Tento autor se ponořil do méně známých zákoutí mediálního světa, od zapomenutých televizních pořadů po ranou historii nahrávacího průmyslu a univerzitního rádia. Jeho psaní čerpá z hlubokých znalostí mediálního prostředí, kde dříve působil. S citem pro detail a vypravěčským talentem oživuje příběhy, které by jinak upadly v zapomnění, a nabízí čtenářům jedinečný pohled na kulturní historii.
As the world's second most popular sport, cricket is much richer and more diverse than many realise. Globally, passionate players make sacrifices to play for their country. These extraordinary tales of cricket in Afghanistan and Ireland, Kenya and the Netherlands resonate far beyond cricket, touching on war, sectarianism and even women's rights.
After a heart-wrenching break-up from his girlfriend, Andy Rawlins' life is altered in a series of ways. First, he wins the lottery, allowing him the chance to spend his time leisurely at his new home in Lincolnshire. Secondly, he happens to discover a sunken plane at the bottom of the lake on his property. After a successful dive, he collects an unusual console, something unlike anything he'd ever seen before, something extraordinary for a WWII fighter aircraft. In the bleak danger of the 1940s, several men plot around and against each other. A top-level SS Officer seeks to obtain a strange 'weapon' from an enigmatic associate. Unable to remain in their agreement with the Nazis, the unusual men in charge of the otherworldly ammunition attempt to salvage their own mission. Meanwhile, one lone plane with the strange weapon on board is hit and lands in an English countryside lake, hiding a puzzle piece to the power of the Divinity Crystal. Sixty-eight years later, the mystery is opened once again as Rawlins struggles with the weight of what to do with such power.
The inside story of how England won the T20 Cricket World Cup, from the players and key people involved.
The Batmaker is the unique story of a cricketing hero who risks his life to save the sport he loves. Defying the Gestapo and risking his life to keep cricket alive, Frederick Hanson embarks on a quest to find willow. Based on a true story, it combines an espionage thriller and a tribute to the passion that cricket inspires in us all.
A comprehensive guide to television programs, since 1946.
Cricket 2.0 tells the story of how an old, traditional game was transformed by Twenty20 and how this format moved from being a gimmick to the face of modern cricket The iconic captain Brendon McCullum, England's T20 visionaries Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler and Trinidad's Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine, who rose to become among the first T20 millionaires, explain how they shaped T20 - and how it shaped them. Test greats Rahul Dravid and Ricky Ponting recount what a sea-change T20 represented and decode T20 strategy. AB de Villiers explores the limits of modern batting. The Afghan phenomenon Rashid Khan shows that T20 superstars can now come from anywhere. Venky Mysore, the cricket revolutionary you have never heard of, reveals how the game is changing off the field. Told through compelling human-interest stories and featuring interviews with more than fifty players and coaches, Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde examine how a cocktail of globalisation, new aggressive tactics and huge investment are changing the sport faster than ever before, while analysing the myriad ways in which a traditional game has been revolutionised forever, both on and off the pitch. This is the extraordinary and previously misunderstood story of Twenty20 cricket - told by two people who have chronicled the revolution
A Corner of Every Foreign Field is an innovative and thought-provoking take on the history of cricket, looking beyond the scorecards to the pivotal issues of class, politics and imperialism that have shaped the game today. Author Tim Brooks skilfully delves into the past while providing a unique vision for the future of cricket.