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Jim Haynes
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Jim Haynes
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Great tales of the turf, from Jorrocks to Black Caviar.
Jim Haynes loves the sport of kings nearly as much as he loves bush yarns, and in this volume he brings these two great loves together in the biggest book of Australian racing stories ever.
Full of tall tales and true, laughter, romance and heartbreak, and chock-a-block with the best Australian racing stories, verses and yarns, Jim tells of the great champions, the tragedies, and the unique characters (equine and human) of the track. Then there are the famous races, the touts and urgers, rorts, betting-ring battles and country race meetings where anything can happen.
©2015 Jim Haynes (P)2015 BolindaLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
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History was made at the 2015 Belmont Stakes when American Pharoah won the Triple Crown, the first since Affirmed in 1978. As magnificent as the champion is, the team behind him has been all too human while on the road to immortality. Written by an award-winning New York Times sportswriter, American Pharoah is the definitive account not only of how the ethereal colt won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes, but how he changed lives. Through extensive interviews, Drape explores the making of an exceptional racehorse, chronicling key events en route to history.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Narrated like a Pre-School Teacher
- De Michael en 05-06-18
De: Joe Drape
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Seabiscuit
- An American Legend
- De: Laura Hillenbrand
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 13 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,876
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Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail.
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4 out of 5 stars
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See you in the winner's circle
- De Janice en 06-26-13
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The Horse God Built
- The Untold Story of Secretariat, the World’s Greatest Racehorse
- De: Lawrence Scanlan
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 9 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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In The Horse God Built, best-selling equestrian writer Lawrence Scanlan has written a tribute to an exceptional man that is also a backroads journey to a corner of the racing world rarely visited. As a young black man growing up in South Carolina, Eddie Sweat struggled at several occupations before settling on the job he was born for - groom to North America's finest racehorses. As Secretariat's groom, loyal friend, and protector, Eddie understood the horse far better than anyone else.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book and perfectly written
- De Jeffrey P. Allen en 09-01-17
De: Lawrence Scanlan
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Major Taylor
- The Inspiring Story of a Black Cyclist and the Men Who Helped Him Achieve Worldwide Fame
- De: Conrad Kerber, Terry Kerber
- Narrado por: Barrie Buckner
- Duración: 15 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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In the wake of the Tour de France’s fallen heroes, the story of one of history’s most legendary cyclists provides a much-needed antidote. In 1907 the world’s most popular athlete was not Cy Young or Ty Cobb. Rather, he was a black bicycle racer named "Major” Taylor. In his day, Taylor became a spiritual and athletic idol. He was the fastest man in America and a champion who prevailed over unspeakable cruelty. The men who aided him were among the most colorful to emerge from the era.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great book terrible narrator
- De B. P. H. en 10-31-18
De: Conrad Kerber, y otros
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Come on, Seabiscuit!
- De: Ralph Moody
- Narrado por: Cameron Beierle
- Duración: 4 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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During the Great Depression, Seabiscuit captured American hearts from the soup kitchens to the White House. In this classic story, Ralph Moody recounts the true story of a plucky horse that refused to quit, a down-on-his-luck jockey determined to help his horse win, and the trainer who brought out the best in both.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A MUST read/listen!!!
- De skater en 08-08-19
De: Ralph Moody
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The Eighty-Dollar Champion
- Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation
- De: Elizabeth Letts
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 11 h y 22 m
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November 1958: the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Into the rarefied atmosphere of wealth and tradition comes the most unlikely of horses - a drab white former plow horse named Snowman - and his rider, Harry de Leyer. They were the longest of all longshots - and their win was the stuff of legend.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Heartwarming and historical
- De Skipper en 07-01-20
De: Elizabeth Letts
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The Man Who Listens to Horses
- De: Monty Roberts
- Narrado por: Ed Sala
- Duración: 11 h y 16 m
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Monty Roberts' father, a traditional horse trainer, had taught his son to dominate a horse in order to "break" it. But when he was 13, Monty made a discovery that changed his life. As he watched a mare tame a rebellious colt, Monty saw that she was speaking to it through eye and body movements. Astonished, Monty realized that he could train horses by using their language, speaking to them in ways that would form trust and understanding. Developing techniques based on what he learned from the horses around him, Monty embarked on a remarkable career - one that would bring him international fame as the real Horse Whisperer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great read/listen for any horse lover
- De Anonymous User en 09-07-18
De: Monty Roberts
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Dick Francis's Gamble
- De: Felix Francis
- Narrado por: John Keating
- Duración: 10 h y 41 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 358
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Nicholas “Foxy” Foxton, a former jockey who suffered a career-ending injury, is out for a day at the Grand National races when his friend and coworker Herb Kovak is murdered, execution style, right in front of him—and 60,000 other potential witnesses. Foxton and Kovak were both independent financial advisers at Lyall Black, a firm specializing in extreme-risk investments.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Frustration
- De Anonymous User en 08-24-11
De: Felix Francis
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The Sweet Science
- De: A. J. Liebling
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 8 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 173
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This collection of A.J. Liebling's classic New Yorker pieces on the "sweet science of bruising" brings vividly to life the boxing world as it once was. It depicts the great events of boxing's American heyday: Sugar Ray Robinson's dramatic comeback, Rocky Marciano's rise to prominence, Joe Louis' unfortunate decline. Liebling never fails to find the human story behind the fight, and he evokes the atmosphere in the arena as distinctly as he does the goings-on in the ring.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Liebling is a master wordsmith, Gardner an incredible narrator
- De Josh en 03-29-16
De: A. J. Liebling
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Horse Heaven
- De: Jane Smiley
- Narrado por: Shelley Thompson
- Duración: 25 h y 39 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 230
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 156
Many astonishing and affecting things happen at the racetrack, and the mysterious universe of horse racing, passionate, cold-hearted, pure, corrupt, is woven into a marvelous tapestry of joy and love, chicanery, folly, greed, and reckless courage. Spanning two years on the circuit, from Kentucky and California to New York and Paris, Horse Heaven, puts us among trainers, nervey jockeys, billionaire breeders, and restless track wives.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I wish I could review book and narrator separately
- De Julie Delio en 03-21-07
De: Jane Smiley
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A Flame of Pure Fire
- Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s
- De: Roger Kahn
- Narrado por: Kevin Yon
- Duración: 17 h y 6 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Through most of the Roaring '20s, Jack Dempsey was the heavyweight champion of the world. With his fierce good looks and matchless dedication to the kill, he was a fighter perfectly suited to his time. In A Flame of Pure Fire, renowned sports writer Roger Kahn not only chronicles the thrilling, brutal bouts of the Manassa Mauler, but also illustrates how the tumultuous 1920s shaped Dempsey - and how the champ, in turn, left an indelible mark on sports and American history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Ambitious but poorly executed
- De Keith en 10-02-19
De: Roger Kahn
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Saving Baby
- How One Woman's Love for a Racehorse Led to Her Redemption
- De: Jo Anne Normile, Lawrence Lindner
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
- Duración: 9 h y 6 m
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Jo Anne Normile was not supposed to keep the foal, an exuberant Thoroughbred with only a few white hairs on his reddish-brown forehead. But she fell in love with the young horse, who had literally been born into her arms. The breeder finally said she could keep the colt, whom she nicknamed "Baby" - but only if she raced him. It was difficult to take Baby away from the safety of his pasture. But Normile had made a promise.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book! Worth reading or listening to it.
- De L. Collins en 10-05-17
De: Jo Anne Normile, y otros
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Cinderella Man
- James J. Braddock, Max Baer and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History
- De: Jeremy Schaap
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 8 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 289
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Lost in the annals of boxing is the sport's true Cinderella story. James J. Braddock, dubbed "Cinderella Man" by Damon Runyon, was a once promising light heavyweight for whom a string of losses in the ring and a broken right hand happened to coincide with the Great Crash of 1929.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- De MA en 06-05-05
De: Jeremy Schaap
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Strong Boy
- The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan, America’s First Sports Hero
- De: Christopher Klein
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 11 h y 54 m
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"I can lick any son of a bitch in the world." So boasted John L. Sullivan, the first modern heavyweight boxing champion of the world, a man who was the gold standard of American sports for more than a decade and the first athlete to earn more than a million dollars. He had a big ego, a big mouth, and even bigger appetites. His womanizing, drunken escapades, and chronic police-blotter presence were godsends to a burgeoning newspaper industry.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Larger than life
- De Rusty Shackelford en 09-23-24
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The Comeback
- Greg LeMond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary Tour de France
- De: Daniel de Vise
- Narrado por: Pete Cross
- Duración: 12 h y 56 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 352
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 312
Greg LeMond stunned the sporting world by becoming the first American to win the Tour de France in 1986, defeating French cycling legend Bernard Hinault. Nine months later, LeMond lay in a hospital bed, his career as a bicycle racer seemingly over. And yet, barely two years after this crisis, LeMond mounted a comeback. In 1989, he once again won the Tour - by a narrow margin of eight seconds. It remains the closest Tour de France in history. The Comeback chronicles the life of this great American athlete, from his roots in Nevada and California to the heights of global fame.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good book. Flawed reading.
- De david savage en 07-23-18
De: Daniel de Vise
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Triumph
- The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics
- De: Jeremy Schaap
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 7 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 148
In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers looming, an African-American son of sharecroppers set three world records and won an unprecedented four gold medals, single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics Games is that of a high-profile athlete giving a performance that transcends sports. But it is also the intimate and complex tale of the courage of one remarkable man.
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4 out of 5 stars
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race headwinds
- De Andy en 04-26-07
De: Jeremy Schaap
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Death in the Afternoon
- De: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrado por: Boyd Gaines
- Duración: 9 h y 40 m
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Still considered one of the best books ever written about bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon reflects Hemingway's belief that bullfighting was more than mere sport. Here he describes and explains the technical aspects of this dangerous ritual, and "the emotional and spiritual intensity and pure classic beauty that can be produced by a man, an animal, and a piece of scarlet serge draped on a stick."
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5 out of 5 stars
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No previous interest in bullfighting required
- De Gary en 01-07-13
De: Ernest Hemingway