna om Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi och Pep Guardiola.»Han är bäst i världen, ja. Det har aldrig funnits en spelare som Ronaldo och kommer troligtvis aldrig någon som Ronaldo igen.« | JOSÉ MOURINHO
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An Italian SCHINDLER'S LIST, this is the inspirational story of Gino Bartali, who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian Resistance during the Second World War.ROAD TO VALOUR is the inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and still holds the record for the longest gap between victories. Yet it was his actions during the Second World War, when he secretly aided the Resistance, rather than his remarkable exploits on a bike, that truly cemented his place in the hearts and minds of the Italian people.Based on nearly ten years of research, and including fascinating new interviews, this is the only book written that fully explores the scope of Bartali's wartime work. A breathtaking account of one man's unsung heroism and his resilience in the face of adversity, this is an epic tale of courage, comeback and redemption, and the untold story of one of the greatest athletes of the twentieth century.
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Berättelsen om den sagolika triumfen i Tokyo
Året är 2021. OS i Tokyo har flyttats fram ett år och idrottarna är rastlösa. Ett av de största guldhoppen på plats är det svenska hopplandslaget. Det finns bara ett problem: Sverige har inte tagit guld på 97 år. Med allt på spel påbörjas den första ritten och åskådarna världen över håller andan.
GULDET är den rafflande berättelsen om ryttarna Malin Baryard-Johnsson, Henrik von Eckermann och Peder Fredricson och deras prestation i OS 2021.
Henrik Johnsson är författare, översättare, producent och programledare som under två decennier har jobbat med tv, radio och böcker. Från programledning av Melodifestivalen till att producera över 80 avsnitt av Sommar i P1 är Henrik Johnsson en av Sveriges mest välkända kulturpersonligheter.
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Isle of Man TT
The Illustrated History of the World’s Greatest Motorcycle Road Race
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
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"…excellently documents the history of the Isle of Man TT",John McGuinness MBE Discover the history, behind-the-scenes stories and thrills of the world's greatest motorcycle road race. A visually-stunning book with amazing photography from this annual event.From 1907 to the present day, learn about the course and how it has changed, and how the corners got their names. Discover more about the TT greats and the international stars. Gain an insight into the main manufacturers and technical innovation over the years, including the anatomy of a sidecar. Check out the record-breaking milestones and statistics about the race and the history of the tourist trophy.What does it take to run the TT? Phil Wain's unique insider view offers a fascinating account of the organization behind the annual race.How dangerous is the race and what steps have been taken to make it safer?Go on a lap of the TT Course with Peter Hickman, multiple TT winner and current outright lap record holder, – every turn in point, gear change, speed and opportunity. Find out for yourself what skill and concentration it takes to tackle the race as speeds nudge an incredible 200mph.
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The New York Times bestsellerThe #1 Irish Times bestsellerThe definitive biography of Rory McIlroy, the most important, popular and confounding player of the post-Tiger era.Rory McIlroy contains multitudes. The child of a working-class family from a small town in a war-torn homeland now commutes to work in his own private jet and counts billionaires as confidants. He can overwhelm a golf course with his transcendent talent and then, at the next tournament, look utterly lost. In the same press conference, he can be golf’s most eloquent ambassador and a trash-talking troll.McIlroy’s victory at the 2025 Masters Tournament packed such an emotional punch because he is golf’s most vulnerable superstar. Across two decades as a pro he has been the anti-Tiger, letting fans into his heart and into his world. When McIlroy collapsed onto the final green at Augusta National, having finally completed the career Grand Slam, golf fans cried along with him because so many saw themselves in his struggles.Known as the most fearless writer on the golf beat for over thirty years, Alan Shipnuck traces McIlroy’s evolution from a young Northern Irish phenom to a game-changing force. Rory brings to life the heartbreaks, triumphs, tabloid romance, business disputes, and divisive politicking to fully define one of golf’s all-time great players.Alan Shipnuck, New York Times and Irish Times bestseller, April 2026
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Olympic gold medalist. Two-time world heavyweight champion. Hall of Famer. Infomercial and reality TV star. George Foreman’s fighting ability is matched only by his acumen for selling. Yet the complete story of Foreman’s rise from urban poverty to global celebrity has never been told until now.Raised in Houston’s “Bloody Fifth” Ward, battling against scarcity in housing and food, young Foreman fought sometimes for survival and other times just for fun. But when a government program rescued him from poverty and introduced him to the sport of boxing, his life changed forever.In No Way but to Fight, Andrew R. M. Smith traces Foreman’s life and career from the Great Migration to the Great Society, through the Cold War and culture wars, out of urban Houston and onto the world stage where he discovered that fame brought new challenges. Drawing on new interviews with George Foreman and declassified government documents, as well as more than fifty domestic and international newspapers and magazines, Smith brings to life the exhilarating story of a true American icon. No Way but to Fight is an epic worthy of a champion.
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Travel with Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins on her compelling journey from America’s heartland to international sports history, navigating challenges and triumphs with rugged grit and a splash of glitter Pyeongchang, February 21, 2018. In the nerve-racking final seconds of the women’s team sprint freestyle race, Jessie Diggins dug deep. Blowing past two of the best sprinters in the world, she stretched her ski boot across the finish line and lunged straight into Olympic immortality: the first ever cross-country skiing gold medal for the United States at the Winter Games. The 26-year-old Diggins, a four-time World Championship medalist, was literally a world away from the small town of Afton, Minnesota, where she first strapped on skis. Yet, for all her history-making achievements, she had never strayed far from the scrappy 12-year-old who had insisted on portaging her own canoe through the wilderness, yelling happily under the unwieldy weight on her shoulders: “Look! I’m doing it!” In Brave Enough, Jessie Diggins reveals the true story of her journey from the American Midwest into sports history. With candid charm and characteristic grit, she connects the dots from her free-spirited upbringing in the woods of Minnesota to racing in the bright spotlights of the Olympics. Going far beyond stories of races and ribbons, she describes the challenges and frustrations of becoming a serious athlete; learning how to push through and beyond physical and psychological limits; and the intense pressure of competing at the highest levels. She openly shares her harrowing struggle with bulimia, recounting both the adversity and how she healed from it in order to bring hope and understanding to others experiencing eating disorders. Between thrilling accounts of moments of triumph, Diggins shows the determination it takes to get there-the struggles and disappointments, the fun and the hard work, and the importance of listening to that small, fierce voice: I can do it. I am brave enough.
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Man on a Mission is the inside story of David Sheepshanks’ time leading both Ipswich Town and the Football League, and how his drive to build the FA’s St George’s Park is enabling England to be winners again. There were ecstatic highs, like finally winning promotion at Wembley after three successive play-off defeats, finishing fifth in the Premier League and beating Inter Milan; but also the painful lows of the realities of life in the Championship caused by the ever-widening financial gulf between the top two flights. Packed with anecdotes and a cast ranging from Bobby Robson and Alex Ferguson to Elton John and Mark Knopfler, this book lifts the lid on what really happened when Ipswich was sold to Marcus Evans, and follows Sheepshanks on his fascinating journey through nearly a quarter of a century in leadership roles in the corridors of football power.
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Bragder, glädje, dramatiska öden och krossade drömmar. Mycket ryms i en människas liv och kanske ännu lite mer i en proffsidrottares karriär.
Utifrån texter skapade av några av Finlands främsta sportjournalister samlas nu för första gången Svenskfinlands största idrottshjältar i en och samma bok, från tidigt 1900-tal till i dag. Det handlar om den finlandssvenska idrottens höjdpunkter, men också om människorna bakom bragderna, en samling korta biografier som bär på både historia och dramatik, glädje och sorg.
Gemensamt för samtliga är den svenskspråkiga identiteten, likaså att dessa personers bedrifter väckt intresse hos allmänheten och varit ett samtalsämne under till och med decennier. Många av dem har gjort sig kända även i Sverige och ute i världen. Med finns både kända nulevande hjältar och namn man hunnit glömma eller kanske aldrig hört talas om.
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ESPN's Tim MacMahon examines the pressure of building around a prodigy in the NBA, through the prism of the Dallas Mavericks' Luka Doncic.THE WONDER BOY chronicles Doncic's journey from the most hyped European teen prospect in basketball history to a generational NBA star -- and all the madness that ensues as the Mavericks attempt to avoid blowing the golden opportunity of having a young, perennial MVP candidate as the franchise centerpiece. The book digs behind the scenes of the drama and dysfunction in Dallas during the early years of Doncic's career, when owner Mark Cuban's front office focused as much on internal power struggles as actually improving the basketball team. And it covers the new regime's effort to earn Doncic's loyalty, which requires putting the ruthless competitor in position to win. Readers will learn never-before-reported details about the blockbuster deal for Kristaps Porzingis that blew up in the Mavs' faces, the divorces with coach Rick Carlisle and GM Donnie Nelson, the series of mistakes that led to Jalen Brunson leaving after a run to the Western Conference finals, the new pairing with mercurial Kyrie Irving, roster moves that could have been made and much more.As the clock ticks on the Mavs' search for a co-star, THE WONDER BOY dives into how the Mavericks have handled a dilemma every NBA team would love to have.
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Celebrate Formula One’s most iconic drivers with this exploration of their triumphs and tragedies. Featuring high-quality photography and insight from renowned F1 journalist Tony Dodgins.At the heart of Formula One lies the triumphs and tragedies of the sport's greatest stars. The drama, personality and thrill of the sport are all tied to the cult drivers who have made racing so great to watch. Only the fastest and bravest survive!With a foreword by Christian Horner, Team Principal of Red Bull Racing, Formula One: The Legends profiles 32 of F1’s iconic drivers from the 1950s to the present day. As well as examining the racers of the past, such as Jackie Stewart, Alain Prost and Aryton Senna, the text profiles modern-day legends such as Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton and legend-in-the-making Max Verstappen.Uniquely, this book also features stars of the sport who tragically died or were terribly injured before they could realise their true potential, but nevertheless left a lasting legacy.Decade by decade since the championship was founded, this book profiles the following legends of F1: Ascari, Fangio, Moss, Hawthorn, Brabham, Graham Hill, McLaren, Gurney, Surtees, Clark, Stewart, Rindt, Andretti, Fittipaldi, Lauda, Hunt, Jones, Gilles Villeneuve, Piquet, Prost, Mansell, Senna, Häkkinen, Schumacher, Damon Hill, Button, Alonso, Räikkönen, Rosberg, Vettel, Hamilton, Verstappen. This is a unique exploration of Formula One racing, with a focus on the most revered Formula One drivers of all time. A standout gift for fans of the sport, this collection includes expert photography to highlight the greatest moments of these drivers’ careers. Fascinating and insightful, with informed voices from the sport, this is a collection not to be missed.
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Eddy Merckx – Out On His Own
‘The Cannibal’ through the eyes of his rivals and teammates
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
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‘It is impossible to win everything he has won’ – Tadej Pogacar'Explains why and how the Belgian champion will remain the greatest cyclist of all time' – Planète CyclismeThe author puts the Belgian's most beautiful wins in perspective by looking at his opponents'– L’Est Républicain‘Merckx is in a class by himself’ – Jacques AnquetilA UNIQUE ACCOUNT OF MERCKX'S DOMINANCE OF CYCLING, WITH PREVIOUSLY UNTOLD ANECDOTES AND MEMORIES. WITH AN AFTERWORD BY EDDY MERCKXFor over 50 years, Eddy Merckx has reigned supreme as the greatest cyclist of all time, winning every bike race going: Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, La Vuelta, The Monuments, World Championships and the Hour Record. With Tadej Pogacar’s recent exploits inviting comparison with the man they called the ‘Cannibal’, this book looks back at Merckx’s incredible lifetime of racing, and of his insatiable appetite for victory which won him over 500 races.Former L’Équipe journalist Guy Roger has traversed Europe to talk to the officials and journalists who were there, to interview Merckx’s former adversaries and teammates, and to reveal their accounts of racing with and against him.Filled with anecdotes and previously untold memories, the book also looks back at the surreal Merckx years through the eyes of some of his greatest admirers such as Ned Boulting, Carlton Kirby, Nige Tassell, Andy McGrath and Phil Cavell. Eddy Merckx himself looks back at his life in a moving afterword, making this the ultimate celebration of a truly fascinating man.
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Hur blev Roger Federer en av världens bästa tennisspelare? Att underbarnet från Schweiz hade framtiden för sig var det få som tvivlade på. Men att han skulle hänga sig kvar i toppen i tjugo års tid var inte lika självklart.
Här får vi följa Federers väg från temperamentsfull tonåring till ikonisk idrottsman: genombrottet i Wimbledon, rivaliteten med Nadal och Djokovic, samt vägen tillbaka till toppen efter att ha varit nere för räkning. Dessutom får vi en inblick i vad som format honom som spelare och människa.
Genom intervjuer med Roger Federer själv, hans stab och några av hans främsta rivaler är Mästaren den första biografin som kommer riktigt nära en av sportens giganter.
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Christopher Clarey är tennisreporter och har bevakat internationell sport för bland annat New York Times och International Herald Tribune under 30 års tid.
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THE BRILLIANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. ‘A searingly honest account of the Arsenal legend’s quest to recover from alcoholism. Unflinchingly brave.’ Sunday MirrorBeing Addicted was only half the story, now comes the stunning new autobiography from Tony Adams, now appearing on Strictly Come Dancing. Tony Adams was a charismatic figure on the football field, a true leader for Arsenal and England. He won league titles in three separate decades, and after the Gunners moved to their new stadium at the Emirates, it was fitting that a statue of him was erected outside to celebrate his extraordinary career. But, for much of that time, he was also drinking heavily and eventually admitted in his book Addicted that he was an alcoholic.Now, in that book’s stunning successor Sober, Adams reveals what happened next. He discusses the impact that Arsene Wenger had when he arrived at Arsenal in 1996, and how the manager’s new methods helped extend his career and brought new success to the club. Always a great thinker on the game, Adams moved into coaching and management on retirement, playing a key role in Portsmouth’s famous FA Cup triumph in 2008, and taking on new challenges in the Netherlands, Azerbaijan, China and now Spain to broaden his perspective.He movingly explains the struggles he’s faced to stay sober for twenty years and why he set up Sporting Chance, the charity which provides treatment and support for sports stars suffering from addictions. He assesses why Arsenal have struggled to repeat the title-winning formula of his own time there.Sober is a truly inspirational memoir from someone who has battled with his demons, but has continued to take things on, one day at a time.
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The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood's blockbuster movie which was nominated for six academy awards, including best picture. From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. His fellow American warriors, whom he protected with deadly precision from rooftops and stealth positions during the Iraq War, called him "The Legend"; meanwhile, the enemy feared him so much they named him al-Shaitan ("the devil") and placed a bounty on his head. Kyle, who was tragically killed in 2013, writes honestly about the pain of war-including the deaths of two close SEAL teammates-and in moving first-person passages throughout, his wife, Taya, speaks openly about the strains of war on their family, as well as on Chris. Gripping and unforgettable, Kyle's masterful account of his extraordinary battlefield experiences ranks as one of the great war memoirs of all time.