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		The Ancient Olympics
				Miscellaneous
		Nigel Spivey
		Oxford University Press 2004 273 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 0192804332
		Published Price £16.99		Our Price £6.99
	Nigel Spivey draws a picture of all-in fighters, chariot racers, flagrant exhibitionism and inflammatory orators that contrasts starkly with the calm of the present day ruins of Olympia. He traces the history of the Olympic institution with reference to the social behaviour, sexual habits and aesthetic ideals of classical antiquity, and also explores the mythology and archaeology of Olympia, revealing how the Greeks elevated sporting prowess to heroic status.
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		Play the Game
		Victorian and Edwardian Sporting Songs		Miscellaneous
		Ian Partridge; Jennifer Partridge;
		Just Accord Music 2001		Qty
		CD 0640010002
		Published Price £8.99		Our Price £3.99
	Blade on the feather, / Shade of the trees, / Swing, swing together... The Eton Boating Song takes its place among a mixed bag of English sports in this collection of songs. Evoking a long lost era of British sport, the 17 tracks on the CD include The Cricketer's Carol, Our Football Supper and A Hunting Morning by Conan Doyle, sung by tenor Ian Partidge or baritone Peter Davidge, with piano accompaniment by Jennifer Partridge, or by The Song and Supper Club vocal group. With informative album notes, including the lyrics.
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		Sports Therapy
		Theoretical and Practical Thoughts and Considerations		Miscellaneous
		James Briggs
		Corpus 2001 384 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 1903333040
		Published Price £18.00		Our Price £6.99
	A theoretical and practical guide to sports therapy, with sections on exercise, training, fitness and performance, injury, inflammation, healing and repair, treatment, drugs and cheating, and legal, professional, ethical, moral and practice management issues.
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		Tom Spring
		Bare-knuckle Champion of All England		Miscellaneous
		Jon Hurley
		Stadia 2007 283 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 075242940X
		Published Price £12.99		Our Price £5.99
	An illustrated biography of bare-knuckle boxing Champion of All England Tom Spring (1795-1851), the son of a Herefordshire butcher who was a pageboy at the Coronation of King George IV and counted John Keats, John Clare and Lord Byron among his fans.
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		Peter Swan
		Setting the Record Straight		Miscellaneous
		Peter Swan; with Nick Johnson
		Stadia 2007 240 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 0752444379
		Published Price £9.99		Our Price £2.99
	The match-fixing case of the early 1960s robbed Sheffield Wednesday and England centre half Peter Swan of the best years of his career. Debunking many of the myths and half-truths surrounding the affair, this autobiographical account details one of the most controversial episodes in English football history.
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		The Great White Hopes
		The Quest to Defeat Jack Johnson		Miscellaneous
		Graeme Kent
		Sutton 2005 244 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 0750938927
		Published Price £18.99		Our Price £3.99
	The stories of the fighters who between 1908 and 1915 fought to regain the heavyweight boxing championship title from black fighter Jack Johnson, whose position after he won the title in 1908 was considered by many to be a threat to white supremacy, and a source of civil unrest and race riots.
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		Derby Days
		Fifty Years of the Epsom Classic		Miscellaneous
		Stewart Peters
		Tempus 2004 192 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 0752432028 227x242mm
		Published Price £25.00		Our Price £4.99
	A history of the Epsom Derby from 1953 to 2004 with photographs of its runners and riders, and text describing developments in horseracing and horsebreeding, and the story of each race, with finishing order and odds.
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		Sports
				Miscellaneous
		Jonathan Hayden; Peter Feierabend
		Feierabend 2004 784 pages		Qty
		Hardback 389985182X Illus
		Published Price £12.99		Our Price £2.99
	In English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. A photographic celebration of all aspects of a range of sports from Greyhound racing and track events to Formula One and rugby, divided into sections by concept such as Time and Tide; Swifter, Higher, Stronger; Triumph and Disaster, and Colours.
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		Wisden at Lord's
		An Illustrated Anthology		Miscellaneous
		Graeme Wright (Edited by)
		Wisden 2005 192 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 0947766936 217x242mm
		Published Price £19.99		Our Price £7.99
	With Tests and one-day internationals now dominate modern cricket coverage, but there was a time when matches such as Gentlemen v Players and Oxford v Cambridge filled Lord's to capacity and were regarded as great social occasions as well as important games. Presenting selections from Wisden's - ever-present at Lord's since 1864 - along with photographs and other illustrations, this is an affectionate and sometimes quirky pageant of cricket from 'The Little Wonder' (Wisden himself) to the C&G Trophy, 2003.
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		Gas Masks for Goal Posts
		Football in Britain During the Second World War		Miscellaneous
		Anton Rippon
		Sutton 2007 278 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 075094031X
		Published Price £8.99		Our Price £2.99
	A study of football's role in WWII when it was realised that the sport could help in the national battle for victory, becoming an important morale booster among servicemen, munitions workers and citizens as well as raising huge funds for the war effort.
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		F1errari
				Miscellaneous
		Rainer W Schlegelmilch
		Feierabend 2004 816 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 3899853229 125x123mm
		Published Price £9.99		Our Price £5.99
	In German and English. A photographic celebration of Ferrari’s involvement in Formula One racing, arranged chronologically from 1950 to 2003 with a short paragraph on Ferrari's tactics and drivers and a table of race results for each world championship.
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		Best and Edwards
		Football, Fame and Oblivion		Miscellaneous
		Gordon Burn
		Faber 2006 255 pages		Qty
		Paperback 0712697152
		Published Price £10.99		Our Price £4.99
	In this investigation into a club, two personalities and the burgeoning era of celebrity, Gordon Burn plots the course and trajectory of two players whose careers were cut tragically short. Duncan Edwards played his first game for Manchester United in 1953, at the age of 15; the most prized of the 'Busby Babes', Edwards died in the Munich crash. George Best, star of the reborn Man United and European Player of the Year in 1969, was retired from the game by the age of 27.
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		The Joy of Climbing
		Terry Gifford's Classic Climbs		Miscellaneous
		Terry Gifford
		Whittles 2004 174 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 1904445063 280x210mm
		Published Price £19.95		Our Price £2.99
	Aimed at beginners and novices, this volume demonstrates the sheer enjoyment of climbing, guiding readers around the hidden gems at the easier end of climbing in Britain, Europe and America to provide a stimulating but achievable challenge.
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		The Heavyweights
		The Definitive History of the Heavyweight Fighters		Miscellaneous
		Bob Mee
		Tempus 2006 320 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 0752434268
		Published Price £20.00		Our Price £6.99
	From boxers such as Harry Wills and Sam Langford who fell foul of racial discrimination, to the rags-to-riches story of Jack Dempsey and the legendary rise of Mohammed Ali, this is a definitive history of the fight for the title of heavyweight champion of the world.
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		The England Managers
		The Impossible Job		Miscellaneous
		Brian Scovell
		Tempus 2006 288 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 0752437488
		Published Price £20.00		Our Price £3.99
	From the early days of Winterbottom to the controversial appointment and performance of a non-national in Goran-Eriksson, the England hotseat has always attracted an incredible level of interest from Press and fans. This book looks at all of the incumbents of the position of England coach with detailed biographies and anecdotes about each of them, as well as career statistics and a photographic section.
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