Biography: sport

55 Olympic medals.

Ali Bacher has commanded a place at the coalface of sport in South Africa during its most turbulent and historic period.

Its in the early morning, usually on dry, icy cold, thorn-strewn fields, that rugby legends are created.

In 1987, Joe Parkin was an amateur bike racer in California when he ran into Bob Roll, a pro on the powerhouse Team 7-Eleven.

In Surfacing, Siri Lindley opens up about her unique celebrity-dappled early life.

Who exactly are the intellectuals ?

The Boys of Everest', which received enormous praise when published in hardback, tells the story of a band of climbers who reinvented mountaineering during the three decades after Everest's first ascent.