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Capitol Days: The Story of Cardiff’s best-loved cinema
Tells the colourful story of the Capitol Cinema in Cardiff; from its opening in 1921 through its heyday, its painful decline and eventual closure in 1978.
Featuring many first-hand accounts, the book takes a fond look back at former times, when cinema truly lay at the heart of the community.
The Capitol, due to its central location and distinctive decor, was more successful than mostm and was often full to capacity both in its early days and right through to performances in the 1960s from Bob Dylan & The Beatles and live screening of Muhammed Ali fights during the same era.
Contributions from many former employees of the cinema helps bring bring this remarkable venue to life, representing an important part of Cardiff’s social history during the last century.
Not only a cinema in its lifetime, the ”Cap” was also a popular dancing venue and had a large area known as the Buttery where food and drink could be enjoyed.
Capitol Days is essential reading for both former visitors to the cinema and venue as a whole, and for those to explore the tale behind the rise and fall of one of Cardiff’s most recognisable venues of entertainment.Read more
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Crossing the Line: A History of Sports Cheats, Gamblers and Match Fixing Scandals
Every sport has its unique, rich, and captivating history.
But they also have a dark side. One that they don’t want you to know about.
For every story of a local hero becoming an international sporting star, there is also a story of corruption, shame, and suspicion.
But where can you hear about these incredible and captivating stories?
Right here. Crossing the Line will tell you all about some of the biggest sporting scandals, from match-fixing to cheating, and everything in between.
This book will tell of famous stories of cheating in sports, the motivations behind them, and the repercussions.
Beyond that, it will shine a light on some of the biggest teams and personalities caught cheating or match-fixing.
It will provide you a deeper understanding of events surrounding your favorite sports and offer you a peek at what really occurs behind closed doors.
Inside Crossing the Line, discover:- Some of the biggest names in sports tarnished by cheating allegations.
- The largest match-fixing scandals in international sport.
- The sports impacted most by cheating and match-fixing.
- Initiatives to try and spot and stop suspicious activities.
Grab a copy of Crossing the Line today!
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Emancipation for Goalposts: Football’s Role in the Fall of Yugoslavia
In 1987, a Zvonimir Boban-inspired Yugoslavia won the World Under-20 Championships in Chile, and a blueprint for success seemed in place.
What nobody could have imagined was that there was to be no future for this team of supremely talented youngsters. Just a few years later, Yugoslavia was in the grip of a brutal civil war, the culmination of nearly a century of suppressed nationalism that tore the country apart.
Emancipation for Goalposts is a compelling examination of the bloody conflicts that ripped through Yugoslavia and an absorbing history of football in the region – inescapably intertwined with the country’s destruction, but also a vital tool in ethnic reconciliation.
From Tito, Arkan and Maksimir, to Italia ’90, Red Star Belgrade’s European triumph and what could have been, Chris Etchingham has created one of the definitive accounts of the inextricable links between sport, society and politics.
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Fieldsports, Foraging and Terrible Ordeals
Ideal addition to the Downstairs Loo LibraryThis is a book of parts. Part tongue-in-cheek field guide, part comic memoire and country yearbook. It’s also a chronicle of calamities – of those unexpected events and terrible ordeals that can occur when you are out and about, just trying to enjoy life.
Set over the course of 12 months, covering everything from driven pheasant, fishing in the Pyrenees, goose shooting in Scotland, boar hunting in France and foraging for food on freezing beaches in the 1970s.
Some anecdotes have previously appeared in the longer book ‘Life’s a Banquet’
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From the Wall to the Water: A Journey Through Asia
In 2015, footloose lawyer and screenplay writer William Han set out to travel the ancient Silk Road from China to Europe, following the footsteps of a Chinese explorer who tried to make contact with the Roman Empire in the first century AD. Born in Taiwan, raised in New Zealand, and freshly liberated from a New York law firm, he relied largely on a big smile and a firm handshake on a voyage through both space and times from northwest China through Central Asia and Afghanistan to Iran. From the Wall to the Water is a personal odyssey as well as a snapshot of an unstable and little known part of the world from a unique perspective, linking the ancient past to the uncertain present, and generating observations and meditations on the tides of history, and our place within it.Read more
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Gloves Off: Tyson Fury Autobiography
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AND AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR
AS SEEN ON NETFLIX’S AT HOME WITH THE FURYS
‘Tyson Fury is an amazing real-life champion’ – Sylvester Stallone, star of Rocky
‘The People’s Champion’ – Times
‘A boxing phenomenon…the anarchic and enormous sports star may prove to be the last of the boxing greats’ – John Sutherland, The Times
Son. Father. Husband. Brother. Fighter. Showman. Mental health champion. Told with unflinching honesty and rock-star charisma, Gloves Off by Tyson Fury is the autobiography of a sporting icon, the like of which we may never see again.
The undefeated heavyweight champion Tyson Fury looks back on his life and career to understand his remarkable rise, fall, and rise again, which has seen him journey from the brink of suicide to boxing immortality, culminating in his sensational knockout victory against Dillian Whyte at Wembley Stadium in front of a record-breaking 94,000 fans.
Tyson’s book reveals surprising and personal new sides to his character: he opens up about his fairy-tale romance with beloved wife Paris, and their down-to-earth life raising six beautiful children. He describes how his Traveller upbringing forged him, and how his fighting family, including dad John and his brothers, have sustained him.
In the process, Tyson discusses his mental health and weight battles, his faith and his greatest boxing experiences. He discloses deeply moving new stories: in the weeks before the biggest fight of his career, Tyson was sleeping on a hospital floor in intensive care tending to his baby daughter, Athena, who was born premature and fighting for her life.
Funny, frank and never less than entertaining, this is Tyson Fury at his very best, as you have never read before.
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Gym Climbing 2E: Improve Technique, Movement, and Performance
Climbing has become a mainstream sport with more participants than skiing or snowboarding and, among the different types of climbing, gym climbing is the most popular. Where gyms were once a training ground for rock and alpine climbers, many participants now regularly climb indoors with no plans beyond tackling the ever-changing routes of their neighborhood hangout. When Mountaineers Books published the first edition of this title in 2004 there were approximately 250 climbing gyms in the United States. Today there are more than 650.In this completely revised second edition, author Matt Burbach focuses his instruction on climbers who want to excel on indoor routes and problems. The new edition includes:
- Step-by-step training for beginners
- Strategies for progressing to dynamic movements to top out on ever more difficult new-school routes and problems
- Both bouldering and top-roping instruction
- Physical conditioning, mental training, and kinesiological assessment and theory
- The latest belay and safety techniques
- Explanation of equipment, which is safer, lighter, and more comfortable than ever
This edition also includes entirely new photos (now in color), with professional climbers Emily Harrington and Matt Segal demonstrating the moves and gym climbing techniques throughout the book.
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Gymnastic Rings Workout E-Guide | For Full Body Gymnastics Workout | Fully Illustrated Step-By-Step Exercise Guides
GET THE MOST FROM YOUR GYMNASTIC RINGSThis fully illustrated guide gives you step by step instructions to help you get the most from your gymnastic rings. With 10 comprehensive exercises, you’ll get a full body workout that is simple yet effective.
What exercises are included?
1. Row
2. Push Ups
3. Triceps Dips
4. Pull Ups
5. Archer Pull-Ups
6. Leg Raises
7. Extended Plank
8. Front Lever
9. Muscle Up
10. The CrossFrom this wide range of exercises we’re confident you’ll get a full body workout, everything from your biceps, back and biceps will feel the burn!
What equipment do I need?
All exercises require the use of gymnastic rings. Check out our other products if you have yet to buy your gym rings. All exercises are designed to be quick, they require no prep and are perfect for those that are busy or lack expensive home gym equipment.
Free PDF guide
We appreciate that you may want to print out these workouts so if you’d like a free PDF version of the workout guide please just drop us an email after purchase.
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Jim’s Weight Training Guide, Superset Style!: A Resistance Training Method For Weight loss, Muscle Growth, Endurance and Strength Training (Home Workout, Weight Loss & Fitness…
Hi, I’m James Atkinson (Jim to my friends and readers). I’m a qualified fitness coach, competing bodybuilder and have a burning desire to help others reach their fitness goals.I have been training for nearly 20 years and this training has taken me from long distance running to bodybuilding competition.
It is fair to say that I have learned the secrets of weight loss and fitness from my own personal journey. I have been fat, skinny and muscle bound throughout my fitness career and I really feel fulfillment from helping and advising others when it comes to their goals.
This book is all about the very well-known but little practiced (correctly) method of training known as “Supersets”.
My aim with this book is to give you the knowledge so you will:•Be able to identify the workload that best suits your training goal
•Effectively add supersets to your existing workouts
•Use the method “full time”
•Plan to use supersets to target your weaknesses
•Be in a position to devise your own workout routine using this methodFrom my first year of resistance training I knew of the superset concept but it was many years later that I started to use it to good effect in my training and later, my clients training too.
It was through my own exercise and learning that I was able to fashion this method into something that could be used in all types of workout.
Whether you are looking to build muscle, burn fat or even train for endurance, you can:•Use supersets to shorten your workouts
•Increase intensity
•Add volume to your training
•Add variety to your average training sessionThis book includes examples of full workout routines for different levels of fitness and different fitness goals. These can be followed directly from the book, but my main focus is to pass on my knowledge so you can adapt your training or tweak the featured routines to great effect.
I will wish you good look and IL see you on the inside. Let’s get started!……Read more
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Just Playin’: Age-Gap Romantic Sports Comedy (Ballsy Boys Book 1)
Presley ‘Elvis’ Carlton was at the top of his game. Number one draft pick, engaged to an up-and-coming model, and voted best player of the decade his first year on the field.Things were golden. . . until an accident saw everything important torn from his grasp.
He’s determined to get his life back, though, and with a strict regime, and no time for a life outside of the game, the last thing he wants is the attention of a curvy college student whose only motto in life is to not take it too seriously. Can an Australian expat show the struggling sports star there’s more to life than the next win? Or has Willow Underwood chewed off a chunk of man-meat too thick for her to swallow?
Just Playin’ is a standalone sports romance RomCom that will give you all the feels. It has sexy scenes and several laugh-out-loud moments. This is not tied to any of my other books, and can be enjoyed by itself. AKA: No cliffhangers!
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Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness
- ‘Agile, wryly funny and wise’ – Robert Macfarlane, author of The Wild Places
- ‘The consummate roamer: big of heart, curious of mind, light of step’ – Amy-Jane Beer, winner of The Wainwright Prize
After years of challenging expeditions all over the world, adventurer Alastair Humphreys spends a year exploring the small map around his own home.
Can this unassuming landscape, marked by the glow of city lights and the hum of busy roads, hold any surprises for the world traveller or satisfy his wanderlust? Could a single map provide a lifetime of exploration?
Discovering more about the natural world than in all his years in remote environments, this is an ode to slowing down and the meaningful experience of truly getting to know your neighbourhood.
Local is a celebration of curiosity, time spent outdoors, and a rallying cry to protect the wild places on our doorstep. It is a reminder for all of us that nature and wildness are closer than we think.- Would you like to explore the undiscovered country of the nearby?
- Do you yearn to connect with wildness and natural beauty more often?
- Does everyone live on a map of small wonders in an unofficial countryside?
- Could your neighbourhood become a source of wonder and discovery?
- Do you like to search for wild places and discover the extraordinary in the ordinary?
- Are there any wild places left within your own community?
- Could exploring your own neighbourhood change the way you see the world?
- Do you find inspiration and wonder in the everyday moments of life?
- Have you ever felt the call of adventure, only to realise that sometimes the most remarkable journeys unfold close to home?
- Are there remarkable things waiting to be discovered on your doorstep?
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Marrying the Quarterback : Popstar X NFL Player Football Sports Romance (Florida Kingsman Chiefs Book 1)
A brokenhearted pop star seeks revenge in the arms of an infamous quarterback in this sexy, swoony romance.
Riley Sullivan is the latest pop star to headline the Super Bowl Half-Time Show stage.
What should have been a huge milestone in her career ends in betrayal when she finds her husband in a compromising position.
In the locker room declaring his undying love for his secret mistress.
Vengeful and heartbroken, Riley is on a war path, and she can hardly believe her luck when her star aligns with Tyler Owens, the six-foot adonis with piercing blue eyes.
Tyler Sinclair Owens is a professional NFL player familiar with the glitz, glam, and gossip that comes with fame. When his path crosses with Riley’s, he can’t help but be drawn to the superstar’s drive, determination, and grit.
And in that instance, he makes a single wish.
To make her his.As the chemistry between Riley and Tyler heats, new and unexpected secrets and challenges emerge.
Will the stars fight to maintain their forever, or will old and new forces tear them apart?~OFFICIAL TROPES~
- Dual-POV Spicy Sports Romance
- Famous Popstar x NFL Player
- Second Chance Love
- She Falls but He Falls Harder
- Touch Her and D*E Obession
- Star-Crossed Lovers
- Happily Ever After Standalone
MARRYING THE QUARTERBACK is a full-length Popstar x NFL Sports Romance with steamy scenes, romantic comedy moments, and two different stars from different stages realizing how similar they are when it comes to finding love.
This book is rated 18+ and entirely fictional.
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Only Here For A Visit: A Life Lived to the Full – from Sporting Glories to Wild Stories
‘The only book that will give you a hangover’ Chris Evans Breakfast Show
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The hilarious, no holds barred autobiography from sporting legend and broadcaster Alan Brazil.As Alan recounts tales from his extraordinary life, he relives the sporting occasions, radio broadcasts and famously long drinking sessions that have defined his career. He takes readers inside the talkSPORT studio for a behind-the-scenes view of his most memorable interviews, and talks for the first time about the on-pitch rivalries and dressing room debriefs of his footballing career.
With his typically outspoken and irreverent delivery, Alan shares everything from his thoughts on how the sports he loves have changed to his top tips for picking winners (and many losers) at Cheltenham. And he revels in wine-soaked jaunts in the South of France and late-night supermarket sweeps with Ray Parlour – if you can keep up.
Packed full of never-before-told stories, refreshing appraisals, sporting controversy and a cast of larger-than-life characters, this is a brutally honesty and wickedly funny insight into an extraordinary life.
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Punching Above Your Weight: The Untold Story of the Martial Arts
From Amazon’s #1 New Release author comes, Punching Above Your Weight: The Untold Story of the Martial Arts
AS FEATURED
UK Martial Arts Show
MALMAG (Martial Arts Lifestyle Magazine)
Derbyshire Times
Around Saddleworth and Tameside Magazine
Glossop ChroniclePRAISE
‘This book…will benefit both the experienced martial artist and the novice who is looking to take up a martial art for the first time.’
– Mike Gregory, Instructor under Dan Inosanto in Jun Fan Gung Fu/Filipino Martial Arts‘A comprehensive overview of different martial arts styles, their philosophy and historical routes and their evolution over time… This book gives a real taste of global martial arts and an insight into which might just be the route for you. A roundhouse of a book that packs a real punch!’
– David Ochwat, Kickboxing BlackbeltBLURB
People have been punching one another for thousands of years, and today is no different. It’s in our blood. But if you found yourself in the midst of a fight, with no time to think and nowhere to turn, what would be the best way of defending yourself?
Punching Above Your Weight tells the story of how many people across the globe tried to answer this apparently simple question. From Kung Fu and Karate to Wrestling and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, the book explores the role of martial arts in society whilst investigating how they’ve merged, changed, and evolved over past millennia.
Is it best to mimic a dragon when someone pulls out a knife?
How do you learn to punch at six times your bodyweight?
Why is it that fighting and philosophy go hand in hand?This is the untold story of the martial arts.
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Survivor: The Shocking and Inspiring Story of a True Champion
Fatima Whitbread had the worst possible start in life. Abandoned as a baby, she spent much of her childhood in and out of children’s homes. A brief, disastrous stay with her birth mother saw her raped by her mother’s drunken boyfriend – while her mother held a knife to her throat to ‘quieten her down’. Fatima was only twelve at the time.
Athletics was her saviour: local athletics coach Margaret Whitbread took the young Fatima under her wing, eventually adopting her. Fatima competed in three Olympics, winning bronze at the 1984 Los Angeles Games. In 1986 she set a world record, and the following year in Rome became world champion and was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year. But then Fatima faded from the public eye, leaving many to wonder where she had gone.
After the cheering stopped, Fatima faced prejudice, penury, scandal and heartbreak. Survivor describes how she defeated all her demons to rise triumphantly from the ashes once again, this time as queen of the jungle. Almost 13 million people watched her on I’m a Celebrity, and after surviving 20 days in the Australian heat, she has millions of new fans eager to know more about Fatima the woman: the forthright, focused, slightly bossy, charismatic single mum who knows how to transform even the most devastating experiences into lessons in life. This is the unforgettable story of a true champion, who triumphed against the worst hardships imaginable.
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Tales from the Chicago Bulls Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Bulls Stories Ever Told (Tales from the Team)
Chicago Bulls fans thought they had it so good. From 1991 through 1993 the Bulls won three consecutive NBA titles behind the talents of Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. When Jordan retired in the fall of 1993, those fans thought the good times were over. In the fall of 1995, however, Jordan was ready to make a full return to NBA action, Pippen was still the best number-two man in basketball, and then bad-boy Dennis Rodman was signed to join the franchise that had grown to hate him. Suddenly, the Bulls had the greatest team in NBA history.Tales from the Chicago Bulls Locker Room tells some of the inside stories from that team, the one that won three more NBA titles from 1996 through 1998. Seen from the eyes of three-time NBA champion center Bill Wennington, the Bulls come to life from an insider’s point of view. Followed everywhere and talked about endlessly, the 1995-96 Bulls captured a national and international audience and continued to keep all eyes upon them for three seasons. Fans will read about some of the most famous names in basketball history. Jordan, the demanding team leader; Pippen, the true teammate; Rodman, the reckless rebounder; Toni Kukoc, the outsider; Ron Harper, the former star-turned-role player; Luc Longley, the affable Aussie; Steve Kerr, the John Paxson sequel; all playing for Phil Jackson, the Zen master coach. These are stories fans have not heard before, but it’s not their fault. They just weren’t there the way Bill Wennington was.
Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sportsbooks about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.
Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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The Insanity of Gambling 2 – Consequences
Another journey into the nightmare world of gambling madness, told from the mindset of an addict from the early 70’s to the modern day explosion.Read more
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Tokkie Smith and the Colour of Rugby: Creating the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens
Tokkie Smith and the Colour of RugbyCreating the Hong Kong Sevens “The colonial rugby elite sat in stunned silence. He had been accused but not heard. Never before had they been required to make such an emotional and personal decision. Slowly, one by one, they raised their hands and his life was over.” The Hong Kong Sevens produced a burst of brilliant rugby which brightens the world. It didn’t just happen but was created through progressive inclusion. In the process Founder South African Tokkie Smith was caught up in the turbulent forefront of the game’s move from white domination and into the clutches of big money. It brought him personal tragedy but gave the world Sunshine Rugby. Author John D’Eathe is a product of the golden years of amateur rugby. He has seen the game transform from elitist and non-inclusive into the brilliant, open Sunshine Rugby of today. He met Tokkie Smith in 1959 in exotic Hong Kong and joined him for a decade in the waning days of the Empire and of Colonial rugby. Discover the life of Tokkie Smith and his impact upon world rugby.Review by Martin Tiffany:”WHILE this book is essentially about Tokkie Smith and his contribution to rugby union in Asia and the world, it is about much more.It is about the fight against the elitist rugby bodies and their double standards, it is about the stranglehold of world rugby’s governing body, it is about Hong Kong in the colonial era, and above all it is about the birth of one of the biggest and most exciting events on the international rugby calendar – the Hong Kong Sevens.The author John D’Eathe met Cape Town-born Tokkie in 1959 in Hong Kong and through rugby formed a lifelong friendship. One of the main reasons the author wrote this book was to shine a light on someone he felt was an unsung hero of today’s modern game and through the book hopes to establish Tokkie Smith’s rightful place in rugby history. If you are a rugby union fan this book is well worth a read.”Read more
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Tries and Prejudice: The Autobiography of England’s First Muslim Rugby International
“A fascinating window into British Asian culture…” – The Guardian
Tries & Prejudice is the revealing, hard-hitting and often amusing autobiography of former Featherstone, Leeds, Huddersfield and London rugby league star Ikram Butt. Born and bred in West Yorkshire and these days the driving force behind the British Asian Rugby Association (BARA), Butt, England’s first muslim rugby international in either code, tells his unique life story whilst also lifting the lid on the wider Muslim experience of British sport and the obstacles which lie in the way of encouraging greater participation from an often disaffected and marginalised youth. Written in association with rugby league writer Tony Hannan and featuring testimonials from a number of well-known sporting and political names, Tries & Prejudice is a fascinating and timely book, quite like no other.Read more
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