A rising star in the weightless combat sport of zeroboxing, Carr “the Raptor” Luka dreams of winning the championship title. Recognizing his talent, the Zero Gravity Fighting Association assigns Risha, an ambitious and beautiful Martian...
Boxers (Sports)
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Auteur:Buckley, JamesSommaire:Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. won the world heavyweight championship at the age of 22, the same year he joined the Nation of Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Ali. He would go on to become the first and only three-time (in succession...
- Auteur:Tyson, MikeSommaire:
A bare-knuckled, tell-all memoir from Mike Tyson, the onetime heavyweight champion of the world—and a legend both in and out of the ring. Philosopher, Broadway headliner, fighter, felon—Mike Tyson has defied stereotypes, expectations...
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Auteur:Myers, Walter DeanSommaire:Myers offers a portrait of one of the world's greatest boxers chronicles his childhood, his rise as a champion, his politics, and his battle against Parkinsons' disease.
- Auteur:FitzSimons, PeterSommaire:
The Ballad of Les Darcy, a biography of the legendary Australian boxer, is the latest book from Australia's bestselling author Peter FitzSimons
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Auteur:Rodman, SeanSommaire:In hopes that he will turn his life around and avoid the violent influence of his father, Darwin is sent to an exclusive new school. But old habits die hard, and Darwin ends up in an illegal fight club.
- Auteur:CASHILL, JackSommaire:
Part man, part myth, and all American, Muhammad Ali is history's most beloved, most revered athlete. But though he was "The Greatest" inside the ring, outside he was a hulking mass of contradictions. This book is the...
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Auteur:Battershill, AndrewSommaire:Most of the things Pillow really liked to do were obviously morally wrong. He wasn't an idiot; clearly it was wrong to punch people in the face for money. But there had been an art to it, and it had been thrilling and thoughtful for him...
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Auteur:Vandal, Roland, Rummery, CarleneSommaire:Having been sexually abused by a boxing coach as a teen, and not knowing who to trust or tell, Roland Vandal found solace in drugs and alcohol. His battle with addiction, and his unwillingness to speak of his demons, led to failed...
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Auteur:Spray, JohnSommaire:At the age of three, Arthur Biyarslanov fled with his family from the war-ravaged frontier of Chechnya. Narrowly escaping bullets and a bomb that destroyed the car in front of his family, Arthur and his brother ran to the border and...
- Auteur:Ali, RahamanSommaire:
More words have been written about Muhammad Ali than almost anyone else. He was, without doubt, the world's most-loved sportsman. At the height of his celebrity, he was the most famous person in the world. And yet, until now, the...
- Auteur:Gutman, Dan.Sommaire:
Did you know that Muhammad Ali was so terrified of flying on planes that he would bring a parachute? Or that he won the Presidential Medal of Freedom? Bet you didn't know that he had an official sweat-taster to determine how salty...
- Auteur:Hauser, ThomasSommaire:
Thomas Hauser provides a compelling retrospective of Ali's life. Hauser argues that there has been a deliberate distortion of Ali, making him more presentable for advertising purposes by sanitizing his legacy--a disservice to...
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Auteur:Gordon, GrahamSommaire:Biography of Jem Mace the father of modern boxing and the first worldwide sports star.
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Auteur:Stark, LeoraSommaire:Tyler Morris did not have a happy childhood. He suffered abuse at the hands of his alcoholic father, then bounced around a series of foster homes. He became unable to express his emotions or deal with his past. Then, at fifteen, at a...
- Auteur:Patterson, JamesSommaire:
Fully authorized by and written in cooperation with the Muhammad Ali estate, this biographical novel captures the budding charisma and youthful personality of one of the greatest sports heroes of all time.
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Auteur:Hubbard, SaraSommaire:Just when she thinks she's about to get her happily ever after, her sister steps in to have an affair with her fiancé on her wedding day. Determined to bring Molly out of her funk, her friends take her out for a night on the town, only...
- Auteur:Sebastian, CatSommaire:
Once beloved by London's fashionable elite, Hartley Sedgwick has become a recluse after a spate of salacious gossip exposed his most-private secrets. Rarely venturing from the house whose inheritance is a daily reminder of his downfall...
