Celebrating Great Britain's 100 most notable sporting heroes, Jon Henderson has combed through the annals of our glorious and not so glorious past to bring us the geniuses and the eccentrics, the national treasures and the villains who together have shaped our present. From Henry VIII and Roy of the Rovers to Red Rum Roy and Torvill and Dean, the question is, just what does it take to make a sporting superhero? Touching on Trueman, W. G., Best and Edwards, and racing drivers, jockeys, and rowers, Hendo's 100 reveals all. Opinionated and provocative, his witty character studies—accompanied by stylish illustrations—capture the essence of his subjects' greatness, re-evaluating the famous and rescuing the forgotten. But when there's a cast of thousands to choose from and hundreds of years of history to explore, who will make the cut for the most heroic of the heroic?

Best of British: Hendo's Sporting Heroes

Henderson, Jon

Biographies & Memoirs

Yellow Jersey

The Last Champion: The Life of Fred Perry

Yellow Jersey Press

The first full and objective autobiography of a sports legend, revealing the professional and private lives of one of the world’s greatest ever footballers
"Stanley Matthews taught us the way football should be played." —Pelé 
"The Wizard" Stanley Matthews has achieved almost mythical status. For the first time, Jon Henderson digs beneath the public face of the "first gentleman of soccer" to explore the driving factors in his professional life and the private relationships that made the man. As a footballer Matthews was the first global superstar, guaranteed to increase ticket sales by thousands whenever he played. In a career spanning an incredible 33 years he won 84 caps for England and the FA Cup in 1953 ("The Matthews Final"), was knighted in 1965, and played professionally until he was 50. When he started out football was a working-class sport played for shillings. At the height of his career, before the abolition of the maximum wage, he earned just £20 a week. Henderson reflects on this footballing hero, recreating the magic on the pitch and analyzing the key moments that made him great. He looks too at his private life and the relationships that had the biggest impact on him and his career—with his professional boxer father in 1920s Stoke, the first wife who supported him throughout his career, and his much-criticized second marriage to the love of his life, a Czech with a shocking, never-before-told story of her own. This is a revealing insight into English football in the 20th century and a long overdue study of sports legend for a new generation of fans.

The Wizard: The Life of Stanley Matthews

Stanley Matthews is one of the most famous footballers ever to play the beautiful game. Nicknamed "The Wizard of Dribble" for his deadly skills, he made fools of defenders around the world. He played 84 matches for England in a career that spanned an extraordinary 33 years and such was his popularity that attendance for his club teams, Stoke City and Blackpool, more than doubled when he played. He was a global superstar decades before Beckham, Ronaldo, or Messi, yet what do we really know about this legendary man? This first full and objective biography looks beyond the public face of the "first gentleman of soccer" to explore a life not without controversy. This was a player who clashed with his managers, who felt undervalued in the age of the maximum wage—leading to a charge of black marketeering—and who was criticized for his showmanship and perceived lack of team spirit. There were private dramas too—an unhappy first marriage that produced two beloved children, and a second, to the love of his life, a Czech with a dark secret even Matthews never knew and which acclaimed biographer Jon Henderson reveals for the first time. Recreating the magic on the pitch and analyzing the key moments that made Matthews great, this is a meticulously researched story of a national hero and a fascinating insight into English soccer in the 20th century.

RANDOM HOUSE UK

It may be surprising to learn that this book is the first ever survey of the Atlantic Iron Age: this tradition is cited in archaeology frequently enough to seem firmly established, yet has never been clearly defined.With this book, Jon Henderson provides an important and much-needed exploration of the archaeology of western areas of Britain, Ireland, France and Spain to consider how far Atlantic Iron Age communities were in contact with each other. By examining the evidence for settlement and maritime trade, as well as aspects of the material culture of each area, Henderson identifies distinct Atlantic social identities through time. He also pinpoints areas of similarity: the possibility of cultural 'cross-pollination' caused by maritime links and to what extent these contacts influenced and altered the distinctive character of local communities. A major theme running through the book is the role of the Atlantic seaboard itself and what impact this unique environment had on the ways Atlantic communities perceived themselves and their place in the world. As a history of these communities unfolds, a general archaeological Atlantic identity breaks down into a range of regional identities which compare interestingly with each other and with traditional models of Celtic identity. Bringing together the Iron Age settlement evidence for the Atlantic regions in one place for the first time, this excellent and original book is certain to establish itself as the definitive study of the Atlantic Iron Age.

The Atlantic Iron Age: Settlement and Identity in the First Millennium BC

History

Ancient Civilizations

Routledge

It may be surprising to learn that this book is the first ever survey of the Atlantic Iron Age: this tradition is cited in archaeology frequently enough to seem firmly established, yet has never been clearly defined.With this book, Jon Henderson provides an important and much-needed exploration of the archaeology of western areas of Britain, Ireland, France and Spain to consider how far Atlantic Iron Age communities were in contact with each other. By examining the evidence for settlement and maritime trade, as well as aspects of the material culture of each area, Henderson identifies distinct Atlantic social identities through time. He also pinpoints areas of similarity: the possibility of cultural 'cross-pollination' caused by maritime links and to what extent these contacts influenced and altered the distinctive character of local communities. A major theme running through the book is the role of the Atlantic seaboard itself and what impact this unique environment had on the ways Atlantic communities perceived themselves and their place in the world. As a history of these communities unfolds, a general archaeological Atlantic identity breaks down into a range of regional identities which compare interestingly with each other and with traditional models of Celtic identity. Bringing together the Iron Age settlement evidence for the Atlantic regions in one place for the first time, this excellent and original book is certain to establish itself as the definitive study of the Atlantic Iron Age.

The USS Mayfield is sunk mysteriously in the Strait of Hormuz. An informer, code name Scheherazade carries information about a nuclear arms pact between Iraq and Russia. A world away, a baby girl is kidnapped. It appears that the three are connected... and Jake MacIntyre is about to find out why.

Nightwatch

Literature & Fiction

United States

Tyndale House Pub.

A riveting novel of suspense and romance--page-turning entertainment from a Christian perspective. While covering the signing of an important Mid-East treaty in Cairo, photojournalist Jake stumbles into an assassination plot. After photographing the terrible act, Jake desperately looks for a way to protect himself and his valuable roll of film.

Tourmaline

Tigers & Dragons

Faith Communities: Chapels, Churches, Mosques, Synagogues, and Temples: A Reflection of Richmond's Diverse Cultural Mosaic

City of Richmond Archives

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Best of British: Hendo's Sporting Heroes

The Last Champion: The Life of Fred Perry

The Wizard: The Life of Stanley Matthews

The Wizard: The Life of Stanley Matthews

The Atlantic Iron Age: Settlement and Identity in the First Millennium BC

The Atlantic Iron Age: Settlement and Identity in the First Millennium BC

Nightwatch

Tourmaline

Tigers & Dragons

Faith Communities: Chapels, Churches, Mosques, Synagogues, and Temples: A Reflection of Richmond's Diverse Cultural Mosaic