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Howzat!: Kerry Packer and the Great Cricket War

By Christopher Lee

The Little Wonder: The Remarkable History of Wisden

By Robert Winder

Anfield of Dreams: A Kopite's Odyssey

By Neil Dunkin

Old Trafford: The Official Story of the Home of Manchester United

By MUFC, Ian Marshall

Who Are Ya?: 92 Football Clubs – and Why You Shouldn’t Support Them (Globalizing Sport Studies)

By Day, Kevin, Lineker, Gary

The Big Shots

By Jonathan Garnier Ruffer

Formula 1: The Official History

By Formula 1A (R), Maurice Hamilton, Ross Brawn

30 years of wrestlemania

Beryl - WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023: In Search of Britain's Greatest Athlete, Beryl Burton

By Jeremy Wilson (Football Writer)

White Hot: The Inside Story of England Cricket's Double World Champions

By Tim Wigmore, Matt Roller

Heat of the Moment: 25 Extraordinary Stories of Olympic and Paralympic History

By Andrew Longmore

Golf's Strangest Rounds: Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of golf

By Andrew Ward

Rugby World Cup France 2023: The Official Book

By Simon Collings

Jack and Bobby: A story of brothers in conflict

By Leo McKinstry

The Best After-Dinner Sports Tales

By Will Chignell, Bill Beaumont

The Formula One Years

Sports History: A Practical Guide

By Martin Polley

Who Owns the Ice House?: Eight Life Lessons from an Unlikely Entrepreneur

By Gary G Schoeniger, Clifton L Taulbert

Once There Were Giants: The Golden Age of Heavyweight Boxing

By Jerry Izenberg, Manny Pacquiao

The Strangers Who Came Home: The First Australian Cricket Tour of England

By John Lazenby

Game On: Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year & Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year

By Sue Anstiss

The Complete Ironman

By Bob Babbitt

ESPN Ultimate Highlight Reel: The 365 Wildest, Weirdest, Most Unforgettable SportsCenter Moments of All Time

By ESPN

The Final Test: The Uncertain Future of Cricket's First-Class Game

By Huw Turbervill (The Cricketer)

This Sporting Life: Sport and Liberty in England, 1760-1960

By Robert Colls (Professor of Cultural History, Professor of Cultural History, De Montfort University)

The Blueprint: How the New England Patriots Beat the System to Create the Last Great NFL Superpower

By Christopher Price

The Age of Football: The Global Game in the Twenty-first Century

By David Goldblatt

Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life in the Minor Leagues of Baseball

By John Feinstein

The Game of Our Lives: The Meaning and Making of English Football

By David Goldblatt

Watford Forever: How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other

By John Preston, Elton John