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Land of Second Chances: The Impossible Rise of Rwanda's Cycling Team [Idioma Inglés] - Tapa blanda

Lewis, Tim

 
9780224091770: Land of Second Chances: The Impossible Rise of Rwanda's Cycling Team [Idioma Inglés]
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ISBN 10: 0224091778 ISBN 13: 9780224091770
Editorial: Yellow Jersey, 2014

Sinopsis

** Winner of the British Sports Book Awards 2014 New Writer of the Year **

Where there is hope there can be redemption.

Meet Adrien Niyonshuti, a member of the Rwandan cycling team. Adrien was seven years old when he lost his family in the 1994 genocide that tore Rwanda apart. Almost twenty years later he has a shot at representing his country at the Olympics.

Meet Jock Boyer, the coach of Team Rwanda. One of the top American cyclists of all time, Jock recognises the innate talent for endurance that the Rwandans possess. A man with a dark past, Jock is in need of a second chance.

Meet Tom Ritchey, the visionary inventor of the mountain bike and the U.S. money man looking to recover from a profound personal crisis.

In The Land of Second Chances, Tim Lewis charts the incredible true story of the Rwandan cycling team as they overcome impossible odds to inspire a nation.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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Acerca del autor

TIM LEWIS is a feature writer at the Observer and contributing editor of Esquire. He has previously been editor of both the Observer Magazine and Observer Sport Monthly, Britain's most prestigious sports magazine. Prior to that he was editor of the Independent on Sunday's Sunday Review and deputy editor of Esquire.

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Editorial
Yellow Jersey
Año de publicación
2014
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0224091778
ISBN 13 
9780224091770
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
304
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