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A Book of Heroes: or A Sporting Half-Century

Written by: Simon Barnes


"You might say that the provision of heroes is the basic point of sport. If sport didn't provide heroes, sport wouldn't command our imaginations..." Everyone's lives will, at some time, have been touched by a moment of sporting heroism. Whether it was Ellen MacArthur's triumphant finish off the French coast in 2005, or Bobby Charlton's long-range goal that transformed England's fortunes against Mexico in 1966, we have all witnessed heroic acts - or indeed moments of epic failure and pain - that have changed our mortal world, and have lifted us, even if only briefly, out of ourselves. In this gripping new book, Simon Barnes brings together his 50 sporting heroes of the last 50 years and looks at what it is that elevates them to a state of grace and greatness. The world of sport is of course filled with record breakers and medal winners, individuals who have in their way excelled. What Barnes does here is to identify that extra element, that special alchemy that sets these 40 men, 7 women (and 3 horses) apart and places them in their own race - the race of heroes

A BOOK OF HEROES was published on 30 September 2010 by Short Books.

Other publications by Simon Barnes



The Meaning of Birds

The Meaning of Birds

Losing It: A Lifetime in Pursuit of Sporting Excellence

The Sacred Combe: A Search for Humanity’s Heartland

Ten Million Aliens

Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed

Epic: A 30-Year Search for the Soul of Sport

Rewild Yourself: 23 Spellbinding Ways to Make Nature More Visible

My Natural History

On The Marsh

The Horsey Life

How to be Wild

A Bad Birdwatchers Companion

How to be a Bad Birdwatcher

Miss Chance

Hong Kong Belongers

Rogue Lion Safaris

Wildness and Wet

The Game’s Gone

The History Of The World In 100 Animals

The Green Planet

The History of the World in 100 Animals
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Authors
  • A-C
  • D-F
  • G-K
  • L-M
  • N-Q
  • R-S
  • T-V
  • W-Z
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  • about 1 hour ago๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜ https://t.co/o0MNLY4e8M
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