Combines King's own single-handed crossing of the Atlantic in a 28-foot yacht with tales of others' experiences. By the author of Ahab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dick.
Boxing, football, horse-racing, cricket: each grew from different social roots and so enable the dextrous Horspool to construct the framework for his ideas. He's an historian, an editor at t... read more
After losing five family members in as many months, RH began to run. She also began to research the trailblazing, tenacious women who first did outdoor sports in the late 1800s - often in lo... read more