Sports

One of golf's most popular and funny personalities reveals the ups and downs of a life playing the world's most infuriating sport. 'Even professional golfers hit bad shots. I guess that's why it holds...

A mind-bending, brain-expanding cornucopia of facts for curious minds from the bestselling author of Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? and Does Anything Eat Wasps?Own the room with this hilarious collection of fact-tastic myth-busters and jaw-dropping...

Loosen up with a smile on your face... Marion Deuchars has practiced yoga for many years, and well knows the benefits it brings. Now she shares that passion with her illustrated character Bob the Bird, whose expressive poses will charm you into a...

The long-awaited book from rugby stars Alex Payne, James Haskell and Mike Tindall. Rugby megastars James Haskell, Mike Tindall and Alex Payne get together to discuss the highs and lows of their podcast, friendship and rugby. Among...

ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 What Goes on Tour, Stays on Tour...Until Now! As a cricketer, broadcaster and celebrity jungle-dweller, Phil Tufnell has travelled the world far and wide. From the great cricket tours of...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARDS'Top Bins! A personal best, a lap record and a hole in one for when rain has stopped play.' ALAN DAVIES'The trivia book of the season . . . magnificent.' SPECTATORDid you know that Henry VIII owned...

An absolute beauty of a book: a delightfully illustrated A-to-Z collection of over 400 eccentric and hilarious words and phrases used by international players, village and club cricketers, the perfect handbook for the cricket fan, the wordsmith and the...

'A must-have' - The Telegraph'Book of the Week' - The Independent'Hilarious' - Sport MagazineIn what other context do football fans use the words 'aplomb' or 'derisory'? Why don't we use 'rifle' as a verb on the other six days of the week? Why do...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD"A hilarious examination of the football commentary language we all understand but don't know why" WHSBOTY 2024 Reading PanelThe long-awaited follow-up to Football Cliches, Adam Hurrey's cult...

Stunningly illustrated by David Squires (as featured in the Guardian), The Illustrated History of Football is a wry look at the highs and lows of the beautiful game. Laugh-out- loud and occasionally moving, it's the perfect gift for anyone who loves...

*** SHORTLISTED FOR SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 ***'fascinating, frank, funny' Jim White, Daily Telegraph'insightful' Henry Winter, The Times'very entertaining ... great stories' Hawksbee & Jacobs,...

Paul Whitehouse and fishing expert John Bailey celebrate the timeless joy of fishing. Paul Whitehouse and John Bailey have been devout fishermen for longer than they care to remember. A hobby, past time or sport -...

Paul Whitehouse and fishing expert John Bailey celebrate the timeless joy of fishing. Paul Whitehouse and John Bailey have been devout fishermen for longer than they care to remember. A hobby, past time or sport -...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Hilarious, and straight talking but also articulate and insightful - I am just hugely fond of this guy' -Eddie Jones ...

The perfect golf gag gift, funny golf prank, or book for any golfer who always has an excuse for their wayward shots on the tee boxThere's nothing better than a perfect day on the course, except for maybe the excuses thrown around for a sliced drive or a...

But, as in the podcast, they got a bit side-tracked - as well as bringing you some (more or less) completely genuine football facts, Bob and Andy speculate about the lifestyle of baked bean-loving, yellow snake-owning ex-England boss Steve McClaren, and...

Giant hornets, rampaging rabbits, dancing dinosaurs, angry ants, human boiler systems. A nightmarish vision of a post-apocalyptic future? Maybe. But these are also the furry characters who add that little extra spice to every sporting occasion. These are...

*** SHORTLISTED FOR SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 ***'fascinating, frank, funny' Jim White, Daily Telegraph'insightful' Henry Winter, The Times'engaging ... revealing ... a warm and often funny read'...

'He played that so late, it was almost posthumous.' (John Arlott)For over fifty years, Test Match Special has provided the soundtrack to many cricket fans' lives - now this book collects its greatest hits. Here are all the witty sayings, bons mots,...

A witty and expertly compiled compendium of running wisdom and humour. From a short jog that lifts your mood to the closing stages of a marathon when you feel physically exhausted but emotionally invincible all at once, running delivers every time. ...

What Goes on Tour, Stays on Tour...Until Now! As a cricketer, broadcaster and celebrity jungle-dweller, Phil Tufnell has travelled the world far and wide. From the great cricket tours of Australia and South Africa to his equally memorable...

'Have I remembered everything?' 'What shall I wear?' 'Who am I likely to be shooting alongside?' 'Will the dog behave?' 'Will the birds be there?' These are all questions that might keep the Gun, the picker-up, the keeper and anyone else connected...

'Top Bins! A personal best, a lap record and a hole in one for when rain has stopped play.' ALAN DAVIESHop, skip and jump into this wonderfully curious grand tour of the world of sports, brought to you by QI Elves James Harkin and Anna Ptaszynski.From...

THE PERFECT GIFT for those obsessed with the World Cup.__________________________________'If Ben were only happy when his favourite team did well, he would not be happy very often.Instead Ben is happy whenever a team he hates does badly.There are lots...

Oops, missed again! Now you have an excuse, or 101 to be exact... This little book is the answer for any shot that misses from time to time and an explanation is needed, "The bird swerved", "I'm stiff from too much shooting", "I'm missing...

Roma have risen from their ruins!Manolas, the Greek God in Rome!The unthinkable unfolds before our eyes.This was not meant to happen, this could not happen . . . this is happening!Peter DruryIf football is the beautiful game, then commentators are its...

A beautifully illustrated, humorous glossary of curious golfing terms and hilarious slang as used by millions of professionals and amateurs around the world, an essential handbook for all players and followers of sport's most frustrating game, packed...

Rob Deering has been listening to music his whole life, but it was only in his mid-thirties that - much to his surprise - he found himself falling in love with the hugely popular, nearly perfect, sometimes preposterous activity of runningIn this vividly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578269723Author Andy PhillipsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Hatherleigh Press,U.S.Publisher Hatherleigh Press,U.S.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 (FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR) ------------ A club on the rise. A city in flux. This is Union Berlin. No football club in the world has fans like 1. FC Union Berlin. The underdogs from East...

***'Footie book of the year.' - The SunTROY DEENEY is best known as Watford FC's former captain and a thorn in Arsenal's side. But behind the successful and gritty football persona is a remarkable story of resilience.In this brutally honest and...

'It's a funny old game.' The world's favourite sport has certainly given us its fair share of strange moments, and this absorbing collection gathers together the best of them, from more than a century of the beautiful game. From Blackburn Rovers' one-man...

What does 'custard and jelly' mean in cockney rhyming slang?Which biscuit has half of its name on top of the cooker and the other half on the door?And 25 million of what drink are served by British Airways each year?We Brits can't get enough of a quiz...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910723791Author James BattyFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Merlin Unwin BooksPublisher Merlin Unwin BooksWeight(grams) 453g

From Socrates to Arthur Montford, via Bovril, Buckfast and, of course, pies, this is a unique journey through the extraordinary world of Scottish football. Packed with anecdotes and observations, Andy Bollen wallows in a nostalgic haze, a time of...

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR FOOTBALL FANSThere's no one quite like Klopp. Players love him, Liverpool fans love him - even those who should hate him, want a hug from him. He's charismatic, charming, a master tactician and his unrivalled passion for his team and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838304003Author Maxine BlakeFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Maxine BlakePublisher Maxine BlakeWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 13mm

'All I knew about Moldova were the names of eleven men printed on the inside back pages of my newspaper. None of them sounded to me like they were any good at tennis ...'An eccentric wager finds Tony Hawks, a man who loves an unusual challenge, bound for...

'All I knew about Moldova were the names of eleven men printed on the inside back pages of my newspaper. None of them sounded to me like they were any good at tennis ...'An eccentric wager finds Tony Hawks, a man who loves an unusual challenge, bound for...

Having spent 10 years scaling the lower echelons of the sport, the time has come for one of Britain's least successful athletes to reveal all about how he got involved in all this nonsense in the first place. Marvel as he reveals: His sporting history -...