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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!

    Damian Lawlor: When the World Stops Watching [2021] paperback

    €4.99€11.99

    As every sportsperson knows, the dream can't go on forever. After years of dedication, sacrifice and single-minded obsession to get to the top, one day it all has to end.When...

    Trevor Francis: One in a Million [2019] hardback

    €25.00

    Compelling, entertaining and refreshingly honest, One in a Million is the autobiography of Trevor Francis, the subject of the first GBP1 million transfer fee in football history - a record...

    Alan Gernon: Retired [2016] paperback

    €12.99

    Almost half of professional footballers face the threat of bankruptcy within five years of their retirement. A third will be divorced less than a year after hanging up their boots....

    Sean Cavanagh: Sean Cavanagh: The Obsession [2019] paperback

    €12.50

    'This obsession of mine has brought both joy and torment. The fixation with winning came from within, it roused me and veered on the dangerous.'This is Sean Cavanagh's account of...

    C Jarvis: Bluffer's Guide to Surfing [2019] paperback

    €8.75

    Instantly acquire all the knowledge you need to pass as an expert in the world of surfing. Never again confuse your tails with your rails, your SUPs with your ASPs,...

    Tom Peacock: Horse Racing Manual [2018] hardback

    €19.99

    Horse racing is the second-most attended sport in the United Kingdom behind football, with over 6 million visitors each year. While it has a core support of those who go...

    Manual Haynes: Bike Book [2017] hardback

    €24.70

    Now in its 23rd year of publication, The Bike Book continues to be a bestseller. Compiled by a new author, this seventh edition is a major update to include all...

    Haynes: Road Cycling Manual [2017] hardback

    €19.99

    The Road Cycling Manual is a comprehensive, practical guide for all riders. Whether you are new to cycling or already taking part in competitive events, this illustrated book, packed with...

    Peter Crouch: How to Be a Footballer [2019] paperback

    €5.99€9.99

    **Winner of the 2018 Telegraph Sports Book Awards Sports Bestseller of the Year**'Very funny on almost every page, wonderfully self-deprecating and very sharp on the ludicrous behaviour of the modern...

    Patrick Fort: Zidane [2018] paperback

    €7.99€16.25

    Get inside the mind of football's most enigmatic icon'Zidane is the master' PeleOne of modern football's most brilliant players - and one of its most iconic and mysterious figures -...

    Sam Walker: The Captain Class [2017] paperback

    €18.00

    The secret to winning is not what you think it is. It's not the coach. It's not the star. It's not money. It's not a strategy. It's something else entirely....

    Phil Cartwright: Red Mist: Football's Most Shocking Moments [2019] hardback

    €16.25

    There's more than one way to attain football immortality, and BBC Sports journalist, Phil Cartwright turns a witty and revealing eye over the mavericks, pioneers anti-heros and iconic legends that...

    Shire: The Racing Driver's Pocket-Book [2018] hardback

    €11.25

    The glamour and exhilaration of the golden days of motorsport cannot be matched, ringing with the names of famous international marques: Bentley, MG, ERA and Aston Martin; Bugatti, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz,...

    Kevin C. Kearns: Lugs Branigan [2014] hardback

    €19.99€37.15

    Born in the Liberties of Dublin in 1910, Jim Branigan was, by his own admission, a shy, scrawny "sissy" as a lad. Cruelly beaten by bullies in the railway yard...

    Frank Worrall: Rickie Fowler [2015] paperback

    €10.99

    He's the leader of America's exciting new wave of golfing superstars. Young, fun and gifted, Rickie Fowler has taken the sport to a younger audience in the States - making...

    Harry Harris: Jose, [2014] paperback

    €10.99

    The 'Special One' returns as 'the Happy One', calmer and better than before. Grayer; perhaps less flamboyant, even opting for a self-inflicted crew cut (he borrowed the clippers from Fernando...

    Declan Murphy: Centaur [2018] paperback

    €8.99

    **WINNER OF THE GENERAL OUTSTANDING SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD****SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017**Coping with your own death, when you are not yet...

    Steve Backshall: Mountain [2015] hardback

    €8.99

    Steve Backshall has been climbing since his teens and has a genuine love affair with the mountains, and with an environment that has the power to make a human being...

    John Wiseman: SAS and Special Forces Fitness Training [2016] paperback

    €19.50

    The SAS is probably the world's greatest elite military unit and its soldiers are renowned for their ability to cope when under great physical and mental stress. Now you can...

    Robert Beasley: Jose Mourinho: Up Close and Personal [2021] paperback

    €11.25

    The gripping biography of one of the most successful managers in the game, Jose Mourinho, giving rare insight into the man and the manager - now completely revised and updated...

    Jim White: Premier League [2014] paperback

    €10.99

    The Premier League transformed the violent terrace culture of the 1970s and 1980s into sophisticated sporting theatre with a global audience of billions. Sports writer Jim White has chosen ten...

    Nicola Jane Swinney: The Sporting Horse [2018] hardback

    €19.99

    Exhibiting grace and poise as they master the intricate movements of dressage; galloping like the wind at more than thirty miles per hour; soaring over huge competition fences; running tirelessly...

    Peter Cossins: Ultimate Etapes [2016] hardback

    €9.99

    Ultimate E tapes is the essential guide to cycling the very best routes in Europe. From the epic ascent of the Stelvio to the windswept coastline of the Netherlands' North...

    Peter Cossins: Alpe d'Huez [2016] paperback

    €12.60

    A tale of man and machine battling against breath-taking terrain for the ultimate prize, this is the story of the Alpe d'Huez. Known as the Tour de France's 'Hollywood climb',...

    Kenny Pryde: The Medal Factory [2020] hardback

    €14.99

    43 Olympic medals. 6 Tour de France victories. Countless world records and world championship victories. Since the year 2000, British Cycling, Team Sky and INEOS have dominated the sport of...

    Simon Critchley: What We Think About When We Think About Football [2017] hardback

    €5.99

    What do we think about when we think about football? Football is about so many things: memory, history, place, social class, gender (especially masculinity, but increasingly femininity too), family identity,...

    Christophe Mcdougall: Running with Sherman [2019] hardback

    €25.00

    From the author of the international bestseller Born To RunWhen barefoot running guru Christopher McDougall takes in a neglected donkey, his aim is to get Sherman back to reasonable health....

    Brien Colin O: Giro d'Italia [2018] paperback

    €8.99

    The story of the Giro d'Italia - Italy's equivalent of the Tour de France, and its superior in the eyes of many - is as dramatic and full of extraordinary...

    Ken Bensinger: Red Card [2018] hardback

    €14.99

    WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS AWARD FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019'Spellbinding. A gripping account of how the beautiful game got grotesquely ugly. Highly recommended.' Gary Lineker'Gripping...Bensinger's impeccably sourced account...

    Velominati: The Hardmen [2018] paperback

    €12.50

    It's time we all stopped whining and learned a thing or two from The Toughest Cyclists Ever. Including:Stephen Roche, whose cure for exhaustion was to go up a gear and...

    Kieran Mccarthy: Something In The Water [2019] paperback

    €9.99€19.99

    Olympic rowers Gary and Paul O'Donovan may be the face of Irish rowing and Skibbereen Rowing Club, and have enormously increased the popularity of rowing in Ireland, but they're just...

    Callaghan Eoin O: Keane: Origins [2020] paperback

    €2.99

    Pick your favourite Roy Keane moment. The header againstJuventus? The tunnel clash with PatrickVieira? The bone-crunching challenge on Marc Overmars at Lansdowne Road? All worthy choices that complement hisaggressive, combative...

    Paul D Gibson: The Lost Soul of Eamonn Magee [2018] paperback

    €2.99€9.99

    `Magee is Ireland's answer to Johnny Tapia - Gibson captures the craziness of his life brilliantly. A book that is impossible to put down' Carl Frampton'Raw, riveting, beautifully written...an unforgettable...

    Bunch Media Wild: Total Running [2017] hardback

    €9.99

    This extensive and authoritative book is produced in association with Men's Running and Women's Running, containing chapters on health, food and nutrition, training plans, exercises, and equipment. It is for...

    Bruce Jones: Formula One Circuits From Above [2017] hardback

    €30.00

    Formula One Circuits From Above gives you the perfect insight into what makes F1 the most exciting and dramatic of all forms of motorsport. The unique photography provided by Google...

    Louis Massarella: The Little Book of Spurs [2017] hardback

    €7.80

    This book is a collection of quotes from those who have passed through London N17 and some who are still there, soundbites that range from the inspired to the insane,...

    Justyn Barnes: The Little Book of Man United [2017] hardback

    €7.80

    The Little Book of Man Utd is a neat collection of words of wit and wisdom by and about Manchester United's players, managers and officials past and present. From Alan...

    Geoff Tibballs: The Little Book of Liverpool [2017] hardback

    €7.80

    Revised and updated, in a new format for the 2017-18 season, The Little Book of Liverpool celebrates the club's continued success at home and abroad. From Kenny Dalglish, Alan Hansen...

    Mel Allwood: Pocket Bike Maintenance [2017] paperback

    €13.00

    Pocket Bike Maintenance tells you everything you will need to know about your bike and, more importantly, keep it trouble free and on the road. From fixing flat tyres -...

    Nick Callow: The Ryder Cup [2016] hardback

    €14.99€32.50

    The Ryder Cup is one of the world's most prestigious sporting contests. Fiercely fought every two years, it uniquely pits teams from two golfing giants - Europe and the USA...

    John White: The Formula One Miscellany [2016] hardback

    €12.99

    There is something for all motor racing fan in The Formula One Miscellany. Formula One's World Championship dates back to the middle of the last century and has developed a...

    Serge Laget: TREASURES OF LE TOUR DE FRANCE - Z38 [2012] hardback

    €4.99

    The Treasures of the Tour de France comprises an authoritative narrative account of each major era in the sport up to and including the 2011 Tour. The reportage is complemented...

    Malcolm Folley: Monaco [2017] paperback

    €18.20

    **INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH NIKI LAUDA, ROSS BRAWN, DAMON HILL, DAVID COULTHARD, SIR JACKIE STEWART, OLIVER PANIS AND 2016 WORLD CHAMPION NICO ROSBERG**Circuit de Monaco. Monte Carlo. The ultimate race...

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