Biography: sport

How to Build a Car [9780008196806]

The world's foremost designer in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE, is arguably one of Britain's greatest engineers and this is his fascinating, powerful …

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Behind the Mask: My Autobiography [9781529124866]

The extraordinary story of the rise and fall and rise again of Tyson Fury... A Manchester lad from Irish Traveller stock, born three months premature…

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Quiet Genius: Bob Paisley, British Football's Greatest Manager [9781472937322]

Bob Paisley was the quiet man in the flat cap who swept all domestic and European opposition aside and produced arguably the greatest club team that B…

The Jersey: The Secrets Behind the World's Most Successful Team [9781509856688]

The All Blacks are the greatest sports team on the planet. With a better winning record than any other sports team in history, they stand head and sho…

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King Eric Cantona: Portrait Of The Artist Who Changed English Football [9781911613510]

Read our Q&A with Wayne Barton here Eric Cantona arrived at Manchester United in 1992, starting an era of unprecedented success. This book takes…

Built for Speed [9781785034800]

'A great read' - Guy Martin 'Then I was there: the smells, the noise and the speed were all there for me to take in. It was like a massive injection i…

Ali: A Life [9781471155932]

The most comprehensive and definitive biography of Muhammad Ali that has ever been published, based on more than 500 interviews with those who knew hi…

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Form: My Autobiography [9781471166518]

Kieren Fallon was one of the world's greatest jockeys, but his career was littered with controversial incidents. Now, in his powerful and honest autob…

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Jenson Button: Life to the Limit: My Autobiography [9781911600343]

Here, Jenson tells his full story for the first time in his own honest, intelligent and eloquent style.  Jenson Button is one of the greatest rac…

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Magic Spanner: The World of Cycling According to Carlton Kirby [9781472959867]

In Magic Spanner, TV's `Mr Cycling', Carlton Kirby, gives us an expert, behind-the-scenes view - one that the average fan rarely gets to see or hear a…

Arlott, Swanton and the Soul of English Cricket [9781408895405]

A fascinating account of how two BBC broadcasters battled for the soul of English cricket during a time of great social change For more than a quarter…

My Life and Rugby: The Autobiography [9781509850709]

Brilliant, honest, combative - Eddie Jones is a gigantic yet enigmatic figure in world rugby and a true legend of the game. In My Life and Rugby he te…

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Barry Sheene: The Official Photographic Celebration of the Legendary Motorcycle Champion [9781472944580]

Barry Sheene is arguably the greatest British motorcycle racing rider of all time. A chancer, lovable rogue and the leading sports star of his era, ad…

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How to Be a Footballer [9781785039782]

'Very funny on almost every page, wonderfully self-deprecating and very sharp on the ludicrous behaviour of the modern player' - Sunday Times 'The…

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Too Many Reasons to Live [9781529073249]

Rugby league legend Rob Burrow's memoir will be one of the most inspirational books you'll ever read. It will move you to tears and make you laugh. It…

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The Maverick Mountaineer: The Remarkable Life of George Ingle Finch: Climber, Scientist, Inventor [9781760111922]

In the spring of 1901 a teenager stood on top of a hill, gazed out in wonderment at the Australian landscape and decided he wanted to be a mountaineer…

True Colours: My Autobiography [9781472282002]

The riveting full-career autobiography of Barry Geraghty, one of the most successful jump jockeys in the sport's history. Now retired, Geraghty takes …

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Even Heskey Scored: Emile Heskey, My Story [9781785315008]

The revealing autobiography of former footballer Emile Heskey. From humble beginnings, Emile became one of Leicester's favourite sons, as part of Mar…

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Feel: My Story [9780753545614]

Feel is the story of how a small-time boy from humble beginnings in Louisiana rose to the pantheon of greats, to win the 500cc and 250cc GP Championsh…

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Quitters Never Win [9781529104448]

Some people are born to be a certain thing.And I was a born fighter.At the age of eight, Michael Bisping began his training in martial arts. By the ti…