The Groundsmen

Author : Sachin Tendulkar
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781473605190

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Playing It My Way by Sachin Tendulkar Pdf

The greatest run-scorer in the history of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar retired in 2013 after an astonishing 24 years at the top. The most celebrated Indian cricketer of all time, he received the Bharat Ratna Award - India's highest civilian honour - on the day of his retirement. Now Sachin Tendulkar tells his own remarkable story - from his first Test cap at the age of 16 to his 100th international century and the emotional final farewell that brought his country to a standstill. When a boisterous Mumbai youngster's excess energies were channelled into cricket, the result was record-breaking schoolboy batting exploits that launched the career of a cricketing phenomenon. Before long Sachin Tendulkar was the cornerstone of India's batting line-up, his every move watched by a cricket-mad nation's devoted followers. Never has a cricketer been burdened with so many expectations; never has a cricketer performed at such a high level for so long and with such style - scoring more runs and making more centuries than any other player, in both Tests and one-day games. And perhaps only one cricketer could have brought together a shocked nation by defiantly scoring a Test century shortly after terrorist attacks rocked Mumbai. His many achievements with India include winning the World Cup and topping the world Test rankings. Yet he has also known his fair share of frustration and failure - from injuries and early World Cup exits to stinging criticism from the press, especially during his unhappy tenure as captain. Despite his celebrity status, Sachin Tendulkar has always remained a very private man, devoted to his family and his country. Now, for the first time, he provides a fascinating insight into his personal life and gives a frank and revealing account of a sporting life like no other.

Author : Mike Brearley
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781447294344

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The Art of Captaincy by Mike Brearley Pdf

'The best book on captaincy, written by an expert' - Mike Atherton Mike Brearley is one of the most successful cricket captains of all time, and, in 1981, he captained the England team to the momentous Ashes series victory against Australia. In The Art of Captaincy, his study on leadership and motivation, he draws directly on his experience of man-managing a team, which included a pugnacious Ian Botham and Geoffrey Boycott, to explain what it takes to be a leader on and off the field. Giving an insight into both his tactical understanding of the game, as well as how to get a group of individuals playing as a team in order to get the best out of them, The Art of Captaincy is a classic handbook on how to generate, nurture and inspire success. With a foreword by former England player and BBC commentator Ed Smith, to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of its first publication, and an afterword by director Sam Mendes, The Art of Captaincy remains urgently relevant for cricket fans and business leaders alike. Covering the ability to use intuition, resourcefulness, clear-headedness and the importance of empathy as a means of achieving shared goals, Brearley's seminal account of captaincy is both the ultimate blueprint for creating a winning mind set, but also shows how the lessons in the sporting arena can be applied to any walk of personal and professional life.

Author : Simon Rae
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780571298457

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It's Not Cricket by Simon Rae Pdf

An eye-opening survey of cricket, from the crowd violence and blatant match-rigging of the eighteenth century, down to the twentieth century's glaring abuses of the spirit of the game.Written in the same lively style that won such praise for his W.G. Grace: A Life, Simon Rae's history of cheating will appeal to the cricket fan and general reader alike. Ranging from Thomas White, who notoriously arrived at the crease with a bat the size of the wicket, on through the Bodyline controversy and throwing, sledging, umpire baiting, and the recent disgrace of Hansie Cronje, It's Not Cricket makes us ask whether cricket really ever was the yardstick of all that is true, honest, pure and of good repute.

Author : Roger D. C. Evans
Publisher : STRI
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Cricket grounds
ISBN : 1873431007

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Cricket Grounds by Roger D. C. Evans Pdf

Covering all aspects of cricket groundsmanship, this text sets the maintenance of modern cricket grounds in historical context by a survey of the groundsman's art since the 1600s. The work details the history of groundsmanship either side of World War II, looking at the modern role of agronomists and other scientists in the study of cricket surfaces. Subsequent topics include: the assessment of an existing table; pitch preparation; mechanized maintenance operations; fertilizer and top dressing; weed, moss, worm and pest control; renovation and repair; and care of the outfield. A chapter is devoted to the planning and construction of new grounds.

Author : Chris Wooding
Publisher : Gollancz
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575098138

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The Ace of Skulls by Chris Wooding Pdf

All good things come to an end. And this is it: the last stand of the Ketty Jay and her intrepid crew. They've been shot down, set up, double-crossed and ripped off. They've stolen priceless treasures, destroyed a ten-thousand-year-old Azryx city and sort-of-accidentally blew up the son of the Archduke. Now they've gone and started a civil war. This time, they're really in trouble. As Vardia descends into chaos, Captain Frey is doing his best to keep his crew out of it. He's got his mind on other things, not least the fate of Trinica Dracken. But wars have a way of dragging people in, and sooner or later they're going to have to pick a side. It's a choice they'll be staking their lives on. Cities fall and daemons rise. Old secrets are uncovered and new threats revealed. When the smoke clears, who will be left standing?

Author : Kunal Purandare
Publisher : Roli Books Private Limited
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789351941934

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Ramakant Achrekar: Master Blaster's Master by Kunal Purandare Pdf

One of the greatest cricket coaches in the world, Ramakant Achrekar dedicated his entire life training champions. This book narrates his inspiring life story along with rare tales that highlight his immense contribution to the game. This biography of the legend includes interviews/inputs by various players Achrekar has trained through the years.

Author : United States. National Labor Relations Board
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1476 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1992-12
Category : Labor
ISBN : UCBK:C041554657

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Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board by United States. National Labor Relations Board Pdf

Author : Alec McHoul,Mark Rapley
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2002-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781441121905

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How to Analyze Talk in Institutional Settings by Alec McHoul,Mark Rapley Pdf

Three approaches to analyzing institutional talk are introduced by internationally-recognized experts: Conversation Analysis, Discursive Psychology and Critical Discourse Analysis. The main section of the book ("Applications") illustrates these approaches by taking the reader through the process of analysis in such instances as how pilots talk in aircraft cockpits, how computer helpdesks work and how political speeches are constructed. Finally, the book opens up some theoretical and methodological controversies that occupy practitioners today. In this way, readers are introduced to the most recent ways of seeing how talk is critical to making the modern world work.

Author : Hannah Bourne-Taylor
Publisher : Aurum Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780711266674

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Fledgling by Hannah Bourne-Taylor Pdf

Fledgling tells the story of a woman rediscovering herself through connecting with nature after starting a whole new life in a different continent

Author : Ferguson MacLeod
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781728353227

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Benji of Bearsden by Ferguson MacLeod Pdf

Benji Gilzean came of age in post-war Scotland during the 1950s and 1960s. In Benji of Bearsden, author Ferguson MacLeod recounts Benji’s childhood in a suburban area of Glasgow, Scotland. Based on real events, it shares a young man’s varied life experiences. It includes stories of his involvement with golfers still suffering from World War II stress disorders, tales of his first love and sexual encounters, his schooling experience, and his time as an apprentice plater going through brutal rituals of initiation and a death-witnessing trauma. A novel, Benji of Bearsden offers an interesting perspective on the cultural clash between a boy from a middle-class background and those from the working-class environment generally referred to as the Red Clydeside.

Author : Thomas Christopher
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2002-05
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0226105962

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In Search of Lost Roses by Thomas Christopher Pdf

Once upon a time—before the 1860s—people loved old roses like "Pearl of Gold," "Marchionesse of Lorne," or "Autumn Damask." Then along came the hybrid tea roses, which were easier to arrange, more dramatic, and longer-blooming, and the old roses were all but forgotten. Now the lovely, subtle-hued, richly perfumed old roses are making a comeback, thanks to the efforts of a stubborn band of eccentric characters who rescued them from back alleys, ramshackle cottages, and overgrown graveyards across the country. Thomas Christopher tells us the fascinating stories of the old roses—how they were created and made their way to America—and the unforgettable people who "rustle" them from abandoned lots and secret gardens today, revelling in the mystery of an "unknown yellow."

Author : Michael Volpe
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781784623234

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Noisy at the wrong times by Michael Volpe Pdf

Against a backdrop of nuns, hit men, gangsters, rugby and ice-cream, Noisy at the wrong times is an inspiring memoir by Michael Volpe, General Manager and founder of Opera Holland Park, now one of the UK’s finest and most popular opera festivals. Volpe’s upbringing in a fatherless Italian family in London is hardly recognised as being one from which champions of the high, classical arts emerge, but at the heart of this story is his time at Woolverstone Hall, a prestigious state boarding school that took bright inner city boys and gave them an Eton-style education - with culture at the heart of the curriculum. Volpe's sudden immersion in a world of rules, traditions and high expectation produced some surprising – and not so surprising – results. With brutal honesty, Noisy at the wrong times charts Volpe’s torrid path through this extraordinary school; his countless misdemeanours, the tragedies he experienced, his often shameful behaviour and his endless conflicts - both emotional and physical – with authority. Noisy at the wrong times is a lesson for modern educationalists at a time when inner city children from poor backgrounds are often written off even before they begin, when cultural education is diminishing and aspirational leadership of young people is little more than a platitude.

Author : Walt Madigan
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798888126653

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A Day in the Life by Walt Madigan Pdf

About the Book A Day in the Life is a gripping coming-of-age memoir in the same realm as Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July. Told in snapshot scenes during his recovery, Madigan intersperses family funnies, Los Angeles surf culture, and Catholic school antics within his soul-baring tale of day-to-day survival. Ultimately, Madigan relies on his own grit and faith in God to guide him through his perilous journey and return to The World in one piece. About the Author Walt Madigan was born in Los Angeles, California, in May 1947, the sixth of eight children brought into the world by Nellie Madigan. He attended Catholic schools through grade twelve and was drafted into the United States Army in 1966. He served as a combat infantryman in Vietnam, was wounded twice, and finished his second year in the Army as a Drill Sergeant at Fort Ord in Monterey, CA. He received an honorable discharge in August 1968. After earning a degree in Behavioral Sciences from San Jose State University (1972) and moving to Alaska where he learned the flooring trade, he opened his own business, North Shore Flooring, first in North Lake Tahoe, and then in Kings Beach, CA. He specialized in antique, vintage, and reclaimed hardwoods; fine carpeting; and luxury vinyl plank until his retirement in 2019. He lives in Arroyo Grande on the Central California Coast. His days are now filled with writing exercises, pickleball, kayaking on the ocean, and day hikes in Big Sur.

Author : Julian Knight
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-29
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781118480342

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Cricket For Dummies by Julian Knight Pdf

A complete guide to cricket for players and fans alike Whether you're a budding player or aspiring armchair expert, Cricket For Dummies helps you get to grips with this fascinating sport. Completely revised and updated for the first back-to-back Ashes series in 38 years, this hands-on guide gives you clear explanations of the cricket's laws, step-by-step explanations of techniques and tactics, and exciting coverage of the tournaments, global rivalries, and great players. Fully revised and updated to chronicle the rise of twenty20 cricket and the IPL, the implementation of DRS, and the changing face of the game Covers cricket basics—the pitch, the laws, the equipment and more Provides an in-depth look at cricket formats Offers a guide to building cricket skills—bowling, batting, and fielding Includes coverage of the best players and the biggest tournaments throughout the world Complete with Top Ten Lists of the greatest cricketers, the most memorable cricket matches, and the biggest controversies, Cricket For Dummies is your one-stop resource on this popular sport.

Author : Francis A. Andrew
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781490790312

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Football Is Our Game by Francis A. Andrew Pdf

This book combines grammar with English for Specific Purposes ( ESP football ) to make the process of English language learning more fun and enjoyable for students by providing an appropriate context and specific settings with which they are familiar and to which they can relate.