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Engage The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson
Paul Kimmage
Winner of the Best Biography/Autobiography at the British Sports Book Awards 2012.
'Engage!' was the last word Matt Hampson heard before dislocating his neck while in rugby training with other young England hopefuls. On a cold, grey, overcast day in 2005,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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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 hardcore cricket played in former pit villages and mill towns,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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The 100 Greatest Ever Golfers
Andy Farrell
Winner of the Best Golf Book at the British Sports Book Awards 2012.
What makes a great golfer? Is it innate talent, unstinting dedication, hard graft or inner strength? Can it be measured by championships won or prize money earned? Is...
Format: Hardback - Released: 13/10/2011
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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
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Fred Trueman The Authorised Biography
Chris Waters
Winner of the Best Cricket Book at the British Sports Book Awards 2012.
'Fred Trueman was the first superstar of the game. He was a flamboyant, larger-than-life character' Ian Botham Fred Trueman was so much more than a cricketing legend. 'The...
Format: Hardback - Released: 10/10/2011
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A Life Too Short The Tragedy of Robert Enke
Ronald Reng
Winner of the Best Football Book at the British Sports Book Awards 2012.
Why does an international footballer with the World at his feet decide to take his own life? On 10 November 2009 the German national goalkeeper, Robert Enke, stepped...
Format: Hardback - Released: 29/09/2011
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Higgy Matches, Microphones and MS
Alastair Hignell
Winner of the Best Rugby Book at the British Sports Book Awards 2012.
Alastair Hignell is renowned as a rugby international for England, a county cricketer and a much-loved broadcaster. Forced to retire from his playing careers at an early age...
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/09/2011
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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 and looks at what it is that elevates them to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/04/2011
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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
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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 Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2010.
This is the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2011
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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 Sports Book of the Year Award 2010
Presenting an unparalleled...
Format: Paperback - Released: 09/12/2010
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Ruby : The Autobiography
Ruby Walsh
Shortlisted for ‘The Energise Sport Irish Sports Book of the Year 2010’ at the Irish Book Awards. This is a public ballot and voting is open until midnight on 21st November. To cast your vote click here.
Format: Hardback - Released: 21/10/2010
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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 and looks at what it is that elevates them to a...
Format: Hardback - Released: 30/09/2010
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Promised Land The Reinvention of Leeds United
Anthony Clavane
There used to be a sign hanging outside Leeds Station which bore the legend: 'Leeds, the Promised Land delivered'. Anthony Clavane explains why that sign was put up - and how it came to be taken down. Leeds United, one...
Format: Hardback - Released: 19/08/2010
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Open: An Autobiography
Andre Agassi
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2010.
He is one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court - but from early childhood...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/08/2010
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Liston and Ali: The Ugly Bear and the Boy Who Would Be King
Bob Mee
Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2010.
Liston and Ali follows the contrasting paths these two men took, from
their backgrounds in Arkansas and Kentucky through to that 16-month
period in 1964 and 1965 when the story of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2010
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Blood Sweat and Treason: My Story
Henry Olonga
Shortlisted in the Best Autobiography and Best Cricket Book categories of the British Sports Book Awards 2011.
Longlisted for the the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2010.
Sports book meets real-life thriller in this sensational autobiography
of Henry Olonga,...
Format: Hardback - Released: 19/07/2010
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B Positive!
Dai Henley
The story of an 'ordinary' man, from humble beginnings, who achieved impressive business success - including overcoming trade union, high interest rate and bank loan problems - and the toll of this success on his marriage but, at the same...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/07/2010
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A Last English Summer
Duncan Hamilton
Shortlisted in the Best Biography and Best Cricket Book categories of the British Sports Book Awards 2011.
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2010.
Combining reportage, anecdote, biography, history and personal
recollection, A Last English Summer is an...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/07/2010
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A Championship Year
Jenson Button
More than just an account of Button’s winning year but an in depth look at the Brawn team as a whole, the new F1 team who came from nowhere to win the Constructors championship alongside their drivers victory. A must...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/06/2010
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Ring of Fire
Rick Broadbent
Ring of Fire is an insider's account of the pressures of being a MotoGP racer. We are given an insight into the stars as well as the officials, parents, doctors, team owners and fans who make up this exhilarating sport....
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/06/2010
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Africa United
Steve Bloomfield
With the World Cup taking place on the African continent this year Steve Bloomfield analyses why the game plays such an important role in today’s Africa and why they are turning out such a huge amount of world class players....
Format: Paperback - Released: 20/05/2010
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Fever Pitch
Nick Hornby
A book that many a football fan can, no doubt, relate too. Hornby tells the story of his fanatical love of football from the age of 11. The amazing recall of every match, every player, every goal, every touch of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2010
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Feet of the Chameleon
Ian Hawkey
A fascinating book that traces the development of football in Africa,
finding out what makes African football unique and examining how the
game fits into the social and political life of the continent.
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2010
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