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    Questo libro è opera di Alastair Cook, un giocatore di cricket inglese considerato il battitore di maggior successo in Inghilterra. Oltre ai suoi successi sportivi, Cook è anche uno scrittore capace, avendo contribuito con rubriche ai giornali The Telegraph e Metro. La sua scrittura probabilmente mostra un'acuta osservazione e uno stile chiaro, che riflette il suo attivo coinvolgimento nella vita pubblica. Le passioni di Cook si estendono oltre lo sport e la scrittura, come dimostrano il suo lavoro di beneficenza e il suo talento musicale.

    The Autobiography
    Alastair Cook : the autobiography

    • Alastair Cook : the autobiography

      • 320pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura
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      Alastair Cook's new book, the whole story behind an exceptional life and career . . . _______ To understand England's greatest cricket player is to know what it takes to succeed. Alastair Cook is the greatest batsman to ever play for England and, as one of the most gifted players in the world he knows that his triumphs are as important as the challenges and moments of resilience. Now, as The English Cricket team reel from his dramatic retirement, Alastair tells his story: a close-up account of his last chapter, his 33rd and last Test hundred, an intimate tale of his life, his family, of the man he is today and the man he will be - after cricket. An icon, a role model and one of the loveliest men alive, Alastair is lauded as a person as well as a player and this is his never-before-heard story.

      Alastair Cook : the autobiography

    • The Autobiography

      • 384pagine
      • 14 ore di lettura
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      Get to know England legend Alastair Cook in his fascinating and remarkably honest autobiography THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'He is England's greatest ever batsman . . . a hugely enjoyable book' Daily Mail, SPORTS BOOKS OF THE YEAR _________ Watch. The. Ball. It's just you. Standing at the crease. Waiting. The bowler is running. His arm swinging. The ball - 155 grams of cork, string and leather - is hurled at you. At 90 mph it travels 22 yards in under half a second. You can barely see it and you've got to be swinging your bat before it's halfway towards you. Because you are in its path . . . Alastair Cook, one of England's most decorated players and highest test run scorer, knows what it is like to be your best under pressure. Yet at 33 he called time on his England career. Come with him as he relives the fraught hours on the pitch, the desperate lows and astonishing highs, the paralysing anxiety that can send the best back home and the extraordinary battle of wills with yourself, the opposing players and even those supposedly on your own side. This is cricket as you've never seen it. The view from the inside . . . LONGLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AUTOBIOGRAPHY AWARD _________ 'Fascinating, timely. Delves into the psychological challenges of the game' Guardian 'Bracingly honest' Times

      The Autobiography