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  • Twin Tracks

    The Autobiography

    by Roger Bannister ...
    It was a blustery late spring day in 1954 and a young Oxford medical student flung himself over the line in a mile race. There was an agonising pause, and then the timekeeper announced the record: three minutes, fifty-nine point four seconds. But no one heard anything after that first word - 'three'. One of the most iconic barriers of sport had been broken, and Roger Bannister had become the first ... Read more

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  • Four-Minute Mile

    by Roger Bannister ...
    "Bannister writes in much the same fashion as he runs-with rippling smoothness, eye-catching grace, and spectacular effectiveness." -The New York Times"It is strange that the intrinsically simple and unimportant act of placing one foot after another for 1,760 yards, as fast as possible, should become such an important sporting achievement. I think the appeal lies in its simplicity-it needs no ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Autonomic Failure

    A Textbook of Clinical Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System

    Edited by Christopher J. Mathias, Sir Roger Bannister ...
    This fifth edition of the Autonomic Failure covers the many recent advances made in our understanding of the autonomic nervous system. There are numerous new chapters and extensive revisions of all other contributions. This volume makes diagnosis increasingly precise by fully evaluating the underlying anatomical and functional deficits, thereby allowing more effective treatment. It continues to ... Read more

    $438.29 USD

  • Audiobook

    A Rare Recording of Roger Bannister

    by Roger Bannister ...
    Narrated by Roger Bannister ...

    Unabridged

    4 min

    Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister, born on March 23, 1929, is an English former athlete best known for being the first to run the mile in less than 4 minutes, remarkably while practicing as a junior doctor. This was finally achieved on May 6, 1954 at Iffley Road Track in Oxford, with Chris Chataway and Chris Brasher providing the pacing. The resulting time was 3 min 59.4 sec. Retiring from running ... Read more

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