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Sport biographies
For Club and Country
By Brian Glanville
Paperback
Published 30-Sep-2004
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A collection of 100 footballing obituaries from the "Guardian". This title includes eulogies to George Armstrong, Stan Cullis, David Rocastle, Waldir Pereira, Brian Clough, Emlyn Hughes, Bobby Johnston and George Best.
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Wizard
By Jon Henderson
Hardback
Published 02-May-2013
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Stanley Matthews is one of the most famous footballers ever to play the beautiful game. He played 84 matches for England in a career that spanned an extraordinary 33 years and such was his popularity that attendance for his club teams, Stoke City and Blackpool, more than doubled when he played. This book tells his story.
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80 Not Out
By Dickie Bird
Hardback
Published 11-Apr-2013
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Highlights of a career in cricket from Britain's favourite umpire.
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Racing Through the Dark
By David Millar
Paperback
Published 28-Jun-2012
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The SUNDAY TIMES bestselling memoir from the Tour de France cyclist who lifts the lid on his drug use and return to sport.
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Rough Ride
By Paul Kimmage
Paperback
Published 07-Jun-2007
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Paul Kimmage's boyhood dreams were of cycling glory: cycling the Tour de France, and of becoming a national hero. He knew it wouldn't come easy. In 1986, he turned professional. That's when he discovered it wasn't about how much you wanted to win, it was about drugs. Here, he talks about the issue of drugs in sport.
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Craig Bellamy: Goodfella My Autobiography
By Oliver Holt
Hardback
Published 03-Jun-2013
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Craig Bellamy's much sought-after Autobiography is set to be one of the most honest and explosive football stories in recent years.
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Way it Was
By Stanley Matthews
Paperback
Published 04-Jun-2001
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Sir Stanley Matthews was the most famous and revered England football player of all time - a living legend
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Trautmann's Journey
By Catrine Clay
Paperback
Published 03-Mar-2011
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Every football fan knows the legend of Bert Trautmann. From an amateur footballer working on a bomb disposal unit in Liverpool, to celebrated Manchester City goalkeeper adored by thousands, this title charts Trautmann's conversion from Hitler Youth star to all-England football hero.
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Bradley Wiggins: My Time
By Bradley Wiggins
Hardback
Published 08-Nov-2012
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On 22 July 2012 Bradley Wiggins became the first British man ever to win the Tour de France. Ten days later, having swapped his yellow jersey for the colours of Team GB, he won Olympic gold in the time trial, adding to his previous six medals to become the nation's most decorated Olympian of all time. This book tells his story.
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Merckx: Half Man, Half Bike
By William Fotheringham
Hardback
Published 22-Mar-2012
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Eddy Merckx is to cycling what Muhammad Ali is to boxing or Pele to football: quite simply, the best there has ever been. Throughout his professional career Merckx amassed an astonishing 445 victories. This title presents story of a man whose fear of failure would drive him to reach the highest pinnacles before ultimately destroying him.
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