Biographies

This story of how Lance Armstrong came back from a fight against cancer to win the sporting world's most physically and mentally demanding event - the Tour de France won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 'If you read just one sports book this year, this is the one' Express on SundayLance Arm... More

In Tiger Woods: How I Play Golf, the world's greatest golfer allows us the inside track into his tactics and techniques, and explains what makes his golf 'tick'. It includes over 250 easy-to-follow colour illustrations and diagrams. Whether you are an absolute beginner, an enthusiastic amateur, or o... More

An enduring passion for Everest and other Unforgiving Places With a Foreword by Jon Krakauer For generations of adventurers, from Mallory to Hilary, Norgay to Krakauer, Mount Everest and the world’s greatest peaks have provided the ultimate testing ground. But as the public’s fascina... More

I am neither churchly nor a particularly spiritual person, but I can tell you that some force within me rejected death at the last moment and then guided me, blind and stumbling-- quite literally a dead man walking-- into camp and the shaky start of my return to life. On May 10, 1996, nine climbers ... More

Lance Armstrong's achievement (as vividly detailed in Daniel Coyle's Lance Armstrong: Tour de Force) has been one of the most astonishing in recent sporting history, not least for the reasons detailed in the book's strapline: tough guys, flawed heroes and one man's battle for ultimate supremacy. Thi... More

This is a deeply reported, insightful look into the often inspiring, always surprising core of this remarkable cyclist made newly vulnerable by age, fate, fame, and an unprecedented army of challengers."Lance Armstrong's War" is the extraordinary story of greatness pushed to its limits, a vivid, beh... More

A publishing phenomenon in hardcover, Roy Keane's autobiography was the biggest selling sports book of the year. Now in paperback it includes a new chapter covering Keane's vindication by the FAI report, and the punishment meted out by the FA and Mick McCarthy's resignation. Brilliantly reviewed, Ro... More

Boy wonders come and go, but Michael Owen has made the giant leap from sensational teenage star into one of the most consistent and respected strikers in world football - and he's still only 24 at the time of writing his new autobiography, "Off The Record," A child goal-machine in North Wales who we... More

Meet some of the NFL's newest--and most impressive--stars. They have the talent and the skills to become superstars. They'll be around for years to come, get to know them now.Profiles: Ben Roethlisberger, QB, Pittsburgh; Carson Palmer, QB, Cincinnati; Byron Leftwich, QB, Jacksonville; Eli Manning, Q... More

Paula Radcliffe has been hailed as one of the finest female distance runners of all time. Her amazing run of record-breaking victories in 2002 and 2003, including smashing the women' s world marathon record in Chicago and then again in London, showed an athlete at the peak of her powers. Such was he... More

Now in paperback--get into the ring with the WWE Superstar who takes wrestling to the edge of physical limitation. of full-color photos; b&w photos throughout."Adam Copeland on Edge" is what the author describes as "a mental picture." It's also a dream -- "one of many" -- that he decided to realize ... More

Bestselling author Ian Stafford has run, boxed, putted, rowed, wrestled and kicked balls with the finest sportsmen in the world. Which is why he finds the doubt about his driving technique particularly galling. After one too many arguments with his wife in the car, Stafford sets out to prove that he... More

The complete autobiography of one of the great icons of this century - the first man to set foot on the summit of Everest. The first man to set foot on the summit of Everest, the man who led a team of tractors to the South Pole, the man who jetboated up the Ganges from the ocean to the sky has, for ... More

The Great Untold Story of EverestSherpas are part of our everyday parlance, yet we know so little of their world beyond their depiction as climbing wonders. In Touching My Father's Soul, Jamling Tenzing Norgay gives us an insider's view of the Sherpa world as he tells a story of Everest unlike any t... More

Boris Becker shot to fame in 1985 when, at 17, he became the youngest player ever to win the men' s final at Wimbledon. He went on to win two more Wimbledon titles, and a total of 49 singles and 15 doubles crowns, making him one of the greatest players of the 20th century. But his personal life alwa... More