Dickie Bird Autobiography

Author : Dickie Bird
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1444756079
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dickie Bird Autobiography written by Dickie Bird and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dickie Bird's retirement was an international event shown on TV screens and newspapers throughout the world. He is a household name, an eccentric, and one of the most loved and respected characters in world cricket. His idiosyncratic style and infectious humour has endeared him to millions, transcending his sport. Fiercely proud of his background as a Yorkshire miner's son, his account follows his youth in Barnsley, his early days as a cricketer, through to his career as an umpire and his experiences of the international scene, all told with total honesty by this very private person. As the most respected umpire in the game, Dickie has serious and constructive points to make about modern cricket. He has fearlessly berated fast-bowlers when necessary. He has some sharp comments to make about ball tampering and he has mixed feelings about the introduction of the third umpire. Dickie wanted to go out at the top and he has certainly done so - after standing at 66 Test matches, three World Cup finals and 92 one-day Internationals. Combining forthright views on the game and those involved in it, compelling accounts of what it is like behind the scenes in cricket at the highest level, and the hilarious stories for which Dickie is so well known, here is the refreshing and enjoyable autobiography of a sporting legend.

Author : Dickie Bird
Publisher : Coronet
ISBN 13 : 9780340684580
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dickie Bird written by Dickie Bird and published by Coronet. This book was released on 1998 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dickie Bird's retirement was an international event shown on TV screens and newspapers throughout the world. He is a household name, an eccentric, and one of the most loved and respected characters in world cricket. His idiosyncratic style and infectious humour has endeared him to millions, transcending his sport. Fiercely proud of his background as a Yorkshire miner's son, his account follows his youth in Barnsley, his early days as a cricketer, through to his career as an umpire and his experiences of the international scene, all told with total honesty by this very private person. As the most respected umpire in the game, Dickie has serious and constructive points to make about modern cricket. He has fearlessly berated fast-bowlers when necessary. He has some sharp comments to make about ball tampering and he has mixed feelings about the introduction of the third umpire. Dickie wanted to go out at the top and he has certainly done so - after standing at 66 Test matches, three World Cup finals and 92 one-day Internationals. Combining forthright views on the game and those involved in it, compelling accounts of what it is like behind the scenes in cricket at the highest level, and the hilarious stories for which Dickie is so well known, here is the refreshing and enjoyable autobiography of a sporting legend.

Author : Dickie Bird
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dickie Bird written by Dickie Bird and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the time Dickie Bird retired from international cricket in 1996, he had stood at over 66 Test matches and 150 internationals. In his autobiography, Dickie gives a behind-the-scenes account of the game and those involved in it.

Author : Dickie Bird
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1444769626
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 80 Not Out: My Favourite Cricket Memories written by Dickie Bird and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2013-04-11 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hardly a week goes by without Dickie Bird visiting a county or Test match arena where he can keep up to date with all that is happening in the cricket world, while at the same time taking the opportunity to reflect, in the company of old friends and acquaintances, on his own colourful contribution to the sport that lasted for over half a century. Dickie remains the most famous umpire of them all and is still highly respected throughout the world. A lovable eccentric with a joyful sense of fun, he decided, as he approached his eightieth birthday, to recall the highlights of his life in cricket, while also providing an illuminating insight into what he has been up to since his retirement.

Author : Dickie Bird
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1444717553
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book White Cap and Bails written by Dickie Bird and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-02-16 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this anecdotal book, the unstoppable Dickie Bird takes one County Cricket Club at a time and revisits each with the aid of memorabilia, statistics, books and videos. A mass of new hilarious stories flow from Dickie as he flexes his memory: he describes the cricketers, the matches and the character of these clubs. Dickie also relives his journeys as a umpire to clubs and Test match arenas overseas and recalls the humorous times that have filled his unique career. A must have for cricket enthusiasts everywhere.

Author : Miles Davis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671725823
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Miles written by Miles Davis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1990-09-15 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miles discusses his life and music from playing trumpet in high school to the new instruments and sounds from the Caribbean.

Author : Yvette Melanson
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780380795536
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Looking for Lost Bird written by Yvette Melanson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2000-01-05 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this haunting memoir, Yvette Melanson tells of being raised to believe that she was white and Jewish. At age forty-three, she learned that she was a "Lost Bird," a Navajo child taken against her family's wishes, and that her grieving birth mother had never stopped looking for her until the day she died. In this haunting memoir, Yvette Melanson tells of being raised to believe that she was white and Jewish. At age forty-three, she learned that she was a "Lost Bird," a Navajo child taken against her family's wishes, and that her grieving birth mother had never stopped looking for her until the day she died.

Author : Norman Van Aken
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1589799151
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Experience Necessary written by Norman Van Aken and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-07 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Experience Necessary is Chef Norman Van Aken’s joyride of a memoir. In it he spans twenty-plus years and nearly as many jobs—including the fateful job advertisement in the local paper for a short-order cook with “no experience necessary.” Long considered a culinary renegade and a pioneering chef, Van Aken is an American original who chopped and charred, sweated and seared his way to cooking stardom with no formal training, but with extra helpings of energy, creativity, and faith. After landing on the deceptively breezy shores of Key West, Van Aken faced hurricanes, economic downturns, and mercurial moneymen during the decades when a restaurant could open and close faster than you can type haute cuisine. From a graveyard shift grunt at an all-night barbeque joint to a James Beard–award finalist for best restaurant in America, Van Aken put his trusting heart, poetic soul, natural talent, and ever-expanding experience into every venture—and helped transform the American culinary landscape along the way. In the irreverent tradition of Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential,and populated by a rogues’ gallery of colorful characters—including movie stars, legendary musicians, and culinary giants Julia Child, Emeril Lagasse, and Charlie Trotter—No Experience Necessary offers a uniquely personal, highly-entertaining under-the-tablecloth view of the high-stakes world of American cuisine told with wit, insight, and great affection by a natural storyteller.

Author : Tino Best
Publisher : John Blake
ISBN 13 : 9781786060341
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mind the Windows written by Tino Best and published by John Blake. This book was released on 2016-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiery cricketer Tino Best lived life in the fast lane - on and off the pitch. He will go down in history as one of the quickest bowlers ever to have played the game, consistently exceeding 145kph during his 11-year international career for the West Indies. His easygoing personality, charm and willingness to live the playboy lifestyle made him one of the sport's most exciting personalities. In this revealing autobiography, he tells all about his antics on and off the pitch, including the 'sledging' incident with Freddie Flintoff at Lord's in 2011 which has become part of cricketing folklore. From racism storms, to sex scandals and dressing-room battles, this is the story of a cricketer who has seen it all.

Author : David Shepherd
Publisher : Orion Media
ISBN 13 : 9780752847979
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shep written by David Shepherd and published by Orion Media. This book was released on 2002 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Shepherd is the world's most senior and respected cricketing umpire. For more than 20 years he has umpired tests, county games and one-day matches everywhere from Trinidad to Glamorgan. He has given Geoff Boycott out, resisted appeals from Curtley Ambrose, dodged straight drives from Sachin Tendulkar, calmed down Shane Warne and signalled leg-byes in his own uniquely elegant and justly famous style. His experience of umpiring spans three decades; the list of players he has umpired, known and counts as friends reads like a cricketing WHO'S WHO. And he is held in rare esteem and affection by virtually everyone involved in cricket.Beginning with an evocative account of Shepherd's North Devon childhood, the book then covers his entire career from playing for Devon to becoming an umpire. Containing a wealth of informed opinions on all aspects of cricket, past, present and future, it is also full of anecdotes from a man who has stayed at the centre of the game for nearly forty years, never losing his love of the game or his sense of humour.