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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The late 1960s and early 1970s produced one of the most dramatic machines in endurance-racing history: the Porsche 917. Built from a bold reading of the rulebook and powered by an air-cooled flat-twelve engine, it carried Porsche from respected class contender to outright Le Mans winner. Its story runs through homologation pressure, engineering risk, early instability, aerodynamic discovery, Ferrari rivalry, Gulf colours, Martini records, Salzburg glory, and the thunder of Can-Am turbocharging. The Flat-Twelve Endurance Legend tells the complete fact-based story of the sports prototype that changed Porsche's place in world motorsport. From the company's smaller postwar racers to the 917's first frightening appearances, from the 1970 Le Mans breakthrough to the record-setting 1971 victory, and from John Wyer's Gulf-backed team to Penske and Donohue's turbocharged Can-Am monster, this book follows the car through the circuits, teams, drivers, and decisions that made it unforgettable. Written in a flowing narrative style, this is a polished account of regulation, ambition, danger, speed, and endurance. It is a story of Hans Herrmann, Richard Attwood, Pedro Rodríguez, Jo Siffert, Helmut Marko, Gijs van Lennep, Mark Donohue, and the mechanics and engineers who turned a difficult machine into a legend. More than a racing car, the 917 became a symbol of an era when long-distance racing demanded courage, precision, and machines capable of running flat out into the night. Trademark Disclaimer This book is an independent historical work and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or approved by Porsche AG, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, the FIA, Gulf Oil, Martini, Penske Racing, Ferrari, or any other company, racing organization, team, sponsor, or rights holder mentioned. All trademarks, team names, model names, logos, and brand names referenced in this book remain the property of their respective owners and are used only for factual, historical, descriptive, and editorial purposes. AI (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From the sacred contests of ancient Olympia to the data-driven stadiums of the twenty-first century, The Games That Made the Modern Athlete tells the sweeping story of how sport transformed the human competitor. This fact-based narrative follows the rise of rules, records, coaching, professionalism, media, sponsorship, Olympic ambition, women's sport, racial equality, Paralympic excellence, action sports, and sports science. Across thirty chapters, the book explores how athletes became more than winners. They became national symbols, public celebrities, trained specialists, commercial figures, cultural voices, and living measures of human possibility. From gladiators and medieval tournaments to football, baseball, boxing, cycling, basketball, tennis, golf, the Olympics, and modern analytics, this is the story of how games shaped the modern athlete-and how athletes reshaped the meaning of greatness. AI (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - At the 24 Hours of Le Mans, speed has never been enough. A car must survive darkness, weather, traffic, heat, fatigue, and the relentless punishment of one of motorsport's greatest circuits. For decades, petrol-powered prototypes defined the front of the race-until Audi arrived with an idea many fans never expected to dominate: diesel power. Diesel at Dawn tells the fact-based story of Audi's diesel Le Mans era, from the foundations built by the R8 dynasty to the revolutionary R10 TDI, the fierce Peugeot rivalry, the R15's record-breaking response, and the R18's move into diesel-hybrid history. It follows the cars, drivers, engineers, races, and decisions that turned torque, fuel efficiency, reliability, and energy recovery into winning weapons. Narrative, polished, and grounded in verifiable racing history, this book captures how an unlikely powertrain changed the sound, strategy, and future of endurance racing. Trademark Disclaimer This book is an independent, unofficial work of motorsport history. Audi, Audi Sport, TDI, quattro, e-tron, Peugeot, Porsche, Toyota, Le Mans, 24 Hours of Le Mans, FIA World Endurance Championship, and other names, marks, logos, teams, events, vehicles, and related trademarks mentioned in this book are the property of their respective owners. Their use is strictly for identification, historical commentary, and factual reference. This book is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or approved by Audi AG, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, the FIA, Peugeot, Porsche, Toyota, or any other manufacturer, team, rights holder, or organisation mentioned. AI (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Badminton is one of the world's most widely played racket sports, yet its deepest story is often hidden behind the simplicity of a shuttle, a net, and a small indoor court. Badminton's Hidden World: Speed, Skill, and the Game the World Plays tells the fact-based story of a sport that began with older shuttle games, passed through colonial-era clubs and British India, took its modern name from Badminton House, and grew into a global contest of speed, skill, pressure, and national pride. From the All England Championships and the Thomas Cup to Olympic arenas, Asian dominance, Denmark's European tradition, school gyms, community halls, professional tours, and mass participation, this book follows badminton from informal recreation to one of the fastest and most technically demanding sports on earth. Written in a polished narrative style, this book explores the champions, countries, rules, equipment, tactics, controversies, injuries, and global cultures that shaped badminton's rise. It is a complete, accessible history for readers interested in racket sports, Olympic sport, Asian sporting power, global participation, and the hidden complexity of a game that is easy to begin but extraordinarily difficult to master. AI (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - What do champions truly share Across athletics, football, tennis, boxing, basketball, Formula 1, swimming, cycling, gymnastics, and other elite arenas, greatness may appear in different forms, but the foundations are strikingly familiar. Champions prepare with purpose, repeat with discipline, adapt under pressure, trust strong coaching, recover intelligently, learn from defeat, and make better decisions when the contest is at its most demanding. The Anatomy of a Champion is a fact-based, multi-sport exploration of the habits, systems, and behaviours behind elite success. From Olympic finals and Grand Slam battles to title fights, World Cup moments, NBA dynasties, Formula 1 rivalries, and long careers shaped by injury and reinvention, this book looks beyond the trophy lift to examine what truly builds champions. Written in a polished, narrative, easy-to-read style, it shows that championship greatness is not created by talent alone. It is built through preparation, repetition, coaching, recovery, confidence, competitive intelligence, leadership, and the ability to keep improving when pressure, failure, fame, and time all test the athlete. This is a book about winning, but more importantly, it is a book about what must be built before winning becomes possible. AI (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Triathlon Life: Swim, Ride, Run, Belong is a fact-based, beginner-friendly journey through one of modern sport's most distinctive endurance challenges. Built from three simple human movements-swimming, cycling, and running-triathlon grew from local experimentation into a global culture of amateur courage, elite achievement, technical innovation, community support, and personal transformation. This book traces the sport's development from its roots in running, cycling, swimming, and early multi-sport competition to its modern place in Olympic, Paralympic, professional, age-group, youth, and grassroots sport. It explores the rise of long-distance racing, the speed of short-course competition, the importance of clubs and coaches, the reality of adult swim learning, the cost and freedom of the bicycle, the art of transition, race-day organisation, women's triathlon, para triathlon, training habits, nutrition, technology, safety, sustainability, and the everyday meaning of reaching a finish line. Written in a polished, narrative, easy-to-read style, this independent book is designed for readers who want to understand triathlon not only as a race, but as a culture. It is for beginners curious about the sport, endurance fans, amateur athletes, coaches, sports-history readers, and anyone drawn to the simple but powerful promise of swim, bike, run. AI (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Snow Sport Century: Speed, Style, and the Mountain Age is a broad, fact-based history of the winter sports that transformed mountains into arenas, resorts, industries, and cultural landmarks. From the earliest practical use of skis in snowbound regions to the rise of Alpine racing, Olympic competition, Nordic traditions, freestyle skiing, snowboarding, freeride culture, and modern resort technology, this book follows the full story of how winter became one of the world's most distinctive sporting landscapes. Written in a clear, narrative style for general winter sports readers, this book explores the people, places, equipment, risks, businesses, and images that shaped skiing and snowboarding across more than a century of modern development. It covers the growth of famous resorts, the drama of downhill racing, the influence of ski schools and lift systems, the arrival of snowboarding, the rise of freestyle and big-mountain riding, the role of fashion and media, and the safety and climate challenges facing the snow world today. Independent, accessible, and fact-focused, The Snow Sport Century is for readers interested in skiing, snowboarding, Alpine racing, Olympic winter sports, ski resorts, mountain culture, and the technology that changed how people move across snow. AI (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Fighting Arts: Discipline, Combat, and the Human Will is a broad, fact-based journey through the global history of martial arts, combat sports, self-defence, physical discipline, and fighting culture. From ancient wrestling, boxing, pankration, warrior training, and ritual combat to the rise of judo, karate, taekwondo, Muay Thai, capoeira, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Olympic combat sports, and modern mixed martial arts, this book traces how human beings transformed fighting from raw violence into structured systems of skill, courage, restraint, identity, and competition. Written in a polished, accessible narrative style, The Fighting Arts explores the people, places, traditions, rules, schools, gyms, teachers, athletes, and cultural movements that shaped the world's fighting disciplines. It looks beyond punches, kicks, throws, weapons, belts, rings, and cages to reveal the deeper story of self-control, respect, training, community, and the human will to master fear. This is not a manual of techniques or a celebration of violence. It is a fact-based history of how societies across the world turned combat into art, sport, education, spectacle, and personal transformation. AI (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In the late 1960s and early 1970s, North American sports car racing produced one of the most outrageous championships in motorsport history. The Canadian-American Challenge Cup-known simply as Can-Am-gave engineers a rulebook with very few limits and asked them one thrilling question: how fast can you go The Wildest Sports Car Championship tells the fact-based story of the series that brought together brutal Chevrolet V8 power, European chassis design, American ambition, Canadian and American road courses, and some of the most imaginative racing machines ever built. From the early Lola T70s and Bruce McLaren's papaya-orange dynasty to Jim Hall's radical Chaparrals, Shadow's strange experiments, and Porsche's turbocharged 917/30, this book follows the cars, drivers, teams, circuits, and engineering breakthroughs that made Can-Am legendary. With a flowing narrative style and a strict focus on verifiable history, the book explores how McLaren dominated, how Porsche changed everything, why privateers kept the grids alive, and how rising costs, fuel concerns, and technical escalation eventually ended the original era. It is a story of speed, courage, danger, innovation, and a championship that could only have existed for one extraordinary moment in racing history. For readers who love motorsport history, engineering, racing legends, and the machines that pushed beyond ordinary limits, this is the story of the championship that let engineers dream-and made those dreams thunder across North America. Trademark Disclaimer This book is an independent, unofficial historical work. Names such as Can-Am, Canadian-American Challenge Cup, McLaren, Porsche, Lola, Chaparral, Shadow, Chevrolet, Penske, and any other manufacturer, team, event, circuit, sponsor, or organization names mentioned in this book may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Their use is for factual, historical, descriptive, and editorial purposes only. The author and publisher are not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or officially connected to any trademark holder, racing team, manufacturer, sanctioning body, or rights owner mentioned in this book. AI (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In the 1980s and early 1990s, endurance racing entered one of its most spectacular and unforgettable eras. A rulebook built around fuel limits was meant to encourage efficiency, but it produced something far more dramatic: closed-cockpit prototype monsters capable of astonishing speed, unforgettable sound, and twenty-four-hour punishment. The Group C Years: Fuel Limits, Prototype Monsters, and the Golden Age of Endurance Racing tells the story of the machines, teams, drivers, circuits, and regulations that defined this golden age. From the Porsche 956 and 962 dynasty to Lancia's brave Ferrari-powered challenge, from Jaguar's V12 return to Le Mans glory to Sauber-Mercedes' silver domination, from Nissan and Toyota's relentless Japanese campaigns to Mazda's rotary miracle in 1991 and Peugeot's final 905 triumphs, this book follows the full arc of Group C racing with a fact-based, narrative approach. It is a story of speed and restraint, factory power and privateer courage, engineering genius and regulatory risk. At Le Mans, Spa, Silverstone, Monza, Fuji, Suzuka, Daytona, Sebring, and the Nürburgring, these cars proved that endurance racing was never only about being fastest for one lap. It was about lasting through heat, darkness, traffic, fuel strategy, mechanical strain, and the pressure of the clock. For motorsport fans, Le Mans followers, and readers who love the engineering drama of racing history, The Group C Years captures the era when fuel limits created some of the wildest, fastest, and most beautiful racing cars ever built. Trademark Disclaimer This book is an independent historical work and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or authorised by any manufacturer, racing organisation, championship promoter, sponsor, team, driver, or rights holder mentioned within. Names such as Porsche, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, Sauber, Lancia, Ferrari, Nissan, Toyota, Mazda, Peugeot, Le Mans, FIA, IMSA, and other marques, events, teams, products, and organisations are used solely for factual, descriptive, and historical purposes. All trademarks, logos, brand names, and related intellectual property remain the property of their respective owners. AI (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Nürburgring 24 Hours is not simply another endurance race. It is a full day and night around the Nordschleife, the legendary German circuit known as the Green Hell, where fog rolls through the Eifel forest, headlights vanish into darkness, and cars from many classes share one of the most demanding roads in motorsport. Night, Fog, and Endurance: The 24-Hour Race Around the World's Most Demanding Circuit tells the fact-based story of the Nürburgring 24 Hours from its roots in the old Nürburgring and the touring-car culture of 1970 to the modern GT3 era of BMW, Porsche, Audi, Mercedes-AMG, and other global manufacturers. It follows the race through privateer heroics, factory battles, cult machines, night stints, weather interruptions, safety changes, specialist teams, fan camps, and the drivers who learned that no reputation is stronger than the Nordschleife itself. Written in a flowing narrative style, this book captures why the Nürburgring 24 remains one of motorsport's greatest tests: a race where winning requires speed, patience, engineering, discipline, survival, and respect for a circuit that never becomes ordinary. Trademark Disclaimer This book is an independent, unofficial work and is not affiliated with, authorized, sponsored, or endorsed by the Nürburgring, ADAC, Nürburgring 24 Hours, BMW, Porsche, Audi, Mercedes-AMG, Opel, Ford, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, or any other manufacturer, team, sanctioning body, organization, trademark holder, or rights owner mentioned within. All trademarks, logos, brand names, model names, event names, and related marks are the property of their respective owners and are used only for identification, historical reference, commentary, and factual discussion. AI (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From the production-based beginnings of 1984 to the modern GT3 era, German Tin-Top Theatre tells the full story of DTM: one of Europe's most dramatic, technically ambitious, and constantly reinvented racing championships. Born from German touring car culture, DTM became a public battleground for some of the world's most famous automotive names. BMW and Mercedes-Benz turned the M3 and 190E into icons. Audi disrupted the order with quattro power. Alfa Romeo invaded Germany with the 155 V6 TI and shocked the championship. Opel climbed to the summit with the Calibra. Mercedes, Audi, and BMW later rebuilt the series through the silhouette and Class One eras before GT3 machinery reshaped its identity once again. This fact-based narrative follows the cars, champions, rivalries, regulations, collapses, revivals, and reinventions that made DTM more than a racing series. It is the story of power, cost, control, manufacturer pride, and the restless search for survival in modern motorsport. For readers who love touring cars, German engineering, motorsport history, and the fierce theatre of closed-roof racing, this book traces how DTM repeatedly changed shape while keeping its competitive soul alive. Trademark Disclaimer This book is an independent, unofficial work of motorsport history. DTM, Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, ADAC, FIA, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-AMG, Audi, Opel, Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Porsche, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Ford, McLaren, and all other manufacturer, team, series, model, event, sponsor, and organization names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Their use in this book is for factual, historical, descriptive, and editorial purposes only. This book is not authorized, sponsored, endorsed, licensed, or approved by any trademark holder, racing organization, manufacturer, team, driver, promoter, or governing body. AI (illustratore). …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From the rough concrete of Sebring to the banking of Daytona, from privateer garages to factory-backed prototype wars, American Prototype Wars: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Sports Car Racing in the United States tells the full story of one of the most inventive and dramatic eras in American motorsport. This fact-based narrative traces the rise of IMSA from its 1969 founding by John and Peggy Bishop with support from Bill France Sr., through the Camel GT years, the birth of GTP, and the unforgettable battles between Porsche, Nissan, Jaguar, Toyota, Mazda, Chevrolet-powered specials, and fearless privateers. It follows the Porsche 962, Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo, Jaguar XJR machines, Toyota Eagle MkIII, Mazda rotaries, Daytona Prototypes, Audi's ALMS dominance, DPi, and the modern hybrid GTP rebirth. More than a story of cars, this is a story of rules, money, circuits, teams, drivers, technology, endurance, collapse, division, and renewal. It explains how American sports car racing built its own identity, lost its first golden prototype age, split into rival visions, reunited under IMSA, and returned to the world stage through modern GTP and global prototype convergence. For readers who love endurance racing, motorsport history, engineering drama, and the great American circuits, this book captures the sound, speed, ambition, and survival of prototype racing in the United States. Trademark Disclaimer This book is an independent, unofficial work and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or authorized by IMSA, NASCAR, Grand-Am, the American Le Mans Series, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, the FIA, Porsche, Nissan, Jaguar, Toyota, Mazda, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Acura, BMW, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Audi, Ford, Ferrari, or any other manufacturer, racing organization, team, sponsor, circuit, or rights holder mentioned. All trademarks, service marks, logos, vehicle names, race names, team names, manufacturer names, and brand names are the property of their respective owners and are used here for identification, historical reference, and factual commentary only. AI (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - World Superbike was born from one of motorcycling's most powerful ideas: race machines should still carry the bloodline of motorcycles people could recognize, buy, tune, and dream of owning. From the first championship season in 1988 to the modern battles of Ducati, Kawasaki, Yamaha, BMW, Honda, Aprilia, Suzuki, and Bimota, the series turned production-derived superbikes into global racing icons. Production Racers tells the fact-based story of the FIM Superbike World Championship through the manufacturers, riders, circuits, machines, and regulations that shaped it. It follows Fred Merkel and Honda's first crown, Ducati's rise through the 851, 888, 916, 999, 1098R, and Panigale V4 R, the eras of Carl Fogarty, Troy Bayliss, Colin Edwards, Max Biaggi, Jonathan Rea, Toprak Razgatlioglu, Álvaro Bautista, and many others. It traces the battles between V-twins, V-fours, inline-fours, homologation specials, privateer grit, control tyres, electronics, rev limits, and the constant pressure to connect racing glory with showroom desire. This is the story of the championship that made road bikes heroic: a world of factory wars, national pride, brutal circuits, technical arguments, and motorcycles that became famous because they won where it mattered most-on the track. Trademark Disclaimer This book is an independent, unofficial work and is not authorized, sponsored, endorsed, or approved by the FIM, WorldSBK, Ducati, Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha, Suzuki, Aprilia, BMW, Bimota, Pirelli, or any other motorcycle manufacturer, racing organization, team, sponsor, circuit, or rights holder mentioned within. All trademarks, logos, model names, team names, event names, and brand names are the property of their respective owners and are used solely for factual, historical, descriptive, and editorial purposes. No association with or endorsement by any trademark holder is implied. AI (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Mount Panorama is more than a circuit. It is a public road, a civic landmark, a national stage, and one of the most demanding tests in world motorsport. The Mountain Race: Muscle Cars, Touring Legends, and Australia's Greatest Motorsport Test tells the story of Bathurst from its early racing roots to the rise of the Armstrong 500, the small-car victories of Cortinas and Minis, the thunder of Falcon, Monaro, Charger and Torana, the Supercar Scare, the birth of the Bathurst 1000, the Peter Brock years, the Ford-Holden rivalry, the international Group A era, the dominance of Nissan's Skyline GT-R, the professional V8 Supercars age, and the modern transition from Commodore and Falcon to Camaro and Mustang. Written in a flowing, fact-based narrative style, this book follows the cars, drivers, teams, rules, tragedies, rivalries, and cultural moments that made Bathurst Australia's greatest motorsport test. From Conrod Straight to Skyline, from privateers to factory teams, from muscle-car mythology to modern endurance strategy, it captures why the mountain still matters. At Bathurst, speed is only the beginning. The mountain demands endurance, discipline, machinery, memory, and respect. Trademark Disclaimer This book is an independent, unofficial historical work. All trademarks, manufacturer names, model names, racing series names, team names, event names, logos, and other protected marks mentioned in this book - including but not limited to Bathurst 1000, Mount Panorama, Supercars, Ford, Holden, Chevrolet, Camaro, Mustang, Falcon, Commodore, Nissan, Skyline, Mini, Jaguar, BMW, Volvo, Chrysler, Valiant, Torana, Monaro, and related marks - are the property of their respective owners. Their use is for identification, historical reference, commentary, and informational purposes only. This book is not sponsored, endorsed, authorised, licensed, or approved by any manufacturer, racing organisation, team, rights holder, governing body, sponsor, or trademark owner. AI (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - On the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland's north coast, ordinary roads become some of the most demanding racing circuits in the world. Real Roads, Real Risk: The Dangerous Glory of Motorcycle Road Racing tells the fact-based story of two legendary events: the Isle of Man TT and the North West 200. From the TT's first race in 1907 to the Mountain Course, from the North West 200's 1929 beginnings on the Portrush-Portstewart-Coleraine Triangle to the modern age of Superbikes, 200 mph speed traps, live timing, and global streaming, this book follows the riders, machines, families, marshals, medics, fans, and communities that made real-road racing unforgettable. It is a story of engineering progress, public roads, lap records, factory teams, privateers, sidecars, women competitors, the Dunlop dynasty, Grand Prix champions, safety debates, and the constant presence of danger. Written in a flowing narrative style and grounded in verifiable history, this book does not romanticise the cost of the sport. It faces it directly. For readers who want to understand why the TT and North West 200 continue to inspire devotion, argument, grief, and awe, this is the story of speed where the roads are real, the risk is real, and the glory can never be separated from the danger. Trademark Disclaimer This book is an independent historical and informational work. All trademarks, event names, circuit names, motorcycle manufacturer names, team names, logos, and related brand identifiers mentioned in this book-including but not limited to Isle of Man TT, TT, North West 200, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Ducati, BMW, Norton, MV Agusta, Matchless, Triumph, and all other referenced names-are the property of their respective owners. Their use is solely for factual, descriptive, historical, and editorial purposes. This book is not authorised, sponsored, endorsed, licensed, or approved by any trademark holder, event organiser, manufacturer, racing team, governing body, or rights owner mentioned within it. AI (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Flag football has moved from playgrounds, schoolyards, recreation leagues, and weekend tournaments into one of the fastest-growing movements in modern sport. The Flag Football Boom: How a Fast, Inclusive Game Became the Future of Football tells the fact-based story of how a non-contact version of American football became a serious athletic pathway for children, girls, women, schools, colleges, national teams, and Olympic hopefuls. With its speed, strategy, lower equipment demands, and broad accessibility, flag football has changed how families, schools, and governing bodies think about the future of football. This book follows the sport's rise through youth leagues, NFL FLAG, girls' high-school expansion, college opportunities, international competition, IFAF world championships, and the historic inclusion of flag football at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. Written in a polished, narrative style, this book explores why flag football became more than a safer entry point into football. It became a sport with its own identity, its own athletes, its own tactics, and its own global future. AI (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Women's sport did not become mainstream overnight. Long before the sold-out stadiums, prime-time broadcasts, major sponsorships, professional leagues, record audiences, and global stars, women were already competing, organising, winning, and fighting for the right to be taken seriously. The New Queens of Sport: How Women Took Centre Stage tells the fact-based story of how women's sport moved from the margins of the sporting calendar into one of the most powerful cultural and commercial forces in modern athletics. From early restrictions and historic bans to Olympic breakthroughs, football's stadium revolution, the rise of the WNBA, the growth of women's cricket and rugby, the power of tennis champions, the visibility of college sport, and the commercial turn driven by sponsors, broadcasters, and fans, this book follows the athletes and institutions that changed the landscape. Written in a flowing, narrative style, this book explores the crowds, leagues, governing bodies, media deals, record performances, and cultural moments that helped women's sport claim its place at the centre of global attention. It recognises the pioneers who played before the spotlight arrived and the modern champions who proved that women's sport was never a sideshow. It was always sport. The world simply took too long to watch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Motorsport history is usually told through the championships that survived: Formula One, NASCAR, IndyCar, Le Mans, MotoGP, rallying, and the great endurance races. But beyond those famous names lies another story-a story of bold experiments, vanished grids, radical rul Elektronisches Buch, powerful machines, and racing series that burned brightly before disappearing. The Lost Championships of Motorsport explores the forgotten and short-lived competitions that helped shape racing's wider history. From Formula Libre and the Tasman Series to Can-Am, Formula 5000, Group C, IMSA GTP, Super Touring, A1GP, Procar, Grand-Am, Speedcar, Auto GP, and more, this book follows the championships that tested new ideas and exposed motorsport's constant struggle between speed, cost, safety, technology, and spectacle. Written in a flowing, fact-based narrative style, this book tells how ambitious series rose, why they faded, and what they left behind. These were not merely failed championships. They were laboratories of racing imagination-proof that motorsport's wildest ideas often leave the deepest marks. Trademark Disclaimer This book is an independent historical work and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or approved by any racing series, sanctioning body, manufacturer, team, sponsor, broadcaster, circuit, football club, or rights holder mentioned within it. Names such as Formula One, NASCAR, IndyCar, Le Mans, MotoGP, Can-Am, IMSA, DTM, A1GP, BMW, Porsche, Ferrari, Ford, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Volkswagen, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Chevrolet, and any other trademarks, team names, series names, car names, logos, or brand identifiers referenced in the book are the property of their respective owners. They are used solely for factual, historical, descriptive, and educational purposes. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Hybrid endurance racing changed the meaning of speed. For generations, the great 24-hour races were decided by engines, tyres, brakes, fuel stops, driver courage, and mechanical survival. Then electrified prototypes arrived and added a new force to the old equation: recovered energy, electric deployment, hybrid strategy, and the relentless pursuit of efficiency without surrendering performance. Hybrid Endurance Kings: How Electrified Prototypes Rewrote the 24-Hour Racing Playbook tells the fact-based story of how Le Mans and world endurance racing entered the hybrid age. From the diesel revolution led by Audi and Peugeot to the first hybrid victory of the Audi R18 e-tron quattro, from Toyota's years of heartbreak to Porsche's extraordinary 919 Hybrid, and from the end of LMP1-H to the rise of Hypercar and LMDh, this book follows the machines, teams, rules, drivers, and races that transformed modern prototype racing. It is a story of ambition, innovation, failure, resilience, and reinvention. Audi proved that diesel-electric technology could win the world's greatest endurance race. Toyota turned years of pain into victory and carried hybrid racing into the Hypercar era. Porsche pushed complexity to dazzling heights with the 919 Hybrid. Ferrari returned with the 499P and broke Toyota's winning pattern at the centenary Le Mans. Cadillac, Porsche, Acura, BMW, Peugeot, and others helped build a new global prototype age through LMH and LMDh. Written in a flowing, narrative style, this book explains how electrification did not replace the old values of endurance racing. It made them sharper. The fastest car still had to last. The smartest use of energy became a weapon. The pit wall became as important as the cockpit. Drivers became managers of fuel, tyres, traffic, hybrid systems, and risk. Engineers turned braking zones into energy sources and strategy into a 24-hour calculation. For readers who love motorsport history, Le Mans, sports prototypes, racing technology, and the drama of endurance competition, Hybrid Endurance Kings is the story of how the current joined combustion, how efficiency became speed, and how the 24-hour racing playbook was rewritten without losing its oldest truth: victory belongs only to the car that reaches the flag first. Trademark Disclaimer This book is an independent, unofficial work of motorsport history. All trademarks, team names, manufacturer names, model names, race names, championship names, logos, and related marks mentioned in this book are the property of their respective owners. Their use is strictly for identification, historical reference, commentary, and factual discussion. This book is not authorized, sponsored, endorsed, licensed, or approved by any manufacturer, racing team, championship organizer, sanctioning body, rights holder, or associated entity mentioned within it. AI (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From village stones and Highland Games to circus strongmen, iron challenge dumbbells, truck pulls, atlas stones, log presses, and modern world championships, The Strongman Story: Stones, Steel, and Human Power tells the fact-based history of one of sport's most dramatic spectacles. This professionally researched narrative follows the rise of strength culture from early public tests of power to the age of Eugen Sandow, Louis Cyr, Apollon, Thomas Inch, Hermann Goerner, and the great old-time performers who turned lifting into theatre. It then traces the growth of Olympic weightlifting, powerlifting, postwar gym culture, and the creation of the World's Strongest Man contest in 1977, where strength became a global television event. The book explores the athletes, implements, contests, and traditions that shaped modern strongman: stones, grip challenges, farmer's walks, yokes, truck pulls, deadlifts, log presses, the Arnold Strongman Classic, women's strongman, social media, record culture, and the physical cost of extreme strength. Featuring figures such as Bill Kazmaier, Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Mariusz Pudzianowski, Zydrunas Savickas, Brian Shaw, Eddie Hall, HafÞór Júlíus Björnsson, Tom Stoltman, Mitchell Hooper, and leading strongwomen, this book shows why the public remains fascinated by the sight of human beings moving what seems impossible. Written in a flowing, accessible style, The Strongman Story is an independent history of strength competitions, lifting culture, spectacle, and the enduring human desire to test the limits of power. AI (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Sport After Forty: Strong, Mobile, Competitive is a practical and motivational guide for adults who want to stay active, capable, and athletic in midlife and beyond. Written for a broad audience and not tied to one sport, this book explores strength training, mobility, cardiovascular fitness, recreational competition, recovery, nutrition, injury awareness, realistic goals, and the mental discipline needed to keep moving well after forty. Rather than chasing youth or comparing today's body with the past, this book presents midlife sport as a smarter, more sustainable way of living. It shows how adults can build strength, protect mobility, return after long breaks, start from scratch, compete recreationally, adapt training, and create an athletic future based on consistency, enjoyment, and practical confidence. Clear, encouraging, and fact-based, Sport After Forty is for runners, walkers, cyclists, swimmers, gym beginners, recreational players, former athletes, late starters, and anyone who wants to remain strong, mobile, competitive, and fully in the game. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Motorsport has always rewarded the brave, the clever, and the fast-but sometimes a machine becomes too successful for the world that allowed it. Motorsport's Banned Machines tells the fact-based story of the cars, bikes, engines, and ideas that forced racing authorities to redraw the limits of competition. From the Porsche 917 and Can-Am's turbocharged monsters to Formula One fan cars, six-wheeled experiments, Group B rally machines, rotary Le Mans prototypes, NASCAR's aero warriors, Indianapolis turbine cars, 500cc two-stroke motorcycles, and modern MotoGP devices, this book follows the moments when engineering ambition outran the rulebook. Some machines were banned because they were too fast. Others became too costly, too dangerous, or too difficult to classify. Many were legal when they raced, but their success changed the rules forever. Written in a flowing, narrative style, this is a polished journey through motorsport's most controversial innovations-and the lasting legacy of the machines that racing could not allow to continue. Trademark Disclaimer This book is an independent, unofficial work of motorsport history. All trademarks, team names, manufacturer names, model names, championship names, event names, logos, and related marks mentioned in this book are the property of their respective owners. Their use is for factual, historical, descriptive, and editorial purposes only. This book is not authorised, sponsored, endorsed, licensed by, or affiliated with any manufacturer, racing team, sanctioning body, championship organiser, rights holder, or trademark owner mentioned herein. AI (illustratore).…