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Eine Frau glaubt nach einem erschütternden Verlust, am Ende ihrer Kraft zu sein. Dennoch beginnt sie zu laufen. Ihre Runden werden von Woche zu Woche länger - und was als Davonlaufen beginnt, wird schließlich ein Weg zurück ins Leben. Immer an ihrer Seite: ihre Freunde, ihre Wut, ihre Liebe zur Musik und ein Humor, der es mit ihrer Verzweiflung aufnehmen kann.

C'è il normale fluire del tempo e poi c'è l'evento inatteso che lo interrompe, lo cambia in modo irrimediabile: ecco il punto di partenza di ogni storia che valga la pena raccontare. Poddi lo chiarisce e, illuminando dettagli e coincidenze, tesse la sua tela attorno ai tre secondi più complessi, contraddittori e ingarbugliati della storia dello sport. Gli ultimi tre secondi della finale di basket Usa-Urss. Non una finale qualsiasi.

The Natural, Bernard Malamud's first novel, published in 1952, is also the first - and some would say still the best - novel ever written about baseball. In it Malamud, usually appreciated for his unerring portrayals of postwar Jewish life, took on very different material - the story of a superbly gifted "natural" at play in the fields of the old daylight baseball era - and invested it with the hardscrabble poetry, at once grand and altogether believable, that runs through all his best work.

I hate sports, and he is football royalty. I like quiet and predictable, but he's sex and swagger personified. I didn't particularly care for Saint Stevenson the first moment I laid eyes on him, but his warped brain seemed to process our initial meeting as foreplay. I have a meticulous five-year plan in place for myself and my career, but now this huge, cocky, self-absorbed quarterback who I've been assigned to at work is seriously f--king it up.

Durch sein Audiobuch "Ich wollte mich nur mal umschauen" gelingt Dominic Ojinnaka ein ganz besonderer und erfrischend offener Einblick in die Fitnessbranche. Das Audiobuch lässt zwar keinen Zweifel an der starken Profitorientierung der Branche, schafft es aber gleichzeitig, dass man mit der Hoffnung auf ein gesünderes, sportlicheres und erfolgreicheres Leben motiviert wird, als zahlendes und strategisch geschickt geködertes Mitglied ein Teil dieser Branche werden zu wollen.

As a rookie, keeping up with the Seattle Sharks' starting trio is grueling work. Trying to pretend like the Sharks' new, totally-off-limits physical therapist doesn't make me ache? Impossible. Because she isn't just anyone. Once upon a time, Chloe was mine. Until she broke my heart. Now she's back in my life, and Coach has forbidden any of us from pursuing her. One look and my heart begs to claim her. One touch and I'm on fire.

After surviving the biggest sex scandal to rock major league soccer, the Flanigans are finally living the dream. They’re newlyweds, have great friends, and are both making names for themselves in their respective careers. They have goals for their future and big plans on how to make it all happen. But when a new and unexpected development suddenly arises, Tiffany and Rowen realize all those carefully made plans are about to become irrelevant.

Se il nome di una persona ne influenza il destino, allora quello della piccola Plectrude non potrà che essere straordinario. Nata in prigione da un'uxoricida, allevata dopo il suicidio della madre da una zia che la preferisce alle sue stesse figlie, sembra destinata a un futuro prodigioso. Misteriosa ed enigmatica come una dea, bella come una principessa delle fiabe, sicura come una creatura di intelligenza superiore, inizia la sua vita a passo di danza, inconsapevolmente avvolta dall'ombra del suo passato tragico e violento.

Cash è un vero buono, di quelli che esistono solo nei film. Viene da Cerignola, ama la sua famiglia, ama Samantha e non ha un lavoro stabile, perché, a suo modo, è un ribelle. Qualcuno lo prende anche per un violento, perché un senso profondo e quasi irrazionale della giustizia gli arma spesso pugni tanto maldestri quanto potenti. Samantha lo lascia, il padre è severamente malato, soldi non ce ne sono: tutto sembra precipitare. E allora Cash va incontro al suo destino: per una strana concatenazione di eventi si ritrova in Colorado, Usa, dove ha luogo un mega reality sulla boxe.

Japan faces Korea in the World Baseball Classic at Dodger Stadium, and curmudgeonly gardener Mas Arai finds himself embroiled in a murder. A Japanese tabloid writer drops dead on the field, and Mas gave the victim his last drink. It turns out there's more at stake than a baseball championship - international diplomacy depends upon uncovering secrets buried decades ago.

Frank's had better days.... The doctor gave him the news he didn't want, and he's also discovered the worst kept secret in Liverpool: that his wife's fitness instructor is providing her services that extend beyond the gym. With time a dwindling commodity, Frank decides it's time to do something he wants to do. With a little encouragement from his oldest friend, Stan, the first destination for his 'bucket list' is the Isle of Man TT Races. They had been content to just spectate, but fate had other ideas.

The NFL is full of rules. Rules I've never broken, never challenged, never even scratched...until the day Lucas Carrington crashes into my life with his hard body and I-don't-give-a-f--k attitude. After I almost injure my father's star player, I volunteer to make sure he's in top shape. At first, it's hell. I don't like his cockiness and his easy smile. I don't like the way he oozes sex or how his penetrating eyes follow me everywhere. But that doesn't stop me from wanting him. He's meant to be a distraction - something to occupy my mind for these precious few remaining hot summer nights.

He was my best friend since we were little. Even though he was off-limits, as we grew up, he became my forever, my everything. But I couldn’t let my selfish dreams hold him back. They say that if you love someone, you should let them go. I did. He became the world’s greatest soccer player. Money. Fame. Beautiful women. He had it all. One thing I never expected was for him to walk back into my life again.

Berlin - in den Anfangsjahren des vergangenen Jahrhunderts. Während einer sonntäglichen Kahnfahrt fällt ein kleiner Junge aus dem Boot. Die Frauen schreien und die Männer fluchen, während man den Jungen aus dem Wasser holt. Der Gerettete aber lacht über den kurzen Ausflug in das kalte Nass, so dass jemand sagt: "Der fällt uns gleich zu seinem eigenen Vergnügen nochmal hinein...". Dieser Vorfall markiert den Beginn einer beispiellosen sportlichen Karriere.

The year is 2043. God and Satan are dining at a cute little Italian trattoria in Purgatory, when Satan challenges God to a wager: At stake is whether Good or Evil will prevail in the world. Both antagonists will choose someone on earth to compete in a winner-take-all athletic competition. If God’s choice wins, Good will prevail forever. If Satan’s choice wins…. They select tennis as the ideal crucible in which to have this ultimate mano-a-mano sporting test of physical skills and inner strength.

The Islands Investigations International team is back! This time, Kyra Rachel and Noel Franklin are sleuthing around Quadra Island in the employ of Noel's old high school buddy, Jason Cooper. In a quiet wooded area of the island, Jason, his wife and two younger boys are worried for the oldest son in the family. Derek was discovered badly beaten in the woods by Campbell River and has remained in a deep coma for three weeks. Desperate to find out what happened to his son and why, Jason hires Noel and Kyra.

Jason Lewis is a star college basketball player just back from World War II. He’s a hero, missing two fingers on his shooting hand. He can’t play any longer, so he makes the ultimate ballplayer’s sacrifice: He becomes a referee. Set in postwar New York during the founding of what will eventually be the NBA, No Blood, No Foul is the story of a man who must come to terms with a debilitating injury and chase after dreams of perfection in a decidedly imperfect world.

Suspense! Baseball! Here are two tales that combine both, written by master storytellers Michael Connelly and Elmore Leonard.

Prostitution has been legal in Rhode Island for more than a decade; Liam Mulligan, an old-school investigative reporter at dying Providence newspaper, suspects the governor has been taking payoffs to keep it that way. But this isn’t the only story making headlines… a child’s severed arm is discovered in a pile of garbage at a pig farm. Then the body of an internet pornographer is found sprawled on the rocks at the base of Newport’s famous Cliff Walk.

Edgar Award-winner Bruce DeSilva returns with Liam Mulligan, an old-school investigative reporter for a dying newspaper in Providence, Rhode Island. Mulligan knows every street and alley, every priest and prostitute, every cop and street thug. He knows the mobsters and politicians - who are pretty much one and the same. Inspired by a true story, Providence Rag finds Mulligan, his pal Mason, and the newspaper they both work for at an ethical crossroad.