Racquet

Author : David Shaftel
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
ISBN 13 : 1913462021
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Racquet written by David Shaftel and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best writing on tennis from the best tennis writers in the business. Racquet was founded in 2016 to be the voice of a new tennis boom. When the popularity of tennis peaked in the late '70s and early '80s, the sport was populated by buccaneering talents with outsize personas, such as Borg, Evert, McEnroe, Navratilova, Gerulaitis, Austin, King, and Connors. The game was played in every park, and tennis clothes became appropriate attire for cocktails as well as for a match. With success, however, came polish, and tennis--if not the game itself, then how it came to be represented in the culture--got boring. Having a big personality was no longer a virtue. Tennis went back to being a bastion of the elite. Racquet is a place for those who knew all along that the spirit of the tennis boom was alive. Tennis has always been present in the arts, in the popular culture, in the skateboarding, hip-hop, and fashion worlds. That side of tennis was--and is--obscured by the tightly controlled messaging of the athletes, the corporate glean of the major tournaments, and the all-white attire of the country-club scene. Racquet was launched to represent the latent, diverse, and large constituency of tennis that has not been embraced by the sport writ large. Featuring the work of some of today's finest writers, the quarterly independent magazine highlights the art, culture, and style that are adjacent to the sport--and just enough of the pro game to keep the diehards satisfied. This collection features some of the best writing from the first four years of Racquet and tackles such immediate topics as: How should tennis smell? What's the deal with Andre Agassi's private jet? What can a professional tennis player learn from Philip Roth? Why is tennis important in Lolita? How was Arthur Ashe like Muhammad Ali? And, crucially, what lessons have we learned from the implosion of that first tennis boom?

Author : Allison Danzig
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1528764390
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Racquet Game written by Allison Danzig and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Juttee Armiss
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1452527687
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Russian Racquet written by Juttee Armiss and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2015-03-25 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the mid-1970s in Leningrad, Soviet Union, as six-year-old Alexey Dimitriov plays in Gorky Park with his friends. After two British tourists finish their tennis game, they spontaneously give the racquets and balls to Alexey, who can hardly wait to learn more about tennis. As he heads home with his new gifts, Alexey has no idea his life is about to change forever. As Alexey continues on his coming-of-age journey, he develops a passion for tennis and eventually becomes the Soviet Unions number one player. After he redesigns a tennis racquet that gives him a greater advantage on the court, an American entrepreneur offers him the chance of a lifetime: to train at his Las Vegas ranch to become the number one player in the world. But first he must smuggle his parents out of the Soviet Union, a decision that will lead his mother, Natasha, on a journey she could have never imagined. A Russian Racquet is the story of a Russian tennis player and his immigration to America where both he and his family open the door to a new chapter filled with accolades, adventure, and danger.

Author : Meva Sigh Dhesi
Publisher : Meyer & Meyer Sport
ISBN 13 : 1782555250
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reach for the Racquet written by Meva Sigh Dhesi and published by Meyer & Meyer Sport. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reach for the Racquet is the story of a young Sikh man, Meva Dhesi, who overcomes adversity following a horrific car accident and ultimately achieves his dreams of becoming a competitive badminton and Para badminton player. With the help of his amputee and badminton friends, Sikh religion, close family, and surrounding community, Meva found he could recover, rehabilitate, get fit, compete, and most important of all, succeed. His story is brought to life in witty, humorous prose. It will inspire anyone who is facing challenges and struggles to overcome and reach their goals. The sky's the limit!

Author : Dick Squires
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 : 9780070605312
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Other Racquet Sports written by Dick Squires and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1980 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Ringwood Atkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Racquets. A Practical Guide to the Game and Its History, and to the Different Courts in which it is Played, Etc written by John Ringwood Atkins and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hashim Khan
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814314692
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Squash Racquets: the Khan Game written by Hashim Khan and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the player and his style of the game, given in his own words.

Author : Alfred Hitchcock
Publisher : Dell Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780440159315
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder Racquet written by Alfred Hitchcock and published by Dell Publishing Company. This book was released on 1975-07 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 728 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Racquet written by and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1338 pages
Book Rating : 4.1A/5 ( download)

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