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Free to a good home / club / school - "My Cycling Library"
Here is a list of some cycling books that I am donating to the cause (I say some,still, because does anyone really want to read Lance Armstrong: The World's Greatest Champion | John Wilcockson)
Prefer collection from Croydon / Orpington - priority given to acceptance of the job lot, any questions let me know
KEY:
Title | Author (Format / Subject Area)
PB = Paperback
SB = Softback
HB = Hardback
Grey Text = Reserved
Stricken {?} Text = No Longer Available | Reserved
* = Unputdownable rating
Books, in no particular order are:
We were young and carefree | Laurent Fignon (PB / Autobiography) *****
Wheelmen | Albergotti & O'Connell (HB / Lance Armstrong - their part in his downfall)
Hunger | Sean Kelly (PB / Autobiography) *****
Seven Deadly Sins | David Walsh (HB / Lance Armstrong - my part in his downfall)
Race Against the Stasi | Herbie Sykes (HB / Biographical History (GDR)) *
Pedalare! Pedlare! | John Foot (PB / Cycling History (Italian Cyclists) ***
The Secret Race | Tyler Hamilton (HB / Cycling Expose) *****
My Time | Bradley Wiggins HB Autobiography ***
Fallen Angel | William Fotheringham HB Biography (Fausto Coppi) *****
Tales from the Toolbox | Scott Parr w. Rupert Guinness (PB / Memoir) *
Tour de France Travel Guide | Graham Watson (SB / Travel) *****
In Search of Robert Miller | Richard Moore (PB / Biography) *****
In Search of Robert Miller | Richard Moore (PB / Biography)
Roule Brittania | William Fotheringham (PB / Cycling History (British Cyclists)) *****
Einstein & The Art of Mindful Cycling | Ben Irvine (HB / Cycling Philosophy) **
Sex, Lies & Handlebar Tape | Paul Howard (PB / Biography (Jacques Anquetil)) *****
It's all about the bike | Robert Penn (PB / Cycling, narrative pursuit of perfection) **
The Tour de France | Christopher S. Thompson (SB / Academic Study of TdF) ****
The Tour de France | William Fotheringham (PB / Cycling History)*****
Rough Ride | Paul Kimmage (PB / Autobiographical)*****
Put me back on my bike | William Fotheringham (PB / Biographical : Tom Simpson)
The Bicycle Book | Bella Thorne (HB / Cycling, a narrative celebration) ***
The Yellow Jersey Companion to the Tour de France | Les Woodland (PB / Cyclopedia of the TdF)*****
The Little Black Bottle | Gerry Moore (PB Cycling History / Biographical (Choppy Warburton))*****
The Eagle of Toledo | Alasdair Fotheringham PB Biographical (Federico Bahamontes)*****
Bad Blood | Jeremy Whittle (PB / Expose)*****
The Death of Marco Pantani | Matt Rendall (PB, Biography)*****
Flying Scotsman | Graham Obree (PB / Autobiographical) *****
Eddie Merckx - The Cannibal | Daniel Friebe (HB / Biography)
Racing Through The Dark The Fall & Rise of David Millar | David Millar (HB / Autobiographical)**
A Race for Mad Men - The Extraordinary History of the Tour de France | Chris Sidwells (HB / Historical)*****
Cycle for Life | Nicole Cooke (SB / How to Guide)**
The Foreign Legion | Rupert Guinness (HB / Historical English speaking cyclists in French teams)*****
The Cycling Anthology Vol. I | Edited by Ellis Bacon & Lionel Birnie (PB / Collection of original writing about cycling)*****
The Cycling Anthology Vol. II | Edited by Ellis Bacon & Lionel Birnie (PB / Collection of original writing about cycling)*****
All the best
Philip
Free to a good home / club / school - "My Cycling Library"
Here is a list of some cycling books that I am donating to the cause (I say some,still, because does anyone really want to read Lance Armstrong: The World's Greatest Champion | John Wilcockson)
Prefer collection from Croydon / Orpington - priority given to acceptance of the job lot, any questions let me know
KEY:
Title | Author (Format / Subject Area)
PB = Paperback
SB = Softback
HB = Hardback
Grey Text = Reserved
Stricken {?} Text = No Longer Available | Reserved
* = Unputdownable rating
Books, in no particular order are:
Pedalare! Pedlare! | John Foot (PB / Cycling History (Italian Cyclists) ***
The Secret Race | Tyler Hamilton (HB / Cycling Expose) *****
Tales from the Toolbox | Scott Parr w. Rupert Guinness (PB / Memoir) *
Einstein & The Art of Mindful Cycling | Ben Irvine (HB / Cycling Philosophy) **
The Tour de France | Christopher S. Thompson (SB / Academic Study of TdF) ****
Rough Ride | Paul Kimmage (PB / Autobiographical)*****
The Yellow Jersey Companion to the Tour de France | Les Woodland (PB / Cyclopedia of the TdF)*****
The Little Black Bottle | Gerry Moore (PB Cycling History / Biographical (Choppy Warburton))*****
The Eagle of Toledo | Alasdair Fotheringham PB Biographical (Federico Bahamontes)*****
Bad Blood | Jeremy Whittle (PB / Expose)*****
The Death of Marco Pantani | Matt Rendall (PB, Biography)*****
A Race for Mad Men - The Extraordinary History of the Tour de France | Chris Sidwells (HB / Historical)*****
All the best
Philip
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