Tom: 6300 books
New Journeys Now Begin
Learning on the path of grief and loss
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2006
Formerly Chaplain at the Marie Curie Centre, Edinburgh, Tom writes with sensitivity and clarity about real people, including himself, as they begin to understand their journeys of bereavement. This is a book that speaks profoundly to individuals coping wi
The Freedom Manifesto
How to Free Yourself from Anxiety, Fear, Mortgages, Money, Guilt, Debt, Government, Boredom, Supermarkets, Bills, Melancholy, Pain, Depression, Work, and Waste
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
The author of How to Be Idle, Tom Hodgkinson, now shares his delightfully irreverent musings on what true independence means and what it takes to be free. The Freedom Manifesto draws on French existentialists, British punks, beat poets, hippies and yippies, medieval thinkers, and anarchists to provide...
One for the Ages
Jack Nicklaus and the 1986 Masters
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Chronicling the unforgettable and improbable triumph of Jack Nicklaus in the 1986 Masters, this celebration recounts how the tarnished Golden Bear,” with his eldest son Jackie as his caddy, won the most prestigious golf tournament for the sixth time at the astonishing age of 46. Though he was...
Tales from the Oakland Raiders Sideline
A Collection of the Greatest Raiders Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
It’s almost impossible to talk about Oakland football without bringing up the name of the consummate Raider, Tom Flores. Legendary for both his skills on the field and his coaching guidance from the sideline, Flores has been an integral part of the Raiders organization since its inception in 1960....
Tales from the Baltimore Ravens Sideline
A Collection of the Greatest Ravens Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Tales from the Baltimore Ravens Sideline examines the history of the Baltimore football franchise since their move from Cleveland to Baltimore in 1996. The book chronicles how the team built itself into the champions of Super Bowl XXXV with what many believe to have been the National Football League's...
The Art of Sportscasting
How to Build a Successful Career
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2001
Author Tom Hedrick has elicited and gathered strategic and tactical advice from the top professionals in sporstcasting. Over 76 top-notch sports broadcasting personalities share their experience and acquired wisdom, including Curt Gowdy, Ray Scott, Bob Costas, Jack Buck, Jim Nantz, Keith Jackson,...
by Tom Dale Mullins
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2008
Whether you are coaching football, running a business, leading a charitable organization, or organizing a ministry team, the first step to success is in building a winning team. Author Tom Mullins, a winning college football coach himself, sought input from eight national champion football coaches...
Johnny U
The Life and Times of John Unitas
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2010
In a time “when men played football for something less than a living and something more than money,” John Unitas was the ultimate quarterback. Rejected by Notre Dame, discarded by the Pittsburgh Steelers, he started on a Pennsylvania sandlot making six dollars a game and ended as the most commanding...
by Tom Purdie
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
In November 1914, Hearts led the Scottish First Division. In the middle of a debate about the morality of continuing professional football during the First World War and a campaign to shame footballers into joining up, eleven Hearts players enlisted in Sir George McCrae’s battalion on 25 November....
Godfather of the Revolution
The Life of Philippe Égalité, Duc D'Orléans
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
While there are a great many books on Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and the rest of the French Royal Family, the crucial role of the Duc d'Orleans-the man who bankrolled the French Revolution-has been inexplicably overlooked, and this is the first biography to appear in English for many years. This...
by Tom Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
When the Gelderd End sings 'If you're proud to be a Leeds fan clap your hands' you clap your hands . . . but should you?
Leeds United Football Club have one of the worst reputations in the country. For years the fans and players - fairly or unfairly - have been associated with thuggery. In...
by Tom Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2005
The right-hand point at Jeffreys Bay is one of the surfing world’s most exciting finds, and from the age of twelve it had been my life’s purpose to surf there. J-Bay, South Africa – the fantasy, the almost mythical waves every surfer dreams of riding once in their lifetime.'
But Tom wouldn’t...
by Tom Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2010
"So this is surfing in Britain, I told myself as I grumpily walked up a slope of wet rocks and wispy beach grass, trying to keep a foothold as rain and wind both tried their utmost to send me skidding back down to the freezing beach below."
Tom Anderson has always loved surfing –...
No Borders
Playing Rugby for Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Fully updated to include Ireland’s historic victory over the All Blacks and their 2018 Six Nations Grand Slam.From Jack Kyle's immortals to Brian O'Driscoll's golden generation, this is the story of Irish rugby told in the players' words.Celebrated rugby writer Tom English embarks on a pilgrimage...