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    From the history of Irish sports to biographies of international athletics superstars, these books in our sports collection make for excellent reading. Whether you’re passionate about football, rugby, or any other sport, these books bring the drama, dedication, and triumphs of the sports world to life. Find your next great sports read at Chapters Bookstore!

    Alison Muir Bennett: The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Oceans [2005] paperback

    €7.99€17.13

    What better way of travelling the world than by crewing on a yacht? The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Oceans is ideal for crew pre-planning, and for skippers seeking crew. It...

    Jamie Reid: Doped [2013] hardback

    €9.99€28.57

    Doped is the gripping true-story racing thriller set in Britain in the 1950s and early 1960s. Combining a potent mix of horse racing, drugs, sex, class, crime, gambling and the...

    Katie Dailey: Heels on Wheels [2012] paperback

    €7.99€14.27

    Learning to ride a bike is easy, but getting back on one if you're over the age of 12 (and have developed a penchant for high heels) can be daunting....

    Geoffrey Wheatcroft: Le Tour [2004] paperback

    €6.99€12.84

    When Henri Desgrange began a new bicycle road race in 1903, he saw it as little more than a temporary publicity stunt to promote his newspaper. The sixty cyclists who...

    Michael Parkinson: Muhammad Ali: A Memoir [2016] paperback

    €8.99€21.41

    Sir Michael Parkinson interviewed Muhammad Ali four times and in this memoir you are given a ringside seat for all of the interviews.Muhammad Ali was God's Gift to the interviewer....

    Books Dino: Ultimate Football Heroes 2025 [2024]

    €11.99

    LOOK BACK AT AN AMAZING YEAR IN FOOTBALL WITH ULTIMATE FOOTBALL HEROES!Relive the GOALS, GAMES and GLORIES of the 2023-24 season, including titanic three-way battles for the Premier League and...

    Constable Nick: Match of the Day Football Almanac [2024] hardback

    €20.99

    Do you remember the Battle of Old Trafford? Shearer's dream debut hat trick? Or how many goals Haaland scored in his first Premier League season? Hope, heartbreak and victory, over...

    of the Day Magazine Match: Match of the Day Annual 2025 [2024] hardback

    €11.99

    What a save!The MOTD annual returns, bursting with fun football trivia, games, puzzles, cartoons and much, much more...Packed with fun football trivia, quizzes, games, puzzles, top 10s, cartoons and more,...

    Gerrard, Steven: Gerrard [2006] paperback

    €4.99€15.60

    Born in the Liverpool suburb of Huyton in 1980, Steven Gerrard joined Liverpool FC as a YTS trainee and played his first first team game aged just 18. He has...

    Ceallachain Sean & O: The Liam MacCarthy Cup [2010] paperback

    €5.99€12.99

    First awarded in 1923, Sean Og O Ceallachain and Owen McCann survey every decade since then, recalling many of the most famous All-Ireland hurling finals:* The thunder and lightning final...

    Scott Douglas: Runner's World Complete Guide To Minimalism And Barefoot Running [2013] paperback

    €1.99

    Proponents of running either barefoot or in minimalist shoes argue that by introducing a thick layer of cushioning and an elevated heel between the foot and the ground, modern running...

    Suzanne Schlosberg: FITNESS FOR DUMMIES 4ED W3 [2010] paperback

    €12.99

    The latest and greatest in getting fit and staying that way! Fitness For Dummies, 4th Edition, provides the latest information and advice for properly shaping, conditioning, and strengthening your body...

    Cait Murphy: A History of American Sports in 100 Objects [2016] hardback

    €14.99€29.70

    What artifact best captures the spirit of American sports? The bat Babe Ruth used to hit his allegedly called shot, or the ball on which Pete Rose wrote, I'm sorry...

    Amy Lane: I Can Run [2021] paperback

    €6.99€14.27

    I CAN RUN is not a running book for 'runners' - it's the must-have running book for anyone who has ever experienced a moment of defeatism and had the little...

    David Mortimer: Classic Rugby Clangers [2015] paperback

    €6.99€11.41

    This hilarious collection of stories taken from over 130 years of rugby history recounts some of the moments their perpetrators would rather forget. A relentlessly high-speed game, rugby is particularly...

    Alan Brazil: There's an Awful Lot of Bubbly in Brazil [2006] hardback

    €12.99€27.13

    This is a tale about a boy from the back streets of Glasgow who rose from being a fanatical Celtic fan to leading Scotland's World Cup attack with Kenny Dalglish....

    John D Barrow: Mathletics: 100 Amazing Things You Didn't Know About the World of Sports [2013] paperback

    €4.99

    How can sprinter Usain Bolt break his world record without expending any additional effort? What dates of birth give rise to the best professional athletes? Is it better to have...

    Julie Checkoway: THREE YEAR SWIM CLUB Z1 [2016] paperback

    €2.99

    In 1937 an ordinary school teacher on the island of Maui took a group of under privileged children, most of Japanese ancestry, and trained them to become Olympic swimmers. He...

    Cory Wharton-Malcolm: All You Need Is Rhythm And Grit [2024] paperback

    €21.99

    'Everything Wharton-Malcolm does has the aim of helping people achieve the best version of themselves' Evening Standard'In a world where expectations of others is making people drop out of sport,...

    Edward Newman: Lansdowne Through the Years [2010] paperback

    €6.99€19.99

    Lansdowne Road Stadium, the oldest international stadium in the world, has been at the centre of Irish sporting life since it opening in 1878. In 2006 the stadium closed its...

    Troy Deeney: Troy Deeney: Redemption [2021] hardback

    €9.99

    ***'Footie book of the year.' - The SunTROY DEENEY is best known as Watford FC's former captain and a thorn in Arsenal's side. But behind the successful and gritty football...

    Attax Match: Match Attax Annual 2025 [2024] hardback

    €11.99

    Discover everything there is to know about your favourite football heroes in the Official Match Attax Annual 2025! Farshore are the #1 annuals publisher in the UK (Bookscan TCM 2023)...

    The Lance Armstrong Foundation: LiveStrong: Inspirational Stories from Cancer Survivors - From Diagnosis to Treatment and Beyond [2006] paperback

    €4.99

    Since the now-ubiquitous LIVESTRONG wristbands became available in May 2004, the Lance Armstrong Foundation, founded by cancer survivor and cycling champion Lance Armstrong, has raised more than $50 million for...

    Ray Mears: Bushcraft Survival [2006] paperback

    €6.99

    In BUSHCRAFT SURVIVAL Ray Mears travels to some of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses in the world, and experiences first hand the survival techniques of different indigenous cultures. From...

    Ray Mears: Bushcraft Survival [2005] hardback

    €4.99

    In BUSHCRAFT SURVIVAL Ray Mears travels to some of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses in the world, and experiences first hand the survival techniques of different indigenous cultures. From...

    Bobby Robson: Bobby Robson: Farewell but not Goodbye - My Autobiography: The Remarkable Life of a Sporting Legend. [2006] paperback

    €3.99€4.99

    Revered in Newcastle and the North-East, Sir Bobby Robson is a man whose fame knows no boundaries and who enjoys phenomenal popularity. His playing days with Fulham and West Brom...

    Alan Ball Mbe: Playing Extra Time [2005] paperback

    €1.99

    Alan Ball always wanted to be the best. Small in stature, red-haired and fiery, Alan was one of the most recognisable players of his generation. Fans on the terraces and...

    John Feinstein: One on One: Behind the Scenes with the Greats in the Game [2012] hardback

    €4.99

    After numerous beloved and bestselling sports books, John Feinstein returns to the subjects of his first ten books, crafting a narrative of the most revealing encounters he's had. Feinstein has...

    David Milsted: The Big Book of Sports Insults: 1001 quips and quotes: 1001 unadmiring quips and quotes [2004] hardback

    €1.99

    The Big Book of Sports Insults begins where responsible comment leaves off. Modelled on the successful format of such seminal works as E-Tales, The Big Book of National Insults, and...

    Hippo! Orange: The Little Book of LeBron James [2024] hardback

    €7.99

    King James, the greatest of all time.Named 'The Chosen One' at just age 17, and with the iconic number 23 set to retire with him at the end of his...

    Hayley Kilgallon: Fifty Years of the LGFA [2024] hardback Unladylike

    €15.99€24.95

    The first recorded game of ladies' Gaelic football was played in St James' Park, Dublin, in 1920. Players competed in ankle-length skirts, watched by a sizeable crowd. But the game...

    Venus Williams: Strive [2024] paperback

    €4.99€6.99

    Throughout her multi-faceted career, Venus Williams has earned four Olympic gold medals, 21 Grand Slam titles, and built two companies. Along with her sister, Venus became the first female African...

    Howard Webb: The Man in the Middle [2016] hardback

    €9.99€28.57

    The long-awaited autobiography of Howard Webb, the man who refereed the World Cup final. Webb's first game as a match official came when he was just 18 and his father's...

    Scally John: Extraordinary GAA People [2024] paperback

    €17.99

    The Gaelic Games has been shaped by great players. Since its inception, special players have made hearts soar with daring moves, acheived sporting glory and created everlasting memories. Now Extraordinary...

    Steve. White: The 50 Greatest Rugby Union Players of All Time [2015] paperback

    €5.99

    Throughout the history of rugby union, a select few players have stood out above the rest.Bringing together 50 of the finest, this book reveals the fearless scrum-halves, tricky wingers, explosive...

    Anon: Tales from the Secret Footballer [2014] paperback

    €3.99€5.99

    FOOTBALL'S BIGGEST CHARACTERS TELL IT LIKE IT ISWho is the Secret Footballer? Well he's back and this time his mates speak out too.Players, agents, coaches and managers give you access...

    Wade: How To Think Like A Fish [2024]

    €5.99

    Jeremy Wade has caught an unparalleled array of outsize and outlandish fish from challenging locations all over the world - goliath tigerfish from the Congo, arapaima from the Amazon, 'giant...

    Rob Steen: Floodlights and Touchlines: A History of Spectator Sport [2015] paperback

    €5.99

    Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2014Spectator sport is living, breathing, non-stop theatre for all.Focusing on spectator sports and their accompanying issues, tracing their origins,...

    Ian Wright: A Life in Football: My Autobiography [2017] paperback

    €3.99€5.99

    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Wrighty's characteristic honesty means his book is far more engrossing than most bland football memoirs' Sunday TimesIan Wright, Arsenal legend, England striker and TV pundit extraordinaire, is...

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