This is Your Everest: The Lions, The Springboks and the Epic Tour of 1997
By: Tom English
4.60
Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition
The 1997 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa is one of the most iconic in rugby history. Wri…
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1. The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
By: David Epstein
4.20
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
Now a New York Times Bestseller! With a new chapter added to the paperback. In high school, I wonde… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
"The idea that athleticism was suddenly inversely proportional to intellect was never a cause of bigotry, but rather a result of it."-David Epstein, The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
"One of the issues with our field is when we've looked at activity, and what controls activity, we've forgotten that we know very clearly there are biological mechanisms that actually influence people…"-David Epstein, The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
"If you want to know if your kid is going to be fast, the best genetic test right now is a stopwatch. Take him to the playground and have him face the other kids.' Foster's point is that, despite the …"-David Epstein, The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
2. The Dirtiest Race in History: Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis and the Olympic 100m Final
By: Richard Moore
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The 1988 Seoul Olympics hosted what has been described as both "the dirtiest race of all time" and … read more
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- nonfiction
3. Pop. 1280
By: Jim Thompson
0.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Nick Corey is a terrible sheriff on purpose. He doesn't solve problems, enforce rules or arrest cri… read more
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4. Case Study
By: Graeme Macrae Burnet
3.60
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
“I have decided to write down everything that happens, because I feel, I suppose, I may be putting … read more
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"Forget about meaning’, he said. ‘Life’s not about meaning, it’s about experience."-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study
"It is impossible to walk behind someone on a narrow cliff path without the idea of shoving them over the edge crossing one’s mind."-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study
"To be in another country, speaking another language, was to be another person, and in being another person I felt for the first time that I was myself."-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study
"Her handbag, he said, was found on the scene. I made a mental note to carry out a thorough spring clean of contents of my own bag before throwing myself in front of any trains."-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study
5. The Secret Hours
By: Mick Herron
4.29
Format: 384 pages, ebook
Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more
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"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
6. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
By: Patrick Radden Keefe
4.46
Format: 441 pages, Hardcover
In December 1972, Jean McConville, a thirty-eight-year-old mother of ten, was dragged from her Belf… read more
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- nonfiction
"Like the revolution's going to wait until I finish my education."-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
"Who should be held accountable for a shared history of violence? It was a question that was dogging Northern Ireland as a whole."-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
"There was a discomfiting sense in Belfast that there was no place where you were truly secure: you would run inside to get away from a gun battle, only to run outside again for fear of a bomb."-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
"His job, he felt, was to speak for the victims - to represent the next person who might be killed in the conflict. He had no particular party; his only allegiance was to those who had been (and would…"-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
7. A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24)
By: Ian Rankin
4.20
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The brand-new John Rebus thriller from the #1 international bestseller Ian Rankin. John Rebus st… read more
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8. Butler to the World: How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything
By: Oliver Bullough
4.00
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In his punchy follow-up to Moneyland, Oliver Bullough's Butler to the World unravels the dark secre… read more
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- nonfiction
9. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun
By: Chris Broad
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a … read more
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- nonfiction
10. Kala
By: Colin Walsh
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A gripping literary page-turner from a rising Irish talent in which former friends, estranged for t… read more
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"Vapers are cunt wands,' Donna snaps."-Colin Walsh, Kala
"I just want to switch myself off. Disconnect from everything."-Colin Walsh, Kala
"So much of the night's vague. A film strip with half the frames missing."-Colin Walsh, Kala
"Who drinks a decaf cappuccino? Be honest with yourself and get a cup of warm milk."-Colin Walsh, Kala
11. The Witness for the Dead (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #1)
By: Katherine Addison
4.11
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
Katherine Addison returns to the glittering world she created for her beloved novel, 'The Goblin Em… read more
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"I’ll have to tell my mother that being gaudy has its uses"-Katherine Addison, The Witness for the Dead (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #1)
12. The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou
By: Eleni Kyriacou
4.18
Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition
**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club 2023** THEY HAVE TOLD SO MANY LIES ABOUT ME. … read more
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13. The Rise
By: Ian Rankin
3.65
Format: 86 pages, Kindle Edition
In this short thriller from bestselling author Ian Rankin, murder comes to London’s most exclusive … read more
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14. Rise: The Brand New Autobiography
By: Siya Kolisi
4.24
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
‘Siya's rise from humble beginnings to lifting that World Cup trophy is the stuff of fairytales.’ M… read more
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- nonfiction
15. Pep Lijnders: Intensity: Inside Liverpool FC
By: Pep Lijnders
3.88
Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition
“OUR IDENTITY IS INTENSITY,” declares Liverpool FC assistant-manager Pep Lijnders in this compellin… read more
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16. Loose Head: Confessions of an (Un)professional Rugby Player
By: Joe Marler
4.38
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
The Peter Crouch of Rugby, How to Be a Footballer meets Brian Moore's Beware of the Dog The truth a… read more
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17. The Russian Affair: The True Story of the Couple who Uncovered the Greatest Sporting Scandal
By: David Walsh
3.90
Format: None pages, Audiobook
LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2020 'Reads like a thriller, or even … read more
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18. Me and My Mouth: The Austin Healey Story
By: Austin Healey
3.81
Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition
Austin Healey is one of English rugby's best-known characters. His extraordinary career has seen hi… read more
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19. This is Your Everest: The Lions, The Springboks and the Epic Tour of 1997
By: Tom English
4.60
Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition
The 1997 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa is one of the most iconic in rugby history. Wri… read more
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20. Unforgettable: Winner of the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year Award
By: Steve Thompson
4.19
Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition
'I'm in my early forties. There are days when I don't remember the names of my wife and four kids .… read more
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21. Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
By: Mick Herron
4.41
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
A shakeup at MI5 and a terrorist attack on British soil set in motion clandestine machinery known t… read more
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"...What did you say?"-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
"And me, apparently I’m “irritable"-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
"So this is what springtime in London was like: the women in knee-length dresses of blue-and-white hoops; the men with dark jackets over sweaters in pastel shades."-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
"A younger listener might assume Moira to be delivering these fragments down a telephone, but in fact they are directed at the papers on her desk, papers which have accumulated in the absence of Cathe…"-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
