Sports & Recreation

One of THE 10 MUST-READ CYCLING BOOKS OF 2014 according to the influential Peloton magazine. This is the story of Luis Ocana, the champion cyclist whose entire career constantly veered between heroism and tragedy, always missing out the middle way. Born...

The story behind the hit surfing movie Chasing Mavericks! Surfing legend Frosty Hesson shares the story of his remarkably life and his extraordinary friendship with wunderkind Jay Moriarty.When Richard "Frosty" Hesson was first approached by a young Jay...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780915708Author Alex SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint JMD MediaPublisher JMD Media

Instant New York Times Bestseller * Winner of the General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation"Buzz Bissinger's Friday Night Lights is an American classic. With The Mosquito Bowl, he is back with a true story even more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902109619Author Babak TaghvaeeFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Hikoki PublicationsPublisher Hikoki Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904246305Author Tom WeirFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Steve Savage Publishers LimitedPublisher Steve Savage Publishers Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802139078Author Tim EcottFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Black CatPublisher Black Cat

Skateboarding, as we know it today, originated in California during the 1960s. The first boards were simple designs made by attaching roller skate wheels to planks and crates. By the 1980s, skateboarding had reached all corners of the USA and was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060854041Author Joe PosnanskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 362g

From Lisa Congdon, bestselling author of Whatever You Are, Be a Good One , this lovely new book invites readers to dip into the many joys of swimming. Congdon brings her personal passion as a lifelong swimmer to this beautiful and thoughtful celebration...

The Master of Game is the oldest and most important work on the chase in the English language. Based primarily on Gaston de Foix's Livre de chasse, originally composed in 1387, The Master of Game was written by Edward of Norwich at his leisure between...

The booklet first explains the differences between trail and fell running. In the training section the constituent parts, namely uphill running, downhill running, endurance running, speed training and running over different terrain are examined with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901746488Author Dave SwantonFormat HardbackPage Count 193Imprint Empire Publications LtdPublisher Empire Publications LtdWeight(grams) 478g

Witty, shrewd, and, as always, a joy to read, John Gierach, "America's best fishing writer" (Houston Chronicle) and favorite streamside philosopher, extols the frequent joys and occasional tribulations of the fly-fishing life."After five decades, twenty...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934753477Author Blane ChocklettFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Headwater BooksPublisher Headwater Books

Before dawn on August 12, 2000, four of America's best young rock climbers--Tommy Caldwell, Beth Rodden, Jason "Singer" Smith, and John Dickey--were asleep in their portaledges high on the Yellow Wall in the Pamir-Alai mountain range of Kyrgyzstan. At...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501112379Author Ray LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 140mm * 18mm

From a novelist known for the complexity of his novels - they are also long - comes an autobiography of compelling simplicity; it is also short. Dedicated to the memory of two wrestling coaches and two writer friends, The Imaginary Girlfriend is a lucid...

The international law of occupation is the body of law, under international humanitarian law, that regulates the actions of states that gain effective control over territory during armed conflict. This body of law seeks to balance between several...

"There's no getting away from it; I've eaten some pretty extreme things in my time - live tarantulas, raw goat testicles, elephant dung, you name it. In a situation when your life depends on it, you need to put your prejudices aside to keep your stomach...

Written with empathy, passion, and practicality, The Spartan Mindset is a masterclass in performance communication and a must-have for high performers and leaders seeking to achieve excellence in the classroom, onstage, at the office, on the playing...

Drawing on a combination of interviews and auto-ethnographic data, Education, Retirement and Career Transitions for 'Black' Ex-Professional Footballers provides a case-study of 16 'black' British male professional footballers' preparedness and...

Relive the highs and lows of a thrilling WorldSBK season in the Official 2019 Yearbook, including round by round analysis of all three World Championship classes. Whether you are a fan of Kawasaki or Ducati, green or red, Rea or Bautista, 2019 had...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781527287860Author James RobertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Peak to PrivyPublisher Peak to Privy

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781680516029Author Luc MehlFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Mountaineers BooksPublisher Mountaineers BooksWeight(grams) 794gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

The 8C Competizione was launched in 2008, a synthesis of the new "Alfa Romeo philosophy", the marque's strategy to reaffirm its uniqueness and ability to bring together emotion, engineering and aerodynamic efficiency and the exaltation of driving...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888392923Author Bruce HaakFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101970850Author Tyler KepnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

If Only: An Alternative History of the Beautiful Game is a fiercely original counterfactual history of football. It is often tempting to believe in the grand sweep of history; to conclude that the triumphs of football's greatest teams were simply...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648561408Author Richard AmeryFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint DistancedreamingPublisher DistancedreamingWeight(grams) 476g

How to cultivate Greek heroes and athletes.In the writings of Philostratus (ca. AD 170-ca. 250), the renaissance of Greek literature in the second century AD reached its height. His Life of Apollonius of Tyana, Lives of the Sophists, and Imagines...

Finalist - 2006 Book of the Year Award by ForeWord Magazine Taekwondo, literally translated, can be defined as "foot, hand way" or "the way of smashing with hands and feet." Such descriptive nomenclature understandably implies a curriculum rich in...

Since the year 2000 women's soccer has become more popular throughout the world and in the UK it is now the most important participation sport for women and girls, with a national network of leagues and clubs that cater for players of all levels and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780904148473Author Nick MoonFormat PaperbackPage Count 1Imprint Chiltern SocietyPublisher Chiltern Society

The most comprehensive book on how current affects fly fishing, the good and bad of drag, which casts and techniques to use when, and much moreNymph fishing and accounting for variations in current speed at different depthsHow even small movements of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780913674Author Martin DaleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

A few miles from New Orleans, at LaSalle's Landing - in what is now the city of Kenner - stands a life-size bronze statue of two men in combat. One of them is the legendary Gypsy Jem Mace, the first Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World and the last...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770415539Author Dan MurphyFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743229951Author John GierachFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint ScribnerPublisher Simon & Schuster

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906641931Author John Le DainFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Seaflower BooksPublisher Ex Libris Press