Alec Stewart's Cricket Companion

When Alec Stewart blistered a century in his 100th Test, the sheer length of the standing ovation from a packed Old Trafford crowd confirmed that he had already become a national institution. He went on to represent England more times than Botham, Boycott, Gooch, Gower and every other great that the game has ever produced. Having recently decided to bring his playing days to an end, T…

Bob Wilson's Ultimate Collection of Peculiar Sporting Lingo

Have you ever flashed at a googly in the corridor of uncertainty while on a sticky dog? Maybe you've seen someone hit a mulligan out of the screws to grab a birdie at Amen Corner, or had to deal with a falling leaf from God while trying to survive the Group of Death? The world of sport has its own language, wonderfully rich in strange words and phrases, whose origins often stretch back centuries.…

Bobby's Open: Mr Jones and the Golf Shot that Defined a Legend (HARDBACK)

WINNER OF GOLF BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2013.The inspirational story of a golfing legend and one of the game’s defining contests  The year: 1926. Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club is hosting the world’s oldest and most prestigious golf tournament – The Open Championship. A stellar field of players has assembled from both sides of the Atlantic h…

Britain and Ireland's Top 100 Racehorses of All Time (HARDBACK)

Former FT racing correspondent and spectator Turf columnist Robin Oakley presents his top 100 British racehorses of all time. Kauto Star, Nijinsky, Arkle, Desert Orchid, Frankel, Red Rum … how do you rank the best British and Irish horses from both Flat racing and jumping? How do you compare a fleet-footed sprinter with the robust staying power of a steeplechaser?Robin Oakley’s hi…

Britain and Ireland's Top 100 Racehorses of All Time (PAPERBACK)

Former FT racing correspondent and spectator Turf columnist Robin Oakley presents his top 100 British racehorses of all time. Kauto Star, Nijinsky, Arkle, Desert Orchid, Frankel, Red Rum … how do you rank the best British and Irish horses from both Flat racing and jumping? How do you compare a fleet-footed sprinter with the robust staying power of a steeplechaser?Robin Oakley’s hi…

Can Anyone Hear Me? Testing Times with Test Match Special on Tour (PAPERBACK)

For 25 years Peter Baxter toured the world for the BBC, producing and commentating on Test Match Special from India and Pakistan to New Zealand and the West Indies.Drawing extensively on his tour diaries, and with a cast including Henry Blofeld, Jonathan Agnew and the late Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Baxter vividly takes us behind the scenes of TMS on tour – from the threat of arrest in…

Crashed and Byrned: The Greatest Racing Driver You Never Saw (HARDBACK)

WINNER OF THE 2008 WILLIAM HILL IRISH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'I challenge you to put it down. It might just be the greatest book you've never read.' Simon Arron, Daily Telegraph 'I'd be amazed if you didn't enjoy this book.' F1 Fanatic   'One of the most extraordinary sporting autobiographies you are likely to come across' Andrew Baker, Daily Telegraph 'Forget Senna and Sc…

Crashed and Byrned: The Greatest Racing Driver You Never Saw (PAPERBACK)

THE WILLIAM HILL IRISH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2008 The thrilling, warts-engine-oil-and-all autobiography of the only racing driver Ayrton Senna ever feared  the 200mph flawed genius of Tommy Byrne. 'One of the most extraordinary sporting autobiographies you are likely to come across & I challenge you to put it down. It might just be the greatest book you've never read.' Daily Telegraph …

Crashed and Byrned: The Greatest Racing Driver You Never Saw (PAPERBACK)

Crashed and Byrned is the no-holds-barred award-winning autobiography of a poverty-stricken Dundalk kid’s rise to become the only racing driver Ayrton Senna ever feared – and how it all went wrong from there.   It's raw, passionate, and – with Tommy’s knack of telling it like it is – not for the faint-hearted.

Creating Classics: The Golf Courses of Harry Colt

'For those who want to read about, learn about or simply look at some great courses Peter Pugh's and Henry Lord's study of the architect HS Colt is an absorbing pleasure.' Lawrence Donegan, Guardian 'A superb record of the man and his work... a delight to read, and a perfect way to whet the appetite of any Colt fan looking at the pleasures of the courses yet to be played... An unqualified recom…