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Cyclist’s Companion

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The Cyclist’s Companion

George Theohari

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Chainbreaker Bike Book: A Rough Guide to Bicycle Maintenance

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The Chainbreaker Bike Book: A Rough Guide to Bicycle Maintenance

Ethan Clark and Shelly L.ynn Jackson

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Forza Italia: The Fall and Rise of Italian Football

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Forza Italia: The Fall and Rise of Italian Football

Paddy Agnew

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Presents a tale of inspired players, skilled coaches, rich tycoons, Mafia corruption, allegations of drug taking an... See details

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Put Me Back on My Bike: In Search of Tom Simpson

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Put Me Back on My Bike: In Search of Tom Simpson

William Fotheringham

Tommy Simpson was the most successful British cyclist of all time, and the first Briton to wear the maillot jaune as leader in the Tour De F... See details

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City Cycling

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City Cycling

Richard Ballantine

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Rules of Association Football, 1863: The First FA Rule Book

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The Rules of Association Football, 1863: The First FA Rule Book

foreword by Sir Bobby Charlton, introduction by Melvyn Bragg

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The Rule Book of The FA from 1863 is one of the most important books ever published – according to the writer... See details

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Feet in the Clouds: A Story of Fell Running and Obsession

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Feet in the Clouds: A Story of Fell Running and Obsession

Richard Askwith

Fell-running stands in the same relation to ordinary athletics as the Pyrenean stage of the Tour de France stands to a bike ride to the shops and b... See details

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Schott’s Sporting, Gaming and Idling Miscellany

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Schott’s Sporting, Gaming and Idling Miscellany

Ben Schott

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A sporting book featuring topics which include: the rules of elephant polo; the perils of the Cresta Run; the intri... See details

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Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville: A Lifelong Passion for Baseball

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Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville: A Lifelong Passion for Baseball

Stephen Jay Gould

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Need for the Bike

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Need for the Bike

Paul Fournel, translated by Allan Stoekl

Paul Fournel provides a graceful and passionate account of how the world looks from the saddle. For Fournel, a keen amateur cyclist and Oulipien, a... See details

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Social History of English Cricket

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A Social History of English Cricket

Derek Birley

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This is the story of English culture, mirrored in a sport thats always a complex repository of manners, hierarchies... See details

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Olympics: A History of the Modern Games

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The Olympics: A History of the Modern Games

Allen Guttmann

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Politics has always been an integral part of the Olympics. This title discusses the intended and actual meaning of ... See details

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Fight

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The Fight

Norman Mailer

Who better to write about the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ than the pugilistic Norman Mailer? He observes Ali, Foreman and their retinues in the long bui... See details

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Cyclopedia: It’s All About the Bike

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Cyclopedia: It’s All About the Bike

William Fotheringham

William Fotheringham, a former racer and now one of the world’s leading cycling journalists, has compiled a fascinating treasure trove of fac... See details

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