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A Clear Blue Sky by Jonny Bairstow; Duncan Hamilton
Category: Sport
THE SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR Daily MailAs a young boy of eight, Jonny Bairstow was dealt a cruel blow. His father David 'Bluey' Bairstow, the combative and very popular wicketkeeper and captain of Yorkshire, took his own life at the age of forty-six. David left behind Jonny, Jonny's sister Becky and half ...Show more
Dragonslayer (#1 Dragonslayer) by Duncan M. Hamilton
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction | Series: The\Dragonslayer Ser.
In his magnificent, heroic, adventure fantasy, Dragonslayer, Duncan M. Hamilton debuts the first book in a fast-moving trilogy: a dangerous tale of lost magics, unlikely heroes, and reawakened dragons. Once a member of the King's personal guard, Guillot dal Villevauvais spends most days drinking and mo ...Show more
For the Glory - Eric Liddell's Journey from Olympic Champion to Modern Martyr by Duncan Hamilton
Category: Biography
The untold and inspiring story of Eric Liddell, hero of Chariots of Fire, from his Olympic medal to his missionary work in China to his last, brave years in a Japanese work camp during WWII Many people will remember Eric Liddell as the Olympic gold medalist from the Academy Award winning film Chario ...Show more
For the Glory - The Life of Eric Liddell by Duncan Hamilton
Category: Sport
'Eric Liddell deserves a definitive biography. This is it.'Sunday Times, Books of the YearFaster. Higher. Stronger. No one has embodied the ideals of the Olympic movement quite like Eric Liddell, star of the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire. After refusing to compete on religious principle in the eve ...Show more
For the Glory: The Life of Eric Liddell by Duncan Hamilton
Category: Biography
Eric Liddell was as close to a saint as any man in modern history has been. Renowned for his athletic prowess, it was also his deeply entrenched values that set him apart from the crowd. These qualities were never better illustrated than in the 1924 Paris Olympics when, having declined his place in the ...Show more
Harold Larwood by Duncan Hamilton
Category: Sport
Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, this is the first ever biography of Harold Larwood. Larwood, one of the most talented, accurate and intimidating fast bowlers of all time is mainly remembered for his role in the infamous Bodyline series of 1932-3 which brought Anglo-Australian diploma ...Show more
Immortal by Duncan Hamilton
Category: Sport
This is the two time winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award on George Best, considered the greatest footballer of our time. No other imposed himself so completely on to the romantic imagination. No other was so emblematic of the era during which he flourished. And no other will ever be ...Show more
One Long and Beautiful Summer - A Short Elegy for Red-Ball Cricket by Duncan Hamilton
Category: Sport
*A MULTIPLE AWARD-WINNING SPORTS WRITER* 'Hamilton's book is a marvel . . . I'm not sure he could write a dull sentence if he tried' Spectator One of Duncan Hamilton's favourite writers on cricket, Edmund Blunden, wrote how he felt going to watch a game: 'You arrive early, earlier even than you meant ...Show more
Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years With Brian Clough by Duncan Hamilton
Category: Sport
"Look Duncan, you're a journalist. One day you'll write a book about this club. Or, more to the point, about me. So you may as well know what I'm thinking and save it up for later when it won't do any harm to anyone."Duncan Hamilton was there through all the madness, the success, the failures, the fall- ...Show more
The Great Romantic - Cricket and the Golden Age of Neville Cardus by Duncan Hamilton
Category: Sport
Neville Cardus described how one majestic stroke-maker 'made music' and 'spread beauty' with his bat. Between two world wars, he became the laureate of cricket by doing the same with words. In The Great Romantic, award-winning author Duncan Hamilton demonstrates how Cardus changed sports journalism for ...Show more
The Great Romantic - Cricket and the Golden Age of Neville Cardus by Duncan Hamilton
Category: Sport
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE 2019 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR Duncan Hamilton is already a multiple award-winning sports writer, but it is hard to imagine he will write a better book than this superb, elegiac portrait of the sociable, feted, but ultimately unknowable, man who ...Show more
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