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Franco Colapinto cuenta en primera persona escenas desconocidas de su vida y también cómo lo hizo, cómo lo hace y cómo batalla codo a codo con los grandes de la Fórmula 1.Se necesita humildad, paciencia, valentia y fe. Te diria que con eso ya tenemos para empezar, para poner un pie en la pista de los grandes sueños.Esta es la historia de un sueño. Un sueño temprano, tempranisimo, antes de que le compraran el primer triciclo. Es la historia de un niño que siempre quiso ir mas y mas rapido. Que amo los motores y la mecanica y que a los nueve años leia en el colegio la biografia de Juan Manuel Fangio, leyenda del automovilismo argentino. ¿Que se hace con un sueño tan determinado y claro? Franco Colapinto no solo cuenta escenas desconocidas de su vida, sino tambien como lo hizo, como lo hace, como batalla codo a codo con los grandes de la F1, como se sostiene en lo mas alto que puede llegar un piloto. ¿Que fuerza atraviesa a quien decide avanzar, entrenarse, resistir, perder (y a veces ganar), cuando las dificultades y el desaliento aparecen en el camino? Franco nos dice quien es y como se vive cuando una pasion irrenunciable llama a tu puerta.

The climbing community needs this sort of thing like oxygen at the moment. Everyones so tired of short snippets online and much of this important historical information will be forgotten. Anthony has done a real service to British climbing with this wonderfully detailed, expansive and inspiring book. Neil GreshamFollowing the Olympics, climbing is one of the fastest growing sports in the UK. There are now some 5 million climbers in the UK and over 450 indoor climbing walls. Reflecting this growing interest in the sport, rock-climbing has become a growth area for publication in the last decade. Recently many famous climbers have published autobiographies or ghost-written biographies. There has been a notable increase in books published by lesser known, amateur climbers: e.g. Anna Fleming Time on Rock (Canongate, 2022).The Climb situates itself in this context. It is literary in tone and in some of its references, but it is a work written from inside the lifeworld of climbing. It communicates the feeling of rock-climbing and the sometimes wild and chaotic character of the world of rock-climbers with an unmatched immediacy through a story about the development of rock-climbing from the 1950s to the present. It weaves together a detailed history of the leading rock-climbers and the development of climbing as a practice, with personal reminiscence, connecting both to wider social changes. The Climb tells a unique story in a distinctive voice.

This is a time travelers guide to the history of soccer, tracing its originsfrom a humble beginning to an established sport beloved worldwide. It is a story that spans five thousand years, from ancient Egypt to MesoAmerica, from the Greek Empire to Chinese Dynasties, and from the Roman Empire to medieval Britain.From the Middle Ages onwards, Britain and Ireland unfurl their lineage, from the lesser-known trapball and stoolball to the lamentably extinct camping and knappan. All forms find a voice in this book, as do hockey and hurling, baseball and bowling, tennis and golf. Primarily a narrative of British and Irish ball games, esteemed foreigners are welcomed: baggataway, knattleikur, soule, kolven, calcio. Many games come to life, revealing their motivations and their complex inner world. Still, soccer is firmly center stage. This is, after all, its picaresque journey. As the games sweep across history, the social, religious, and political contexts are threaded throughout, and this book is peppered with news snippets, anecdotes, comedy, and intrigue, which give the centuries life. Crammed with eccentric sports ephemera, untold tales, and unearthed acts, The Game That Would Be King is the most comprehensive work on the early history of ball games ever written.

A fun and entertaining look at the top 100 soccer players to have played for the US Mens National Team! In 100 American Soccer Legends, the soccer fan will find an elite list of the best players in American soccer history, from Harry Keough, Pat McBride, and Steve Pecher to Clint Dempsey and Christian Pulisic. Each players background, stats, and contribution to the game is examined in detail. The US has some of the best athletes in the world, but though its athletes have dominated in the Olympics and in other sports, it has yet to win a World Cup in mens soccer. Learn more about this athletic frontier and what the upcoming players need to bring to the game to finally win a world championship. If you are a fan of US soccer, then this is the book for you.

Celebrate 150 years of Hibs. Charting the highs, lows and many misadventures of Hibernian FC, and featuring countless characters, from George Best to John McGinn via the Famous Five and the side that became world champions, this is the ultimate celebration of the beloved Edinburgh sporting institution. It sweeps from the founding of the club in 1875 to the triumphs and tribulations of the 21st century. In 150 bitesize helpings, the story of Hibs is served up in delicious fashion. Who could forget the pass of the millennium or the swoon-inducing swagger of sixties heartthrob Peter Marinello? And who wouldnt recoil at the memory of the wine bar empire entwined in the clubs darkest hour? Written by a lifelong Hibee, Hibs at 150 bridges the generations and peels back the layers of a century and half of Hibsteria.