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A Wee Nip at the 19th Hole

By Richard Mackenzie

The Perfect Day: 40 Years of "Surfer Magazine"

By Sam George

Cricket's Greatest Rivalry: A History of the Ashes in 10 Matches

By Simon Hughes

Glove Story: The Number 1 book for every goalkeeper, past and present.

Tunney: Boxing's Brainiest Champ and His Upset of the Great Jack Dempsey

By Jack Cavanaugh

On Boxing PB

By Professor of Humanities Joyce Carol Oates (Princeton University)

Rebels for the Cause: The Alternative History of Arsenal Football Club

By Jon Spurling

The Sunday Times Sporting Century: 50 Momentous Stories in Sports History

By Alan English

Golf Between Two Wars

By bernard darwin, Herbert Wind, Ben Crenshaw

Soccernomics (2022 World Cup Edition): Why European Men and American Women Win and Billionaire Owners Are Destined to Lose

By Simon Kuper, Stefan Szymanski

The Grudge: Two Nations, One Match, No Holds Barred

By Tom English

Moving the Goalposts: A History of Sport and Society in Britain since 1945

By Martin Polley

Sparring with Hemingway: And Other Legends of the Fight Game

By Budd Schulberg

Fire in Babylon: How the West Indies Cricket Team Brought a People to its Feet

By Simon Lister

Wisden at The Oval

By Jon Surtees

Cricketers of My Time: Heroes to Remember

By E.W. Swanton

Formula One Miscellany

By John White, Stirling Moss

Sport Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know

By Tim Harris

The Boys In The Boat: An Epic Journey to the Heart of Hitler's Berlin

By Daniel James Brown

Greatest Ashes Moments: Band 14/Ruby (Collins Big Cat)

By Nick Hunter, Collins Big Cat

Striking Out: A Thrilling Novel from Superstar Striker Ian Wright

By Musa Okwonga, Ian Wright

Muddied Oafs: The Soul of Rugby

By Beard, Richard

PROVIDED YOU DON’T KISS ME: 20 Years with Brian Clough

By Duncan Milton, Hamilton

Faster than Lightning: My Autobiography

By Usain Bolt

Bounce: The of Myth of Talent and the Power of Practice

By Matthew Syed

The Games by The Times: Great Britain's Finest Sporting Hour

By The Times

The Glory Game

By Hunter Davies

Squash: A History of the Game

By James Zug, George Plimpton

"Radio Times" Book of Sporting Dates: Sporting Memories for Every Day of the Year

By Ian Morrison

The Birmingham City Miscellany

By Tony Matthews, Malcolm Page