Covering Gwen Jorgensen's transformation from child swimmer to university runner and eventually Olympic triathlete. A story of disappointment, failure, change, growth, and accomplishment, exploring themes of personal discovery, risk-taking, goal-setting, and team-building. It is sure to inspire all young readers to reach for their own dreams.
The Untold Story of Australia's First Land Speed Record
A rollicking ride through the early days of Australian motorsport. Set in 1900 - 1918 in Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, the true story of bitter rivalry between two Brisbane car importers/ dealers: E.G. Eager & Son and Canada Cycle and Motor (CCM). There are four main characters.
Ron Taylor’s broad involvement with horse racing from 1948, when he began his journalistic career, to the present day has given him a knowledge of the sport and its participants that is unique in the industry today.
Martin Flanagan, journalist at the Age, has often written of the great Wonders of Australian Sport, his love of the AFL, of the importance of Aboriginal players in the highest echelons of Australian sport. A few years ago he threw himself at the mysterious and distressed figure of Tom Wills...
Loweswater to Over Water: 105 miles in the footsteps of a legend
In 1983, the legendary Joss Naylor completed the little-known 105-mile Lakes, Meres and Waters route in a staggering 19hr 14min. This book interweaves tales of past and present as Naylor regales his 1983 epic on a re-walk 37 years later. Sure to inspire, it includes practical information for those looking to complete the route themselves.
A Biography of India's Most Famous Hunter of Man-Eating Tigers and Leopards
These are riveting, true-life tales of the legendary Jim Corbett and the man-eating tigers and leopards he tracked and killed in India in the early part of this century.
Gordon Bennett, the Father of International Motor Racing
James Gordon Bennett was born in 1841, a spoilt only son who took over as publisher of the New York Herald from his
millionaire father. Bennett tirelessly supported pioneering fields of technology and sport, always with speed in mind. In 1899,
fascinated by the new motor cars, he instigated the International Gordon Bennett Cup. The inaugural race ......
Frankie King was a precocious student and a promising basketball player at Brooklyn's James Madison High School in the early 1950s. Sportswriters were comparing Frankie to the greatest college and professional players of all time, and he was recruited as a starting guard at the University of North Carolina. But Frankie dropped out before playing a ......
Mickey Mantle's career was the stuff of legend and in this book, Jonathan Weeks tells us why. Mantle's extraordinary (and at times incredible) tales carry readers on an enthralling journey through the life of one of the most celebrated sports figures of the twentieth century.
ISBN-13: 9781493070176
(Paperback)
Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT Imprint: TAYLOR TRADE PUBLISHING
