Biographies

Andy Gray has been at the forefront of British soccer for over three decades. Now, for the first time, he tells his own remarkable story, and that of the modern game. From a fanatical footballing household in Glasgow, Andy worked his way to become a teenage prodigy at Dundee. But it was in England t... More

"Roger Bannister and the Four Minute Mile "does more than detail the history of a sporting giant. It invites the reader to reconsider the very words often used to describe Bannister, notably hero and gentleman amateur. Informed by contemporary sport science, the text also questions the significance ... More

World-class hero Lance Armstrong tells his inspiring story, from the dark night of advanced testicular cancer through his dramatic victory in the 1999 Tour de France. This trade paperback edition features new material on Tour de France 2000 and the 2001 Olympics.The #1 "New York Times" bestseller wi... More

Jim Corbett was every inch a hero, something like a "sahib" Davy Crockett: expert in the ways of the jungle, fearless in the pursuit of man-eating big cats, and above all a crack shot. Brought up on a hill-station in north-west India, he killed his first leopard before he was nine and went on to ach... More

The last of Colonel Jim Corbett's books on his unique and enthralling hunting experiences in India, this volume concludes the narrative of his adventures with tigers begun in the famous Man-Eaters of Kumaon. These stories maintain, perhaps even supercede, the high standard of the earlier classic col... More

Most of Jim Corbett's books contain collections of stories that recount adventures tracking and shooting man-eaters in the Indian Himalaya. This volume, however, consists of a single story, often considered the most exciting of all Corbett's jungle tales. He gives a carefully-detailed account of a n... More

In the twelve years that he has been in the public eye, Sachin Tendulkar has been explosive on the cricket field and just as reticent off it. He was barely fifteen years old when he first wrote his name into the record books with a stupendous 664-run partnership with his childhood friend Vinod Kambl... More

David Beckham is one of the world's foremost media icons, his popularity transcending sport and cultural divides. This is his own in-depth account of his career to date, for Manchester United and England, his childhood, family and personal life, and the full story of his transfer to Real Madrid. W... More

There is only one David Beckham - and it's not always the one you read about in the papers. MY SIDE is David's story, told by him. It's about growing up as a football-mad kid, making it as a professional, becoming a sex-symbol and fashion icon. How much he loves Victoria, Brooklyn and Romeo, and the... More

One of the most successful and influential cricketers in the all-conquering Australian Test team of the past decade, Mark Waugh's talent is matched by his tough character. His story is a typical no-holds barred rites of passage from spirited youth to supreme sportsman. Mark Edward Waugh was born i... More

The Rock is layin' the smack down With unapologetic honesty, and inimitable style, The Rock tells his story from his boyhood days traveling around the world with his father (professional wrestler Rocky Johnson) to his years as a football player at the University of Miami and his less than glamorou... More

The Nice Guy Who Finished First is a remarkable story of Rahul Dravid's illustrious career in international cricket that commenced in 1996 and continues to flourish nine years later.It tells the tale of a young man who has succeeded in his chosen profession thriugh an ardent faith in the three 'D's ... More

Despite only just arriving on the international cricketing scene in 2006, Monty Panesar's performances against India and in the Ashes series have catapulted him to cult hero status. Since his call-up to the England senior squad, Panesar's life seems to have been a whirlwind of headlines and stardom,... More

Born in Bombay in 1938, Farokh Engineer quickly displayed a prodigious talent with both bat and gloves. Selected to play for the India Starlets in the late 1950s, by 1967 he was signed with Lancashire. Farokh was instrumental in both the renaissance of the Red Rose County's fortunes and in the forgi... More

The story of the first family of Indian tennis begins in 1933, when T.K. Ramanathan bought a tennis racquet by selling a piece of his wife’s jewellery. Within a few years’ time he was ranked No.3 in India, but little did the small tennis-playing community in the country realize that his passi... More