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Ultramarathon Man

Dean Karnazes

RRP: £10.99

Ultrarunning legend Dean Karnazes has run 262 miles – the equivalent of ten marathons – without rest. He has run over mountains, across Death Valley, to the South Pole, and is probably the first perso …

A Beautiful Game

Mark Nicholas

RRP: £14.99

WINNER OF THE CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD AT THE CROSS BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2017WINNER OF THE MCC/CRICKET SOCIETY’S BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2017Mark Nicholas, the face of Channel 5’s Cricket o …

Golden Boy

Christian Ryan

RRP: £11.99

**Voted Wisden Cricket Monthly’s best cricket book ever in 2019**WINNER, BEST CRICKET BOOK, BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2010_________________Golden Boy is a blistering exposé of the tumultuous Lillee/M …

Rod Laver

Rod Laver

RRP: £14.99

‘From my earliest tennis memories, Rod Laver stood above all others as the greatest champion our sport has known.’ Roger FedererRod Laver’s autobiography tells the inspiring story of how a diminutive, …

Run!

Dean Karnazes

RRP: £12.99

‘Running with Karnazes is like setting up one’s easel next to Monet or Picasso.’ The New York TimesIn his follow-up to the bestselling Ultramarathon Man, Dean Karnazes is back with more mind-blowing t …

Test of Will

Glenn McGrath

RRP: £14.99

Glenn McGrath is an Australian cricket great – a fast bowler both feared and admired by top-level cricketers around the world. Off the field, his life was touched by tragedy with the death of his firs …

Chase Your Shadow

John Carlin

RRP: £8.99

Guardian’s Best Sports Books SHORTLISTED FOR THE CROSS BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2015In Chase Your Shadow, journalist and author John …

Wallaby Warrior

Greg Growden

RRP: £12.99

When the Australian team won the Gold Medal for rugby at the 1908 Olympic Games The Times pronounced: ‘If ever the Earth had to select a Rugby Football team to play against Mars, Tom Richards would be …

The Crossing

Ben Fogle

RRP: £17.99

‘Read this… Two very different men fight, play games and nearly lose their lives.’ The TimesWhen James Cracknell and Ben Fogle decided to compete in the Atlantic Rowing Race, they thought they knew …

David Boon's Funniest Sporting Moments

David Boon

RRP: £7.99

Boonie is best known as the man who drank 52 cans of lager en route to London to play a game of cricket. Not only did he manage to drink 52 cans but he then went on to play a cracking game. So who bet …

George Smith

Rupert Guinness

RRP: £12.99

George Smith is one of the greatest players Australian rugby has ever produced, and certainly one of the all-time best, open-side flankers in the world arena.After becoming the fourth Wallaby and the …

Kokoda Wallaby

Andrew James

RRP: £12.99

Stan Bisset was a real hero, both in battle, on the rugby pitch and in desperate armed combat against the Japanese during the Second World War.As a member of the ill-fated 1939 Wallaby touring team to …

Invictus

John Carlin

RRP: £6.99

This uplifting true story is now a major film, starring Oscar nominees Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, directed by Clint Eastwood.Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2008As the day …

Tom Wills

Greg de Moore

RRP: £8.99

This is the story of Tom Wills – flawed genius, sporting libertine, fearless leader and agitator, and the man most often credited with creating the game we now know as Australian Rules football. Sent …

The Best Game Ever

Mark Bowden

The remarkable story of the 1958 NFL Championship game between the Colts and the Giants – considered by many to be the greatest American football game ever played – from Mark Bowden, bestselling autho …

Hype and Glory

Gavin Newsham

There have been twenty major international football tournaments since that Saturday in July 1966 when Bobby Moore lifted the World Cup trophy for England. As each of these competitions has come around …

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