Top 10 Sport including Special Offers

July 2004

'An exhilarating, evocative and often hilarious stroll through the Scottish game past and present.'
Football Trader

'it's an exhilarating, sentimental and often hilarious stroll through the Scottish game past and present.'
The Sunday Post

'It is an exhilarating, sentimental and often hilarious stroll through the Scottish game past and present.'
Greenock Telegraph

'if you are hooked on the game it should provide plenty of enjoyment.'
The Buteman

'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

MOUNTAIN BIKE FITNESS TRAINING is a comprehensive manual for recreational or competitive mountain bikers. Readers will learn how to assess their fitness, develop training programmes tailored to their needs, formulate a realistic diet plan and ride a more ergonomically efficient race. The book focuses on cross-country and downhill racing and also deals with expedition mountain biking, marathon mountain biking, the female mountain biker, the master/veteran rider, the young enthusiast and the first-time racer

'Honest and straighforward to read...plenty of useful fitness and training tips for all cyclists'
Cycling Weekly

'You won't get fit by reading this book, but it'll give you the motivation boost you might be needing.'
Trail

THE HIGHLAND HIGH WAY is a magnificent high-level route through some of Scotland's most dramatic scenery and across its finest hills. Running for 105 miles from Loch Lomond to Fort William, the route includes Black Mount, one of the greatest hill walks in the country; an exhilarating ridge walk along the Aonah Eagach; and a Munro extravaganza in the Mamores.

The grand finale is Ben Nevis, approached along the spectacular Carn Mor Dearg arete. The eight-day route described in this book takes in at least 14 Munros, among them Ben Lomond, Ben Lui and Beinn Dorain.

In addition, four further excursions are suggested along the way, including Scotland's most spectacular hill, Buachaille Etive Mor, bringing the total to 23 - a real Munro-bagger's delight.

'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

FAIRWAY TO HEAVEN is a unique round-up of the greatest climaxes in the history of golf's major tournaments.

'FAIRWAY TO HEAVEN is a unique round-up of the greatest climaxes in the history of golf's major tournaments. With comments and reminiscences from some of the world's best players, it gives an unparalleled insight into what it feels like to choke or triumph.'

'FAIRWAY TO HEAVEN is a thoroughly riveting good read for any keen golf enthusiast...'
Newcastle Evening Chronicle

'...an unparalleled insight into what it feels like to choke, or triumph, with the eyes of the world eagerly watching.'
Scotland on Sunday

In the ten years since the formation of the Premier League English football has been revolutionised, but at what cost? The English game is currently on the verge of bankruptcy with the future of many clubs seriously in doubt and hundreds of players facing the dole queue. Paradoxically, the game is earning more than ever before from television, sponsorship and increased attendances.

'The book is well written, easily digestible, and thoroughly enjoyable.'
Four Four Two

'a serious, carefully-told examination of how football turned its 1990s TV-led windfall into a financial crisis.'
The Independent

'HARRY'S GAME is a powerful and riveting read, a book that deserves to be sen as more than the latest episode to roll off the Manchester Unted printing presses.'
The Times

'If ever a book can be called cathartic, this is it. No United fan, young or old, can fail to respond to the Munich thread which runs through the book and HARRY'S GAME is worth reading for that alone. But HARRY'S GAME is a book through which anyone, fan or not, can get a picture of one of United's own, a proud, emotional, determined man. Buy the book.'
United Shareholders

'Its survivor's account of the Munich disaster is as poignant as the former goalkeeper's take on Manchester United plc is pointed.'
The Independent

'Read it and revel in it. It's a little gem'
The Times

'It really is a hoot.'
Independent on Sunday

'His rib-tickling (and you will see, his have been more than tickled) account will have you, just like Norman, in stitches. Fate has caused him many a fall from grace, and his presence has been known to pale even the toughest golf pro.'
Greenock Telegraph

'..it's a must for all Leeds fans, and a good read for the rest of us.'
Four Four Two

'His story, taking us from a Scottish fishing town to the Leeds hostelry he now helps run, is a fascinating one. In fact it's a steamy shower that touches glory, failure, humour, sex, match-fixing, bribery and corruption.'
Winger

'A tale of candour and warmth.'
Scotland on Sunday

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