Birlinn: 208 books
Va Va Froome
The Remarkable Rise of Chris Froome
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
On 21 July 2013 Chris Froome made history as the second British cyclist to win the Tour de France - in the 100th edition of the world's most famous bike race - and the first ever African-born rider to wear the coveted maillot jaune on the top step of the podium in Paris. Froome's path into the elite...
Fighting Spirit
The Autobiography of Fernando Ricksen
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2014
Fernando Ricksen is a fighter. As a footballer, he carved out a fearsome reputation for Rangers, Zenit St Petersburg and the Netherlands. Throughout his time at Ibrox, his aggressive approach won him hero status among the Rangers fans, and off the field he was just as dynamic a force, finding himself...
White Gold
England's Journey to Rugby World Cup Glory
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
White Gold is a study of how and why England, the biggest and wealthiest rugby country on the planet, never dominated the game it invented on a global scale - until Clive Woodward took charge from 1997 to 2004. Ten years on from the greatest triumph in English rugby history, Peter Burns traces the...
No Borders
Playing Rugby for Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Fully updated to include Ireland’s historic victory over the All Blacks and their 2018 Six Nations Grand Slam.From Jack Kyle's immortals to Brian O'Driscoll's golden generation, this is the story of Irish rugby told in the players' words.Celebrated rugby writer Tom English embarks on a pilgrimage...
Behind The Lions
Playing Rugby for the British & Irish Lions
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2013
For 125 years the British & Irish Lions have stood out as a unique emblem in world sport. They represent the best of the best from the four Home Nations, coming together every four years under a united badge to take on the rugby greats of the Southern Hemisphere. Lions tours embody a revered legacy...
When Lions Roared
The Lions, the All Blacks and the Legendary Tour of 1971
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
By 1971 no Lions team had ever defeated the All Blacks in a Test series. Since 1904, six Lions sides had travelled to New Zealand and all had returned home bruised, battered and beaten. But the 1971 tour party was different. It was full of young, ambitious and outrageously talented players who would...
Behind the Rose
Playing Rugby for England
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2014
This is a complete history of the England rugby union team - told by the players themselves. Based on a combination of painstaking research into the early years of the England team through exclusive interviews with a vast array of Test match stars from before the Second World War to the present day,...
Behind the Thistle
Playing Rugby for Scotland
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Based on exclusive interviews with players past and present, Behind the Thistle gives a unique insight into the drama and emotion of representing Scotland in that most rarefied of environments - Test match rugby. Drawing on first-hand interviews from a vast array of former and current players, from...
Running the Smoke
26 First-Hand Accounts of Tackling the London Marathon
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
It is the world's most iconic road race. It is twenty-six-point-two miles of iconic landmarks, cheers, tears, sweat, pain, courage, determination and inspiration. It is triumph over adversity on a colossal scale. It is the London Marathon - and it's an event unlike any other. Running The Smoke tells...
Collision Course
The Olympic Tragedy of Mary Decker and Zola Budd
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2016
Mary Decker's clash with Zola Budd at the 1984 Los Angeles Games is one of the biggest and most controversial events in Olympic history. In a head-to-head that gripped the imagination of the world, the 3000 metres race pitted the experienced and glamourous world champion from the host nation against...
by Brian Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Celtic is a club like no other. Its story is a unique one, of a football club founded to raise money to help alleviate poverty within the predominantly Irish immigrant community of Glasgow’s East End. Yet, from its inception, Celtic has been a club open to all. From those humble and charitable origins,...
Attila: The Scourge of God
The Scourge of God
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2011
'A tremendous story . . . the incursion into the empire of the strangest and most frightening of the barbarian invaders -- and he tells it with great verve and vigour. His prose has a pace, he has a keen eye for the significant detail, and manages the big scenes confidently' -- Allan Massie, The Scotsman
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by Kevin MacNeil
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
If you haven’t yet met Archie the Alpaca now’s your chance.Prolific writer, social observer, grassiccino drinker, occasional dancer and loyal friend, Archie sees the world like no-one else. Gathered here are his thoughts, feelings, loves, hates and everything in between.From his remarks on the...
by Gillian Galbraith
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
If it was me, if I was the murderer, Alice thought, where would I go? What would I do? The job he had set himself was unfinished, he must be aware that his luck could not go on forever. It was a simple calculation; at best, a lifetime in prison, at worst he'd be killed by the police whilst attempting...