Author : Ashley Mallett
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 17,23 MB
Release : 2021-07-28
Category : Cricket
ISBN : 9781743797402
The first major biography of Australian cricketer, Neil Harvey, the last living member of Donald Bradman's 1948 Invincibles.
Author : Ashley Mallett
Publisher : Hardie Grant Publishing
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 45,60 MB
Release : 2021-07-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1743587597
Neil Harvey: The Last Invincible is the first major biography of Australian cricketer Neil Harvey, the last living member of Donald Bradman’s 1948 Invincibles. Neil Harvey was one of Australia’s greatest left-handed batsmen and a prolific run scorer. He was the youngest member of Bradman’s famous team, the Invincibles, which toured England in 1948 and remained undefeated in their 34 matches. Representing Australia, Harvey’s stunning test career spans from his moment as the youngest Australian test cricketer to score a century, to vice-captain of the Australian team from 1957 until his retirement. Harvey played 79 Tests for Australia, making more than 6000 runs and 21 centuries. Bowlers rarely found a way of disrupting his concentration or curbing his attack. Harvey has been inducted into the Australian and ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, named in the Australian Test Team of the 20th Century and awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia. Now, for the first time, there is a full-length biography to capture the career and life behind this living legend. In Neil Harvey: The Last Invincible, biographer and former Australian test cricketer Ashley Mallett draws not only on Harvey’s own recollections but those of Australian and international cricketers, commentators and officials to bring to life his remarkable story.
Author : Richard H. Thomas
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 12,41 MB
Release : 2022-08-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1789143721
As famous for its complicated rules as it is for its contentious (and lengthy) matches, cricket is the quintessentially English sport. Or is it? From cricket in literature to sticky wickets, Cricketing Lives is a paean to the quirky characters and global phenomenon that are cricket. Cricket is defined by the characters who have played it, watched it, reported it, ruled upon it, ruined it, and rejoiced in it. Humorous and deeply affectionate, Cricketing Lives tells the story of the world’s greatest and most incomprehensible game through those who have shaped it, from the rustic contests of eighteenth-century England to the spectacle of the Indian Premier League. It’s about W. G. Grace and his eye to his wallet; the invincible Viv Richards; and Sarah Taylor, “the best wicketkeeper in the world.” Richard H. Thomas steers a course through the despair of war, tactical controversies, and internecine politics, to reveal how cricket has always warmed our hearts as nothing else can.
Author : Martin Rogers
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 17,13 MB
Release : 2020-12-18
Category :
ISBN : 9780648845409
Sam Loxton was the 17th and last player picked on Don Bradman's 1948 tour of England. It was the greatest thrill of his life. And it set him up for a high-profile life which saw him become a noted parliamentarian and national cricket selector. His fascinating journey has been wonderfully told by author Martin Rogers in this full length hardback biography, published by Ken Piesse as part of his Nostalgia Series which also includes football titles, such as Barry Davis' Born to Play by his brother Ken Davis
Author : Russell Stamm Jr.
Publisher :
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 20,82 MB
Release : 2012-07-05
Category :
ISBN : 9780983955115
Author : Katherine Collins
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 11,46 MB
Release : 2017-05-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781772620153
The world's only musical comic book, originally published by Aardvark/ Vanaheim in the 1980s, now collected for the first time.
Author : Lawrence Booth
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 12,55 MB
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1472935225
The Shorter Wisden is a compelling distillation of what's best in its bigger brother. Available from all major eBook retailers, Wisden's digital version includes the influential Notes by the Editor, all the front-of-book articles, reviews, obituaries and all England's Tests from the 2015 season.
Author : Harry Beckwith
Publisher : Business Plus
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 19,4 MB
Release : 2000-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0759521522
SELLING THE INVISIBLE is a succinct and often entertaining look at the unique characteristics of services and their prospects, and how any service, from a home-based consultancy to a multinational brokerage, can turn more prospects into clients and keep them. SELLING THE INVISIBLE covers service marketing from start to finish. Filled with wonderful insights and written in a roll-up-your-sleeves, jargon-free, accessible style, such as: Greatness May Get You Nowhere Focus Groups Don'ts The More You Say, the Less People Hear & Seeing the Forest Around the Falling Trees.
Author : Adam Zwar
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 15,94 MB
Release : 2022-06-28
Category : Cricket
ISBN : 9780733647383
"From cricket tragic Adam Zwar, co-creator of Wilfred, Lowdown and Squinters, comes a hilarious, thought-provoking collection of big memories and the big matches that accompanied them. Every significant moment in actor and writer Adam Zwar's life is tied to cricket. He knows when his voice broke - it happened quickly and harshly during the 1985 Ashes tour of England. He got his first girlfriend during the First Test against England in 1990, then realised the relationship was over during the Fifth Test at the WACA. Obsessed with cricket since boyhood, the game has always been in the background - or foreground - of Adam's life. One of Australia's funniest writers, he tells of twelve formative summers, the milestones and the unforgettable moments inextricably linked with the game he loves. During one disastrous Ashes series Adam was making a documentary on Bodyline and facing Brett Lee bowling over 145km/h at his helmetless head, and when Australia lost to Sri Lanka in the 1996 World Cup final he was working as a driver for a Melbourne escort agency. And the time Australia was poised for an easy win against India in Kolkata in 2001, Adam was stuck in a Stuttgart hotel drinking milkshakes with AC/DC. Twelve Summers will entertain you, make you laugh out loud and move you - and not just because India beat Australia in Kolkata and Adam had to try really hard to not let the Young brothers see him cry"--Publisher's description.
Author : Faith Erin Hicks
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues)
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 40,24 MB
Release : 2011-12-21
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN :
The comics-exclusive prequel to the new game from Naughty Dog! Creative director Neil Druckmann teams with breakout comics star Faith Erin Hicks to present the story of thirteen-year-old Ellie's life in a violent, postpandemic world. A newcomer at a military boarding school, Ellie is reluctant to toe the line, which earns her new enemiesand her first glimpse of the world outside. Must-read tie-in to the upcoming release from Naughty Dog! Coscripted by _The Last of Us_ creative director Neil Druckmann.
