To some, he is Mr Rotherham United. To Millers fans, he's a club legend. To everyone, simply - 'Breck'. From toddler fan to Life President, John Breckin's association with the club tops 50 years - starting as an apprentice professional at only 14. Third on the club's appearances list, no one knows The Millers better. Who was the household name throttling him and which two teammates rescued him? The local manager who arranged a clandestine meeting in a darkened car park to try and sign him. The...
The long-awaited autobiography of Howard Webb, the man who refereed the World Cup final. Webb's first game as a match official came when he was just 18 and his father's verdict was blunt: 'Useless - he doesn't know his arse from his elbow.' It wasn't the last time his performance would come under fire. But Webb progressed through the ranks, and his natural calm authority made a good impression on players and administrators alike, and soon he was being offered the top matches and the toughest...
When Kelly Perkins learned she needed a heart transplant at the age of 30, she thought the active healthy life she loved was over. From the brink of death to the summit of Mt. Fuji, Kelly, with the support of her husband Craig, not only survived the transplant surgery, but became the first heart transplant patient to summit some of the world's most recognized peaks. The Climb of My Life tells the story of Kelly's transplant, recovery, and ascents up such mountains as Mt. Kilimanjaro-all on a bor...
In 1993, at the age of 80, Brian Johnston embarked on his first ever concert tour, a one-man show called "An Evening With Johnners", which blended stories about his life with the many jokes and puns for which he was renowned. Two recordings were made from it - "An Evening With Johnners" and "An Hour With Johnners". This book combines material from both in which Johnston recalls his life, from his college days, to his war service, to his work for the BBC. Brian Johnston will be remembered as "the...
Words of the Dragon is an anthology of newspaper and magazine interviews from 1958 to 1973 revealing Bruce Lee's own fascinating words and explanations about Bruce himself, his art and philosophy. Interesting and insightful, Words of the Dragon provides the reader a means to understand the real Bruce Lee, offering us a unique keyhole through which to view the private life and personal struggles of the late martial arts superstar. These interviews provide us with Lee's own interpretations of lif...
Christy Mathewson (1880-1925) was the greatest baseball pitcher of his day, a hero with appeal reaching beyond sports. A college-educated player from Pennsylvania farm country, he restored respectability to a game tarnished by the rowdies who had dominated baseball in the 1890s. Pitching in a Pinch, originally published in 1912, is an insider's account blending anecdote, biography, instruction, and social history. It celebrates baseball as it was played in the first decade of the twentieth centu...
Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff is one of the most exciting cricketers in the world and has improved out of all recognition during the last two years. In 2003, he was England's best player at the World Cup. Then, explosively, he lit up the second half of the summer in 2004, lifting spirits at Lord's with a bat-smashing 142. He walked off with the England man of the series award and averages to flaunt. This book marks his story so far in his own words, taking us up to and including the summer of 2005...
CHRIS JONES BRINGS TO LIFE THE STORY OF HIS FOOTBALLING JOURNEY THROUGH THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE DURING THE 1960'S AND 1970'S. HIS MATCHES AGAINST INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALLERS SUCH AS BOBBY MOORE, GORDON BANKS AND GEORGE BEST. HIS ASSOCIATION WITH MANAGERIAL LEGENDS JOE MERCER AND MALCOLM ALLISON AND LEGENDARY TEAM MATES BERT TRAUTMANN, MIKE SUMMERBEE, COLIN BELL, FRANCIS LEE, DAVE CONNOR AND GLYN PARDOE AT MANCHESTER CITY. This was how the game was in the Football League prior to the evolvement of the...