LIBROS DEL AUTOR: john g robertson

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  • World Series ’64
    Carl T. Madden / John G. Robertson
    In 1964, the New York Yankees were the undisputed champions of Major League Baseball. This book presents, in all its context, the story of the upstart St. Louis Cardinals, improbable champions of the National League, taking the Bronx Bombers to game seven in a harrowing World Series that ended with the toppling of an MLB dynasty and the ascension of an exciting new St. Louis...
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    50,25 €

  • Cold War on Ice
    Carl T Madden / Carl T. Madden / John G Robertson / John G. Robertson
    Between December 28, 1975, and January 11, 1976, a groundbreaking hockey event took place: Super Series ’76. Eight National Hockey League clubs each hosted a single exhibition game against one of two touring teams from the USSR: Central Red Army or Wings of the Soviet. Officially nothing was at stake, but serious hockey fans realized that a Cold War clash of political ideolo...
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    58,04 €

  • Looking Back Looking Forward - Oral health in Victoria and Australia 1970 to 2022 and beyond
    Jamie AM Robertson / John G Rogers
    John Rogers (Specialist in Public Health Dentistry with more than 45 years’ experience in management and policy development) and Jamie Robertson AM (over 40 years in private dental practice, extensive public governance and practice experience, and noted historian of the dental profession) look back on 50 years of public dental health in Victoria and Australia. They make a foren...
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    45,56 €

  • The Bruins in 25 Games
    Carl T. Madden / John G. Robertson
    Having played more than 7,500 regular-season and playoff games since the franchise’s inception in 1924, the Boston Bruins have become an iconic National Hockey League team boasting a sizable fan base well beyond Massachusetts. In a century of spirited play, the Bruins have brought great joy--and great disappointment--to their passionate legions of followers across North Amer...
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    42,76 €

  • World Series ’48
    Carl T. Madden / John G. Robertson
    The 1948 World Series gave fans an unusual showdown--neither of the contestants had seen the Fall Classic for a generation. The Cleveland Indians had last won the American League pennant in 1920. The Boston Braves had not been atop the National League since 1914. Both teams featured excellent pitching. Boston’s aces were Warren Spahn and Johnny Sain. Cleveland had stalwarts ...
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    50,11 €

  • Amazin’ Upset
    Carl T. Madden / John G. Robertson
    In October 1969, the New York Mets stunned the sports world by defeating the heavily favored Baltimore Orioles in a memorable World Series. Their five-game triumph capped off a true Cinderella season, when the woebegone National League franchise rose from laughingstock to popular champions. The histories of both the Mets and Orioles are traced, along with their paths to the ...
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    42,90 €

  • Hockey’s Wildest Season
    John G Robertson / John G. Robertson
    The 1969-70 season marked a turning point in the history of the National Hockey League. The season began with a near fatality and it culminated on a steamy Sunday afternoon in Boston with one of the NHL’s most iconic moments. In the interim, the 12 NHL clubs staged thrilling and memorable playoff races that were not decided until the final regular-season games were played. T...
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    49,98 €

  • When the Heavyweight Title Mattered
    John G. Robertson
    The world heavyweight boxing championship once transcended the sport, conferring global renown. This book gives detailed coverage to five legendary championship bouts that captivated audiences worldwide. Coaxed out of retirement by the press, former champ James J. Jeffries challenged black titleholder Jack Johnson--universally despised by white audiences--in 1910, in hopes...
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    42,88 €

  • Too Many Men on the Ice
    John G Robertson / John G. Robertson
    Entering the 1978-1979 season, the Boston Bruins had been one of the best teams in the National Hockey League for more than a decade. Yet they could not shake the postseason jinx the Montreal Canadiens held over them--the Habs had ousted them in 13 consecutive playoff series going back to 1940s. The Bruins wanted one more shot at their nemeses, after coming up short in both ...
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    58,51 €

  • The Games That Changed Baseball
    Andy Saunders / John G. Robertson
    The national pastime’s rich history and vast cache of statistics have provided fans and researchers a gold mine of narrative and data since the late 19th century. Many books have been written about Major League Baseball’s most famous games. This one takes a different approach, focusing on MLB’s most historically significant games. Some will be familiar to baseball scholars...
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    58,72 €

  • A’s Bad as It Gets
    Andy Saunders / John G. Robertson
    This work is a game-by-game account of the Philadelphia Athletics’ pitiful 1916 season, in which they won just 36 of 154 games. It starts with a brief biography of the team’s living symbol--A’s manager and co-owner Connie Mack--and moves through the birth of the franchise and into its first era of glory in which the A’s won world championships in 1910, 1911, and 1913. Follow...
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    35,77 €

  • The Babe Chases 60
    John G. Robertson
    Homer-by-homer, this heavily researched work recounts the inimitable Babe Ruth’s finest season. In that magical 1927 season, Ruth blasted homers off 33 different pitchers and hit at least one against every American League opponent. Two hurlers yielded four homers each to the Bambino, while seven pitchers allowed at least three. Interwoven with this recounting is the story of...
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    35,79 €