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A NASCAR holiday: 3
Par Marisa Carroll, Brenda Jackson, Liz Allison, Jean Brashear. 2008
Four romantic holiday tales. In Jean Brashear's "A Family for Christmas," NASCAR crew chief Gib Cameron returns home to Tennessee…
for Christmas and rediscovers romance with his high school flame, Cassie. Includes "Have a Beachy Little Christmas," "Winning the Race," and "All They Want for Christmas." 2008Bloodlines: a horse racing anthology
Par Jason Starr, Maggie Estep. 2006
Twenty short works of fiction and nonfiction about the sport of horse racing. Lee Child offers a story about a…
hit man hired to kill a horse. Jane Smiley reflects on raising thoroughbreds. Other contributors include Laura Lippman, Steven Crist, Jerry Stahl, and Meghan O'Rourke. Some violence. 2006The Best American sports writing, 1998 (Best American)
Par William Littlefield, Glenn Stout. 1998
Twenty-six sports articles from American and Canadian magazines and newspapers. Linda Robertson writes about Richard Williams's grooming his daughters for…
tennis careers in "On Planet Venus." In "Late Boomer," Tom Boswell describes Brady Anderson, the Orioles center fielder. David Remnick covers boxer Mike Tyson in "Kid Dynamite Blows Up." Some strong languageThe Dick Francis treasury of great racing stories
Par Dick Francis, John Welcome. 1990
Many people, from peers and prime ministers to rich entrepreneurs and the average person on the street, have sought out…
the delights of the racecourse. For those who love the sport, this collection of fourteen stories includes selections by such American and British authors as Dick Francis, A. Conan Doyle, John Galsworthy, Molly Keane, Edgar Wallace, and Beryl MarkhamBurqa de chair: nouvelles
Par Nelly Arcan. 2011
" Dès son premier roman, Putain (Seuil, 2001), Nelly Arcan na cessé de brasser dans un lyrisme flamboyant quelques thèmes…
obsessionnels, inséparables de sa vie : la dictature de limage, limpossibilité dun rapport innocent à soi-même, le culte vertigineux de la jeunesse, et son envers : la pulsion de mort, qui anime souterrainement les sociétés modernes. Passé le temps du scandale et celui de lémotion, voici donc les derniers échos dune œuvre aussi éblouissante que brève. Burqa de chair : titre terrible, qui agit avec la force dun boomerang en regard de certains débats actuels. On trouvera assemblés ici trois inédits : La robe , Lenfant dans le miroir et La honte . Les deux premiers sont écrits à la première personne, dans ce phrasé tourbillonnant, suffocant, qui était sa marque singulière, celle dun écrivain en danger . Dans le troisième texte, elle décortique avec une inépuisable férocité son expérience humiliante sur un plateau de télévision. " -- 4e de couvAthletic Aesthetic
Par Lexie Bay, Emerald, Lisa Fox, Compiled by Kojo Black, Vanessa Wu, Malin James. 2015
The best athletes must demonstrate dedication and stamina on and off the field, and athletic prowess comes in many forms.…
From the racetrack to the gymnasium, The Athletic Aesthetic explores the eroticism of sport, as toned and limber athletes prove that they are at the very peak of their performance.Twenty Miles
Par Cara Hedley. 2007
The Scarlets are hard-hitting, tough-talking hockey players. There's brash Toad, confident and witty, and theres troubled Hal, unofficial team captain,…
whose mother is terminally ill. There's French Pelly and there's hilarious Heezer, who waitresses atGrimmish
Par Michael Winkler. 2022
Pain was Joe Grim's self-expression, his livelihood and reason for being. In 1908-09 the Italian-American boxer toured Australia, losing fights…
but amazing crowds with his showmanship and extraordinary physical resilience. On the east coast Grim played a supporting role in the Jack Johnson-Tommy Burns Fight of the Century; on the west coast he was committed to an insane asylum. In between he played with the concept and reality of pain in a shocking manner not witnessed before or since.