Bloomsbury Publishing imprint: 244 books
The Manager
Inside the Minds of Football's Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
From the post room to the board room, everyone thinks they can be the manager. But how do you manage outrageous talent? What do you do to inspire loyalty from your players? How do you turn around a team in crisis? What's the best way to build long-term success? How can you lead calmly under pressure?...
by Tim Krabbé
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2018
The instant cult classic about biking, road racing, and the bicyclists who love their sport.
Originally published in Holland in 1978, The Rider went on to sell more than 100,000 copies. Brilliantly conceived and written at a break-neck pace, it is a loving, imaginative, and, above all, passionate...
Foul Play
The Dark Arts of Cheating in Sport
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Foul Play dissects the age-old subject of cheating in all its absurdity. From plain old doping to claiming a marathon victory despite having driven the middle section of the race, from match-fixing to diving for a penalty - cheating in sport is as old as sport itself.
There are plenty of well-known...
Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy
A Journey to the Heart of Cricket's Underworld
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
A startling and powerful journey to the very core of India's illegal bookmaking industry that exposes the scale of corruption and the match-fixing that now runs rife throughout world cricket.
For several years Ed Hawkins made friends with India's illegal bookmakers - men who boast turnover...
by David Kynaston
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
On a hot morning in July 1898, the sporting world gathered at Lord's to celebrate the fiftieth birthday of WG Grace, the greatest cricketer the game has ever seen. Grace was cheered onto the field by a packed crowd as he captained the Gentlemen, the privileged old guard of the Establishment. Their...
by Ratika Kapur
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Renuka Sharma is a dutiful wife, mother, and daughter-in-law holding the fort in a modest rental in Delhi while her husband tries to rack up savings in Dubai. Working as a receptionist and committed to finding a place for her family in the New Indian Dream of air-conditioned malls and high paid jobs...
Secondhand
Travels in the New Global Garage Sale
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2019
From the author of Junkyard Planet, a journey into the surprising afterlives of our former possessions.
Downsizing. Decluttering. A parent's death. Sooner or later, all of us are faced with things we no longer need or want. But when we drop our old clothes and other items off at a local donation...
The Book of Beautiful Questions
The Powerful Questions That Will Help You Decide, Create, Connect, and Lead
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
From the bestselling author of A More Beautiful Question, hundreds of big and small questions that harness the magic of inquiry to tackle challenges we all face--at work, in our relationships, and beyond.
When confronted with almost any demanding situation, the act of questioning can help guide...
Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook
Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
Bestselling author, TV host, and chef Anthony Bourdain reveals the hearty, delicious recipes of Les Halles, the classic New York City French bistro where he got his start.
Before stunning the world with his bestselling Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain, host of the celebrated TV shows...
Curing & Smoking
River Cottage Handbook No.13
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
In the thirteenth River Cottage Handbook, Steven Lamb shows how to cure and smoke your own meat, fish and cheese.
Curing and smoking your own food is a bit of a lost art in Britain these days. While our European neighbours have continued to use these methods on their meat, fish and cheese for...
by Michael Mansfield
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2009
A radical lawyer with an unparalleled commitment to his clients, driven by anger at injustice and hypocrisy, intelligent, handsome and dynamic, Michael Mansfield has been tearing down the citadels of arcane legal conventions for more than forty years. Unafraid of rejection or failure, Michael has...
by Kerry Young
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
A story of revolution and oppression, privilege and poverty, love and betrayal from the critically acclaimed author of Pao
Fay Wong is caught between worlds. Her father is a Chinese immigrant who conjured a fortune from nothing; her African heritage mother grew up on a plantation and now reigns...
Dreaming in Chinese
Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
Deborah Fallows has spent much of her life learning languages and traveling around the world. But nothing prepared her for the surprises of learning Mandarin, China's most common language, or the intensity of living in Shanghai and Beijing. Over time, she realized that her struggles and triumphs in...
Rifleman
A Front-Line Life from Alamein and Dresden to the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
Born into a working-class family in London in 1919, Victor Gregg enlisted in the Rifle Brigade at nineteen, was sent to the Middle East and saw action in Palestine. Following service in the western desert and at the battle of Alamein, he joined the Parachute Regiment and in September 1944 found himself...