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  Alphonso Davies - A New Hope

  Farhan Devji

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  Built on years of interviews with friends, family, teachers, coaches, and teammates, the first biography of Alphonso Davies, the new face of Canadian men's soccerArguably the most famous Canadian athlete on the planet, Alphonso Davies has been the subject of global attention after bursting onto the scene as a fifteen-year-old soccer sensation. Since then, he's won every trophy imaginable with German giant FC Bayern Munich and helped Canada reach the men's World Cup for the first time in thirty-six years.Based on years of original reporting and extensive interviews with his friends, family members, teachers, coaches, teammates, and others from his inner circle, Alphonso Davies: A New Hope paints a complete portrait of the soccer star. The first biography about "Phonzie" covers every angle of his life and career—from the harsh realities of growing up in a refugee camp amidst the Liberian Civil War, to the unique challenges of starting a new life in a foreign country, twice, to his trailblazing path as a Canadian megastar in the world's most popular sport. Bringing together intimate details and never-before-told stories, author Farhan Devji pulls back the curtain on a person and player who has captured the hearts of a nation and become a shining light for refugees everywhere.

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  Irish Rugby - Top 50 Players - A...

  Liam McCann

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  Irish Rugby Player by Player is a compilation of the 50 greatest Irish rugby players in the sport's history.
  Re-live the glorious careers of Jack Kyle and Brian O'Driscoll, examine Eric Elwood's contribution to the game, and marvel at the genius of Simon Geoghegan and Keith Wood. Enjoy the careers of Irish stalwarts like Jeremy Davidson and Rory Best, and cast your mind back to the epic Lions tours that saw Tom Kiernan, Willie John McBride, Ollie Campbell (who writes a foreword for the book) and Mike Gibson become household names.
  The book also features the fans' favourites including Tadhg Furlong, Peter Clohesy and Moss Keane as well as giving a nod to the future stars such as Jacob Stockdale who are part of a new generation who will surely dominate the game for years to come.
  Each entry lists the key facts, statistics and achievements that have helped the players join the game's elite.

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  Scotland's Mountains Before the...

  Ian R Mitchell

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  Winner of the Outdoor Writers Guild Award for Excellence In this new book on pre-mountaineering ascents and near ascents in the Highlands, we have at last a work which does justice to those who lived and worked, travelled and fought in the Highlands before Walter Scott. PROF. BRUCE LENMAN Marvelous account of mountaineering's prehistory... as colourful as it is thought provoking - THE SCOTSMAN This work tells the story of explorations and ascents in the Scottish Highlands in the days before mountaineering became a popular sport - when Jacobites, bandits, poachers and illicit distillers traditionally used the mountains as sanctuary.

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  Manning - A Father His Sons and...

  Peyton Manning, Archie Manning,...

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  NFL legends Archie and Payton Manning, with writer John Underwood, provide a compelling look at football from the perspectives of two generations of players. 
   
  “An honest, insightful autobiography of a father and son who both reached the pinnacle of professional football.” —Library Journal 
   
  The Mannings take a hard look at their careers and all of American football, dissecting the big-money madness, NFL race relations, the rituals of college recruiting bribery, and fans who no longer identify with pro sports’ insatiable cash fever. They discuss organizational sports; college vs. pro games; coaches, good and bad; and why the quarterback position is the most difficult one in all of sports. 
   
  It all began in the Mississippi Delta town of Drew, where Archie discovered football was his passion. Attending college at Ole Miss, Archie made All-America twice, leading him to be selected second in the NFL player draft, where he played for fourteen years, winning All-Pro and MVP honors. But he labored with the Saints, never winning a championship.  
   
  Peyton chose Tennessee to fulfill his college ball dreams. His teams won 39 of 44 games, and he became Tennessee's all-time leading passer, set 33 records, winding up third in NCAA history in career passing yards and fourth in touchdown passes. After graduation, he was selected first in the NFL draft by the Indianapolis Colts. Peyton was the only quarterback to take every snap in 1998, but his team had a dismal 3-13 and made the playoffs. Peyton was voted to be the AFC starting quarterback in the Pro Bowl. 
   
  Manning is a personal and inspiring story of a family, a tradition, and a legacy.

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  Bottom of the Ninth - Branch...

  Michael Shapiro

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  In Bottom of the Ninth, Michael Shapiro brings to life a watershed moment in baseball history, when the sport was under siege in the late 1950s "A fascinating look at an almost forgotten era . . . One of the best baseball books of recent seasons." -Cleveland Plain DealerShapiro reveals how the legendary executive Branch Rickey saw the game's salvation in two radical ideas: the creation of a third major league—the Continental League—and the pooling of television revenues for the benefit of all. And Shapiro captures the audacity of Casey Stengel, the manager of the Yankees, who believed that he could remake how baseball was played.The story of their ingenious schemes—and of the powerful men who tried to thwart them—is interwoven with the on-field drama of pennant races and clutch performances, culminating in the stunning climax of the seventh game of the 1960 World Series, when one swing of the bat heralds baseball's eclipse as America's number-one sport.

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  The Ascent of Nanda Devi - I...

  H.W. Tilman

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  In 1934, after fifty years of trying, mountaineers finally gained access to the Nanda Devi Sanctuary in the Garhwal Himalaya.
  Two years later an expedition led by H.W. Tilman reached the summit of Nanda Devi. At over 25,000 feet, it was the highest mountain to be climbed until 1950.
  The Ascent of Nanda Devi, Tilman's account of the climb, has been widely hailed as a classic. Keenly observed, well informed and at times hilariously funny, it is as close to a 'conventional' mountaineering account as Tilman could manage. Beginning with the history of the mountain ('there was none') and the expedition's arrival in India, Tilman recounts the build-up and approach to the climb.
  Writing in his characteristic dry style, he tells how Sherpas are hired, provisions are gathered (including 'a mouth-blistering sauce containing 100 per cent chillies') and the climbers head into the hills, towards Nanda Devi. Superbly parodied in The Ascent of Rum Doodle by W.E. Bowman, The Ascent of Nanda Devi was among the earliest accounts of a climbing expedition to be published. Much imitated but rarely matched, it remains one of the best.

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