Sport

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 lifts the lid on the high pressured, complex world of women’s artistic gymnastics. By adopting a socio-cultural lens incorporating historical, sociological and psychological perspectives, i …

This book takes a close look at discrimination in football in order to illuminate our understanding of the interaction between sport and wider society, politics and culture, particularly in terms of …

Lonely Planet’s Best Day Hikes France is your passport to 60 easy escapes into nature. Stretch your legs away from the city by picking a hike that works for you, from just a couple of hours to a full …

Author Horace G. Hutchinson is a well-known person in golf history. His book "Fifty Years of Golf" The 1919 book offers a perspective on the growth and development of golf during a half-cen …

Richie Benaud, who died this year aged 84, was “perhaps the most influential cricketer and cricket personality since the Second World War’ according to Gideon Haigh, the world”s best cricket histori …

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 …

Golf is one of the world’s major sports and consequently the focus of world-class scientific research. This landmark publication is the most comprehensive book ever published on the science of golf, …

Based on a series of highly popular articles written for Classic Boat magazine, this witty collection dwells on the scrapes people get themselves into when building and sailing boats of all descripti …