Unsung by Alexis James

Unsung by Alexis James

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Unsung introduces the sports stars you don't know, telling the stories you can't miss. It shines a rare spotlight behind the scenes of professional sport, with overlooked heroes such as F1 mechanics, athletics starters, football chaplains, rugby medics and cycling moto pilots revealing previously untold tales of intrigue, ambition and dedication.

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Unsung by Alexis James

Unsung offers an illuminating insight behind the scenes of professional sport, looking beyond the headlines and behind the athletes to introduce and celebrate sport's unheralded heroes. A sporting anthology of the unheard, the unsaid and the unusual, Unsung shines a rare spotlight on the integral men and women in the shadows, interwoven into the fabric of sport. Find out how F1 mechanics fine-tune the finest margin in sport. Meet the trigger-happy athletics starters who can break as many dreams as they make. Hear from the cycling moto pilots whose job it is to keep up, but keep out of the way. And learn how snowmaking scientists go to war with Mother Nature at every Winter Olympics. While its biggest stars and household names enjoy the glory, tucked away amidst sport's small print and voiceless under its fanfare is a band of unsung heroes rarely acknowledged, let alone championed. These are their stories, told over 12 standalone chapters. Unsung introduces the sports stars you don't know, telling the stories you can't miss.
Alexis James is a freelance writer with a passion for untold stories and unsung personalities from the fringes of sport. His work has featured in a range of print and digital publications, including magazines FourFourTwo, Nutmeg and No Place Like Home, and websites Planet Football and The Set Pieces. He lives in Northumberland with his wife and their two daughters. Unsung is his first book.
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ISBN 13 9781801501415
ISBN 10 1801501416
Title Unsung
Author Alexis James
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pitch Publishing Ltd
Year published 2022-08-01
Number of pages 352
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.