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A Diary of Coercion
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Bails and Boardrooms
Bails and Boardrooms is the story of one of Middlesex cricket's best-loved players - a man who used the sport to change his life. David Nash lived and breathed cricket from a very young age. Touted as a future England star at age 15, he eventually found the strains of life as a professional cricketer too great and suffered severe mental-health issues. But the end of Nashy's 20-year Middlesex career proved to be the beginning of something far greater. Determined to make something more of his life, he set out on a journey that would see him build a multi-million-pound business. It was a business that would be his proudest achievement. This book charts Nashy's extraordinary life, from a cricket career of unfulfilled potential to building a business using the lessons he learnt from sport and raising millions for charity. This is a story for anyone who loves cricket or is interested in entrepreneurship. It's a story that shows how hard work, determination and talent can take you almost anywhere.
The Shorter Wisden 2011 - 2015
The Shorter Wisden is a compelling distillation of what's best in its bigger brother. Available from all major eBook retailers, Wisden's digital version includes the influential Notes by the Editor, all the front-of-book articles, reviews, obituaries and all England's Tests from the previous season. Brought together for the first time, here are the first five editions of The Shorter Wisden, distilled from the Almanacks published between 2011 and 2015.
Cricket's Black Dog
A wide-ranging yet deeply personal examination of depression in cricket by former first-class cricketer turned author Andrew Murtagh. Cricket's Black Dog draws on exclusive interviews with well-known figures such as David Frith, Jeremy Snape, Graeme Fowler, Barry Richards, David Nash, Huw Turbervill and Ian Thomas, as well as the author's personal experiences. English cricketers are almost twice as likely to commit suicide as the country's average male – to date, 151 former first-class cricketers have taken their own lives. But why? This groundbreaking book poses many important questions, including: Is cricket to blame or are cricketers – by their nature introspective and self-critical p...
The Shorter Wisden 2017
The Shorter Wisden is a compelling distillation of what's best in its bigger brother – and the 2017 edition of Wisden is crammed, as ever, with the best writing in the game. Available from all major eBook retailers, Wisden's digital version includes the influential Notes by the Editor, all the front-of-book articles, including Matthew Engel looking back at 60 years of Test Match Special, Derek Pringle revealing the secrets of ball-tampering, and Gideon Haigh exploring the evolution of the six. There are also superb pieces by Rob Smyth, Vic Marks and Tanya Aldred, plus reviews, obituaries and all England's Tests from the 2016 season. 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. "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
Maestro
Fascinating story of Garry Sobers, the greatest cricketer of his generation, who rose from poverty in Barbados to become West Indies captain and receive a knighthood. Yet his life was not without drama and controversy – both personal and political. By acclaimed cricket writer David Tossell, whose work has been shortlisted seven times in the British Sports Book Awards and three times for MCC/Cricket Society Book of the Year. Maestro offers a full and impartial study of Sir Garfield Sobers, including his feats and his flaws, and celebrates perhaps the greatest talent ever seen on a cricket field. This compelling book:Traces his boyhood in Barbados, where he grew up in poverty after the warti...
Junior Hockey Guide
The Junior Hockey Guide is the ultimate resource for players, parents, counselors, educational consultants, coaches and administrators as they investigate United States and Canadian sanctioned Junior leagues and teams. Use this reference guide to discover when and where coaches regularly scout and recruit, what traits and qualities they seek in prospective players and how junior hockey provides maximum development and exposure. Includes full half-page of contact information on each team including phone, fax, email and internet contact. Also includes league information including contacts.
A Remarkable Man
I can truthfully say that there has never been a nicer man in the game. George Chesterton is a gentleman to the core. And he wasn't a bad bowler either!' Tom Graveney OBE. Wartime pilot dropping supplies over occupied Europe; county cricketer; housemaster teaching and disciplining mischievous teenage boys; family man and civic figure, there have been few dull moments in George Chesterton's life. And he can probably manage to turn even those into amusing anecdotes. Andrew Murtagh tells the story of this remarkable man.
Absolved
If only Stacey could go back... Back to her childhood. Back to her innocence. Back to the happiness she knew before he left . . . before her pain led her to make a soul-shattering mistake. Knowing she cannot go back, she moves forward, harboring a secret that haunts her and leaves her with an immeasurable weight of regret and guilt. Her past threatens to destroy her. Can she possibly move on and be a whole person again? Can she ever be ABSOLVED?
The Meaning of Cricket
Cricket is a strange game. It is a team sport that is almost entirely dependent on individual performance. Its combination of time, opportunity and the constant threat of disaster can drive its participants to despair. To survive a single delivery propelled at almost 100 miles an hour takes the body and brain to the edges of their capabilities, yet its abiding image is of the gentle village green, and the glorious absurdities of the amateur game. In The Meaning of Cricket, Jon Hotten attempts to understand this fascinating, frustrating and complex sport. Blending legendary players, from Vivian Richards to Mark Ramprakash, Kevin Pietersen to Ricky Ponting, with his own cricketing story, he explores the funny, moving and melancholic impact the game can have on an individual life.
