Best Tennis Players In History - April 2024

Federer: The Children's Book. Fun Illustrations. Inspirational and Motivational Life Story of Roger Federer- One of the Best Tennis Players in History. (Sports Book for Kids)

Attention Tennis Fans: Great Story for Kids to Learn and be Inspired by Roger Federer Fully illustrated children's book of the story of one of the best tennis players Roger Federer who overcame all the challenges and became one of the tennis players in history. Perfect gift for any tennis fan. Perfect inspirational gift for a sporty kid Beautiful graphic for hours of entertainment. The great story of a young boys who follows his dream, works hard and never gives up to finally become one of the greatest tennis players in history Learn the life of Roger Federer, and be inspired to be like hi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1544005695
• ASIN: 1544005695
• ISBN: 1544005695
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Players: How Sports Became a Business

“Provocative…terrific stories” (The New Yorker) of the people who transformed sports—in the span of a single generation—from a job that required even top athletes to work in the off-season to make ends meet into a massive global business.It started, as most business deals do, with a handshake. In 1960, a Cleveland lawyer named Mark McCormack convinced a golfer named Arnold Palmer to sign with him. McCormack simply believed that the best athletes had more commercial value than they were being paid for—and he was right. Within a few years, he raised Palmer’s annual income from $5,0... [Read More]

• ASIN: 147671696X
• ASIN: 147671696X
• ISBN: 147671696X
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played

In the 2008 Wimbledon men’s final, Centre Court was a stage set worthy of Shakespearean drama. Five-time champion Roger Federer was on track to take his rightful place as the most dominant player in the history of the game. He just needed to cling to his trajectory. So in the last few moments of daylight, Centre Court witnessed a coronation. Only it wasn’t a crowning for the Swiss heir apparent but for a swashbuckling Spaniard. Twenty-two-year-old Rafael Nadal prevailed, in five sets, in what was, according to the author, "essentially a four-hour, forty-eight-minute infomercial for everyth... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0547336942
• ASIN: 0547336942
• ISBN: 0547336942
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

The Lords of the Realm: The Real History of Baseball

"The ultimate chronicle of the games behind the game."—The New York Times Book ReviewBaseball has always inspired rhapsodic elegies on the glory of man and golden memories of wonderful times. But what you see on the field is only half the game.In this fascinating, colorful chronicle—based on hundreds of interviews and years of research and digging—John Helyar brings to vivid life the extraordinary people and dramatic events that shaped America's favorite pastime, from the dead-ball days at the turn of the century through the great strike of 1994. Witness zealous Judge Landis banish eight... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0345465245
• ASIN: 0345465245
• ISBN: 0345465245
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

The Open Book: Celebrating 40 Years of America's Grand Slam

A celebration of the sport of tennis and a spectacle of its most electrifying event, this book brings to life the historical moments, exciting highlights, and overall emotion of the US Open. From the early years of Billie Jean King and Arthur Ashe to current players like Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova, each of these household names have made their mark competing on the game's biggest stage. The pages are filled with background information for each champion, interesting tidbits from their winning years, and highlights from the past four decades. The stunning photographs allow readers to feel... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1600781578
• ASIN: 1600781578
• ISBN: 1600781578
• Brand: Triumph Books
• Manufacturer: Triumph Books

Courting Danger: My Adventures in World-Class Tennis, Golden-Age Hollywood, and High-Stakes Spying

A 1930s tennis champion describes her successful career, her tragic personal life marred by the deaths of loved ones, rape, and illness, and her role as a spy for the United States during World War II

• ASIN: 031205839X
• ASIN: 031205839X
• ISBN: 031205839X
• Manufacturer: St Martins Pr

The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story of Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans

It is a spring morning in New Orleans, 1843. In the Spanish Quarter, on a street lined with flophouses and gambling dens, Madame Carl recognizes a face from her past. It is the face of a German girl, Sally Miller, who disappeared twenty-five years earlier. But the young woman is property, the slave of a nearby cabaret owner. She has no memory of a "white" past. Yet her resemblance to her mother is striking, and she bears two telltale birthmarks. In brilliant novelistic detail, award-winning historian John Bailey reconstructs the exotic sights, sounds, and smells of mid-nineteenth-century New O... [Read More]

• ASIN: 080214229X
• ASIN: 080214229X
• ISBN: 080214229X
• Brand: Bailey, John
• Manufacturer: Grove Press

The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer

• ASIN: 1594482969
• UPC: 884234979079
• ASIN: 1594482969
• ISBN: 1594482969
• Brand: Riverhead Books
• Manufacturer: Riverhead Books

The Wizard of Odds: How Jack Molinas Almost Destroyed the Game of Basketball

In The Wizard of Odds, renowned and best-selling basketball writer Charley Rosen brings us for the first time the full life story of Jack Molinas, one of the greatest basketball players of his era, a man whose gambling addiction and hubris caused his ultimate demise. Drawing on numerous, previously unavailable first-person accounts, including Jack Molinas’s own journal and trial transcripts, Rosen presents the true saga of a man who perhaps better than anyone around him understood the weaknesses of the system in which he lived—so much so that he convinced himself that he could manipulate t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1583225625
• ASIN: 1583225625
• ISBN: 1583225625
• Brand: Brand: Seven Stories Press
• Manufacturer: Seven Stories Press

Martina & Chrissie: The Greatest Rivalry in the History of Sports

A fascinating dual biography of tennis greats Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert celebrates the power of equality, respect, and sportsmanship.Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert come from completely different places and play tennis in completely different ways. Chrissie is the all-American girl: practiced, poised, with perfect technique. Martina hails from Czechoslovakia, a Communist country, and her game is ruled by emotion. Everything about them is different, except one thing: they both want to be the best. But as their intense rivalry grows, something else begins to swing into place, and a... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0763673080
• ASIN: 0763673080
• ISBN: 0763673080
• Brand: CANDLEWICK
• Manufacturer: Candlewick

High Strung: Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, and the Untold Story of Tennis's Fiercest Rivalry

“A book full of aces....A true page-turner.”—Associated Press“This is good stuff, and it’s written with flair.”—The OregonianHigh Strung by Stephen Tignor is the gripping untold story of the fiercest rivalry in the history of professional tennis. Viewed through the lens of the fabled 1981 U.S. Open match between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe, High Strung brings the golden age of tennis vibrantly alive once more. A fascinating chronicle that orbits around the four greatest, most enigmatic talents in the sport at the time—McEnroe, Borg, Jimmy Connors, and Vitas Gerulaitis—High St... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062009850
• ASIN: 0062009850
• ISBN: 9780062009852
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks

Friday Night Lights, 25th Anniversary Edition: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

Named Sports Illustrated's best football book of all time and a #1 NYT bestseller, this is the classic story of a high school football team whose win-loss record has a profound influence on the town around them.Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa -- the winningest high-school football team in Texas history. Socially and racially divided, Odessa isn't known to be a place big on dreams, but every Friday night from September to December, when the Panthers play football, dreams can come true.With frankness and compassion, Pulitzer Prize winner H. G. Bissinge... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0306824205
• ASIN: 0306824205
• ISBN: 0306824205
• Brand: Da Capo Press
• Manufacturer: Da Capo Press

Some Men and Deuce: Two Plays

The New Yorker has called Terrence McNally “one of our most original and audacious dramatists and one of our funniest.” Now the four-time Tony Award–winning author of such classics as Love! Valor! Compassion! and Master Class returns with two heartrending and humorous plays about friendship, companionship, and love.In Some Men, Terrence McNally takes us on a multigenerational journey of gay life in America. In interwoven vignettes, McNally uses the same characters at different points in their lives as gay men to address such issues as coming out, marriage, adoption, the military, and the A... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0802144497
• ASIN: 0802144497
• ISBN: 0802144497
• Brand: Brand: Grove Press
• Manufacturer: Grove Press

1000 Football Clubs: Teams, Stadiums, and Legends of the Beautiful Game

Revised Edition, Updated 2019The most in-depth guide to soccer clubs around the world, featuring 1,000 illustrations and more than 1,000 teams from 100 countries. This superbly illustrated volume is the fan’s most comprehensive insight into 1,000 football clubs (a.k.a., soccer teams), both professional and collegiate, from every continent, illustrating each club’s history and what it means to support their team. Included are key details from both men’s and women’s leagues, such as team colors, shirt designs, coats of arms, mottos, club songs, stadium details, legendary players, impactf... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0789331101
• ASIN: 0789331101
• ISBN: 0789331101
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Universe

Sneakers

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Sneakers covers nearly everything there is to know about the vast universe of everyone’s favorite comfy athletic shoes.”—Parade“A beautifully assembled collage of image, experience, and inspiration.”—Vogue"One of this year's coolest books."—Men's Journal"The definitive story of the sneaker universe."—WSJ MagazineFeaturing exclusive interviews with Virgil Abloh (Off-White), Daniel Bailey, Ronnie Fieg (Kith), DJ Clark Kent, Serena Williams, Alexander Wang, Kobe Bryant and many, many others. Through honesty, intimacy, intelligence, and swagger, Sneak... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0448494337
• ASIN: 0448494337
• ISBN: 0448494337
• Brand: Razorbill
• Manufacturer: Razorbill

Stephen Curry : Never Give Up. a Boy Who Became a Star. Inspiring Children Book about One of the Best Basketball Players in History.

Stephen Curry: Never Give UpThis is the inspiring children story of Stephen Curry, a boy who became a star.Fully illustrated children picture book.Fun illustrations with the story of a young boy who nobody believe can

• UPC: 463872134

Professional Tennis Player 101: A Quick Guide on How to Become the Best Tennis Player You Can Be and Achieve Your Dreams of Becoming a Professional From A to Z - eBook

Tennis is one of the most challenging sports in the world, requiring a heady cocktail of technical skill, physical prowess, and mental strength. It can be an intimidating game for beginners to pick up, while

• UPC: 948187374

Neymar : A Boy Who Became a Star. Inspiring Children Book about Neymar - One of the Best Soccer Players in History. (Soccer Book for Kids)

Neymar: A Boy Who Became a Star This is the inspiring children story of Neymar, a boy who became a star. Learn about Neymar, and learn how to be successful doing what you love. Perfect

• UPC: 350046826

Profiles of Women Past & Present – Billie Jean King, Tennis Player (1943-) - eBook

This download is a monologue depicting the life of Billie Jean King, tennis player. It includes a version for school-age or adult audiences and one for K-2 students with notes, suggested costume and props and

• UPC: 390816161

The 100 Best Tennis Lessons: A Player's Guide from Practice Court to Match Court

The 100 Best Tennis Lessons, is a compilation of international tour coach Dave Rineberg's actual on court lessons and information written in a coach-to-player voice. From junior prodigies to college All-Americans to the best players

• UPC: 53355493

Roger Federer Adult Coloring Book: Multiple Wimbledon and Gram Sland Winner, the Best Tennis Player in World and Legendary Sportsman Inspired Adult Co

Roger Federer Adult Coloring Book: Multiple Wimbledon and Gram Sland Winner, the Best Tennis Player in World and Legendary Sportsman Inspired Adult

• UPC: 457931481

Novak Djokovic Coloring Book: One of the Best European Tennis Players and Philantropist, Motivational Writer and Funny Sportsman Novak Djokovic Insp

Novak Djokovic Coloring Book: One of the Best European Tennis Players and Philantropist, Motivational Writer and Funny Sportsman Novak Djokovic

• UPC: 159198904

Maria Sharapova Adult Coloring Book: Best Female Tennis Player and Legendary Sports Icon, Grand Slam and Olympic Medal Winner Inspired Adult Coloring

Maria Sharapova Adult Coloring Book: Best Female Tennis Player and Legendary Sports Icon, Grand Slam and Olympic Medal Winner Inspired Adult

• UPC: 538979760

Porcelein Pin Worlds Best Tennis Player Lapel Badge – NEONBLOND

These unique NEONBLOND Pins / Brooches are carefully handmade and printed. Made from parian porcelain and will make an unique and unforgettable gift. Porcelain is a traditional and memorable gift option to celebrate a wedding

• UPC: 968192736
• Model: pin-02-144845
• Size: One Size

My Daddy is the World's Best Ping Pong Player Baby Bib White/Red One Size

My Daddy is the World’s Best Ping Pong Player Baby Bib has cute world’s best design with slogan for the son or daughter of a Ping Pong

• UPC: 879791829
• Color: RedWhiteWhite/Red