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Essays and Journalism

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Everything They Had

Everything They Had

By David Halberstam

"Sometimes sports mirrors society, sometimes it allows us to understand the larger society a little better. But mostly, it is a world of…

£15.99(Hardback)
The Beautiful Machine

The Beautiful Machine

By Graeme Fife

Graeme Fife has been riding a bike since he discovered, aged five, that escaping from home on two wheels was a lot faster and took him a lot farther…

£9.99 £8.99 (Save 10%)(Paperback)
Climbing Everest

Climbing Everest

By George Mallory

George Mallory belongs to a short but distinguished line of literary mountaineers such as Joe Simpson, Jon Krakauer and Edward Whymper. He answered…

£11.99(Hardback)
The Best Sports Writing of Pat Jordan

The Best Sports Writing of Pat Jordan

By Pat Jordan

A highly-entertaining collection of sports journalism from a forty-year veteran.

For decades, Pat Jordan has been one of the best sports…

£15.00(Hardback)
Fishing's Best Short Stories

Fishing's Best Short Stories

By Paul D. Staudohar

These stories span the twentieth century and its most eminent writers, from comic favourites to the dark twists of Stephen King, as well as writers of…

£14.99 £13.49 (Save 10%)(Paperback)
On Football

On Football

By James Lawton

From the age of 19, James Lawton traveled the UK and Europe with the great teams of English football, the Manchester United of Sir Matt Busby, the…

£9.99 £8.99 (Save 10%)(Paperback)
Searching for Heroes

Searching for Heroes

By Ian Wooldridge

At the cutting edge of sport, where winners go one way and losers the other, Ian Wooldridge made his living as a journalist. His shrewd eye went…

£20.00 £18.00 (Save 10%)(Hardback)
Ringside

Ringside

By Budd Schulberg

In this bountiful collection of his best boxing stories of the last half-century, Mr. Schulberg takes his fans all the way back to an epic…

£11.50(Paperback)
Hemingway on Fishing

Hemingway on Fishing

By Ernest Hemmingway

From childhood on, Ernest Hemingway was a passionate fisherman. He fished the lakes and creeks near the family's summer home at Walloon Lake,…

£18.99(Hardback)
The Best American Sports Writing 2007

The Best American Sports Writing 2007

By David Maraniss

For fans of sports and just plain great writing, this absorbing collection, featuring twenty-eight of the finest pieces from the past year, has…

£8.99(Paperback)
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It's A Fact!

Two England players from Stoke City FC, Goalkeeper William Rowley and right back Thomas Clare made their international debut against Ireland in Liverpool on March 2, 1889 winning 6-1.

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