History of sport

The Escape: The Tour, the Cyclist and Me

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD

‘A tremendously engaging read’ – The Times

A unique memoir from British cycling’s most fascinating competitor

Remarkable Golf Courses

A revised and updated edition of Remarkable Golf Courses detailing the extremes of the sport – from the highest golf course in La Paz, Bolivia, to the lowest, in Death Valley, USA; and from the most northerly in the Arctic Circle to the most southerly in Tierra del Fuego.

Featuring new courses: Ardfin, Blue Lakes, Winston Links and more!

Horsetrader: Robert Sangster and the Rise and Fall of the Sport of Kings

During the boom years of the 1980s, the massed oil wealth of the princes of Dubai and Saudi Arabia were pitted against British millionaire Robert Sangster in a battle for control of one of the world’s rarest, most precious and most unpredictable commodities: top-pedigree thoroughbred racehorses.

Injury Time: Football in a State of Emergency

‘David Goldblatt is possibly the best football historian there has ever been’. Dominic Sandbrook

‘David Goldblatt is the greatest British sportswriter of the 21st century … Injury Time is an absolute classic.’ James Montague, author of The Billionaires Club and Engulfed

Football, history and the state of the nation – and why it matters

Remarkable Football Grounds

Shortlisted for the 2023 Illustrated Sports Book of the Year

Remarkable Football Grounds is a collection of some of the most memorable places to watch and play football around the world.

Then and Now – Cricket Grounds Then and Now (Then and Now)

A history of beloved cricket grounds from around the world. Part of Pavilions Then and Now series: Cricket Grounds Then and Now features historic pictures of cricket grounds paired with their modern-day equivalent to show the dramatic changes that have taken place.

Leap of Faith: The New Autobiography

‘After all this time Frankie Dettori still ranks amongst the all-time greats of the sport’ LESTER PIGGOTT

‘An autobiography as gripping as any Dick Francis thriller’ YORKSHIRE POST

‘Endearingly honest… a fastpaced, funny autobiography’ COUNTRY LIFE MAGAZINE

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