Sparring with Life Jimmy Tibbs My Autobiography
Author: Jimmy Tibbs
Publisher:
Published: 2014-07-01
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781908695857
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Author: Jimmy Tibbs
Publisher:
Published: 2014-07-01
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781908695857
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Dick Kirby
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Published: 2017-06-30
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1473894786
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Murder, torture and extortion all feature prominently as Mr. Kirby investigates some of the most famous incidents of the post-war era.” —Daily Mail Online The 1950s and 1960s saw a changing of the guard in London’s gangland. A new and even more ruthless breed of criminal emerged to replace the aging generation of the likes of Sabini, Mullins and Hayes. Protection rackets on bookies, club owners and shops were commonplace. Prostitution and drugs offered rich pickings. Police corruption was all too commonplace. Thanks to media interest the names of Charlie Richardson, Mad Frankie Fraser, Scarface Smithson and the Nichols became as widely known as they were feared. And then there were the Kray Twins, whose notoriety and brutality became watchwords. But as this insider book reveals they did not have it all their own way. For a thrilling and shocking story London’s Gangs at War is in a class of its own. What makes it so chilling is that the murders, torture and mayhem actually happened. “Ex-cop Dick Kirby has now laid bare the Krays’ empire.” —Daily Star Online “This is a riveting book and Dick has done his usual amazing research.” —London Police Pensioner “Dick Kirby pulls no punches as he looks in depth at some of the most infamous names from the criminal underworld.” —Media Drum World “Another excellent book in the impressive list of titles by Dick Kirby.” —History by the Yard “Some of this is familiar to us from TV programmes such as Foyle’s War and Dads’ Army—but Dick Kirby’s terrific book breaks new ground in identifying and recounting what actually happened during those troubled times.” —Books Monthly “Dick Kirby pulls no punches as he looks in depth at some of the most infamous names from the criminal underworld.” —Media Drum World “Another excellent book in the impressive list of titles by Dick Kirby.” —History by the Yard “Some of this is familiar to us from TV programmes such as Foyle’s War and Dads’ Army—but Dick Kirby’s terrific book breaks new ground in identifying and recounting what actually happened during those troubled times.” —Books Monthly
Author: Patrick Connor
Publisher: Hamilcar Noir
Published: 2020-06-23
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781949590272
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Shot at a Brothel, Patrick Connor reveals the salacious story of how handsome, playful, heavyweight boxer Oscar "Ringo" Bonavena wound up murdered outside of an infamous Nevada brothel, and why.
Author: Lawrence Lessing
Publisher:
Published: 1956
Total Pages: 328
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Harrison Beckett
Publisher:
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781785318863
DOWNLOAD EBOOKImagine living in a box at the bottom of the sea for a month at a time. Locked away in a saturation chamber, plumbed to depths of more than 500 feet, this has been David Beckett's love, life, and work for all his adult life. Destined to become a pig farmer in the late 1960s, a twist of fate saw David become an air diver, and within a short space of time, he progressed to saturation diving. He would brush with death on more than one occasion - not least when helping to recover 47 bodies of the victims of the Sumburgh chinook disaster in Scotland's Shetland Islands - and when called in to assist with the deadliest peacetime shipwreck in Europe, as the MS Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea in 1994 and claimed 852 lives. Amongst the depths of despair, there are many lighter moments, including treasure hunting in the Philippines, almost clinching a contract to salvage the bursar's safe from the Titanic, and surviving a 24-hour typhoon that brought 80-foot waves crashing down on his boat. The Loonliness of a Deep Sea Diver is gritty, sometimes comical, and offers a unique glimpse into a life at sea, much of it at the bottom.
Author: Eddie Blundell
Publisher: Pomegrante Press (CA)
Published: 2014-06-13
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9781907242496
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a touch story about some very tough guys...youOCOre going to meet Bill Bailey, OCyStretchOCO, the Dixon brothers, serial murderer John Childs, Bill Parsons, brother Billy Blundell, the Kray Twins and of course, the six-foot-two no nonsense Eddie Blundell himself."
Author: E. Cobham Brewer
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2019-09-25
Total Pages: 582
ISBN-13: 3734093228
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReproduction of the original: Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama by E. Cobham Brewer
Author: Andy Lee
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Published: 2018-11-02
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0717183459
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn epic and moving journey, from the backstreets of London and Limerick to the summit of the world's most unforgiving sport.In 2005, at the age of twenty, Andy Lee left Ireland to make it in the harsh world of professional boxing. Leaving home for the dust and faded glamour of Detroit, over the next ten years, under the guidance of the legendary Emamuel Steward, he set about honing his craft, winning fight after fight and slowly climbing the professional ranks.Then, in 2012, his star ascendant, Lee suffered two devastating blows in quick succession: defeat in his first World Championship bout and the sudden loss of Steward, his guide and confidant. Bereft, his career in jeopardy, the path to redemption would test every hard-won lesson of the previous decade ...Fighter is a lyrical and philosophical memoir about resilience, bravery and the wisdom to be found at the limits of human experience.
Author: Jim Parry
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007-09-12
Total Pages: 279
ISBN-13: 113413682X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExploring the spiritual dimensions of sport, this broad-ranging study takes a provocative look at the human aspects of the sport experience. It is a must-read for students of sport studies, sports coaching, and sport and health psychology.
Author: John Elkington
Publisher: Capstone Publishing
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9781841120843
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on first-hand experience with companies such as Volvo, BP, Proctor and Gamble, ICI and Fuji Xerox, Elkington defines the triple bottom line of 21st century business as profit, environmental sustainability and social responsibility.