Paperback edition of a 1991 autobiography of the West Indies cricket captain and champion batsman. Traces Richards' life and career from his youth in Antigua up to 1991, and includes many of his controversial opinions and a comprehensive record of his impressive career statistics.

The national bestselling golf instructional, The A Swing, created by the world's #1 instructor to help golfers consistently hit good shots. David Leadbetter is the most recognized golf instructor in the history of the game. His book, The A Swing, is an evolution of his swing theories that have successfully helped thousands of golfers globally. His tour players, whom he has coached over the years, have amassed 19 major golf championships. David has been prolific during his 30+ year career in producing books, videos, teaching aids that have inspired golfers of every level to reach their potential. The A Swing - A stands for Alternative - is a simple way to swing the club, which follows biomechanically sound, scientific principles, and only requires minimal practice. The A Swing has been thoroughly tested with a wide range of players, from tour level to beginner, junior to senior, and the results overall have been nothing short of dramatic. The A Swing is a way to develop a consistent, repetitive motion which will improve accuracy and distance, and is easy on the body. It will fix many of golf's common faults, and the book takes you through an easy, step-by-step approach. With over 200 illustrations, easy drills, and the 7-Minute Practice Plan, golfers now have the opportunity to play the way they've always dreamed of. Golf is a frustrating game, even for the top players, but the A Swing will make it easier and more fun. It could really change the way the game has been taught, which hasn't changed for years - it is not an exact method, and has leeway for individualism. David is excited that the A Swing will help golfers the world over enjoy the game more. In essence, the A Swing is a shortcut to great golf. Whatever your level of play is now, whatever your goals, however you've been struggling with the game, the A Swing could change your golfing life.

Pick the length like Viv Richards: Perhaps the most brutal and powerful batsman ever to play the game, Viv had the capacity to demolish any bowling attack in the world on any surface. But why? Because he was a master at picking the length early, that’s why! In this book we go into minute detail about how to pick length and how to pick length to the level and standard that Viv the master would have himself picked it. The book is relatively technical but can be easily be followed on by the child say 10 years and up and is something which can even benefit the accomplished international level cricketer also. Cricket is a game of length and picking the length is what decides between the greats and the average batsmen. If you can pick the length early then suddenly you put yourself in the box seat and can start to bully the bowling – just like Viv used to. In this book we teach you the full science you must know understand before you can start picking the length like the master Viv. Things such ideas from Euclidean physics and Snell’s law are key principles which are discussed within the book and will have you picking the length like Viv almost overnight, guaranteed!

Perhaps the most definitive, accurate and well written pieces of literature devised on showing both youngsters and adults the path toward forging a career in international or state cricket, in this book we show the budding cricketer the exact path and journey one must endure in order to achieve the glory and stardom of playing international cricket and representing their country. Like no other guide on the market, in our book, we, fragment by fragment unleash the exact skill sets and facets to the game which must be honed and mastered in order for one to be an elite level cricketer and not just an average one, and step by step show YOU the budding cricketer the exact path necessary for one to reach one’s full potential and be in contention for national selection. Several critical ideas and concepts which have never been discussed before in a coaching manual or within the coaching fraternity before have been explicitly and precisely conveyed in the most lucid and radiant manner. Topics such as the two stages in batting development, the parallel vs sequential method of picking line and choosing your stroke as well as a full rundown on the requisite abilities one must develop in order to be a good spinner, fast bowler, fielder and captain, are all explained in explicit detail. In this book we endeavour to give the budding cricketer and one aiming for national selection, the science and theory behind cricket and the exact route one must follow to gain national selection. We leave no stone unturned and really do give you the formula and recipe needed to gain national selection and do so in the most concise yet elaborate manner. A guide as to how to play for your country doesn’t go any deeper than this and we are so confident that you will walk away double the cricketer you were before, that we give you a money back guarantee if you felt disappointed or unfulfilled with the topics discussed within the book​. Read on as we steer you tantalisingly close to a career in professional cricket.

This volume covers the "third rising" of West Indies cricket. As the sport becomes ever more commercialized, large amounts of money have established sponsorship & support systems to give cricketers around the world every possible advantage. Beckles assesses what impact the globalization of cricket has had on the cricketers of the Caribbean. He also describes the emergence of what he argues is a debilitating sub-nationalism in the West Indies, & the effect this has had on the game, & the prospect for integrating West Indian nationhood in the twenty-first century.

Advice on how to improve your turn at bat and become the best hitter possible.

An irresistible roller coaster of a high school romance, perfect for fans of Beth Reekles and Jenny Han. Macy Anderson is a seventeen-year-old tomboy and captain of her school's soccer team. Sam Cahill is a rich bad boy with a British accent and cocky attitude. Macy tells herself she won't fall for his charm. But as the two get to know each other, and Macy starts uncovering Sam's secrets, she begins to realise keeping that promise to herself is going to be harder than she thought . . .

A leading biomechanics expert and a premier golf instructor share the secrets of the perfect swing using a breakthrough learning tool—for novice and advanced golfers alike. For seventeen years, CompuSport International’s biomechanics expert Dr. Ralph Mann devoted himself to studying the swings of more than 100 PGA and LPGA Tour players to uncover the keys to a better game and a lower handicap. The results: the computer-generated composite Pro, which embodies the mechanical elements of the holy grail of the golf swing—efficient, effective, and now achievable. Illustrated with 175 animated 3-D stills of the Pro that pinpoint the exact motions of a body executing the perfect swing, Swing Like a Pro provides accurate, consistent information about how to play the game properly, breaking down the exact steps you can take to develop and refine your skills at performing every aspect of the shot. Mann teams up with renowned golf instructor Fred Griffin to examine and explain • Setup, including how to grip and align the club properly while finding the perfect balance for your body • The seven characteristics of a great backswing, with drills for improvement • How to achieve distance with accuracy through your downswing • How to put all these elements together with both timing and tempo • And much more! With its unique cutting-edge, scientific approach, and the expertise of its authors, Swing Like a Pro promises to be the best golf Pro you ever consulted to help you improve your swing and shave strokes off your handicap—and proves that there is such a thing as a perfect swing.

Sculpting YOU to be the next master batsman – Sachin Tendulkar: One of the more technical books on the market which is not just a time pass but is actually meant to teach serious batsman and those serious about going on with cricket the exact formula, method and technique required to develop the game of a master. Perhaps one of the best resources of formative guidance for the serious batsman on the market, this book gives you a peephole into the mind of one the game’s greatest thinkers and talents. Every intricacy and aspect to Tendulkar’s game is studied, analysed and scrutinised and it is shown to the reader the exact what and why behind the little masters batting and what’s more the aspects to mental toughness and mental resiliency which allowed him to launch a career of such mammoth proportions. The book reveals in to the reader what made Tendulkar Tendulkar and what it will take on your behalf to also become the next Tendulkar and really does go into almost pin point detail about the little master’s game and substantiates to the common man exactly what made Tendulkar so good.

It's murder by the book in the latest hit Library Lover's mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Death in the Stacks. When a stack of library materials is found at the scene of a hit and run, library director Lindsey Norris finds herself dragged into the investigation as the police try to link the driver of the stolen car to the person who borrowed the books. Before Lindsey can delve into the library's records, the victim of the hit and run, Theresa Houston, suffers another "accident" and the investigation shifts from driver negligence to attempted homicide. A clue surfaces in the confiscated library materials that could crack open the case and it is up to Lindsey to piece it all together. But things are not as they seem in the sleepy town of Briar Creek, and when the driver of the stolen car turns up dead, Lindsey, her staff, and her library friends have to hit the books before the murderer gets the last word....