When 46-year-old crane driver and former comedy stunt-diver Maurice Flitcroft chanced his way into the Open - having never before played a round of golf in his life - he ran up a record-worst score of 121. The sport's ruling classes went nuclear, and banned him for life. But he entered tournaments a[...]

Covering all the basics of football, rules and tactics, as well as giving history of the sport and how it has evolved, this indispensable guide gets you up to speed on the most popular game in the world.[...]

Shannon Bennett, chef and owner of internationally renowned restaurant Vue de monde, takes you on a personal tour of his beloved city: Paris. This unique guidebook includes reviews of Shannon's favourite three-star restaurants, bistros, bars and hotels, and his pick of the best places to buy macaroo[...]

Much of the acres of football news coverage these days has little to do with what actually occurs on the pitch. Jonathan Wilson has established himself as one of the sport's pre-eminent writers, focussing on the tactics (with the award-winning INVERTING THE PYRAMID) and how events on the pitch have [...]

Watching each match in real time and reacting to the twists and turns of the action, this book brings you the real stories of the matches as they happened, not the highlights package or rose-tinted version.[...]

This new edition of the critically-acclaimed biography of Alexander Trocchi has been revised, extended and updated since its first publication in 1991 when it helped to create new interest in the celebrated - and notorious - author of Young Adam and Cain's Book. It was highly influential, led to the[...]