Water Sports category: 1998 books
Bjørn Dunkerbeck – Windsurfer.
Das Leben des erfolgreichsten Profisportlers aller Zeiten
Language: German
Release Date: December 17, 2015
Mit 41 Weltmeistertiteln ist Bjørn Dunkerbeck der erfolgreichste Windsurfer aller Zeiten und eine Legende seines Sports. Mit 46 Jahren hat der Übervater des Windsurfens nun seine Worldcup-Karriere beendet und blickt auf über 30 Jahre Profisport und Weltmeistertitel in fast allen Windsurf-Disziplinen...
by Wolfgang Reuter
Language: German
Release Date: January 17, 2015
Language: German
Release Date: January 17, 2015
Nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs entstanden auch im Nordosten Deutschlands neue sportliche Strukturen. Die Regierung der gerade gegründeten DDR wollte internationale Anerkennung auch durch sportliche Erfolge erlangen. Der Motorsport wurde gefördert, um die internationale Reputation zu beschleunigen....
by John von Düffel
Language: German
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Language: German
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Brust, Kraulen, Schmetterling – die Schwimmstile sind so zahlreich wie die Schwimmertypen: ob man sich eher passiv treiben lässt, heroisch die Fluten durchkämmt oder elegant durch schimmerndes Türkis gleitet. John von Düffel widmet sich nicht nur der praktischen Seite, den Techniken und der...
Dick, übergewichtig - Na und? Ich fange jetzt endlich mit Rudern an
Du hast Bock auf Rudern? - Wie du jetzt damit beginnen kannst. Ganz egal was andere sagen oder denken! Hol dir dein Mindset und die wichtigen ersten Schritte, um morgen zu starten. Ausreden suchen war gestern!
Language: German
Release Date: May 16, 2018
Du fühlst dich im eigenen Körper nicht mehr wohl und willst etwas ändern? Aber im Fernsehen und auch in der Werbung sieht man immer nur dünne Menschen beim Sport. Dieses Buch räumt auf mit dem Mythos, dass Sport nichts für Übergewichtige ist. Du erfährst, worauf es beim Sport ankommt und was...
A Full Cup
Sir Thomas Lipton's Extraordinary Life and His Quest for the America's Cup
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
An in-depth biography of Sir Thomas Lipton, the founder of Lipton Tea-a portrait of a remarkable self-made man and intrepid sailor.
Today Lipton means tea. However, in his time Sir Thomas Lipton was known for much more. Raised in desperate poverty, he became rich beyond his wildest dreams....
by Richard V. Simpson
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2016
Thomas J. Lipton s America s Cup Campaigns is the saga of one man s three decade obsession with winning the America s Cup. This is author Richard V. Simpson s fifth title concerning the quest for the America s Cup the Blue Ribbon prize for the sport of large ocean racing yachts. In this book, Simpson...
Ragamuffin Man
The World of Syd Fischer
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016
You either lie down and die, or you fight.
In 1938 a knockabout 11-year-old kid from Marrickville, Sydney, is suddenly confronted by mortality. His mother dies. His father has little time for him and at 14 he leaves school to learn a trade.
In 2016 that same boy is a multi-millionaire....
A Pearl in the Storm
How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
“If you want to be inspired, read this book. You won’t stop till you’ve finished.”
—Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab’s Wife
A Pearl in the Storm is the true story of Tori Murden McClure, the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. McClure’s memoir,...
by Diana Nyad
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Hillary Clinton said that Find a Way would stay with her through the general election: “When you’re facing big challenges in your life, you can think about Diana Nyad getting attacked by the lethal sting of box jellyfishes. And nearly anything else seems doable in comparison.”
On September...
by Leanne Shapton
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
Winner of the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award, Autobiography
Swimming Studies is a brilliantly original, meditative memoir that explores the worlds of competitive and recreational swimming. From her training for the Olympic trials as a teenager to enjoying pools and beaches around the...
by Greg Louganis, Eric Marcus
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
This is a new edition of Greg Louganis's 1995 #1 New York Times bestselling autobiography and Literary Guild Selection. It is the unflinchingly honest first-person account of a man breaking free of a lifetime of silence and isolation.
Born to a young Samoan father and Northern European mother,...
Deep Descent
Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2002
On a foggy July evening in 1956, the Italian cruise liner Andrea Doria, bound for New York, was struck broadside by another vessel. In eleven hours, she would sink nearly 250 feet to the murky Atlantic Ocean floor. Thanks to a daring rescue operation, only 51 of more than 1,700 people died in the...
by Tom Daley
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012
Enter the enthralling world of Tom Daley in My Story - medallist in the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Tom had the whole country behind him when he won bronze at the Olympics this year. A double Commonwealth gold medal winner, he is one of the sport's most exciting athletes. But there is also a...
Race France To France: Leave Antarctica To Starboard
An American in the Vendée Globe, Racing Solo, Non-Stop, Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2012
“The Vendée Globe is even a greater challenge than climbing Mt. Everest.” …Senator John Kerry in a U.S. Senate Tribute to Rich Wilson
“The Vendée Globe is a race that is almost beyond belief.” …Gary Jobson, ESPN Commentator
In 2008-9, Rich Wilson became...