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Can We Have Our Balls Back, Please? Can We Have Our Balls Back, Please? Julian Norridge Long before Drake refused to interrupt his game of bowls when the Armada was sighted, the British have had a passionate relationship with sport. Julian Norridge goes through the stories of fourteen m… OL15172227W
Classic Football Debates Settled Once and For All, Volume 1 Classic Football Debates Settled Once and For All, Volume 1 Danny Baker Just in time for Christmas - the most entertaining football book ever published from the legendary Danny Baker and Danny Kelly. At last, at long, long last - the award-winning Baker & Kelly bring you… OL15190104W
Duke sucks Duke sucks Reed Tucker "No team in all of sports is as uniquely hated as those smug, entitled, floor-slapping, fist-pumping, insufferable Blue Devils. When Duke won the national championship in 2010, cheers may have erupte… OL16167909W
Golfing wit Golfing wit Aubrey Malone DICTIONARIES OF QUOTATIONS. With hundreds of funny one-liners that'll have you and your caddy chuckling down the fairway, this is the perfect companion for the golf-obsessed, and an ideal gift for th… OL18021748W
Golf on the wild side Golf on the wild side Sourcebooks, Inc. 60 p. : 15 cm OL18878536W
The terrible and wonderful reasons why I run long distances The terrible and wonderful reasons why I run long distances Matthew Inman From the New York Times best-selling author Matthew Inman, aka "The Oatmeal", comes this collection of comics and stories about running, eating, napping, and one cartoonist's reasons for running acro… OL19670683W
The weird and wonderful world of football The weird and wonderful world of football Gary Lineker Football: It's Unbelievable! is a light-hearted look at the wild and wacky side of the global game. It covers professional club football, international football and the grassroots of the sport, and h… OL20849247W
We need to talk about Kevin Keegan We need to talk about Kevin Keegan Giles Smith Gary Neville's choice of wedding venue, the use of underpants in goal celebrations, whether Lee Sharpe has it in him to go all the way on Celebrity Love Island - Giles Smith has never fought shy of h… OL20974601W
Why are you so fat? Why are you so fat? Gershon Portnoi Few sports have such a rich history of sledging as cricket, with the Australians being famed masters of the art. This collection - featuring contributions from talkSPORT's own Darren Gough and Ronnie… OL21081396W
Michael Parkinson on golf Michael Parkinson on golf Michael Parkinson A collection of golf writing by one of TV's favourite chat-show hosts. It isoften forgotten that Michael Parkinson first came to notice as a sports writer. After years of focusing on cricket and foot… OL21178369W
Bluffer's Guide to Golf Bluffer's Guide to Golf Adam Ruck A humorous guide to the history, rules and etiquette of golf. OL21624862W
David Boon's big book of great sporting jokes David Boon's big book of great sporting jokes David Boon Sport is supposed to be a serious business, yet few places are more likely to provide a chuckle or three than the world of sport. No one captures this juxtaposition better than David Boon, a man who,… OL2581982W
Out of my league Out of my league George Plimpton Author's account of his unusual experience pitching in an exhibition game between the National and American Leagues. OL2660565W
Mets fan Mets fan Dana Brand "This book includes 81 short, funny, and moving essays, from the beginning in 1962 to the present, that Mets fans have shared as they've followed their team. It includes information about the players… OL4079995W
The Tank McNamara chronicles The Tank McNamara chronicles Jeff Millar Includes more than 600 selections from the syndicated cartoon that follows the misadventures of a football player turned sportscaster and his friends. OL5920086W