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1919 |
![]() ![]() Author: Duncan Hamilton Publisher: HODDER & STOUGHTON € 16,10
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![]() ![]() Author: Duncan Hamilton Publisher: HODDER & STOUGHTON € 23,50
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1918 |
![]() ![]() Author: Duncan Hamilton Publisher: HODDER & STOUGHTON € 29,90
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![]() ![]() Author: Duncan Hamilton Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Export Edit € 18,60
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2018 |
![]() ![]() Author: Hamilton Duncan Publisher: 66thand2nd Sono sufficienti poche note della colonna sonora di Vangelis per evocare i fotogrammi di "Momenti di gloria", il capolavoro di Hugh Hudson che celebra il doppio oro conquistato dall'atletica leggera britannica ai Giochi di Parigi del 1924. A vincere i 100 metri fu l'ebreo inglese Harold Abrahams, mentre a imporsi nei 400 fu il suo amico e rivale Eric H. Liddell, che da quel giorno divenne per tutti il «pastore volante». Figlio di un evangelizzatore trasferitosi in Cina, Liddell è stato senz'altro un predestinato della corsa, ma soprattutto un uomo di Chiesa dalla fede talmente granitica che alla domanda su come avesse fatto a ottenere quell'inattesa vittoria rispondeva: «Ho corso i primi 200 più veloce che potevo. Poi gli altri 200 con l'aiuto di Dio ». Confessione che racconta già molto di un uomo che alla fama sportiva, all'amore della famiglia e forse alla vita stessa antepose sempre i doveri di missionario, adempiuti con uno stoicismo che non vacillò neppure al cospetto delle rinunce più dolorose e dei contesti più drammatici. Come il campo di prigionia di Weihsien dove, nel corso della seconda guerra mondiale, si concluse la sua breve esistenza. Il fatto che Duncan Hamilton abbia posto una figura come la sua al centro di un'indagine storica così poderosa suggerisce che la vera gloria non si concentra in pochi momenti della biografia di un uomo, ma si costruisce giorno dopo giorno, grazie alla scelta rivoluzionaria di dedicarsi al prossimo nelle retrovie dell'anonimato. € 23,00
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1917 |
![]() ![]() Author: Hamilton Duncan Publisher: Penguin Group USA € 16,10
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![]() ![]() Author: Duncan Hamilton Publisher: BLACK SWAN € 11,70
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![]() ![]() Author: Duncan Hamilton Publisher: Safe Haven Books € 11,90
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1916 |
![]() ![]() Author: Duncan Hamilton Publisher: Random House Export Editions € 16,30
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![]() ![]() Author: Hamilton Duncan, Smith Nicholas Guy (NRT) Publisher: Penguin Group USA The untold and inspiring story of Eric Liddell, hero of Chariots of Fire, from his Olympic medal to his missionary work in China to his last, brave years in a Japanese work camp during WWII Many people will remember Eric Liddell as the Olympic gold medalist from the Academy Award winning filmChariots of Fire. Famously, Liddell would not run on Sunday because of his strict observance of the Christian sabbath, and so he did not compete in his signature event, the 100 meters, at the 1924 Paris Olympics. He was the greatest sprinter in the world at the time, and his choice not to run was ridiculed by the British Olympic committee, his fellow athletes, and most of the world press. Yet Liddell triumphed in a new event, winning the 400 meters in Paris. Liddell ran--and lived--for the glory of his God. After winning gold, he dedicated himself to missionary work. He travelled to China to work in a local school and as a missionary. He married and had children there. By the time he could see war on the horizon, Liddell put Florence, his pregnant wife, and children on a boat to Canada, while he stayed behind, his conscience compelling him to stay among the Chinese. He and thousands of other westerners were eventually interned at a Japanese work camp. Once imprisoned, Liddell did what he was born to do, practice his faith and his sport. He became the moral center of an unbearable world. He was the hardest worker in the camp, he counseled many of the other prisoners, he gave up his own meager portion of meals many days, and he organized games for the children there. He even raced again. For his ailing, malnourished body, it was all too much. Liddell died of a brain tumor just before the end of the war. His passing was mourned around the world, and his story still inspires. In the spirit of The Boys in the Boat and Unbroken, For the Glory is both a compelling narrative of athletic heroism and a gripping story of faith in the darkest circumstances. From the Hardcover edition. € 38,30
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![]() ![]() Author: Hamilton Duncan Publisher: Penguin Pr € 25,30
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![]() ![]() Author: Hamilton Duncan Publisher: Thorndike Pr € 36,10
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![]() ![]() Author: Duncan Hamilton Publisher: DOUBLEDAY € 23,30
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2015 |
![]() ![]() Author: Hamilton Duncan Publisher: 66thand2nd Lo chiamavano "il Quinto Beatle". Era affascinante, sfacciato, "bello come un attore di Hollywood", idolatrato dal pubblico femminile. Ma George Best era soprattutto sublime sul campo da calcio, con la sua grazia da ballerino e quei dribbling labirintici con cui stordiva i difensori e incantava i tifosi. Lanciandola con la punta del piede, era capace di infilarsi una monetina nel taschino della giacca. Una volta segnò due reti indossando uno scarpino solo. A ventidue anni, nel 1968, vinse il Pallone d'oro e realizzò un gol decisivo nella finale di Coppa dei Campioni, consegnando l'atteso trofeo nelle mani del leggendario allenatore Matt Busby, che intorno a lui aveva ricostruito il Manchester United dopo il disastro aereo di Monaco di Baviera. Quei trionfi segnarono però l'apice e l'inizio del declino di Best, dell'atleta come dell'uomo, risucchiato troppo presto nella spirale dell'alcolismo e di una spropositata celebrità. Basandosi su materiali d'archivio Hamilton ripercorre la parabola tragica del campione britannico, dall'infanzia nei sobborghi di Belfast alle imprese con la maglia dei Diavoli Rossi, fino alla sua prematura scomparsa, raccontandoci come un esile ragazzino irlandese sia riuscito a diventare, nel giro di poche folgoranti stagioni, il calciatore più forte del pianeta. € 25,00
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1914 |
![]() ![]() Author: Hamilton Duncan Publisher: John Blake Duncan Hamilton won the classic Le Mans 24-Hours race in 1953, co-driving his workcentered C-Type Jaguar with Tony Rolt. In 1954 the same pair finished second, losing to a much larger-engined V12 Ferrari and by the narrowest margin in years. In all, Duncan Hamilton competed in nine of those great Le Mans endurance classics. Having cut his racing teeth in such pre-war cars as the R-Type M.G and the Bugatti Type 35B, Duncan graduated to one of the immortal Lago- Talbot Grand Prix cars—which he subsequently mislaid in a French coal-hole. After a hugely eventful racing career—only Duncan could get himself fired by Jaguar for winning the Rheims 12-Hours race in 1956—he eventually hung up his racing helmet in 1958. As Earl Howe wrote in the original 1960 foreword to this book, though the drivers of this age were fiercely competitive, there were also "friends to meet, stories to tell and almost certainly a party to be enjoyed…" Duncan Hamilton was certainly a little larger than life, and this book tells the story of a man who wasn’t just one of the most successful drivers of the 1950s, but also the man who trespassed at Brooklands, who spent the war in the Fleet Air Arm accidentally trying to drown American Admirals, and who was once stopped for speeding on the Cromwell Road, rushing to take part in a TV program on road safety. It is a must for any classic car enthusiast’s bookshelf. € 15,20
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1910 |
![]() ![]() Author: Duncan Hamilton Publisher: Quercus Publishing Harold Larwood is an England cricketing legend. During the MCC's notorious 1932?3 Ashes tour of Australia, his "Bodyline" bowling left Australia's batsmen bruised and battered, halved the batting average of the great Don Bradman?and gave England a 4?1 series victory. But the diplomatic row that followed brought Anglo-Australian relations to the brink of collapse. Larwood was used as a scapegoat by the MCC, which demanded he apologize for bowling Bodyline. Arguing that he had simply obeyed the instructions of his captain, Douglas Jardine, Larwood refused. He never played for England again. The Bodyline saga has been told before, but Larwood's story has not. Using materials provided by the fast bowler's family, Duncan Hamilton has created an intimate and compelling portrait of Larwood's life: from his mining village upbringing, through the trauma of 1932?3 and its bitter aftermath, to his emigration to Australia, where he and his family found happiness. A moving recreation of the triumph, betrayal and redemption of a working-class hero, Harold Larwood will enthrall not only cricket fans, but all those who relish biographical writing of the highest quality. € 12,30
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2009 |
![]() ![]() Author: Duncan Hamilton Publisher: GREAT NORTHERN € 11,60
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2008 |
![]() ![]() Author: Duncan Hamilton Publisher: HARPER COLLINS PAPERBACKS uncan Hamilton was there through all the madness, the success, the failures, the fall-outs, the drink and the crumbling of Brian Clough's heady 20 years as manager of Nottingham Forest. A journalist at the }Nottingham Evening Post{, he became € 11,70
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