How Cricket Saved My Life

Author : Ian Martin
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1398451436
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Cricket Saved My Life written by Ian Martin and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An honest, often sad but humorous account of life inside a body that no longer does as it is told! Ian Martin was a sports-loving youngster. When he realised he was more enthusiastic than talented enough to make a career out of playing sport he left home and joined the Royal Navy. This book tells the story of his experiences at sea onboard HMS Ark Royal, his service during the first Gulf War on HMS London and his subsequent medical discharge after being diagnosed with a neuro-muscular condition. Ian talks about the impact of the diagnosis, his deterioration and mental health battles and how cricket helped him transition into a wheelchair and to him finding himself, and a new career. It’s a tale of rejection, dreams, discovery, determination, resilience and, ultimately, success via the floors of many hotel bathrooms and scrapes with airport security.

Author : John Stern
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408123401
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Favourite Cricketer written by John Stern and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Top-notch sports writers pay homage to the cricketers they most admire, past and present.

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 : Brian Levison
Publisher : Constable
ISBN 13 : 1780339062
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All in a Day's Cricket written by Brian Levison and published by Constable. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This selection of the very best, and most intriguing, writing on cricket, drawn from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day, adopts a fresh approach. It is arranged around the theme of the many things that must happen simply for a day's play to happen - from creating a clearing in a Malaysian jungle to getting to the ground - so includes, alongside writing by players both great and unknown, the perspectives of spectators, umpires, scorers and other unsung heroes of the game. There are contributions from John Arlott, Neville Cardus, C. L. R. James and E. V. Lucas; Marcus Trescothick writes on his introduction to cricket aged three; Angus Fraser on meeting Nelson Mandela; Phil Tufnell on being shanghaied into getting a haircut by Mike Gatting; and Rachael Heyhoe Flint on being the first woman to step onto the Lord's ground as a player. But it is the cricket itself and the outstanding players and their achievements that remain the focus - the greats of the recent and distant past involved in some of their most famous exploits. From 'disgraceful scenes at Lord's', described by Irish writer Robert Lynd, to North America, which W. G. Grace toured in 1872, and from a match played on ice to the tropical islands of Fiji and Samoa, this is a collection that does full justice to the extraordinary breadth, diversity and enduring fascination of the greatest game in the world.

Author : Michael Simkins
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1446446174
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fatty Batter written by Michael Simkins and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-03-31 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fat boy with a passion for sweets and a loathing for games, the young Michael Simkins finds in cricket a sport where size doesn't necessarily matter and a full-blown obsession is born. Now in middle-age, he still harbours the somewhat deluded belief that the England middle-order might usefully benefit from his hard-earned skills. From impromptu Test series played with his dad in the family sweetshop through to his years running a team of dysfunctional inadequates, Fatty Batter is the bestselling and hilarious story of one man's life lived through cricket.

Author : Liesa Mignogna
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250043921
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Last Night, a Superhero Saved My Life written by Liesa Mignogna and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of essays exploring the origins of the authors' relationships to their favorite superheroes; including stories from Neil Gaiman, Jodi Picoult, Brad Meltzer, Joe Lansdale and more! As broad as our exponentially growing cultural fascination with caped crusaders is, it runs just as deep as this long awaited anthology underscores. Liesa Mignogna the VP, Editorial Director at Simon Pulse and editor of this anthology can expound on the virtues of Batman (her wedding was even Batman-themed) but it's her retelling of incredibly harrowing yet ultimately inspiring encounters with The Dark Knight over the years, as she struggled to coexist with the supervillains in her own family that birthed this collection. Last Night, A Superhero Saved My Life gives readers the chance to connect to their beloved authors, while those same authors connect to their beloved superheroes, and within that feedback loop of respect and admiration lies a stellar, and phenomenally accessible, anthology full of thrills, chills, and spills. Contributors include New York Times bestsellers Christopher Golden, Leigh Bardugo, Brad Meltzer, Neil Gaiman, Carrie Vaughn, Jodi Picoult, and Jamie Ford, as well as award-winners and mainstays like Joe R. Lansdale, Karina Cooper, and Ron Currie, Jr among many others. Last Night, A Superhero Saved My Life's authors share their most hilarious and most heart wrenching experiences with their chosen defender to explain why superheroes matter, what they tell us about who we are, and what they mean for our future.

Author : Michael Simkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781407419602
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fatty Batter written by Michael Simkins and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fat boy with a passion for sweets and a loathing for games, the young Michael Simkins finds in cricket a sport where size doesn't necessarily matter and a full-blown obsession is born. Now in middle-age he still harbours the somewhat deluded belief that the England middle-order might usefully benefit from his hard-earned skills. From impromptu Test series played with his dad in the family sweetshop, through to his years running a team of dysfunctional inadequates, it tells the hilarious story of one man's life lived through cricket.

Author : George Selden
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 031258248X
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse / Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride written by George Selden and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: See how Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse became friends and then soar above the city with Chester Cricket and Lulu Pigeon in these delightful companions to The Cricket in Times Square.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Country Life written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Liberty Hyde Bailey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.6G/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Country Life in America written by Liberty Hyde Bailey and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: