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Our selection of the best sports writing ever. Of course it’s a highly subjective list but, go on, try one. Any one. You won’t be disappointed.
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Paper Lion - 45th Anniversary EditionCombining humour, inside sports-lore, mayhem and excitement, Paper Lion recounts the adventures of a professional writer and weekend athlete as… |
£11.99 (Paperback) |
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The FightIn 1975 in Kinshasa, Zaire, Muhammad Ali met the undefeated (some said unconquerable) George Foreman for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship.… |
£9.99 (Paperback) |
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Touching the VoidBy Joe Simpson "Touching the Void" is the heart-stopping account of Joe Simpson's terrifying adventure in the Peruvian Andes. He and his climbing partner,… |
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Rough RideBy Paul Kimmage First published in 1990, Rough Ride is one of the greatest books ever written about the life of a professional athlete. Almost twenty years later,… |
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Paper Lion - 40th Anniversary EditionCombining humour, inside sports-lore, mayhem and excitement, Paper Lion recounts the adventures of a professional writer and weekend athlete as… |
£10.99 (Paperback) |
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The Boys of SummerBy Roger Khan This is a book about young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and then went on to play for one of the most exciting… |
£9.99 (Paperback) |
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The Football Man'Football matters, as poetry does to some people and alcohol does to others...Football is inherent in the people...There is more eccentricity in… |
£7.99 (Paperback) |
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Beyond a BoundaryBy CLR James Poses the now famous question "What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?" James interweaves history and politics in an exploration… |
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Redemption SongNew Edition: A new afterword considers Ali and his legacy in light of the war on terror and new connotations of Islam and the West.
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Friday Night LightsBissinger's astonishing and gripping portrait of high school football in a small West Texas town. Odessa follows its Permian Panthers with a… |
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