When the Game Stands Tall: The Story of the De La Salle Spartans and Football’s Longest Winning Streak Reviews

When the Game Stands Tall: The Story of the De La Salle Spartans and Football's Longest Winning Streak

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By 2002, The Streak â€" a historic 13-year run of consecutive wins by the Spartans, a high-school football team from Concord, California, that couldn¹t be beat â€" was still going strong. In this revised edition of When the Game Stands Tall, author Neil Hayes, who had unrestricted access to the De La Salle team, writes from the inside about the games, the players, and their visionary coach, Bob Ladouceur, who managed to amass the highest winning percentage in football history (.995) through standing for something greater than winning. The book, which also features interviews with major sports figures like Bill Walsh and John Gruden, is a revealing portrait of the coach who believed above all in instilling basic life skills where winning is not the goal, but merely the by-product of playing the game.

The Streak had become a national story long before it ended in September 2004. In this revised paperback, Neil Hayes catches up on the lives of the main characters and takes readers through the final tumultuous year. What results is a timeless and inspirational story of struggle, tragedy, and triumph.









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The Spanish Game: A Novel (Alec Milius)

"The best of the new generation of British spy writers taking over where le Carre and Deighton left off." -- Observer (London) on The Spanish Game

 

"The serpentine twists and the unflaggingly realistic suspense leave you breathless, but spellbound." -- Daily Mail (London) on The Spanish Game

 

"Tautly written, cleverly plotted...reminded me strongly of the early books of John le Carre." -- Robert Harris, author of The Ghost, on A Spy by Nature

 

Six years ago, Alec Milius was released by MI6 after a disasterous operation.  His world shattered, Milius has been living in Madrid, attempting to put his former life as a spy behind him,  and quitely rebuild his life.  But all his plans come crashing down when the head of a separatist movement goes missing, and Milius is lured back into the world of espionage, the brutal world of lies and desperation. This time, though, Milius is forced to work alone - with no back-up, no support, and no one to save him should something go wrong.

 

And in an operation like this, something is certain to go wrong.  Horribly wrong.

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