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Race car mechanic Andressa "Andi" Amaro has one rule - no dating drivers. With a good reason behind the rule, she has no plans on breaking it. Carrick Ryan is the bad boy of Formula One, with a face and body that melt panties on sight and an Irish lilt that leaves women on their knees, begging for more. He races hard and parties harder. The youngest driver to ever sign with F1, he's still at the top of his game five years later, breaking hearts on and off the tracks.

È l'estate del 2006 a San Zenone, un paese in provincia di Ferrara. Un gruppo di ragazzini delle medie trascorre le giornate a giocare a calcio sull'argine: è questa la loro passione, il loro linguaggio. Per alcuni sarà l'ultima estate prima delle scuole superiori a Ferrara, per altri quella del primo amore, della prima sbronza, della morte del nonno. Per tutti sarà l'estate dello scoppio di «Calciopoli» e del Mondiale di Germania che scandirà il loro tempo.

Ultima partita di campionato. A pochi secondi dal fischio finale, l'arbitro concede un calcio di rigore alla squadra di casa, decisivo per non precipitare in serie B. Come in un western di Sergio Leone, due uomini si affrontano in un duello: sul dischetto il capitano, Pietro Giacomelli, detto il Pesse, la bandiera della squadra, uno sciupafemmine con la coscienza non proprio immacolata. Di fronte a lui il portiere Antonio Griffanti, l'avversario di sempre, un gentiluomo con la passione per i libri.

Red York has seen it all: the Maple Leafs’ 45 consecutive Stanley Cups, Toronto’s designation as a United Nations World Heritage Site, the emergence of the Toronto Telegram as the nation’s greatest newspaper. Now, in response to at least two readers’ requests, and with the aid of a ghostwriter whose name he can’t ever remember, the award-winning columnist has penned a definitive history of the city of Toronto in the back half of the 20th century.

Come si fa a diventare il numero uno nello sport e nella vita? Ce lo spiega Dan Peterson, per gli amici sportivi e non sportivi (ma anche per la moglie Laura) solo Coach: è forse l'americano più famoso d'Italia, l'allenatore fenomeno della Virtus Bologna e dell'Olimpia Milano, l'uomo che ha inventato il basket moderno e poi ci ha spiegato la Nba e il wrestling in tv. Ora di anni Peterson ne ha ottantatré, ma gira ancora l'Italia e il mondo, pensa veloce e va che è una scheggia.

Scoprire - trent'anni e molto calcio dopo - che quelle notti non hanno mai smesso di essere magiche. Il Mondiale di Italia 90. La fine dell'innocenza, l'inizio di un'altra storia. L'Italia è un carrozzone in via di sfascio, ma balliamo ancora tutti quel poco che resta da ballare, declinando verso l'ultimo struggente tramonto sulle note di una canzone. Un'estate italiana. L'entusiasmo di un intero Paese, l'Olimpico ombelico d'Italia che fa la "Ola" a un futuro che verrà, la cerimonia d'apertura più fashion di tutti i tempi. I gol, le partite memorabili, le disfatte.

Erick Moreno da Silva, protagonista desta divertida obra de ficção, leva uma vida que muitos garotos já sonharam em ter: jogador de futebol aclamado pela crítica, não só foi eleito o melhor goleiro da era moderna, como, junto à seleção brasileira, venceu a Copa do Mundo de 1998, de 2006 e - por que não? - até de 2014!

The Natural, Bernard Malamud's first novel, published in 1952, is also the first - and some would say still the best - novel ever written about baseball. In it Malamud, usually appreciated for his unerring portrayals of postwar Jewish life, took on very different material - the story of a superbly gifted "natural" at play in the fields of the old daylight baseball era - and invested it with the hardscrabble poetry, at once grand and altogether believable, that runs through all his best work.

He's sexy and irresistible. I've done my best to ignore the magnetism that flows between us. I don't need complications in my life. I can't get wrapped up in his world, the last thing I need is to get attached to a professional athlete. I don’t have time for heartbreak.

Se il nome di una persona ne influenza il destino, allora quello della piccola Plectrude non potrà che essere straordinario. Nata in prigione da un'uxoricida, allevata dopo il suicidio della madre da una zia che la preferisce alle sue stesse figlie, sembra destinata a un futuro prodigioso. Misteriosa ed enigmatica come una dea, bella come una principessa delle fiabe, sicura come una creatura di intelligenza superiore, inizia la sua vita a passo di danza, inconsapevolmente avvolta dall'ombra del suo passato tragico e violento.

Japan faces Korea in the World Baseball Classic at Dodger Stadium, and curmudgeonly gardener Mas Arai finds himself embroiled in a murder. A Japanese tabloid writer drops dead on the field, and Mas gave the victim his last drink. It turns out there's more at stake than a baseball championship - international diplomacy depends upon uncovering secrets buried decades ago.

Bollywood and Cricket, the two religions that unite Indians across the globe. When they come together, the attraction is magnetic. Through the years, heroes on the field have been bowled over by silver screen goddesses. Some of them broke conventions and defied societal norms. Love Beyond 22 Yards is a collection of immortal, true love stories between cricketers and Bollywood divas who dared to fight against the world for their love.

Quincy has baggage, and lots of it. After a tragic accident spins her world on its axis, she finds herself as a single mother, raising a newborn nephew she never knew she had. Between parenthood, her full-time job, and dealing with the suffocating grief of losing her sister, every day is a struggle. When they begin to cross paths unexpectedly and often, an unlikely friendship starts to evolve. Feelings change. Lines get crossed. What happens next surprises them both....

Since he got fired in spectacular fashion from his newspaper job last year, former investigative reporter Liam Mulligan has been piecing together a new life - one that straddles both sides of the law. He's getting some part-time work with his friend McCracken's detective agency. He's picking up beer money by freelancing for a local news website. And he's looking after his semi-retired mobster friend's bookmaking business. But Mulligan still manages to find trouble.

It's 1992, and the world is caught up in the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the Balkan Wars, but for Julie Winter, 15, the news is noise. In Portland, Oregon, Julie moves through her days in a series of negatives: the skaters she doesn't think are cute, the Guatemalan backpack she doesn't buy at the craft fair, the umbrella she refuses to carry despite the incessant rain.

Recently widowed and now retired, Billy Bryan is “coming to the end of many things.” Then a long-forgotten scrapbook stirs memories of a distant past - and beckons him and his grown daughter on a reluctant journey to relive his role in history. In 1947 Bryan was playing winter ball in Cuba, his future as uncertain as the island country’s. Then one fateful night Bryan witnessed a young student radical named Fidel unleash an amazing curveball. So begins Bryan's tug-of-war with destiny.

Gavin Grey is everyone's All-American. A star running back at the University of North Carolina in the late 1950s, he graces the covers of Time and LIFE magazines and appears on the "Ed Sullivan Show." Everyone wants a piece of him or to be around him to bask in his glory, including his nephew Donny, who narrates the story and is Gavin's only real confidant.After college, Gavin goes on to the NFL where he has a solid career. As his playing days wind down and the cheering stops, however, he finds the adjustment to life as an ex-athlete difficult to accept.

Edgar Award-winner Bruce DeSilva returns with Liam Mulligan, an old-school investigative reporter for a dying newspaper in Providence, Rhode Island. Mulligan knows every street and alley, every priest and prostitute, every cop and street thug. He knows the mobsters and politicians - who are pretty much one and the same. Inspired by a true story, Providence Rag finds Mulligan, his pal Mason, and the newspaper they both work for at an ethical crossroad.

Of all the sports played across the globe, none has more curses, superstitions, or supernatural events like baseball, America's national pastime. While some of these can easily be explained, there are just as many that cannot. Field of Fantasies delves right into that superstition with short stories written by several key authors about baseball and the supernatural.

Nothing could stop Tim Rowe, the assistant coach of the Dartmouth Cobras, from falling in love with Madeline, but love alone can't satisfy every need. Sometimes, to reach the goal, you have to take the chance with a...Blind Pass.