Apart form its current publications, John Blake Publishing has a sizeable back list of acclaimed sporting titles. These include biographies of stars such as Roger Federer, WG Grace, Fernando Torres and Frankie Dettori. For more information, visit www.blake.co.uk
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Release date: 02nd May, 2013 Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press
List Price:£18.99 Our Price: £12.72 You Save: £6.27 (33%)
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This is a marvellous, well-written biography which doesn’t shirk from exploring controversial episodes in Sir Stan’s life, but it’s for his mazy runs, tenacity and balance, evident in a career spanning 33 years, that he was justifiably known as the Wizard.
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Release date: 01st September, 2011 Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press
List Price:£9.99 Our Price: £7.59 You Save: £2.4 (24%)
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With Sir Alex calling it a day at Old Trafford, does this represent the beginning of the end for Manchester United? Patrick Barclay's outstanding biography provides us with a few hints... (read review)
New to the site is a poker book reviews section, expect lots of reviews to be added over the next few days.
Release date: 18th October, 2009 Publisher: High Stakes Publishing
List Price:£9.99 Our Price: £8.99 You Save: £1 (10%)
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The volume’s instructional pages (for stud and draw) are few, and fairly basic. Its real value lies in the tautly written anecdotes of rural poker in turn-of-the-century America, with players who literally ‘bet the farm’, and sophisticated, cosmopolitan games in the Far East during World War II, where spies of opposing nations crossed swords at the poker table. (read review)
Release date: 29th April, 2013 Publisher: Constable
List Price:£18.99 Our Price: £11.01 You Save: £7.98 (42%)
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We have a copy of HARRY’S GAMES to give away.
To win this week’s sports book, simply answer the following question:
With which club did Harry Redknapp win the FA Cup in 2008?
Send your answer to comps@sportsbookofthemonth.com no later than 29 May 2013. Good luck!
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Sports book of the Year
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All time greats
It may seem as though sports books are a new phenomenon
or limited solely to autobiographies, but this is not
the case. There have been a number of classic sports titles
over the years, a selection of which we have chosen here.
The top 10
This list is regularly updated, designed to save you
time and money visiting the High Street to try and find
which sports books are currently in the top 10. A mug’s
game – read about them here
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