Ian Thorpe's Books
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This Is MeThe complete autobiography of a swimming prodigy and Olympic champion who has become a sporting iconRead More
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Nudge, May 7, 2013
...the award-winning Sunday Times journalist and author David Walsh (Seven Deadly Sins) and five-time Olympic gold medallist swimmer Ian Thorpe (This is Me). Other names who made the headlines both from behind and in front of the cameras in 2012 and who...
Bookseller, April 24, 2013
...My Times in the autobiography category, alongside Darren Clarke, SImon Jordan, William Fotheringham, David Walsh, Duncan Hamilton and Ian Thorpe. Clare Balding's bestselling My Animals and Other Family is in the running for Horse Racing Book of the Year,...
The Australian, December 28, 2012
...Ian Thorpe after failing to qualify for the London Olympics, at the South Australia Aquatic Centre. Picture: Gregg Porteous Source: The Australian IN the lexicon of sporting nicknames, Thorpedo is a...
Perth Now, December 18, 2012
...after her 200m backstroke win last night at Chandler. Picture: Adam Smith Source: The Courier-Mail HALFWAY through reading Ian Thorpe's autobiography, dual Olympian Meagen Nay realised she had never wanted to make a comeback, but more importantly she...
Sydney Morning Herald, December 8, 2012
...you enjoyed Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front. THIS IS ME: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Ian Thorpe (Simon & Schuster, $45) Obviously relevant to anyone interested in swimming but it's his out-of-pool identity that fascinates. Thorpe...
Lismore Northern Star, December 7, 2012
...Tags: autobiography, books, ian thorpe Have your say » IAN Thorpe's achievements as a swimmer are nothing short of phenomenal. He broke 22 world records and won five gold, three silver and one...
Equities.com, December 5, 2012
...we didn't see. In a month that sees the release of nearly a dozen such books - Ian Thorpe, Chris Hoy, Ben Ainslie are all competing for your Christmas wish list - it is quickly apparent that not all entries to the canon will be revealing and compelling...
Today Online, May 10, 2013
...adoring fans, supporters and international reporters during his short stint in Singapore two years ago, Australian swim sensation Ian Thorpe — who had retired in November 2006 — made waves with his return to competitive swimming at the FINA/ARENA...
IIED, May 10, 2013
...Navigating the rules of scientific engagement . Duncan Green asks : Why are there so few bloggers at the UN. Ian Thorpe, a blogger at the UN replies . And Duncan writes again, about how the World Bank (with 300 bloggers) has cracked it . Tales from...
World Bank, May 8, 2013
...like in the flesh). But they hardly ever write them – the only one I regularly read is Ian Thorpe’s excellent ‘KM on a Dollar a Day’ (the KM is Knowledge Management), but that is so unbranded I’m not even sure the UN knows he’s doing...
Australian Financial Review, May 7, 2013
Nudge, May 7, 2013
...the award-winning Sunday Times journalist and author David Walsh (Seven Deadly Sins) and five-time Olympic gold medallist swimmer Ian Thorpe (This is Me). Other names who made the headlines both from behind and in front of the cameras in 2012 and who...
Fraser Coast Chronicle, May 6, 2013
...a hardship to visit Hervey Bay every day so your kid can become the next Grant Hackett or Ian Thorpe. And if they remain only average, you can always sue the council. If you ask me Hervey Bay should be offended - it cost more than $6 million to...
Greenfield Daily Reporter, May 6, 2013
...BRISBANE, Australia Five-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe won't revive his swimming career next week in the Australian trials for the world championships. While Thorpe had said in January that he might return to the pool...
