Biography: sport

The long-awaited, untold, inside story of the rise of the legendary actor, singer, scholar, and activist.

All Together Now is one of the great sports stories.

Many tales have been told of boxers who have risen up against the odds to achieve success in their lives.

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.