Download or read book Low Down and Derby written by Sandra Cerow Leonard and published by . This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Silver Dagger Mystery writers are back in the saddle with this collection of fast paced mysteries set around the Kentucky Derby. Fifteen authors from all over the Ohio River Valley take a spin around the track and reveal that on race day, all is not what it seemsin the stalls or in the stands. Between the spirited stories are equally engaging fun facts about the history of the Derby and horse culture, including why horseshoes are symbols of luck. Fans of quirky mysteries as well as those who delight in the mad pounding of hoof beats will find their own sure bets in this gathering of tales from the track.
Download or read book Down and Derby written by Alex Cohen and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Part manifesto, part how-to-guide . . . required reading for anyone who’s searching for new ways to be fearless.” —Carrie Brownstein When most Americans hear the words “roller derby” today, they think of the kitschy sport once popular on weekend television during the seventies and eighties. Originally an endurance competition where skaters traveled the equivalent of a trip between Los Angeles and New York, roller derby gradually evolved into a violent contact sport often involving fake fighting, and a kitschy weekend-television staple during the seventies and eighties. But in recent decades it’s come back strong, with more than 17,000 skaters in more than four hundred leagues around the world, and countless die-hard fans. Down and Derby will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about the sport. Written by veteran skaters as both a history and a how-to, it’s a brassy celebration of every aspect of the sport, from its origins in the late 1800s, to the rules of a modern bout, to the science of picking an alias, to the many ways you can get involved off skates. Informative, entertaining, and executed with the same tough, sassy, DIY attitude—leavened with plenty of humor—that the sport is known for, Down and Derby is a great read for both skaters and spectators.
Download or read book Down and Derby written by Alex Cohen and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2010-07-13 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Part manifesto, part how-to-guide . . . required reading for anyone who’s searching for new ways to be fearless.” —Carrie Brownstein When most Americans hear the words “roller derby” today, they think of the kitschy sport once popular on weekend television during the seventies and eighties. Originally an endurance competition where skaters traveled the equivalent of a trip between Los Angeles and New York, roller derby gradually evolved into a violent contact sport often involving fake fighting, and a kitschy weekend-television staple during the seventies and eighties. But in recent decades it’s come back strong, with more than 17,000 skaters in more than four hundred leagues around the world, and countless die-hard fans. Down and Derby will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about the sport. Written by veteran skaters as both a history and a how-to, it’s a brassy celebration of every aspect of the sport, from its origins in the late 1800s, to the rules of a modern bout, to the science of picking an alias, to the many ways you can get involved off skates. Informative, entertaining, and executed with the same tough, sassy, DIY attitude—leavened with plenty of humor—that the sport is known for, Down and Derby is a great read for both skaters and spectators.
Download or read book The history of the county of Derby ed by T Noble written by Stephen Glover and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pinewood Derby Speed Secrets written by David Meade and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First timers and seasoned competitors alike can separate themselves from the rest of the pack with these speed secrets from an undefeated pinewood derby champ. Includes hundreds of photos and diagrams for making the fastest Pinewood Derby car in the race.
Download or read book The Farmer s Boy written by Robin Armstrong Brown and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the memoir of a child growing up in England at war. Life on a small farm in Sussex was full of the beauties of the countryside; though it was peopled not only with all the rural characters - farmers and labourers, stockmen and squires, but also with poachers and poisoners, bobbies, blacksmiths, charcoal burners, pedlars, and maybe arsonists too. In the background, this was a countryside peopled with soldiers from many parts, tanks, Bren gun carriers, military convoys, and aria-singing prisoners. Overhead the Spitfires and the Hurricanes of the RAF battled with the Luftwaffe, and Typhoons practised the dangerous art of nudging Flying Bombs back towards the Channel. Life at a tough sports-mad public school on the coast was more to be endured than enjoyed. But a menace threatened from an unexpected quarter, which should have existed for our protection. It slowly became clear that our farm was fighting against the threat of intentional ruin.
Download or read book The History Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Derby written by Stephen Glover and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The history and gazetteer of the county of Derby written by Stephen Glover and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of the County of Derby Edited by T Noble written by Stephen Glover and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of the County of Derby written by Stephen Glover and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Last Black King of the Kentucky Derby written by Crystal Hubbard and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born into an African American sharecropping family in 1880s Kentucky, Jimmy Winkfield grew up loving horses. The large, powerful animals inspired little Jimmy to think big. Looking beyond his family's farm, he longed for a life riding on action-packed racetracks around the world. Like his hero, the great Isaac Murphy, Jimmy "Wink" Winkfield would stop at nothing to make it as a jockey. Though his path to success was wrought with obstacles both on the track and off, Wink faced each challenge with passion and a steadfast spirit. Along the way he carved out a lasting legacy as one of history's finest horsemen and the last African American ever to win the Kentucky Derby. The Last Black King of the Kentucky Derby brings to life a vivacious hero from a little-known chapter of American sports history. Readers are transported trackside to witness the heart-pounding story of a vibrant young man chasing down his dream.
Download or read book History Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Derby written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-06-08 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1857. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Download or read book The History of the County of Derby Drawn Up from Actual Observation and from the Best Authorities written by Stephen Glover and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Derby with the Town of Burton upon Trent Staffordshire Comprising a General Survey of the County written by White, Francis, & Co and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 1022 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Derby Day written by D. J. Taylor and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nominated for the Man Booker Prize, an exquisite tale of romance and rivalry, gambling and greed, from one of England’s finest writers As the shadows lengthen over the June grass, all England is heading for Epsom Down—high life and low life, society beauties and Whitechapel street girls, bookmakers and gypsies, hawkers and thieves. Hopes are high, nerves are taut, hats are tossed in the air—this is Derby Day. For months people have been waiting and plotting for this day. Everyone’s eyes are on champion horse Tiberius, on whose performance half a dozen destinies depend. In this rich and exuberant novel, rife with the idioms of Victorian England, the mysteries pile high, propelling us toward the day of the great race, and we wait with bated breath as the story gallops to a finish that no one expects.
Download or read book The Fishing Gazette written by and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chasing a Dream written by Steve Orme and published by Steve Orme. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of basketball in Derby from 1976 onwards including how Toronto Raptors' head coach Nick Nurse got his first coaching position in England.
