Sports Journalism is a comprehensive guide to the purpose, principles and practice of this unique profession and is designed to be enjoyed by students of both mainstream and sports specialist journalism. Providing a clear and structured approach to learning about both the craft of sports writing and the practical skills involved in becoming successful at your job, Sports Journalism, offers a comprehensive insiders guide to the business including:  key relationships in sports journalism - networking and the Sports Desk print journalism for magazines, tabloids, broadsheets and the internet live action – news, radio and television sports journalism effective research – managing and accessing sources, information, statistics practical skills for managing schedules and meeting deadlines working with sports agents and PR professionals getting the best from press conferences and interviews. Laced with revealing anecdotes from the author's own twenty-five years experience of domestic and international sport journalism, Sports Journalism: A Multimedia Primer is an invaluable student companion.

Product Description: Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2014Spectator sport is living, breathing, non-stop theatre for all.Focusing on spectator sports and their accompanying issues, tracing their origins, evolution and impact, inside the lines and beyond the boundary, this book offers a thematic history of professional sport and the ingredients that magnetise millions around the globe...read more

Thaddeus and Mercutio are guardians in the Afterlife, maintaining the peace in this strange world of the dead that gets more crowded every day. As the population reaches its limit, the organic mass that is the body of this world begins to show signs of sickness and decay! The inquisitive Thaddeus sets out to find an answer to it all.

Product Description: From the unique mind of comic master Ricky Gervais comes... 3-D Flanimals! The ghastly stars of a wildly popular book series are about to pop up everywhere.They're grotesque. They're absurd. They're so ugly they're cute - and they could only be spawned by the mind of award-winning comedian Ricky Gervais...read more

A field guide to a bizarre group of creatures called Flanimals showcases their many colorful varieties, as well as their evolution, anatomy, and behavior. By the author of Flanimals.

A field guide to a bizarre group of creatures called Flanimals showcases their many colorful varieties and their odd behavior, disgusting diet, and strange way of interacting.

The battle continues as Alpha Q's Terrorcrons attack the Autobot mines and an earthquake awakens Megatron, who becomes more powerful and destructive.

Product Description: An inside look at how the sport of cricket has changed in the last half of the 20th century, through the memories of those who have played an active role in the sport. The book tells stories from behind the scenes and provides feature spreads on different cricket grounds.

Product Description: The events of 1981 hold a matchless place in the hearts of English cricket fans. For the only time in nearly fifty years, the whole country stood transfixed by the course of a Test series. Over the course of that summer, during the Third Test, England came from 1-0 down to retain the Ashes 3-1...read more

Product Description: The third volume in a series bringing together the finest original cricket writing from leading cricket writers worldwide. This book offers extensive coverage of the World Cup in addition to many other pertinent pre-millennial matters...read more

Product Description: This second volume brings together more of the finest original cricket writing from leading cricket writers worldwide. It looks forward but does not ignore the past, using it to shed light on the present as well as fill in pertinent gaps for new disciples...read more

Product Description: This biography provides an in-depth analysis of David Gower's brilliant and controversial career, from its beginnings in 1970 to his retirement at the age of 37 following his exclusion from the 1994 England tour of the Caribbean.

Product Description: In this book, Rob Steen recreates the early 70s, the era when football joined the vanguard of English youth culture. This personal account revolves around seven Englishmen who followed in the trail blazed by football's first tabloid star, George Best—Stan Bowles, Tony Currie, Charlie George, Alan Hudson, Rodney Marsh, Peter Osgood, and Frank Worthington...read more