For all the upsets, unexpected career turnarounds, and bizarre instances of violence tennis has produced, there have been few moments more stunning to fans than the one that occurred immediately after the men's final at the 1981 U.S. Open. Bjorn Borg, the stoical Swede who had been the game's most r[...]

I Spændt op tager den ansete tennisskribent Stephen Tignor læseren med tilbage til de vilde 70'ere og tidlige 80'ere og fortæller - i en tour-de-force af en bog - den ustyrlige og farverige historie om Borg, McEnroe og de andre enfant terribles, som ikke bare fornyede tennissporten, men spo[...]

This is the most engaging and cutting-edge survey of the world available today. Beginning with the origins of humanity up to our current times, this leading group of world historians tells the history of the world through a series of transformative stories: "Out of Africa," the "Axial Age," the buil[...]