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Welcome to Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, in a working-class corner of the Bronx, where a driven coach inspires his teams to win games and championships - and learn Russian history and graduate and go on to college.

Josef Bloch, antiguo portero de un equipo de fútbol, es despedido de su trabajo como mecánico y debe empezar una nueva etapa en su vida por cauces tan dolorosos como desconocidos para él. Vivirá escrupulosamente cada momento del día, pero también los atravesará como si un velo de algodón lo envolviera todo. Ni el cine, ni el crimen, ni el viaje lograrán crear sensaciones capaces de llegar a su conciencia de una forma clara. Sólo los recuerdos de su época de futbolista serán capaces de presentarse ante él de un modo más o menos aprehensible.

When we first meet the young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story, he is one of 13 children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or any of the things a child might learn in school. And he has no serious experience playing organized football.

Honest, funny, brave and inspired, Macca shares her story here for the first time: the family and first-believers who supported and challenged her from the beginning; the coaches and mentors who pushed her beyond her comfort zone and provided the blueprint of a champion; the rivals and teammates who transformed the Matildas into a global force to be reckoned with.

Diego Armando Maradona ya era un adicto cuando millones quedaron atónitos ante aquel gol inigualable contra los ingleses durante el Mundial 86. A partir de entonces, a las drogas se sumaron el alcohol, la adicción al sexo y el descontrol alimentario. Esos consumos terminarían por acorralarlo en un cuarto sórdido del Gran Buenos Aires.

From the revered Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and writer, comes his national best seller on one of the world’s oldest and most popular activities, fishing. Presented in narrative form as a conversation between a fisherman and the stranger, Hersey draws upon his own experiences and passion as the fisherman reflects on the age-old sport, offering his own insights and thoughts. From the depths of the ocean to the creatures near the shore, Hersey perfectly answers why fishing has been such an integral part of humanity.

Por estas páginas desfilan Pelé, Maradona, Baggio, Ronaldo, Zidane y Suárez; pero también hay espacio #entre diversos personajes# para una futbolista de Nigeria, una monja fanática de la selección chilena, un delantero austriaco que se negó a jugar por la Alemania Nazi y un defensa africano que salvó la vida de sus compañeros.

Lost in the annals of boxing is the sport's true Cinderella story. James J. Braddock, dubbed "Cinderella Man" by Damon Runyon, was a once promising light heavyweight for whom a string of losses in the ring and a broken right hand happened to coincide with the Great Crash of 1929.

Regardless of how you view guns, I want you to listen to this book with an open mind. Just know that by learning about your rights under the US federal and your individual state law to carry a handgun and learning about how to carry it around with you will not make you a target nor will it put you in any more danger than what we all face in our daily life. But know that in the event if you find yourself in any situation, at least you have a tool that you can use to defend yourself.

In this book, Suresh Raina takes us through the challenges he faced as a young cricketer. He was bullied in school and at cricket camps, but he always punched above his weight, overcoming every adversity life threw at him and never giving up. This is the story of the lessons he learnt and the friendships he built.

Reggie Jackson and Bob Gibson offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to understand America's pastime from their unique insider perspective. Legendary. Insightful. Uncompromising. Candid. Uncensored. Mr. October and Hoot Gibson unfortunately never faced each other on the field. But now, in Sixty Feet, Six Inches, these two legends open up in fascinating detail about the game they love and how it was, is, and should be played. Their one-of-a-kind insider stories recall a who's who of baseball nobility.

An upcoming book to be published by Penguin Random House.

From the acclaimed PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize-winning author of A Naked Singularity, a shockingly hilarious novel that tackles, with equal aplomb, both America’s most popular sport and its criminal justice system. From Paterson, New Jersey, to Rikers Island to the streets of New York, Sergio de la Pava’s Lost Empress introduces listeners to a cast of characters unlike any other in modern fiction: dreamers and exiles, immigrants and night-shift workers, a lonely pastor and others on the fringes of society - each with their own impact on the fragile universe they navigate.

Band 3 der TikTok-Hype-Reihe als Hörbuch: Baseballer-Single-Dad meets Wild Girl Kai Rhodes hat ein Problem: Der Pitcher des Baseball-Teams von Chicago braucht dringend eine neue Nanny, doch bisher hat keine der Kandidatinnen überzeugt. Auch Miller Montgomery erfüllt seine Ansprüche nicht. Sie ist wild und sprunghaft – und viel zu anziehend! Doch sie ist die Tochter des Trainers und somit unkündbar. Für Miller ist der neue Nanny-Job eine willkommene Abwechslung, und der kleine Max ist ein Schatz, doch sein Vater Kai ist eine Spaßbremse. Miller will ihn daran erinnern, wie man das Leben genießt!

When LeBron James signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2018, the match looked like one made in heaven. Here was a living legend, the preeminent athlete of his generation, joining forces with one of the most iconic teams in all of sports. The Lakers, in the midst of their worst stretch in franchise history and reeling from the death of their legendary owner Dr. Jerry Buss, needed a savior. LeBron, fresh off ending Cleveland’s 50-year title drought, needed a new challenge to help further burnish his legacy. The script wrote itself.

Bobby Tom ha nacido en Heaven, Texas, bendecido por los dioses: tiene cuerpo de modelo, los ojos azules y ha sido un legendario futbolista de los Chicago Stars, hasta que una lesión lo aparta de los terrenos de juego.

Modern sports culture is causing many former athletes to face an identity crisis. We are unfulfilled, discontented, and depressed. If athletic achievement isn't our purpose in life, what is? Is life itself just a big game? In his raw and vulnerable real-life account, Ben will help you discover YOUR game and how to play it best.

Pep Guardiolas jahrelange Arbeit beim FC Barcelona, erst als Spieler, dann als Trainer, war eine Erfolgsgeschichte der Superlative: 2009 - nach einigen titellosen Jahren - erreichte der FC Barcelona das bisher nie dagewesene Sextuple, d.h. den Gewinn aller bedeutenden nationalen und internationalen Titel im gleichen Jahr .

Hunting has a rich history and many modern uses. For some, it is a thrilling sport; for others, it is a chance to challenge nature; and then for those like me, it is a way to provide food and other necessities. Wild game meat is free from hormones and harmful chemicals, is organic, and is really good for you. If you can catch it yourself, then you will literally know where your meat comes from. You can prepare the meat yourself too. My book will teach you how. In this book, I’m going to discuss everything you need to know about wild game hunting if you are a beginner.

Wie aus einem Traum von Schokolade das wohl berühmteste Quadrat der Welt wurde ... Verführerisches Aroma und zart-schmelzender, vollmundiger Geschmack. Als die junge Clara zum ersten Mal ein Stück Schokolade probiert, weiß sie sofort, dass sie die süße Köstlichkeit zu ihrem Beruf machen will. 1912 legt sie gemeinsam mit ihrem Ehemann Alfred Ritter den Grundstein für eine Schokoladen- und Zuckerwarenfabrik. Clara erfindet schließlich eine quadratische Tafel, deren zahlreiche Sorten das Zeug haben, die Welt zu erobern.