Sports & Recreation

All that I am, I am because of my mind. --Paavo Nurmi, Olympic runner with nine gold medals in track & fieldAll runners strive to get in the "zone," but here they'll learn to enter the ZEN "zone"! By adopting Buddha's mindful approach, you will discover...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910551868Author Paul Francis CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Bradwell BooksPublisher Bradwell Books

A lot happened in baseball in 1980. After being stabbed with a penknife in Mexico during spring training, the Indians' "Super Joe" Charboneau captured Cleveland's heart-and Rookie of the Year. Nolan Ryan became baseball's first Million Dollar...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999900861Author Rob StokesFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Conker Editions LtdPublisher Conker Editions Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873674765Author Jeremy JamesFormat HardbackPage Count 424Imprint Merlin Unwin BooksPublisher Merlin Unwin BooksWeight(grams) 750gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

This relatively remote cruising area at the edge of the North Sea has much to offer small and shoal-draught boats that will take the ground, but skippers of larger, deeper keeled yachts will also find a good selection of harbours and anchorages to choose...

Re-live the glory and the heartache of England's greatest ever game - and THAT World Cup Final back in 2022.Well now it's 2022 and the discussion is finally over, England have eleven players as good as any of them. The unbeatable national team have...

This is the fifth editon of 'Cruising Guide to the Netherlands' which was first published in 1988. It is regarded as the authoritative companion for anyone cruising the Netherlands using fixed mast routes. Brian Navin's guide is based on popular selected...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909360877Author John D. T. WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Empire Publications LtdPublisher Empire Publications LtdWeight(grams) 378g

Black and White: The Birth of Modern Boxing is the definitive history of the early years of transatlantic pugilism. It reveals the poisonous racism disfiguring the sport and the black boxers fighting an uphill struggle for equality. It lays bare ugly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062512666Author Annie GottliebFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 190gDimensions(mm) 152mm...

A unique and groundbreaking analysis of how to succeed in equestrian sport, this book unpacks the winning habits of successful equestrians to form a toolkit for readers to develop their own winning habits. Applying psychological understanding in peak...

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2022'Well-researched and readable' - Financial Times'An absorbing, pacy read' - New Statesman'The story of lycra-clad feminism' Stylist'Canny and informative' - The New YorkerThe untold history of women's exercise culture, from...

Shortlisted - Cross British Sports Book Awards 2015. Grand Prize Winner - 2014 Banff Mountain Book Festival. 'The wall was the ambition, the style became the obsession.' In the autumn of 1982, a single stone fell from high on the south face of Annapurna...

'When we walk, we walk through two landscapes: an exterior land of trees, seas, cities, mountains and fields but we also follow the paths that lead into our own interior world.'This thoughtful, and beautifully written, book offers 21 circular walks. They...

The twentieth anniversary of the Countryside & Rights of Way (CRoW) Act in 2020 provides a good opportunity to look back on the doughty band of campaigners who fought for so long to give ramblers their cherished right to roam. This century-old battle...

Football Skills is a unique route to improve a youngster's game, with great ways for an adult to help.The book provides a planned sequence of one-to-one ball practices with vital facts and advice for both the pupil and the teacher.This includes:What...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906887124Author Keith WoodFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint PiXZ BooksPublisher PiXZ Books

For more than 50 years the Formula Ford Festival has been the proving ground for ambitious racing drivers looking to make their mark. The Brands Hatch meeting was where the likes of Johnny Herbert, Damon Hill and Jenson Button first made their names,...

This enduring collection of more than 100 campfire songs - complete with words, scores and guitar chords.About the AuthorIrene Maddox has been associated with music in almost every way possible--she has sung, taught music in public schools, been a church...

'EIGHT YEARS WITH RANGERS, MORE THAN 300 GAMES, INCREDIBLE HIGHS, PAINFUL LOWS - AND IT ALL CAME DOWN TO ONE NIGHT IN THE NOU CAMP' 24 May 1972. The biggest night in the history of Rangers. Having overcome the might of Italian giants Torino and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781855683051Author Christine IsherwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Dalesman Publishing Co LtdPublisher Dalesman Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams)...

Got, Not Got: The Lost World of Derby County is an Aladdin's cave of memories and memorabilia, guaranteed to whisk you back to the Baseball Ground's fondly remembered 'Golden Age' of mud and magic - as well as a Rams-mad childhood of miniature tabletop...

'A man who had such a huge impact on my career and so many other young players at West Ham United. I highly recommend this fantastic read.' FRANK LAMPARD JR'This man passed on the West Ham DNA to the best generation of academy graduates to come through...

A self-defence book aimed to train you to read the body language and ritual of attack and so "stop" your attacker in his tracks by using various tactics. Also covered are "ambush attacks" and "match fighting", with guidelines on how to distinguish and...

This book is an in-depth guide for learning Tai Chi Chuan. Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) is a both a relaxed moving meditation and a sophisticated martial arts system. Unique to any other form of exercise, it trains the body (movement), the mind...

An Ode to Four Four Two: Football's Simplest and Finest Formation examines how coaches in Europe, and particularly England, settled on the 4-4-2 formation to build iconic teams which would dominate both domestically and in Europe. Formations have...

This book is the first in a series of three books covering the South Downs National Park. The attractive and cleverly structured guidebook gives dog walkers access to 20 of the finest walks in the eastern region (East Sussex) of the National Park. With...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645434504Author Stephen BrandtFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Mascot Books, IncPublisher Mascot Books, IncWeight(grams) 142g

Five kids with one dream: to become the greatest sports stars in the world! Follow Kim as she trains to be the best at her favourite sport: rugby! Kim has been at the best - and most mysterious! - sports academy in the world for a few months now. She...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909885165Author Bert HarkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint London League Publications LtdPublisher London League Publications Ltd

An unforgettable look at a lifetime of Vikings football packed with Studwell's insights into the game, on and off the field.In professional football, careers are often short and turnover is a constant. So when one man's career spans more than four...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780646597607Author Samuel NeedsFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Scrum StrongPublisher Scrum StrongWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 7mm

By winning the 2019 Tour de France, Egan Bernal became the race's youngest champion in 110 years, and the first from the South American nation of Colombia. His victory brought decades of national yearning to fruition. Colombia has long been the only...

Stoke and I: The Nineties charts the fortunes of Stoke City Football Club through the decade that spawned Britpop, Euro 96 and Cool Britannia. Key moments such as the title-winning season of 1992/93, the Autoglass Trophy victory and the emotional...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583948682Author Colonel Thomas Hoyer MonsteryFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Blue Snake BooksPublisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872405346Author Paul WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Hallewell PublicationsPublisher Hallewell Publications

Coaching is a vital factor for success in sport at all levels. Sport Coaching Concepts offers a comprehensive introduction to the theoretical issues that underpin sport coaching practice. Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, it explains why a...

The Hibs are Here is the follow up to Ian Colquhoun's previous book on Hibernian Football Club: From Oblivion to Hampden. That culminated in the club's successful League Cup winning season in 1991/92. This next volume is subtitled Miller to Millennium...

Roberto Saviano is best known for his work on the Italian mafia, but Beauty and the Inferno, winner of the European Book Award 2010, also tackles universal themes with great insight and humanity, with urgency, and often with anger. This important...