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Gentlemen and Sledgers

Author : Rob Smyth

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 500 pages

File Size : 21,57 MB

Release : 2015-05-21

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1784080799

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From the celebrated mock obituary following England's first-ever defeat by Australia on home soil in 1882, to the on-pitch insults (or 'sledges') of today, ashes cricket has spawned nearly as many memorable quotes as it has balls bowled and runs scored. Gentlemen and Sledgers charts the ebb and flow of Anglo-Australian cricketing fortunes across 131 years and 314 matches by telling the stories behind 100 memorable ashes quotations. From fast bowler Jeff Thomson's classic 'I enjoy hitting a batsman more than getting him out. I like to see blood on the pitch' in 1975, to Michael Clark's notorious advice to Jimmy Anderson to 'get ready for a f****** broken arm' in 2013, the quotations embrace quips, insults, examples of the dark art of sledging – and even the occasional considered cricketing judgement. Evoking memorable moments and matches as well as highs and lows in the careers of Australia and England's greatest players, Gentlemen and Sledgers is an informal, freewheeling, discursive and entertainingly opinionated history of the ashes.



The Shorter Wisden 2017

Author : Lawrence Booth

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 474 pages

File Size : 18,17 MB

Release : 2017-04-06

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1472935233

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The Shorter Wisden is a compelling distillation of what's best in its bigger brother – and the 2017 edition of Wisden is crammed, as ever, with the best writing in the game. Available from all major eBook retailers, Wisden's digital version includes the influential Notes by the Editor, all the front-of-book articles, including Matthew Engel looking back at 60 years of Test Match Special, Derek Pringle revealing the secrets of ball-tampering, and Gideon Haigh exploring the evolution of the six. There are also superb pieces by Rob Smyth, Vic Marks and Tanya Aldred, plus reviews, obituaries and all England's Tests from the 2016 season. In an age of snap judgments, Wisden's authority and integrity are more important than ever. Yet again this year's edition is truly a “must-have” for every cricket fan. "There can't really be any doubt about the cricket book of the year, any year: it's obviously Wisden" Andrew Baker in the Daily Telegraph @WisdenAlmanack



Gentlemen and Sledgers

Author : ROB. SMYTH

Publisher :

Page : 400 pages

File Size : 24,15 MB

Release : 2017-09-07

Category :

ISBN : 9781786694133

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An updated and expanded edition of Rob Smyth's rollicking history of Anglo-Australian loathing on the cricket field, including three new pieces to cover the topsy-turvy Ashes series of 2015. Gentlemen and Sledgers charts the ebb and flow of Anglo-Australian cricketing fortunes across 131 years and 314 matches by telling the stories behind 100 memorable Ashes quotations. Examples of the dark art of sledging - and even the occasional considered cricketing judgement. Evoking memorable moments and matches as well as highs and lows in the careers of Australia and England's greatest players, Gentlemen and Sledgers is an informal, freewheeling, discursive and entertainingly opinionated history of the Ashes.





Twirlymen

Author : Amol Rajan

Publisher : Random House

Page : 404 pages

File Size : 47,12 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Cricket

ISBN : 0224083244

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From W. G. Grace to Shane Warne Twirlymen is an essential look at that most eccentric of cricketers - the spin bowler They are the masters of deception, the jokers in the pack; illusionists conjuring wickets out of thin air with nothing more than an ambled approach and a wonky grip. Not for them the brutish physicality of the pace bowler nor the reactive slogging of the batsman. Theirs is a more cerebral art. They stand alone in a team sport. They are Twirlymen.



Cricket and the Law

Author : David Fraser

Publisher : Psychology Press

Page : 458 pages

File Size : 11,84 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Cricket

ISBN : 9780714682853

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In a readable, informed and absorbing discussion of cricket's defining controversies - bodyline, chucking, ball-tampering, sledging, walking and the use of technology, among many others - Fraser explores the ambiguities of law and social order in cricket.



The Lancet

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Page : 970 pages

File Size : 25,79 MB

Release : 1876

Category : Medicine

ISBN :

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Brothers and Sisters

Author : Fredrika Bremer

Publisher :

Page : 324 pages

File Size : 17,15 MB

Release : 1848

Category : Swedish fiction

ISBN :

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The Guardian Index

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Page : 2024 pages

File Size : 39,37 MB

Release : 1999

Category : Guardian (Manchester, England)

ISBN :

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Discovery

Author : Richard Evelyn Byrd

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 477 pages

File Size : 34,47 MB

Release : 2015-05-15

Category : Travel

ISBN : 1442241675

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From the moment Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. first left Anarctica, he knew he would return. Both the scope of the strange land and the uncharted scientific promise it held were too much to leave behind forever. Launched during the Great Depression amid great public skepticism, and with funding at its toughest to secure, this second Antarctic journey proved as daring, eventful, and inspiring as any Byrd ever embarked upon. Reissued for today’s readers, Admiral Byrd’s classic explorations by land, air, and sea transport us to the farthest reaches of the globe. As companions on Byrd’s journeys, modern audiences experience the polar landscape through Byrd’s own struggles, doubts, revelations, and triumphs and share the excitement of these timeless adventures.