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The long-awaited follow-up to the seminal The Ball is Round, which continues with the global story of football in the twenty-first century.

Jamie Heaslip is one of the most decorated players in the history of Irish rugby.

In this raw and surprisingly vulnerable account of his life in hurling, Davy Fitzgerald confronts his legacy, his fiery reputation and the most enduring controversies of his career, all the while considering the cost pursuit of victory has taken on himself and those closest to him.

As of May 2009, the author was the little-known backup fly-half for Leinster, the chronically underachieving Irish province. Four years, three Heineken Cups later and one British and Irish Lions tour victory later, he is by some distance the leading fly-half in the northern hemisphere. This book tells his story.

Focuses on the Tarahumara, a mysterious tribe of Mexican Indians, who live quietly in canyons and are reputed to be the best distance runners in the world. This title tells their story while asking what the secrets are to being an incredible runner.

Cavan's Charlie Gallagher was the GAA's George Best of the swinging sixties. A scholar with style, he was a graduate who dressed in sharp suits and drove a red Sunbeam Rapier. Like the Manchester United idol away from the arena, Charlie faced many varied challenges which followed him to his untimely death in 1989.

The founding text of today's billion dollar coaching industry, Coaching for Performance remains the world's bestselling coaching book. This major new edition is designed to stay ahead of the profession with practical visuals and new material developed by the leading international performance consultants.

This admired biography traces the rise of Roger Federer, from his first tentative strokes with a racket to legendary status, and perhaps even the title of greatest tennis player ever.