Hodder Stoughton: 1633 books
The Wit of Golf
Humourous anecdotes from golf's best-loved personalities
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2010
Building on the huge success of THE WIT OF CRICKET, this is a collection of the funniest golf anecdotes, jokes and stories.
A bumper bag of humorous anecdotes and amusing tales from golf's best-loved personalities that proves golf is a funny old game ? birdies, bunkers and all!
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Graeme Swann: The Breaks Are Off - My Autobiography
My rise to the top
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
Graeme Swann's transformation from international outsider to England's primary match-winner and undisputed best spin bowler in the world has been remarkably rapid. Within two years of his 2008 Test debut, he had become his country's most reliable bowler, made the shortlist for the ICC's cricketer...
John Giles: A Football Man - My Autobiography
The heart of the game
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2010
'The dream was football . . .'
John Giles had a gift. At the age of three, he could kick a ball the way it was supposed to be kicked. And he knew that every hour that passed without kicking a ball was an hour wasted.
'It was the same dream that most of the kids had at that time . . .'
In A...
Andrew Strauss: Winning the Ashes Down Under
Coming out on Top
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2011
In November 2010, Andrew Strauss faced the ultimate challenge for an England cricket captain: winning the Ashes on Australian soil, a feat that had not been achieved for 24 years. By the end of a series that gripped the nation, he had led his team to an overwhelming victory - inflicting an unprecedented...
by James May
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
'A typically Mayesque celebration of classic engineering ... May is extraordinarily good at explaining what a carburettor is or outlining how a governor works... It's charming, transfixing and surprisingly intimate...It might be the best thing he's ever done.' - Guardian [review of BBC4 TV series]
'Reassembly...
Landing on My Feet
A deeply personal memoir
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2013
On 20 October 2007 Mike Catt MBE made history by becoming the oldest player to appear in a World Cup Final. It was also to be his last game for England in an international career stretching back 14 years in which he was awarded 75 caps.
The occasion England against South Africa completed an...
Staying Power
A Year In My Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Phil 'The Power' Taylor is the uncontested king of darts, his sixteen world championship titles between 1990 and 2013 far outclassing anything else the game has seen.
He started out as a protégé of Eric Bristow, the Crafty Cockney, having wandered into his Burslem pub with a set of darts...
The Wit of Cricket
Stories from Cricket's best-loved personalities
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2010
A bumper collection of the funniest anecdotes, jokes and stories from cricket's best-loved personalities. Cricket is a funny old game -- even when rain stops play! Now you can read not only the most popular stories by five of the game's all-time great characters -- Richie Benaud, Dickie Bird, Henry...
Second Innings
My Sporting Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Fast bowler, six-hitter, popular hero, one of the lads, king of the jungle - Andrew Flintoff is all of those things.
Second Innings, is his searingly honest yet uplifting autobiography, Flintoff reveals unseen, surprising sides to his career and personality.
The restless need to push and challenge...
Over But Not Out
The heart of the game and beyond
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
The story of a lifetime at the very centre of international cricket, from the most respected TV commentator in the game.
Few people understand cricket as well as Richie Benaud. For sixty years, as player and commentator, he has set the standards for others to follow and has witnessed all the...
White Cap and Bails
Adventures of a much loved Umpire
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
In this anecdotal book, the unstoppable Dickie Bird takes one County Cricket Club at a time and revisits each with the aid of memorabilia, statistics, books and videos. A mass of new hilarious stories flow from Dickie as he flexes his memory: he describes the cricketers, the matches and the character...
Dickie Bird Autobiography
An honest and frank story
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
Dickie Bird's retirement was an international event shown on TV screens and newspapers throughout the world. He is a household name, an eccentric, and one of the most loved and respected characters in world cricket. His idiosyncratic style and infectious humour has endeared him to millions, transcending...
Andrew Flintoff: Ashes to Ashes
One Test After Another
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
'Freddie' Flintoff is perhaps the best-known cricketer in the world, and definitely the most loved in the UK. Widely considered the greatest English all-rounder since Ian Botham, bars at cricket grounds immediately empty the moment he approaches the wicket. It was victory in the 2005 Ashes series...
Remembering Richie
A Tribute to a Cricket Legend
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
A tribute to Richie Benaud and a celebration of his life.
Remembering Richie is a compilation of the very best writing from Richie's books, along with the best tributes and obituaries from those who knew and worked with him.
As a player, Richie was one of the greatest of cricket's all-rounders....