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  • Cricket in the Second World War

    The Grim Test

    de John Broom ...
    As the civilised world fought for its very survival, Sir Home Gordon, writing in The Cricketer in September 1939, stated that 'England has now started the grim Test Match with Germany', the objective of which was to 'win the Ashes of civilisation'. Despite the interruption of first-class and Test cricket in England, the game continued to be played and watched by hundreds of thousands of people ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Bodyline Autopsy

    The full story of the most sensational Test cricket series: Australia v England 1932-33

    de David Frith ...
    In 1932, England’s cricket team, led by the haughty Douglas Jardine, had the fastest bowler in the world: Harold Larwood. Australia boasted the most prolific batsman the game had ever seen: the young Don Bradman. He had to be stopped. The leg-side bouncer onslaught inflicted by Larwood and Bill Voce, with a ring of fieldsmen waiting for catches, caused an outrage that reverberated to the back of ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Silence Of The Heart

    Cricket Suicides

    de David Frith ...
    Cricket has an alarming suicide rate.Among international players for England and several other countries it is far above the national average for all sports: and there have been numerous instances at other levels of the game.For thirty years, celebrated cricket author David Frith has collected data on this sad subject. Silence of the Heart is his compelling account of over a hundred cricketers - ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

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  • WG Grace

    An Intimate Biography

    de Robert Low ...
    Using contemporary accounts of W.G.'s greatest innings, many for the first time, Robert Low presents a radically new image of the sportsman who was recognised as the pre-eminent athlete of his day.From his emergence as a teenage prodigy to well past his fiftieth year W.G. dominated the game of cricket, taking 2,876 wickets and scoring 54,896 first-class runs in a career lasting an incredible 43 ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD

  • Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You

    The Biography

    de Jonathan Wilson ...
    'COMPREHENSIVE' The Sunday Times'BEAUTIFULLY DETAILED' The Guardian'UTTERLY COMPELLING' Nottingham Forest News'WONDERFUL' Forbes'INTIMATE' FourFourTwo20th Anniversary Edition - Fully revised and updated.In this authoritative, critical biography, Jonathan Wilson draws an intimate and powerful portrait of one of ... ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

  • More Than A Game

    The Story of Cricket's Early Years

    de John Major ...
    The former Prime Minister examines the early history of one of the great loves of his life in a book that sheds new light on the summer game’s social origins.All his life John Major has loved cricket. In ‘More Than a Game’ he examines it from its origins up to the coming of the First World War. Along the way he considers the crucial role of the wealthy patrons who gambled huge sums on early ... Leer más

    $2.49 USD

  • The Bloodied Field

    Croke Park. Sunday 21 November 1920

    de Michael Foley ...
    On the morning of 21 November 1920, Jane Boyle walked to Sunday Mass in the church where she would be married five days later. That afternoon she went with her fiancé to watch Tipperary and Dublin play a Gaelic football match at Croke Park. Across the city fourteen men lay dead in their beds after a synchronised IRA attack designed to cripple British intelligence services in Ireland. Trucks of ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Essential Wisden

    An Anthology of 150 Years of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

    Edición de John Stern, Marcus Williams ...
    The 150 editions of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack have contained more than 133,000 pages since the first edition was published in 1864. Over the years the Almanack – published every year without fail – has charted the highs and lows of the game, always giving its authoritative opinion on the players, the matches and the pressing issues of the day.For the first time in one volume, The Essential ... Leer más

    $70.99 USD

  • Public Schools and The Great War

    The Generation Lost

    de Anthony Seldon, David Walsh ...
    "A sweeping riveting history that manages to capture the essence of the conflict, as well as the contributions of particular schools and individuals." — HMC Insight MagazineIn this pioneering and original book, Anthony Seldon and David Walsh study the impact that the public schools had on the conduct of the Great War, and vice versa. Drawing on fresh evidence from 200 leading public schools and ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The GAA and the War of Independence

    de Tim Pat Coogan ...
    Founded in 1884 to promote Irish identity and revive the traditional sports of hurling, football and handball, the GAA enjoyed an intimate relationship with the nationalist movement from the turn of the twentieth century onwards. In 1914, the Irish Volunteers drilled with hurley sticks in the absence of rifles; after the 1916 Rising many of those interned by the British were GAA members; and on 21 ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Arlott, Swanton and the Soul of English Cricket

    de Stephen Fay, David Kynaston ...
    **WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019'Beautifully written, meticulously researched and stuffed with rich sporting and social history ... Unputdownable'** Mail on SundayAfter the Second World War, as the BBC tightened its grip on the national consciousness, two of the most famous English voices were commentators on games of cricket. John Arlott and E.W. ('Jim') Swanton ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Irish War of Independence

    The Definitive Account of the Anglo Irish War of 1919 - 1921

    de Micahel Hopkinson ...
    Within months of first publication, Michael Hopkinson's study of the Irish War of Independence established itself as by far most comprehensive and evocative account of the role played by the conflict in shaping modern Ireland. It has been welcomed both by scholars and the general public alike, and gone further than perhaps any other recent publication in recasting our understanding of Ireland's ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus