Cover Art Courtesy of Y Lolfa Sometimes you read to learn something. Sometimes you read to do research. Sometimes you read to be entertained. The latter is certainly the case with Luke Upton’s first novel Absolutely Huge, an absolutely entertaining and engaging novel about a fictional rugby star named Gethin “Huge” Hughes. This star reminds you of many of today’s celebrities and superstar athletes. He’s literally huge in everything he does. He rises from normalcy to global stardom before a crashing
Cover Art Courtesy of Penguin Ireland Sport and culture are closely connected as both share a country’s values, background, and history. But nowhere in the world is that more true than in Ireland, the birthplace of Gaelic sports. Paul Rouse’s The Hurlers: The First All-Ireland Championship and the Making of Modern Hurling is the incredible story of a sporting rebirth, the rescue of hurling in the 1880s. Hurling was almost out of existence in 1882 and there was a real fear that it
When you think of football’s greatest managers, some names automatically come to mind: Sir Alex Ferguson, Matt Busby, Pep Guardiola, Rinus Michels, Jose Mourinho, Giovanni Trapattoni, and Jock Stein. When you think of Liverpool, you have to think of Bill Shankly and his famous quotables. But you can’t forget Bob Paisley, who actually surpassed his predecessor in terms of hardware. Paisley’s Liverpool squads claimed 13 titles, including six First Division championships, three League Cups, three European Cups, and one UEFA Cup. Cover
All of us loved Tony Collins’ The Oval World: A Global History of Rugby. That’s why we were so excited to hear that Collins was involved with another title, How Football Began: A Global History of How the World’s Football Codes Were Born. This Routledge offering is a great title, a deep look into the history of football. You’ll see how football started and evolved into several variations: soccer, rugby league, rugby union, American, Australian, Canadian, and Gaelic.
Wolverine Studios has done a great job working in the niche market of sports simulation games. They have produced loads of great titles over the years for all of the sports we love, including basketball (college and pro), football (college and pro), and golf. Courtesy of Wolverine Studios Their latest offering, Draft Day Sports: Pro Golf, is a special one. It is for casual and hardcore golf fans alike. It offers full customization and the opportunity to do what many dream of:
Let’s flashback to your days in middle school. It’s Friday afternoon and your teacher has just assigned you 20 vocabulary words to do for homework. Homework on a Friday? Yes. So you dust off the old Merriam-Webster Dictionary and have some real fun. Wait, dictionaries aren’t supposed to be fun, right? Cover Art Courtesy of Bloomsbury Publishing Let’s fast forward to the present day and you crack open a different kind of dictionary, a cool one, to learn more about the
Amberley Publishing always get the right experts to pen their books and Manchester United Collectibles is no exception. Cover Art Courtesy of Amberley Publishing Iain McCartney was clearly the right man for the job as a lifelong Manchester United supporter and chairman of the Manchester United Writers Association. He has run the Manchester United Review Collectors Club for the past 23 years. Not to mention that he has written over two dozen books, most of which were about Man U. Simply put,
Seth Burkett is one talented and accomplished man. He’s written four books. He’s an acclaimed speaker and has been doing talks in schools, universities, and businesses. He recently appeared in his first film, The Bromley Boys. And he’s an actual futsal star in the National Futsal Super League, playing for Southend Futsal Club. That’s the same club where he won the FA Cup just two seasons ago. He’s also a copyrighter, ghostwriter, and social media guru. Simply put, Seth Burkett is not your
Fans all over the world were eagerly awaiting the release of PES 2019 this week. And it was well worth the wait. The finished product is the highest quality soccer video game ever created. Why? It’s quite simple. PES 2019 takes realism to a whole new level. It looks and feels like the beautiful game, and more importantly, plays like it too. Overall it’s a great game. It is hard to argue with Pro Evo on a visual front. It looks
