Roy keane autobiography extracts from wrigley
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Climbing gives you the illusion of being in control, just for a while, the tantalising sense of being able to stay one move ahead of death. Helen Mort has always been drawn to the thrill and risk of climbing: the tension between human and rockface, and the climber's powerful connection to the elemental world. But when she becomes a mother for the first time, she finds herself re-examining her relationship with both the natural world and herself, as well as the way the world views women who aren't afraid to take risks. A Line Above the Sky melds memoir and nature writing to ask why humans are drawn to danger, and how we can find freedom in pushing our limits. It is a visceral love letter to losing oneself in physicality, whether climbing a mountain or bringing a child into the world, and an unforgettable celebration of womanhood in all its forms. 'A wonderful book - exhilarating and taut, orädd in its explorations of wildness, risk, motherhood, and the inner and outer w
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The Wrigley riddle
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Wrigley Field: The Long Life and Contentious Times of the Friendly Confines
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THE LONG LIFE AND CONTENTIOUS TIMES OF THE FRIENDLY CONFINES STUART SHEA THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS Chicago and London
STUART SHEA is an editor and contributor to The Baseball Encyclopedia: The Complete and Definitive Record of Major League Baseball, The Emerald Guide to Baseball, Who’s Who in Baseball, and SABR’s Baseball Research Journal as well as a former baseball columnist for AOL and Total Sports. He is the author of numerous books, including the forthcoming Calling the Game: Baseball Teams and T heir Broadcasting, and coauthor of Big League Ballparks: The Complete Illustrated History. A terrible hitter but decent fielder, he lives in Chicago, twenty-four blocks from Wrigley Field. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. Publish