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Las mejores plumas de nuestra literatura se enfundaron en alguna ocasión los guantes de cuero rojo para acercarse al mundo de narices rotas, toallas a punto de caer, orgullos fracturados, amaños a deshora, y besos a la única que se deja querer: la lona. Los hemos reunido para así trazar un recorrido necesario por el subgénero más sudoroso, el de la literatura de boxeo.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.

Tom has always known exactly the person he is going to be. A successful soccer player. A man others look up to. Now, though, the bright future he imagined for himself is threatened. The Premier League academy of his boyhood has let him go. At nineteen, Tom finds himself playing for a tiny club in a town he has never heard of. But as he navigates his isolation and his desperate need for recognition, a sudden and thrilling encounter offers him the promise of an escape

It's the late 1970s and city league softball - and partying - reign supreme. Talented Jo Jo Van Dyne and company struggle to right themselves from a winless first season, in part by renaming themselves the Streakers because their first year team name, the Hard Machine, hadn't exactly brought them any kind of luck. This time around, though, the early twenties team has high hopes. This is a year where, they all truly believe, anything can happen. And who knows...maybe it will.

Martina ha quindici anni, è una ginnasta professionista e sta partendo per la Romania, dove parteciperà con la sua squadra a un torneo decisivo per la qualificazione alle Olimpiadi. Martina è forte, è tra le ginnaste più promettenti d'Italia, ma Carla e Nadia sono le più brave in assoluto, oltre che bellissime e inseparabili: sono loro le stelle della squadra. La tensione durante la settimana è alta, vincere è l'unica opzione possibile e le ragazze, come non si stanca di ripetere la loro coach, devono essere "un unico corpo e un unico cuore".

When Christine, an idealistic young American teacher, meets and marries Hideki Yamada, an aspiring Japanese high school baseball coach, she believes that their love with be enough to sustain them as they deal with cultural differences. However, Hideki's duties, and the team of fit, obedient boys whom he begins to think of as a surrogate family, take up more and more of his time, just as Christine is struggling to manage the needs of their multiply-disabled daughter and their sensitive son. Things come to a head when their son is the victim of bullies.

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.

I can't remember a time when I wasn't popular. Girls have always wanted me. Guys have always wanted to be me. I have a rep for being with a new girl every night and never settling down. But moving in with Abigail Hopkins has made me rethink everything. While sweet, virginal Abby isn't my usual type, she's the one girl I can't stop thinking about. It's enough to make me wonder if I should change my ways. Too bad my past is coming back to bite me.

The ongoing battle between star quarterback Quentin Barnes and team owner Gredok the Splithead is coming to a head. Endless threats and promises of ultraviolence hang on their every word. With sentients of several groups trying to manipulate or kill him, Quentin must chart a new course if he is to survive and overcome his injury to once again lead his beloved Krakens into battle.

Number 99, Dash Taylor. Rookie defensive end for the Boston Tomcats. Two hundred eighty-five pounds of fast-twitch muscle. Nickname: Big D. This tiny dancer doesn’t think I’m boyfriend material. I used to think that too. I’ve been a beast on the field and in the bedroom, but now I’m going to prove that I can be a man for her...and for our surprise baby.... See, I had a bad attitude my whole life, and that’s why my college coach sent me to take ballet lessons as punishment. The real punishment? Being taught to plié by a beautiful ballerina who refused to date me.

Un luogo comune recita che a calcio, basket o tennis puoi giocare, ma nel ciclismo devi soffrire. La bicicletta è una cosa seria e ha regole severe, impietose: bisogna fare fatica, sputare sangue, arrivare al traguardo preferibilmente esanimi. Eppure, da qualche anno, sul palcoscenico mondiale delle due ruote ha fatto la sua comparsa uno strano personaggio, in grado di ribaltare i canoni. Porta barba e capelli lunghi, a volte si rasa a zero, ha l'aria rilassata anche dopo centinaia di chilometri e decine di settori in pavé, macinati masticando polvere.

A boy with football aspirations goes to law school and plays in the NFL. Then he coaches.

Samuel Sooleymon es un adolescente de Sudán del Sur con un gran amor por el baloncesto, un salto prodigioso y la velocidad del rayo. Un torneo de exhibición por Estados Unidos puede convertirse en su gran oportunidad, pero sus condiciones naturales necesitan trabajo y Sooley pronto se da cuenta de que le queda un largo camino por recorrer. Sin embargo, él cuenta con algo que ninguno de sus compañeros posee: una feroz determinación por triunfar y así ayudar a su familia a escapar de la guerra que asola su país.

Fairways, Greens, Lost Balls & Bad Lies is an amusing, entertaining story about real golfers just like you and your golf comrades. You will hear about adventures of friends who share the thrill and torture of playing the game we love. Most importantly, you will laugh. Funny things happen on every golf course, and you will undoubtedly connect with the characters you will meet in this book. Golf stories are remembered long after golf scores are forgotten. Listening to this book will lift your spirit, and you may stumble upon a tip or two that will improve your handicap.

Jedes Spiel hat seinen Preis. Und Carrie Soto ist bereit, alles zu geben. Carrie Sotos eiserner Wille und unbarmherziger Ehrgeiz haben sie zur größten Tennisspielerin aller Zeiten gemacht. Sie hält unzählige Weltrekorde und hat zwanzig Grand Slam Titel geholt. Doch nach sechs Jahren im Ruhestand muss sie ohnmächtig dabei zusehen, wie ihre Rekorde von einer jungen Britin gebrochen werden. Mit 37 entscheidet sie sich, auf den Platz zurückzukehren. Sie will nichts mehr als ewigen Ruhm und beschließt: Ein finales Jahr als Tennisspielerin soll sie für immer unbesiegbar machen.

The last thing Ravi Chandola needs is to define his career by a single mistake he made off the ice. But it’s not that easy when you’re the captain of an NHL team and the press is always watching, waiting to pounce. And to make matters worse, Ravi now has community service under the supervision of a former professional figure skater who hates him with a fiery passion. But things aren’t so simple when it comes to ice king Adrien Fischer. He’s hot but cold.

I’m Alex Kosinski, left wing for the Austin Amurs. Hooking was my penalty. It’s never something I set out to do, but it happens. After all, it’s hockey. Hockey is life. Getting traded was a kick to the nuts, but at least I was still playing. It was all that mattered. Until Sydney. Our relationship was forbidden, but I didn’t care—I hadn’t run from a fight yet. I had her right where I wanted her, until everything crashed around me.

When the kitchen ceiling caved in and the contents of his mother’s attic splayed across the floor, Ron, better known as “Punky”, knew he had to help clean up. With the assistance of his son and nephew, he would try to preserve as many of the dirty, mold-covered memories as he could, including a mysterious old metal box, possibly belonging to his Grandpa Hash. What’s inside it takes him back 32 years earlier, as he recalls the magical weekend in 1984 spent with his grandfather attending two baseball games.

The Natural puts you in the boots of famed rodeo announcer Brad Turner, racing his horse Golden Boy into the arena and welcoming the crowd to a pro rodeo performance in Jackson, Mississippi. You'll hit the road with Brad as he crisscrosses the country, struggling with life, love, and business on the pro rodeo circuit. You'll meet Zola Johns, the rebellious, barrel-racing beauty with her eye on the prize of winning a national championship, and Shoat Krammer, the young rough-and-tumble rookie that's the real natural coming up the hard way.

Lucas, the star quarterback, seems to have it all—superstar athletic abilities, expensive clothes, cars, and women who will stop at nothing to be his, if only for a night. Tessa is a young woman who lives her life always doing what is right. She tries desperately to hold herself accountable to the demanding expectations of her family, and everyone around her, while remaining virtuous. However, when two worlds collide, sparks fly and ignite in a fiery passion that neither Lucas nor especially Tessa are ready for. Will the fire and passion of first love win, or will it destroy them?