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This is the life story of the legendary Liverpool and Scotland 1960s footballer known as 'The Saint'. Bought by Bill Shankly from Motherwell in 1961, Ian St John was widely thought of as one of the most significant signings ever made by Liverpool FC, and...

'Feeling the way I do now, it's not a feeling I ever want to have again.' - Andrew Flintoff speaks for a nation. The Ashes, 2006/07: Australia 5 England 0 - the nightmare returns. For twenty years, Australia has produced competitors so gritty they order...

No footballer has ever captured the imagination of the world as fast and as furiously as David Beckham. Julie Burchill tracks his rapid ascent from most villified man in Britain to national hero. In 1998 he made two terrible mistakes - he got a red card...

**Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2014** Gareth Thomas had it all. He was a national hero, a sporting icon. He was a leader of men, captain of Wales and the British Lions. To him, rugby was an expression of cultural...

In nearly 25 years as a sports journalist for the Independent, Daily Telegraph, and The Sunday Times, Martin Johnson has covered sporting events all over the world, including cricket and tennis in Australia, golf in America, Formula One in Kuala Lumpur,...

The story of an outstanding cricket wicket-keeper and batsman.Book InformationISBN 9780718825027Author E.J. SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Lutterworth PressPublisher James Clarke & Co LtdWeight(grams) 320g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582612256Author Marshall TerrillFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Sports Publishing LLCPublisher Sports Publishing LLCWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781445424613Format HardbackImprint Parragon Book Service LtdPublisher Parragon

When Alex Ferguson joined Manchester United in November 1986, he came with a great track record from his time in charge of Aberdeen. But re-establishing the Reds as the most successful club in the land was an enormous task. Famously, he knew he had to...

Perry McCarthy decided at the age of 18 that he wanted to reach the top in the world's most expensive sport. With no racing experience, no cash, and little going for him except a passion for speed, the exuberant Cockney shouldn't have stood a chance. He...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905080496Author Dean WindassFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Great Northern Books LtdPublisher Great Northern Books LtdWeight(grams) 126g

At 23, James Toseland was the youngest ever winner of the World Superbike Championship and with more racing experience than riders twice his age, has overtaken previous champions Carl Fogarty and Neil Hodgson to become the next biking superstar...

Mark Cavendish is the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France's green jersey, the first to wear the iconic rainbow jersey in almost 50 years and our only ever rider to capture the Giro d'Italia points title. He is the most prolific sprinter in...

For millions in Britain, John Motson or 'Motty' is the voice of football. In a career spanning over forty years and 2,000 matches, including commentating on fifty major finals, he has had an unparalleled insight into the ups and downs of the national...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582619071Author Dusty RhodesFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Sports Publishing LLCPublisher Sports Publishing LLCWeight(grams) 572g

Before the Super Bowl, before "Monday Night Football," even before the NFL, there was Red Grange.If one wants to understand the forces that helped create the modern superstar athlete, you need to begin with Red Grange.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957060548Format PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Myrtle PressPublisher Myrtle PressWeight(grams) 500g

Seven-time European number one, and the towering inspiration behind three successive European Ryder Cup victories, Colin Montgomerie has been praised for his golfing brilliance as well as vilified for his on-course sullenness. Yet 'Monty' has learned to...

Michael Owen's explosive and revealing autobiography Reboot is one of the most talked about football books in recent years. The legendary striker's career divides opinion among fans and his honest book set the record straight. This is his no-holds barred...

The No-Holds-Barred AutobiographyTyson pulls no punches in his most candid, comprehensive and entertaining book yet, which chronicles for the first time in full his inspirational story - the rise, the fall, and the rise again, which saw him come back...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909430167Format PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint BackPage Press LimitedPublisher BackPage Press Limited

In his national bestseller, Soccernomics, Simon Kuper pioneered a new way of looking at soccer, the world's most popular game, through his witty and meticulous use of data. In Soccer Men, Kuper explores the heart and soul of the sport by getting up close...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250016980Author Bill RodgersFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Thomas Dunne BooksPublisher Thomas Dunne BooksWeight(grams) 531g

Budge Rogers: A Rugby Life is the long overdue biography of one of rugby's most iconic players, Derek Prior Budge Rogers. The story of the wing forward who lit up rugby grounds around the world in the 1960s and 1970s with dazzling and determined wing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781414386782Author Rich FroningFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Tyndale House PublishersPublisher Tyndale House Publishers

Born and brought up in the Mallorcan town of Manacor, amongst a family of successful sportsmen, Rafael has been playing tennis from the age of three. By five he was going to tennis club twice a week. At 12 he had won Spanish and European titles for his...

My story, without the spin. 'It is one of the most honest books you will read by any sportsman and I can commend it to everybody' - Piers Morgan From the start of his glittering career in 1992, to his official retirement from all formats of the game in...

'I'm no angel.' Bernie Ecclestone. Born into poverty, Bernie Ecclestone has made himself a billionaire by developing the world's second most popular sport - Formula One racing. Private, mysterious and some say sinister, the eighty-year-old criss-crosses...

'The funniest man in British sport' - Metro Featured on BBC Radio 2 with Chris Evans You become a footballer because you love football. And then you are a footballer, and you're suddenly in the strangest, most baffling world of all. A world where one...

"It is the intensity of the football, of how the people live football in Liverpool, all the Liverpool fans around the world. It is not a normal club, it is a special club." (Jurgen Klopp). As innovative as Arsene Wenger and as crowd-pleasing as...

YES! YES! YES! Daniel Bryan is the real deal. Everyone's favourite underdog, he's proven to the world and to all of WWE that looks can be deceiving. Just ask everyone who's ever underestimated him...right before he went out and whipped the WWE Universe...

This book is about the beginning of Sir Alex's football career, until the year 2000. 1999 was an outstanding year for Alex Ferguson - not only did he lead Manchester United, the most glamorous club in the world, to a unique and outstanding treble...

There is no doubt that Bill Shankly was one of the greatest managers of all time. The former miner took over at Second Division Liverpool in 1959. The changes he made there were nothing short of revolutionary and few would argue that it was he who...

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The Climb by Chris Froome - the inspirational memoir from the British winner of the 100th edition of the Tour de FranceThe Climb tells the extraordinary story of Chris Froome's journey from a young boy in Kenya, riding through townships and past wild...

After his record-breaking 7th Tour win - accomplished after successfully battling the testicular cancer that very nearly killed him - Lance Armstrong spent three years in retirement. In September 2008 he announced his shock decision to return to...

Bob Humphrys is one of the most famous names in sports journalism. As sports correspondent of BBC Wales's flagship news programme Wales Today, he was at the centre of every major story of the past twenty turbulent years. He was there right at the heart...

At the age of eleven, Frank Bruno was sent to reform school. At thirty-three, he was crowned undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. At forty-one, he was committed to Goodmayes Psychiatric Hospital. Now, for the first time, Frank Bruno tells his...

Stewart Imlach was an ordinary neighbourhood soccer star of his time. A brilliant winger who thrilled the crowd on Saturdays, then worked alongside them in the off-season; who represented Scotland in the 1958 World Cup and never received a cap for his...

'Paris, 4 July 2003: My first Tour de France. I had never seen a bike race. I had only vaguely heard of Lance Armstrong. I had no idea what I was doing there. Yet, that day I was broadcasting live on television. I fumbled my way through a few platitudes,...