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Carrie Soto est féroce, et sa détermination à gagner à tout prix ne l'a pas rendue très populaire. Mais lorsqu'elle se retire du tennis en 1988, elle est la plus grande joueuse que le monde ait jamais connue. Elle a pulvérisé tous les records et remporté vingt titres du Grand Chelem. Pour devenir la meilleure, Carrie a tout sacrifié, entraînée par son père depuis l'âge de deux ans. Mais six ans après sa retraite, Carrie voit la jeune et éblouissante Nicki Chan lui arracher son record mondial. À trente-sept ans, Carrie décide de reprendre l'entraînement pour tenter de reconquérir son titre.

Un chico malo jugador de hockey es justo lo que ella nunca quiso Hayden Houston pasó su infancia viajando por todo el país con su padre, entrenador de hockey, y ahora quiere tomarse un tiempo para planificar su futuro. Queda por ver si ese futuro incluirá a su novio, con quien mantiene una...

Recovered from a near-fatal assault and rearmed with his embedded football scouting skills, former nobody Max Best has led his Chester men's team up in the rankings and ratings both on the pitch and in the front office. But there's no rest to be had with what's ahead: the FA Cup. Now, they're playing against big-money teams with big talent and even bigger attitudes. And the elite aren't about to let some smart-aleck, fast-talking upstart and his underdog lads make the powerhouse clubs look like fools. Unfortunately for them, that's precisely what Max lives for.

Considered one of the best baseball novels of all time, this black comedy about a discontented businessman's obsession with a fantasy baseball league of his own creation is "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" meets William Gaddis meets John Updike's Rabbit, Run. Somewhere in a "major-league" American city, there lives a man named J. Henry Waugh—no-account accountant, barfly, and country music fan.

When Flavia Albia stumbles upon the murdered corpse of a young man near Rome's famous Circus Maximus, she is about to embark on one of her most dangerous and complicated cases. Rome and the Romans are obsessed with chariot racing. Lepo was the rising star of the Purples, a new team created by...

Adam Macallister’s sportswriting career is about to end before it begins, but he’s got one last shot—a Sports Illustrated profile about hockey’s most notorious goon, the reclusive Terry Punchout—who also happens to be Adam’s estranged father. Adam returns to Pennington, Nova Scotia, where Terry now lives in the local rink and drives the Zamboni.

Un court récit sombre sur les attentes non réalisées d'un athlète autrefois grand, voyant à travers des yeux embués de larmes les trophées et médailles d'une vie révolue.

Fünf Regeln. Kein Risiko. Keine Gefühle. Und ganz sicher keine Hockeyspieler. Der Auftakt der Rulebreaker-Reihe von USA TODAY Bestselling Autorin J. Wilder Ich habe einen Plan. Einen verdammt guten sogar. Abschluss in Politikwissenschaft, ein heiß begehrtes Praktikum und danach die große...

Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942. It is the only story in which Zweig looks at Nazism, and he does so with characteristic...

When fifteen-year-old Blake awakens with vivid memories of a life he's never lived, he discovers he possesses knowledge of future events that could change everything. Armed with these insights, Blake must navigate the treacherous waters of high school while grappling with an impossible question. How do you use knowledge of the future responsibly?

'Hockey romance fans can't miss Kandi Steiner's Kings of the Ice series' Meghan Quinn, New York Times bestselling author 'Every Kandi Steiner book is unputdownable' Corinne Michaels, New York Times Bestselling Author Their arrangement is crystal clear. No strings. No feelings. Just sex - and two...

Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player is the guidebook that navigates dreams and disappointments, failures and triumphs—a satirical mid-life-crisis handbook for everyone who has never quite fulfilled their fantasies, on the tennis court or anywhere else. This is the story of a man of a certain age who has never quite moved on from his youthful fantasies as he goes from sporting zero to sporting hero. And back again. Set against the backdrop of Wimbledon in 2013 when Andy Murray was the first British player to win the championship for decades, unsurprisingly, ‘Andy’ makes an appearance.

Piper Hartwell exudes confidence and sex appeal, having no problem speaking her mind or going after what she wants. But behind that hardened shell, sky-high walls, and painted-on smile lies a girl who has sworn off love, knowing firsthand the damage it can leave in its wake. Brett Burns, a powerhouse forward for the New York Nighthawks, lives every second with his heart on his sleeve, loving nothing more than spending time with his family and his team. 

Brought to you by Penguin. Ryan Lo begins playing table tennis at age eight. His brilliant but ruthless coach sees a talent in him that might be nurtured into greatness. Through an adolescence marked by hours of practice, matches away from home, clandestine relationships and a determination to...

Wenn es nach Bailey Leblanc ginge, würde sie Colt Lewis, dem neuen Eishockey-Trainer der Wild Tigers, für den Rest ihres Lebens aus dem Weg gehen. Colt ist nicht nur der Zwillingsbruder ihrer besten Freundin Faith, sondern auch der Mann, in den sie schon immer schrecklich verliebt gewesen war. Allerdings hat sie ihrer besten Freundin ein Versprechen gegeben, das sie dazu zwingt, Colt aufzusuchen, sobald dieser endlich wieder aus der Versenkung auftaucht. Denn vor fünf Jahren, nach einer heißen Nacht mit Bailey, ist Colt sang- und klanglos verschwunden.

September 2021: Das Internationale Olympische Komitee tagt in Shanghai, um die Sommerspiele 2032 zu vergeben. Kurz vor der Abstimmung wird der mosambikanische IOC-Funktionär Charles Murandi tot aufgefunden. Prompt wird der deutsche Journalist Thomas Gärtner festgenommen, denn er hat sich zuletzt im Hotelzimmer des Toten aufgehalten. Doch der will sich an nichts erinnern können. Und während die Polizei auf Ungereimtheiten stößt, die Kanzlerin im Flugzeug nach Shanghai von dem Mord erfährt und ein anderer Journalist die Chance auf eine große Story wittert, ahnt niemand, wo der Schlüssel zur Lösung des Falls wirklich liegt.

Знаете, есть такие девочки, у которых все получается. На них прекрасно сидит даже самая объемная одежда, а на лице никогда не появляются прыщики. К тому же они обязательно увлекаются чем-нибудь необычным — исполняют сложные фигуры художественной гимнастики, скачут на лошадях так, будто родились в седле... Легкие, ловкие и какие-то удивительно везучие, они обычно, не прикладывая ни малейших усилий, сразу же становятся звездами любой компании. Но я не из таких. Хотя... хотя всегда можно попробовать измениться! Именно поэтому я здесь, в конно-спортивном лагере, и, похоже, мне предстоит немало самых разных открытий.

Chicago event planner Collins Brady knows how to make the magic happen for her clients. In her mind, she adds the sparkle that makes everything shine. If only she had that same sparkle in her personal life. While she's good at her job, her true career dreams lie elsewhere. If she could do anything, it would be to become an equestrian riding instructor. That dream, however, is shelved due to practicality. And that's not the only thing Collins has shelved. 

Ever since we met two years ago, Eden Burkehammer has made everything better. The big defenseman sets me at ease. He’s a beast on the ice—brutal and physical—but when it’s the two of us, he turns to me with these unexpectedly soft brown eyes. This gravelly laugh that makes my whole body smile. And yeah, I might have thrown a glance his way a time or two in the steamed-up locker room showers—you know, just curious. But he’s my best friend. My teammate. Roommate. I don’t want to mess with that. Just the thought of losing him sends a cold zap the full length of my spine.

Я не планировал умирать. Тем более не планировал оказаться в прошлом. Черт знает, как это вышло! Теперь я снова пацан и играю в советский хоккей. Что ж... Раз судьба дала второй шанс — использую его по полной. Для начала нужно стать лучшим нападающим. Назад дороги нет. У меня была детская мечта, и я ее исполню.