One of the world's leaders in sport, he has coached international athletes, the British Olympic Bobsleigh team and England's silver medal-winning squad in Rugby's 1992 World Cup. Tom McNab has experienced success as Olympic coach, prize winning novelist and Technical Director of the
Title | : | Flanagan's Run |
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.87 (738 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1908737719 |
Format Type | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 480Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2014-1-2 |
Language | : | English |
One of the world's leaders in sport, he has coached international athletes, the British Olympic Bobsleigh team and England's silver medal-winning squad in Rugby's 1992 World Cup. Tom McNab has experienced success as Olympic coach, prize winning novelist and Technical Director of the Oscar-winning film "Chariots of Fire". Tom has written several best selling novels, including Flanagan's Run which reached number 1 on the world's best seller lists, with fil rights taken by Disney.
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