Sports & Outdoors

Leading consultant psychiatrist Steve Peters knows more than anyone how impulsive behaviour or nagging self-doubt can impact negatively on our professional and personal lives....

Simon Jordan made his fortune building a mobile phone company from scratch. When he sold it for £75 million, he bought Crystal Palace FC, the club he'd supported as a boy, and led them into the Premier League....

Push beyond your physical limits to improve yourself by following bowhunter and ultramarathoner Cameron Hanes's lifelong philosophies and disciplines....

Packed with hilarious anecdotes from the golden age of snooker, and behind-the-scenes insight into boxing negotiations and darts bust-ups, this is the autobiography of the legendary sports promoter Barry Hearn....

Jan Ullrich: The Best There Never Was is the first biography of Jan Ullrich, arguably the most naturally talented cyclist of his generation, and also one of the most controversial champions of the Tour de France....

A Manchester lad from Irish Traveller stock, born three months premature and weighing just a pound at birth, Tyson (named after his father’s boxing hero) grew up to become one of the most unlikely heavyweight champions in history.... 

For the very first time, and straight from the horse's mouth, a top manager's intriguing insights into the daily trials and tribulations, the joyous peaks and soul-destroying troughs of life as a football 'gaffer'....

Revised and updated with new material from the paperback edition....

Unlock the secrets of high performance....

He's shattered world records. He's climbed the highest and coldest mountains wearing nothing but shorts.... 

Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? The author sets off to find a tribe of the world's greatest distance runners....

Narrated by Stephen Hogan and introduced by Roy Keane....

Paul Merson's wonderfully moving and brutally honest memoir of battling addiction for three decades....

Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse have been friends for 30 years, but when life intervened, what was once a joyous and spontaneous friendship dwindled to the odd phone call or occasional catch up.... 

One of the most anticipated autobiographies of this generation, Arnold Schwarzenegger's Total Recall is the candid story of one of the world's most remarkable world leaders....

Train your mind and discover that the key to success is to focus on the shot in front of you - nothing before or after - from America’s preeminent sports psychologist Dr. Bob Rotella....

The world's foremost designer in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably one of Britain's greatest engineers and this is his fascinating, powerful memoir....

This isn't a book of life lessons. It's not going to tell you make your bed, or stand-up straight or any of that. There's no blueprint to follow here....

An incredible but true account of achieving one of the most awe-inspiring midlife physical transformations ever....

For more than two decades, legendary trainer Tim Grover has taken the greats - Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and hundreds of relentless competitors in sports, business, and every walk of life - and made them greater....

In Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes & More Close Calls, storytellers take us from Florida to the Northern Rockies to the Arctic Ocean with wild and true stories, a reminder that the natural world is rugged and unpredictable....

Thirteen Lessons That Saved Thirteen Lives is diver John Volanthen’s nail-biting account of the incredible rescue of a Thai youth soccer team who had been trapped for over a week in a flooded cave....

Ant Middleton is no stranger to fear: as a point man in the Special Forces, he confronted fear on a daily basis, never knowing what lay behind the next corner, or the next closed door....

This book is not just about how I got back on my horse and went clippity-clop all the way to the World Cup final in Japan....

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth is an inspirational memoir of space exploration and hard-won wisdom, from an astronaut who has spent a lifetime making the impossible a reality....

Can you imagine you and your team winning the biggest game of your lives and pulling off one of your state's biggest upsets? Take a stroll with Dan Blanchard in this heartwarming and inspiring book, The Boys of East Hartford. You'll feel like you've magically entered a special place where we're all on the same team rooting for something extraordinary that is bigger than ourselves. You'll appreciate the efforts of those who have gone before us and be inspired by how we can still collectively shape what lies in front of us. If you're a football fan, you're going to love this book.

Woman of Valor is a remarkable and true story of bravery, compassion, and rescue during the Holocaust. Eta Chait, a young Jewish woman, lived with her parents and siblings in Lukow, Poland. Woman of Valor follows her journey, from the horrors of the ghetto into the hardships of survival in the woods under the most extreme conditions. And then through her eyes as a fighter, we witness the struggles and fears of those who were trapped by the Holocaust. This is the moving story of a young woman who refused to give up.

John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States, and the youngest man elected to the office. He was assassinated at the age of 46 in 1963. Arthur Ashe was an African American professional tennis player who won more than forty singles titles. He died in 1993 at the age of 49 of AIDS-related pneumonia. But imagine if the lives of JFK and Ashe had not been cut short? In this pair of speculative biographies, two writers suppose what might have been if JFK had lived long enough to serve out his presidency and what Arthur Ashe may have done to enhance his already notable legacy.

Among the most beautiful and deadly mountains in the world, Mount Washington has challenged adventurers for centuries with its severe weather. From the days when gentlefolk ascended the heights in hoop skirts and wool suits to today’s high-tech assaults on wintry summits, this audiobook offers extensive and intimate profiles of people who found trouble on New Hampshire’s Presidential Range, from the 19th century through the present day.

Grinders: Baseball’s Intrepid Infantry tells the tales of the game's unheralded foot soldiers who took the hard-knocks road, bouncing between the show and obscurity, never quite achieving their dreams, all for a chance to play the game they love. Grinders fill every roster at every level, plugging away year after year. Without their grit, determination, and persistence, there would be no stars. These are their stories.

While nobody asked for it, COVID gave us an opportunity for the ultimate athletic gift: a do-over. Beyond his unique approach, Dr. Lehman isn’t afraid to address the hardest topics including: sexual misconduct, drug abuse, eating disorders, and head injuries. How To R.A.I.S.E. An Athlete: The formula is the tool for athletes, coaches, trainers, sports organizations, clubs, athlete parents, athletic directors, medical specialists, camps, events, and conferences. When it comes to our athletes, it's not about their games; it's about their lives.

In an era of spectacular thoroughbreds, Spectacular Bid was perhaps the most exalted racehorse of them all. In 1979, he won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes—and transcended his sport on a run of 12 consecutive stakes victories—but his quest for the Triple Crown was lost with a third-place finish in the Belmont Stakes due to a series of bizarre events that have never been accurately reported. In The Fast Ride, Jack Gilden tells the story of what really happened that day the Bid lost the biggest race of his life.

Triggered by his increasing wanderlust after finishing his A-levels, Dominik Trottier set off to walk the Way of Saint James in April 2012. In his literary debut, Ultreya on the Camino, the author documents his experiences and numerous encounters that he had along the 800-kilometer pilgrimage track through the north of Spain. Due to a shattered dream of his, he also found himself dealing with many unsettled questions that he hoped to seek out the right answers for.

Learn how you can apply motorsports branding lessons to your business or your race team. Filled with practical, real-world tips to help you build your brand and achieve your goals. In this book, you’ll learn how you can use branding to give your team or your business “the look” all while keeping within a grassroots-sized budget. Fritz Wilke, Fortune 500 marketer and longtime front-runner in the Sports Car Club of America’s top amateur road racing series, shares his insights on building brands into powerful marketing tools to attract customers and sponsorship.

Secretariat was the best-known and most beloved racehorse of the twentieth century. In 1973, his legacy was permanently etched into the consciousness of the world when he won the Triple Crown. Here, Raymond G. Woolfe Jr. tells the story of Secretariat from the coin toss that sent him to Helen "Penny" Chenery to his burial at Claiborne Farm, making this the definitive volume for fans of the horse and the sport of horseracing.

With coach Nick Saban at the helm, the Crimson Tide has won six of the last twelve national titles. The 2020 championship team showcased Saban's evolution as a leader and further solidified what many long suspected was true: Nick Saban is college football's greatest coach ever. Leaders of any kind, including coaches and beyond, stand to gain great wisdom and inspiration by learning from his success.

Ever since she was a child, Kris Jaeckle has been into adventure—starting with being born on the way to her father’s next duty station! Growing up a military brat kept her on the move…and she has always wanted to inspire people and make a difference in their lives. The influence of her mother’s desire to help others and her father’s servant heart and strong leadership tendencies made her a natural fit in the executive education arena.

The Joy of Pickleball is the definitive guide for the senior player who wants to play better, healthier, and happier! Best-selling author of Pickleball & The Art of Living, Mike Branon, offers concise techniques and strategies to unlock your pickleball potential that are easy to understand and implement. Equal parts instruction, storytelling, sports psychology, and resource, this book invites you to fully experience the joy of pickleball at any age! You’re never too old to enjoy life and play well. Come along and find out how!

You will learn every tip and trick available in the industry to help solve your trailering fears. Work on the problem loader, and find tips and tricks to maintain your vehicle along with a comprehensive list of what needs to be done and when. After listening to this book, you will have everything you need at your fingertips to trailer successfully. The first ever truly in-depth trailering book. Contains the trailering secrets of the industry no one wants to share with you!

Liverpool and Manchester. Two gloriously independent-minded, eclectic, culturally vibrant places—two cities, both alike in dignity. Yet the inhabitants dislike each other with a passion that is visceral. It is a divide that spans generations, across class and ethnicity. It is a divide that has grown over the years, largely driven by one thing: football. The dark, malignant loathing shared by the followers of Liverpool and Manchester United has seeped into every aspect of life in the two cities.