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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838099077Author Ian CarrollFormat PaperbackImprint Hawksmoor PublishingPublisher Hawksmoor PublishingDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767919715Author Leigh MontvilleFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)Publisher...

Josh Lewsey is a household name in English rugby. He has been a Rugby World Cup winner, part of the prestigious British Lions squad and a crucial member of the Wasps team, one of the most successful UK premiership rugby sides of the last 10 years. Not...

SIR ALEX FERGUSON is one of the most admired and respected managers in the history of the beautiful game. Sir Alex Ferguson: Fifty Defining Fixtures presents a completely new perspective on the longest-serving manager of Manchester United. Covering his...

Martin O'Neill is one of the most brilliant, successful and intriguing of the new manager/coaches to emerge from British football.Alex Montgomery's acclaimed biography brings O'Neill's story right up to date with an account of his first few months in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658894Author James RobinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 913gDimensions(mm) 215mm...

Mr Corinthian is the first-ever biography of Nicholas Lane ('Pa') Jackson, founding father of the famous Corinthian Football Club. This team of amateur gentlemen was a phenomenon in the game's early years. Achieving victories over FA Cup winners and...

In this fully updated paperback edition of the Sunday Times bestseller, Jonny Wilkinson opens up to reveal what it is like to be the world's most famous rugby player and an international sporting superstar. MY WORLD is a fascinating insight into his...

Behind the Silver Fern is a comprehensive history of rugby's most famous yet enigmatic team, the New Zealand All Blacks, told by the men who have had the honour of wearing the iconic black jersey. From the legendary 1905 'Originals' all the way through...

The Trinity College VIII is a light-hearted account of how the 1977 Dublin University Boat Club beat the best university crews in the world to win the cherished Ladies Plate at the Royal Henley Regatta - almost exactly 100 years after their last win at...

'A brilliant take on the modern game - Robbie tells it like it is' Rio FerdinandRobbie Savage is one of Britain's most recognisable football pundits. Incisive, forthright and bold, Savage never holds back where the beautiful game is concerned.No Premier...

Michael Schumacher: the greatest of all time. A champion with a reputation founded on records, the man who has brought most glory to Ferrari in the modern era. With a dramatic coda to the story that we like to think of as a pit stop before a return to...

Hannah Dines and Jess Leyden are two perfectly normal, brilliant women. One, a world record-holding athlete and a Paralympian on the trike. The other, a multiple age-group world champion and one of the most promising rowers Great Britain has to offer. In...

A captivating look at two centuries of surfing-"the Sport of Queens"-from Native Hawaiian royalty to the breakout style and jaw-dropping feats on the waves today.Few subjects in the world of sports and or the outdoors is more timely or compelling than...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for COVR Award.Book InformationISBN 9781585427192Author Lincoln HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Jeremy P TarcherPublisher Penguin Putnam...

Feeling Blue is a football fan's memoir like no other. Spanning more than 35 years and set across three continents, it is a true story that encompasses love, race and identity - all interweaved with the chaotic fall and rise of Manchester City. Dickie...

As every sportsperson knows, the dream can't go on forever. After years of dedication, sacrifice and single-minded obsession to get to the top, one day it all has to end.When the World Stops Watching tells the real inside stories of what happened next...

Palmer, a long-time friend of Bruce Lee and one of his youngest martial arts students, recounts Lee's early years, when he would train a multicultural group of local toughs in empty parking lots and backyards around Seattle. Palmer spends a summer with...

High and wild places have dominated Stephen Venables' life and now he has written a full autobiography which explores how and - more importantly - why he became a mountaineer, and reveals a series of never-recorded adventures on four continents. At its...

Sir Steve Redgrave shares the inspiring sports stories and his own experiences that he believes get to the very heart of what it takes to succeed. From Roger Bannister's record-breaking four-minute mile to Jonny Wilkinson's sensational drop kick, Steve...

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As a football-mad young boy growing up in rural Shropshire, within sight of the Welsh border, Dave Edwards dreamt of playing the game professionally and perhaps, one day, of wearing the red shirt of his father's homeland - Wales. Living My Dream is the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953563873Author Ray WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Hrp HousePublisher Hrp HouseWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 7mm

The extraordinary story of a female boxer's meteoric rise to become the fighter who legitimized women in combat sports and the personal turmoil she hid from the world.Boxing legend Christy Martin was a trailblazer in the ring and continues to be an...

'He's one of the best players I've ever played with. As a forward, I'd say he's the best.' Johnny SextonSean O'Brien does not come from a traditional rugby background. He grew up on a farm in Tullow, far from the rugby hotbeds of Limerick and Cork or the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909245860Author Tatenda TaibuFormat PaperbackImprint De Coubertin BooksPublisher De Coubertin Books

What is it like to follow the sun as a T20 gun for hire? Dan Christian is one of the world's most sought after cricketers, not only a star for the Sydney Sixers but having been part of teams in premier leagues from India and Pakistan to South Africa and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733310901Author Grace RaglandFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint R. R. BowkerPublisher R. R. BowkerWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 12mm

King of the Journeymen is the gripping autobiography of Peter Buckley, a pro boxer who fought 300 times and was a 'stepping stone' for world champions such as Naseem Hamed and Duke McKenzie. As a boy, Buckley shone as an amateur boxer, but outside the...

D-Generation X, or DX as they came to be known, was headed by Triple H and Shawn Michaels, two of the biggest Superstars in wrestling history, and had a changing roster of rebels who did whatever they wanted, whenever, wherever -- regardless of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903854907Author Brian HughesFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Milo BooksPublisher Milo BooksWeight(grams) 317g

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The Joshua Files traces the story of Britain's latest heavyweight hero from the building site to the top of the boxing world and beyond. Anthony Joshua's fight with Wladimir Klitschko, in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium, transformed the fighter...

'This belting read pulls off the nifty trick of making the kung fu legend's spiritual and combat ideas accessible' Maxim'Truly gets under the skin of this iconic figure' Film Review In the 1970s Bruce Lee emerged as the world's greatest fighting star -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990370390Author Vincent CiaramellaFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Win by Ko PublicationsPublisher Win by Ko PublicationsWeight(grams) 152g

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'Beautiful, an instant classic, a poignant voyage through Barry's love for cycling and the turmoil he lived through because of it.' DAVID MILLARIn Shadows on the Road, Michael Barry explores the dreams and passions of cycling in this moving and...

'Beautiful, an instant classic, a poignant voyage through Barry's love for cycling and the turmoil he lived through because of it.' DAVID MILLARIn Shadows on the Road, Michael Barry explores the dreams and passions of cycling in this moving and...

"Hookers. Murder. Boxing. Author Patrick Connor lays out the promise of all three right there in the title of his first book, 'Shot at a Brothel'...delivering on the promise...Readers who want to see the Ali era from a less explored angle, with a story...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593496701Author Kim WickensFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc