Published June, 2022
By Kieran Gill
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The Beautiful Game and The Ugly Truth is an emotive examination of football and its ties to dementia. Evidence of its impact is continuing to pile up, from Jeff Astle's death in 2002 being ruled as a result of heading footballs to Sir Bobby Charlton becoming the fifth member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning side to be diagnosed with the disease.

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Published June, 2021
By Greg Milam and Tony Dell
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And Bring the Darkness Home is the haunting story of how the mental scars of combat robbed a cricket hero of his career and family. Tony Dell was the only Test cricketer to fight in the Vietnam War. It took 40 years for him to learn how that war had led him on a path of self-destruction but ultimately to a life-changing mission.

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Published April, 2021
By David Beckett and Paul Zanon
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Imagine living in a box at the bottom of the sea for a month at a time. Plumbed to depths of more than 500 feet, this has been David Beckett's love, life and work for his adult life. Turning his back on a life as a farmer and taking the plunge as a saturation diver, it's a fascinating tale of life at the bottom of the sea.

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Published November, 2020
By Bill Ribbans
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Knife in the Fast Lane charts the history of care for sportspeople from the expert view of an orthopaedic surgeon with over 40 years' experience. Bill Ribbans takes you inside the life of a surgeon operating on some of sport's biggest names, interwoven with fascinating, surprising and controversial subjects from the annals of sports medicine.

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Published February, 2020
By Paul Smith
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You're 43, cruising through life when suddenly you're diagnosed with cancer. What do you do next? When Paul Smith found himself facing that question he decided to swim 2.4 miles, cycle 112 more and then run a marathon. If you think completing an ironman triathlon is an impossible dream, read this truly inspirational story and think again.

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Published January, 2018
By Caroline Bramwell
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Loo Rolls to Lycra is an inspirational tale of self-belief. A self-confessed couch potato, Caroline Bramwell turned to sport after having her large intestines removed as a result of ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease. Dispelling the `you can't do that' attitude of the medical profession, Caroline set out to become an Ironman.

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Published January, 2017
By Jenny Baker
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Jenny Baker had planned a year of running to celebrate her birthday; instead she was hit with a bombshell and diagnosed with breast cancer. She had one question for her oncologist: can I keep running? Run For Your Life is the story of how she kept running to beat cancer, and how it helped her get her life back after an intensive spell of treatment.

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Published February, 2016
By Dave Heeley, Sophie Parkes-Nield and Sir Ranulph Fiennes
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From Light to Dark is the heart-warming and truly inspirational story of 'Blind' Dave Heeley. From a sighted 1,500-metre town champion at age 11, to a blind endurance athlete and charity fundraiser. His greatest achievement to date was the ultimate endurance challenge of seven marathons, in seven consecutive days, on seven different continents.

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