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Books with author Michael Hurley

  • The World's Most Amazing Skyscrapers

    Michael Hurley

    eBook (Raintree, Dec. 21, 2015)
    When was the Empire State Building built? Which skyscraper is made up of two buildings connected by a sky bridge? What is the tallest skyscraper in the world? To find out the answers to these questions and more, open this book and go on an exploration of the world's most amazing skyscrapers!
  • War Room: The Legacy of Bill Belichick and the Art of Building the Perfect Team

    Michael Holley

    Hardcover (It Books, Nov. 8, 2011)
    Bill Belichick is one of the titans of today’s game of football. Now, sports commentator and bestselling author Michael Holley follows three NFL teams—the New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs, and Atlanta Falcons—from training camp 2010 through the Super Bowl and into the April draft, opening a new window into Belichick’s influence on the game. This one-of-a-kind exploration takes football fans behind the scenes of the most popular sport in America, with unprecedented insider access to the head coaches, scouts, trainers, and players who make the game what it is—including new insights from Bill Parcells, Todd and Dick Haley, and Belichick himself. For true fans of the game, and for readers of Badasses, Patriot Reign, and Boys Will Be Boys, Holley’s War Room is not to be missed.
  • The World's Most Amazing Bridges

    Michael Hurley

    Library Binding (Raintree, July 1, 2011)
    What is the longest bridge in South America? When did the Golden Gate Bridge open? Could a bridge ever connect Russia and Alaska? To find out the answers to these questions and more, open this book and go on an exploration of the world's most amazing bridges!
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  • World Cup 2014

    Michael Hurley

    eBook (Raintree, Dec. 21, 2015)
    This title takes a brief look back at the history of the World Cup, then turns to focus on Brazil, the 2014 host. Packed with information about Brazil's sporting history, cities, and stadiums, as well as the teams and players to watch out for during the tournament.
  • Board Sports

    Michael Hurley

    language (Raintree, Dec. 21, 2015)
    Board Sports shows readers some of the world’s most extreme board sports!
  • United States of America

    Michael Hurley

    Paperback (Heinemann, Feb. 1, 2012)
    United States of America offers complete coverage of this fascinating country, including sections on history, geography, wildlife, infrastructure and government, and culture. It also includes a detailed fact file, maps and charts, and a traceable flag.
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  • World Cup Heroes

    Michael Hurley

    eBook (Raintree, Dec. 21, 2015)
    This title looks at all the brightest stars from soccer's past and present.
  • Football

    Michael Hurley

    Paperback (Raintree, Jan. 1, 2013)
    Are you interested in football? Then this is the book for you! Discover some of the most fascinating and unusual facts about the sport. This book reveals record-breakers, the greatest players, why wild weather can’t break the teams, the longest winning and losing streaks, and more! Themed boxes, captions and labels make the text in this book easy to read and absorb. The engaging design will draw readers in and keep them hooked.
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  • The Loney: 'The Book of the Year 2016'

    Andrew Michael Hurley

    eBook (John Murray, March 12, 2015)
    THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER. WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD. THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016.A brilliantly unsettling and atmospheric debut full of unnerving horror - 'The Loney is not just good, it's great. It's an amazing piece of fiction' Stephen KingTwo brothers. One mute, the other his lifelong protector.Year after year, their family visits the same sacred shrine on a desolate strip of coastline known as the Loney, in desperate hope of a cure.In the long hours of waiting, the boys are left alone. And they cannot resist the causeway revealed with every turn of the treacherous tide, the old house they glimpse at its end . . .Many years on, Hanny is a grown man no longer in need of his brother's care.But then the child's body is found.And the Loney always gives up its secrets, in the end.'This is a novel of the unsaid, the implied, the barely grasped or understood, crammed with dark holes and blurry spaces that your imagination feels compelled to fill' Observer'A masterful excursion into terror' The Sunday Times
  • The World's Greatest Olympians

    Michael Hurley

    Paperback (Heinemann, Aug. 1, 2011)
    The World's Greatest Olympians looks at great Olympians through the history of the modern Olympics and reasons why these athletes were/are so great. It also includes Fact Files fact boxes of top athletes and charts and tables to help illustrate their amazing talents and achievements.
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  • Wheel Sports

    Michael Hurley

    eBook (Raintree, Dec. 21, 2015)
    Wheel Sports shows readers different extreme wheel sports from around the world.
  • The World's Greatest Olympians

    Michael Hurley

    Paperback (Heinemann Intl Inc, Nov. 5, 2012)
    This series offers up-to-date and comprehensive information specific to the Olympic games in 2012. It looks at new technologies that are making a huge impact in the world of sport and explores the history, present day, and future of the Olympics, encorporating Paralympic and Winter Olympic information.
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