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Love Game: A History of Tennis, from Victorian Pastime to Global
Tennis's gladiatorial beauty, its stylish duelling and fashionable court-wear make it a romantic's dream. Ever since young men and women first came together to play on vicarage lawns, this most...
Pain and Privilege: Inside Le Tour
' Pain & Privilege contains a wealth of information, presented in an immediate and appealing way.' - The Canberra Times A profound insight into the stories behind the image of...
Bring on United: Ferguson's Golden Generation in their Own Words
How Manchester United conquered all, by the players who won everything ______________________________________________________________ With a foreword by Ruud van Nistelrooy An Irish Times Bestseller The Champions League, the Club World Cup,...
Cricket World Cup: The Indian Challenge
Cricket World Cup: The Indian Challenge is the most comprehensive offering on the subject; as eminently readable as it is an essential reference. It covers all 10 previous World Cups...
A Ramble Through the History of Walking
'The great affair is to move: to come down off this feather-bed of civilisation, and find the globe granite underfoot,' wrote Robert Louis Stevenson. This book celebrates the history of...
Ten Out: The remarkable bowlers who have taken all ten wickets in an
Ten Out pays homage to those who have taken all ten wickets in a first-class innings. Going right back to William Lillywhite, for his feat in 1837, all told there...
The Official History of the FIFA World Cup
Fully updated - includes the full story of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. The Official History of the FIFA World Cup is the definitive inside story of the 22...
Olympia: The Birth of the Games
**1st Place, CIBA Chanticleer Awards 2021, Chaucer Award for Pre-1750s Early Historical Fiction** At Olympia, there is one amongst the Greeks who sees light where others only perceive darkness. One...
Bring on United: Ferguson's Golden Generation in their Own Words
How Manchester United conquered all, by the players who won everything ______________________________________________________________ With a foreword by Ruud van Nistelrooy An Irish Times Bestseller The Champions League, the Club World Cup,...
Chariot of Knowledge
Discover the lost history of the Ancient Olympic Games. In popular belief, the Olympic Games were primarily a Greek invention. Yet, this perception covers a secret history that connects the...
The Greatest Scarlets XV Ever
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Following on from the success of The Greatest Welsh XV Ever by Eddie Butler and The Greatest Welsh Tries Ever by Gerald Davies, another high-profile rugby personality tackles yet another...
Shaping Surf History: Tom Curren and Al Merrick, California 1980-1983
Metyko captures an era-defining snapshot of one of the most fertile and influential moments in California's surf history. The dramatic action shots and intimate moments follow the rise of young...
The Other Olympians: A True Story of Gender, Fascism and the Making of
The story of the early athletes and Olympic bureaucrats who lit the flame for today's culture wars. In December 1935, Zdenek Koubek, one of the most famous sprinters in European...
Tennis's Strangest Matches: Extraordinary but true stories from over
In this hugely entertaining collection of stories taken from over a hundred years of world tennis history, award-winning sports historian Peter Seddon has gathered together the most extraordinary events ever...
Guts and Glory: Diggers, Sport and War
From one of Australia's leading military historians and biographers, Peter Rees, comes Guts and Glory , an enthralling history of the way in which sport is ever present in the...
The Lost Lionesses: The incredible story of England's forgotten
'Inspiring. After reading this book, I'm ready to run through a brick wall for these girls.' - Karen Bardsley, ex-Lioness HERALDED ABROAD, MOCKED AT HOME, BANNED BY THE FA... ALL...
The Stadium: An American History of Politics, Protest, and Play
The sweeping story of the American stadium-from the first wooden ballparks to today's glass and steel mega-arenas-revealing how it has made, and remade, American life Stadiums are monuments to recreation,...
Legends and Soles: Business, Creativity and Basketball - A Memoir of
The brilliant autobiography from the 'saviour of Nike' If you're a sneaker head, you know him as the Savior of Nike. If you've watched Air you saw Matt Damon's portrayal...
The Times Speed: The History of Formula 1 World Championships
'This book expertly captures the extraordinary events and legendary drivers who made the sport what it is today. A must-read for any F1 fan.' - Zak Brown, CEO, McLaren Racing,...
The Little Book of Skiing: Wonder, Wit & Wisdom for the Slopes
A huge number of people ski, and this fun little book looks at all aspects of what makes it so appealing. For some, it's a serene communication with nature as...
Golf Round I'll Never Forget: Golf's Biggest Stars Recall Their Finest
With careers that often span decades -- and with most tournaments determined after four 18-hole rounds -- golfers have a lot to consider when choosing a single, stand-out round as...
Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon
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The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell: Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues
The first full biography of the star Negro Leaguer and Hall of Famer James "Cool Papa" Bell (1903-1991) was a legend in black baseball, a lightning fast switch hitter elected...
Cyclopedia: It's All About the Bike
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The Seven Deadly Sins of Sport
A highly entertaining romp through sporting history's best sins and greatest sinners. WHERE THERE'S SPORT, THERE'S SINNING. Name a global sports icon and there will be a sin or two....
The Boomers: A biography
From heartbreak to triumph: how our national basketball team went from misfits to superstars The Boomers' Olympic triumph in Tokyo was possibly the most celebrated bronze medal in Australian sporting...
Echoing Greens: How Cricket Shaped the English Imagination
The importance of cricket to England has been immortalised in the art and literature of a thousand years. For countless artists and writers across the centuries, the culture and aesthetics...
Seventeen and Oh: Miami, 1972, and the NFL's Only Perfect Season
The 1972 Miami Dolphins had something to prove. Losers in the previous Super Bowl, a ragtag bunch of overlooked, underappreciated, or just plain old players, they were led by Don...
The Times Olympic Moments: 100 epic highlights from the history of the
'I've had the unique privilege of witnessing some of the most incredible moments in Olympic history. This book beautifully captures these extraordinary events and the athletes who made them possible....
The Boys of Winter: The Perfect Rugby Book for Father's Day
England have been in four Rugby World Cup finals and only won one of them. In 2003, this team was the one that did it.Nearly 20 years on, with their...
Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League 1992-2004
THE INCREDIBLE FIRST 12 YEARS OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE AS TOLD BY THE LEGENDS WHO WERE THERE'I met Jack Nicholson and when a Hollywood superstar asks about Manchester United, you...
To Heaven's Heights: An Anthology of Skiing in Literature
To Heaven's Heights is an eclectic collection of ski stories from world famous authors from Ernest Hemingway to Garrison Keillor, by way of Ian Fleming, A.A Milne, Sylvia Plath and...
Answered Prayers: England and the 1966 World Cup
'Magnificent, moving, often funny and deeply researched account . . . Is this just a book for those who know football? Far from it: this is a story of glory...
The Formula One Record Book 2024: Every race result, team & [...]
Fully updated for the 2024 season, and with more than a thousand sets of complete Grand Prix results, this is the ultimate reference book for Formula One fans.The Formula One...
Carn: The Game, and the Country that Plays it
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Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: The story of a sporting icon
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Revolutions: How Women Changed the World on Two Wheels
Author: Hannah Ross Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Eye-opening and inspirational . . . An utterly fascinating and gloriously fiery read' FELICITY CLOAKE 'A barnstorming book' GUARDIAN 'Fascinating ....
The Little Book of Skiing: Wonder, Wit & Wisdom for the Slopes
Author: Orange Hippo! Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 A huge number of people ski, and this fun little book looks at all aspects of what makes it so appealing....
The Little Book of the Ashes: Cricket's oldest, and fiercest, rivalry
Author: Orange Hippo! Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Crickets oldest, and fiercest, rivalry! No contest in cricket comes close to matching The Ashes for drama, passion and sporting theatre....
The Champ & The Chump: A heart-warming, hilarious true story about fighting and family
Author: James McNicholas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 **Winner of Best Sports Entertainment book at the British Sports Book Awards 2022** 'Hard-hitting and hilarious' - James Acaster 'Funny, moving...
Here to Compete: The Inside Story of Newcastle United and the Era of Eddie Howe
Author: Pete GravesFormat: Hardback, 158mm x 236mm, 540g, 304 pagesPublished: Headline Publishing Group, United Kingdom, 2023The quintessential book for Newcastle United fans everywhere, Sky Sports presenter Pete Graves tells the...
Bruce Postle: Sport
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The Fairytale: A real and imagined history of Australian sport
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Shaping Surf History: Tom Curren and Al Merrick, California 1980-1983
Author: Jimmy Metyko Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Metyko captures an era-defining snapshot of one of the most fertile and influential moments in California's surf history. The dramatic action...
Knockout: Great Australian Boxing Stories
Author: Grantlee Kieza Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 A no-holds-barred collection of Australian boxing yarns by one of Australia's bestselling storytellers and boxing aficionado, Grantlee Kieza Boxing has given...
That Will Be England Gone: The Last Summer of Cricket
Author: Michael Henderson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Included in the Financial Times best books of 2020 selection 'For those who fear the worst for the sport they love,...
High Surf: The World's Most Inspiring Surfers
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Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion
Author: Mitchell Jackson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Equal parts stunning, photo-heavy look book and cultural commentary, Fly is the story of the undeniable intersection of high fashion and...