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Tour De France ... to the Bitter End

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The Tour De France ... to the Bitter End

edited by Richard Nelsson, introduction by William Fotheringham

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Having started in 1903 as a publicity stunt for an ailing French newspaper, the Tour de France is now the world&rsq... See details

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Limit: Life and Death in Formula One’s Most Dangerous Era

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The Limit: Life and Death in Formula One’s Most Dangerous Era

Michael Cannell

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A glittering account of Formula One’s deadliest and most glamorous era, in which sporting rivalry led to fata... See details

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Soccernomics

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Soccernomics

Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski

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At last, football has its answer to Freakonomics, The Tipping Point and The Undercover Economist. See details

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Riis: Stages of Light and Dark

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Riis: Stages of Light and Dark

Bjarne Riis and Lars Steen Pedersen, translated by Ellis Bacon

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The sensational autobiography of the controversial Tour de France winner and Team Saxobank owner/manager, Bjarne Riis See details

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Pedalare! Pedalare!

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Pedalare! Pedalare!

John Foot

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The story of Italian cycling is the story of Italy in the twentieth century. See details

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Secret Olympian: The Inside Story of the Olympic Experience

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The Secret Olympian: The Inside Story of the Olympic Experience

Anon

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The Secret Olympian exposes the truth of what goes on at the Olympic Games. Shocking, funny and slightly tongue in ... See details

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Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke

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A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke

Ronald Reng

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On 10 November 2009 German national goalkeeper, Robert Enke, stepped in front of a passing train. He was thirty two... See details

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How to Watch the Olympics: Scores and Laws, Heroes and Zeros – an Instant Initiation to Every Sport

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How to Watch the Olympics: Scores and Laws, Heroes and Zeros – an Instant Initiation to Every Sport

David Goldblatt and Johnny Acton

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The Olympics is the world’s biggest sporting event – and it moves centre stage for London 2012. Yet the... See details

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Olympic Visions: Images of the Games Through History

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Olympic Visions: Images of the Games Through History

Mike O’Mahony

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In Olympic Visions Mike O’Mahony explores how painters, sculptors, photographers, filmmakers, architects and ... See details

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Bicycle Book

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The Bicycle Book

Bella Bathurst

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“You can keep the internet. You can keep the computer and the mobile phone. In the bicycle humanity has its m... See details

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Football Men: Up Close with the Giants of the Modern Game

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The Football Men: Up Close with the Giants of the Modern Game

Simon Kuper

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An intelligent and penetrating series of articles profiling the great sporting figures of our time, from William Hi... See details

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Barbaric Sport: A Global Plague

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Barbaric Sport: A Global Plague

Marc Perelman, translated by John Howe

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Globalized sport as savage spectacle and “opium of the people”. See details

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Swim: Why We Love the Water

£16.99

Swim: Why We Love the Water

Lynn Sherr

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A celebration of swimming and the effect it has on our lives. It offers an inquiry into why we swim – the lur... See details

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Running with the Kenyans

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Running with the Kenyans

Adharanand Finn

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After years of watching Kenyan athletes win the world’s biggest races, from the Olympics to big city marathon... See details

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Tuesday 28 May at 7.00 p.m.

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