Sports & Recreation

*****Shortlisted for Sports Entertainment Book of the Year in the Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2021 'A manifesto to cure modern football's cornucopia of ills.' - i paper 'A brilliant book.' - Ian Wright With diving players, abusive fans, feckless agents...

Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year AwardIn 1704 a bankrupt English merchant sent home the colt he had bought from Bedouin tribesmen near the ruins of Palmyra. Thomas Darley hoped this horse might be the ticket to a new life back in...

In 2007, Adam, then a toaster salesman, was inspired by a film about a man attempting to change his life by swimming the English Channel to try to emulate the feat. After a year of rigorous training without a coach, Adam achieved his goal in 11 hours 35...

'Is there anything in sport to compare with the sustained excitement of a cricket match, especially a Test match, in which the advantage continually fluctuates one way and then the other, and when the match enters its last few minutes, all four results...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995464308Author Steve InghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 275Imprint Simply SaidPublisher Simply Said

I Burn But I Am Not Consumed brings together photographs and an archive collated by photographer Alicia Bruce and the residents of Menie, Scotland. The project documents sixteen years of Donald Trump's impact on the coastal Scottish community from 2006...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374784Author David DoolinFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press

Soccer remains the world's most popular sport with significant numbers of the world's population engaged in grassroots soccer, particularly during childhood and adolescence. There is considerable scientific and practical data focused on soccer science...

Soul and Glory takes you on a journey through football history, spanning four unforgettable and unique decades from 1950 to 1989. Using beautiful images, it's a celebration of the game, from the life and soul of the packed-out terraces to the glory and...

This book explains to the hillwalker, in easy to understand but accurate terms, how geology has shaped the landscape of the Lake District. A selection of fifteen guided walks is used to illustrate this in terms of what can be seen on the ground. "Rock...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872405407Author Felicity MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Hallewell PublicationsPublisher Hallewell Publications

Candid, outspoken and supremely honest, and including interviews with those close to him, #2Sides is Rio's unique story: from his early days in Peckham, through to picking up the Champions League trophy on a rainy summer's night in Moscow, #2Sides is the...

This is the rock climbing instructional book. Until now, instructional books for climbers have taken a largely 'negative' approach, concentrating on how to reduce the inherent risks of the sport, and mentioning only in passing the equally important...

The compelling story of how American football was used to boost morale and inject camaraderie between the Allied forces in wartime London.In December 1943, as London faced a fifth Christmas of blackouts and no sign of World War Two ending, a chance...

70 routes for the off-road runner, these tried and tested paths and tracks cover the whole of Scotland, including the islands. The selected routes come highly recommended by local runners and include many of Scotland's most enjoyable and runnable paths. ...

In this unique book, one of football's greatest cult players reflects on the travails of the sport and draws upon his own experience to offer an honest assessment on one of its final remaining taboos: mental health. The most difficult position...

Straddling the counties of Somerset and Devon, Exmoor is a place which never fails to stir the imagination, thanks to the coastline of stark cliffs lining the Bristol channel, the wooded valleys, tumbling streams and wild moorland. Designation as a...

Mooresy: The Fighter's Fighter is the life story of one of Britain's most-loved boxers. Not always an angelic teen and a product of the 'Salford Overspill', Jamie Moore was sucked into the slipstream of the thrill which came with car theft. At 15, his...

The Homecoming is Jane Purdon's passionate, heartfelt account of the summer of 2022, when the Lionesses dazzled the nation and brought football home. It's also Jane's personal story. Since falling in love with football aged seven, Jane has been an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568589572Author Raphael HonigsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint PublicAffairs,U.S.Publisher PublicAffairs,U.S.

This is a pictorial scrapbook of memories of speedway between the years 1974 to 1978- a collection of photos taken by journalist and trackside photographer, Keith Lawson. The photos have been scanned from rescued negatives that had long been neglected in...

'You will venture into the fringes of the wilderness with the minimum of simple gear, to live with it on its own terms. You will know that one of the sure ways to contentment in this life is a small boat, a fair wind, and a new coast to explore.' ...

ne in the Peak District: Top 10 Walks series. Handy, pocket-sized, full colour walking guides written by experts.With clear information, an overview and introduction for each walk, expertly written numbered directions, large scale Ordnance Survey maps,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558708440Author Jeff GreenwaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Betterway BooksPublisher F&W Publications IncWeight(grams) 186gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Evertonians know what it is to experience greatness. Since the club first came to life in 1878 there have been titles won, European adventures and trips to Wembley. The fans have seen records broken, legends make their mark, matches of undeniable class...

This instructional guide explains the origins of submission wrestling, the underlying fighting skill associated with such events as the Ultimate Fighting Championships and the King of the Cage. It explores its various offshoots and influences and...

Why do road cyclists go to the mountains? Many books tell you where the mountains are, or how long and how high. None of them ask 'Why?'After all, cycling up a mountain is hard - so hard that, to many non-cyclists, it can seem absurd. But, for some,...

Glyn Rhodes MBE has devoted his life to boxing. Since wandering into the world-famous St Thomas' gym in Sheffield as a directionless teenager, he has spent more than 40 years working inside and outside the ropes. Cognisant of how this hardest of sports...

David Tremayne's acclaimed biography of Jochen Rindt was first published in 2010 and now, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Austrian's death, Evro is reviving the book in paperback form. Rindt was widely acknowledged as the fastest man in Formula 1 by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937715793Author Luke HumphreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint VeloPressPublisher VeloPress

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156027212Author Robert ByrneFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm) 222mm * 171mm *...

At 34 years of age, Gregory Howe quit teaching in London to chase his childhood dream of becoming a world-ranked tennis professional. He started his year-long journey in the minor leagues, playing across four continents, as far afield as Bangkok, Kampala...

Here is a collection of 20 tried and tested circular walks ranging in length between 2.5 and 8.5 miles. They include crucial dog-walking factors such as livestock, stiles and roads, with warnings in advance when a lead is necessary and when it's safe for...

Sports fans around the world were enthralled when Australia beat South Africa in that famous World Cup semi-final at Edgbaston in 1999. Among them, in a bar in Cyprus, were two holidaying Icelanders, Ragnar and Stefan. It was the first time they'd...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998223643Author Kousaku YokotaFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Azami PressPublisher Azami PressWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 10mm

WINNER OF THE JOHN AVERY AWARD AT THE ANDRE SIMON AWARDS If we can save the salmon, we can save the world Over the centuries, salmon have been a vital resource, a dietary staple and an irresistible catch. But there is so much more to this...

'Extraordinary . . . great fun' Barry Egan, Irish Sunday Independent'A wonderful story . . . vivid and comprehensive.' Stephen Jones, Sunday Times''Throughout it all though there is a feeling of warmth for the sport and for others. Above all there is a...

Fully revised in 2016, this is an updated edition of the best selling guide to walking and scrambling in the hills and mountains of Snowdonia.This is volume 1 in a two-volume in-depth guidebook series to every summit of note in the Snowdonia National...

Shaolin Kungfu has been considered by many as the best martial art in the world. But kungfu is just one of the three treasures of Shaolin, the other two being chi kung and Zen.For the first time ever, this inspiring book, written by an internationally...

Shaun Teale's football story is one of rejection, perseverance, belief and, ultimately, success, as he reached the very top of the game. He was 24 when he finally became a professional footballer. He never took it for granted and made the most of every...