Sportsbiografier

In 1965 Tony Howard made the first British ascent of Norway's Troll Wall. He went on to found Troll Climbing Equipment but never stopped exploring. Quest into the Unknown, his autobiography, covers his extensive travels in North Africa, the Middle East, Scandinavia, Canada and much more.

Biography of the great Real Madrid, Portugal and former Manchester United superstar by the acclaimed author of Messi.

Definitive memoirs of 2016 Olympic Gold medallist and legendary British show jumper Nick Skelton.

Michael Schumacher: the greatest of all time. A champion with a reputation founded on records, the man who has brought most glory to Ferrari in the modern era. With a dramatic coda to the story that we like to think of as a pit stop before a return to the race, to normality.

Named one of TIME magazine's 100 Greatest Men of the Century, Bruce Lee's impact and influence has only grown since his untimely death in 1973

Legendary tennis star and expert commentator John McEnroe's long-awaited follow-up to the international bestseller SERIOUS.

Jeremy McGrath has been called 'the Michael Jordan of Supercross' by the Los Angeles Times, and in this revealing autobiography fans not only get his personal story, but also a detailed guide on how everyone can become a Supercross racer. The No 1 Supercross racer in the world - who has over 20 sponsors, his own film company, a toy line, Nintendo and Playstation games, and a signature shoe by Vans - talks about his life and the sport. Supercross started out as a redneck '70s sideshow, but thanks largely to Jeremy McGrath it has become a massive extreme sport. Over the last three years, AMA Supercross attendance has mushroomed from 700,000 spectators a year to 1.5 million. This book will satisfy even the most hardcore fans, as it not only gives you the life and times of Jeremy McGrath, but acts as the calling card to the entire sport by including unique sections on how to become a Supercross racer, the workout regimes, fixing common bike problems, and more.

Get inside the mind of football's most enigmatic icon'Zidane is the master' PeleOne of modern football's most brilliant players - and one of its most iconic and mysterious figures - Zinedine Zidane's football career is the stuff of legend.

A bestseller in both the UK and the USA on its first publication, this book was the first fully authorised life of world's greatest living footballer. With exclusive access to Pelé, award-winning sports writer Harry Harris charts his meteoric rise from humble beginnings in Brazil to his first international at the age of sixteen. Superb athleticism, speed of thought and execution, and astonishing ball control helped him become the only player to have appeared in three World Cup-winning sides, and to have scored more than 1,200 goals in his senior career, a feat that is now unlikely ever to be equalled, let alone surpassed.Pelé remains the best footballer of all time, despite the extraordinary exploits of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar, and legends such as Diego Maradona and Johan Cruyff. Now revised and updated to bring the story completely up to date, this is a tribute to a world-class sporting hero, a great sportsman and, to this day, an inspiration to millions.

Englishman David Hobbs - `Hobbo' to his friends and fans - is one of motor racing's most remarkable all-rounders. In a 41-year driving career he raced in almost every imaginable category.

Legendary fighter Dan Hardy lifts the lid on his own career and breaks down all things UFC and MMA

An extraordinary and compelling account of the life of football coach Bela Guttman.

The story of the 1972 Andes plane crash and rescue, made famous by Piers Paul Read in his book Alive, finally told by one of the heroes who saved his team-mates.

Ulrik Wilbek fortæller i "Jeg var der selv" om sine mange år som landstræner i dansk kvindehåndbold – først de fem år for ungdomslandsholdet, hvor han første gang trænede de fleste af de spillere, som senere blev internationale stjerner – og dernæst de syv fantastiske år som træner for landsholdet.Ulrik Wilbek fortæller om de forskellige slutrunder, om de mange sejre men også om nedturene. I "Jeg var der selv" genopleves alle de sindsoprivende kampe, hvor den halve befolkning sad på yderste kant af stole og sofaer, ikke mindst OL-finalen i Atlanta!"Jeg var der selv" er fyldt med underholdende baggrundshistorier og sjove anekdoter – og Wilbek løfter også sløret for, hvorfor han holdt op som landstræner for kvinderne.idden /title /head body center h1 403 Forbidden /h1 /center /body /htmlUlrik Wilbek (f. 1958) er bedst kendt for sin rolle som landstræner i dansk herre- og kvindehåndbold. I 1990’erne førte han et kvindelandshold, der få år før havde været på nippet til at blive nedlagt, til store sejre under VM, EM og OL. I 2005 kom turen til herrelandsholdet, som han trænede frem til 2014. Ved siden af trænerkarrieren har Wilbek også været aktiv i lokalpolitik i Viborg Kommune og skrevet flere bøger om ledelse og motivation.

"Muhammad Ali ... og så mig! Dette århundredes største idræts-idol. Og en dansk reporter. Det er vel sådan ca. som herfra til den anden side af Mælkevejen. Og dog. Engang krydsede vi spor... Fragmenter af to liv, frosset fast i tiden i enkelte gyldne sekunder." Gateway /title /head body center h1 502 Bad Gateway /h1 /center /body /htmlKurt Thyboe (f. 1940) er en dansk sportkommentator, journalist, freelanceskribent og forfatter. Han har tidligere skrevet "Ritter: portræt af en cykelrytter" (1976), "Elvis" (1977), "Muhummad Ali" (1995), "Brøndby forever" (1997) og "FCK : på jagt efter den umulige drøm" (1999).

LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR The definitive biography of one of the greatest, most extraordinary runners and Olympic heroes of all time, from the author of running classic Feet in the Clouds.

'The maddest 12 months of my life. The journey starts with an oddball race up an American mountain and ends with me checking myself out of hospital with a broken back. Again 'As Guy s Latvian grandfather frequently reminded him, When you dead, you dead . So before it s all over, Guy Martin is making the most of the time he s got. In this past year alone, Guy has raced the Isle of Man TT and finished on the podium; bike trekked through India; competed in solo 24-hour bicycles races; flown a stunt plane; broken a go-kart speed record down a French mountain and attempted to break the motorcycle land-speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats. And he s done all this around his day job as a truck mechanic. But let Guy tell you about it himself: This book starts in a Transit, ends in a Transit, and in between I ve raced a few pushbikes, raced a few motorbikes and got a fair few stories to tell you. Spot on.

One day in 2005 while searching for food, nine-year-old Ugandan Phiona Mutesi followed her brother to a dusty veranda where she met Robert Katende.Katende, a war refugee turned missionary, had an improbable dream: to empower kids in the Katwe slum through chess - a game so foreign there is no word for it in their native language. Laying a chess board in the dirt, Robert began to teach. At first children came for a free bowl of porridge, but many grew to love the game that - like their daily lives - requires persevering against great obstacles. Of these kids, one girl stood out as an immense talent: Phiona.By the age of eleven Phiona was her country's junior champion, and at fifteen, the national champion. Now a Woman Candidate Master - the first female titled player in her country's history - Phiona dreams of becoming a Grandmaster, the most elite level in chess. But to reach that goal, she must grapple with everyday life in one of the world's most unstable coun tries. The Queen of Katwe is a remarkable and inspirational book that shows how 'Phiona's story transcends the limitations of the chessboard' (Robert Hess, US Grandmaster).

In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from US Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, Simone presents the story of how she overcame early childhood challenges to become the most decorated US female gymnast and the only female gymnast to ever win three consecutive World Championship titles.

Written by the author of "Poker and The Biggest Game in Town", this book gives a portrait of the climbing legend Mo Anthoine. It is suitable for fans of adrenaline sports.