Martina
Navratilova (Lives of Notable Gay Men and Lesbians) by
Gilda Zwerman, Martin Duberman (Editor)
I loved this book and found it a sophisticated
journey through Martina's life, even though the title says it's
aimed at young adults. (I'm an older adult!) It's the best book
written about Martina Navratilova.
Breaking
Point by Martina Navratilova, Elizabeth Nickles
A tennis promoter's assistant plunges to her
death at a gala reception in Paris. And Jordan Myles, women's
tennis-champ-turned-sports-therapist, is convinced it was no
accident. While searching for clues, she clashes with her old
archrival Kelly Kendall, renegade agent Jimmy Bennett, and the
in-your-face lesbian sports sensation Dagmar Olafson. But when
someone tries to run Jordan off the road, she knows she's onto
something more than sinister--as she faces off with a killer
opponent in a game of sudden death. . . .
Martina Navratilova has won more tournaments
than any other player in the history of professional tennis.
Martina
by Martina Navratilova
There's never been an athlete like her. Born and
raised in Czechoslovakia, Martina Navratilova knew by the age of
ten that she wanted to be a Wimbledon champion -- and a U.S.
citizen. She would attain her goals and so much more -- but not
before her incredible life unfolded in ways not even she could
have dared imagine. MARTINA is more than the thrilling story of an
unparalleled career in the tough, sexy world of women's tennis. It
is a startling tale of love (with famed novelist Rita Mae Brown),
tragedy (her father "disappeared" when Martina was
eight, and only later did she learn the true cause of his death),
and personal as well as professional triumph. It includes
fascinating, intimate portraits of the greats of women's tennis --
King, Evert, Casals, Austin -- plus revealing glimpses of her
working relationship with basketball star Nancy Lieberman.
Emotion. Grit. Intensity. Integrity. Martina's shown them all from
Flushing Meadows to Wimbledon, from Dallas to Paris to Sydney to
Prague. Here they are again, in an autobiography only a champion
could write. "Fascinating and unexpectedly candid."
--The San Francisco Chronicle
