Soccer: The Ultimate Guide

A fun and educational title teaches children everything they need to know to get ready for soccer season--from learning basic rules and finding local organizations to exploring the history and players of the sport. Simultaneous.

Children's Books

Saunders, Catherine

Dakin, Glenn

Cloake, Martin

Powley, Adam

Radnedge, Aidan

Sports & Outdoors

DK Pub.

Did motor makers and marketers of yesteryear really think a virtually naked woman would sell a car? Has any driver ever bought a vehicle on the basis that he liked the look of the model draped seductively over its hood? It wouldn’t happen in today’s more enlightened world, but back in the later decades of the 20th century, sex apparently sold – and almost no car promotion of feature was complete without beautiful models in various unsubtle states of undress. To visit this odd world, take a drive down motoring memory lane to a decidedly less politically correct time - when sexism was clearly an alien concept to carmakers all too eager to exploit the female form.

My Dad's Motors

Biographies & Memoirs

Haynes Publishing, UK

When Boxing Was Boxing is a photographic celebration of the sport’s heyday. It’s a beautifully illustrated tribute to an age when the noble art was a little more dignified, and a little less preoccupied with money and the politics of sport. It’s about a time when there weren’t quite so many governing bodies, nor multiple world ‘champions’ viewed only by tiny audiences on pay-per-view channels; a time when boxing was once regarded as the pinnacle of professional sporting endeavor, and not just a lucrative arm of the leisure and entertainment business. With special features on the sport’s grassroots, its particular customs, culture and curiosities, and its more lighthearted moments, this is an affectionate and wonderfully nostalgic look at a time when boxing really was boxing.

When Boxing Was Boxing: A Nostalgic Look at a Century of Boxing

Individual Sports

While horse racing may still provide a glorious and compelling spectacle, the sport of kings was at its most majestic in decades past. This beautiful collection of photographs and memories takes you back to that wonderful era with a unique look at the sport’s long and rich heritage. Drawing on 100 years of outstanding photographs in the huge Mirrorpix archive, this book brings racing to life as it once was. All the excitement, drama, and thrill of the chase are evoked, along with profiles on the great and the good of the game, from champion riders to trackside rogues, cup-winning thoroughbreds to the less-heralded but no-less loved plucky competitors of their day. This book celebrates the sport’s grass roots, its customs, curiosities, and unique characteristics held dear by racing lovers around the world. Written by award-winning author and sports journalist Adam Powley, and ranging from the grandest venues to the humblest tracks, this is the perfect illustrated guide to racing’s golden age

When Horse Racing Was Horse Racing: A Century on the Turf

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Haynes Publishing

Over half a century after John F. Kennedy’s assassination, he endures as one of the most extraordinary figures of modern times. A hero to millions, an inspiration to a generation, revered, flawed, loved, yet also loathed, he was man who both defined his age and was brutally destroyed by it. Kennedy may have only served as US president for just two years, but his impact and legacy have eclipsed the lives and reputations of any number of other world leaders. JFK's Camelot: The Unfolding Story as told by The Daily Mirror offers a unique insight into the life story of this endlessly compelling man. By using contemporary newspaper reports and photographs, many never published before, the book provides a gripping and immediate sense of Kennedy’s story. It charts his emergence as the young scion of an ambitious and influential clan; Kennedy’s exploits as the courageous war hero, the rising star of American politics and, having reached the highest office in the world, JFK: President of the United States of America before recounting the awful tragedy of his horrific demise. Kennedy’s achievements, failures, glamorous lifestyle, tortuous personal relationships, and the myth of ‘Camelot’ are all portrayed. The rumors, secrets, affairs and conspiracies that surrounded and continue to swirl around this famous, charismatic and complex individual are also presented with revealing and fresh insights - making for a remarkable illustrated story of a 20th century icon.

JFK's Camelot: The Unfolding Story of a President

Historical

Newspaper front pages may be labelled ‘tomorrow's chip paper' but they are documents of history in the making. They report on unforgettable events and the lives of famous people. They sum up the momentous days that have defined the past, from wars to peace accords, the greatest of human achievements to the most heinous of man's crimes. But what of those stories that are less well-remembered - the dramatic, sensational, or simply eye-catching news that made headlines all those years ago, but which have since been relatively neglected? 100 Forgotten Headlines brings those remarkable events back to vivid life. Through the pages of the Daily Mirror, it reveals nearly a century of reports that were genuinely big news at the time. Here are the less-heralded but no less compelling conflicts, famines, assassinations, and disasters, both natural and man-made. There are inspiring tales of scientific breakthroughs, feats of endurance, and individual achievements. There are terrible accidents, world-shattering events, and the exploits of famous people whose celebrity or notoriety has faded with the passing years. Here also are the curiosities, entertaining oddities and bizarre cases that grabbed readers' attentions at the time but now seem like a lost world rooted in another age. Complete with superb photographs and fascinating background information that places each story in context, 100 Forgotten Headlines is an intriguing window into an unseen past.

History That Time Forgot: 100 Front Pages and the Stories Behind Them

History

Military

From humble origins to glittering success at home and abroad, Tottenham Hotspur is a name synonymous with the glamour, prestige, and romance of football's heyday.  Ever since a group of schoolboys gathered beneath a street light to form a team soon dubbed "the Flower of the South" the club pioneered an adventurous style that made the Spurs name famous around the world.

When Football was Football: Spurs: A Nostalgic Look at a Century of the Club

Miscellaneous

They were the last great Spurs team. A tight-knit group of London lads laced with Latin creativity, Yorkshire grit and Scottish genius, playing for a few hundred quid a week and the glory of putting on the Tottenham shirt. They won two FA Cups and a UEFA Cup together, they went drinking together and they appeared on Top of the Pops together. They were The Boys From White Hart Lane. Renowned Tottenham authors Martin Cloake and Adam Powley have tracked down their childhood heroes to produce a book of wonderfully vivid and candid interviews with ten members of the team including Steve Perryman, Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa. It is a book that not only opens the doors of the White Hart Lane dressing room during this iconic period for the club, but takes the reader back in time to a football world before Premier League, multi-billionaire foreign owners and millionaire reserve players sitting on the bench in yellow boots and headbands. Packed with insight, revelations and wonderful stories - including the training ground prank which saw a player break his toe on a breeze block, the all-night drinking session in Swaziland and the story of how Ossie dented the FA Cup - The Boys From White Hart Lane is an intimate and eye-opening portrait of the men who put the glory back into Spurs.

The Boys From White Hart Lane: White Hart Lane in the 80s

Soccer

Vision Sports Publishing

A fully revised and updated edition of a popular seller, which will delight fans of one of Britain's most prestigious clubs. As well as providing answers to a wealth of trivia questions, the book includes all-new information to bring it up to date as of the 2011/2012 season.

The Spurs Miscellany

Reference

Almanacs & Yearbooks

In 1899 Spurs had a problem. The football club formed as â€˜Hotspur FCâ€™ just 17 years previously was now so popular that their 14,000 capacity ground at Northumberland Park was unable to cope with the growing crowds. So, in the summer of that year a former nursery for growing fruit and veg located on land behind the nearby White Hart pub was purchased and a pitch marked out. The rest, as they say, is history. And what a history! From its new home â€“ known as White Hart Lane despite never being officially named as such â€“ Spurs blossomed into one of the worldâ€™s most famous and illustrious football clubs, and with a ground to match. Monumental new stands were erected so that by the 1930s â€˜The Laneâ€™ could accommodate crowds of more than 70,000. The Lane is a unique portrait of one of one of footballâ€™s great cathedrals, and the most comprehensive study of the ground ever published. Packed with exhaustive detail and insight, and drawing on a treasure trove of classic photographs and illustrations, this lavish coffee table book tells the full history of the stadium, its iconic features, the greatest games it has hosted, and includes exclusive interviews with Spurs legends who have played on the famous turf.

The Lane: The Official History of the World Famous Home of the Spurs

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