Rocky Marciano (1923-1969) was the only heavyweight champion ever to complete a professional career without a loss. Rocky's record was 49-0, with 43 KOs. He was the greatest slugger in boxing history and knocked out 88 percent of his opponents. Born Rocco Marchegiano, he grew up during America's Great Depression and by 1947 he was the darling of the New York fight crowd. Later that year he turned professional and he became the heavyweight champion of the world when he defeated Jersey Joe Walcott on September 23, 1952. He defended his title six times and retired undefeated in 1956.

Rocky Marciano

Skehan, James W.

Robson Book Ltd

A volume of genuine correspondence between the Goons, which also includes a selection of faithfully reproduced Goon Show scripts.

The Book of the Goons

Humor & Entertainment

SPIKE MILLIGAN

Television

Victorian murderesses: A true history of thirteen respectable French and English women accused of unspeakable crimes

This riveting combination of true crime and social history examines a dozen cases from the 1800s involving thirteen French and English women charged with murder. Each incident was a cause célèbre, and this mixture of scandal and scholarship offers illuminating details of backgrounds, deeds, and trials."The real delight is that historian Mary S. Hartman does more than reconstruct twelve famous trials. She has written a piece on the social history of nineteenth-century women from an illuminating perspective: their favorite murders." — Time Magazine"Noteworthy …. It has several distinctions: its expert prose style, its scholarly authority, and its perceptive analysis of the prevailing attitudes toward women's roles and domestic relations."—Criticism"The author would have made a fine detective …. When she observes the women and men in extreme circumstances, she writes with the gift of a novelist and the depth of a scholar." — Los Angeles Times"Vividly written, meticulously researched." — Choice"Loved this book and so glad to see it's been returned to print! You can't beat the highly readable scholarly treatment of these 13 Victorian murderesses. Harman does a spectacular job of bringing these women and the carnage they created into the 20th and 21st centuries as well as giving the reader an excellent feminist critique of their reception in scholarly and popular culture. Pour yourself a cup of tea and enjoy the variety of their crimes and their drive to define themselves outside the constrictions of Victorian life." — Under the Covers and Reading

Victorian Murderesses: A True History of Thirteen Respectable French and English Women Accused of Unspeakable Crimes

Politics & Social Sciences

Hartman, Mary S.

Social Sciences

Across the Limpopo: A Family's Hazardous Journey Through Africa

Travel

Nicholson, Michael

Travel Writing

My Oxford

Education & Teaching

Thwatte, Ann

Schools & Teaching

My Cambridge

HAYMAN, RONALD

Higher & Continuing Education

Ring of Truth

<p>Dave Ruddock, a British boxer, and middleweight world champion, prepares to face an undefeated American challenger</p>

Literature & Fiction

Scannell, Vernon

British & Irish

<p>Jack Kid Berg, the Whitechapel windmill, dominated both British and American Boxing in the early 1930's. This fast-moving biography will thrill and entertain all who love the lore of the ring.</p>

Jack Kid Berg: The Whitechapel Windmill

Harding, John

Sports & Outdoors

Groucho Marx, the fast talking wisecracking, cigar wielding third of the Marx Brothers is well known to us through films that have become classics of comedy. However, there was another Groucho behind the public image, and here his son Arthur shows us the warm and loving family man, the loyal friend, the unpredictable, inconsistent non-conformist who never lost his eye for a pretty girl.

My Life With Groucho: A Son's Eye View

Arthur Marx

Kurt Waldheim: A Case to Answer?

History

Saltman, Jack

Military

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