Sports and Leisure

Recent movers and shakers in sports and leisure.

Updated May 12, 2025
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Grand prix
Buxton, Will
Paper Book
In Grand Prix, celebrated broadcast journalist and commentator on Netflix's Formula 1- Drive to Survive Will Buxton chronicles the history of Formula 1, highlighting the achievements and stories of forty-five notable Formula 1 drivers and other key figures. Readers will be introduced...
The other Olympians : a true story of gender, fascism and the making of modern sports
Waters, Michael
Paper Book
In December 1935, Zdenek Koubek, one of the most famous sprinters in European women's sports, declared he was now living as a man. Around the same time, the celebrated British field athlete Mark Weston, also assigned female at birth, announced that he, too, was a man. Periodicals and radio programs...
Inside Mercedes F1 : life in the fast line
Whyman, Matt
Paper Book
The exclusive access-all-areas inside story of the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula 1 Team 'This book lifts the lid on what life is really like inside our team and it has been based on unprecedented access - nobody has ever been this close to what happens behind the scenes.' Toto...
Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women
Mertens, Maggie.
Paper Book
*NATIONAL BESTSELLER* "From foot-binding to corsets, patriarchal societies have found ways to immobilize women, but now, marathoners and Olympians are proving that women can run like the wind!" --GLORIA STEINEM "A look behind the curtain that all women who love...
Swimming Pretty : The Untold Story of Women in Water
Valosik, Vicki
Paper Book
"If you're not strong enough to swim fast, you're probably not strong enough to swim 'pretty,'" said a young Esther Williams to theater impresario Billy Rose. Since the nineteenth century, tensions between beauty and strength, aesthetics and athleticism have both impeded and propelled the careers...
The racket : on tour with tennis's golden generation - and the other 99%
Niland, Conor
Paper Book
When Conor Niland was 16, he got the chance to hit with Serena Williams at Nick Bollettieri's famed tennis academy. Conor, the Irish junior number one, was feeling a bit homesick. Serena, also 16, already owned her own house beside the academy. Conor Niland knows what it's like when...
Searching for Novak : the man behind the enigma
Hodgkinson, Mark
Paper Book
'A fantastic and fascinating exploration of the life of a great champion... Full of compelling insight.' - Tom Hiddleston'This book captures the deep complexities in Novak's mind and his life and how he's dealt with them in a thoughtful, soul-searching way.' - Chris Evert'A...
Unfiltered : my incredible decade in Formula 1
Steiner, Guenther
Paper Book
THE INSTANT TOP 10 BESTSELLER. THE UNMISSABLE NEW BOOK FROM GUENTHER STEINER, AUTHOR OF THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, SURVIVING TO DRIVE. WITH A FOREWORD BY TOTO WOLFF. Fasten your seatbelts as Formula 1's favourite underdog, Guenther Steiner, takes...
How to win the Premier League : the inside story of football's data revolution
Graham, Ian
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND A FINANCIAL TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 'The best book on football I have ever read' Daniel Finkelstein 'Fascinating and educational. An enjoyable and informative read' Sir...
Strive : 8 steps to train for success
Williams, Venus
Paper Book
An inspiring and innovative guide towards living your best life - made easy - from Venus Williams, one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Throughout Venus Williams' incredible career in tennis, she's been asked almost every question...
How to win a Grand Prix
Collins, Bernie
Paper Book
Lifts the lid on how an F1 team really works. Formula 1 drivers are the public face of Grand Prix racing but behind every driver is a team of several hundred people sharing the same passionate desire to win. On race day it's the Team Strategist who calls the shots, working...

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