Sports & Recreation

'The emotional pain of failing just felt like it was going to be a bit worse than the physical pain of carrying on ... 'Attempting to break long-distance running records used to be an underground endeavour, until the virus-stricken summer of 2020 came...

West Yorkshire Mountain Biking - South Pennine Trails features 23 of the best mountain bike rides in West Yorkshire, between 10.5km and 32km in length, suitable for all levels of mountain bikers. The routes are split into four sections: Calderdale,...

This is the first book to the reveal the complex personality behind the public image that is Ivan Mauger, the dedicated and often ruthlessly efficient speedway multi- World Champion. Driven by uncompromising determination and naked ambition he became, to...

Professional cycling is a rich, dynamic and often controversial sport that lends itself to great writing. Some of the most famous and illustrious races were founded by newspapermen and The Cycling Anthology continues this tradition by bringing together...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783906852362Author Yves C Ton-ThatFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Artigo Publishing InternationalPublisher Artigo Publishing InternationalWeight(grams)...

Richard Parks has what must be one of contemporary sport's most extraordinary and inspirational stories. Soon after he turned thirty, the professional career in rugby that had been his life for over a decade was cut short by injury, leaving him faced...

With more and more young athletes specializing in sport year-round, the need for an authoritative training guide has never been greater. Training and Conditioning Young Athletes, Second Edition, by world-renowned exercise scientist Tudor O. Bompa and his...

I Can't Help Falling in Love with You offers a personal, heartfelt yet tellingly critical survey of the changing world of football fandom. Greg Whitaker's coming-of-age memoir provides an emotional insight into the modern game from the perspective of a...

"Tomorrow we ride. that's what my brother Louison and I used to say as we arranged to meet: every day while we were racing cyclists, and then just on Sundays when we weren't competing any more. We kept on riding until the end of his life, because even...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916130104Author Josephine CarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Mabel PublishingPublisher Mabel Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780914025528Author David BurchFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Starpath PublicationsPublisher Starpath PublicationsWeight(grams) 472gDimensions(mm)...

Out of the Darkness is the gritty and hard-hitting autobiography of former Leicester and Sunderland winger Matt Piper, the ex-England U21 hopeful whose dreams were shattered when an injury ended his football career at the age of 24. After making history...

An ode to Alberic 'Briek' Schotte, the godfather of all flandriens. The heroes of the Tour of Flanders and the Paris-Roubaix are tough and determined. The Flemings specialise in riding on bad roads and in bad weather. This set of photos provides an...

This book is aimed at parkrunners and club runners who run mainly on the roads but who would also like to run in the hills; roadrunners who want to head onto the fells but who are wary about taking the first step, maybe even a little intimidated by...

To walk through Florence is to step into one of the most remarkable histories of any European city. From its establishment by Julius Caesar in the first century BC, through its Golden Age at the epicentre of the Italian Renaissance, to its position as an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733303644Author Russ EanesFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Walker PressPublisher Walker PressWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 14mm

This book fully addresses all the components of this new course, which ranges from anatomy and physiology to psychological skills training to nutrition. Full of activities, illustrations, diagrams and photographs, this book will bring the subject to life...

Skills and Knowledge to Survive in the Wilderness"Having this book in your backpack just may save your life one day." Jesse Weiland, National Park Service ranger#1 Bestseller in Safety & First Aid, Hiking & Camping, Natural Disasters, and...

A must-have introductory text of unrivalled coverage and depth focusing on events planning and management, the fourth edition of Events Management provides a complete A to Z of the principles and practices of planning, managing and staging events. The...

Geoff Hunt is known to millions of readers across the world as the artist responsible for the covers of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels, and more recently for those of Julian Stockwin's Thomas Kydd books. He is widely acknowledged to be one of...

So you're thinking about volunteering to coach youth basketball? Great! You're in for a fun, rewarding experience. Whether you're new to the sport and looking for some guidance or you're a seasoned coach hunting for some fresh tips, Coaching Basketball...

An authoritative 100-year history of America's National Football League from its founding.The NFL has become the most lucrative sports league in the world, yet it has not always been a roaring success story. It is a rocky road filled with detours and...

This is the second edition of the guide book 'White Water Lake District' which was first published in 2003 - the author Stuart Miller has completely revised and updated this new edition so that the information is as current and as accurate as possible...

This beautifully designed and illustrated essential guide to Porsche 911 from Motorbooks' Speed Read series explores the ins and outs of one of the world's premier sports cars; see what makes it tick, what makes it work, and how it managed to win so many...

Xingyiquan (Hsing I Chuan) is one of the best known Chinese internal martial arts. Xingyi means "Shape Mind", and Quan means "Fist" or "Style". The name derives from the style's imitation of the movements and inner characteristics of twelve animals. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913089245Author Vic NormanFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Porter Press InternationalPublisher Porter Press InternationalWeight(grams) 250g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781855681170Author Tom BowkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Dalesman Publishing Co LtdPublisher Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd

Rain Later, Good is the award winning story of Peter Collyer's extraordinary journey around the Shipping Forecast areas. The Shipping Forecast is a national institution, relied upon by mariners but also strangely comforting and poetic to landlubbers...

A beautifully presented, practical gift guide to the age-old art of tying knots. The next title in Pavilion's exciting new series for adventurers, this book follows on from the success of 50 Things to Do with a...

'Alan's book is like his game: incisive, thoughtful, intelligent and consistently hits the target' Gary Lineker'A brilliant, articulate, thoughtful man with a wonderful sense of humour: Smudge encapsulates all he is and knows in this fantastic book that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953563088Author Ray WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Hrp HousePublisher Hrp HouseWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 9mm

Football fans love nothing more than to read about their favourite teams. Although this books is aimed at young teenagers it will delight all ages with its mixture of funny and enlightening stories and will give hours of pleasure discovering quirky facts...

FEATURED IN THE SCOTSMAN'S SPORT BOOKS OF 2020 A collection of lyrical sweet-nothings whispered to late goals, local radio commentators, referees falling over and 47 other reminders of why we love football. Despite its flaws and excesses, modern...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909245808Author Tim RichFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint De Coubertin BooksPublisher De Coubertin Books

A cruising companion covering the hundreds of miles of unspoilt coastline which makes Turkey one of the Mediterranean's most idylic cruising grounds. Covering the Mediterranean and Aegean coastline between Izmir and Antalya, this is the essential pilot...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781577310945Author Dan MillmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World LibraryWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 215mm *...

Sport and exercise psychology has grown exponentially as an academic discipline and profession in the past decade. The dominant approach to sport and exercise psychology practice is the cognitive-behavioural approach that stems from cognitive behavioural...

This book is the complete guide to one of the greatest tennis players of the 21st century, winner of 22 grand slam men's singles titles, and undisputed King of the tennis court, Spain's raging bull, Rafael Nadal. This fully illustrated biography charts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556432989Author Kuo Lien-YingFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Guidebook to 50 ski touring and snowshoeing routes in the Dolomites. The routes, which carry an Alpine (and when appropriate, a Volo/Toponeige) grading, range from 5km to 18km, taking between 2 and 7 hours to complete. The routes are based in and around...