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Legacy: Gangsters, Corruption and the London Olympics by Michael Gillard
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.31'Reveals criminal corruption on a scale that the Kray twins would never have dreamt of' John Pearson, Profession of Violence, The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins 'Gillard's detailed investigation makes for a stunning and shocking read' Barry Keeffe,... -
One Day in September by Simon Reeve
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.54In the early hours of 5 September 1972 the perimeter fence surrounding the Olympic Village in Munich was scaled by terrorists. Their target was the temporary home of the Israeli Olympic team, and within 24 hours seventeen men were dead: eleven Israelis,... -
Far Beyond Gold: Running from Fear to Faith by Sydney McLaughlin 9780785297994
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £13.34What fears are standing in your way or holding you back? How do you want to become stronger? Olympic and World champion hurdler Sydney McLaughlin wants to help you answer these questions as she shares her personal story of struggles and victories, of... -
The Boys In The Boat: An Epic Journey to the Heart of Hitler's Berlin by Daniel James Brown
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.73The inspiration for the major film of the same name directed by George Clooney, this is the bestselling story about a rowing team's quest for Olympic gold in Nazi Germany. 'A moving, enlightening and gripping tale' - Financial TimesCast aside by his... -
The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding: The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revised by Arnold Schwarzenegger
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £21.36From elite bodybuilding competitors to gymnasts, from golfers to fitness gurus, anyone who works out with weights must own this book - a book that only Arnold Schwarzenegger could write, a book that has earned its reputation as "the bible of bodybuilding... -
Will It Make The Boat Go Faster?: Olympic-winning Strategies for Everyday Success - Second Edition by Harriet Beveridge
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.25With its winning mix of gripping narrative and easy-to-implement performance-raising tips, this book has become a best-selling classic. It's garnered 5-star reviews and wide-ranging endorsements - from Sebastian Coe and Dame Kelly Holmes to Lord Digby... -
For the Glory: The Life of Eric Liddell by Duncan Hamilton
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.31'Eric Liddell deserves a definitive biography. This is it.'Sunday Times, Books of the YearFaster. Higher. Stronger. No one has embodied the ideals of the Olympic movement quite like Eric Liddell, star of the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire. After... -
Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide for Athletes and Coaches by Greg Everett 9780990798545
RRP: £36.66Booksplease Price: £33.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990798545Author Greg EverettFormat PaperbackPage Count 552Imprint Catalyst Athletics, LLCPublisher Catalyst Athletics, LLC -
The Times Olympic Moments by Sir Steve Redgrave CBE 9780008664251
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £19.68'I've had the unique privilege of witnessing some of the most incredible moments in Olympic history. This book beautifully captures these extraordinary events and the athletes who made them possible. Whether you're a sports enthusiast or... -
Limitless: The Power of Hope and Resilience to Overcome Circumstance by Mallory Weggemann
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £17.76Meet Mallory Weggemann: a Paralympic gold-medalist, world champion swimmer, ESPY winner, and NBC Sports commentator whose extraordinary story will give you the encouragement you need to rise up to meet any challenge you face in life.On January 21, 2008,... -
The Girl on the Dancing Horse: Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro by Charlotte Dujardin
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.99*THE TOP 10 BESTSELLER FROM THE MOST DECORATED BRITISH FEMALE OLYMPIAN IN HISTORY*'Refreshingly honest [...] a highly enjoyable, fascinating read.' Horse and Hound_______________________________________________"To ride into that arena, next to a sea of... -
What Are the Olympics For? by Jules Boykoff 9781529230284
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.49'Athletes first' is a slogan the International Olympic Committee often touts, but the reality is very different, as pre-eminent Olympics expert Jules Boykoff shows in this book. While the world's attention is riveted by the triumphs and tribulations on... -
How to Ride a Bike: From Starting Out to Peak Performance by Sir Chris Hoy 9780600639459
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £16.38'Chris is someone I've always looked up to. A true role model.' - Geraint Thomas, 2018 Tour de France winnerAn invaluable manual for cyclists of all ages, experience and ability, which will help them achieve peak performance.Full of practical advice,... -
Katherine Grainger: The Autobiography Katherine Grainger 9780233004853
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.02Katherine Grainger is not only Great Britain's finest ever woman rower, but also she has won more Olympic medals than any other female British athlete in any sport. At Rio de Janeiro in the 2016 Olympic Games, at the age of 40, and less than two years... -
Olympic Legends - Team GB by Aidan Radnege 9781915343505
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £15.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915343505Author Aidan RadnegeFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Sona BooksPublisher Danann Media Publishing LimitedWeight(grams) 748gDimensions(mm)... -
Supertato Run Veggies Run by Sue Hendra 9781471121036
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £4.86Join Supertato and the gang for more hilarious supermarket silliness in the bestselling series from picture book superstars, Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet! Meet Supertato! The supermarket superhero with eyes everywhere. It's Sports Day in the supermarket... -
Sevens Heaven: The Beautiful Chaos of Fiji's Olympic Dream: WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 Ben Ryan 9781474608275
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £8.82WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019'Brutally honest . . . A moving, candid tale of a coach taking the plunge with a rugby ball as his only buoyancy aid' DAILY EXPRESS'An engrossing account of a remarkable story' EVENING STANDARD'An... -
The Gladiator Mindset: Push Your Limits. Overcome Challenges. Achieve Your Goals. by Adam Peaty
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.62Think like Britain's greatest living Olympian: Ten steps to push your limits and achieve the impossible from the one of the world's greatest swimmers'The most dominant sportsperson in Great Britain today - and perhaps ever' TelegraphFrom one of the best... -
How to Support a Champion: The Art of Applying Science to the Elite Athlete by Steve Ingham 9780995464308
RRP: £16.57Booksplease Price: £15.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995464308Author Steve InghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 275Imprint Simply SaidPublisher Simply Said -
Jessica Ennis: Unbelievable - From My Childhood Dreams To Winning Olympic Gold: The life story of Team GB's Olympic Golden Girl by Jessica Ennis
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £8.82On 4 August 2012 Jessica Ennis kicked off what some described as the greatest night in British sporting history. For her it was the end of a long, winding, and sometimes harrowing road.Hers is an inspiring tale of following your dreams no matter what... -
Twin Ambitions - My Autobiography: The story of Team GB's double Olympic champion by Mo Farah 9781444779585 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £2.29Hodder & Stoughton admire Sir Mo's bravery in revealing his experience of being trafficked as a child. His memoir TWIN AMBITIONS, published in 2013, is based on the story he felt able to tell at the time, which we understood to be the true version of... -
Twin Ambitions - My Autobiography: The story of Team GB's double Olympic champion Mo Farah 9781444779585
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £8.82Hodder & Stoughton admire Sir Mo's bravery in revealing his experience of being trafficked as a child. His memoir TWIN AMBITIONS, published in 2013, is based on the story he felt able to tell at the time, which we understood to be the true version of... -
Today We Die a Little: Emil Zatopek, Olympic Legend to Cold War Hero by Richard Askwith
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.31LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR The definitive biography of one of the greatest, most extraordinary runners and Olympic heroes of all time, from the author of... -
The History Makers: How Team GB Stormed to a First Ever Gold in Women's Hockey by Sarah Juggins
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.19When Great Britain failed to qualify for the women's hockey competition at the 2004 Athens Olympics, the sport was at its lowest point. Sliding down the world rankings, in-fighting and discord within the squad, no funding and very little prospect of a... -
When I Passed the Statue of Liberty I Became Black by Harry Edward 9780300270976
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £16.18"Harry Edward was a hugely talented athlete and an extraordinary man who fought all his life for justice and fairness in the face of repeated prejudice. His story is as powerful today as it was when he lived it and I urge everyone to read this book... -
Synthetic Medals: East German Athletes' Journey to Hell by Joseph Tudor
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.37In the early 1970s, the athletes of the German Democratic Republic started to achieve incredible sports results, winning medals and setting new world records with astonishing frequency. For many years, their sporting supremacy was hailed as a triumph of... -
The Race by Roy Peachey
Booksplease Price: £5.82Get ready for the race of your life... This is what it feels like when I'm running. When I'm running fast, I feel free. 12-year-old Lili is determined to defeat her arch rival in front of the Queen during her school's anniversary celebrations. ... -
The Talent Lab: How to Turn Potential Into World-Beating Success Owen Slot 9781785031786
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.31Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year AwardSimon Timson and Chelsea Warr were the Performance Directors of UK Sport, tasked with the outrageous objective of delivering even greater success to Team GB and ParalympicsGB at Rio than in... -
The Dirtiest Race in History: Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis and the 1988 Olympic 100m Final by Richard Moore
RRP: £14.95Booksplease Price: £9.84'A captivating and detailed account ... it reads like a thriller, which is exactly the right tone to adopt by author Richard Moore for a story dripping with skulduggery and intrigue ... compelling' The Sunday Express The 1988 Seoul Olympics played... -
More Power by Hugh Matheson
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £6.04Arguably the greatest coach in British sporting history. SHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS Jurgen Grobler's Olympic coaching career is one of legend, yet the man himself has remained... -
Pippa Funnell: The Autobiography by Pippa Funnell
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £6.18The autobiography of the most successful Three Day Event rider of all time - updated for the paperback edition.Pippa Funnell is the golden girl of the British equestrian scene - but it hasn't always been so. She seemed doomed to be a 'misser' in the... -
Chasing Water: Elegy of an Olympian by Anthony Ervin 9781617754449
RRP: £15.95Booksplease Price: £10.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617754449Author Anthony ErvinFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 333g -
Fastest Men on Earth: The Story of the Men's 100 Metre Champions by Neil Duncanson 9780233003368
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £11.51It takes just under 10 seconds to run, but to the winner of Athletics' men's 100 metres goes the accolade of 'The Fastest Man on Earth'. "The Fastest Men on Earth", first published in 1988 as a tie-in to the "Thames Television" series... -
Gold Rush by Michael Johnson
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.33'Elite athletes aren't born. They're made.'Michael Johnson From a living icon of the Olympic Games - as both an athlete and now as a BBC broadcaster - Gold Rush is a compelling analysis of the fascinating combination of psychological and... -
Six Feet Above: Jumping to the top by Peder Fredricson
Booksplease Price: £16.96This is the fascinating story of Swedish equestrian and Olympic medallist Peder Fredricson and his winding road to success. As a five-year-old he was riding on free rein in the Swedish forests and from then on everything was about horses. He worked as a... -
Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever by Jack McCallum
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £12.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345520494Author Jack McCallumFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 301gDimensions(mm)... -
The 4 Year Olympian: From First Stroke to Olympic Medallist by Jeremiah Brown 9781459741317
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.47Improbable, heart-wrenching, and uplifting, Jeremiah Brown's journey from novice rower to Olympic silver medallist in under four years is a story about chasing a goal with everything you've got. After nearly being incarcerated at age seventeen and... -
Gold: My Autobiography Nick Skelton 9781474607346
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.02With a show-jumping career spanning over forty years, Nick Skelton is a legend in the equestrian world. No other rider has won so many major competitions on so many different horses and he is as popular at Olympia and Hickstead as he is at Aachen,... -
Running for My Life: One Lost Boy's Journey from the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games by Lopez Lomong 9780718081447
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £9.97Running for My Life is not a story about Africa or track-and-field athletics. It is about outrunning the devil and achieving the impossible; it is about faith, diligence, and the desire to give back. It is the American dream come true and a stark... -
The Ancient Olympic Games Judith Swaddling 9780714119854
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.02In this revised and all-colour edition of her indispensable guide to the ancient Games, Judith Swaddling traces their mythological and religious origins, and describes the events, the sacred ceremony and the celebrations that were an essential part of...