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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=httpsIt was pure serendipity://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/095444003X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbagafter a five-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=095444003X]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: 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 fiveso we went in -hour drive we were, annoyingly, left with an hour to fill in Blakeney before we could have and found a display of the keys to our holiday cottagemost gorgeous pictures. There was an art exhibition in the church hall, so we went in - and found a display of the most gorgeous pictures. I'd 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|Full Review]]}}<!-- Burrell -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Ignotofsky_Sport| styletitle="widthWomen in Sport: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Fifty Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win|author=Rachel Ignotofsky[[image:Burrell_12.jpg|leftrating=5|linkgenre=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/154712251X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbagChildren's Non-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=154712251X]] Fiction| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Twelve Times To The Max: One Man's Journey ''Women in Sport'' is coming to, us just before the Winter Olympics in South Korea in February 2018. It celebrates a century and Recollections a half of the development of, Setting Twelve Verified World Records women's sport by Stuart Burrell]]=== [[image:4starlooking at fifty of its highest achievers, covering sports as diverse as swimming, fencing, riding, skating, and much more.jpg|link=Category:Think of a sport and a pioneering woman succeeding at it is probably in this book somewhere. Each entry is a double-page spread with a brief biography and a striking portrait.}}{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:AutobiographyFrontpage|Autobiography]], [[:Category:Sportisbn=Burrell_12|Sport]] title=Twelve Times To The first of Stuart BurrellMax: One Man's world recordsJourney to, welland Recollections of, the first twoSetting Twelve Verified World Records|author=Stuart Burrell|rating=4|genre=Sport|summary=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://wwwI love Jenny's own description of her book as a waterbiography and I love her encouragement that we should each write our own.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1472938941?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1472938941]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left This is more than just (I say ''just''!) a recollection of the author's own encounters with water;"|===[[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 the absurd. Not a lover of her book as a waterbiography and blurbs myself, I love her encouragement that we should each write our own. This is more than just (I say ''just''!) do always seek to give a recollection of the authorshout-out to those who get it dead right: in this case, I's own encounters m definitely with water; itAlexandra Heminsley's also a history of women's fight for 'giggles-on-the right to swim-commute funny''. 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 absurd. Not a lover of book blurbs myself, I do always seek to give a shout-out to those who get it dead right: in this case I'm definitely with Alexandra HeminsleyClassics: Or How to Pick the Derby Winner|author=Guy Griffith and Michael Oakeshott|rating=4|genre=Sport|summary=It's ''giggles-on-not often that you get a glimpse into the-commute funnypersonal, youthful interests of one of the greatest Conservative philosophers of the twentieth century, but ''A Guide to the Classics''. [[Swell co-authored by Jenny Landreth|Full Review]] <!Michael Oakeshott is a light-- Oakeshott -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Oakeshott_Derbyhearted look at how to pick the Derby winner. Originally written in 1936 it is, amazingly, as relevant today as it was then.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.coIn 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 their own making? And while we're on about colour, where were the twentieth century, but A Guide people of colour in football in the olden days? There are so many darker sides to football's history it's enough to make a young lad question the Classics co-authored by Michael Oakeshott is whole game…}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Askwith_Today|title=Today We Die a light-hearted look at how Little: Emil Zatopek, Olympic Legend to pick the Derby winner. Originally written in 1936 it is, amazingly, as relevant today as it was thenCold War Hero|author=Richard Askwith|rating=4|genre=Sport|summary=As a runner myself, I often look for sources of inspiration. In factTraining is rewarding, the techniques and analysis employed by the authors were way ahead of their time and have only come into general use relatively recentlybut every so often a day comes along when I question whether it is all worth it or not. [[A Guide to Zatopek proves that is, indeed, all worth it. He put copious amounts of effort into his training, and the Classics: Or How to Pick the Derby Winner by Guy Griffith and Michael Oakeshott|Full Review]]number of races he won over his career as a professional athlete clearly shows the results of it.}}<!-- Gibbons -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Pavey_Mum| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|This Mum Runs[[image:Gibbons_Game.jpg|linkauthor=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781126917/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Jo Pavey| stylerating="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"4|===[[The Beautiful Game by Alan Gibbons]]==genre=Sport [[image:4star.jpg|linksummary=CategoryI am something of a self-confessed running addict:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Dyslexia Friendly|Dyslexia Friendly]], [[:Category:Sport|Sport]] Football is all about its colours. And even if I write in think nothing of hitting the season when one team in blue knocks another team in blue from the throne roads for 50 miles a week, and spend much of English football, it's common knowledge that red is my time searching for races to run all over the more successful colour to wearcountry. But That is that flame red? Blood red? The red of the Sun cover banner when it falsely declared 96 Liverpool FC fans were fatally caught , until I wound up with a persistent sports injury, hung up in my running shoes for nearly a tragedy – year, and that it had been one of their own making? And while we're on about colour, where were switched the road to the pool. At the time I thought nothing could alleviate the people misery of colour in football in the olden days? There are so many darker sides to footballnot being able to run; but now I wish I had had Jo Pavey's history itautobiography, ''This Mum Runs''s enough , to make a young lad question keep me company because the elite athlete’s account of the whole game…[[The Beautiful Game by Alan Gibbons|Full Review]] <!-- Askwith -->Olympics, injury, family, and life, in general, falls nothing short of inspirational.}}|-{{Frontpage| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Lee_Lean[[image:Askwith_Today.jpg|linktitle=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0224100351/refLean Gains|author=nosim?tagJonathan S Lee|rating=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 inspiration. Training is rewarding, few pounds then you won't get the best out of this book. 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. Zatopek proves that is, indeed, all worth it Of course you could always take up a sport seriously. He put copious amounts of effort into his training.. On the other hand, and if you ''are'' a serious sportsman then you could find that the number of races he won over his career as a professional athlete clearly shows advice in ''Lean Gains'' could lift you up to the results next level of itperformance. [[Today We Die a Little: Emil Zatopek, Olympic Legend to Cold War Hero by Richard Askwith}}{{Frontpage|Full Review]] <!-- 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:4starMichael Long's friend Sarah gave him a book as part of his birthday present.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]], [[:Category:Sport|Sport]] I am something of a self-confessed running addict: I think nothing It was Time Out's guide to the history of the Olympics and it covered each of hitting the roads for 50 miles a week, and spend much of my time searching for races to run all over summer Olympics in chronological order from the countryinaugural games in Athens in 1896. That is, until I wound up Sarah's boyfriend James commented that with a persistent sports injury, hung up my all the running shoes for nearly a yearMichael did, and switched he'd probably have run in most of the road to the poolOlympic cities. At the time I thought nothing could alleviate the misery Although Long had done a goodly number of not being able to run; 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 now I wish I had had Jo Paveythat's autobiography, ''This Mum Runsnot the Michael Long you're going to come to know and love. He saw it as a challenge and what's more, to keep me company because the elite athlete’s account of the Olympics, injury, family, 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; text-align: left;"|===[[Lean Gains by Jonathan S Lee]]=== [[image:4staryou're vaguely aware of their existence but have no particular wish to visit them.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Sport|Sport]] I don't often begin 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 book by telling you spot of giant-killing, the lower leagues receive almost no attention outside their small groups of devoted supporters. So what it ''isn't'' but in this case I think s it's important. If you're like to support a fairly sedentary person or non-league team? Enter Dave Roberts, a casual sportsman or woman looking to shed a few pounds then you won't get fan of Bromley FC who are currently plying their trade in the Vanarama National League – the best out fifth tier of this bookEnglish football. YouIn ''Home and Away''ll find some good advice about diet, but I'm afraid that much Dave documents the highs and lows of it is going to go over your headtravelling the country watching Bromley during the 2015/2016 season. Of course you could always take up a sport seriously... On the other hand}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Mcgrath_Darley|title=Mr Darley's Arabian: High Life, Low Life, if you ''are'' a serious sportsman then you could find that the advice Sporting Life: A History of Racing in ''Lean Gains'' could lift you up to the next level of performance. [[Lean Gains by Jonathan S Lee25 Horses|Full Review]]author=Christopher McGrath|rating=5<!-- Long -->|genre=Sport|-| stylesummary="width: 10%All thoroughbred racehorses are descended from one of just three stallions which came to England about three hundred years ago; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Long_MockThe Byerley Turk, The Darley Arabian and The Godolphin Arabian.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1524662887/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbagThe 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 -21]]  | style="verticalnot just in England -align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[are descended from The Mock Olympian Darley Arabian, which was originally bought in Aleppo from Bedouin tribesmen and shipped to Yorkshire in 1704, by Michael Long]]===Thomas Darley, who died, in difficult financial circumstances before he could follow his horse home.}}{{Frontpage[[image:4star.jpg|linkisbn=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]] <!-- Mills -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Mills_Top.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1784934577/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Top Of The League by Andrea Mills]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Non-Fiction|Children's Non-Fiction]],[[:Category:Sport|Sport]] Football is known as the beautiful game and when I was younger I kind of believed this. I would spend my free time playing Heads and Volleys with my mates and then go home to try and complete my Panini sticker album. There was even the halcyon days when Blackburn Rovers won the title. As I have grown older, my cynicism has grown too. Leicester may be champions, but the day I feel that a group of multimillionaires beating a group of slightly richer multimillionaires is a win for the everyman, will be a sad one. Perhaps the love of football still burns bright in the youth of today? ''Top Of the League'' certainly hopes so as it is full of facts and figures all about the ball they call foot. [[Top Of The League by Andrea Mills|Full Review]] <!-- Bradbury -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Bradbury_Walks.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1784298840/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Unforgettable Walks by Julia Bradbury]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Travel|Travel]], [[:Category:Sport|Sport]] 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. [[Unforgettable Walks by Julia Bradbury|Full Review]] <!-- Martin -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Martin_When.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0753556677/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[When You Dead, You Dead by Guy Martin]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]], [[:Category:Sport|Sport]] 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. 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. [[When You Dead, You Dead by Guy Martin|Full Review]] <!-- McCoy -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Mccoy_Winner.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1409162397/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Winner: My Racing Life by A P McCoy]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]], [[:Category:Sport|Sport]] 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 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. [[Winner: My Racing Life by A P McCoy|Full Review]] <!-- Krien -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Krien_Night.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0224100033/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Night Games: A Journey to the Dark Side of Sport by Anna Krien]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Sport|Sport]] 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 'Justin Dyer' 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. [[Night Games: A Journey to the Dark Side of Sport by Anna Krien|Full Review]] <!-- Scott -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Scott_Born.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0956861849/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Born to Rumble by Jeff Scott]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Sport|Sport]] ''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 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. [[Born to Rumble by Jeff ScottMills_Top|Full Review]]  <!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->|} {{newreviewtitle=Top Of The League|author=Red Szell|title=The Blind Man of Hoy: A True StoryAndrea Mills

|genre=AutobiographySport|summary=Redmond Széll Football is known as the beautiful game and when I was diagnosed younger I kind of believed this. I would spend my free time playing Heads and Volleys with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) at age 19my mates and then go home to try and complete my Panini sticker album. There was even the halcyon days when Blackburn Rovers won the title. As I have grown older, my cynicism has grown too. Leicester may be champions, but the day I feel that a group of multimillionaires beating a group of slightly richer multimillionaires is a win for the everyman, will be a sad one. It Perhaps the love of football still burns bright in the youth of today? ''s now 26 years since he got Top Of the life-changing news. Although not completely sightless – he sees shadows and shapes – he League'' certainly hopes so as it is registered blind full of facts and walks with figures all about the stereotypical white stickball they call foot. This hasn}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Bradbury_Walks|title=Unforgettable Walks|author=Julia Bradbury|rating=4|genre=Sport|summary=I't stopped him from pursuing his hobby ve long been a fan of rockJulia Bradbury's walking programmes on television - I credit her with sparking my own interest in walking -climbing, though, both indoors on climbing walls so the news that there would shortly be another series of programmes and on a book to accompany the series was music to my ears. This time she's looking at Britain's cliffs. The culmination of his climbing obsession came in 2013best walks with a view and she roams through Dorset, the Cotswolds, Anglesey, when he became the first blind person to climb Yorkshire Dales, the Old Man of HoyLakes, Cumbria, the 449-foot cliff off South Downs and the Orkney Islands Peak District. Unless you're in Scotland there's something reasonably close to just about everyone, with a good spread around all points of Scotlandthe compass.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1910124222</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jeff Scott and Rachael AdamsMartin_When|title=Strictly Shale: Circling British SpeedwayWhen You Dead, You Dead|author=Guy Martin

|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 It's a nasty accident' little depressing when the riders slid their motorcycles sideways. It a 34-year-old is still on television publishing his second autobiography, but Ithat's what this book is, and Martin proves he'll confess to s certainly not having watched short on material. The author, for many years those of you who don't know, is a mechanic who dabbles in TV presenting and motorcycle racing, though it was for this reason that Jeff Scott's ''Strictly Shale'' achieved the unusual feat of both being latter for which he will be most well-known. As an eye opener F1 widow to a boy who likes all things fast, I thought he might like this book and bringing back long-forgotten memoriesso, perhaps unusually, I chose it with someone else in mind but made myself read it first.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0956861830</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Mccoy_Winner|title=Winner: My Racing Life|author=Tom PalmerA P McCoy|rating=4|genre=Sport|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.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Krien_Night|title=Over The LineNight Games: A Journey to the Dark Side of Sport|author=Anna Krien|rating=4.5|genre=Dyslexia FriendlySport|summary=Jack Cock made his debut as 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 for Huddersfield Town , 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 fragile dream of playing for his country came just a little bit closerthe woman had automatic anonymity, but this she's chosen to give the man who was just before charged the beginning name of 'Justin Dyer' in an attempt to level the First World Warplaying field, when there was immense pressure on young men so to do speak. You could Google the honourable thing facts and join come up with the war 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.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Scott_Born|title=Born to fight in FranceRumble|author=Jeff Scott|rating=4|genre=Sport|summary=''Rumble''. It's an odd word, isn't it, with that sense of a noise like thunder (or even of a motorcycle engine) 'Over the Line'and' is the story of Jack's war, of joining a street fight between rival gangs. Author Jeff Scott has picked the Footballers' Battalionperfect title for his journey around various speedway venues looking at those occasions when the combination of brakeless bikes, playing in the Flanders Cupadrenalin, fighting in the trenches ridiculous speeds and not just surviving but being decorated for braverya lot of space explode into a confrontation on or off the track. After the war he scored EnglandIt's hardly surprising that it happens - in fact, it's first international goal surprising that it doesn't happen more often given the competitive nature of the sport and was one the diva-like qualities of the first some of the modern generation of 'professional footballers'top riders.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781123934</amazonuk>