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{{Frontpage|class-"wikitable" cellpaddingisbn=Hurst_Norfolk|title="15" <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE-->On My Way: Norfolk Coastal Walks<!-- |author=John Hurst -->|-rating=4| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Art[[image:Hurst_Norfolk.jpg|left|linksummary=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/095444003X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=095444003X]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-alignIt was pure serendipity: after a five-hour drive, we were, annoyingly, left;"|===[[On My Way: Norfolk Coastal Walks by John Hurst]]=== [[image:5starwith an hour to fill in Blakeney before we could have the keys to our holiday cottage.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Art|Art]]There was an art exhibition in the church hall,[[:Category:Sport|Sport]] It was pure serendipity: after a five-hour drive so we were, annoyingly, left with an hour to fill went in Blakeney before we could have - and found a display of the keys to our holiday cottage. There was an art exhibition in the church hall, so we went in - and found a display of the most most gorgeous pictures. I'd cheerfully have bought every one and hung them on our walls, but thought that I would have to make do with a couple of greetings cards when I saw ''On My Way: Norfolk Coastal Walks'' and I couldn't resist buying it. [[On My Way: Norfolk Coastal Walks by John Hurst}}{{Frontpage|Full Review]]isbn=Ignotofsky_Sport|title=Women in Sport: Fifty Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win<!-- Burrell -->|author=Rachel Ignotofsky|-rating=5| stylegenre="width: 10%; verticalChildren's Non-align: top; text-align: center;"|Fiction[[image:Burrell_12.jpg|left|linksummary=https://www''Women in Sport'' is coming to us just before the Winter Olympics in South Korea in February 2018.amazonIt celebrates a century and a half of the development of women's sport by looking at fifty of its highest achievers, covering sports as diverse as swimming, fencing, riding, skating, and much more.co.uk/gp/product/154712251X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbagThink of a sport and a pioneering woman succeeding at it is probably in this book somewhere. Each entry is a double-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=154712251X]]page spread with a brief biography and a striking portrait.}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Burrell_12|==title=[[Twelve Times To The Max: One Man's Journey to, and Recollections of, Setting Twelve Verified World Records by |author=Stuart Burrell]]|rating=4|genre==Sport[[image:4star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]], [[:Category:Sport|Sport]] The first of The first of Stuart Burrell's world records, well, the first two, actually, as he's not a man to do things by halves, came about by accident. There had been a plan to raise some money for the Children in Need Charity and quite late on the people who were to have been the main attraction got a better offer and Burrell is not a man to let people down. What could be done to bring people in and raise some money? Most of us would have thought of jumble sales and cake bakes, but Burrell had made a hobby of escapology and idea of a sponsored escape had life breathed into it. On 3 November 2002 , he went for the Fastest Handcuff Escape world record and immediately afterwards Most Handcuffs Escaped in One Hour. Both were successful and more than £300 was raised for Children in Need. [[Twelve Times To The Max: One Man's Journey to, and Recollections of, Setting Twelve Verified World Records by Stuart Burrell}}{{Frontpage|Full Review]]isbn=Landreth_Swell|title=Swell <!-- |author=Jenny Landreth -->|-rating=5| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Sport[[image:Landreth_Swell.jpg|left|linksummary=https://www.amazon.coI love Jenny's own description of her book as a waterbiography and I love her encouragement that we should each write our own.uk/gp/product/1472938941?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1472938941]]  | style="vertical-align: top This is more than just (I say ''just''!) a recollection of the author's own encounters with water; text-align: left;"|===[[Swell by Jenny Landreth]]=== [[image:5starit's also a history of women's fight for the right to swim.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Politics and Society|Politics and Society]] That sounds absurd until you start reading about it, [[:Category:Sport|Sport]], [[:Category:Biography|Biography]] I love then it becomes serious. Not too serious though – because Jenny's own description Landreth is clearly a lover of her book as the absurd. Not a waterbiography and lover of book blurbs myself, I love her encouragement that we should each write our own. This is more than just (do always seek to give a shout-out to those who get it dead right: in this case, I say 'm definitely with Alexandra Heminsley'justs ''!) a recollection of giggles-on-the author-commute funny's own encounters with water; it's also a history of women's fight for the right to swim. That sounds absurd until you start reading about it, then it becomes serious. Not too serious though – because Jenny Landreth is clearly a lover of }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Oakeshott_Derby|title=A Guide to the Classics: Or How to Pick the absurd. Not a lover of book blurbs myself, I do always seek to give Derby Winner|author=Guy Griffith and Michael Oakeshott|rating=4|genre=Sport|summary=It's not often that you get a shout-out to those who get it dead right: in this case Iglimpse into the personal, youthful interests of one of the greatest Conservative philosophers of the twentieth century, but 'm definitely with Alexandra Heminsley's A Guide to the Classics''gigglesco-onauthored by Michael Oakeshott is a light-hearted look at how to pick the-commute funny''Derby winner. [[Swell by Jenny Landreth|Full Review]] <!-- Oakeshott -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Oakeshott_Derby.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.coOriginally written in 1936 it is, amazingly, as relevant today as it was then. In fact, the techniques and analysis employed by the authors were way ahead of their time and have only come into general use relatively recently.uk/gp/product/184540937X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=184540937X]]}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Gibbons_Game|title=The Beautiful Game|author=Alan Gibbons|rating=4|genre=Sport|summary=[[A Guide to the Classics: Or How to Pick Football is all about its colours. And even if I write in the Derby Winner by Guy Griffith and Michael Oakeshott]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Sport|Sport]] Itseason when one team in blue knocks another team in blue from the throne of English football, it's not often common knowledge that you get a glimpse into red is the personal, youthful interests of one more successful colour to wear. But is that flame red? Blood red? The red of the greatest Conservative philosophers Sun cover banner when it falsely declared 96 Liverpool FC fans were fatally caught up in a tragedy – and that it had been one of the twentieth centurytheir own making? And while we're on about colour, but A Guide to where were the people of colour in football in the Classics co-authored by Michael Oakeshott is a light-hearted look at how olden days? There are so many darker sides to pick the Derby winner. Originally written in 1936 football's history it is, amazingly, as relevant today as it was then. In fact, 's enough to make a young lad question the techniques and analysis employed by the authors were way ahead of their time and have only come into general use relatively recently. [[A Guide to the Classicswhole game…}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Askwith_Today|title=Today We Die a Little: Or How Emil Zatopek, Olympic Legend to Pick the Derby Winner by Guy Griffith and Michael OakeshottCold War Hero|Full Review]]author=Richard Askwith|rating=4<!-- Gibbons -->|genre=Sport|-| stylesummary="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Gibbons_GameAs a runner myself, I often look for sources of inspiration.jpg|link=http://wwwTraining is rewarding, but every so often a day comes along when I question whether it is all worth it or not.amazon.coZatopek proves that is, indeed, all worth it.uk/dp/1781126917/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"He put copious amounts of effort into his training, and the number of races he won over his career as a professional athlete clearly shows the results of it.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Pavey_Mum|title=This Mum Runs|author=[[The Beautiful Game by Alan Gibbons]]Jo Pavey|rating=4|genre==Sport[[image:4star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[I am something of a self-confessed running addict:Category:Dyslexia Friendly|Dyslexia Friendly]]I think nothing of hitting the roads for 50 miles a week, [[:Category:Sport|Sport]] Football is and spend much of my time searching for races to run all about its coloursover the country. And even if That is, until I write in the season when one team in blue knocks another team in blue from the throne of English footballwound up with a persistent sports injury, it's common knowledge that red is hung up my running shoes for nearly a year, and switched the more successful colour road to wearthe pool. But is that flame red? Blood red? The red of At the Sun cover banner when it falsely declared 96 Liverpool FC fans were fatally caught up in a tragedy – and that it had been one time I thought nothing could alleviate the misery of their own making? And while wenot being able to run; but now I wish I had had Jo Pavey're on about colours autobiography, where were the people of colour in football in the olden days? There are so many darker sides to football's history it's enough 'This Mum Runs'', to make a young lad question keep me company because the whole game…[[The Beautiful Game by Alan Gibbons|Full Review]]elite athlete’s account of the Olympics, injury, family, and life, in general, falls nothing short of inspirational.}}<!-- Askwith -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Lee_Lean| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Lean Gains|author=Jonathan S Lee[[image:Askwith_Today.jpg|linkrating=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0224100351/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 4| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Sport|summary===[[Today We Die I don't often begin a Little: Emil Zatopek, Olympic Legend to Cold War Hero book by Richard Askwith]]=== [[image:4startelling you what it ''isn't'' but in this case I think it's important.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Sport|Sport]], [[:Category:Biography|Biography]] As If you're a fairly sedentary person or a casual sportsman or woman looking to shed a runner myself, I often look for sources of inspirationfew pounds then you won't get the best out of this book. Training is rewarding, You'll find some good advice about diet but every so often a day comes along when I question whether 'm afraid that much of it is all worth it or notgoing to go over your head. Of course you could always take up a sport seriously.. Zatopek proves that is, indeed, all worth it. He put copious amounts of effort into his training On the other hand, and the number of races he won over his career as if you ''are'' a professional athlete clearly shows serious sportsman then you could find that the results of it. [[Today We Die a Little: Emil Zatopek, Olympic Legend advice in ''Lean Gains'' could lift you up to Cold War Hero by Richard Askwith|Full Review]]the next level of performance.}}{{Frontpage<!-- Pavey -->|isbn=Long_Mock|-title=The Mock Olympian| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Michael Long|rating=4[[image:Pavey_Mum.jpg|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0224100432/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Sport| stylesummary="vertical-alignIt started with an idle conversation just before the 2012 London Olympics: top; text-align: left;"|===[[This Mum Runs by Jo Pavey]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]]Michael Long's friend Sarah gave him a book as part of his birthday present. It was Time Out's guide to the history of the Olympics and it covered each of the summer Olympics in chronological order from the inaugural games in Athens in 1896. Sarah's boyfriend James commented that with all the running Michael did, [[:Category:Sport|Sport]] I am something he'd probably have run in most of the Olympic cities. Although Long had done a self-confessed running addict: I think nothing goodly number of hitting the roads for 50 miles a weekruns, bike rides and spend much triathlons he'd only competed in two of my time searching for races to run all over the countrytwenty-three cities - London and Athens. That isNow most of us would have left it at that, until I wound up with a persistent sports injury, hung up my running shoes for nearly but that's not the Michael Long you're going to come to know and love. He saw it as a year, challenge and switched the road to the pool. At the time I thought nothing could alleviate the misery of not being able to run; but now I wish I had had Jo Paveywhat's autobiography, ''This Mum Runs'', to keep me company because the elite athlete’s account of the Olympics, injury, familymore, he blogged about it and life in general falls nothing short of inspirationalthen wrote this book. [[This Mum Runs by Jo Pavey|Full Review]]}}<!-- Lee -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Roberts_Home| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Home and Away|author=Dave Roberts[[image:Lee_Lean.jpg|linkrating=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/152463493X/ref4|genre=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Sport| stylesummary="verticalFor most football fans, non-align: league clubs (that is, teams who play outside the topfour divisions of English football) are like a distant relative fallen on hard times; textyou're vaguely aware of their existence but have no particular wish to visit them. Apart from a few weeks in early January, when the odd non-align: left;"|===[[Lean Gains by Jonathan S Lee]]=== [[image:4starleague club reaches the third round of the FA cup and embarks on a spot of giant-killing, the lower leagues receive almost no attention outside their small groups of devoted supporters.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Sport|Sport]] I don't often begin So what's it like to support a book by telling you what it ''isnnon-league team? Enter Dave Roberts, a fan of Bromley FC who are currently plying their trade in the Vanarama National League – the fifth tier of English football. In ''tHome and Away'' but in this case I think it's important, Dave documents the highs and lows of travelling the country watching Bromley during the 2015/2016 season. If you}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Mcgrath_Darley|title=Mr Darley're a fairly sedentary person or a casual sportsman or woman looking to shed a few pounds then you won't get the best out s Arabian: High Life, Low Life, Sporting Life: A History of this book. You'll find some good advice Racing in 25 Horses|author=Christopher McGrath|rating=5|genre=Sport|summary=All thoroughbred racehorses are descended from one of just three stallions which came to England about dietthree hundred years ago; The Byerley Turk, but I'm afraid that much of it is going to go over your headThe Darley Arabian and The Godolphin Arabian. Of course you could always take up The last century or so has seen a sport seriously... On decline in the lines from the other hand, if you ''are'' a serious sportsman then you could find that the advice in ''Lean Gains'' could lift you up first and last of these stallions, to the next level extent that some 95% of performance. [[Lean Gains by Jonathan S Lee|Full Review]] <!all thoroughbreds worldwide -not just in England - Long -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|are descended from The Darley Arabian, which was originally bought in Aleppo from Bedouin tribesmen and shipped to Yorkshire in 1704, by Thomas Darley, who died, in difficult financial circumstances before he could follow his horse home.}}{{Frontpage[[image:Long_Mock.jpg|linkisbn=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1524662887/refMills_Top|title=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Top Of The Mock Olympian by Michael Long]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Sport|Sport]] It started with an idle conversation just before the 2012 London Olympics: Michael Long's friend Sarah gave him a book as part of his birthday present. It was Time Out's guide to the history of the Olympics and it covered each of the summer Olympics in chronological order from the inaugural games in Athens in 1896. Sarah's boyfriend James commented that with all the running Michael did, he'd probably have run in most of the Olympic cities. Although Long had done a goodly number of runs, bike rides and triathlons he'd only competed in two of the twenty three cities - London and Athens. Now most of us would have left it at that, but that's not the Michael Long you're going to come to know and love. He saw it as a challenge and what's more he blogged about it and then wrote this book. [[The Mock Olympian by Michael Long|Full Review]] <!-- Roberts -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Roberts_Home.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/059307680X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Home and Away by Dave Roberts]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Sport|Sport]] For most football fans, non-league clubs (that is, teams who play outside the top four divisions of English football) are like a distant relative fallen on hard times; you're vaguely aware of their existence but have no particular wish to visit them. Apart from a few weeks in early January, when the odd non-league club reaches the third round of the FA cup and embarks on a spot of giant killing, the lower leagues receive almost no attention outside their small groups of devoted supporters. So what's it like to support a non-league team? Enter Dave Roberts, a fan of Bromley FC who are currently plying their trade in the Vanarama National League – the fifth tier of English football. In ''Home and Away'', Dave documents the highs and lows of travelling the country watching Bromley during the 2015/2016 season. [[Home and Away by Dave Roberts|Full Review]] <!-- McGrath -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Mcgrath_Darley.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1848549830/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Mr Darley's Arabian: High Life, Low Life, Sporting Life: A History of Racing in 25 Horses by Christopher McGrath]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Sport|Sport]] All thoroughbred racehorses are descended from one of just three stallions which came to England about three hundred years ago; The Byerley Turk, The Darley Arabian and The Godolphin Arabian. The last century or so has seen a decline in the lines from the first and last of these stallions, to the extent that some 95% of all thoroughbreds worldwide - not just in England - are descended from The Darley Arabian, which was originally bought in Aleppo from Bedouin tribesmen and shipped to Yorkshire in 1704, by Thomas Darley, who died, in difficult financial circumstances before he could follow his horse home. [[Mr Darley's Arabian: High Life, Low Life, Sporting Life: A History of Racing in 25 Horses by Christopher McGrath|Full Review]]  <!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->|} {{newreviewLeague

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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Bradbury_Walks|title=Unforgettable Walks

|genre=TravelSport|summary=I've long been a fan of Julia Bradbury's walking programmes on television - I credit her with sparking my own interest in walking - so the news that there would shortly be another series of programmes ''and'' a book to accompany the series was music to my ears. This time she's looking at Britain's best walks with a view and she roams through Dorset, the Cotswolds, Anglesey, the Yorkshire Dales, the Lakes, Cumbria, the South Downs and the Peak District. Unless you're in Scotland there's something reasonably close to just about everyone, with a good spread around all points of the compass.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784298840</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Guy MartinMartin_When|title= When You Dead, You Dead|author=Guy Martin|rating= 4.5|genre= AutobiographySport|summary= It's a little depressing when a 34 -year -old is publishing his second autobiography, but that's what this book is, and Martin proves he's certainly not short on material. The author, for those of you who don't know, is a mechanic who dabbles in TV presenting and motorcycle racing, though it's the latter for which we he will be most well-known.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0753556669</amazonuk>As an F1 widow to a boy who likes all things fast, I thought he might like this book and so, perhaps unusually, I chose it with someone else in mind but made myself read it first.

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Mccoy_Winner|title=Winner: My Racing Life

|genre=AutobiographySport|summary=In any walk of life , there are people who are universally known by their first names alone. In flat racing, everyone knows who 'Frankie' is and in National Hunt , you need to say no more than 'A.P.' Legend is an over-used word but not when it comes to the achievements of Tony 'A.P.' McCoy. He's been champion jockey an unprecedented twenty times and his career record of 4,348 wins may never be beaten. In fact, it's tempting to say that it will ''never'' be beaten. He's won the Grand National, the Irish Grand National, two Cheltenham Gold Cups and won the Champion Hurdle three times. Unusually for a jockey , he's also been BBC Sports Personality of the Year. He achieved all this by the age of forty one when he retired from racing.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1409162397</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Krien_Night|title=Night Games: A Journey to the Dark Side of Sport

|summary=Mere mortals relax by having a game of footy of a weekend and a couple of drinks, but what does a professional sportsman do to cut loose? What do they do when they go out en masse? Investigative journalist Anna Krien looks at a rape trial of an Australian Rules footballer, just into his twenties and follows the case as it goes to court, interviewing some of those directly or indirectly involved and digressing into related areas. In deference to the fact that the woman had automatic anonymity , she's chosen to give the man who was charged the name of 'JustinDyer' in an attempt to level the playing field, so to speak. You could Google the facts and come up with the correct name, but this isn't a book of gossip about particular people. It's an investigation of a culture which has increasingly treated women as sexual commodities.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224100033</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Scott_Born|title=Born to Rumble

|summary=''Rumble''. It's an odd word, isn't it, with that sense of a noise like thunder (or even of a motorcycle engine) ''and'' of a street fight between rival gangs. Author Jeff Scott has picked the perfect title for his journey around various speedway venues looking at those occasions when the combination of brakeless bikes, adrenalin, ridiculous speeds and not a lot of space explode into a confrontation on or off the track. It's hardly surprising that it happens - in fact , it's surprising that it doesn't happen more often given the competitive nature of the sport and the diva-like qualities of some of the top riders.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0956861849</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Red Szell|title=The Blind Man of Hoy: A True Story|rating=3.5|genre=Autobiography|summary=Redmond Széll was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) at age 19. It's now 26 years since he got the life-changing news. Although not completely sightless – he sees shadows and shapes – he is registered blind and walks with the stereotypical white stick. This hasn't stopped him from pursuing his hobby of rock-climbing, though, both indoors on climbing walls and on Britain's cliffs. The culmination of his climbing obsession came in 2013, when he became the first blind person to climb the Old Man of Hoy, the 449-foot cliff off the Orkney Islands of Scotland.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1910124222</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Jeff Scott and Rachael Adams|title=Strictly Shale: Circling British Speedway|rating=4.5|genre=Sport|summary=When I was young I remember Speedway being a regular item on Saturday sport programmes on television. My father was an aficionado and loved the noise, the risk and the sheer energy of the sport - my mother less so and she quoted the noise and the strong possibility of there being 'a nasty accident' when the riders slid their motorcycles sideways. It is still on television but I'll confess to not having watched for many years and it was for this reason that Jeff Scott's ''Strictly Shale'' achieved the unusual feat of both being an eye opener and bringing back long-forgotten memories.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0956861830</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Tom Palmer|title=Over The Line|rating=5|genre=Dyslexia Friendly|summary=Jack Cock made his debut as a professional footballer for Huddersfield Town and that fragile dream of playing for his country came just a little bit closer, but this was just before the beginning of the First World War, when there was immense pressure on young men to do the honourable thing and join the war to fight in France. ''Over the Line'' is the story of Jack's war, of joining the Footballers' Battalion, playing in the Flanders Cup, fighting in the trenches and not just surviving but being decorated for bravery. After the war he scored England's first international goal and was one of the first of the modern generation of 'professional footballers'.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781123934</amazonuk>