Der Ball in der Luft: Ein Golfabenteuer von Bamberger, Michael

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“Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ...
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ISBN
9781668009826
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
166800982X
ISBN-13
9781668009826
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21057257735

Product Key Features

Book Title
Ballin the Air : a Golfing Adventure
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2023
Topic
Golf, Sociology of Sports, General, History
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Author
Michael Bamberger
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
14.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Trade
LCCN
2023-930579
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
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"An excellent golf book that captured me because it's about three average people--plus Bamberger--who are passionate about the sport and the purity of golf. . . . Bamberger writes artfully. That's part of the joy of this book. . . . What a good read." -- Peter King, NBC Sports, "Bamberger has written countless great reports, features, columns, and books for numerous publications/publishers during his 40 years behind a keyboard, but he is at his most enjoyable when rooting out stories and characters we had no idea we wanted or needed to know but which become something special. Is there a golf writer whose words leave us quite so satisfied?" -- Links Magazine, PRAISE FOR OTHER BOOKS BY MICHAEL BAMBERGER * The Second Life of Tiger Woods * "Reading The Second Life of Tiger Woods is like playing a great golf course without prior knowledge of the holes that lie ahead. You know they're going to be good, and in the end, they add up to something special. To the extent that it's possible to know what's in Tiger's mind, Bamberger delivers. . . . A terrific book." --Gary D'Amato, Wisconsin Golf "A fantastic book . . . Bamberger takes a look at Woods' recent years with a discerning but empathetic eye and teaches us new ways to see his most recent journey." --Dylan Dethier, Golf.com "This may be the most insightful and evenhanded book written yet about one of the signature athletes of the last twenty-five years." -- Booklist (starred review) * Men in Green * "Maybe the best golf book I've ever read." --Bill Reynolds, Providence Journal "I wish Men in Green were about four hundred pages longer than it is." --Jeffrey Toobin, New York Times Book Review * The Swinger * "An entertaining, revealing, thought-provoking, and cautionary tale . . . It provides invaluable insight into the life and times of Woods." --Bill Pennington, The New York Times * To The Linksland * "One of the best golf travel books ever written . . . The book reminds us that the game of golf has many treasures yet to be discovered." --Michael Murphy, author of Golf in the Kingdom * This Golfing Life * "The ultimate insider's view [from] one of the modern game's brightest observers and finest writers." --Geoff Shackelford, Golf Observer
Dewey Decimal
796.3520922
Synopsis
After a lifetime of writing about the professional sport, Michael Bamberger, "the poet laureate of golf" ( GOLF magazine), delivers an exhilarating love letter to the amateur game as it's played--and lived--by the rest of us. Over Michael Bamberger's celebrated writing career, he has written a handful of books and hundreds of Sports Illustrated stories about professional golf and those who play it--that is, the .001 percent. Now, Bamberger trains his eye on the rest of us. In his most personal book yet, Bamberger takes the lid off a game that is both quasi-religious and a nonstop party, posing an age-old question that is answered over its pages: Why does the game cast such a spell on us? Here is the story of modern golf that is not on TV. This is our story, we who pay to play, who can't wait to get another crack at the game, even when golf doesn't love us back. And just as every round is an adventure, every life in golf is, too. The golfers Michael Bamberger introduces will leave you inspired and moved. You'll meet Sam Reeves, a golf-loving US Army soldier who becomes captivated by a fellow soldier, Cliff Harrington, a gifted Black golfer who's cruelly robbed of the chance to show the world all he can do. You'll meet Ryan French, who plays on a college golf team out of Animal House . You'll get to know Pratima Sherpa, who grew up in a maintenance shed at the Royal Nepal Golf Club in Kathmandu and took up the game with a stick whittled by her father. The Ball in the Air is reported with Bamberger's you-are-there intimacy and captures the sweep of time. Pratima finds her way from Nepal to a university golf team in Southern California. Ryan and his father caddie in minor-league events while sleeping in tents, a preamble to Ryan's becoming the godfather of the popular Monday Qualifier Twitter feed. Sam Reeves, born in rural Georgia during the Depression, becomes a cotton king, the oldest amateur to make the cut at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, and the ultimate man for all seasons. And there are Bamberger sightings, too, as he finds his own path in the game. You'll make joyful side trips with the author, who's spent more than forty years exploring golfers and golf, a way of life that captivates him down to his bones. You'll visit the golf course at Balmoral Castle in Scotland and compete with Bamberger and other purists at the National Hickory Championship in rural Pennsylvania. At St. Andrews, you'll get up close and personal with Lee Trevino, one of the few professionals in these pages, because Trevino, when you really get to the core of the man, is one of us. He can't get enough of it. The Ball in the Air is Bamberger's valentine to golf. The modern world, obsessed with fame and fortune, has infiltrated professional golf--but it hasn't infiltrated golf . Bamberger is here to highlight the distinction and to celebrate the game and all who play it ., After a lifetime of writing about the professional sport, Michael Bamberger, "the poet laureate of golf" ( GOLF magazine), delivers an exhilarating love letter to the amateur game as it's played--and lived--by the rest of us. Over Michael Bamberger's celebrated writing career, he has written a handful of books and hundreds of Sports Illustrated stories about professional golf and those who play it--that is, the .001 percent. Now, in a delightful turn of events, Bamberger has decided to train his eye on the rest of us. In his most personal book yet, Bamberger takes the lid off a game that is both quasi-religious and a nonstop party, posing an age-old question early that is answered over its pages: Why does the game cast such a spell on us? Here is the story of modern golf that is not on TV. This is our story, we who pay to play, who can't wait to get another crack at the game, even when golf doesn't love us back. And just as every round is an adventure, every life in golf is, too: We start at home, head on out, endure a series of events, fortunate and otherwise, and hang on for dear life as we play our way back to the house. In these pages, we celebrate the thrill of it all, as we start, turn, and finish this game of a lifetime. The golfers Michael Bamberger introduces in The Ball in the Air will leave you inspired and moved. You'll meet Sam Reeves, a golf-loving US Army soldier who becomes captivated by a fellow soldier, Cliff Harrington, a gifted Black golfer who's cruelly robbed of the chance to show the world all he can do. You'll meet Ryan French, who plays on a college golf team out of Animal House . You'll get to know Pratima Sherpa, who grew up in a maintenance shed at the Royal Nepal Golf Club in Kathmandu and took up the game with a stick whittled by her father. The Ball in the Air is reported with Bamberger's customary you-are-there intimacy and captures the sweep of time. Pratima finds her way from Nepal to a university golf team in Southern California. Ryan and his father caddie in minor-league events while sleeping in tents, a preamble to Ryan's becoming the godfather of the popular Monday Qualifier Twitter feed. Sam Reeves, born in rural Georgia during the Depression, becomes a cotton king, the oldest amateur to make the cut at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, and the ultimate man for all seasons. And there are Bamberger sightings, too, as he finds his own path in the game. You'll make joyful side trips with the author, who's spent more than forty years exploring golfers and golf, a way of life that captivates him down to his bones. You'll visit the golf course at Balmoral Castle in Scotland and compete with Bamberger and other purists at the National Hickory Championship in rural Pennsylvania. At St. Andrews, you'll get up close and personal with Lee Trevino, one of the few professionals in these pages, because Trevino, when you really get to the core of the man, is one of us. He can't get enough of it. The Ball in the Air is Bamberger's valentine to golf. The modern world, obsessed with fame and fortune, has infiltrated professional golf--but it hasn't infiltrated golf . Bamberger is here to highlight the distinction and to celebrate the game and all who play it ., From Michael Bamberger, the New York Times bestselling author of Men in Green and our most celebrated contemporary golf writer, The Ball in the Air is a love letter to the amateur game, doing for golf what Friday Night Lights did for football .
LC Classification Number
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