Aurum Press: 240 books
Mile by Mile
An Illustrated Journey On Britain's Railways as they were in 1947
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Travel back in time on a journey across Britain’s main-line railways on the eve of nationalisation. The views from the carriage windows are conveyed through finely detailed, hand-drawn maps, each a rich reminder of the linesides bursting with activity in an era of technical progress, glamour and...
The Football Man
People & Passions in Soccer
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
‘ Football matters, as poetry does to some people and alcohol does to others… Football is inherent in the people… There is more eccentricity in deliberately disregarding it than in devoting a life to it. The way we play the game, organize it and reward it reflects the kind of community we are’
Written...
by Paul Rees
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
2016 will mark the 20th anniversary of the 1996 European Cup, hosted in England, when the national football team reached the semi-finals to be knocked out, on penalties, by Germany. It was also the end of a generation – these were the last footballers to be brought up on beer and sweat. In September...
Miss Savidge Moves Her House
The Extraordinary Story of May Savidge and her House of a Lifetime
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2010
‘ This story will appeal to those who still believe that an Englishman’ s home is his castle, and to those who have a soft spot for indomitable old women’ Daily Telegraph
The hardback edition of this book, published in 2009 under the title A Lifetime in the Building, saw its extraordinary...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
For the record-breaking third time London will be hosting the Olympic Games in 2012. From the inception of Baron Pierre de Courbetin’ s crusade to revive the Games of the ancient Greeks, in the 1890s, through the triumphs and disasters of twenty-nine Olympiads, The Daily Telegraph has been there...
by Martin Smith
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
An anthology of the Telegraph's best articles written on the World Cup from some of the biggest names in rugby, this publication will coincide with the Rugby World Cup in Autumn 2015. The selection will include articles from Will Carling, Nick Farr Jones (NZ Captain 1991), John Eales (his successor),...
by Julie Angel
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
From its humble origins in the backstreets and rooftops of Paris's urban jungle, to the tops of London and New York's skyscrapers, Parkour, has become an adrenaline-fuelled implosion on the urban landscape. But more than a sport that most jaw-dropped onlookers can hardly comprehend, Parkour is an...
Runner
A short story about a long run
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
From a school girl running the streets of London to a world record-breaking athlete racing on mountains and toughest races, long-distance runner Lizzy Hawker is an inspiration to anyone who would like to see how far they can go, running or not. This is the complete story of Lizzy’s journey, uncovering...
The Toughest Tour
The Ashes Away Series: 1946 to 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2013
The Ashes away series is without doubt the toughest test of an English cricketer’ s career. From the ageing team of the first post-war tour, landing at Fremantle after three weeks at sea in a Ministry of War transport carrier, to the ‘ whitewash’ of 2006-7, when England fell like rabbits caught...
Smasher!
The Life of Sid James
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2014
Everyone thinks they know Sid James – the Carry On star and womaniser, who drank himself to death after the end of his affair with Barbara Windsor – but despite hundreds of scandalous newspaper exposé s the real story of this complex actor has never been told.
Now, this fascinating biography...
The Blitzed City
The Destruction of Coventry, 1940
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
The Luftwaffe's targetting and destruction of Coventry city remains the biggest and most destructive air raid on British soil during the Second World War. Seen as a centre of British armaments production, the German high command wished to inflict terror and panic on the British public, a plan that...
The Girl from Station X
My Mother's Unknown Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2013
***'A typical day on the 4 to 12 shift, as I am at present, *** so that the sheer agony of it may be placed on record for me to look back on, perhaps one day in the far distant future when this period may be seen like a nightmare and be mercifully semi-observed in oblivion so that I shall remember...
Total Football - A graphic history of the world's most iconic soccer tactics
The evolution of football formations and plays
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2018
The striking evolution of the world’s most iconic football tactics:
How they work, why they win – and the people that made them iconic.
In the early days of football, it was simple: a goalkeeper, two defenders and the rest attacked. Now the game is all about strategy.
Innovative graphics...
How to Think Like Muhammad Ali
The Paradox of Greatness and the Power of Mental Toughness
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
Muhammad Ali is the most famous boxer in the history of the sport. Three-times World Champion and the thorn in the side of Vietnam-era America he became a moral beacon at a time when America was on its knees. But, for all his pronouncements, Ali rarely revealed the psychological training that went...