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"Playing Hard Ball"County Cricket and Big League Baseball
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A cultural comparison of two national games - cricket and baseball - written from the viewpoint of a practitioner of both codes. Cambridge University and Kent batsman Ed Smith has spent the winters since 1998 in Spring Training with the New York Mets baseball team and contrasts these iconic sports. With 8pp of b&w illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 232 pages. Size: 197 x 126 mm. Weight: 195g.
Author: Smith, E.T.
ISBN: 0349116660
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Cricket
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"Tom Smith's New Cricket Umpiring and Scoring"
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This is the only guide to the rules of umpiring and scoring authorised by the Association of Cricket Umpires and Scorers. It introduces the complete laws of the game, plus help on interpretation and practical hints. With 16 b&w photographs, 40 line drawings. Jubilee ed. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 234 x 153 mm. Weight: 560g.
Author: Smith, T.E.
ISBN: 0297847244
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Cricket
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"Ashes Fever"How England Won the Greatest Ever Test Series
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Presenting the tensions and the twists that shaped the unforgettable Ashes series, this book explains the creation of new English sporting heroes and how cricket became the media focal point. Illustrated by 200 photographs, it relates how over three months the England cricket team created history in a manner that is unlikely to be repeated. With col. illustrations, col. ports.. Hardback, 224 pages. Size: 190 x 130 mm. Weight: 978g.
Author: Stafford, Ian
ISBN: 1845961560
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Cricket
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"Cricketers of My Time"Heroes to Remember
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This collection of authoritative essays, all edited and updated by Swanton himself, include his thoughts on S.F.Barnes, Lindsay Hassett, Jack Hobbs, Brian Johnston, Peter May, Bill O'reilly, Herbert Sutcliffe and Sir Frank Worrell, for whom he gave the memorial address. This is also a tribute to one of Britain's finest sports journalists. With 24 b&w photos. Hardback, 256 pages. Size: 240 x 160 mm. Weight: 1g.
Author: Swanton, E.W.
ISBN: 0233997466
Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd
Date: 1999 (UK)
Readership: General Cricket
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"Cricket's Greatest Characters"
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Amazing Stories of Cult Heroes of Bat and Ball. This book chronicles the exploits of around seventy-five of the game's most potent personalities comedians, disciplinarians and hellraisers alike. This fascinating compendium will feature illuminating profiles of larger than life Test stars including Ian Botham, Phil Tufnell, Sid Barnes, Merv Hughes, Jack Russell, Viv Richards, Bobby Peel, Colin Milburn and numerous others. This is a fast bowl through the greatest characters throughout history. Paperback, 240 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 309g.
Author: Tibballs, Geoff
ISBN: 1906217289
Publisher: Jr Books Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
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"No Balls and Googlies"A Cricket Companion
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Provides an insight into various aspects of 'the elegant game' of cricket, exploring its origins, traditions, records, milestones, memorable moments and remarkable facts. This book presents facts, trivia, quotations and stories taken from the sport's illustrious history. Hardback, 196 pages. Size: 185 x 125 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author: Tibballs, Geoff
ISBN: 1843171899
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
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"Phil Tufnell's a to Z of Cricket"The Ultimate Cricket Gossip Book
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Phil Tufnell, nearing the end of a long, distinguished and occasionally controversial career with Middlesex and England, undertakes an alphabetical journey around England's summer game. This is a book full of gossip about cricket and cricketers, which will delight, surprise and occasionally infuriate - just like Phil in fact. With 16pp colour plates. Paperback, 208 pages. Size: 198 x 130 mm. Weight: 307g.
Author: Tufnell, Phil Hathaway, Adam
ISBN: 1899807179
Publisher: Sportsbooks Ltd
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
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"Lifting the Covers"
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In this book, Glenn Turner, the New Zealand batsman, tells his story of what happened while he was coach of the New Zealand cricket team - both on the field and behind the scenes - and shares his view of the state of world cricket. With 24 colour photos. Hardback, 262 pages. Size: 235 x 150 mm. Weight: 693g.
Author: Turner, Glenn Turner, Brian
ISBN: 1877135194
Publisher: Longacre Press
Date: 1998 (New Zealand)
Readership: General Cricket
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"Shane Warne's Century"My Top 100 Test Cricketers
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Profiles 100 players from various Test nations who have had the most significant impact on the author's cricketing life. This book features such famous names as, fellow Australian legends Allan Border, Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting and Glenn McGrath, as well as adversaries such as Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, Jonty Rhodes and Freddie Flintoff. With 1 x 8pp colour. Hardback, 320 pages. Size: 241 x 162 mm. Weight: 593g.
Author: Warne, Shane
ISBN: 1845964152
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
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"How We Recovered the Ashes"McC Australia Tour 1903 - 1904
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Pelham Warner's How We Recovered the Ashes is an account of his captaincy of the England side during their tour of Australia of the 22nd Ashes series. This is also a collectors edition re-publication of an out-of-print cricket classic to celebrate the centenary of the first MCC tour. With b&w photographs. Hardback, 348 pages. Size: 222 x 145 mm. Weight: 600g.
Author: Warner, Pelham
ISBN: 041377399X
Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
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"Wealding the Willow"A Portrait of English Village Grounds in the Cradle of Cricket
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A tour of village cricket grounds in the South East of England, including anecdotes, historical snippets and colour photographs. With 200ill. (all colour). Hardback, 96 pages. Size: 226 x 248 mm. Weight: 456g.
Author: Whitcombe, Robin
ISBN: 0752434578
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
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"Cricket's Biggest Mystery"The Ashes
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A study of the origin of the Ashes and the early development of Test cricket. Where did the Ashes come from, and are they in fact still there? To understand the full significance of the Ashes to both countries, the author recounts the triumphant Australian tour of England in 1882, and the subsequent 'recovery' of the Ashes by England in Australia. With b&w illus.. Hardback, 160 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 596g.
Author: Willis, Ronald
ISBN: 0718825888
Publisher: James Clarke & Co Ltd
Date: 1983 (United Kingdom)
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"Bob Woolmer's Art and Science of Cricket"
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A manual on playing and coaching cricket. It intends to develop true 'all-rounders' - players who show not only technical but mental strength, and who are as physically fit and injury-resistant as possible. It discusses the mental, scientific, biomechanical and medical aspects of the game. With approx 340 in b/w, 60 in colour photographs, approx 120 in b/w illustrations. Hardback, 650 pages. Size: 250 x 200 mm. Weight: 2208g.
Author: Woolmer, Bob Noakes, Tim
ISBN: 184773314X
Publisher: New Holland Publishers Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
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"John Wright's Indian Summers"
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An insider account of the drama and passion of the world's most fanatic cricketing nation, India, and their journey from disgrace to a World Cup final. With 24pp colour photos. Hardback, 256 pages. Size: 216 x 135 mm. Weight: 478g.
Author: Wright, John Ugra, Sharda Thomas, Paul
ISBN: 0285637959
Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
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"Book of Araucaria Crosswords"
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Jigsaw crosswords are challenging puzzles where you must solve all the clues and then work out where they fit in the grid. The grid itself has no numbers making the completion of the crossword even more of a feat! This is a collection of 60 Araucaria jigsaw crosswords. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 197 x 128 mm. Weight: 209g.
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ISBN: 0550101101
Publisher: Hodder Education
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
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