Top 10 Sport including Special Offers

May 2004

'What Jack Alexander gives us is an intriguing and often moving history...Alexander's book is full of absorbing stories. He claims that it was 16 years in the writing and I believe him. Judging by the footnotes, appendices, bibliographies and acknowledgements his research was extraordinary.'
Scottish Sunday Herald

'this book is of wider interest than just to Hearts fans or students of Edinburgh's history. Anyone who wants to see how a team of footballers can translate that familiar sporting cliche of "taking the fight to the opposition" into reality should read it. This is, quite simply, the best football-related book of the year.'
Times of London

'The joys, the risks and the motivatations of mountain climbing are at the heart of this remarkable book.'
The Glasgow Herald

'His book is well worth a read by those who love the mountains and there's much wisdom on the nature of climbing and those who climb.'
Aberdeen Evening Express

'joyfully recalls more than half a century of expeditions in every corner of the globe...This however is not simply a boastful account of Slesser's albeit impressive achievements. Nor is it an inventory of hardships withstood. Instead, it uses his ample stock of stories to question why climbers choose to face such enormous risks - of hypothermia, altitude sickness and fatal falls...This fine book could make even the most armchair-bound readers reach for their boots.'
Daily Mail

Rangers entered the new world of sport and big business in April 1986 when they signed Graeme Souness, a man with no previous connections to a club steeped in its own historical traditions. These traditions are ineluctably intertwined with those of their great Glasgow rivals, Celtic, whose origins as an Irish Catholic club set up the rivalry that became known as the Old Firm, once said to be 'a business based on bigotry'.

Celtic were slow to react to the Souness challenge at Ibrox, especially when Souness was joined by a new owner at Rangers, millionaire businessman David Murray, but after years of squabbling at Celtic Park, Celtic's saviour arrived in the form of expatriate millionaire Fergus McCann.

'an honest, yet balanced account'
Scotland on Sunday

Having been involved in more than 350 championship fights - over 100 of them world title fights - Mickey Vann is recognised as one of the world's top boxing referees, and one of the most controversial. GIVE ME A RING covers Vann's professional refereeing career in all its glory and documents his unusual early life in the circus and a Dickensian foster home.

'Number 7 in TOP TEN SPORTS BOOKS'
The Independent

'Many sporting autobiographies are hamstrung by the subject's concern over his public image, but not this one...refreshingly and at times startlingly honest...The result is hilarious and extremely well-written. Definitely a must-read, whether you are a boxing fan or not.'
Yorkshire Evening Post

'The book's climatic chapter is devoted to a dive on the corryvreckan Whirlpool and is a truly enjoyable adventure story, which most British divers will lap up.'
Dive

'Knowledgeable and precise, this book offers a close second to the experience of actually donning breathing equipment and disappearing beneath the waves, while describing diving with a purpose, primarily the investigation of wrecks. The trials and tribulations of various dives make for fascinating reading, and the wonder of the undersea world is well evoked, as are the many dangers. An excellent book that will prompt a new passion or feed a hungry one.'
The Good Book Guide

'By far the most literate account of the World Cup year that I've read'
Alan English, Sunday Times

'There are a few good reasons to buy this inside account of the Rugby World Cup. The first is that it is not written by any of the players who cashed in on England's victory with routinely bland accounts. There is, too, the fact that the author is a Welshman, which means he can be acquitted of cynically jumping on the Sweet Chariot bandwagon... Acidic and trenchant, Jones deploys irony and passion with equally telling effect, whether he is highlighting the parlous state of rugby in his native country or the appalling indifference of the International Rugby Board to the poor relations of the game, such as Samoa and Romania.'
The Observer Sport Monthly

The first comprehensive practical guide of its kind, it contains a fully illustrative map with every walk, mileages from the city centre and distances to be walked, Ordnance Survey map references, parking details, short cuts in case of rain or fatigue, extensive area covered from Loch Goil to the Pentlands and from Loch Earn to Dumfries and Galloway, walks suitable for every ability, inclination,weather and season, hints on clothing, kit, weather, safety and rights, and a definitive index.

 

 

In Harry Henniker's guide to Scotland's National Cycle Network, clear instructions are given on how to navigate the many Sustrans cycling routes across mainland Scotland through user-friendly maps and detailed height profiles.

Also featured are lists of B&Bs and places to stay on all the bike routes, interesting information on the towns, villages cyclists will pass through on their journey and tips on what equipment to take and instructions on exactly how to get there.

'This is the essential guide to the many routes available in Scotland, describing the network and listing B&Bs and places to stay on all bike routes as well as providing clear instructions and easy-to-use maps.'
Greenock Telegraph

'David Miller's ATHENS TO ATHENS reads like a superb novel. Beautifully written and painstakingly researched, Miller joins gymnast Nadia Comeneci with his own series of 'perfect tens'. Besides his own impeccable Olympic background, Miller cleverly intersperses the words of the great and near great who have highlighted more than a century of Olympic Glory. It would be a disservice to call Athens to Athens a good book. It's a great book.'
Bud Greenspan: Main Olympic film director and producer

'Miller interweaves chapters on the outstanding Olympic controversies with descriptions of the summer and winter Games. With diligent research, he has mined nuggets of fascinating detail... Even in such a comprehensive tome, there are bound to be omissions. However, Miller has brought the most significant issues and competitors to the fore in a book that will become the standard work on the subject.'
The Times

'Callahan... has a clearer understanding than anybody else I know of the essence and implications of the Tiger Woods phenomenon. IN SEARCH OF TIGER reinforces that conviction'
Hugh McIlvanney, Sunday Times

'... deserves a place among the finest books ever written on golf or sports ... the only Tiger book you ever need to read'
Dan Jenkins, Golf Digest

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