The Knockout
£10.99The Knockout explores what it’s like for boxers knocked out in the ring. How does it feel to land or receive that ultimate blow?
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The art of batting
£20.00Colourful cricket history meets expert analysis in this exploration of the art of batting. Most batters are trying to do their best, yet the top players are creating art. It is physically impossible to face an 80mph delivery and track it with your eyes, yet the greatest batters do more than just watch the ball, they predict where it will go. They can see into the future. This book is about the batters who see what mortals don’t. Javed Miandad purposefully made errors to manipulate the field, Sachin Tendulkar dug up a pitch to take on Warne, Shivnarine Chanderpaul was peppered by tennis balls on the beach until he created his bastardised technique and Joe Root’s great play against spin is a confluence of three random events. Others, such as Smith, Pietersen and Richards, carried on the work of a man 100 years before their time, and Ranji changed cricket with a bucket.
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Echoing greens
£12.99The importance of cricket to England has been immortalised in the art and literature of a thousand years. For countless artists and writers across the centuries, the culture and aesthetics of cricket – white-clad players, the crack of bat on ball, booming appeals, admiring applause, figures running up to bowl, batsmen leaning, waiting, swinging the blade – have been as essential to the English landscape as the hills and meadows immortalised by Gainsborough, Constable and Turner. ‘Echoing Greens’ is a fascinating and thoughtful exploration of the bond between cricket and the English imagination.
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Test cricket
£30.00The first narrative history of Test cricket as it nears its 150th birthday, telling the story of how the game has evolved since 1877, told through the moments and personalities that have shaped the format.
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The final test
£20.00As T20 grows like Japanese knotweed, Test cricket is in mortal danger. White-ball tournaments – mainly T20 and T10 – are now sprouting in places like the US and Saudi Arabia, and Test cricketers are commonly being offered all-year-round contracts by IPL owners, allowing them to play short-form tournaments in the West Indies, the UAE and elsewhere. The IPL has expanded, but Australia’s Big Bash is contracting; the 2023 men’s Ashes were concertinaed into a tiny window but The Hundred continues to dominate. Is there still hope for Test cricket in this tumultuous sporting landscape? Turbervill recalls the poignancy of the final Test of the English summer at The Oval in 2022, and describes how the match could be seen as a metaphor for the demise of the longer game.
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Engulfed
£22.00In forensic detail, ‘Engulfed’ uncovers how the House of Saud zeroed in on the political power of sport to save itself from the PR damage caused by one of the most infamous assassinations in history. It examines how they have bet on sport’s, and especially football’s, extreme polarisation, using it to radicalise whole cities and fanbases, and subvert democratic institutions for faraway political ends. It’s the story of a plot to use sport to wash away the stains of a crime and how a compliant west was easily bought, and sold, in the process.
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Formula One – the circuits then & now
£30.00A unique and compelling guide to historic aspects of Formula One that relates vintage images with 2023 photography to show how dramatically the sport has changed.
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Bring on United
£22.00How Manchester United conquered all, by the players who won everything
With a foreword by Manchester United assistant manager Ruud van Nistelrooy
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Immortals of British & Irish rugby
£22.00Fully illustrated profiles of a 15-strong team of rugby legends.
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The art of Scottish golf
£16.99Golf is the game that is part of Scotland’s fabric and the sport most people around the world associate with the country. Nowhere does golf better than Scotland, hence why it stages more big tournaments every year than any country outside the United States. Scotland oozes history when it comes to golf and the chance to follow in the footsteps of some of the greats of the game attracts golf enthusiasts from all over the world year after year. But it’s not just the courses that make Scotland a special golf destination. It’s also the people involved in the game from caddies, clubhouse and pro shop staff and, of course, local characters.
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World football records 2025
£20.00‘World Football Records 2025’ offers lively, fun and fascinating facts and stats from the world of international football. Focusing on all the major world and continental tournaments, national team records, exceptional matches and the stars who made it all possible, this researched annual tells the stories of these key moments and the players and coaches behind them. This edition includes updated stats and facts for all recent major tournaments, awards and international teams.