Racing For The Gold

Author : Todd Gould
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253341334
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book For Gold and Glory written by Todd Gould and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * The story of the "Negro Speed King" and the African American racing car circuit* Chronicles the tragedies and triumphs of a dedicated group of individuals who overcame tremendous odds to chase their dreams

Author : Dell Rourk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781434366191
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Racing for the Gold written by Dell Rourk and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1467837849
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Racing for the Gold written by and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Chris Cleave
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451672748
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gold written by Chris Cleave and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the tradition of Little Bee, Chris Cleave again writes with elegance, humor, and passion about friendship, marriage, parenthood, tragedy, and redemption. What would you sacrifice for the people you love? KATE AND ZOE met at nineteen when they both made the cut for the national training program in track cycling—a sport that demands intense focus, blinding exertion, and unwavering commitment. They are built to exploit the barest physical and psychological edge over equally skilled rivals, all of whom are fighting for the last one tenth of a second that separates triumph from despair. Now at thirty-two, the women are facing their last and biggest race: the 2012 Olympics. Each wants desperately to win gold, and each has more than a medal to lose. Kate is the more naturally gifted, but the demands of her life have a tendency to slow her down. Her eight-year-old daughter Sophie dreams of the Death Star and of battling alongside the Rebels as evil white blood cells ravage her personal galaxy—she is fighting a recurrence of the leukemia that nearly killed her three years ago. Sophie doesn’t want to stand in the way of her mum’s Olympic dreams, but each day the dark forces of the universe seem to be massing against her. Devoted and self-sacrificing Kate knows her daughter is fragile, but at the height of her last frenzied months of training, might she be blind to the most terrible prognosis? Intense, aloof Zoe has always hovered on the periphery of real human companionship, and her compulsive need to win at any cost has more than once threatened her friendship with Kate—and her own sanity. Will she allow her obsession, and the advantage she has over a harried, anguished mother, to sever the bond they have shared for more than a decade? Echoing the adrenaline-fueled rush of a race around the Velodrome track, Gold is a triumph of superbly paced, heart-in-throat storytelling. With great humanity and glorious prose, Chris Cleave examines the values that lie at the heart of our most intimate relationships, and the choices we make when lives are at stake and everything is on the line.

Author : John Feinstein
Publisher : Yearling
ISBN 13 : 0375871683
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics (The Sports Beat, 6) written by John Feinstein and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein dives headfirst into a scandal of Olympic proportions in this exciting sports mystery. Teen sports reporter Susan Carol is competing as a swimmer at her first-ever Olympic games. It’s the opportunity of a lifetime, and her best friend Stevie is both amazed and envious. Usually they cover sporting events together, now he’s covering her. But Stevie can’t shake the feeling that something’s not right. Everyone wants a piece of Susan Carol’s success—agents, sponsors, the media. Just how far will they go to ensure that America’s newest Olympic darling wins gold? John Feinstein has been praised as “the best writer of sports books in America today” (The Boston Globe), and he proves it again in this fast-paced novel.

Author : Igor Kusyszyn
Publisher : Thornhill, Ont. : International Gaming
ISBN 13 : 9780920228067
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harness Racing Gold written by Igor Kusyszyn and published by Thornhill, Ont. : International Gaming. This book was released on 1979 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Crime
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Organized Crime in Sports (racing). written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Crime and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Linda Kennedy
Publisher : Westholme Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kelso written by Linda Kennedy and published by Westholme Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Always considered among the top four horses of all time--with Man OWar, Secretariat, and Citation--Kelso reigned supreme for five unprecedented years in the 1960s. 15 b&w photos.

Author : Marty Nothstein
Publisher : Rodale Books
ISBN 13 : 1609613384
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Price of Gold written by Marty Nothstein and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The harrowing, triumphant tale of a cyclist's journey to Olympic victory and the price he paid to achieve greatness. Marty Nothstein, one of the greatest cyclists of all time, arrived at the 1996 Olympic Games a heavy favorite. In the match sprint at the Atlanta Olympics, an event akin to prizefighting on a bicycle, he raced around a banked, oval track. Nothstein lost by a hair's width on the finish line and vowed to win the gold at the next Olympics, saying, "I didn't come here for a silver medal." In The Price of Gold, Marty Nothstein eloquently and honestly tracks his journey to the games in Sydney and the events that molded him into the world's fastest man on a bicycle—from his tough-love upbringing in a blue-collar, split home, to the "borderline outlaw" cast of cycling characters who helped guide him through the ranks. "I had to become the worst, to become the best," Nothstein says of the single-minded determination that turned him into a veritable monster on his bike, but often forced him to neglect his own family. Sure to become a sports classic, this book will be published in time for the 2012 Olympics, when the world's eyes are trained on London and international conversation will turn to the question of what it takes to win the gold.

Author : David D. Williams
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738531182
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hydroplane Racing in Seattle written by David D. Williams and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hydroplane racing burst onto the Seattle scene in 1950, and local sports fans embraced it with a passion that is hard to imagine. Throughout the early 1950s, thousands of fans flocked to Lake Washington to watch classic races between Seattle's Slo-mo-shun boats and a fleet of East Coast challengers. For over 40 years, hydroplane racing was synonymous with summertime in Seattle. During its golden age, when "hydro fever" was at its height, drivers like Bill Muncey, Ron Musson, and Mira Slovak were sports heroes on par with today's Ken Griffey Jr. or Ichiro. Seattle became the "hydro" capital of the nation.