Bøger af Dave Roberts

Packing his collection of football programmes (1,134 of them - football fans are sticklers for statistics), Dave is aghast to be informed that the programmes do not fall into that category.

32 programmer af Dave Roberts beretter på varm og charmerende vis om den besættelse, mange har af fodboldspillet. Det er samtidig en rørende fortælling om en drengs opvækst til mand med kærlighed til fodboldspillet som omdrejningspunkt. Bogen blev nomineret til ´verdens bedste sportsbog´ i 2011 – den internationale pris ´William Hill Sportsbook of the Year´.Da engelske Dave Roberts og hans kone skal flytte til USA, får Dave at vide af sin kone, at han altså ikke kan slæbe alle sine 1134 fodboldprogrammer over Atlanten, de programmer han har samlet siden barnsben som fodboldfan. Han må vælge 32 ud. Med stort besvær lykkes det Dave at vælge programmerne ud, og det vækker minder om venner og kærester, om favorithold og skuffelser, om en ung mand, der tænker på fodbold døgnet rundt på sin vej fra dreng til mand.Bogen er oversat af og udgivet på initiativ af DR Sportens tidligere radioreporter og kommentator-koryfæ Erik Nielsen: »32 programmer er den bedste fodboldbog, jeg har læst i mange år, og kan på mange måder sammenlignes med min favoritbog, Nick Hornbys Fever Pitch (Fodboldfeber). Alle med passion for fodbold vil elske 32 programmer og vil kunne sætte sig ind i Dave Roberts tankesæt. Det er umiskendeligt engelsk … Historien der knytter sig til 32. og sidste program har sin helt særlige berettigelse. Jeg indrømmer, at der trillede små tårer ned ad kinden på mig, da jeg læste disse sidste sider.«Dave Robers har skrevet et særligt forord til den danske udgave.

Motor Sport:"He captures the true spirit of a nation's grass roots""A refreshing antidote to bland paeans about the overly familiar""He makes adversity sound vaguely appealing"Total Kit Car:"an enthralling read""Buy this book if you are into the underdog and tales of derring-do""I found it gripped me. I picked it up for a five minute 'flick through' and I couldn't put it down""Get it, read, enjoy what is a great tale about proper club motorsport"Lowflying:"I fell for Dave Roberts' prose before I'd even finished page three""It is very hard to put down""I recommend this book very highly to anyone who enjoys club motor sport"Dave Roberts started circuit racing at the age of 50, feeling like a bumbling overweight bee amid a swarm of angry hornets. Although he began to learn, haphazardly, how to become slightly more credible as a racer, even overtaking another car now and then, the pursuit of prizes was never at the top of the list of priorities. In fact, just arriving at the track with a working race car was often a cause for celebration.Dave is no Hamilton or Verstappen, a state of affairs for which he gives thanks. Some people believe winning is everything; some think of motorsport as being just some cars going round and round making a noise. In between we find this defiantly unprofessional memoir, which speaks most of all about the humour and fun of it all.

The author was, for once, almost lost for words as the news sank in. Perennial underachievers Bromley, in the vertigo-inducing fifth tier of English football? In this title, the author - and occasionally Liz too - traverse the length and breadth of UK on a journey of discovery, with Bromley games thrown in.

Nursing involves caring for the whole person, and taking care of both physical and psychosocial needs. This book aims to help the reader to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to care for the whole person and to ensure the patient is at the centre of the care-giving experience. It considers different aspects of therapeutic nursing care.

The book that inspired the major motion picture.

All Dave Roberts ever wanted to do (apart from collect football programmes) was to work in advertising.