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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!

    Darren Clarke: An Open Book - My Autobiography [2012] hardback

    €2.99€28.57

    A golfer loved for his courage and charisma, Darren Clarke has the crowds behind him.They know he is a warm, funny raconteur who likes a Guinness, who both works hard...

    Adam Ford: Mindful Thoughts for Walkers [2017] hardback

    €6.99€11.41

    Mindful Thoughts for Walkers explores how walking is an opportunity to deepen our levels of physical and spiritual awareness.Mindful walking can help us face the existential questions of 'Who am...

    McKenzie Ewan: Max Verstappen [2024] hardback

    €24.99

    A fully illustrated biography of Max Verstappen, from karting in the junior races at age 10 to his third time winning the world championship at the end of 2023. Max's...

    Icon: Messi - 2018 Updated Edition [2017] paperback

    €4.99

    Having risen to the top of the game more than a decade ago, Lionel Messi has matured into the perfect team player, as likely to provide a superlative assist as...

    Frankel: The Greatest Racehorse of All Time and the Sport That Made Him [2020] hardback

    €9.99

    In horse racing greatness is defined by speed. Being the second fastest counts for little. You have to win. And win. And keep winning until every challenger of your generation...

    Alex Bellos: Futebol [2003] paperback

    €6.99€14.27

    The Brazilian football team is one of the modern wonders of the world. At its best it exudes a skill, flamboyance and romantic pull like nothing else on earth. Football...

    Big Phil Campion: Real World SAS Survival Guide [2014] hardback

    €7.99€9.99

    Any Threat. Any Situation. Sorted. The 21st century is a place fraught with danger. Nobody is better placed to help counter these everyday threats than ex-SAS survival expert Phil Campion....

    John Bailey: Fly Fishing in Ireland [2003] hardback

    €14.99€38.56

    From the deep, dark western lakes to the gravel-bed rivers of the south-east, Fly Fishing in Ireland covers the full range of angling possibilities. Organised on a seasonal basis, it...

    Johnny Sexton: BECOMING A LION Z49 [2014] paperback

    €5.99€6.99

    Johnny Sexton - the man who pulled the strings for the Lions - gives an intimate insight into the rugby life in Becoming a Lion.With three Heineken Cups and one...

    Andy Brassell: We Play On [2023] hardback

    €14.99

    'A gripping account' Sunday Times'We want to show to the world that we are alive. That we are strong. Not just us - the whole of Ukraine. We are continuing...

    Iain Gately: The Secret Surfer [2018] hardback

    €9.99

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS. Recovering from a hip replacement operation, and suffering from a mid-life crisis, Iain Gately sets out to catch a tube. This is...

    Ronald Reng: Matchdays [2015] hardback

    €8.99€9.99

    The enormous success of German football is envied around the world. The national team won the 2014 World Cup in style, while the Bundesliga offers an alternative model through its...

    David Goldblatt: Futebol Nation [2014] paperback

    €6.99

    Futebol Nation by David Goldblatt - a thriling history of Brazil through its sporting passionFrom the genius of Pele to corruption and civil unrest, no nation has so closely aligned...

    David Goldblatt: Futebol Nation [2014] paperback

    €9.99

    Futebol Nation by David Goldblatt - a thriling history of Brazil through its sporting passionFrom the genius of Pele to corruption and civil unrest, no nation has so closely aligned...

    Sayer Jonathan: Nowhere To Run [2024] paperback

    €14.30

    'Captures the illogical romance of the sport' NEW STATESMANEver wondered what it would be like to run your local football club?On the second oldest football pitch in the world, Jonathan...

    Jeff Benedict: Lebron [2024] paperback

    €6.99€15.99

    'Inspiring . . . An absorbing chronicle of talent, character, pluck, and luck' Wall Street JournalTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The first definitive biography of basketball legend LeBron James, by...

    Boris Starling: Rugby [2019] hardback

    €4.99

    Written by bestselling author Boris Starling, Rugby is one of the new titles for 2019 in the Haynes Explains series. A light-hearted and entertaining take on the classic workshop manual,...

    Hamilton Nicolas: Now That I Have Your Attention [2024] paperback

    €9.99€22.10

    Nicolas Hamilton has been exceeding expectations since day one.Born with a form of cerebral palsy, Nicolas was told that he would never walk and would need a wheelchair for the...

    Hughes Mark: Unstoppable [2024] paperback

    €15.99

    SHORTLISTED IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR CATEGORY AT THE 2024 SPORTS BOOK AWARDSWATERSTONES' BEST BOOKS OF 2023: SPORTA definitive and intriguing biography of Max Verstappen, Formula 1's...

    Harry Harris: Pele: His Life and Times - Revised & Updated [2018] paperback

    €3.89€5.99

    A bestseller in both the UK and the USA on its first publication, this book was the first fully authorised life of world's greatest living footballer. With exclusive access to...

    John Beech: Business of Sport Management,The [2013] paperback

    €30.00€92.84

    Over the first decade of the 21st century the scale and importance of the commercial sport industry has increased dramatically and rapidly. This timely second edition of the ground-breaking text...

    Mike Westin: Seamanship 2.0 [2021] paperback

    €7.99

    The knowledge to sort yourself out when encountering problems at sea is largely forgotten. How to find your way when the GPS plotter has a blackout, how to get yourself...

    Jonathan Wilson: Inverting the Pyramid [2014] paperback

    €4.99€5.99

    In INVERTING THE PYRAMID, Jonathan Wilson pulls apart the finer details of the world's game, tracing the global history of tactics, from modern pioneers right back to the beginning when...

    Maurice Watkins: Legally Red [2024] paperback

    €7.99€12.99

    At Old Trafford, in the corridors of power, Maurice Watkins was the guiding force. As the club solicitor, and later a director, for thirty-six years he was the man to...

    Vic Marks: Original Spin [2020] paperback

    €13.00

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE CRICKET SOCIETY AND MCC BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020The much-loved former England player, Guardian cricket correspondent and TMS broadcaster tells the story of his life in...

    Lee McKenzie: Inside F1 [2023] paperback

    €13.00

    From an early age, Lee McKenzie had access to a motorsport world that most are rarely allowed into. From spending time in the paddock as a teen to becoming a...

    Michael Adams: Secrets of Successful Betting [2002] paperback

    €4.99€6.99

    This is the only book on the market to offer a realistic and readily comprehensible account of bookmakers, their history and the mathematics of bookmaking. It includes an explanation of...

    Dean Karnazes: Ultramarathon Man [2023] paperback

    €14.30

    Ultramarathon Man is the story of where it all began for Dean Karnazes: the mind-boggling adventures of his nonstop treks through the shoe-melting inferno of Death Valley, the lung-freezing ferocity...

    Michael Lynagh: Blindsided [2016] paperback

    €7.00€9.99

    Former Australian rugby union legend and World Cup winner, now acclaimed television sports pundit, on his glittering career in the game - and how close he came to losing his...

    Michael Scott: MotoGP: The Illustrated History 2023 [2023] hardback

    €39.00

    The daring exploits of motorcycle race legends Valentino Rossi, Barry Sheene, Casey Stoner and John Surtees are all gloriously celebrated in MotoGP: The Illustrated History.Updated for 2023 and packed with...

    Dave Pelz's Putting Bible [2000] hardback

    €14.99€31.43

    Dave Pelz's Putting Bible is the second of four books in the hugely popular Dave Pelz Scoring Game Series. Following the enormous success of his Short Game Bible, now the...

    Willie Anderson: Crossing The Line [2021] hardback

    €3.99€9.99

    Irish rugby has produced many charismatic figures over its history. None morethan Willie Anderson. Immortalised for his defiant stance in the face of the AllBlacks' Haka, the Ulsterman is notorious...

    Jeff Benedict: Tiger Woods [2018] paperback

    €2.99€19.50

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018THE OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A rattling read... Superbly written' Derek Lawrenson, Daily Mail'Arguably the most serious attempt ever...

    Steve Austin: The Stone Cold Truth [2003] hardback

    €5.99€25.70

    On 14 January 2003 Steve Austin was voted the best professional wrestler of the last ten years in a WWE fan poll. In addition to the WWE he has wrestled...

    David Dein: Calling the Shots [2023] paperback

    €16.90

    The long-awaited memoir from international football ambassador, former co-owner of Arsenal FC and legend of the game: David Dein. There's no doubt that Dein has been one of the most...

    Justine Mcgrath: Conversations with My Father: Jack Kyle [2014] paperback

    €3.99

    Jack Kyle was the rugby giant of his time, but he is also so much more than a sporting legend.Whilst he was winning a Grand Slam and touring with the...

    Justine Mcgrath: Conversations with My Father: Jack Kyle [2014] paperback

    €4.99€9.99

    Jack Kyle was the rugby giant of his time, but he is also so much more than a sporting legend.Whilst he was winning a Grand Slam and touring with the...

    Ryan Eimear: The Grass Ceiling [2024] paperback

    €7.99€12.99

    'A book which will very soon be acknowledged as a classic of Irish sportswriting' Ciaran MurphyWhat is it like to be female in a male-dominated sporting world? If you play...

    Rousey Ronda: Our Fight [2024] paperback

    €20.99

    *PRE-ORDER NOW* From Sunday Times bestselling author, British Sports Book of the Year Award winner, and trailblazing athlete Ronda Rousey, an unfiltered and entertaining chronicle of her last decade, tackling...

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