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A MAJOR OBSESSION: ONE FAN, FOUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
by KENNY REID
It is one thing to sit before the television set and watch your favourite sport. It is quite another to embark on a pilgrimage to each of golf's major tournaments - the Masters, the US Open, The Open and the PGA Championship - all in one year as Kenny Reid did in 2009. A passionate 'everyday' fan, Reid brilliantly chronicles the highs and lows of the spectator's experience as the sublime mixes with the ridiculous in this 'fan slam' travelogue.
£ 12.99 Paperback 9781841588599 Available Now
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ANYONE FOR TENNIS: THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF WIMBLEDON
edited by MARTIN SMITH
In 1877, the players wore long trousers or skirts and played with a wooden racket: tennis was a vicarage tea-party pastime. Today, Wimbledon is the international Grand Slam that tennis players across the world desire to win. In this social and sporting history, Martin Smith collates 130 years of reportage, evoking the skills and thrills of Perry, Lenglen, Borg, Federer, Murray et al., not to mention the strawberries, the fashions and the inevitable umbrellas.
£ 20 Hardback 9781845135430 Available Now
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GENTLEMEN AND BLACKGUARDS: GAMBLING MANIA AND THE PLOT TO STEAL THE DERBY OF 1844
by NICK FOULKES
Gambling was all the rage in the early 19th century: whist and roulette were played throughout the West End; horse-racing gripped the nation. Yet social regulation threatened as the eyes of society's moralists turned to the turf and put the Derby of 1844 on trial. As Nick Foulkes's gripping social history reveals, the drama then intensified further when the two favourites - Ugly Buck and Ratan, whose rival owners were intriguing characters themselves - were found to be doped.
£ 18.99 Hardback 9780297844594 Available Now
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MY FAVOURITE CRICKETER
edited by JOHN STERN
The editor of The Wisden Cricketer magazine John Stern has brought together articles by top sports-writers celebrating their heroes of the cricketing world. Sobers, Tendulkar, Atherton: the larger-than-life characters are all present of course. So too are others, less well-known but equally inspiring, such as the Australian batsman Victor Trumper. Replete with action photographs, this is a treasure trove for all cricket fans.
£ 14.99 Hardback 9781408123409 Available Now
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