[PDF] Unbeaten eBook

Author : Mike Stanton
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 32,34 MB
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1627799206

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From the bestselling author of The Prince of Providence, a revelatory biography of Rocky Marciano, the greatest heavyweight champion of all time. The son of poor Italian immigrants, with short arms and stubby legs, Rocky Marciano accomplished a feat that eluded legendary heavyweight champions like Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Muhammad Ali, and Mike Tyson: He never lost a professional fight. His record was a perfect 49-0. Unbeaten is the story of this remarkable champion who overcame injury, doubt, and the schemes of corrupt promoters to win the title in a bloody and epic battle with Jersey Joe Walcott in 1952. Rocky packed a devastating punch with an innocent nickname, “Suzie Q,” against which there was no defense. As the champ, he came to know presidents and movie stars – and the organized crime figures who dominated the sport, much to his growing disgust. He may have “stood out in boxing like a rose in a garbage dump,” as one sportswriter said, but he also fought his own private demons. In the hands of the award-winning journalist and biographer Mike Stanton, Unbeaten is more than just a boxing story. It’s a classic American tale of immigrant dreams, exceptional talent wedded to exceptional ambitions, compromises in the service of a greater good, astounding success, disillusionment, and a quest to discover what it all meant. Like Suzie Q, it will knock you off your feet.

Author : Isabella L. Bird
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 47,6 MB
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0486120589

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The intrepid explorer recounts her 1878 excursion into the back country of the Far East. Bird describes the vicissitudes of her journey — the difficulties as well as the excitement and rewards.

Author : Andrew Allen
Publisher : Portnoy Publishing
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 27,27 MB
Release : 2014-05-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1909255092

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When Arsene Wenger said he wanted his team to go through a season undefeated, he was roundly mocked, yet just over 12 months later the Arsenal manager guided his team to footballing immortality. The Gunners’ 2003-2004 campaign was extraordinary, and not just because of their remarkable league achievement. From the highs and lows of Europe, to disciplinary charges, pitched battles, the frantic scramble to finance a new stadium, a club record transfer deal in January, and winning the title at the ground of the old enemy, this special collector’s edition book looks back on everything that happened during an unforgettable campaign. Match reports, behind the scenes stories, exclusive interviews and illustrations, stats, tactics, pictures; all the things you know, and lots of stuff you’ve forgotten. Together: tells the story of Arsenal’s ‘unbeaten’ season.

Author : Brendan Rielly
Publisher : Down East Books
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 43,25 MB
Release : 2015-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1608935892

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Abandoned by his father, orphaned by his drug-addled mother, and devastated by the murder of his sister, Michael McKeon was once a hardened “street dog who learned to play in traffic.” Years later, Michael is now a Bowdoin College professor with a wife and adopted daughter. When he creates a microbe that instantly cleans up any oil spill, no matter how large, by devouring the oil, that discovery should be the breakthrough that defines a career. But the microbiologist's life is ruined when The Global Group kidnaps his wife and daughter, forcing him to use his microbe to destroy all Saudi and Russian oil. As Michael races against the clock to save his family, he becomes a threat to the secret efforts of the American, Russian and Saudi governments to douse the flames in the Middle East by implementing a new Marshall Plan. Haunted by the loss of one family and determined not to lose another, Michael will do anything to save his wife and daughter, even if it means throwing the world into chaos. And heaven help anyone, even his own government, who tries to stop him. From the moment Michael's family is kidnapped, the action never stops, propelling him relentlessly from Bowdoin College’s deceptively tranquil campus in Brunswick, Maine, to a hidden laboratory in the United Arab Emirates; to Abqaiq in the desolate and unforgiving Empty Quarter; to the bitter isolation of the Sakhalin Island oil fields off Russia’s far eastern coast; and to the final showdown in an isolated dacha outside Moscow, where Michael may not survive the ultimate betrayal of discovering who is really behind The Global Group.

Author : Isabella Lucy Bird
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 13,76 MB
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1108014631

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Unbeaten Tracks contains fascinating observational anecdotes of nineteenth-century Japan. This volume continues the journey, including experiences of tribal living.

Author : Robert P. Gardnett
Publisher : Bluebird Publications
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 21,44 MB
Release : 2022-07-09
Category : History
ISBN : 3754668013

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World War II has given birth to many events in the history of the world. On the one hand brutal and hellish slaughter, on the other hand the desire for human survival. It was as if everything came together at one point. So, as expected, some amazing and heartbreaking things have happened on this huge battlefield. At the same time the worst and the best of humanity; Both sides tell different stories of the world war. In addition to many special events, World War II also introduced us to a number of 'special' characters.This book is about one such special character who remains unbeaten till 1974. Read this fascinating and thrilling true story of the unbeaten soldier of second world war.