How to Win At Chess: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners and Beyond by Levy Rozman
Category: Sport
Learn chess from International Master and YouTube's top chess teacher Levy Rozman (aka GothamChess) in this refreshing and fun guide for beginner and intermediate playersHow to Win at Chess teaches you everything you need to know about the game, including all the important moves and strategies to start ...Show more
The Monuments - The Grit and the Glory of Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races by Peter Cossins
Category: Sport
An awe-inspiring history of the five most legendary "classic" races in world cycling. The Tour de France may provide the most obvious fame and glory, but it is cycling's one-day tests that the professional riders really prize. Toughest, longest and dirtiest of all are the so-called 'Monuments', the ...Show more
How to Train Your Skateboard by Jack Francis
Category: Sport
The thirteen tricks and moves that all skaters need, stylishly presented. The beginner skateboarder will learn about their board and how to maintain it, a little about skatepark etiquette and safety, and all the basic moves necessary to get off to a confident start. The book then takes the thirteen key ...Show more
Ballin' in Black: Our Tall Blacks Test Centurions by Huw Beynon
Category: Sport
When Tom Abercrombie was presented with his 100th cap ahead of the FIBA World Cup in 2019, he joined an exclusive club. He became the 11th player to reach a century of tests for the Tall Blacks. Standing at his side was Pero Cameron, the first man to achieve the feat. These players, and the nine between ...Show more
The Batsford Book of Chess for Children New Edition: Beginners Chess for Kids by Sabrina Chevannes
Category: Sport
A brand new edition of this international chess classic, sold all over the world, with all-new illustrations. This cute, character-based book, aimed at children aged 7 and up, is a complete guide to chess for those starting out in the game. In straightforward, animated language, Jess and Jamie - two rou ...Show more
Improve Your Positional Chess by Carsten Hansen
Category: Sport
Throughout a game of chess, the players must constantly make judgements and decisions that cannot be determined simply by calculation. They must then rely on their positional judgement. Good positional skills are primarily developed by experience, but they can also be learnt. In this book, Carsten Hanse ...Show more
Formula One: The Legends: Cult Drivers and Their Legacies by Tony Dodgins
Category: Sport
Celebrate Formula One's most iconic drivers with this exploration of their triumphs and tragedies. Featuring high-quality photography and insight from renowned F1 journalist Tony Dodgins.At the heart of Formula One lies the triumphs and tragedies of the sport's greatest stars. The drama, personality and ...Show more
Your 15th Club: The Inner Secret to Great Golf by Bob Rotella
Category: Sport
Dr Bob Rotella, author of half a dozen bestselling books on golf, including Golf is Not a Game of Perfect, brings together his skills and years of experience as a golf psychologist to give readers the insight they need to improve their game -- before they ever step up to the tee. At some point in playin ...Show more
Chess Tactics for Kids by Murray Chandler
Category: Sport
Chess enthusiasts of all ages and levels will find this book an instructive delight. In a simple, easy-to-understand format it explains how to bamboozle your chess opponents using commonly occurring tactical motifs. The illustrative positions, all taken from real games, show the 50 Tricky Tactics that e ...Show more
Chess Openings for Kids by John Watson
Category: Sport
For chess-players of all ages and abilities, it is vital to get off to a good start. This simple guide provides all the tips and ideas needed to play purposefully from move one. That's because these 50 Mighty Openings are the very ones used by chess masters and grandmasters to outwit opponents time and ...Show more
Le Coq: A Journey to the Heart of French Rugby by Peter Bills
Category: Sport | Reading Level: very good
A definitive and affectionate history of French rugby published to coincide with the 6 Nations in Feb 2023 and France hosting the Rugby World Cup in Sept/Oct 2023 From French rugby's origins in Le Havre, (as an English export in the late nineteenth century) to the Catalan coast, acclaimed rugby writer P ...Show more
Vishy Anand - World Chess Champion - Life and Games by Vishy Anand; John Nunn
Category: Sport
Anand has been one of the world's top players for more than two decades, and cemented his place in the all-time hall of fame by winning the unified World Championship in 2007, and successfully defending his title against Kramnik and Topalov. But it's not just his results that make Anand special. His sty ...Show more