Sports

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780913551Author Brian BeltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

From A Field to Anfield is the inspirational story of Nick Tanner's against-the-odds rise from the uncompromising grassroots football scene in Bristol to the glamour of then-champions Liverpool. Nick's story is not one of spending years mollycoddled in...

Julian Sayarer grew up riding a bicycle. Working as a bike courier in London, he learned the world record for a circumnavigation by bike had been broken, and that cycling into the sunset had been bought by banks and big business. Determined to do things...

This chronicle of a year in the life of St Joseph's Doora-Barefield GAA club in Co. Clare - which won the William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year award for 2010 - breaks new ground in Irish sportswriting. Christy O'Connor, a national GAA correspondent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorAndrew 'Freddie' Flintoff (MBE) is a bestselling author, broadcaster and former England international cricketer. He lives with his wife, Rachael, and their four...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999777425Author Keith BoothFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Chequered Flag PublishingPublisher Chequered Flag Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061032417Author Mick FoleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 298g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909360778Author Harry HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Empire Publications LtdPublisher Empire Publications LtdWeight(grams) 404g

Sussex and England superstar Maurice Tate's story is one of triumph and fame, controversy and tragedy. In the 1920s and 1930s, the all-rounder was the world's most popular cricketer, famed for his brilliant bowling and broad smile - unlike his infamous...

Nicolas Roche has a famous surname to all fans of cycling. The son of legendary Irish and World Champion Stephen Roche, Nicolas had to fight to make it as a professional and even harder to make his mark as his own man in this toughest of competitive...

Former county cricketer and one-time England Test batsman Alan Butcher was looking for a new challenge after leaving his job coaching Surrey County Cricket Club. A phone call out of the blue from a Zimbabwean great alerted him to the possibility of...

Today Bill Richmond is largely unknown to the wider public, but he was one of the most significant sportsmen in history and one of the most prominent celebrities of Georgian times. Born into slavery in Staten Island, Richmond won his freedom as a young...

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Improve your chess by studying the greatest games of all time, from Adolf Anderssen's 'Immortal Game' to Magnus Carlsen's world championship victories, and featuring a foreword by five-times World Champion Vishy Anand.This book is written by an all-star...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780911038Author Keith DixonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

On the eve of the 2016 Olympic Games, the biggest moment of her life, Lizzie Armitstead's career was thrown into turmoil. After being cleared to ride the Games at the final hour following a successful court appeal to overturn an alleged missed drugs...

On the eve of the 2016 Olympic Games, the biggest moment of her life, Lizzie Armitstead's career was thrown into turmoil. After being cleared to ride the Games at the final hour following a successful court appeal to overturn an alleged missed drugs...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528938044Author Chris DunphyFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of cricket, Shane Warne was a giant of his time. A sporting hero and national icon, young cricketers today are inspired by his leg spin legacy.Perhaps the most charismatic personality of any...

Synopsis coming soon.......Book InformationISBN 9781416503460Author HamiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Simon Spotlight EntertainmentPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 202gDimensions(mm) 192mm * 128mm * 20mm

Drawing from more than forty years of experience as an outdoorsman, and probably the world's best known long distance walker who also writes, Chris Townsend describes the landscapes and wildlife, the walkers and climbers, and the authors who have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781963685Author Cyd ChildFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Fantom Films LimitedPublisher Fantom Films Limited

Written by a New York Times bestselling author and reporter who "knows the world of professional golf...like few others" (The Wall Street Journal) comes "the most insightful and evenhanded book written yet about one of the signature athletes of the last...

Robin Smith was one of the most legendary climbers ever to have tackled a mountain. This definitive biography draws on contributions from people who knew this charismatic and complex young man, as well as diary extracts from Smith himself. As Smith was a...

In RUGBY TALES, Lawrence Dallaglio recalls with affection and razor-sharp humour, the behind-the-scenes stories that have previously only been shared within the world of international rugby, together with some classics from his rugby-playing colleagues...

This is the authorised biography of one of the best-liked bad boys in British motorsport. John Chatham, driver, racer, repairer, rebuilder, tuner, trader and lover of Austin-Healeys, was, according to Geoffrey Healey, "uncontrollable" in his youth, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782816218Author Paul HodgsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint G2 Entertainment LtdPublisher G2 Entertainment Ltd

The National Football League is a towering, distinctly American colossus spewing out $14 billion in annual revenue. But it was not always a success. In The League, John Eisenberg focuses on the pioneering sportsmen who kept the league alive in the 1920s,...

When Rebecca Perry was growing up, she competed nationally and internationally as a trampolinist. This immersive and compelling book deftly blends memoir and lyrical nonfiction to explore a time she 'chose air over earth' and intensive schedules of...

The road to Croke Park can be a long one, but for Leitrim hurler Zak Moradi it was longer than most. Born in a refugee camp in Ramadi, Iraq, at the height of the Gulf War, Zak spent his formative years living under the oppressive regime of Saddam Hussein...

'What makes a great player? He's the one who brings out the best in others. When I am saying that I'm talking about Billy McNeill.' JOCK STEIN A unique tribute to Celtic's greatest ever player to mark the 60th anniversary of his first appearance for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982160609Author Carmelo AnthonyFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Gallery BooksPublisher Gallery BooksWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm *...

The tragic death of hockey star Derek Boogaard at twenty-eight was front-page news across the country in 2011 and helped shatter the silence about violence and concussions in professional sports. Now, in a gripping work of narrative nonfiction, acclaimed...

SOME footballers become one-club heroes having spent their entire careers playing in front of the same set of fans. Not Paul Walsh. The exciting, pacy, tricky striker moved from club to club during his 17-year career and became a hit at them all,...

Strength, speed and dedication: Cristiano Ronaldo is known throughout the world as a colossus of the modern game. But did you know that he underwent laser heart surgery aged just fifteen to enable him to continue playing the game he loved? Or that...

Whether it was a swashbuckling footballer whose style earned him the nickname Crazy Horse, or as a television quiz show captain who rubbed shoulders with royalty, Emlyn Hughes never did things by half. This book looks at the life of the legend who carved...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847719584Author Delme ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa

Jack Kyle was the rugby giant of his time, but he was also so much more than a sporting legend.Whilst he was winning a Grand Slam and touring with the Lions, Jack Kyle was also studying to be a doctor. When he retired from playing rugby - as the world's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909360266Author John Harding.Format PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Empire Publications LtdPublisher Empire Publications LtdWeight(grams) 700g

The life of the internationally famous professional wrestler Shinsuke Nakamura, from his childhood to the International Wrestling Grand Prix championship, and beyond! Before he became a star of American professional wrestling, Shinsuke Nakamura was...