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Michael Calvin is one of the UK”s most accomplished sportswriters, having worked in more than 80 countries. He has covered every major sporting event, including seven summer Olympic Games and six World Cup finals. He was named Sports Writer of the Year for his despatches as a crew member in a round the world yacht race and has twice been named Sports Reporter of the Year. His book, The Nowhere Men, a study of football scouts, won the Times Sports Book of the Year prize in 2014. He became the first author to receive the award in successive years, when Proud, his collaboration with former Wales and British Lions rugby captain Gareth Thomas, was named Sports Book of the Year in 2015.In the same year Living On The Volcano, which exposed the pressures on managers, was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year prize. No Nonsense, his collaboration with Joey Barton, was named Autobiography of the Year in the 2017 British Sports Book awards. No Hunger In Paradise, an insight into youth football that spawned a widely-praised BT Sport documentary, was a Sunday Times best seller. State of Play, a study of the morality and social impact of modern football, was longlisted for the 2018 William Hill Sports Book of the Year award.He has been working closely with Thomas Bjorn on Mind Game to capture the unique nature of golf, and the principles and philosophies of the world”s best players.




11 Ebooks tarafından Michael Calvin

Michael Calvin: Nowhere Men
Winner of The Times British Sports Book Award 2014. A fascinating insight into the enclosed world of football scouts in the UKA teenaged boy plays football in a suburban park. His name is Raheem Ster …
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Michael Calvin: Living on the Volcano
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2015*A man punches the wall in a strategic show of anger. Another complains he has become a stranger to those he loves. A third relies …
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Michael Calvin: No Hunger In Paradise
Shortlisted for the British Sports Book Awards 2018 What s your dream, son? A six year-old boy, head bowed, mumbles the eternal answer: Be a footballer . Steadman Scott, football s most unlikely tale …
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Michael Calvin: Family
From the award-winning author of NO HUNGER IN PARADISEOutside the global spotlight, footballers don’t drive Aston Martins or pose for underwear ads. This is war. This is life. This is football.Michae …
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Michael Calvin & Thomas Bj rn: Mind Game
Eye-opening contributions from the stars of game make this a powerful, groundbreaking investigation into the mind of the professional golfer. The perfect gift for Father’s Day.* SHORTLISTED FOR THE T …
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Michael Calvin & Toby Gutteridge: Never Will I Die
There’s no pain, no theatrical agony. No screaming, no shouting. The kill shot is catastrophic and conclusive. I slump silently on to my knees and topple forward, head first, into the dirt. The lads …
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Michael Calvin: Whose Game Is It Anyway?
Football has never seemed so distant from its fans. Many have been alienated by the greed and shameless self-interest of the Premier League, and no one can predict how the global game will look post- …
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€12.73
Michael Calvin & Josef Lewkowicz: »Mein Überleben musste einen Sinn haben«
»Das war meine Bestimmung«, ist Josefs feste Überzeugung: Er überlebte die Zwangsarbeit im Konzentrationslager von Płaszów unter dem später durch »Schindlers Liste« berüchtigt gewordenen »Schlächter …
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€19.99
Michael Calvin & Josef Lewkowicz: Survivor
**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**’A riveting, compelling, mesmerizing journey. Josef Lewkowicz is a hero in every sense of the word. The Survivor both terrifies us and inspires us. It’s a must read.’To …
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€14.99
Michael Calvin & Josef Lewkowicz: Il sopravvissuto di Auschwitz
Da bambino fu deportato in sei campi di concentramento: Auschwitz, Ebensee, Mauthausen, Płaszów, Melk, Amstetten. Si salvò e da uomo divenne cacciatore di nazisti. Un’incredibile storia vera Dopo ave …
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€5.99
Michael Calvin & Emma Hayes: Completely Different Game
How do you get the best out of people? What does it take to make a team thrive? From the head coach of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team and legendary coach of Chelsea FC comes a book of hard-won …
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