Titoli in Sport

Per quello che fece in campo la sentenza è già stata emessa dal tribunale degli dèi, il solo competente: fu il più grande di tutti, capace di entrare perfino nel cuore di chi voleva e doveva odiarlo. Ben più severo il verdetto dei mortali, mai propensi a valutare con il giusto distacco le contraddizioni di un uomo che, prima di ogni altra cosa, è stato uno straordinario moltiplicatore di sogni ed esistenze, tanto che chi ha voluto raccontarne i fantasmi presto o tardi ha dovuto fare i conti con i propri.

The exhilarating true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, and inspire a “wave of confidence and emancipation” for women in sports (Parade). By age twenty, at the height of the Jazz Age, Trudy Ederle was the most accomplished swimmer in the world. She’d won...

Ídolo do Corinthians, capitão da mítica Seleção da Copa de 82, Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira deixou sua marca também fora dos gramados. O futebol era pequeno demais para a grandeza de suas ideias, e ele se engajou intensamente na vida pública do país. Idealista e rebelde, o meio-campista genial que desafiava as autoridades e incomodava os cartolas carregava no nome a paixão pelo Brasil, que se viu refletida na participação ativa na campanha das Diretas Já.

Relive the highs (and the lows!) from fifty years of English football as recalled by some of the game's all-time great players, managers and commentators.1. Stanley Matthews: The Matthews FA Cup Final, 1953 (Read by Sean Bean) 2. Nobby Stiles: Man Utd win the European Cup, 1968 (Read by Nobby...

Durante su exitosa carrera como entrenador de los Chicago Bulls y Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson conquistó más campeonatos que ningún otro entrenador en la historia profesional del deporte. Jackson rápidamente fue bautizado como el "Maestro Zen" por los periodistas deportivos, pero ese apodo lo único que hizo fue redundar en una verdad absoluta: la de un entrenador que inspiraba pero no provocaba, que lideraba a través de despertar retos continuamente en todos y cada uno de sus jugadores para erradicar en cada uno de ellos sus egos, miedos e iras.

Maradona consiguió convertirse en leyenda en vida. ¿Por qué lo buscaban siempre las cámaras de televisión? ¿Por qué un futbolista tiene una «Iglesia» dedicada a él en Argentina? ¿Cuáles son las consecuencias de mezclar esa adoración con una personalidad adictiva? En este audiolibro...

Jessie Owens, atleta americano nero, che in pieno nazismo dominò a Berlino 1936 lasciando di sasso Hitler e gli altri gerarchi impettiti in tribuna d'onore; Livio Berruti, studente di chimica, capace, a Roma 1960, di dominare i duecento metri piani con una corsa perfetta e leggera; Bob Beamon, un altro statunitense di colore che, a Messico '68, nel pieno della rivolta studentesca e operaia, saltò, nel lungo, otto metri e novanta, lasciando il mondo a bocca aperta [...] Sara Simeoni, veronese, principessa del salto in alto a Mosca 1980 [...]

Perfect for fans of The Storm We Made and The Queen's Gambit, The Pawn explores the intricate shadow layers between gameplay and warfare, strategy and sedition, pawn and puppet. In this incisive and timely rendering, Cerdà presents a devastatingly human portrait of "the many exceptional people whose lives were sacrificed on the altar of Cold War interests" (The New York Times).

Danielle Mills Walden’s journey to becoming a professional tennis player started when she was three years old. By the age of ten, she was the #1-ranked player in her age group in the Western New York Region. At age eleven, she was admitted to IMG Academy, the prestigious sports boarding school...

Drugs, cartels, mafia, addiction, the FBI, and coercion - this is the untold story behind the tragic decline of football's most gifted and controversial legend. Maradona was football's ultimate genius - a magician on the pitch whose talent rivalled only Pelé. But off the field, the boy from the...

A riotous peek into the off-beat world of one of football’s most recognisable characters, Jon Parkin. The much-travelled journeyman striker played for more than 20 clubs during a career that stretched over two decades, and he has since become a co-host of the hugely popular Undr The Cosh...

Brought to you by Penguin. Hamilton’s move to Ferrari was the F1 story of the decade. And now his progress is coming under the intense scrutiny of his 40+ million social media followers, the passionate tifosi and the world’s media, as he fulfils his boyhood dream of driving for the legendary...

Praise for Nazaré: Life and Death With the Big Wave Surfers, by Matt Majendie: WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR NOMINEE A SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Like an action movie with a fast-paced pulse-racing soundtrack' - The Times 2000 workers, 24 races, two drivers, one target. In...

The definitive biography of Nolan Ryan, arguably the greatest pitcher in the history of baseball, from New York Times bestselling sportswriter Tim Brown. Nolan Ryan was the hero to two of America’s biggest institutions: Texas and baseball. Nolan is an exploration of God, family, baseball, and...

Read by the author, Olympic Champion Victoria Pendleton Increase your confidence, feel less anxious and get more out of life by taking small steps outside your comfort zone. In The Fear Opportunity, Olympic Gold medallist Victoria Pendleton shows just how much you stand to gain by reframing your...

Bloomsbury presents The Wind Beneath the Stone written and read by David Keohan ‘Fascinating, strange, groundbreaking research in an area that intersects folklore, history, mythology and strength training’ THE BLINDBOY PODCAST 'I found this book, unlike its weighty subject, easy to pick up...

Bloomsbury presents Eddy Merckx – Out On His Own by Guy Roger, read by Luis Soto *With audio contributions from Ned Boulting, Carlton Kirby, Phil Cavell, Andy McGrath and Nige Tassell* ‘It is impossible to win everything he has won’ – Tadej Pogacar ‘Merckx … is in a class by...

Un giorno, boom! veloce come schiaffo, cambia tutto. I piani di Teresa saltano in aria. Si ritrova a fare i conti con il mondo dei grandi e con la medicina; con risposte non sempre facili da gestire e molto spesso ingiuste. Ma proprio quando tutto sembra perso, Teresa trova una nuova strada e finisce per girare il mondo: dall'Italia all'America, fino a Parigi.

Hans Florine is a big-wall climbing legend in his own time. He holds the speed record on the Nose route of El Capitan, a 3,000-foot granite cliff in Yosemite Valley that's considered the Everest of the rock-climbing world. But Florine's story is not one of super-human athletic prowess; it's one of persistence and dogged determination. In 30 years of climbing, he's ascended the Nose a mind-blowing, death-defying 100 times, more than anyone else ever has, and most likely ever will. In On the Nose, Florine describes the most dangerous, pivotal, and inspirational of those climbs.

When she retired at age 19, Shannon Miller did so as one of the most recognizable gymnasts in the country. The winner of seven Olympic medals and the most decorated gymnast, male or female, in US history, Shannon tells a story of surviving and thriving. A shy, rambunctious girl raised in Oklahoma, Shannon fell in love with gymnastics at a young age and fought her way to the top.