The Goalkeeper’s History of Britain
The beguiling story of one boy’s dream to play in goal, that most British of positions, culminating in the moment when he faces the mighty Zico …
Sports and Active outdoor recreation
The Proving Ground: The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Boat Race
The story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart boat race – the most dramatic in yacht racing history
Comrade Jim: The Spy Who Played for Spartak
The true and remarkable story of the English spy who ended up playing for Spartak Moscow.
Provided You Don’t Kiss Me: 20 Years with Brian Clough
“Look Duncan, you’re a journalist. One day you’ll write a book about this club. Or, more to the point, about me. So you may as well know what I’m thinking and save it up for later when it won’t do any harm to anyone.”
Calcio: A History of Italian Football
Calcio is John Foot’s love letter to Italian football and its absorbing history.
Two in a Boat: A Marital Voyage
In her forties and recovering from a long battle against depression and alcoholism, Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis decided to trade in her landlubber life – a nice house in Cardiff and a sensible job at the BBC – for life aboard a small yacht with her husband Leighton, a former bosun with the Merchant Navy and now in his mid-sixties.
The Escape Artist: Life from the Saddle
Matt Seaton’s critically acclaimed memoir about his obsession for cycling and how that obsession was tamed.
Seabiscuit: The True Story of Three Men and a Racehorse
The true story of three men and their dreams for a racehorse – Seabiscuit – that symbolised a pivotal moment in American history, as the twentieth century’s greatest nation found the courage to bet on itself to win against the odds. Now a major motion picture directed by Gary Ross and starring Toby Maguire and Jeff Daniels.
The Proving Ground: The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Boat Race
The story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart boat race – the most dramatic in yacht racing history
Dynamo: Defending the Honour of Kiev
In 1942 at the centre point of the Second World War an extraordinary event took place not on the battlefield but in a municipal stadium in Kiev. This is the true story of courage, team loyalty and fortitude in the face of the most brutal oppression the world had ever seen.
Hurricane: The Life of Rubin Carter, Fighter
Rubin Carter is the Hurricane. A pistol shot in a bar room ruined his chances of becoming the middleweight champion of the world. But he did not fire the gun. Nineteen long years in prison, a massively high profile campaign to release him that failed, and the persistence of an unlikely supporter finally saw him free.
The Wrong Kind of Shirts 1999
Even Big Ron, man of a thousand, quips was hard pressed to do justice to the glories of the season: beaten 8-1 by Manchester United he nobly offered ‘I was expecting a nine-goal thriller’, proving that even with the firing squad loading up, there is room for wit at the sharp end of soccer’s dreams.
The Goalkeeper’s History of Britain
Postwar Britain seen through a lifetime’s obsession with the goalkeeper, that most British of positions, the last to succumb to continental influence, and a beguiling story of Peter Chapman’s own dream to play in goal culminating in the moment when he faced the mighty Zico …
Lost in France: The Story of England's 1998 World Cup Campaign
An essential fly-on-the-wall account of the biggest World Cup tournament ever staged.
The Wrong Kind of Shirts 1998
Another bumper collection of footballing faux-pas and mangled manager-speak as the bestselling series enters its third season.
Football in Sun and Shadow: An Emotional History of World Cup Football
Football is, in Pele’s words, ‘the beautiful game’ . Eduardo Galeano has written a series of football epiphanies from the global history of football when the rays of light have glittered from the passion of the game.