Author: Norman Mailer Publisher (Great Britain): Hart-Davis, MacGibbon Ltd First Published: 1976 The Rumble in the Jungle, the fight between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali, which took place in Kinshasa, Zaire, on October 30, 1974 (originally scheduled for September 25) is now looked upon as one of the great fights of the Twentieth Century. And [...]
16May12
The Fight
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Tagged Book Review, Boxing, Fight Card, George Foreman, King of the Outback Launch, Muhammad Ali, Norman Mailer
Tagged Book Review, Boxing, Fight Card, George Foreman, King of the Outback Launch, Muhammad Ali, Norman Mailer
15May12
Rocky – Novelisation
Author: Julia Sorel Based on a Screenplay by Sylvester Stallone Publisher: Ballantine Books Published: 1976 When I was a kid I used to love movie tie-in books (I still do). Until I was fifteen, home video didn’t exist, and films took at least six years to appear of commercial television. So if you really liked [...]
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Tagged Book Review, Boxing, Fight Card, King of the Outback Launch, Rocky, Sylvester Stallone
Last week saw the release of Action: Pulse Pounding Tales, an anthology of adrenalin fueled stories, based on the old Men’s Adventure novels of the ’70s and ’80s. I am proud as punch that my story, Cutter’s Law was included in the anthology. The reason for this pride, is the quality of the other authors [...]
9May12
The Power of One
Author: Bruce Courtenay Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd Published: 1989 I have a dreadful, dreadful confession to make. Until The Power of One, I had never read a Bryce Courtenay novel. Why this is so unusual, and so embarrassing is that everybody who had recommended Courtenay to me, were woman. I even had Courtenay books given [...]
9May12
Silver: Steven Savile
Last week saw the release of Action: Pulse Pounding Tales, an anthology of adrenalin fueled stories, based on the old Men’s Adventure novels of the ’70s and ’80s. I am proud as punch that my story, Cutter’s Law was included in the anthology. The reason for this pride, is the quality of the other authors [...]
7May12
Box: The Face of Boxing
Portraits: Holger Keifel Text: Thomas Hauser Publisher: Hatchette Published: 2010 Box: The Face of Boxing is a collection of black and white photographic portraits taken by Holger Keifel, and I must say they are an amazing collection of photos. Even if you don’t like boxing, and are interested in portraiture, this is a great book [...]
G’day all. I am interrupting my boxing-centric post series to let you know that ACTION: Pulse Pounding Tales – Vol 1 is now available via Amazon. (Sorry folks, only as an eBook). For Amazon USA click here. For those in the UK click here. This anthology contains thirty-seven stories of high-octane adventure, written by thirty-six [...]
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Tagged Action: Pulse Pounding Tales, Adrian Magson, Matt Hilton, Men of Action, Stephen Leather, Zoe Sharp
Tagged Action: Pulse Pounding Tales, Adrian Magson, Matt Hilton, Men of Action, Stephen Leather, Zoe Sharp
Here is the book trailer for fellow Fightcard author, Eric Beetner’s novel One Too Many Blows To The Head. Book trailer One Too Many Blows To The Head from Eric Beetner on Vimeo. May sees the launch of King of the Outback, the sixth book in the popular Fightcard series – and my literary debut [...]
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Tagged Boxing, Crime, Eric Beetner, Fight Card, King of the Outback Launch
Tagged Boxing, Crime, Eric Beetner, Fight Card, King of the Outback Launch
Editor: Matt Hilton Authors: Stephen Leather, Zoe Sharp, Adrian Magson, Col Bury, I.S. Paton, James Oliver Hilton, Joe McCoubrey, Matt Hayden, David Barber, Jochem Vandersteen, Ian Graham, James Hopwood, Iain Purdie, Keith Gingell, Terrence P. McCauley, Asher Wismer, Graham Smith, Andrew Scorah, Paul D. Brazill, Paul Grzegorzek, Mark Dark, Robin Jarossi, Richard Godwin, Laird Long, [...]
17Mar12
Counterpunch
Author: Wayne D. Dundee Published: March 2012 The first rule of Fightcard – you do not mess with Danny ‘The Duke’ Dugronski! Dugronski is the hard punching hero of Counterpunch, the forth book in the Fightcard series created by Mel Odom and Paul Bishop. The man behind the pen name, Jack Tunney, for this entry [...]
