{"product_id":"ali-the-life-of-ali-bacher-rodney-hartman-2006","title":"Ali by Rodney Hartman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAli (Updated Edition Biography of Ali Bacher)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Life of South African Cricket's Most Influential Administrator, Told by Journalist Rodney Hartman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ali: The Life of Ali Bacher\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rodney Hartman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Books, Johannesburg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2006\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780143025160\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0143025163\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e Updated Edition, Penguin Books softcover release, 2006.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's illustrated card wrappers, perfect bound, with a sepia cricket photograph within a black-bordered design.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large softcover (trade paperback), over 500 pages, with photographs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good Plus (VG+)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Wraps:\u003c\/strong\u003e The black-bordered illustrated card wrappers are clean and square, with no creasing, tears or fading. The spine is unbroken with bright lettering, and the back cover is clean. Corners are sharp.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text block is clean and white, with no foxing, stains or markings. The binding is tight, and the fore-edge and top edge are clean.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not Applicable (As Issued)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAli: The Life of Ali Bacher is the biography of the man regarded as the most influential personality in the history of South African cricket. Rodney Hartman follows Bacher's four decades at the forefront of the game, from player to administrator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book covers the rebel cricket tours of the 1980s, the match-fixing scandal of the 1990s and the staging of the 2003 Cricket World Cup. It places Bacher at the centre of cricket's turbulent path through the apartheid and post-apartheid years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis updated edition adds Bacher's move into South African rugby and some previously unpublished disclosures, and carries a foreword by Nelson Mandela. It is a useful volume for collectors of South African sporting history and cricket literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Rodney Hartman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRodney Hartman was a South African journalist who worked in South Africa and London for more than thirty years. An award-winning writer, he was a former sports editor of the Sunday Times and the founding sports editor of the Sunday Independent, and served as communications director of the 2003 Cricket World Cup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe wrote books on Ali Bacher, Hansie Cronje and Brian Mitchell, including Hansie and the Boys: The Making of the South African Cricket Team (1997) and A Year On... Hansie and the Boys (1998).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAli Bacher biography · Rodney Hartman Ali · South African cricket history · Ali Bacher rebel tours book · Penguin 2006 cricket biography · South African sporting biography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58868996604207,"sku":"TCB-000610","price":150.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/files\/ali28301_cover_1.jpg?v=1794675620","url":"https:\/\/timeless-collectible-books.com\/products\/ali-the-life-of-ali-bacher-rodney-hartman-2006","provider":"Timeless Collectible Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}