Sport & Sport Biography

John O'Donohue / Eternal Echoes : Exploring Our Hunger to Belong (Hardback)

 

Luca Caioli / Messi - 2017 Updated Edition : More Than a Superstar

   Lionel Messi is the greatest footballer of our time: a magician with uncanny ability to beat defenders, find space and score goals. 2016 saw him win the Ballon d'Or for a record fifth time,...

Lauren St John / Seve : The Biography

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so...

Christy O'Connor / The Club

 This chronicle of a year in the life of St Joseph's Doora-Barefield GAA club in Co. Clare - which won the William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year award for 2010 - breaks new ground in Irish...

George Best / Hard Tackles and Dirty Baths : The inside story of football's golden era

 We were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others' George Best Written in the months before he died, Hard Tackles and Dirty Baths...

John Scally / Odd-Shaped Balls : Mischief-Makers Miscreants and Mad-Hatters Of Rugby

 Rugby is not a game for those who think that centres are what you find in a box of Black Magic or who confuse Jonah Lomu with Joanna Lumley. At the same time, it is not a game for the bright: what...

Chris Bonington / Ascent

 BRITAIN'S GREATEST CLIMBER.'He is the David Attenborough of mountaineering . . . Bonington's most personal memoir yet.' The Times.'This is a compelling tale of fortitude and endurance.' - The Sunday...

Nick Ward / Left For Dead

 The second edition of the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year is updated with a new chapter describing Nick's eventual completion of the Fastnet Race thirty years after his first, ill-fated attempt...

Brian Viner / Ali Pele Lillee and Me

   Brian Viner's formative years as a sports nut coincided with what he argues was the best sporting decade of all time. The 1970s gave us the greatest football team in the history of the game...

Richard Moore / The Dirtiest Race in History : Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis and the 1988 Olympic 100m Final

 The 1988 Seoul Olympics played host to what has been described by some as the dirtiest race of all time, by others as the greatest. The final of the men's 100 metres at those Olympics is certainly...

Norman Dabell / How We Won the Ryder Cup : The Caddies' Stories

 Caddies tell here of the triumphs and disappointments of Ryder Cup clashes from 1985 to the present. These are the insights and behind-the-scenes stories from the bag-men who were there with the...

Ian Rush / Rush : The Autobiography

 In 2006, Liverpool fans voted Ian Rush among the top three all-time greatest players in the history of the club. Taking his place alongside Kenny Dalglish and Steven Gerrard, he surpassed football...

Robert Rigby / Goal! Two-Books-In-One

 Goal! A young Latino boy is spotted by an ex-scout, playing in a park in Los Angeles, and wins himself a trial at one of England's Premier League clubs - Newcastle United. Struggling to cope with...

Joe Calzaghe / No Ordinary Joe

 IT WAS past three o'clock in the morning when Joe Calzaghe experienced the sweetest validation of his professional life. Victory over Jeff Lacy, a 28-year-old American compared to a young Mike Tyson...

Chris Hulme / Manslaughter United : A Season with a Prison Football Team

 Manslaughter United: the story of the hardest football team in England.'People don't want to know us. They don't want to know we exist. We have all committed horrendous crimes, and they aren't going...

Ronan O'Gara / Unguarded

 Ronan O'Gara has been at the heart of Munster and Irish rugby for the past fifteen years. Now, as he comes to the end of a glittering playing career, it is time for him to reflect on those many...

John Feinstein / Open : Inside the US Open Golf Tournament

 In June 2002, the US Open was played, for the first time in history, on a true public golf course. Bethpage State Park is owned by the state of New York, and no membership is required to play there...

George Best / Scoring At Half-Time

   Michael Parkinson: 'What was the nearest to kick-off that you made love to a woman?'George Best: 'Er- I think it was half-time actually'George Best was the first celebrity footballer and to many...

Chris Bowers / Federer

 Roger Federer is not only one of the greatest tennis players ever to pick up a racket - if not the greatest - but he is one of the global icons of our time. Characterised by a mixture of passion and...

Eoghan Corry /God and the Referee: Unforgettable GAA Quotations

   In God and the Referee, Eoghan Corry takes the most memorable words written or spoken about the GAA and amasses them into a treasury of the great and the good.Grouped into twenty-five sections,...

Robin Oakley / Tales From the Turf : Reflections from a Life in Horseracing

 Britain and Ireland's Top 100 Racehorses of All Time author Robin Oakley takes us on a canter through the colourful world of horseracing. Join him as he shares evocative personal stories of being...

Anne Holland / Kinane : A Remarkable Racing Family

 The Kinanes - stalwarts of Irish racingRegarded by many as the perfect jockey, Mick Kinane rounded off his thirty-four-year career on a dazzling high with champion horse Sea The Stars, winning the...

Donal Keenan / Brothers in Sport GAA (Large Paperback)

 In a game rich with sibling talent and ability, Donal Keenan offers a fascinating examination of some of the game's remarkable family relationships. Profiling some of Ireland's most famous hurling...

P. J Browne / Reading the Green : The Inside Line on the Irish in the Ryder Cup (Large Paperback)

   The format of the British and Irish golf was changed in 1979 after a series of disheartening losses to the Americans. That decision saved the Ryder Cup. It became a closely contested event and...

George Kimball / Four Kings : Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran and the Last Great Era of Boxing (Large Paperback)

 By the late 1970s, boxing had lapsed into a moribund state and interest in it was on the wane. In 1980, however, the sport was resuscitated by a riveting series of bouts involving an improbably...

Colm Keane / Ireland's Soccer Top 20 (Large Paperback)

 For the first time in history, this one book profiles 20 of the greatest soccer legends drawn from both sides of the Irish border. Written as an accompaniment to the RTE Radio 1 series, the...

Stafford Hildrer / Keano : Portrait of a Hero (Hardback)

   This is the story of a football genius told by the people who have met him throughout his incredible career. Very much his own man, Roy Keane has always courted controversy - his aggression on...

Rayvem David Allen / Punches on the Page : A Boxing Anthology (Hardback)

 Boxing by its nature breeds characters and this anthology of epic battles covers a century of gloved combat from the Boston Strong Boy John L. Sullivan to Muhammed Ali, Mike Tyson and Prince Naseem...

Guillem Balague / A Season on the Brink : Rafael Benitez, Liverpool and the Path to European Glory (Hardback)

 When Rafael Benitez was appointed manager of under-achieving Liverpool at the start of the 2004-2005 season, the reaction of many fans was 'Who the **** is Rafael Benitez?'. The Liverpool fans had...

Jacqueline O'Brien & Ivor Herbert - Vincent O'Brien's Great Horses - HB - Ballydoyle 1984

A hardcover first edition,  Pelham Books, 1984, on the hugely successful business built by Vincent O'Brien at Ballydoyle, Tipperary - in breeding and raising some of the best horses in racing history...

Christy O'Connor / From Rough to Fair Ways : The Christy O'Connor Jnr Autobiography (Hardback) Golf Ireland

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so...

Bobby Robson / Farewell But Not Goodbye (Hardback)

 Revered in Newcastle and the North-East, Sir Bobby Robson is a man whose fame knows no boundaries and who enjoys phenomenal popularity. His playing days with Fulham and West Brom in the 1950s and...

Richard Dunwoody / Obsessed : The Autobiography (Hardback)

 In his long-awaited autobiography, the most successful National Hunt jockey of all time reveals what it was that took him to the top - and how he managed to stay there for so long     All of our...

A. P. McCoy / Winner: My Racing Life (Hardback)

 At Sandown Park on the 25 April 2015, riding Box Office, two jumps from home, the realisation hit me. This is it. This is really the end.I was now a matter of seconds away from the moment all the...

Owen McCann / The Liam MacCarthy Cup (Hardback)

 First awarded in 1923, Sean Og O Ceallachain and Owen McCann survey every decade since then, recalling many of the most famous All-Ireland hurling finals:* The thunder and lightning final of 1939,...

John Feinstein / Caddy for Life : The Bruce Edwards Story (Hardback)

   Beyond golf's polished surface there lies a world not often seen by the average fan. The caddy sees everything - the ambition, the strategy, the rivalries, the jealousies - that occurs behind the...

Bill McLaren / Rugby's Great Heroes and Entertainers (Hardback)

 Bill McLaren's career as a rugby commentator spanned 50 years and earned him enormous respect. He is therefore well placed to choose his all-time favourites from the world of rugby in this...

John Scally / Legends of Irish Rugby (Hardback)

   Based on exclusive interviews with 40 celebrated players, past and present, Legends of Irish Rugby is a veritable who's who of the sport. The top personalities of the Irish game take you behind...

Ian Poulter / No Limits : My Autobiography (Hardback)

   Ian Poulter is one of golf's most charismatic figures, with an appeal extending way beyond his sport. Here he tells his inspirational story, from his early rejection as an Spurs youth player,...

Jessica Harrington / Moscow Flyer : Flying to Success (Hardback)

 The two-mile steeplechaser is the most exciting equine athlete on the planet. Half a ton of horse set to carry a rider over twelve 5ft fences at almost 40mph. Moscow Flyer, twice winner of...

Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh / From Dun Sion to Croke Park : The Autobiography (Hardback)

   Memoir by well known Irish radio sports commentator. Author works for RTE and is a household name in Ireland. The book will cover his childhood growing up in Kerry, his years as a teacher and the...

Sam Torrance / Out of Bounds : Legendary Tales From the 19th Hole (Hardback)

 Sam Torrance is British golf's greatest personality. Well known and loved for his insights and anecdotes in his commentary, he divulges tall tales from the great, the good and the not-so-good in the...

Sue Evison / Wayne Rooney : England's Hero (Large Paperback)

 He?s the most talented striker in Britain ? if not the world ? today. He has been likened to football legend Pele and has burst onto the international scene with a blistering performance in Euro...

Tipperary GAA County Board - Tipperary GAA Yearbook 2012 - Blianiris PB Illustrated Gaelic Games

The Tipperary GAA Yearbook, 2012 ( Blianiris Thiobraid Árann, 2012) published by Tipperary County Board, Thurles.  224 pages, large format paperback, excellent copy . Full colour photography...

Tipperary GAA Yearbook 2010 - Blianiris PB Illustrated Gaelic Games

The Tipperay GAA Official Yearbook (2010 - covers and has full results for 2009) 

Ronnie Whelan / Walk On: My Life in Red (Large Paperback)

 Ronnie Whelan was a mainstay of the iconic 1980s Liverpool FC side that won six League Championships, two FA Cups, three League Cups as well an unforgettable European Cup. Under the management of...

Eoin Murphy / Munster Rugby (Large Paperback)

 Rugby in Munster has grown from a minority sport to a hugely popular phenomenon, and now has a team that encapsulates the spirit of the province. The intensely fought Heineken Cup has propelled...

Marcus Stead / Brian O'Driscoll : The Biography

 Brian O'Driscoll is the explosive captain of the 'golden generation' of Irish rugby and a renowned genius on the field. One of the top outside centres in the game, O'Driscoll first became captain of...

Nick Faldo / Life Swings : The Autobiography

   Nick Faldo's remarkable memoir tells the story of the obsessive teenager who grew up to be the greatest golfer this country has ever produced. Along the way there have been arguments with the...

Sam Torrance / Sam The Autobiography Of Sam Torrance

 Sam Torrance is one of the most popular and charismatic golfers in the world. He has spent the last three decades at the top of the professional game, but it is his exploits in the Ryder Cup that...

Pat Lynch - Clane's Golden Era : Gaelic Games 1985 - 2000 HB Kildare GAA

A hardback 1st edition history of Clane GAA, 1985-2000, by Pat Lynch - covering the County Kildare club. No ISBN, unpriced, hardcover with pictorial covers with titles in white to spine and front...

Lauren St. John / Greg Norman : The Biography

 A biography of golfer, Greg Norman. From his one-stroke defeat in the 1986 US PGA to the fatal stroke into the bunker in the 1989 British Open, Lauren St John analyzes the recurrent disasters in...