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Frommer's London by Night

Travel

Sekules, Kate

Europe

Frommers

"Like being taken around by a savvy local." —The New York Times "Little fluff and lots of fun." —Boston Globe Are you tired of cliché-ridden guidebooks packed with promotional fluff? Then move over to the Irreverent Guides—the travel series that no tourist board would dare to recommend. Look inside for the lowdown on:
<ul>
<li>Great hotels for misbehaving</li>
<li>Where to dine like John Cleese and meet rollicking royals</li>
<li>What's worth seeing—and what you shouldn't waste your time on</li>
<li>Shopping for your own crown jewels</li>
<li>The top nightspots for cruising and schmoozing</li>
<li>And much more!</li>
</ul>Frommer's. The Name You Can Trust. Find us online at www.frommers.com

Frommer's Irreverent Guide: London

"Like being taken around by a savvy local." —The New York Times "Little fluff and lots of fun." —Boston Globe Are you tired of cliché-ridden guidebooks packed with promotional fluff? Then move over to the Irreverent Guides—the travel series that no tourist board would dare to recommend. Look inside for the lowdown on: 
<ul>
<li>Great hotels for misbehaving</li> <li>Where to dine like John Cleese and meet rollicking royals</li> <li>What's worth seeing—and what you shouldn't waste your time on</li> <li>Shopping for your own crown jewels</li> <li>The top nightspots for cruising and schmoozing</li> <li>And much more!</li> </ul> Frommer's. The Name You Can Trust. Find us online at www.frommers.com

Frommer's Irreverent Guide to London, 3rd Edition (Irreverent)

Sharp and incredibly timely, Mend! is a push for a slow fashion revolution in which we stop to think critically about what we buy, where it comes from, who makes it, and what it is doing to the environment, and is simultaneously a fun, crafty manual that will inspire readers to roll up their (freshly mended) sleeves and get creative, share their designs, and form radical creative communities to change closets, lives, and the world.

Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto

Arts & Photography

Graphic Design

Penguin??Books

"I fought to shake things up, to play with the world. If I--sometime bookworm, singer in a band, Londoner, magazine editor, fiction writer, hotel and restaurant critic, softball addict, Caucasian of mixed heritage, pony-mad child, expatriate--could become a convincing pugilist, then anything under the sun is possible." So says Kate Sekules, the author of this brilliantly candid memoir and first-ever guide to the world of women's boxing. The story of how an averagely talented athlete converted her visceral dislike of violence into a short but eventful career as a professional boxer makes irresistible reading for both fans and foes of what used to be "The Manly Art." After growing up in London during the seventies and eighties, Sekules hit New York in 1992 and quickly happened upon something she hadn't realized she was seeking. In the mirror-lined gyms of SoHo and later at Gleason's Gym--the famous training ground of world champion boxers--she found herself in the right place at the right time to participate in the birth of a movement and an astonishing new direction for women. Sekules explains the mysteries of this most mythologized of sports and introduces the reader to trainers and fighters both famous and obscure, both male and female. With razor-sharp insight, she dissects her conflicting feelings on approaching the prize-fighting ring, drawing the reader in every step of the way. Sekules's account unfolds with the pace and depth of a great novel, crammed with larger-than-life characters and piercing observations about matters that concern us all: the nature of masculinity and femininity; love and conflict in the ring and in relationships; trust, fear, pain, and the uses of aggression. Along the way, the author casts new light on the confused state of gender roles today, deals a death blow to issues of weight that have plagued women for decades, recounts the secret history of women in the ring, and delivers a primer on how to box--all in a fresh, conspiratorial, and highly entertaining voice. Any woman who has grappled with anger and trust, been nagged by insecurity at the gym, or wondered what it feels like to throw a punch will identify with this witty and honest author's experience. Any man who has imagined stepping into the ring, or been baffled by the mysteries of the female, will want to add this one-of-a-kind to his shelf of sports books. It is a remarkable literary debut--with a very big heart.

The Boxer's Heart: How I Fell in Love with the Ring

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Villard

For the first time ever, Marion Jones gives her account of the victories, defeats, controversies and breakthroughs of her life. She sheds light on her private mission to become the fastest woman of all time while dealing with such events as her father abandoning her,the controversy over her then husband testing positive for steroids, as well as her new life as the hard-working mother of an infant son with sprinter Tim Montgomery.

Marion Jones: Life in the Fast Lane - An Illustrated Autobiography

Jones, Marion

Grand Central Publishing

The Boxer’s Heart is a brilliantly candid memoir and the first-ever guide to the world of women’s boxing. Written by Food and Wine editor Kate Sekules, it tells the story of how an average athlete converted her visceral dislike of violence into a short but eventful career as a professional boxer makes irresistible reading for both fans and foes of what used to be The Manly Art.” Sekules’s account unfolds with the pace and depth of a great novel, crammed with larger-than-life characters and piercing observations. Any woman who has grappled with anger and trust, been nagged by insecurity at the gym, or wondered what it feels like to throw a punch will identify with this witty and honest account of the sweet science of bruising.” It’s a knockout, folks..... The Boxer’s Heart is a winner, on all cards.”Newsweek Sekules ... is appealingly self-aware ... [and] gives us a sense of women’s boxing as a thriving movement.”New York Times Book Review Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee.”Kirkus Reviews

The Boxer's Heart: Lessons from the Ring

Politics & Social Sciences

Women's Studies

Seal Press

Published to coincide with the first Olympic event for women's boxing, The Boxer's Heart is a brilliantly candid memoir of the world of women's boxing, now updated and with a new afterword. Written in raw and vivid style, it tells the story of how a young every-woman moves to New York City to write and, through struggles and disappointments in her personal life, rises through the ranks at the famed Gleason's gym to box professionally. Sekules's account unfolds with the pace and depth of a great novel, crammed with larger-than-life characters and piercing observations. any woman who has grappled with anger and trust in her relationships, been nagged by insecurity at the gym, or wondered what it feels like to throw a punch will identify with this witty and honest account of the "sweet science of bruising."

The Boxer's Heart: A Woman Fighting

Sports & Outdoors

Biographies

Abrams Press

'I had not given a moment's thought to the existence of female boxers, because I did not like boxing. I dislike violence. Nevertheless, the first time ever I threw a punch, I was hooked.' Boxing is something women are not supposed to do: a violent and often bloody pastime whose status as a sport is frequently debated. And when, in recent years, women have begun to box professionally, their contests have - sometimes all too justifiably - been seen as freak-shows. But in this remarkable book, for the first time, a woman explains, with eloquence, wit and honesty, how and why she took up boxing. An English journalist who had sung in a punk-rock band and eventually settled in New York, Kate Sekules didn't climb into the boxing ring for the money, or in pursuit of fame. She did it for complicated reasons that, even after two professional fights, still perplex her. Boxing, as a woman, challenged the stereotype of the fragile, defenceless female. It gave her entry into a hitherto exclusively male world of tough camaraderie and often surprising tenderness. She learnt that what can appear to the uninitiated as two people indiscriminately hitting one another is actually the exercise of precise, geometric skills. She also found out how much it hurts to be bopped full on the nose. But above all she discovered in herself, quite simply, a need to fight: the strange, exhilarating challenge of controlled combat - of climbing through those ropes to become utterly responsible for your own fate. Opening, compulsively, in Kate's corner as she awaits the bell for round one of her first fight, The Boxer's Heart is as much a book about women as it is about sport. How come women worry so much about their weight (by which they mean fatness) when male boxers prize weight (when it means muscle)? Do women have the monopoly on tenderness, when male cornermen cherish their fighters with a maternal compassion? How does the identification of a woman with aggression affect the dynamics of a sexual relationship? Written with a journalistic immediacy, witty self-deprecation and a gritty sense of place. The Boxer's Heart is a long way from the ghosted memoirs of Jane Couch.

The Boxer's Heart: How a Woman Fell in Love with the Ring

Aurum Press

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