| Title |
Pedaleando en la oscuridad
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| Names |
Millar, David.
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Brailsford, David. Writer of introduction
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Cereceda, Gabriel. Translator
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Martínez, Begoña. Translator
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Whittle, Jeremy. Author
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| Length |
18 hours, 9 minutes
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| Book Number |
DB121901
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| Title Status |
Active
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| Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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| Narrator |
Gómez, Javier.
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| Language |
Spanish
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| Annotation |
"A portrait of life as a professional cyclist by the author, an international champion of the sport, this candid memoir follows his rise as a young racing star, his fall to the pervasive influence of performance-enhancing drugs, and his subsequent redemption. By his 18th birthday he was living and racing in France, sleeping in rented rooms, tipped to be the next English-speaking Tour de France winner. A year later he had realized the dream and signed a professional contract with the Cofidis team, who also had Lance Armstrong on their books. He perhaps lived the high life a little too enthusiastically; high on a roof after too much drink and too many sleeping pills, he broke his heel in a fall, and before anyone could utter the words blood booster, recreational drug use had tipped over into doping. Here, in this autobiography, he recounts the story from the inside: he doped because 'cycling's drug culture was like white noise', and because of peer pressure. 'I doped for money and glory in order to guarantee the continuation of my status.' Five years on from his arrest, he is clean and reflective, and holds nothing back in this account of his dark years." -- Provided by publisher.
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"Cuando en 2004 el ciclista escocés David Millar fue detenido y expulsado de la competición internacional por haber utilizado sustancias ilegales para incrementar su rendimiento, su vida de ensueño se vino abajo. Millar lo perdió todo: un contrato millonario con uno de los principales equipos del pelotón, su estilo de vida en la opulenta ciudad de Biarritz, el apoyo de sus colegas más cercanos e incluso la medalla de oro que había conquistado pocos meses antes en el Mundial. Este es el relato en primera persona de un joven idealista que llegó a la alta competición y, muy pronto, sometido a una gran presión por su entorno, empezó a doparse con EPO, la droga ilegal más extendida en el mundo del ciclismo. Millar, actualmente en activo y reconvertido en un militante contra el dopaje y sus devastadoras consecuencias, construye un fascinante y trepidante retrato del ciclismo profesional y de las presiones, miserias y bajezas que subyacen bajo su superficie. Entre el thriller y el relato confesional más desgarrado y emotivo, "Pedaleando en la oscuridad" ilumina las zonas oscuras del ciclismo y, por extensión, del deporte de élite en general." -- Proporcionada por la editorial. -- Strong language. Spanish language. -- Traducido de la edición en inglés de 2011. Contiene lenguaje ofensivo.
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| Medium |
Digital Books
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| Audience Notes |
Male narrator. NLS/BPH
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Contains strong language. NLS/BPH
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| Local Subject |
Biography - BIO
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Spanish, Nonfiction - SPAN
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Titles in Spanish - SPA
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Sports - SPT
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Recreation - Athletic sports & games - 796
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Sports, Recreation, Hobbies, Movies, etc - 790
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| LC Subject |
Autobiographies
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Bicycle racing - Great Britain - History
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Cyclists - Drug use - Great Britain
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Cyclists - Great Britain - Biography
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Nonfiction
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Biographies
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| Call Number |
796.62092 ANF
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| Released |
2024
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| Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress, 2024 (Astoria Media Incorporated, recording studio)
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| Original Publication |
Recorded from: Barcelona : Contra, [2014] 9788494631092
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