Sport & Fitness

This study describes the development of urban planning ideas since the end of World War II to the 1990s. It outlines the main theories of planning, from the traditional view of urban planning as an exercise in physical design, to more recent views of planning as a form of "communicative action".

What happens when you take the people's game away from the people? What happens to the game, and what happens to the people? This book is about why Hillsborough happened, and how the flawed response to the disaster created a 'whole new ball game' but destroyed a culture.

Volume 2 introduces lungeing a horse for exercise, with practical riding skills progressing to basic jumping. Includes initial principles for teaching and coaching in the industry.

The go-to guide for aspiring and seasoned walkers alike, with 40 favourite routes around the UK arranged by season.

Stories of the toughest cyclists of all time, told by The Velominati, originators of The Rules.

Behind the Lines presents another collection of some of the year’s best and most relevant sports stories, produced by the award-winning team at The42. This is the fifth instalment of the critically-acclaimed annual anthology.

The classic Bruce Lee biography, with a new introduction and final chapter.

This fully revised book will bring the famous story of the Lions fully up-to-date and includes a full review of the exciting tied tour to New Zealand in June/July 2017 as well as a preview of the 2021 Tour to take on World Champions South Africa.

In the tradition of Shea Serrano's Basketball and Other Things, acclaimed sports journalist Marcus Thompson II explores the 10 dynastic teams and their players that changed basketball forever in this fully illustrated, salty history of the NBA that will have fans promoting their heroes and trash talking their rivals.

In 2003, England won the Rugby World Cup. Steve Thompson was there, in England's front row, at the heart of the match, and at the heart of the scrum - one of sport's most destructive, repetitive impacts. But the triumphs came at a cost.

Incredible stories from the award-winning American sportswriter, whose fans include John Grisham and Richard Ford.

A rollicking behind-the-scenes account of one of the most spectacular upsets in American sports history, Cage Kings follows the desperate fighters, audacious promoters, fanboy bloggers, fatherly trainers, philosophical announcers, hustling sponsors, and three improbable twentysomething corporate titans on a darkly comic odyssey to normalize a new level of brutality in American pop culture-and make a fortune doing so. Stylishly written and poignantly observed, the book offers a provocative look at how the hollowing out of the American dream over the past three decades and the violence endemic to modern capitalism left us ready to embrace a sport like cage fighting.