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Koen Vergeer's turbulent, passionate relationship with motorsport is chronicled in Formula One Fanatic. Witnessing a horrific, fatal crash is a strange starting point for a sporting obsession, but for this Dutch motorsport journalist, being in the race-day crowd when driver Roger Williamson was burnt to death in 1973, was an experience that plunged him into a love affair with the thrilling and dangerous world of Formula One. From collecting toy replicas of the leading cars, and reconstructing... less info

Koen Vergeer's turbulent, passionate relationship with motorsport is chronicled in Formula One Fanatic. Witnessing a horrific, fatal crash is a strange starting point for a sporting obsession, but ... more info

Pages: 128, Paperback, Heroes Publishing less info

Pages: 128, Paperback, Heroes Publishing

Robert Sabbag's astonishing "novel" Smokescreen portrays the real adventures of a real hero of the American underground. Allen Long began as a documentary film-maker following a number of drug dealers and smugglers through the highs and comedowns of getting illicit materials to those who most want them. He then decided, connoisseur that he was of the almost mythical Columbian gold, that smuggling marijuana himself may very well be the best way to fund his film--and the lavish Hollyw... less info

Robert Sabbag's astonishing "novel" Smokescreen portrays the real adventures of a real hero of the American underground. Allen Long began as a documentary film-maker following a number of... more info

Peter Ackroyd is the quintessential London writer. His wonderful biography of Dickens was lit not only by his love and understanding of the writer, but also of the city which Dickens made his own. Recent novels such as The House of Doctor Dee and Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem may have taken liberties with historical fact, but their London is a fascinating, pulsating place, more their true protagonist than their eponymous heroes. Thomas More is a prime candidate for the London treatment. B... less info

Peter Ackroyd is the quintessential London writer. His wonderful biography of Dickens was lit not only by his love and understanding of the writer, but also of the city which Dickens made his own. ... more info

Michael Parkinson On Cricket demonstrates that the author is more than just the chuckling, knee-stroking king of the TV chat-show jungle. Parkinson is also a practiced and perceptive sports writer with a particular passion for cricket, which he explores in this selection of typically intelligent, spirited and humane journalism. Tutored in the love, legends and laws of the game by an equally impassioned cricket fan, his father, Parkinson dabbled in playing, before settling into a lifelong hab... less info

Michael Parkinson On Cricket demonstrates that the author is more than just the chuckling, knee-stroking king of the TV chat-show jungle. Parkinson is also a practiced and perceptive sports writer ... more info

Pages: 128, Paperback, Heroes Publishing less info

Pages: 128, Paperback, Heroes Publishing

Pages: 128, Paperback, Heroes Publishing less info

Pages: 128, Paperback, Heroes Publishing

Robert Sabbag's astonishing "novel" Smokescreen portrays the real adventures of a real hero of the American underground. Allen Long began as a documentary film-maker following a number of drug dealers and smugglers through the highs and comedowns of getting illicit materials to those who most want them. He then decided, connoisseur that he was of the almost mythical Columbian gold, that smuggling marijuana himself may very well be the best way to fund his film--and the lavish Hollyw... less info

Robert Sabbag's astonishing "novel" Smokescreen portrays the real adventures of a real hero of the American underground. Allen Long began as a documentary film-maker following a number of... more info

Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of the horse who became a cultural icon in Seabiscuit: the Making of a Legend. He didn't look like much. With his smallish stature, knobbly knees, and slightly crooked forelegs, he looked more like a cow pony than a thoroughbred. But looks aren't everything; his quality, an admirer once wrote, "was mostly in his heart". Seabiscuit rose to prominence with the help of an unlikely triumvirate: owner Charles Howard, an automobile baron who once declare... less info

Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of the horse who became a cultural icon in Seabiscuit: the Making of a Legend. He didn't look like much. With his smallish stature, knobbly knees, and slightly cro... more info

Everything has its season, and in Hero in the Shadows Waylander, the assassin hero of some of Gemmell's earlier books, is now a middle-aged man looking for peace in a world that will, for the most part, let him alone. The crimes of his past come back to haunt him, however, as he finds himself responsible for a young prince whose grandfather he murdered, and as creatures of doomed legend come back to rule the world with blood and horror. An ageing paladin, and a loud-mouthed braggart whom a ma... less info

Everything has its season, and in Hero in the Shadows Waylander, the assassin hero of some of Gemmell's earlier books, is now a middle-aged man looking for peace in a world that will, for the most ... more info

Koen Vergeer's turbulent, passionate relationship with motorsport is chronicled in Formula One Fanatic. Witnessing a horrific, fatal crash is a strange starting point for a sporting obsession, but for this Dutch motorsport journalist, being in the race-day crowd when driver Roger Williamson was burnt to death in 1973, was an experience that plunged him into a love affair with the thrilling and dangerous world of Formula One. From collecting toy replicas of the leading cars, and reconstructing... less info

Koen Vergeer's turbulent, passionate relationship with motorsport is chronicled in Formula One Fanatic. Witnessing a horrific, fatal crash is a strange starting point for a sporting obsession, but ... more info

Pages: 128, Hardcover, Heroes Publishing less info

Pages: 128, Hardcover, Heroes Publishing

Fortune's always hiding, I've looked everywhere. I'm forever blowing bubbles, pretty bubbles in the air. The 1966 England 11 featured three West Ham players--captain Bobby Moore, Martin Peters and hat-trick hero Geoff Hurst--but only an ageing Moore remained by the 1973-74 season when this excellent 25-year record begins, and it was to be his last season at Upton Park.While a mixture of international stars and East London legends--Billy Bonds, Trevor Brooking and Frank Lampard amongst them--w... less info

Fortune's always hiding, I've looked everywhere. I'm forever blowing bubbles, pretty bubbles in the air. The 1966 England 11 featured three West Ham players--captain Bobby Moore, Martin Peters and ... more info