09 Feb
1881 Fyodor Dostoevsky died. His greatest work Crime and Punishment was published in 1866. In 1880 he gave a speech about poet Pushkin at unveiling of Pushkin monument in Moscow and was hailed as a prophet. Read Crime and Punishment
Great Olympic Moments : A Visual History Sir Steve Redgrave
Great Olympic Moments celebrates the moments that make the Olympic Games the sporting spectacle of our time. Complete with stunning, specially selected photographs, Sir Steve
Redgrave recounts his favourite Olympic stories and reveals what it is
that makes these moments... Format: Hardback - Released: 13/10/2011
Bounce: How Champions are Made Matthew Syed
Winner of the Best New Writer category of the British Sports Book Awards 2011.
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2010.
Matthew Syed - an award-winning Times columnist and
three-time Commonwealth table-tennis champion -... Format: Paperback - Released: 29/04/2010
Trautmann's Journey : From Hitler Youth to FA Cup Legend Catrine Clay
Winner of the Best Biography category of the British Sports Book Awards 2011.
Shortlisted for the Best Football Book and Best Publicity Campaign categories of the British Sports Book Awards 2011.
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2011
Whichever sport you follow, it is only through books about the games, the players, the events and the participants that you will gain a real insight into the motivating factors behind people with unimaginable (and sometimes inexplicable) talent. Fixtures and results bombard you from every conceivable media channel – TV, radio, the internet, mobile phones. But the real insights into the characters of the people, and the inside stories of the dressing rooms - from the muddy fields of winter to the steely mechanics and oily rags in the pit-lane - only really come from reading about them in books (sometimes long after the event is over or the personality has died).
With free Opening Extracts of all our Featured Books, Lovereading will allow you a sneak preview into this behind-the-scenes world. Did this player really not get picked on tour because the others couldn’t abide his wife? Was he really a cheat? Can she really be that self-possessed? Or is self-obsession what you need to succeed in this harsh, competitive world? How far do these people go to succeed? Would you go that far yourself? Here is a selection of books that will help you find out.
Beware of the Dog: Rugby's Hard Man Reveals All Brian Moore
Winner of the Best Autobiography category of the British Sports Book Awards 2011.
Shortlisted for the Best Rugby Book category of the British Sports Book Awards 2011.
Winner of the William Hill...
A Book of Heroes or a Sporting Half-century Simon Barnes
Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2010.In this gripping new book, Simon Barnes brings together his 50 sporting heroes of the last 50 years...
The Grudge Scotland vs. England, 1990 Tom English
Winner of the Best Best Rugby Book category of the British Sports Book Awards 2011.
Shortlisted in the Best Biography category of the British Sports Book Awards 2011.
Longlisted for the William...
The Month Before's Featured Books
Slipless in Settle A Slow Turn Around Northern Cricket Harry Pearson
Slipless in Settle is a sentimental journey around club cricket in the north of England, a world far removed from the cliched lengthening-shadows-on-the-village-green image of the summer game. This is...
61 The Spurs Double Doug Cheeseman, Martin Cloake, Adam Powley
Winner of the Best Illustrated Title category of the British Sports Book Awards 2011.
Stunning officially endorsed coffee table book commemorating the 50th anniversary of Tottenham Hotspur's famous League and Cup...