Stealing the Wave - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Stealing the Wave write by Andy Martin. This book was released on 2007. Stealing the Wave available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A gripping story of a tragic bitter rivalry between two legends of the surfing world.
Stealing the Wave
Stealing the Wave - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Stealing the Wave write by Andy Martin. This book was released on 2008-12-01. Stealing the Wave available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'A classic tale of sporting rivalry' Observer 'The tales are gripping ... surfing emerges as a dangerous, solitary and potential fatal obsession' Telegraph 'A fascinating glimpse into obsession' Independent A gripping true story of a tragic and bitter rivalry in the world of surfing Winter. Mid-eighties. Hawai'i. Two surfers are battling for supremacy at Waimea Bay, home to the biggest waves in the world. Old-school, and some say too old, Ken Bradshaw commands respect with his fearlessness and fearsome temper. Mark Foo is the new kid on the block. Icon of the younger generation, this photogenic Chinese-American wows the crowds with his lightning repertoire of cool moves. One perfect day at Sunset Beach, Foo audaciously steals a wave from under Bradshaw's nose, sparking a bitter feud that is to last for over ten years and end in tragedy.
Surf, Sweat and Tears
Surf, Sweat and Tears - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Surf, Sweat and Tears write by Andy Martin. This book was released on 2020-03. Surf, Sweat and Tears available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “I don’t normally read books about surfers, but this is like Truman Capote, with shorts.” —Lee Child “Andy Martin, to his immense credit, knows that surfers are misfits and accidental comics, as well as great athletes.” —Matt Warshaw “A sublime mixing of stoke and sorrow, hedonism and the macabre—skillfully and deftly penned by someone who had, and still has, intimate access to many of the key players." —Tom Anderson, author of Riding the Magic Carpet: A Surfer's Odyssey to Find the Perfect Wave This is the true story of Ted, Viscount Deerhurst, the son of the Earl of Coventry and an American ballerina who dedicated his life to becoming a professional surfer. Surfing was a means of escape, from England, from the fraught charges of nobility, from family, and, often, from his own demons. Ted was good on the board, but never made it to the very highest ranks of a sport that, like most, treats second-best as nowhere at all. He kept on surfing, ending up where all surfers go to live or die, the paradise of Hawaii. There, in search of the “perfect woman,” he fell in love with a dancer called Lola, who worked in a Honolulu nightclub. The problem with paradise, as he was soon to discover, is that gangsters always get there first. Lola already had a serious boyfriend, a man who went by the name of Pit Bull. Ted was given fair warning to stay away. But he had a besetting sin, for which he paid the heaviest price: He never knew when to give up. Surf, Sweat and Tears takes us into the world of global surfing, revealing a dark side beneath the dazzling sun and cream-crested waves. Here is surf noir at its most compelling, a dystopian tale of one man’s obsessions, wiped out in a grisly true crime.
Walking on Water
Walking on Water - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Walking on Water write by Andy Martin. This book was released on 1997-06. Walking on Water available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Stealing Mona Lisa
Stealing Mona Lisa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Stealing Mona Lisa write by Carson Morton. This book was released on 2011-08-02. Stealing Mona Lisa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What happens when you mix a Parisian street orphan, a hot-tempered Spanish forger, a beautiful American pickpocket, an unloved wife, and one priceless painting? Charming Eduardo de Valfierno leads a comfortable life in Argentina, skillfully duping the nouveau riche with his unique brand of fraud. He offers them theft of priceless art, delivering instead impeccable forgeries. When an unexpected encounter with the enchanting Mrs. Hart pushes him into unfamiliar territory, he returns to the city he once loved but had to abandon–Paris. There, he must assemble his team for their greatest and most audacious heist yet: the Mona Lisa. This riveting narrative takes you deep into the heart of early 20th century Paris, its art world, and the legendary Louvre Museum. As the plot thickens with a team member disappearing and Mr. Hart's shadow looming in Paris, the crew must navigate unforeseen challenges and their own vulnerabilities to stay ahead. Inspired by the real-life theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911, Stealing Mona Lisa captures the imagination with a blend of historical truth, mystery, and heart-stopping suspense that will leave you guessing till the very end.
