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Sport biographies
Ultramarathon Man
By Dean Karnazes
Paperback
Published 02-Mar-2006
| Our price: | £12.99 |
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I Chose to Climb
By Chris Bonington
Paperback
Published 16-Aug-2012
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The early climbing years of Britain's greatest living mountaineer from his schooldays to his ascent of the Eiger in 1962.
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Paula
By Paula Radcliffe
Paperback
Published 03-Oct-2005
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With two chapters on Paula's heart-stopping victories in the New York and London marathons, this is the autobiography of one of the greatest British athletes of modern times - including the full story of her Greek tragedy in Athens.
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Wildest Dream
By Peter Gillman
Paperback
Published 03-May-2001
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A revealing and complete biography of doomed hero George Mallory, which includes previously unpublished letters and family papers
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Feeding the Rat
By Al Alvarez
Paperback
Published 07-Jul-2003
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Written by the author of "Poker and The Biggest Game in Town", this book gives a portrait of the climbing legend Mo Anthoine. It is suitable for fans of adrenaline sports.
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Ian Botham
By Simon Wilde
Paperback
Published 15-Mar-2012
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A gripping biography of the man who shook cricket to its foundations and became a British sporting great in the process, Ian Botham
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Marathon des Sables
By Mark Hines
Paperback
Published 31-Jul-2010
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Bring Me the Head of Sergio Garcia
By Tom Cox
Paperback
Published 04-Sep-2008
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As a teenager, Cox dreamed of sporting immortality. For four years he devoted himself to the game of golf. And then, one day, he walked away. But as he got older, those dreams kept coming back. Perhaps it was turning thirty, perhaps it was having his first hole in one, but he decided it was time to start again, to live the dream for real.
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Usain Bolt
By Usain Bolt
Hardback
Published 02-Sep-2010
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Eight days ... ... three gold medals ... ... three world records ... one amazing reputation firmly established. Usain Bolt's life - and the world of sport - would never be quite the same again.
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Nice Jumper
By Tom Cox
Paperback
Published 22-Nov-2012
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As a teenager in Nottingham, Tom Cox was possessed. Despite the best endeavours of his frankly rather groovy parents, nascent fashion sense and regular exposure to credible music from an early age, he was inexorably drawn into the bizarre, esoteric world that is golf, with its male-bonding rituals and strange trousers.
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