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All Caps - Stories That Justify an Outrageous Hat Collection (Hardcover): Craig Colby All Caps - Stories That Justify an Outrageous Hat Collection (Hardcover)
Craig Colby
R1,203 R1,018 Discovery Miles 10 180 Save R185 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Like the Glide of a Dragonfly - Healing and Finishing Strong After Surviving the Boston Marathon Bombing (Hardcover): Natalie... Like the Glide of a Dragonfly - Healing and Finishing Strong After Surviving the Boston Marathon Bombing (Hardcover)
Natalie Lehto
R958 R825 Discovery Miles 8 250 Save R133 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
My Life And Rugby - The Autobiography (Paperback): Eddie Jones My Life And Rugby - The Autobiography (Paperback)
Eddie Jones 1
R458 Discovery Miles 4 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Brilliant, honest, combative – Eddie Jones is a gigantic yet enigmatic figure in world rugby and a true legend of the game. In My Life And Rugby he tells his story for the first time, including the full inside story of England’s 2019 World Cup campaign.

Eddie Jones is one of the most experienced and decorated coaches in world rugby. He career has spanned four World Cups; from losing to England in the 100th minute in 2003, working with South Africa when they won in 2007, and causing the greatest upset in 2015 when he masterminded the Japanese defeat of South Africa.

Since taking over as head coach of England in 2015 Eddie Jones has masterminded a complete revival of the national team. He has won the Six Nations Championship back-to-back, including England’s first grand slam in a generation, their first ever whitewash of Australia, as well as taking them on their longest ever winning streak.

In his explosive autobiography Jones shows how his fiercely competitive attitude, his love of coaching and his philosophy of the game were formed while growing up in a tough working-class suburb of Sydney as a small half-Japanese kid, playing schoolboy rugby alongside the legendary Ella brothers.

Learning from the extreme highs and lows of his own playing career – the numerous successes playing for Randwick and New South Wales but also the painful disappointment of never playing for Australia – he shows what it takes to be the best in the world and how everything he has learnt about the game on and off the pitch has gone into plotting England’s route to the top of World Rugby.

My Life And Rugby is the story of one of the most compelling and singular figures in rugby, told with unflinching honesty this is the ultimate rugby book for all fans of the sport.

Beating the Impossible - A Life of Comebacks, Extreme Sports and PTSD (Hardcover): Don Schwartz Beating the Impossible - A Life of Comebacks, Extreme Sports and PTSD (Hardcover)
Don Schwartz; Edited by Bronwyn Preece, Lee Schwartz
R870 R755 Discovery Miles 7 550 Save R115 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Pass Interference - History of the Black Quarterback in the NFL (Hardcover): Wisdom Martin Pass Interference - History of the Black Quarterback in the NFL (Hardcover)
Wisdom Martin
R745 Discovery Miles 7 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Martial Arts Extraordinaire Biography Book - 50 Years of Martial Arts Excellence Tribute to the Legendary Grandmaster Ron Van... Martial Arts Extraordinaire Biography Book - 50 Years of Martial Arts Excellence Tribute to the Legendary Grandmaster Ron Van Clief: 50 Years of Martial Arts Excellence (Hardcover)
Jessie Bowen
R1,413 Discovery Miles 14 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The King's Bodyguard - A Martial Arts Legend Meets the King of Rock 'n Roll (hardback) (Hardcover): Dave Hebler The King's Bodyguard - A Martial Arts Legend Meets the King of Rock 'n Roll (hardback) (Hardcover)
Dave Hebler
R789 Discovery Miles 7 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Crazy Golf Pro - My Journey with Bipolar Disorder (Hardcover): Don Walin The Crazy Golf Pro - My Journey with Bipolar Disorder (Hardcover)
Don Walin
R850 Discovery Miles 8 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Queen Of the Cinder Track - The Life and Times of Rosa Margueretta Grosse (Hardcover): Ron Hotchkiss Queen Of the Cinder Track - The Life and Times of Rosa Margueretta Grosse (Hardcover)
Ron Hotchkiss
R907 R791 Discovery Miles 7 910 Save R116 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Appalachian Grouse Dog - A Boomer's Memoir (Hardcover): Dennis Labare, Bill Horn, Helen Stacy Labare Appalachian Grouse Dog - A Boomer's Memoir (Hardcover)
Dennis Labare, Bill Horn, Helen Stacy Labare
R884 R763 Discovery Miles 7 630 Save R121 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Too Soon to Panic (Paperback): Gordon Forbes Too Soon to Panic (Paperback)
Gordon Forbes
R281 Discovery Miles 2 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The long-awaited sequel to the bestselling classic memoir, A Handful of Summers. Gordon Forbes played for the South African Davis Cup team in the 50s and early 60s and returned to the circuit as a writer and observer. In 'Too Soon to Panic' he takes the readers behind the scenes at the big tournaments - Wimbledon, Roland Garros and Flushing Meadows; Germany, Spain and Italy - and introduces them to many of tennis's most extraordinary and dynamic characters, including Mark McCormack, Rod Laver, Jim Courier and Andre Agassi. Crammed with riotously funny anecdotes and vivid evocations of the innocence and camaraderie of the game in Forbes's day - when tennis as still a gentlemanly, amateur and often rather ramshackle affair - and insightful observations on today's glamorous game - where money reigns and sheer strength sometimes seems to conquer skill - Forbes explores the remarkable changes that have come over the sport in the last forty years.

Rooted to Rise - The Redwood Legacies of Life-Anchoring People (Hardcover): Sherri Coale Rooted to Rise - The Redwood Legacies of Life-Anchoring People (Hardcover)
Sherri Coale
R652 R588 Discovery Miles 5 880 Save R64 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
9 Innings of Memories and Heroes (Hardcover): John Berns 9 Innings of Memories and Heroes (Hardcover)
John Berns; Foreword by Tom Roy
R690 Discovery Miles 6 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Man in the Gap - The Life, Leadership, and Legacy of Doug Bennett (Hardcover): Brette Simmons Man in the Gap - The Life, Leadership, and Legacy of Doug Bennett (Hardcover)
Brette Simmons
R788 Discovery Miles 7 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Masterpieces and Dramas of the Soviet Championships: Volume II (1938-1947) (Hardcover): Sergey Voronkov Masterpieces and Dramas of the Soviet Championships: Volume II (1938-1947) (Hardcover)
Sergey Voronkov
R1,559 Discovery Miles 15 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Blowin' Smoke II (Hardcover): Steve Carmichael Blowin' Smoke II (Hardcover)
Steve Carmichael
R756 Discovery Miles 7 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Yoga Manifesto - How Yoga Helped Me and Why it Needs to Save Itself (Paperback): Nadia Gilani The Yoga Manifesto - How Yoga Helped Me and Why it Needs to Save Itself (Paperback)
Nadia Gilani
R385 R347 Discovery Miles 3 470 Save R38 (10%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

How did an ancient spiritual practice become the preserve of the privileged? Nadia Gilani has been practising yoga as a participant and teacher for over twenty-five years. Yoga has saved her life and seen her through many highs and lows; it has been a faith, a discipline, and a friend, and she believes wholeheartedly in its radical potential. However, over her years in the wellness industry, Nadia has noticed not only yoga's rising popularity, but also how its modern incarnation no longer serves people of colour, working class people, or many other groups who originally pioneered its creation. Combining her own memories of how the practice has helped her with an account of its history and transformation in the modern west, Nadia creates a love letter to yoga and a passionate critique of the billion-dollar industry whose cost and inaccessibility has shut out many of those it should be helping. By turns poignant, funny, and shocking, The Yoga Manifesto excavates where the industry has gone wrong, and what can be done to save the practice from its own success.

Breaking Free - My Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder (Paperback): Herschel Walker Breaking Free - My Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder (Paperback)
Herschel Walker; Foreword by Jerry Mungadze
R480 R452 Discovery Miles 4 520 Save R28 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The NFL legend and Heisman Trophy winner shares the inspiring story of his life and diagnosis with dissociative identity disorder.

Herschel Walker is widely regarded as one of football's greatest running backs. He led the University of Georgia to victory in the Sugar Bowl on the way to an NCAA Championship and he capped a sensational college career by earning the 1982 Heisman Trophy. Herschel spent twelve years in the NFL, where he rushed for more than eight thousand yards and scored sixty-one rushing touchdowns.

But despite the acclaim he won as a football legend, track star, Olympic competitor, and later a successful businessman, Herschel realized that his life, at times, was simply out of control. He often felt angry, self-destructive, and unable to connect meaningfully with friends and family. Drawing on his deep faith, Herschel turned to professionals for help and was ultimately diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder.

While some might have taken this diagnosis as a setback, Herschel approached his mental health with the same indomitable spirit he brought to the playing field. It also gave him, for the first time, insight into his life's unexplained passages, stretches of time that seemed forever lost. Herschel came to understand that during those times, his "alters," or alternate personalities, were in control.

Born into a poor, but loving family in the South, Herschel was an overweight child with a stutter who suffered terrible bullying at school. He now understands that he created "alters" who could withstand abuse. But beyond simply enduring, other "alters" came forward to help Herschel overcome numerous obstacles and, by the time he graduated high school, become an athlete recognized on a national level.

In "Breaking Free, " Herschel tells his story -- from the joys and hardships of childhood to his explosive impact on college football to his remarkable professional career. And he gives voice and hope to those suffering from DID. Herschel shows how this disorder played an integral role in his accomplishments and how he has learned to live with it today. His compelling account testifies to the strength of the human spirit and its ability to overcome any challenge.

Against the Wind - Hope Sees The Invisible (Hardcover): Tony F Powell Against the Wind - Hope Sees The Invisible (Hardcover)
Tony F Powell
R843 Discovery Miles 8 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sanders In The Moment (Hardcover): Bahne Bahnson Sanders In The Moment (Hardcover)
Bahne Bahnson; Edited by Josephine Funk
R734 Discovery Miles 7 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
From World War II to the Run of the Year (Hardcover): Deborah Dilks From World War II to the Run of the Year (Hardcover)
Deborah Dilks
R746 Discovery Miles 7 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Basketball Country - A Road Trip Story (Hardcover): Matthew DuQuette Basketball Country - A Road Trip Story (Hardcover)
Matthew DuQuette
R821 R717 Discovery Miles 7 170 Save R104 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Gimp -  The Story Behind The Star Of "Murderball" (Paperback): Mark Zupan, Tim Swanson Gimp - The Story Behind The Star Of "Murderball" (Paperback)
Mark Zupan, Tim Swanson
R450 R423 Discovery Miles 4 230 Save R27 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

College soccer star Mark Zupan had been out drinking one night and had passed out in the back of his best friend's pickup truck when his friend got in the driver's seat, decided to take the truck for a spin, and accidentally crashed it. Thrown into a canal and stuck in frigid water for fourteen hours, Mark was finally rescued and learned soon after that he'd broken his neck. He'd most likely be a quadriplegic and spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair, doctors told him. At first Mark's only goal was to walk again. When that proved impossible, he fell into the depths of anger and despair, retreating from the world and the people closest to him. But love, friendship, and a new sport, quad rugby (a.k.a. murderball), helped Mark create a new existence that's truly exceptional. Gimp, the no-holds-barred memoir of a Paralympic athlete and the star of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Murderball, is an inspiring, defiant, and revealing celebration of spirit and will that confounds readers' prejudices by offering proof that a guy in a chair can still do amazing things: have sex with his girlfriend, party with his friends . . . even crowd-surf at Pearl Jam shows.

Basingstoke Boy (Paperback, New Ed): John Arlott Basingstoke Boy (Paperback, New Ed)
John Arlott
R331 Discovery Miles 3 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A one-time Southampton policeman and BBC literary producer working with such writers as E.M. Forster, John Betjeman and Dylan Thomas, who became a close friend, John Arlott has always considered himself lucky. From his first ten-minute summaries of the 1946 Indian cricket tour until his retirement in 1980 he commentated on every Test match England ever played. This autobiography looks at his schooldays, about great cricketers he has known or watched and about his standing for the Liberals in the 1955 General Election.

Thirty Years in a White Haze - Dan Egan's Story of Worldwide Adventure ?and the Evolution of Extreme Skiing (Hardcover):... Thirty Years in a White Haze - Dan Egan's Story of Worldwide Adventure 
and the Evolution of Extreme Skiing (Hardcover)
Dan Egan, Eric Wilbur; Illustrated by Kimberley Kay
R1,101 Discovery Miles 11 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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