Author: Henry Blofeld
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1529378508
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Legendary cricket broadcaster Henry Blofeld takes the reader on a journey from A-Z through the world of cricket. In his trademark charming style, Blowers goes through the alphabet, explaining some of the puzzling cricket terminology and regaling his favourite anecdotes from his fifty years in the sport. This gift book is perfect for fans of cricket who want to understand the sport from Henry's unique point of view - this is a humorous and entertaining jaunt through the cricket landscape.
My A-Z of Cricket
Author: Henry Blofeld
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1529378508
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Legendary cricket broadcaster Henry Blofeld takes the reader on a journey from A-Z through the world of cricket. In his trademark charming style, Blowers goes through the alphabet, explaining some of the puzzling cricket terminology and regaling his favourite anecdotes from his fifty years in the sport. This gift book is perfect for fans of cricket who want to understand the sport from Henry's unique point of view - this is a humorous and entertaining jaunt through the cricket landscape.
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1529378508
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Legendary cricket broadcaster Henry Blofeld takes the reader on a journey from A-Z through the world of cricket. In his trademark charming style, Blowers goes through the alphabet, explaining some of the puzzling cricket terminology and regaling his favourite anecdotes from his fifty years in the sport. This gift book is perfect for fans of cricket who want to understand the sport from Henry's unique point of view - this is a humorous and entertaining jaunt through the cricket landscape.
Cricket Explained
Author: Robert Eastaway
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1250120209
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Cricket Explained offers the sports enthusiast a user-friendly introduction to baseball's British cousin, a game that shares with America's national pastime the common ancestor "rounders." This is the definitive beginner's guide to the game of cricket, written by Robert Eastaway, a world authority on the sport, and co-inventor of the Coopers & Lybrand World Cricket Ratings System. Cricket Explained takes the reader from the game's fundamental --basic rules, terminology, equipment --to the finer points of strategy, individual playing styles, and cricket lore. The book includes a combined glossary/index for easy reference and is illustrated throughout with the lighthearted drawings of British cartoonist Mark Stevens. So even if you don't know "short leg" from "silly mid off" or a bowler from a batsman, you'll come away from Cricket Explained with an understanding for this truly international sport which, like baseball, is loved both for its elegant simplicity and its vexing complexity. Among the topics covered in Cricket Explained's concise, user-friendly entries are: -- Cricket's history -- Making sense of the action on the field -- Batsmen and the batting order -- Fielders and fielding positions -- Fielding and batting tactics -- Scoring and statistics -- Bowling strategy -- How many players are required -- How runs are scored, outs are made, and a game is won -- Umpires and the rules -- Bowlers and their individual styles -- Different types of cricket played throughout the world
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1250120209
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Cricket Explained offers the sports enthusiast a user-friendly introduction to baseball's British cousin, a game that shares with America's national pastime the common ancestor "rounders." This is the definitive beginner's guide to the game of cricket, written by Robert Eastaway, a world authority on the sport, and co-inventor of the Coopers & Lybrand World Cricket Ratings System. Cricket Explained takes the reader from the game's fundamental --basic rules, terminology, equipment --to the finer points of strategy, individual playing styles, and cricket lore. The book includes a combined glossary/index for easy reference and is illustrated throughout with the lighthearted drawings of British cartoonist Mark Stevens. So even if you don't know "short leg" from "silly mid off" or a bowler from a batsman, you'll come away from Cricket Explained with an understanding for this truly international sport which, like baseball, is loved both for its elegant simplicity and its vexing complexity. Among the topics covered in Cricket Explained's concise, user-friendly entries are: -- Cricket's history -- Making sense of the action on the field -- Batsmen and the batting order -- Fielders and fielding positions -- Fielding and batting tactics -- Scoring and statistics -- Bowling strategy -- How many players are required -- How runs are scored, outs are made, and a game is won -- Umpires and the rules -- Bowlers and their individual styles -- Different types of cricket played throughout the world
The A-Z of Football Hates
Author: Richard Foster
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445639939
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
From Agents to Z-list celebrities, everything you love to hate about the national sport.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445639939
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
From Agents to Z-list celebrities, everything you love to hate about the national sport.
Sorry, I'm British!
Author: Ben Crystal
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1780740409
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
An original and funny take on what it is to be British The A to Z guide to your own laughable behaviour Explore the oddities of the British psyche with this informative and witty illustrated guide. From small-talk to superiority, from cricket to condiments, and curry to class, when wandering lonely through the clouds of British behaviour this is the perfect companion. Discover the fate of a pitbull named ASBO, find out why we get bank holidays when we do, and learn why it's better to drive on the left. With 40 hilarious illustrations from acclaimed cartoonist Ed McLachlan, this is the perfect book for a nation that loves to laugh at itself.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1780740409
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
An original and funny take on what it is to be British The A to Z guide to your own laughable behaviour Explore the oddities of the British psyche with this informative and witty illustrated guide. From small-talk to superiority, from cricket to condiments, and curry to class, when wandering lonely through the clouds of British behaviour this is the perfect companion. Discover the fate of a pitbull named ASBO, find out why we get bank holidays when we do, and learn why it's better to drive on the left. With 40 hilarious illustrations from acclaimed cartoonist Ed McLachlan, this is the perfect book for a nation that loves to laugh at itself.
The A-Z of Us
Author: Jim Keeble
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141901950
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
If you're lost in love, you need The A-Z of Us, a novel that answers those age-old questions: Why can't a man and woman just be friends? Is it really a good idea to have sex with your best friend's sister? How do you tell your husband that you don't love him anymore? Ian thinks he has it all mapped out. He has a dream job as a travel writer and he's dating his dream woman. Everything seems to be on track ... until his best friend Gemma calls and he finds himself in unexplored territory, heading for a place where 'me' might just become 'us'. Gemma thinks she'll never need a map again. Not yet thirty, she's ended up in exactly the right place - just married, with a great career, and a fabulous almost-renovated house. But when she tells her husband she doesn't love him anymore, Gemma is forced to embark on a journey of the heart for which no maps have been written. The A-Z of Us is a heart-warming, funny and wise tale of the brave new world of relationships and what to do when the old maps no longer show us the way.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141901950
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
If you're lost in love, you need The A-Z of Us, a novel that answers those age-old questions: Why can't a man and woman just be friends? Is it really a good idea to have sex with your best friend's sister? How do you tell your husband that you don't love him anymore? Ian thinks he has it all mapped out. He has a dream job as a travel writer and he's dating his dream woman. Everything seems to be on track ... until his best friend Gemma calls and he finds himself in unexplored territory, heading for a place where 'me' might just become 'us'. Gemma thinks she'll never need a map again. Not yet thirty, she's ended up in exactly the right place - just married, with a great career, and a fabulous almost-renovated house. But when she tells her husband she doesn't love him anymore, Gemma is forced to embark on a journey of the heart for which no maps have been written. The A-Z of Us is a heart-warming, funny and wise tale of the brave new world of relationships and what to do when the old maps no longer show us the way.
A-Z of Barbados Heritage
Author: Sean Carrington
Publisher: MacMillan Caribbean
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Every aspect of Barbadian history, geography, natural history, culture and society is covered.
Publisher: MacMillan Caribbean
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Every aspect of Barbadian history, geography, natural history, culture and society is covered.
Bernard Who?
Author: Bernard Cribbins
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1472130146
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
'Essential' DAILY MAIL CELEBRITY BIOGRAPHIES OF THE YEAR 'The book reads like it's Bernard sitting down and telling a story' Steve Wright, BBC Radio 2 'A fitting celebration of one of our most versatile and enduring acting talents' Sunday Express 'A rollicking good read - charming, unassuming and full of amiable, homespun wit' The Oldie The long-awaited autobiography of national treasure Bernard Cribbins. Bernard Cribbins's life has been an eventful one. In 1943, he left school aged fourteen and joined Oldham Repertory Company where he earned fifteen bob for a seventy-hour week. After being called up for National Service in 1946 he became a paratrooper and spent several months in Palestine being shot at. On returning home, and to the theatre, Bernard was eventually approached by George Martin, then an A&R man for Parlophone Records, who suggested he made a record. Just months away from producing The Beatles, Martin asked Bernard to come to Abbey Road Studios in north London and, after teaching him how to sing into a microphone, they eventually recorded two hit singles - 'The Hole in the Ground' and 'Right Said Fred'. These, together with appearances in now classic films such as Two Way Stretch and The Wrong Arm of the Law (not to mention a certain television programme called Jackanory), catapulted Bernard to stardom and, by the time he started filming The Railway Children in 1970, he was already a national treasure. Since then, Bernard's CV has been an A-Z of the best entertainment that Britain has to offer, and, thanks to programmes such as the aforementioned Jackanory, The Wombles, and, more recently, Old Jack's Boat, he has become the voice of many millions of childhoods. Seventy-five years in the making and packed with entertaining anecdotes, Bernard Who? tells the wonderful story of one of the longest and most celebrated careers in show business.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1472130146
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
'Essential' DAILY MAIL CELEBRITY BIOGRAPHIES OF THE YEAR 'The book reads like it's Bernard sitting down and telling a story' Steve Wright, BBC Radio 2 'A fitting celebration of one of our most versatile and enduring acting talents' Sunday Express 'A rollicking good read - charming, unassuming and full of amiable, homespun wit' The Oldie The long-awaited autobiography of national treasure Bernard Cribbins. Bernard Cribbins's life has been an eventful one. In 1943, he left school aged fourteen and joined Oldham Repertory Company where he earned fifteen bob for a seventy-hour week. After being called up for National Service in 1946 he became a paratrooper and spent several months in Palestine being shot at. On returning home, and to the theatre, Bernard was eventually approached by George Martin, then an A&R man for Parlophone Records, who suggested he made a record. Just months away from producing The Beatles, Martin asked Bernard to come to Abbey Road Studios in north London and, after teaching him how to sing into a microphone, they eventually recorded two hit singles - 'The Hole in the Ground' and 'Right Said Fred'. These, together with appearances in now classic films such as Two Way Stretch and The Wrong Arm of the Law (not to mention a certain television programme called Jackanory), catapulted Bernard to stardom and, by the time he started filming The Railway Children in 1970, he was already a national treasure. Since then, Bernard's CV has been an A-Z of the best entertainment that Britain has to offer, and, thanks to programmes such as the aforementioned Jackanory, The Wombles, and, more recently, Old Jack's Boat, he has become the voice of many millions of childhoods. Seventy-five years in the making and packed with entertaining anecdotes, Bernard Who? tells the wonderful story of one of the longest and most celebrated careers in show business.
The Universal English Dictionary
Author: John Craig
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1290
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1290
Book Description
A-Z of Bristol
Author: Cynthia Stiles
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445681722
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
A fascinating tour through the vibrant city of Bristol highlighting its heritage, people and places through the centuries.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445681722
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
A fascinating tour through the vibrant city of Bristol highlighting its heritage, people and places through the centuries.
An A-Z of Hellraisers
Author: Robert Sellers
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409051005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
An A-Z of Hellraisers is the last word on inebriated misbehaviour, and the miscreant mob in this whopper of a book constitute the most amazing grouping to see print: from Alexander the Great, whose drunken revelries once ended with the destruction of an entire city; to W. C. Fields, who passed critical judgement on a brass band by urinating over them from a hotel balcony; Dylan Thomas, who drove a sports car onto Charlie Chaplin's private tennis court; to Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, suffocating on his own vomit after consuming forty measures of vodka - what a night out that was! This hilarious volume makes for an ideal bedside companion or pub reading fodder, as it scrutinises and salutes these glorious individuals, from Winston Churchill to Keith Moon, George Best to Ernest Hemingway, Wild Bill Hickok to Sam Peckinpah, Ozzy Osbourne to Errol Flynn. Just thank God we didn't have to live next door to any of them.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409051005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
An A-Z of Hellraisers is the last word on inebriated misbehaviour, and the miscreant mob in this whopper of a book constitute the most amazing grouping to see print: from Alexander the Great, whose drunken revelries once ended with the destruction of an entire city; to W. C. Fields, who passed critical judgement on a brass band by urinating over them from a hotel balcony; Dylan Thomas, who drove a sports car onto Charlie Chaplin's private tennis court; to Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, suffocating on his own vomit after consuming forty measures of vodka - what a night out that was! This hilarious volume makes for an ideal bedside companion or pub reading fodder, as it scrutinises and salutes these glorious individuals, from Winston Churchill to Keith Moon, George Best to Ernest Hemingway, Wild Bill Hickok to Sam Peckinpah, Ozzy Osbourne to Errol Flynn. Just thank God we didn't have to live next door to any of them.