Summer of Sports

Get ready for a summer of action! Dive into sports stories, inspiring athletes and unforgettable victories.

Updated January 28, 2025
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The Sports Book: The sports, the rules, the tactics, the techniques
Dorling Kindersley (corp)
Paper Book
This is the ultimate guide to sports and the perfect reference for the Paris Olympics in 2024 - an amazing year for sport. Discover everything you need to know about more than 200 sports, including all of the Olympic and Paralympic events featured in Tokyo and Beijing. Get the...
Little wonder : the extraordinary story of Lottie Dod, the world's first female sports superstar
Abramsky, Sasha
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the YearOne of The Times 50 Best Sports BooksLittle Wonder tells the epic, and until now largely unchronicled, story of Lottie Dod, the first great heroine in women's sports. Dod was a champion tennis player, golfer, hockey player,...
Roar: A Celebration Of Great Sporting Women
Quek, Sam.
Paper Book
In Roar: A Celebration of Great Sporting Women 2016 Olympic gold-medal winner and TV personality Sam Quek champions the ascendance of female sport and digs deeper into the lives of hersporting heroines - from Paula Radcliffe and Dame Sarah Storey to teenage skateboarding world ...
How to Read F1: Everything you need to know about racing in the fast lane
Gow, Jennie.
Paper Book
'Formula 1 is as complex as it is competitive, existing in a world which has built up a language almost unique to itself. Jennie has been working the Formula 1 pitlanes and paddocks of the world since before many of today's superstars had even started karting. She knows the sport inside out. There's...
The sports book : the sports, the rules, the tactics, the techniques
Stubbs, Ray
Paper Book
This is the ultimate guide to sports and the perfect reference for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 - an amazing year for sport. Discover everything you need to know about more than 200 sports, including all of the Olympic and Paralympic events featured in...
Unfair Play: The Battle For Women's Sport
Davies, Sharron.
Paper Book
On the face of it, women's sport is on the rise, garnering more attention and grassroots involvement than ever before. However, the truth is that in many respects progress is stalling, or even falling back. Sharron Davies is no stranger to battling the routine sexism the...

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