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Beryl: In Search of Britain's Greatest Athlete - by Jeremy Wilson

£10.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781788162937 | ISBN 10: 1788162935

The remarkable life of champion Beryl Burton, one of the greatest cyclists of all time. Winner for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2022 WINNER OF THE TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SPORTS BOOK ... more
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Game On: The Unstoppable Rise of Women's Sport - by Sue Anstiss

£12.99 paperback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781800181649 | ISBN 10: 1800181647

Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2022 Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2021 In recent years, the landscape for women's sport has finally begun to shift. We've seen significant increases in investm ... more
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Under the Lights and In the Dark: Untold Stories of Women's Soccer - by Gwendolyn Oxenham

£8.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781785783197 | ISBN 10: 178578319x

Under the Lights and In the Dark takes an unprecedented look inside the lives of professional football players around the world – from precarious positions in underfunded teams and leagues, to sold-out stadiums and bright lights. Award-winning film ... more
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Play Like a Girl: How a Soccer School in Kenya's Slums Started a Revolution - by Ellie Roscher

£12.99 paperback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781632280572 | ISBN 10: 1632280574

Growing up and living in Kibera, Kenya, Abdul Kassim was well aware of the disproportionate number of challenges faced by women due to the extreme gender inequalities that persist in the slums. After being raised by his aunts, mother, and grandmother ... more
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Under the Lights and in the Dark: Untold Stories of Women's Soccer - by Gwendolyn Oxenham

£14.99 hardback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781785781537 | ISBN 10: 1785781537

In 2004 football author, journalist and award-winning documentary maker Gwendolyn Oxenham played futebol feminino for Santos FC, Brazil. The team hitchhiked to practice, shared their field with a horse and wore hand-me-downs from the men’s team. I ... more
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This Mum Runs - by Jo Pavey

£8.99 paperback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780224100434 | ISBN 10: 0224100432

The inspirational story of athlete Jo Pavey, the runner and mum who ran at a record-breaking fifth Olympic Games at Rio 2016. 'Come-back races? I've had more than a few, the night of 10 May 2014 was the ultimate long shot. I was a forty-year ... more
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A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight - by Maria Toorpakai

£8.99 paperback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781509800810 | ISBN 10: 1509800816

"Armed with a squash racket and enormous will, Maria Toorpakai has risen from the turmoil of tribal life in Pakistan to become not only a world-class athlete, but a true inspiration, a pioneer for millions of other women struggling to pave their own ... more
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Women's Football: The Secret History - by Tim Tate

£8.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781782197720 | ISBN 10: 1782197729

Boxing Day 1920, and 53,000 men, women and children pack inside Goodison Park. The extraordinary crowds have come to watch two local rivals play a match for charity. But this is no ordinary charity fixture. Eleven of the players are international cel ... more
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In My Skin: My Life on and Off the Basketball Court - by Brittney Griner

£12.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780062309358 | ISBN 10: 0062309358

Hailed by ESPN as the world s most famous female basketball player, Brittney Griner, the dunking phenom and national sensation who is shattering stereotypes and breaking boundaries, now shares her coming-of-age story, revealing how she found her stre ... more
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Ride the Revolution: The Inside Stories from Women in Cycling - by Suze Clemitson (Editor)

£16.99 hardback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781472912916 | ISBN 10: 1472912918

When Marie Marvingt decided to ride the 1908 Tour de France she was told 'absolument, non!' by M. Degranges and the Societe du Tour de France. Instead she rode each stage 15 minutes after the official race had departed and finished all 4,488 kms of t ... more
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Black, White and Gold: My Autobiography - by Kelly Holmes with Fanny Blake

£9.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780753513170 | ISBN 10: 075351317x

Kelly Holmes had two dreams - to join the army, and bring home a gold medal from the Olympic Games. But winning double gold in the 2004 Olympics and becoming Dame Kelly Holmes was much more than fulfilling a dream; it was a reward for a lifetime of r ... more
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