Sports

Written by an international team of expert contributors, this unique global and authoritative survey explores in full but accessible detail the basic constructs and concepts of modern sport and exerc …

The true story of the daredevils who took on the force of nature … and won Winter 2013-14: six of the most enormous storms ever to show up in the North Atlantic slammed in to the UK. As buildings fel …

The 1930s saw the birth of the football idol - prototype for today”s powerful media sport stars. The players of the 1930s were the first generation of professionals, yet until recently the life …

Being Prepared, From Cub Scout to Leader is the biography of Adrian Coles through his life in Scouting from the first moment he joined Cub Scouts to present day as a Cub Leader about to become Scout …

This book presents a synthesis of the work on early football undertaken by the authors over the past two decades. It explores aspects of a figurational approach to sociology to examine the early deve …

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR. SUNDAY TIMES SPORT BOOK OF THE YEAR. From its late-Victorian flowering in the mill towns of the northwest of England, football spread around …