Publisher's Synopsis
In the last 10 years Aurum has published a number of prize-winning classic sports titles. At a time when the sports book market is growing exponentially, it is time to introduce these classics to a new generation of readers and sports fans. These six titles will be beautifully repackaged in a uniform series design as b-format paperbacks with flaps to enhance the collectors-item appeal, and will cross-promote the series. The sports covered include: Cricket, Football, Rugby, Motor Sports, Baseball and Boxing. There will be a further six titles published as part of the series in 2014.
The full list of titles to be published in August 2013 includes:
A Social History of English Cricket, by Sir Derek Birley
The Football Man, by Arthur Hopcraft
Bluebird and the Dead Lake, by John Pearson
How We Beat the All Blacks, edited by John Reason
The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn
The Hurt Business, edited by George Kimball