Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury's 'The First Expedition to Mount Everest' (Illustrated Edition) is a groundbreaking account of the very first expedition to the world's highest peak.
Winner of the Best Football Book at the British Sports Book Awards and shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of The Year 2009'Written with warmth and understanding, the book for which African football has been crying out.
In a wonderfully nostalgic book, David Miller recaptures the heady days of summer 1966 when England won the World Cup in front of their own euphoric fans.
Romping through crooked games, dodgy players, exotic venues and incredible hands, 'Poker's Strangest Hands' celebrates the strange history of Poker's most celebrated tournament, its World Championship event and the characters who have graced it with their presence, compiles some of the strangest things said about the game and fully records the details of the strangest Poker Year yet, 2006.
Running's Strangest Tales is a fascinating collection of weird and wonderful stories from the world of running, from the earliest marathon to today's high-tech, apped-up approach.
That boxing has always attracted colourful, larger-than-life figures is amply borne out by the bizarre collection of true stories gathered together in this fascinating book.
In this hugely entertaining collection of stories taken from over a hundred years of world tennis history, award-winning sports historian Peter Seddon has gathered together the most extraordinary events ever to occur on a tennis court.
Este sexto tomo de historia xeneize correspondiente a la temporada de 1953 es un material extraordinario, y viene a completar los cinco tomos ya publicados, donde se decidió que el proceso de investigación histórica del Club Atlético Boca Juniors se dividiera de la siguiente manera: Historia Cultural (Tomo I), Historia de los Deportes Amateurs (Tomo II y III), Historia del fútbol masculino (tomo IV y V), y este Tomo VI, sobre la Historia política.
'The most eccentric golf book ever' Sports and Leisure MagazineGolf's Strangest Rounds is an absorbing collection of bizarre tales from the lengthy annals of the sport's history.
Worte, Wahrheiten und Badische Akkusative: von "Wir dürfen jetzt nur nicht den Sand in den Kopf stecken" (Lothar Matthäus) bis hin zu "Mailand oder Madrid - Hauptsache Italien!
Mad old colonels who took their trousers off before going elephant hunting, women poachers with terriers sewn into their underskirts, duck shooters chasing their quarry in helicopters - here they all in their vast and until now, long forgotten, eccentricity.
Everything you need to know about American FootballFrom the draft to the Superbowl, via epic touchdowns and crunching tackles, American football is a fast and violent game of chess.
Auf dem Buchrücken von Sami Duymaz' "Das Kraftwerk Mentale Stärke 2: Die Psyche im Spiel" könnte eine ausführliche Buchbeschreibung wie folgt aussehen:Eintauchen in die Tiefen der Mentalen Stärke: Ein Wegweiser für den anspruchsvollen SportlerSami Duymaz, international anerkannter Sportpsychologe und erfahrener Trainer, öffnet erneut die Tore zu den faszinierenden Geheimnissen der menschlichen Psyche im Sport.
Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2025 A Sunday Times Best Book of 2025 A Guardian Best Sports Book 2025A unique memoir from British cycling's most fascinating competitor.
