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“stephen roche”

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  • Don’t Tell

    Toowoomba Prep: the case that broke the silence on child sex abuse in Australia

    by Stephen Roche ...
    Told through the eyes of a lawyer, Stephen Roche, this is a compelling account of the most important sexual abuse civil trial in Australian history. It begins when a young girl’s life is torn apart while attending a prestigious Anglican preparatory school, suffering repeated sexual abuse at the hands of her boarding master. After a complaint by a fellow classmate, the man is charged. On the day he ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Born to Ride

    The Autobiography of Stephen Roche

    by Stephen Roche ...
    In 1987 Stephen Roche touched greatnessIn June he won the Giro d'Italia, fighting a ferocious battle against not only his rivals but also against his teammates and an angry, partisan Italian crowd.In July Roche secured the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, blacking out shortly after crossing the line following a superhuman effort.In September, victory at the World Cycling Championships in ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • The Official History of The Tour De France

    The Official History

    by Andy McGrath, Luke Edwardes-Evans, Serge Laget ...
    The Official History of the Tour de France is a celebration of one of the greatest annual sporting events, and the premier competition in world cycling.Through more than 300 photographs, rarely-seen documents and items of memorabilia, this book covers more than a century of fascinating stories on the Tour and its iconic yellow jersey.This revised and updated edition includes an authoritative ... Read more

    Was $11.99 USD Now $0.99 USD

  • The Renaissance of Renewable Energy

    by Stephen Roche, Gian Andrea Pagnoni ...
    This book provides detailed yet easily understandable information about sustainable energy alternatives in the context of growing public concern about climate change, the impending fuel crisis and environmental degradation. It deals with the history of energy use and the factors that have led to the current interest in energy alternatives, and assesses the chance of renewable energy replacing ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

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  • Stuart O'Grady: Battle Scars

    by Stuart O'Grady ...
    Stuart O'Grady is one of Australia's best-loved cyclists with a long and successful career in cycling for Australia and as a professional road cyclist. The record holder for most starts in a Tour de France ever, as well as an Olympic gold medallist and winner of the Green Jersey on four occasions, O'Grady is one of cycling's most respected stars. But in 2013, following his retirement, Stuart made ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Easy Rider: My Life on a Bike

    by Rob Hayles ...
    The son of a wrestler turned cycling coach called Killer Kowalski, Rob Hayles was soon winning races himself and realizing that he didn't really want to work for a living. The world of amateur club cycling in the 1990s was a long way from the millionaire sport of today though. When Rob first rode for Great Britain, it was with his own bike, one spare tyre, and a hand-me-down jersey.Yet Rob became ... Read more

    $17.89 USD

  • Racing Hard

    by William Fotheringham ...
    Few British schoolchildren of the seventies can have been as obsessed with the Tour de France as William Fotheringham, who smuggled copies of Miroir du Cyclisme into lessons to read inside his books. He saw the Tour for the first time in 1984, avidly following that year's race on television in the Normandy village where he lived.Since joining the Guardian in 1989, William Fotheringham has been at ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Domestique

    The Real-life Ups and Downs of a Tour Pro

    by Charly Wegelius ...
    For 11 years I was a professional cyclist, competing in the hardest and greatest races on Earth. I was in demand from the world's best teams, a well-paid elite athlete. But I never won a race. I was the hired help.When my mum dropped me off in a small French town aged 17, I was full of determination to be a professional cyclist, but I was completely green. I went from mowing the team manager's ... Read more

    $21.29 USD

  • Sean Yates: It’s All About the Bike

    My Autobiography

    by Sean Yates ...
    Before Bradley Wiggins, there was Sean Yates. Behind Bradley Wiggins, there was Sean Yates.One of only five Britons to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, Sean Yates burst onto the cycling scene as the rawest pure talent this country has ever seen. After turning professional at the age of 22, he soon became known as a die-hard domestique, putting his body on the line for his teammates. ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

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  • Inside The Peloton

    My Life as a Professional Cyclist

    by Nicolas Roche ...
    Nicolas Roche has a famous surname to all fans of cycling. The son of legendary Irish and World Champion Stephen Roche, Nicolas had to fight to make it as a professional and even harder to make his mark as his own man in this toughest of competitive sports.His rise up the ranks has been meteoric, with top 15 finishes in both the Tour de France and the Vuelta a Espa�a, but his attitude to his ... Read more

    $21.29 USD

  • Inside Team Sky

    by David Walsh ...
    The inside story of Team Sky's challenge for the 2013 Tour de France.After the victory of Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky in the 2012 Tour de France, the pressure was on the team to repeat their success in 2013. When Wiggins had to pull out of the defence of his yellow jersey, attention moved to Chris Froome, who had finished as runner-up the year before. Could he bring about back-to-back victories ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • One Way Road

    The Autobiography of Robbie McEwen

    by Robbie McEwen, Ed Pickering ...
    The autobiography of three time Tour de France Green Jersey winner.Professional road cyclist Robbie McEwen will do whatever it takes to win on a bike. He is proud of his reputation as a 'competitive little bugger' and 'a bit of a hard bastard in the peloton', yet he is at pains to point out that what he's channelling is not rage or aggression but a fierce determination and razor-sharp focus. Here, ... Read more

    $14.49 USD