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  • We'll Get 'Em in Sequins

    Manliness, Yorkshire Cricket and the Century that Changed Everything

    by Max Davidson ...
    Series series Wisden Sports Writing
    A truly unique and fascinating look at the changing nature of masculinity and manliness, told through the lens of a series of Yorkshire County Cricket Club player portraits through the ages.George Hirst was a man of his time. His apocryphal quotation "We'll get 'em in singles"epitomises his no-fuss approach to all matters, and his distate for excess or ostentation. His stiff upper lip was a ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • It's Not The Winning That Counts

    The Most Inspiring Moments of Sporting Chivalry

    by Max Davidson ...
    From Ancient Greece to the Beijing Olympics, sport has delivered thrilling victories and gut-wrenching defeats, but moments of good sportsmanship are increasingly rare. Is chivalry dead? Or have rumours of its demise been exaggerated?Whether displayed by an Australian sculler or an Egyptian judoka, sportsmanship has come in many guises. It's Not the Winning that Counts celebrates the Boy's Own ... Read more

    Was $10.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

  • Fields Of Courage

    The Bravest Chapters in Sport

    by Max Davidson ...
    The history of sport is littered with tales of exemplary courage: sportsmen and women pushing their bodies through the pain barrier, or defying career-threatening injuries, in quest of victory. From the goalkeeper who played in a FA Cup Final with a broken neck to the batsman who saved a Test match with his arm in plaster, their heroics have inspired generations of schoolchildren.But courage is as ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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    Blink

    A Collection of Poetry

    by Timothy Found ...
    Narrated by Lilah Monroe, Wren Carter, King Key, Mina Fairlow, Emmie de Búrca, Jessi Jones, Lucy Vale, Garett Wiese, Jo Ryder, Kat Dawson, Rayne Baker, T. Lupa Carver, Demi Akinrowo, Max Themer, Brittany Bryan, Trenton Blackwood, Andrea Lee, Max Davidson, Katrina Winter, Jenna Paris, Tyler Laux, Luulu Soul, Conner Blackwater, Vic Fraser, Nikki Lyons, Lauren Hilary, Simon Garbutt, Robin Amanda, Ryan Pierson, David Winter ...

    Unabridged

    35 min

    Blink is a collection of poems exploring the relationship between time, language and emotion. In one breath, we describe aeons of complex existence; in another, we delve into the richness of our most private thoughts and feelings. In a life which seems limited by the constant ticking of time, is time the only steady companion we have? Performed by an ensemble cast of narrators, this collection ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • The Signature of All Things

    A Novel

    by Elizabeth Gilbert ...
    A glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, from the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic, and City of GirlsIn The Signature of All Things, Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction, inserting her inimitable voice into an enthralling story of love, adventure and discovery. Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Earnie

    My Life at Cardiff City

    by Robert Earnshaw ...
    Series series Quick Reads
    The story of one young African boy's journey to UK Premiership soccer stardom.From the Zambian plains to Wembley, this is the story of the boy who was born to be a Bluebird. Earnie follows Robert Earnshaw’s journey from the Zambian village where he was born to Bedwas, where he was spotted playing for the B-team of his local club when he was 12 years old. At 16 he joined Cardiff City on a YTS ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Manager

    The absurd ascent of the most important man in football

    by Barney Ronay ...
    THE ABSURD ASCENT OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MAN IN FOOTBALL. THE MANAGER.'Rich in detail and colour . . . a great read' ObserverThis book traces the remarkable journey of the football gaffer, from his humble beginnings as club secretary, to his modern incarnation - the man we all recognise, venting his spleen at the ref, or having a huff at a post-match press conference.THE MANAGER takes the reader ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Fan Mail

    Twenty Years of Writing About Soccer (an eBook original from Riverhead Books)

    by Nick Hornby ...
    A new collection of soccer writing by the bestselling author of Fever Pitch.After the phenomenal success of Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby tried to avoid writing about soccer, for fear that he'd be writing about it forever. But occasionally over the years he’s found it impossible to turn down a particularly enticing assignment or, in the case of the 2012-13 Premier League, just unable to resist writing ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Henry Cooper - The Authorised Biography

    by Robert Edwards ...
    Henry Cooper is best remembered for the night he nearly changed boxing history - 19 July 1963. Fighting an up-and-coming boxer by the name of Cassius Clay, later to become Muhammad Ali, his famous left hook (known as 'Henry's Hammer') sent Clay crashing onto the canvas. Arguable Britain's greatest ever heavyweight fighter, Cooper won 40 of his 55 professional bouts, beating most of the true boxing ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Foul Play

    The Dark Arts of Cheating in Sport

    by Mike Rowbottom ...
    Foul Play dissects the age-old subject of cheating in all its absurdity. From plain old doping to claiming a marathon victory despite having driven the middle section of the race, from match-fixing to diving for a penalty - cheating in sport is as old as sport itself.There are plenty of well-known cases of cheats being found out in sport: Ben Johnson, for example, was stripped of his 100m Olympic ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • My Sporting Heroes

    His 50 Greatest from Britain and Ireland

    by Sir Ian Botham ...
    In My Sporting Heroes, one of the country's great sportsmen, Sir Ian Botham, draws up his template of what he believes makes a true sporting hero.Botham singles out the ten qualities he believes are the basic elements in any true sportsperson - bravery, passion, composure, determination, skill, leadership, instinct, dedication, humour and compassion - then highlights the sportsmen and women who he ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • From Budd to Bolt

    50 Stunning Olympic Moments

    by The Guardian ...
    Sporting greatness is defined by more than just a haul of gold medals or championship titles. They help of course, especially if, like Usain Bolt, an athlete redefines what is possible in terms of world records or, in the case of Mark Spitz or Steve Redgrave, demonstrates a sheer dominance of their sport.But greatness is is everything else besides, the mixture of emotion, endurance, excellence and ... Read more

    $2.99 USD