Download or read book Cricketer s Corpse written by Miles Hudson and published by Miles Hudson. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did Hamish Elliott die? The professional cricketer's gruesome corpse is found in his own bed, with no signs of a struggle. But was it murder, suicide, accident or natural causes? Durham Police's Detective Sergeant Tony Milburn investigates.Who might have wanted Elliott dead? And why did the sleeping cricketer's penis burst?The investigation is fraught, as Milburn is forced to work with Diane Meredith, the sensual policewoman who stalked and harassed him nearly a year earlier. Will he fall for her wiles, again? The passage through a quagmire of suspects and potential motives is signposted by Milburn's enigmatic, surfer friend, Penfold, and a menagerie of bizarre characters.Witty and erudite, this murder mystery is a classic whodunit for the 21st Century. Sex, drugs and professional sport form the backdrop for a tale of human shortcomings when facing everyday temptations.
Download or read book The Cricketer s Corpse written by M M Hudson and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-27 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did Hamish Elliott die? The professional cricketer's gruesome corpse is found in his own bed, with no signs of a struggle. But was it murder, suicide, accident or natural causes? Durham Police's DS Tony Milburn investigates. Who might have wanted Elliott dead? And why did the sleeping cricketer's penis burst? The investigation is fraught, as Milburn is forced to work with Diane Meredith, the sensual policewoman who stalked and harassed him nearly a year earlier. Will he fall for her wiles, again? The passage through a quagmire of suspects and potential motives is signposted by Milburn's enigmatic surfer friend, Penfold.Witty and erudite, this murder mystery is a classic whodunit for the 21st Century. Sex, drugs and professional sport form the backdrop for a tale of human shortcomings when facing everyday temptations.
Download or read book Silence of the Heart written by David Frith and published by Mainstream Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cricket has an alarming suicide rate. For 30 years, author David Frith has collected data on this sad subject. This is an account of over 100 cricketers - involving top names over 100 years - who have taken their own lives, with an explanation of factors which led to their premature deaths.
Download or read book Body Line written by Harold Larwood and published by ETT Imprint. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Author's Preface)I should like to state at the beginning of my book that what is stated in it on controversial matters is my own firm opinion, except where in a few cases the views of other people are published and their names given.I wish to make it clear that though there were, and are, sharp differences of opinion on the subject of Fast-Leg-Theory bowling between myself and some Australians, there was always an atmosphere of complete cordiality between the teams on both sides. Although we differ seriously over my Fast-Leg-Theory bowling I have done my best in the following pages not to disturb that atmosphere.Until now my side of the matter has not been heard. I have refused many tempting offers to break silence. As a fast bowler and a hitter by nature I have written strongly because I cannot express myself otherwise.I hope very much indeed that in doing so, though I was one, of the aggrieved parties in Australia, I have given nobody half the offence from which I suffered so often on the last tour.A belief exists that some of the things I have written about are not yet to be discussed.Obviously I differ from that view. I do so because I feel that in a matter of such vital interest to cricketers as the possible admission by legislation of such a far-reaching principle as that bowlers may not bowl as they like, no cricketer can keep silent. I believe I have only written here what very many cricketers are saying. But I have written supported by first-hand knowledge.For the many imperfections of style and language in my first book I beg the indulgence of my reader.Yours Sincerely,H. Larwood
Download or read book By His Own Hand written by David Frith and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book By His Own Hand written by David Frith and published by Random House (UK). This book was released on 1991 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of over 80 suicides amongst cricketers of all standards which attempts to assess the extent to which the game has contributed to their plights. Author collected information over 23 years whilst involved in cricket book and video projects. Includes a foreword by noted cricketer and journalist Peter Roebuck.
Download or read book Near Death on the Sub Continent written by David Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gavin Stevens was a talented schoolboy cricketer who played 'B' Grade district cricket for Glenelg D.C.C. at the age of 14. Originally a fast bowler, Gavin developed into a powerful opening batsman. Very early in his career he forced his way into the South Australian state side. He struggled early to establish himself but time in England, following the early death of both parents, matured him and he returned a better player. Success in his final two years of domestic first class cricket saw him selected in the Australian team for the inaugural full tour of Pakistan and India. His great joy soon became a nightmare as he joined the list of players who succumbed to serious illness. In Gavin's case not only was his career threatened but so was his life. The tour changed him in several ways and he never played first-class cricket again. The book titled NEAR DEATH ON THE SUB-CONTINENT - THE GAVIN STEVENS STORY is a wonderful tale. It looks at Steven's early struggles and ends with a look at his business career that is truly remarkable. The story of Bradman and his thoughts on Test players, especially Stevens, is interesting. The book of 183 pages includes statistics of Stevens' career and has some previously unpublished photos. With stiffened wrappers the book is a must for those interested in Australian tours to the sub-continent and South Australian cricket in the 1950s.
Download or read book Crickets Burning Passion written by Scyld Berry and published by Methuen Publishing. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Cricket's Burning Passion' is at once an historic account of the very first Ashes tour and a love story involving England's aristocratic cricket captain and a young Australian piano teacher.
Download or read book The Insider written by Aakash Chopra and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does a batsman concentrate? Just how is a player 'in form' or 'out of form'? Are preparations for Tests, ODIs and T20s really very different? Why do certain teams 'crumble badly under pressure' while others 'choke'? And, really, what makes for pressure? This insightful book by former international cricketer Aakash Chopra takes you inside the making and unmaking of cricketers: how they think, how they are likely to react to various match situations, and above all, why they react the way they do. From reading the bowler to gauging the batsman, from playing the bouncer to elding at short-leg, from the technical aspects of the game to the psychological, from the tangible to the abstract, The Insider shuts out the noise and hysteria to allow fans a rare peek into the cricketing brain. This compelling volume is a milestone in writing on cricket.
Download or read book The Manual of Cricket With Numerous Illustrations the Whole Being Intended as a Complete Cricketers Guide To Which Is Added the Body an written by Alexander D. Paterson and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-19 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Manual of Cricket written by Alexander D. Paterson and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Download or read book Three Words Cursed written by Nikki Chartier and published by Nicole Chartier. This book was released on 2019-11-24 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freedom comes at a price... Eighteen-year-old Haven is on the run, but she's not alone. When her escape plan is interrupted, she and her best friend Cricket have no choice but to leave with ruthless assassin Breck. He is everything Haven fears about the dark world - dangerous, cold, and incredibly charming. With a trail of blood left in their wake and their faces plastered on WANTED posters, hiding out in a misfit circus sounds like a better option than hopping trains to nowhere. As Breck’s hard exterior softens and 6'10" Cricket finally feels like he belongs somewhere, Haven realizes she must fight for what she wants - but the price for freedom is greater than she ever imagined.
Download or read book An Elementary Lunyoro Grammar written by Henry Edward Maddox and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Possessing the Dead written by Helen Patricia MacDonald and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London, 1868: visiting Australian Aboriginal cricketer Charles Rose has died in Guy's Hospital. What happened next is shrouded in mystery. The only certainty is that Charles Rose's body did not go directly to a grave. Written with clarity and verve, and drawing on a rich array of material, Possessing the Dead explores the disturbing history of the cadaver trade in Scotland, England and Australia, where laws once gave certain officials possession of the dead, and no corpse lying in a workhouse, hospital, asylum or gaol was entirely safe from interference. With a rare blend of curiosity, delight in the unexpected and an eye for detail, award-winning historian Helen MacDonald brings to life this gruesome past to reveal the chicanery at play behind the procuring of bodies for dissections, autopsies and collections.
Download or read book Tales of the Alhambra or the new sketch book written by Washington Irving and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Five Days in White Flannels written by Sailesh S. Radha and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five Days in White Flannels is a quizzical tribute to Test cricket, the holy grail of achievement on the cricket field. It is also a nostalgic journey that venerates the five-day duel between the bat and the ball partaken by men clad in cream clothing on an idyllic cricket ground, and is a far cry from the environs of other forms of cricket that now-a-days deliver instant gratification. This is a comprehensive trivia book that tickles the brain of the reader with numerous fascinating and intriguing factoids of Test cricket. The book takes the reader partly through some narratives, each of which is tagged with a trivial question and then, to add variety, the narratives are interspersed with fair share of regular trivial queries and few cryptic questions. In the pages of this book, you will find out: The name of the cricketer who was referred to as Test crickets village batsman What a Platinum Duck is The name of the cricketer inflicted by Klippel-Feil syndrome What a Water-drip effect in cricket is About the replica of the cricket ground that billionaire Paul Getty built on his estate About the association of Richard Nixon, Robert McNamara & Alexei Kosygin with cricket
