For every Gaelic football fan here is a book offering fascinating insight into the egos, dressing room divides and bad habits from unwelcoming veterans to arseboxing and collapsing human pyramids, to marching to the Hill to startled earwigs and champions, Cotter has it all covered in his well written and insightful read. The raw and hardnosed nature of Gaelic football and the Dublin dressing room at the end of the 1990s jumps from the page. It was a time when Ireland's biggest, richest county went through such a barren period, from political squabbles to general mismanagement behind the scenes which kept the Dubs from taking Sam home for so long. There are also great snippets from interviews with former players and coaches from Bertie Ahern to a host of managers which add great colour to the stories. Dublin has become the dominant force in Gaelic football, setting new standards of skill and efficiency, but it was not very long ago that the county was a byword for underachievement and disorganisation. Every year from 1996 to 2010 the Dubs found new and creative ways of losing, of causing their fans to suffer, and of earning the scorn of the wider GAA public. The book is full of frank, witty and sometimes outrageous stories and analysis from those in the know. 256pp, paperback, colour photos.

Cats are natural-born yogis - they know this - and when you're practising your poses, be it downward dog, cobra, cow or crow, you'd better be ready for your kitty to upstage you. With 45 charming colour illustrations and easy-to-follow yoga poses, this delightful guide will help you perfect the 'cat stretch' and maybe even impress your flexible feline friend. 96 pages.

Ditch the gym! It costs too much anyway and Paul Mumford is a highly experienced fitness and nutrition coach. These workouts get tougher as you get fitter in this new workout plan that combines body-weight movements with high-intensity interval training (HIIT) to get you fit and fabulous in just one month. Designed to build strength and endurance day by day, the workout steps up the pace as you learn new skills and increase your fitness. Day one starts with a single exercise that takes just one minute to complete and each day a new exercise is introduced, culminating in a challenging workout in under 30 minutes to help increase your metabolism and burn fat. Each is clearly explained with photos and alternative exercises plus healthy eating habits and suggestions to improve your diet. We love that there are rest days built into the workout plan - time to get over your soreness! For all levels of fitness with suggestions to keep a diary, walking barefoot, and diagrams showing each muscle named from the front and back so you exactly what's working where. 192pp, large softback, colour photos.

A surprising view of the First World War as seen through the eyes of the early cycling champions with outstanding historical pictures and illustrations that have never been published before. On 28 June 1914, there were two almost simultaneous shots. In Paris, the 12th Tour de France was about to start, while in Sarajevo the Austrian crown prince Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. Professional cycle racing came to a halt, but the first cycling heroes continued to race. The Belgian cycling author Patrick Cornillie takes us through the wartime editions of the Tour of Flanders, which were ridden on a velodrome just north of Ghent. With humour, the book tells the stories of a champion who was a spy, a one-legged Italian cyclist, some famous British and German idols, and the perilous bike adventures of a well-known Belgian author. With sadness, we learn about the fate of a French winner of the Tour, killed in battle, Gustaaf Mus shot by firing squad, saboteurs, Crupelandt and his flight from Berlin to Roubaix, a renowned cyclist held hostage, the death rider from Lichtervelde, the brave Black Devils, and the many military cyclist-soldiers from Australia, New Zealand and Canada who died at the front. Plus crashes and races and cycling reporters, tour winners dying for their country, bridegrooms, and the female ex-racer who designed an air ambulance. Superbly well illustrated extra large 208 page paperback.

Books about yoga tend to be modelled by people with perfect, slender bodies, but in fact yoga is for everyone and this inspiring book brings standard techniques within the range of people who may not be physically perfect specimens - that is, almost everybody. As Dianne Bondy points out in an introductory chapter, most people do not recognise themselves in the thin, flexible, white models who are the result of a carefully crafted aspirational image. The authors of this book firmly believe that all bodies are yoga bodies. Teachers should look at the language they use in relation to people's bodies, and learn how to adapt yoga poses to fit different shapes and sizes. For instance, the downward facing dog pose can be done with hands on the floor as the body raises to make a V, but the hands can also be supported with a yoga block, or you can reduce the bend further with hands on a chair. The Plank, another sun salutation, may be done with similar variations. Conversely, the Warrior Pose can be adapted to more challenging load-bearing stretches. The Lunge With Thigh Stretch is an intense pose for breath and endurance, and can be done against a wall or with a chair. The Head To Knee pose need not be done to its fullest extent, or may be modified with a bolster. Backbends are a good example of a movement which is difficult or impossible for some body shapes, but with yoga blocks supporting the thoracic spine the pressure on the back is relieved. Also challenging is the Bow Pose, with hands on the heels behind the downward facing body, and this can be modified by doing it only on one side or using straps. The Handstand and its many variations are among the most challenging moves, together with poses such as the Rock Star with a Kick or the Firefly, but there are ways of making it easier. The final sections include meditation practices using mantras, body appreciation meditation, and templates for creating sequences for your own practice. 254pp, softback, colour photos.

The former Somerset and England cricketer Vic Marks played in six Tests and 34 one-day internationals and was the Cricket Correspondent for the Observer for 31 years and ended up fulfilling that role for the Guardian as well. In amongst his artfully delivered stock ball, enough deliveries grip to keep the pages turning in this literary equivalent to an afternoon in the sun at a county out ground hearing the sound of a cricket ball hitting the willow. In his book, Vic Marks takes us beyond the boundary rope and shares the parts of the game that fans don't get to see from the food served at lunchtime (then sweaty ham, now quinoa, cranberry and feta salad), to the politics of the dressing room. Whether revisiting his playing days to reveal the secrets of bowling a killer spell and what it feels like to be heckled by a riled-up crowd, or ruminating on the current state of the game (don't mention The Hundred!), here are the charms, quirks and peculiar allure of cricket, a game still very much alive today and all from the authoritative voice heard on TMS. 282pp, paperback.

Whitehead has worked in newspapers for nearly 40 years, 21 of them in a variety of senior roles on The Times and he also writes obituaries for Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. This book showcases great batsmen like Bradman, Ponting, Gower, Trumper, Boycott and Greg Chappell, and the great bowlers Trueman, Warne, Larwood, Lillee, Underwood, McGrath and Anderson, along with the great captains such as Brearley, Ian Chappell, Vaughan, Armstrong, Jardine, Steve Waugh and Len Hutton. England against Australia for the Ashes is one of the oldest and greatest rivalries in sport, and almost its entire history has been covered in The Times. The whole story is here, from Shane Warne's ball of the century in 1993 to Gilbert Jessop's power hitting at The Oval in 1902, from the infamous Bodyline Tour of 1932-33, to England's surrender to the pace of Lillee and Thomson in 1974-75; from Len Hutton's Coronation-year triumph in 1953 to the long years of defeat before the Ashes were finally recaptured in 2005. Here are all the highs and lows and featuring some of the greatest writers in the history of the sport. Extremely well illustrated throughout with newspaper clippings, archive photos, front pages, and the work of the finest newspaper photographers and correspondents including Richard 'Beau' Vincent 1930-51 and Christopher Martin-Jenkins 1999-2008 among them. Paperback, 384pp, 15.6 x 23.4cm.

The fully revised and updated edition of the award-winning bestselling classic for chess players of every level. Expanded sections on online chess and openings have been added together with complete guide to all the main opening gambits, hundreds of test positions, courses in tactics and attacking strategy, analysis of some of the greatest games ever played, and information and advice on club, national and international tournaments. With glossary of terminology and hundreds of chessboard diagrams and positions throughout. 570pp, paperback.

Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2012, the sub-title is 'Inside the TT: The World's Most Dangerous Race', updated to include an Afterword, the book looks at the Isle of Man TT race through the eyes of Cummins, Martin, McGuinness and Dunlop. It is a life-affirming journey and a throwback to a maverick era. Guy Martin is a tea-drinking truck mechanic and TV eccentric who 'sucks the rabbits out of hedges' but must now deal with the flipside of fame. Conor Cummins is the local hero facing a race against time as he battles depression and a broken body after falling down the mountain. John McGuinness is the living legend fending off the ravages of middle age for one last hurrah. Michael Dunlop is the wild child living with one of the most remarkable legacies in sport. Rick Broadbent gets inside the helmets of these four leading motorcycle racers as they battle fear, fire and family tragedy for a gritty sort of glory. It is the most rounded, intimate, behind-the-scenes account yet of the last great race. 360 page paperback, 16 pages of colour photos.