The Shorter Wisden 2024

Author : Lawrence Booth
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781399411882

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The Shorter Wisden 2024 by Lawrence Booth Pdf

The most famous sports book in the world, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack has been published every year since 1864. The selected writings from the 161st edition contained in this eBook offer trenchant opinion, compelling features and an authoritative voice on the worldwide game. The Shorter Wisden is a distillation of what's best in its bigger brother – and the 2024 edition of Wisden is crammed, as ever, with the best writing in the game. Wisden's digital version includes the influential Notes by the Editor, and all the front-of-book articles. In essence, The Shorter Wisden is a glass of the finest champagne rather than the whole bottle. In an age of snap judgments, Wisden's authority and integrity are more important than ever. Yet again this year's edition is truly a “must-have” for every cricket fan. @WisdenAlmanack

Author : Lawrence Booth
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781472991102

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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2022 by Lawrence Booth Pdf

The 159th edition of the most famous sports book in the world – published every year since 1864 – contains some of the finest sports writing of the year and covers reports and scorecards for all Tests, one-day and Twenty20 internationals, making it the cricketers' bible worldwide.

Author : BOOTH LAWRENCE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1472975480

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WISDEN CRICKETERS ALMANACK 2021 by BOOTH LAWRENCE Pdf

Author : Jonathan Rice,Andrew Renshaw
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781408165270

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The Wisden Collector's Guide by Jonathan Rice,Andrew Renshaw Pdf

The Wisden Collector's Guide is the definitive companion to one of the world's most important sporting publications. It begins with an overview of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, introducing the original John Wisden and describing the history of the publication. The next section contains highlights and information from each of the 147 editions, including bibliographic details (page extent, price, reprints etc), excerpts from the best articles, cricketers of the year, obituaries, and noteworthy events and matches. There is also additional information of interest to collectors and historical context in the form of news 'headlines' from each year. The guide concludes with a section dedicated to the serious collector. Covering everything from reprints to rebinds and from pagination to publishers, it is a vital resource for collectors. Affording a glimpse of the cricketing and historical landscape of the last 147 years, this is an accessible and fascinating volume for cricketing fans generally and a must-have item for Wisden collectors.

Author : Jonathan Rice
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472975621

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Notes By The Editors by Jonathan Rice Pdf

When Wisden Cricketers' Almanack was first published in 1864, it included no comments or opinions at all. As the editors explained, they “carefully avoided making any remarks upon the play or players, as the purport of this little work is to record the scores of the matches”. But by the turn of the century, things had changed, and since the first set of “Notes By The Editor” appeared in Wisden in 1901, the editor's opinions have become a feature of the Almanack, the first pages that readers turn to, to see what bees are in the editorial bonnet this year. In this collection, Notes by the Editors reproduces many of the most memorable editor opinions expressed over the 120 years since they first appeared. Wisden's views on all the great topics (and some of the smaller ones) are included – throwing, bodyline, Packer, the d'Oliveira Affair, not to mention ball tampering and the development of The Hundred. And the weather, always the weather.

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781472983756

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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1917 by Bloomsbury Publishing Pdf

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack was first published in 1864, and a new edition has been published every year since then. While limited-edition reprints of every edition of Wisden from 1864 to 1946 have been published over the past few decades, collecting these limited-edition reprints is not cheap as each one has normally been priced between £50 and £100. Now, for the first time, John Wisden & Co is offering a digital version of the 1866 edition, to allow cricket lovers more affordable access to this historic book which forms such a significant part of the game's great heritage.

Author : Ramachandra Guha
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781509841400

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The Picador Book of Cricket by Ramachandra Guha Pdf

A tribute to the finest writers on the game of cricket and an acknowledgement that the great days of cricket literature are behind us. There was a time when major English writers – P. G. Wodehouse, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alec Waugh – took time off to write about cricket, whereas the cricket book market today is dominated by ghosted autobiographies and statistical compendiums. The Picador Book of Cricket celebrates the best writing on the game and includes many pieces that have been out of print, or difficult to get hold of, for years. Including Neville Cardus, C. L. R. James, John Arlott, V. S. Naipaul, and C. B. Fry, this anthology is a must for any cricket follower or anyone interested in sports writing elevated to high art.

Author : Lawrence Booth
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 1505 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781472953544

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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2018 by Lawrence Booth Pdf

The 155th edition of the most famous sports book in the world--published every year since 1864--contains some of the finest sports writing of the year and covers every first-class game in every cricket nation, making it the cricketers' bible worldwide.

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781472983725

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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1916 by Bloomsbury Publishing Pdf

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack was first published in 1864, and a new edition has been published every year since then. While limited-edition reprints of every edition of Wisden from 1864 to 1946 have been published over the past few decades, collecting these limited-edition reprints is not cheap as each one has normally been priced between £50 and £100. Now, for the first time, John Wisden & Co is offering a digital version of the 1866 edition, to allow cricket lovers more affordable access to this historic book which forms such a significant part of the game's great heritage.

Author : Shehan Karunatilaka
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781555970468

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The Legend of Pradeep Mathew by Shehan Karunatilaka Pdf

Winner of the Commonwealth Book Prize * Winner of the $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature * * A Publishers Weekly "First Fiction" Pick for Spring 2012 * "A crazy ambidextrous delight. A drunk and totally unreliable narrator runs alongside the reader insisting him or her into the great fictional possibilities of cricket."--Michael Ondaatje Aging sportswriter W.G. Karunasena's liver is shot. Years of drinking have seen to that. As his health fades, he embarks with his friend Ari on a madcap search for legendary cricket bowler Pradeep Mathew. En route they discover a mysterious six-fingered coach, a Tamil Tiger warlord, and startling truths about their beloved sport and country. A prizewinner in Sri Lanka, and a sensation in India and Britain, The Legend of Pradeep Mathew by Shehan Karunatilaka is a nimble and original debut that blends cricket and the history of modern Sri Lanka into a vivid and comedic swirl.

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781472983367

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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1870 by Bloomsbury Publishing Pdf

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack was first published in 1864, and a new edition has been published every year since then. While limited-edition reprints of every edition of Wisden from 1864 to 1946 have been published over the past few decades, collecting these limited-edition reprints is not cheap as each one has normally been priced between £50 and £100. Now, for the first time, John Wisden & Co is offering a digital version of the 1866 edition, to allow cricket lovers more affordable access to this historic book which forms such a significant part of the game's great heritage.

Author : Wisden
Publisher : Wisden
Page : 1488 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1472972864

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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2020 by Wisden Pdf

*Large format edition* The most famous sports book in the world, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack has been published every year since 1864. Home to some of the finest sports writing of the year o from the likes of Lawrence Booth, Gideon Haigh, Rob Smyth, Patrick Collins, Simon Wilde, Osman Samiuddin, Tony Cozier, Benj Moorehead, Raf Nicholson and Dileep Premachandran o it includes the eagerly awaited Notes by the Editor, the Cricketers of the Year awards, and the famous obituaries. As always, it contains coverage of every first-class game in every cricket nation, and reports and scorecards for all Tests and ODIs, together with trenchant opinion, compelling features and comprehensive records. A perennial bestseller in the UK, yet again this year's edition o the 157th, Wisden 2020 o is truly a "must-have" for every cricket fan. "There can't really be any doubt about the cricket book of the year, any year- it's obviously Wisden" Andrew Baker in the Daily Telegraph @WisdenAlmanack

Author : C L R James
Publisher : Random House
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781446496657

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Beyond A Boundary by C L R James Pdf

'To say "the best cricket book ever written" is piffingly inadequate praise' Guardian 'Great claims have been made for [Beyond a Boundary] since its first appearance in 1963: that it is the greatest sports book ever written; that it brings the outsider a privileged insight into West Indian culture; that it is a severe examination of the colonial condition. All are true' Sunday Times C L R James, one of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century, was devoted to the game of cricket. In this classic summation of half a lifetime spent playing, watching and writing about the sport, he recounts the story of his overriding passion and tells us of the players whom he knew and loved, exploring the game's psychology and aesthetics, and the issues of class, race and politics that surround it. Part memoir of a West Indian boyhood, part passionate celebration and defence of cricket as an art form, part indictment of colonialism, Beyond a Boundary addresses not just a sport but a whole culture and asks the question, 'What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781472965462

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The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 2014-2019 by Anonim Pdf

The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, first published in 1979, is well established as an invaluable and unique source of reference essential to any cricket library. This new volume includes full coverage of every Test match from late 2014 to the end of the 2019 season in England. Each Test match features Wisden's own scorecard, a detailed match report, details of debutants, close of play scores, umpires and referees, with number of appearances, and Man of the Match winners. Also included is a complete individual Test Career Records section and player index. Edited by Steven Lynch, this new volume brings collectors' libraries up to date, ensuring they have a complete and accurate record - essential for any truly self-respecting cricket enthusiast.

Author : Chris Waters
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781472977557

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The Men Who Raised the Bar by Chris Waters Pdf

Few sporting records capture the imagination quite like that of the highest individual score in Test cricket. It is the blue riband record of batting achievement, the ultimate statement of stamina and skill. From Charles Bannerman, who scored 165 for Australia against England in the inaugural Test match in 1877, to Brian Lara, who made 400 not out for West Indies against England in 2004, the record has changed hands ten times. Chris Waters' The Men Who Raised the Bar charts the growth of the record through nearly one hundred and fifty years of Test cricket. It is a journey that takes in a legendary line of famous names including Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Leonard Hutton, Sir Garfield Sobers and Walter Hammond, along with less heralded players whose stories are brought back into the light. Drawing on the reflections of the record-holders, Waters profiles the men who raised the bar and their historic performances.