12,557 book reviews and counting...

"His writing is evocative and easily paced, and, like the athletes, flits between seriousness and humour. ..."

" an urgent and humane story that invites not mockery of a madman, but pity and admiration..."

"(a) short but captivating travelogue ..."

"Crackling on the page, Colls’s prose elucidates and amuses in equal measure and with equal sharpness..."

"a love letter to an era of gears and gasoline now accelerating towards its twilight..."

"a grounded writer on the right track..."

"Greenslade tells this complex story in gripping fashion and with exemplary clarity..."

"her prose is extraordinary: wise, unflinching, exquisite..."

"This is probably a book for people who are as ceaselessly competitive as Vernon herself..."

"Henderson is a superior wallower in recollections of innings past..."

"a love letter to the healing qualities and timeless joy of slipping into the water..."

"At its heart, Breath is about enhancement rather than sickness..."

"this book will test your faith in clean sport..."

"If you like cricketing nostalgia, you’ll enjoy the book..."

"As well as explaining tennis’s hidden communal history it exposes issues of sporting diversity and public space..."

"an impressive feat of book-length reportage..."

"... (a) fascinating history of how, where and why humans swim...."

"Ross Edgley ... is much more than another of those steely-eyed men with beards glowering at you from book covers...."

"a masterpiece of nature writing..."

"He was gone before our time. A Race with Love and Death, Richard Williams’ charming account of Seaman’s life, will help put this to rights..."

"nail-biting memoir..."

"Stubborn, canny, diligent and affable, Best’s story captures the camaraderie of the team game..."