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How did English football - once known for its stale pies, bad book-keeping and hooligans - become a commercial powerhouse and the world's premium popular entertainment?This was a business empire built in only twenty-five years on ambition, experimentation and gambler's luck. Lead by a motley cast of..

The undisputed market leader in sailing guides, this fully revised and updated sailing manual, with a foreword by Olympic gold medallist Sir Ben Ainslie, features all of the latest developments in sailing and navigation technology and techniques.In The Complete Sailing Manual, former British nat..

The Man in the Middle: The Autobiography of the World Cup Final RefereeThe long-awaited autobiography of Howard Webb, the man who refereed the World Cup final. Webb's first game as a match official came when he was just 18 and his father's verdict was blunt: 'Useless - he doesn't know his arse f..

The Bicycle Book: The Definitive Visual HistoryThe Bicycle Book is an extraordinary celebration of the history of cycling from BMX and mountain biking, to track and road racing. Take a ride through the sport's history and discover classic and cutting-edge bicycles, following the evolution of cyc..

Be a football genius with this goal-scoring guide to the beautiful game. Packed with vital tips and tricks, as well as astounding, mind-boggling stats, from the origins of football to the FIFA World Cup, Goal! is a vibrant, visual guide to everything you need to know about the world's most popular g..

my cool bike celebrates a love affair with bikes and bike culture. The bicycle is the most popular form of transport on the planet. Cycling is simply ideal for many things and we are now at the dawn of a new golden age of this versatile machine. This book will appeal to all who have taken up cycling..

An epic guide to the most intrepid mountaineers in historyWritten in association with the Royal Geographical Society and The Alpine Club, Mountaineers tells the story of the pioneers who first conquered the giddy heights of our planet. Full of epic tales of endurance and perseverance, more than 100 ..

You can never take what you love too seriously and The Periodic Table of Football celebrates this fact. Welcome to The Periodic Table of Football. Instead of hydrogen to helium, here you'll find Pele to Sepp Blatter - 108 elements from the football pantheon arranged by their properties and behaviour..

All mountain bikes are made for the great outdoors but some bikes are made for greatness. This seductive selection of photographs and inspirational words brings together close-ups, full-body shots and thrilling action, from mountain biking's hottest rigids, hardtails and full-suspensions. For those ..

Beijing 2008, the 100 metres final: Usain Bolt slows down, beats his chest, metres clear of his nearest rival, his face filled with the euphoria of a young man utterly in thrall to his extraordinary physical talent. It is one of the greatest sporting moments. It is just the beginning. Of the ten fas..

All bikes are beautiful, but some are downright sexy. Bike Porn brings together some of the most seductive and tantalizing bikes ever to be photographed , from the slickest single-speeds to the most teched-out racing machines and beyond, captured in all their finely crafted glory...

Bear Grylls knows what it takes to survive. But he's not the first.Take the American bombardier Louis Zamperini, who survived 47 days stranded at sea by catching and killing hungry sharks and drinking the warm blood of albatrosses - only to be captured by the Japanese and horrifically tortured for y..