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A glimpse into a life less ordinary from one of the world's most prolific BASE jumpers and infamous party animals, Chris 'Douggs' McDougall. This riotous and often touching life story gives an insight into the world of hyper extreme sports where death lurks at every corner. Douggs faces the challenge armed with a case of beer, a wry sense of humour and an attitude that catches the authorities flat-footed.

William “Bill” Burgess was a larger-than-life personality. This was displayed on football fields across the Southeast, first as a player at Auburn University and later as a championship-winning coach at the high school and collegiate levels. But he was also a father. His son, New York Times best-selling author and nationally syndicated radio host Rick Burgess, had a front-row seat to this legendary man who had a way with words like few others.

Jason Dunkerley’s Visions of Hope: Running Towards My Own Truth is the inspiring autobiography of a distinguished Canadian middle-distance runner, who has been blind from birth due to a congenital eye condition. He achieved international acclaim as a five-time Paralympic medalist and world champion.

ഭാരതത്തിൽ നിന്നുള്ള ആദ്യ ലോക ചെസ്സ് ചാമ്പ്യനായ വിശ്വനാഥ് ആനന്ദിന്റെ ആത്‌മകഥ. ഒരു സാധാരണക്കാരനിൽ നിന്നും ചെസ്സ് ലോകത്തിലെ പടവുകൾ ഓരോന്നായി കീഴടക്കി വിജയം നേടിയ വിശ്വനാഥ് ആനന്ദിന്റെ ജീവിതം ഓരോ വായനക്കാരനും പുതിയ ഉൾക്കാഴ്ചകൾ നൽകുന്നു. ജീവിതത്തിലെ ദുര്‍ഘടവും സങ്കീർണതകളും നിറഞ്ഞ ഘട്ടങ്ങൾ ചതുരംഗകളത്തിനു തുല്യമായതിനാൽ ബുദ്ധിപരവും സൂക്ഷ്മവുമായ കരുനീക്കങ്ങൾ രണ്ടിലും ഒരുപോലെ അനിവാര്യമാണെന്നു ഈ കൃതി വായനക്കാരനെ ബോധ്യപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു. ആദ്യാവസാനം ആവേശം നിറഞ്ഞ തന്റെ ഐതിഹാസികമായ പോരാട്ടങ്ങൾ വിശ്വനാഥ് ആനന്ദ് സ്വന്തം വാക്കുകളിലൂടെ വിവരിക്കുന്പോള്‍ ചെസ്സ് ലോകത്തിലെ വിസ്മയലോകത്തിലേക്ക് വായനക്കാരും കടന്നെത്തുന്നു.

Nearly fifty years after taking up the game, Michael Bamberger made a pair of startling discoveries: golf had never meant more to him, and he knew almost nothing about it. He decided to cover himself in green in a whole new way. He spent a year inside the ropes of professional golf—playing, caddying, competing, volunteering, and interviewing—looking for a door into the sport’s sanctum sanctorum.

A path-breaking work of biography about the collision of two American giants, Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson, whose lives would be forever altered by Robinson’s 1949 appearance before the notorious House Un-American Activities Committee—from one of the best sports and culture writers working today.

At the age of 16, a boy amongst men, Andy Farrell made his first-team debut for Wigan Warriors – and became a father for the first time. At 18, he won his first senior international cap. At 21, he won his first Man of Steel Award for the Super League player of the year. He went on to win the Golden Boot award for world player of the year.

In sports, not all the long shots who succeed are athletes. In 1984, Tom Hammond, a forty-year-old sportscaster who had primarily worked in Kentucky and the Southeast, got an unlikely opportunity to appear on the NBC Sports telecast of the inaugural Breeders' Cup. Assigned to report from the stall area on what was supposed to be a single broadcast, Hammond performed so well that an NBC executive offered him a chance to call NFL games on the spot.

In a sport where legends are forged on hallowed grounds from Lord's to Eden Gardens, one umpire's story stands apart. A passionate Australian cricketer trades his whites for an umpire's coat, embarking on a journey that would challenge cricket's traditions. For six years, he witnesses the game's magic from cricket's most privileged position — standing in matches across England's most storied grounds, where giants of the game once played. But it's his return to Australia that delivers an unexpected twist — like a Kumble googly that deceives even the most seasoned batsman.

Dive into the compelling autobiography of Börje Salming, the legendary Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman who transformed Canadian hockey. What makes a hockey legend? Börje Salming, celebrated for his fearless, relentless play, was a pioneer among European players in the NHL. Born in the remote village of Salmi, Sweden, Börje's tough upbringing forged his legendary resilience. Whether crossing icy Torneträsk lake or blocking a puck, he took every risk.

Once Upon a Toon offers a unique perspective on life behind the scenes at one of England’s most famous football clubs. No other individual has had the immense privilege of working at Newcastle United in the capacity that Paul Ferris once did: as a player between 1981 and 1986, as a physiotherapist between 1993 and 2006, and finally as a key member of Alan Shearer’s management team in 2009.

Robert Craig Knievel (October 17, 1938 - November 30, 2007), known as Evel Knievel, was an American stunt performer and entertainer, born in Butte, Montana. Throughout his career, he attempted more than 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps. Knievel's most famous stunts include a 1967 jump over the fountains at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, which infamously resulted in severe injuries, and a September 8, 1974, attempt to jump across the Snake River Canyon in Idaho using a rocket-powered cycle called the Skycycle X-2.

JE SUIS LE MEILLEUR, ALORS QUE LE MEILLEUR GAGNE ! L'histoire de Cédric Doumbé commence au Cameroun. Elle se poursuit à l'âge de 8 ans à son arrivée en France où il apprend une nouvelle culture et les affres de l'hiver parisien. Adolescent, il découvre la boxe, les sports de combats et sa vie s'en trouve profondément changée. À force d'entraînements acharnés auprès des meilleurs spécialistes, Cédric Doumbé devient une légende de son sport. Il est multichampion du monde de kickboxing avant de combattre en MMA.

The first autobiography from legendary Welsh rugby player George North. George North is a true legend of Welsh rugby, an integral part of the national team for fourteen years. Recently retired from the international game, he is the third-most-capped player in Welsh history with 121 Test appearances, the youngest player ever to reach 100 caps, and the second-highest try scorer with 47. At club level, he has played for the Scarlets, Northampton and Ospreys, and latterly Provence in France.

Picking up where his bestselling memoir left off 15 years ago, Ned Boulting’s love for the greatest cycling race on earth has deepened, his fascination has been sporadically rewarded, his fitness has slowly declined and his hairline has receded…Bringing the story up to the present day, Ned reflects on how the sport has somehow shrugged off the ghosts of its tainted past to reinvent itself. But his latest dispatches from the front line of road racing don’t stop at the finish line in Paris.

Vassos Alexander found solace and distraction swimming in the Thames during a difficult summer, and was bitten by the bug. Now he can't pass a body of water without wanting to jump in. Told through the story of training for a solo Channel swim, Swimmingly takes you on a journey across the world from Bournemouth beach to San Francisco Bay. Vassos discovers that outdoor swimming is not about being the fastest or the best, it's about finding that little bit of magic in every stroke.

The Ashes series of 1954–55 marked a watershed moment in the history of English cricket. Under the leadership of Len Hutton, the national team’s first professional captain, one of the greatest group of players ever to represent England won an Ashes series in Australia for the first time in more than 20 years. It is a feat that has been repeated only four times in more than 70 years since. But Hutton’s men had to overcome the additional obstacle of losing heavily in the first Test – only one England team has managed to win an overseas Ashes series after such a monumental setback.

This book is about the batters who see what mortals don’t. Javed Miandad purposefully makes errors to manipulate the field, Sachin Tendulkar dug up a pitch to take on Warne, Shivnarine Chanderpaul practised non-stop on a beach with tennis balls until he mastered technique and Joe Root’s great play against spin is known to be a confluence of three random events. Others, such as Smith, Pietersen and Richards, carried on the work of a man 100 years before their time, and Ranji changed cricket with a bucket.

Before there was Bob Probert, Tie Domi, or Stu Grimson, there was Dave Schultz. The original enforcer changed the face of the NHL for decades to come, and helped bring the Philadephia Flyers their first Stanley Cup in franchise history, by scaring opponents into submission. His name was known and feared around the league—and still is. Schultz still draws long lines for his autograph.

The legendary sportswriter and the Hall of Fame, eleven-time NBA champion coach separate the music from the noise in the stories of the greatest who ever played and their impact on the game.