Sport

The team of unlikely outsiders bonded together to achieve the unthinkable: Jamie set the record as the first player to score in 11 consecutive Premier League matches and Leicester beat odds of 5000-1 to become champions.

The Sunday Times bestselling autobiography from the greatest tennis player of his generation'A winner' Independent 'A terrific sporting memoir, full of memorable anecdotes' New Statesman 'As exciting as Rafa himself' Woman's OwnNo tennis player since Andre Agassi has captivated the world like Rafael Nadal. He's a rarity in today's sporting arena - a true sportsman who chooses to let his raw talent, dedication and humility define him. With a remarkable 16 grand slam victories under his belt, and with friend and rival Roger Federer's record haul of 20 in his sights, Nadal is an extraordinary competitor whose ferocity on court is made even more remarkable by his grace off it.This book takes us to the heart of Nadal's childhood, his growth as a player, and his incredible career. It includes memorable highs and lows, from victory in the 2008 Wimbledon final - a match that John McEnroe called the 'greatest game of tennis ever played' - to the injury problems that have frequently threatened his dominance of the sport, to becoming the youngest player of the open era to complete a career Grand Slam in 2010. It transports us from Nadal's lifelong home on the island of Majorca to the locker room of Centre Court as he describes in detail the pressures of competing in the greatest tournament in the world. It offers a glimpse behind the racquet to learn what really makes this intensely private person - who has never before talked about his home life - tick. And it provides us with a story that is personal, revealing and every bit as exciting as Nadal himself.

This walking and trekking guidebook offers a total of 49 day walks and 10 multi-stage treks set right across the magnificent country of Iceland. With three national parks including the mighty Vatnajokull, it is a country of incredible beauty, and its capital, Reykjavik, is an established and easy-to-get-to destination. Including popular, such as the classic Laugavegur Trail from Landmannalaugar to orsmork, as well as lesser-known trails, the guide is split into 12 sections that cover all the best walking and trekking to be had in and around Iceland's amazing and awe-inspiring volcanic, glacial landscapes. The routes range in difficulty from easy walks to challenging treks and give readers all the information they need to experience this wonderfully unique destination on foot. Venturing inland to the remote interior and captivating ice caps, and across glaciers, past lakes and around coastlines and geothermal areas, Paddy Dillon's guide to this 'Land of Ice and Fire' encourages visitors to explore all that Iceland has to offer, and will inspire lovers of the great outdoors to return time and time again. The guide gives lots of tips for travellers on a budget as well as details on public transport and accommodation.

The Numbers Game by Chris Anderson and David Sally reveals football's astonishing hidden rulesFootball has always been a numbers game: 4-4-2, the big number 9 and 3 points for a win. But what if up until now we've been focusing on the wrong numbers? What if the numbers that really matter, the ones that hold the key to winning matches, are actually 2.66, 53.4, 50/50, and 0 > 1? What if managers only make a 15% difference? What if Chelsea should have bought Darren Bent?</p>In this incisive, myth-busting book, Chris Anderson, former goalkeeper turned football statistics guru, and David Sally, former baseball pitcher turned behavioural economist, show that every shred of knowledge we can gather can help us to love football and understand it even more. You'll discover why stopping a goal is more valuable than scoring one, why corners should be taken short, and why it is better to improve your worst player than to buy a superstar.</p>You'll never play, or watch, a game of football in quite the same way again.</p>The Numbers Game is essential reading for football fans everywhere and will also appeal to readers who loved Moneyball and Freakonomics.</p>At 17, Chris Anderson found himself playing in goal for a fourth division club in West Germany; today, he's a professor in the Ivy League at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. An award winning social scientist and football analytics pioneer, Anderson consults with leading clubs about how best to play the numbers game.</p>David Sally is a former baseball pitcher and a professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in the US, where he analyses the strategies and tactics people use when they play, compete, negotiate, and make decisions. He is an adviser to clubs and other organizations in the global football industry.</p>

Fully-updated third edition of this comprehensive guide to walking and scrambling in the High Tatras mountains between Poland and Slovakia, and the White and Western Tatras ranges. The sight of the craggy peaks of the High Tatras mountains straddling the Poland-Slovakia border is unforgettable, beautiful and dramatic. This was the first English-language guidebook to cover this spectacular area in depth. The two sides of the range, in Slovakia and Poland, offer totally contrasting experiences. In Slovakia, you can walk from several villages strung out along the foot of the range and linked by a tramway. In Poland, there is just one main resort, Zakopane, a delightful small town that retained its traditional atmosphere through the ravages of the Communist era. The authors provide a detailed insight into the possibilities for walking at all levels from easy through moderate to strenuous. The book also includes sections on history, vegetation and wildlife, weather, languages, preparations for your trip, accommodation and local attractions. For anyone wishing to visit the High Tatras, this book is a must.

Sunday Times Sports Book of the YearShortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year AwardWinner - Best New Writer at the British Sports Book AwardsAfter years of watching Kenyan athletes win the world's biggest races, from the Olympics to big city marathons, Runner's World contributor Adharanand Finn set out to discover just what it was that made them so fast - and to see if he could keep up. Packing up his family (and his running shoes), he moved from Devon to the small town of Iten, in Kenya, home to hundreds of the country's best athletes. Once there he laced up his shoes and ventured out onto the dirt tracks, running side by side with Olympic champions, young hopefuls and barefoot schoolchildren. He ate their food, slept in their training camps, interviewed their coaches, and his children went to their schools. And at the end of it all, there was his dream, to join the best of the Kenyan athletes in his first marathon, an epic race through lion country across the Kenyan plains.

This book provides a tactical analysis of Pep Guardiola's 4-3-3 Attacking Tactics (56 Tactical Situations) for you the coach to learn from one of the best coaches in the world.Athanasios Terzis is a UEFA 'A' Licence Coach and has used this analysis to produce 12 Full Training Sessions (70 Practices and Variations). You can use these ready-made sessions to practice Pep Guardiola's attacking tactics and implement them into your training sessions. The aim of the book is to use the innovative attacking tactics of Pep Guardiola to create chances and score goals, with variations depending on the opposition players' positioning and reactions within their formation (4-4-2, 4-2-3-1, 4-3-3 and teams with a back 5).Learn to Coach "Pep Guardiola's Innovative Attacking Tactics" - to Create Chances and Score Goals - with 12 Full Sessions (70 Practices & Variations) based on 12 Tactical Situations from Manchester City's 4-3-3Tactical Analysis and Session Topic Examples: Positioning and Rotations with Inverted Full Backs Creating and Exploiting Overloads in Wide Areas Moving the Ball Wide and Receiving in Behind the Full Back Stretching the Opposition's Defence and Switching Play Attacking Through the Centre with a Third Man RunPractice Examples: Rotating Movements with Inverted Full Backs in a Passing Rotation Practice Reading the Opponent's Reactions to Best Exploit Overloads in Wide Areas Moving the Ball Wide and Receiving in Behind the Full Back in a Dynamic Game Attacking Through the Centre with a Third Man Run in a Functional Practice Stretching the Opposition's Defence and Switching Play in a Conditioned GamePep Guardiola's Manchester City used these attacking tactics to become the Best Ever Premier League Team during the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 title winning seasons, breaking the following records: Highest Ever Points Total (100) - 2017/2018 Most Total Wins (32) - 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 Most Goals Scored (106) - 2017/2018 Biggest Goal Difference (+79) - 2017/2018 Most Consecutive Wins (18) - 2017/2018

"There is a new revolution happening in sports as more and more athletes are basing their success on this game-changing combination: health, nutrition, training, recovery, and mindset. Unfortunately, the evidence-based techniques that the expert PhDs, academic institutions, and professional performance staffs follow can be in stark contrast to what many athletes actually practice. When combined with the noise of social media, old-school traditions, and bro-science, it can be difficult to separate fact from fiction. Peak is a groundbreaking book exploring the fundamentals of high performance (not the fads), the importance of consistency (not extreme effort), and the value of patience (not rapid transformation). Dr. Marc Bubbs makes deep science easy to understand, and with information from leading experts who are influencing the top performers in sports on how to achieve world-class success, he lays out the record-breaking feats of athleticism and strategies that are rooted in this personalized approach.Dr. Bubbs expertly brings together the worlds of health, nutrition, and exercise and synthesizes the salient science into actionable guidance.

A complete reference book of sharks, rays and fishes for researchers, divers and snorkellers. Contains 1124 colour photographs of almost every fish likely to be seen by divers.

Rockfax climbing guidebook to the Cote d'Azur region in France.

This is the only comprehensive directory to the entire navigable German waterway system available in English.

A practical and comprehensive riding and training guide through the understanding of how anatomy can affect performance which includes practical tips and exercises broken down into easy to follow steps. Illustrated throughout with step-by-step diagrams and colour photographs.

"It takes thousands of hours of sailing to get the kind of knowledge contained in this book." -- from the Foreword by Bruce Schwab The ONLY bible for how to sail your boat fast, safe, and alone Solo sailing is within any sailor's grasp with a little forethought--and this essential guide.Got a 35-foot sailboat? No problem. Is the wind blowing 20 knots? No problem. Are you racing offshore overnight? Even better. Singlehander Andrew Evans learned the hard way how to sail and race alone--with lots of mishaps, including broaches and a near tumbling over a waterfall--and in Singlehanded Sailing he shares the techniques, tips, and tactics he has developed to make his solo sailing adventures safe and enriching.Learn everything you need to know to meet any solo challenge, including:Managing the power consumption aboard a boat to feed the electric autopilotSetting and gybing a spinnakerFinding time to sleepDealing with heavy weather

Including new chapters and covering events, tis book deals Roy Keane's life and work.

Suitable for a group of climbers of mixed ability, this title can also be useful for families, groups of friends, and especially university groups and climbing clubs. It includes: location maps; boulders; photo topos; and action photographs. Also includes an additional 17 individual children's circuits, fully illustrated bloc to bloc.

Matt Warshaw knows more about surfing that any other person on the planet. After five years of research and writing, Warshaw has completed a totally unprecedented history of the sport and the culture it has spawned.

Covers Cocker and English Springer Spaniels as well as Irish Water, Clumber, Sussex, Welsh Springer, Field, and Brittany. Everything from training the puppy to field trials.

Voted the most popular Italian sportsman of the twentieth century, Fausto Angelo Coppi was the campionissimo - champion of champions.

The classic winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. 'If you like football, read it. If you don't like football, read it' THE TIMES

Includes the basic concepts on exercise, training principles, contest preparation, diet and nutrition that have evolved into modern bodybuilding. This title answers various question bodybuilders could ask. It offers a reference and instructional manual covering various aspect of the sport.

Suitable for a sailor and mariner, this guide combines 700 drawings with philosophically probing commentary.

Lofoten is a magical area; towering granite peaks rise above deep blue fjords, with tiny wooden fishing villages squeezed between the mountains and the oceans. The extensive climbing is on magnificent granite cliffs and the vast majority of it is traditionally protected. There is also superb hiking, mountaineering (summer and winter) as well as skiing. This will be the third Rockfax guidebook to this spectacular and beautiful area, the first 2008 volume won the Banff Guidebook of the Year Award and put Lofoten very much on the map. We updated and expanded the information in 2017. This book adds a couple of new areas and a lot of new crag photographs, plus some fantastic new maps. The coverage has been added to with some new accessible crags near Narvik. Areas Covered The West - Helvetestinden, Merraflestinden, Breiflogtinden, Branntuva, Maslitinden, Olstinden, Ølkontinden, Reinesvaet, Ramsberg, Stortind, Eggum, Stamsund Henningsvær - Rørvika, Pianokrakken, Djupfjord, Presten, Gandalfveggen, Festvågvegg, The Coast Kalle - Paradiset, Vågakallen, Øverdalen, Kallebukta, Trollfestningen, Glåmtinden Kabelvåg - Sandvika, Tjelbergvika Svolvær - Blåtinden, Svolvær Geita, Skråpillaren Narvik Area Stetind Walking Peaks

"Experience the breathtaking and unspoiled islands that await just a short hop from mainland Portugal with Moon Azores. Inside you'll find: Strategic, flexible itineraries for exploring individual islands or combining them into a longer trip, with coverage of Porto and Lisbon. The top outdoor adventures: Cave-dive into the depths of an extinct volcano, soak in a steaming hot spring, and catch some sun on Santa Maria's golden sand beaches. Dive or snorkel in crystalline waters filled with shipwrecks, submerged volcanoes, seamounts, and colorful marine life. Spot dolphins, humpback whales, and more on an island cruise and go bird-watching on a lush Säao Jorge fajäa. Hike to stunning viewpoints above Sete Cidades Lake or summit the epic, snow-capped Mount Pico. Must-see highlights and unique experiences: Wander past cobbled squares and whitewashed buildings to marvel at the striking Old Gates of Ponta Delgada. Stroll through sprawling gardens of exotic plant and secret grottoes in Terra Nostra Park or sip authentic Gorreana tea at Europe's only tea plantation. People watch over a cup of Azorean coffee in the UNESCO historical center of Angra do Heroâismo or admire the famous mariner murals in Horta Marina. Savor fresh seafood and local charcuterie in a seaside village, browse traditional cheeses at a morning market, and sample basalt wines on Pico. Expert advice from long-time Portugal resident Carrie-Marie Bratley. Full-color photos and detailed maps throughout. Background information on landscape, history, and cultural customs of the islands. Helpful resources on COVID-19 and traveling to the Azores. Handy tools such as visa information, a Portuguese phrasebook, and tips for LGBTQ+ travelers, seniors, families, and more. With Moon's practical tips and local know-how, you can experience the best of the Azores."--

This is Anfield, a captivating book penned by Liverpool FC, takes you on a thrilling journey into the heart of one of the world's most iconic football stadiums. Published by Reach plc in 2023, this masterpiece seamlessly blends history, passion, and sport, making it a must-read for any football enthusiast. The book is more than just a collection of facts and figures. It's a tribute to the spirit of Anfield and the unyielding love of its supporters. It's a narrative that transcends the genre of sports literature, offering readers an intimate look at what makes Anfield not just a stadium, but a home. This is Anfield is a testament to Liverpool FC's legacy, a chronicle of its triumphs and trials, and an invitation to experience the magic that unfolds in its hallowed grounds. Get your copy today from Reach plc and immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Anfield.

The classic work from the "father of value investing"-fully updated for today's generation of investorsFirst published in 1934, Security Analysis is one of the most influential financial books ever written. With over a million copies sold, it has provided generations of investors with Benjamin Graham and David L. Dodd's timeless value investing philosophy and techniques.This seventh edition builds on the context and commentary of the sixth edition from ten of today's leading voices on Wall Street. These masters of value investing discuss the influence of Graham and Dodd on today's markets and contextualize the philosophy that influenced so many famous investors. Lead editor Seth Klarman, considered an intellectual successor to Warren Buffett in value investing, has assembled a team of contributors to provide commentary on Security Analysis in terms of today's markets and practices, including how today's value investors should assess markets, asset classes, and securities Graham and Dodd could not have possibly foreseen. New content includes:An extensively updated Preface by Seth KlarmanContributions by Howard Marks, James Grant, Roger Lowenstein, and 10 other contributors including a number of the most important emerging voices in value investingAddresses the many changes in the business world, financial markets, and investing practices since Graham's day, including new sections on investing in private as well as public markets, arbitrage strategies, international investing, and portfolio managementA foreword by Warren Buffett, Graham and Dodd's staunchest advocateChapters from the second edition excluded from this one will be featured as an easy-to-access downloadable resourceA new "About this Edition" that contextualizes which chapters have been included and removedWhether you're an individual investor, retail investor, value investor, or finance student, the new edition of this authoritative guide is a must-read.

A brand new stitch dictionary from the author of the wildly popular, AlterKnit Stitch Dictionary. KnitOvation includes more than 150 brand new colorwork motifs to expand knitters' creative possibilities and draw them further into the world of stranded knitting with clever, quirky, and beautiful motifs including botanicals, animals, and geometric patterns. The motifs are accompanied by a selection of accessory and garment designs to illustrate how the motifs can be used, and technical information on new topics including using charts and adding flourishes with duplicate stitch. More knitters than ever are enjoying colorwork, so now is a fantastic time to give them another tool for their knitting toolbox. Whether you're looking for new colorwork motifs, knitting techniques, or pattern ideas, KnitOvation makes a great gift for experienced knitters or for beginners looking for inspiration.