Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Leisure

"Speed Read: Tour de France breaks down the race's history and complexities to make anyone an instant expert."--Provided by publisher.

Celebrate Hollywood film-making in all its formulaic and predictable glory. Spoiler Alert! takes 38 mainstream movie genres, from 'Teen Sex Comedy' and 'Buddy Action Comedy' to 'Film Noir Detective Thriller' and 'Alien Invasion Thriller', and through detailed illustrations reveals what makes them...

Behind every victory lap, every goal celebration, every triumph against the odds and every dropped relay baton is a story of money. Tears of joy or despair could be as much about the financial win or loss as the result itself. In sport, money is now everything. Ed Warner, former chair of UK Athle...

Sport of Queens reveals the history of women in Australian horse racing from Wilhelmina 'Bill' Smith who secretly rode as a man at race meetings across North Queensland in the 1940's and 50's to the exploits and struggles of jockeys such as Linda Jones, Pam O'Neil and Beverley Buckingham in the 7...

In sport, the term 'good bloke' doesn't mean what it says. Like 'fun run', it often actually means exactly the opposite. Titus O'Reily, the sports historian Australia neither needs nor deserves, examines why our nation's sportspeople are so readily forgiven for doing terrible things. With ridicul...

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 authoritative insid...

From adventure racing to wrestling and all sports in between, The Sports Rules Book, 4th Edition is an all-inclusive resource that covers 64 sports. This updated and expanded fourth edition features each sport's origin and history, basic procedures, terminology, equipment and scoring systems. Sel...

Nothing rewards close attention like the work of the great old master painters - and with Masterpiece Spot-the-Difference, you'll be lost in a gallery of the world's most stupendous artworks - each given a puzzling twist. Lose yourself in the Paris of the Impressionists, the iconography of Renais...