Best of
Sports-And-Games

2005

My Father And Other Working Class Football Heroes


Gary Imlach - 2005
    He knew the highlights of his father's career by heart. But when his dad died he realised they were all he knew. He began to realise, too, that he'd lost the passion for football that his father had passed down to him. In this book he faces his growing alienation from the game he was born into, as he revisits key periods in his father's career to build up a picture of his football life - and through him a whole era.‘The most emotionally charged and moving sports book I've ever read’ Daily Mail

The Gliding Flight: Simple Fun with a Sheet of Paper--Make and Fly 20 Original Paper Airplanes Using No Glue or Cutting


John M. Collins - 2005
    Using a refreshingly inventive approach to designs and flying characteristics, you can make 20 original paper planes, such as the Stealth, the Wind Devil, the Glart, and the Skid Kid. The book's flip-book animation demonstrates the basic origami folds, with clear step-by-step assembly for each design. A crease here and there is all you need to create high-performance aircraft ‚Äî no scissors, no glue. In the current age of electronic toys, THE GLIDING LIGHT proves you can still have fun with a simple sheet of paper and a little imagination.

Shattering the Glass: The Dazzling History of Women's Basketball from the Turn of the Century to the Present


Pamela Grundy - 2005
    Some facts about women's basketball today: - Globally, basketball is the most popular sport among female teens, according to the International Basketball Federation- The women's college championship game in 2003 was the most watched sporting event in the history of ESPN- According to the NCAA, 31% of all consumers between the age of 9 and 55 follow women's college basketball- In the 1990s, the number of girls playing on interscholastic basketball teams increased by 40%, to nearly 3 million players

Black Belt Sudoku®


Michael Rios - 2005
    Their recent rise in popularity began in Japan, where the name translated as sudoku. Here we’ve indicated the skill level necessary to complete each sudoku book in this series in the same way Japanese karate levels are ranked: by different colored belts. This is the Black Belt volume, filled with puzzles that will provide a sly, absorbing test for even the best, most proficient experts.It’s impossible to complete only one sudoku at a time, because solving them is habit-forming!