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  Real Footy Fans Quiz Book - 1000...

  Mart Matthews

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  Mart Matthews is the author of an acclaimed series of football quiz books that have featured Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Spurs, West Ham United and Wolves.
  This book concerns itself with football in general and, like all Mart's previous books, comprises 1,000 questions in 100 categories, with a bonus section on the 2022 World Cup.
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  Political football
  1. A British Prime Minister shares a surname with the man who opened the scoring in the 1986 World Cup final between Argentina and West Germany. What was that surname?
  2. A member of Manchester United's FA Cup-winning sides of 1996 and 1999 shared his surname with a future British Prime Minister. Who was that player?
  3. The first name of a player who scored a winning goal for Chelsea in an FA Cup final is also the surname of an earlier British Prime Minister. Who are the two men?
  4. Chelsea won the FA Cup in 1970, Arsenal followed suit the following year and Sunderland took the trophy in 1973. Each of these sides contained the surname of a British Prime Minister. Which three surnames were involved?
  Ties in with the release of Mart Matthew's quiz books on Manchester City, Newcastle, Southampton, Portsmouth, Blackburn and West Brom.

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  Great British Cycling Legends

  Chris Sidwells

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  The biggest annual sports event in the world is the Tour de France. In the wake of its overwhelming popularity, it’s easy to forget that there is much more to cycling than whoever gets to wear the yellow jersey. Cycling is rich with legends and pioneers, and it is their stories which light up this compelling account of the sport. 
  This is the story of British cycling as told through the lives of the people who built it. From the first recorded race in a Paris park in 1868 to the present day, Great British Cycling Legends profiles the true originals. Follow the most glorious exponents of road and track cycling, the mountain bikers and the cyclo-cross riders. 
  There were the Victorians such as George-Pilkington Mills, a multi long-distance record holder, including that of Land’s End to John O’Groats on a penny farthing bicycle. Then there have been the significant firsts. Dave Marsh was the first British road-race world champion in 1922 and Maurice Burton was the first black British cycling champion in the 1970s. Eileen Sheridan was one of the first female professional cyclists and a major record-breaker into the 1950s. 
  Great British Cycling Legends examines the personalities and their background of the key cyclists, to show what makes each of them legendary. All of them have, in their own ways, shown why cycling continues to exert such an extraordinary grip on the popular imagination.

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  History of Basketball

  Introbooks Team

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  In the history of mankind, sports occupy a very centre place in defining the era and cultures of a concerned time period. In ancient times, several sports sprouted up that have still existed, and some still keep themselves active. The Olympics has been with us for the last 3 millennia ever since Greeks ran the plain farms to engage the invading Persians, what we call as the battle of Marathon from which ‘marathon’ itself got invented. In fact, nearly every sport we see today has had some kind of old connection with it. Soccer is a medieval era sport, cricket got invented during Victorian times, baseball after the civil war in America ended and not to forget, golf that has possible Roman origins. 
  Considering the importance of all sorts of sports that have existed since antiquity, one such game that deserves our attention is none other than basketball. Basketball can very much be easily compared with its contemporary sport of soccer in regards to its following in the international arena and the nature of the game that is very similar to football. And yet, basketball remains one of the most overlooked sports in our modern times, in spite of its huge following. Official data suggests not less than 250 million people playing basketball every day spread across five continents. If that wasn’t enough then the official data by NBA and its partners nearly doubles that figure if thousands of schools, colleges and institutes that hold their own championships the world over are included in the aggregate. 
  Basketball is indeed a definitive concept and deserves its own account of history. From its humble beginnings in Springfield College of Massachusetts, it went on to cover a dynamic journey to rival soccer in not more than a hundred years since its inception.

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  Riding for America

  Nancy Hays

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  Riding for America is a story about a mother's sacrifice and inspiration as she guides her only son, Isaac Burns Murphy, to become the highest-paid and most successful sports icon of the 19th century. 
  Although both of Isaac's parents, America Murphy and Jerry Burns, were born into slavery-and Jerry fought in some of the most decisive battles of the Civil War-Isaac was able to overcome challenges and become the "Prince of Jockeys." Isaac was known for his intellect, strategy, good sportsmanship, and kindness to the horses he cared for and rode to victory. A few of his notable wins and accomplishments include three Kentucky Derbys, four of five American Derbys, and the first photo finish in American sports history-a match race between a White and a Black rider. 
  Readers will learn about a Black horse trainer named Eli Jordan, who coached Isaac to become the first jockey inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. 
  A page-turner and a quick read, Riding for America moves at a fast pace with unpredictable twists and turns that keep readers on the edge of their seats throughout. 
  Educational, entertaining, and historically significant, Riding for America is a journey of excitement filled with tenderness and a love of literature, life, animals, mothers, teachers, spouses, and friends. 
  Isaac Murphy was a superstar with class, sophistication, and impeccable integrity. His life exemplifies perseverance and triumph against unimaginable odds. Isaac was a great American. He deserves to be remembered and celebrated as one of the most extraordinary sports heroes in U.S. history.

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  Everest: The Descent

  James Allen

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  No ropes. No second chances. 
  No guarantee of survival. 
  On 27 May 1995, at just 22 years old, James Allen stood on the summit of Mount Everest’s unforgiving North Side, widely regarded as the deadliest route in the world. 
  Climbing unroped and alone, he battled freezing winds and the thin air of the death zone, becoming the youngest Westerner, and the youngest Australian, New Zealander, and Briton, to reach the top. 
  That night, five climbers set out. Two turned back. Three reached the summit. 
  Then came the descent, a brutal fight for survival. Above 8,000 metres, one climber collapsed, and James was thrust into a desperate bid to get them both down alive. 
  Stranded for two nights without a sleeping bag, he battled exhaustion, frostbite, and the crushing grip of altitude, every step a gamble between life and death. 
  Everest: The Descent is a raw, gripping account of triumph and survival at the very edge of human endurance. 
  A true story of courage, risk, and resilience on the roof of the world.

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  Beginner's Mind of Aikido

  Ph.D. Susan Perry

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  In this 2024 conversation with Travis Glen Sebera, Susan Perry, Ph.D., a 6th-degree black belt with nearly 50 years of Aikido practice, shares how the principles of this Japanese art can be applied to everyday life situations. From workplace conflicts to facing our deepest fears, Aikido offers tools for cultivating a solid center and maintaining balance in the face of life's challenges. Perry explains, "Aikido is an art of transformation and we can become another person. But you want to do that in a deep way so that you're not just putting on a different set of clothes and wearing a smile when you feel like a frown, but you want it to come from the core of who you are."  
  Susan Perry is the author of:The Hidden Power of Aikido: Transcending Conflict and Cultivating Inner Peace (Park Street Press, 2024)Aikido Talks, Conversations with American Aikidoists (Arete Press, 2001)Remembering O-Sensei, Living and training with Morihei Ueshiba (Shambhala Publications, 2002) 
  Interview Date: 8/23/2024         Tags: Susan Perry, Aikido, conflict resolution, personal transformation, beginner's mind, virtue ethics, Aristotle, Morihei Ueshiba, O-Sensei, martial arts, inner peace, breath work, Japanese philosophy, Personal Transformation, Philosophy, Spirituality

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