Trail Run

I believe that this is not just an investigative work. It is a fantastic journey that takes the readers from villa del Parque Reale, a location not far from Milano and finishes on April 16th, 1950 in San Remo. The journey has the main purpose to dig out Juan M Fangio’s first stages after the Second World War and to understand how the man born in Balcarce could climb up, until reaching the summit of the Racing Car world in less than four years. The focus of this incredible journey is not focussed when Fangio is part of the Formula 1 world, but four years earlier. Nevertheless, to understand...

On July 16th, 1950, after 79 minutes of play in the final of the World Cup and in front of 200,000 passionate Brazilian fans, Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia scored a goal for Uruguay that defeated Brazil and left Maracana Stadium silent. It came to be the worst defeat in Brazil's history and one of the most famous in the history of soccer. Journalist Toni Padilla reconstructs this epic portrait through 40 protagonists, from Ghiggia himself to Brazil's goalie, Antonio Ramallets. In addition to exclusive interviews and detailed documentation of the game, Padilla thoroughly encompasses this unexpected...

El Autor: Miguel Anxo Lareo Siempre con la mar como referencia. Desde niño, mi atracción por el Gran azul me llevó a subir a cuanto elemento flotante encontraba por los muelles de mi ciudad. Todo me valía, desde un pesquero amarrado en la dársena pesquera o quedar embobado contemplando los grandes cruceros que con pasaje de América atracaban en la estación marítima. Insistencia adolescente, llevó a que mi familia me permitiese matricularme en una Náutico Pesquera y con catorce años ostentaba orgulloso mi título de Patrón de pesca de Litoral de 1ª clase. Según el criterio de mis ...

Parents are the key in sport development. The roles that parents develop in sport with their children, either in a leisure or competitive way, are complex and varied. However, the literature that makes a distinction between the father and the mother is very limited. This book has expected, therefore, to contribute to know much better the mothers´ role in that sport development. Her presence has always been obscured by the male perception of the sport activity. To give the mothers voice and presence has been the main goal of this book. Mum, thanks! Is an appreciation to the work that many...