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The Unser Legacy | |||
| Four Generations of Speed | Miscellaneous | |||
| Gordon Kirby | ||||
| Motorbooks 2005 256 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0760320403 254x252mm | ||||
| Published Price £24.99 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| The Unser family have come out on top within motor sports for eighty years. Collectively, they hold seven Indy car season championships and 25-plus Pikes Peak victories. Yet despite their successes, the Unsers have not always triumphed. Longtime motorsports journalist Gordon Kirby chronicles the hardest challenges the family faced on their road to the top. Also included are several rare family photographs detailing both their professional and personal lives. | ||||
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Ricky Rudd | |||
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| John Regruth | ||||
| MBI 2002 156 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 076031327X | ||||
| Published Price £10.99 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| Ricky Rudd's career has surged since he signed on with the Robert Yates team in 2000. With 27 Winston Cup career victories to his credit, Rudd set a modern day NASCAR Winston Cup record by posting at least one win every year from 1982 through 1998. In addition to comprehensive race data and track-by-track results, a selection of colour photography spanning Rudds entire NASCAR career includes candid shots of the driver and action photos of the cars he has driven through the 2001 season. | ||||
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Jeff Gordon | |||
| The NASCAR Superstar's Story | Miscellaneous | |||
| Glen Grissom; Leah Noel | ||||
| Motorbooks 2005 160 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0760321787 270x210mm | ||||
| Published Price £12.99 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| When Jeff Gordon burst onto the NASCAR scene in the early 1990s, he broke the stereotypical mould for a stock car racing champion. He was young, handsome, articulate, media-savvy and from California. This book covers his approach to driving, his team and cars, and his business knowledge as a leading endorser and now a team owner. | ||||
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Superbike 2003-2004 | |||
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| Claudio e Fabrizio Porrozzi | ||||
| SEP 2004 161 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 8887110492 309x237mm | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Sale Price £11.99 | |||
| This official publication of the FIM covers the 13 races of the 2004 season in text and pictures. It also includes features on the riders, teams, brands, paddock and VIP activities and full statistics, as well as other two-wheeled championships. | ||||
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F1 2004 | |||
| The World Championship Photographic Review | Miscellaneous | |||
| Bryn Williams; Frits van Eldik; Paolo D'Alessio | ||||
| SEP 2004 224 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 8887110484 330x240mm | ||||
| Published Price £23.00 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| A photographic review of the entire Formula One season with reports and analysis of the 17 races, discussion of key issues and cut-away drawings of the main competing cars. | ||||
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The Games of '36 | |||
| A Pictorial History of the 1936 Olympics in Germany | Miscellaneous | |||
| Stan Cohen | ||||
| Pictorial Histories 1996 236 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1575100096 277x215mm | ||||
| Published Price $19.95 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| Published to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Olympics in Berlin and the winter games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, this is a record of a remarkable sporting year. Steeped in controversy, threatened by political boycotts and tainted with racism, these were the first Olympics to be televised and saw athletes Jesse Owens and Sonja Henie become international stars. Illustrated with contemporary photographs, this book portrays a world attempting to embrace the Olympic spirit on the threshold of war. | ||||
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George Best and 21 Others | |||
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| Colin Shindler | ||||
| Headline 2005 370 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 075531154X | ||||
| Published Price £7.99 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| In 1964 Manchester United met Manchester City in the FA Youth Cup semi final. A record-breaking 50,000 fans were drawn to watch two young teams that were among the best in the country. This is the story of the game, the players (including a boy from Belfast, touched with genius) and what happened afterwards. Vivid and compelling, it underlines the fact that football is a harsh business where all but the few share shattered dreams. | ||||
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The Sporting Scot | |||
| An Anthology of Scottish Sport | Miscellaneous | |||
| Brian D Osborne; Ronald Armstrong (Edited by) | ||||
| Birlinn 2003 228 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1841582824 | ||||
| Published Price £9.99 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| An anthology of Scottish sport and its relationship to Scottish literature, with extracts from novels, short stories and verse together with journalism, reports and sports analysis, demonstrating the occasional overlaps between the two disciplines. | ||||
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Scotland's Sporting Curiosities | |||
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| Jim Craig | ||||
| Birlinn 2005 192 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1841583367 | ||||
| Published Price £9.99 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| A reference work of Scottish sportsmen and their achievements from the earliest times up to the 2004 Olympics with stories and anecdotes, divided into chapters on individual sports from rugby and football to table tennis and curling. | ||||
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Poker | |||
| Bets, Bluffs and Bad Beats | Miscellaneous | |||
| A Alvarez | ||||
| Chronicle 2004 128 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 081184627X 240x222mm | ||||
| Published Price $18.95 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| In this eclectic history of the game, poker writer and enthusiast A Alvarez examines the rules and techniques, language and subculture, as well as the remarkable players and legendary contests that have made poker the world's most popular card game. Illustrated with poker-inspired art, advertisements and cinema-stills, it provides an insider's look at the art of bluff, counter-bluff and 'never giving a sucker an even break'. | ||||
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How to Play Poker and Win | |||
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| Brian McNally | ||||
| Channel 4 2000 157 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0752272195 | ||||
| Published Price £7.99 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| Produced by the team who made Late Night Poker for Channel 4 television, this is a detailed guide for both novices and more experienced players. Covering the history of the game, the rules and main variants, it also contains advice on how to read your opponent and playing etiquette and a glossary of poker terms. | ||||
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Nowhere to Hide | |||
| The Story of Royale Racing Cars | Miscellaneous | |||
| Paul Lawrence | ||||
| TFM 2001 192 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0953005291 260x197mm | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Sale Price £11.99 | |||
| The story of the Royale Racing car manufacturer based in Wembley which produced sport racing cars for nearly 30 years from Formula Ford to Formula 2 documenting the rise and fall of the company and the drivers. | ||||
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Swimming | |||
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| Montague A Holbein | ||||
| Bloomsbury 2005 120 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0747579083 | ||||
| Published Price £7.99 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
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Into the Second Century | |||
| Surrey CCC, A History Since 1945 | Miscellaneous | |||
| Jerry Lodge | ||||
| Tempus 2004 224 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0752431773 | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| A history of Surrey County Cricket Club since World War II with information on Surrey greats such a Peter May and Alec Stewart and statistical information demonstrating that the club has become by far the most successful English side in the decades since its centenary celebrations in 1945. | ||||
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1966 and All That | |||
| My Autobiography | Miscellaneous | |||
| Geoff Hurst | ||||
| Headline 2006 340 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0755314549 | ||||
| Published Price £18.99 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| No debate about the single most memorable feat in English sport will end in unanimity, but all such arguments must start with Geoff Hurst's hat-trick in the 1966 World Cup Final. In his autobiography, Hurst paints an enthralling picture of English football's golden years, of life under Sir Alf Ramsey and of the men who won and lost the World Cup. He also talks about the great players he played with and against and analyses some of England's recent performances. Updated edition. | ||||
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