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Athletics
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In my dreams, I dance
Anne Wafula Strike, Harper True, 2010. ISBN 978-0-OO-735428-3
On the right track
Marion Jones, Howard Books, Simon and Schuster, New York, 2010.
Running with Fire, [the true story of Harold Abrahams],
Mark Ryan, London, JR Books, 2011
Usain Bolt
The story of the World’s fastest man, Steven Downes, Sports Books, Cheltenham 2011. ISBN: 978-1-907524-18-9
The fastest men on earth.
The story of the men’s 100 metres Olympic champions, Neil Duncanson, London, Andre Deutsch, 2011
The dirtiest race in history
Richard Moore, London, Bloomsbury, 2012. ISBN 9781408135952
Unbelievable
Jessica Ennis, London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2012. ISBN 978 1 444 76860 2
Running my life
Seb Coe, London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2012. ISBN 978-1-444-73252 8
Determined to win, the overcoming spirit of Jean Driscoll
with Janet and Geoff Benge, Colorado, Waterbrook Press, 2000
Usain Bolt
Faster than Lightning, London, Harper Collins, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-00-737141-9
Twin Ambitions
Mo Farah, London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2013. ISBN 978 1 444 77957 8
Lillian
a biography, David Emery, Hodder, 1971.ISBN 0340156066
Reeva
A mother’s story, June Steenkamp, London, Sphere, 2014 ISBN 978-0-7515-5871-5
Against the odds
Stef Reid and Philip Bannister, London Collins Big Cat, 2014. ISBN 978-0-00-753015-1
The Bolt Supremacy
Richard Moore, London, Yellow Jersey, 2015. ISBN 9780224092302
Thanks and No thanks Mr Hitler
Mike Fleet, Fleet Emp3books, 2015. ISBN 978-1-910734-04-9
Today we die a little
Richard Askwith, London, Yellow Jersey, 2016 ISBN 9780224100342
Endurance
Rick Broadbent,London, Bloomsbury 2016. ISBN: 978-1-4729-2022-5
This mum runs
Jo Pavey, London, Yellow Jersey, 2016. ISBN 9780224100427
Believe
Sally Pearson, Melbourne, Hardie Grant, 2013. ISBN 9781742706368
Unexpected
Greg Rutherford, London Simon and Schuster, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-4711-6252-7
100 Metre Men
Neil Duncanson, André Deutsch/Carlton, 2016. IBSN : 978-0-233-00502-7
Chasing grace
Sanya Richards-Ross, Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 2017. ISBN 978-0-310-34940
The Christian athlete Training Journal
Kori Carter, KC13 Corporation, 2016. ISBN 978-1-945918-00-1
Why you are not a track Star
Tianna Bartoletta
Total Running
London, Carlton, 2017 ISBN 978-1-78097-992-2
Collision course
Jason Henderson, Edinburgh Arena Sport, 2016. ISBN: 9781909715363
Inside out (VCB)
Veronica Campbell Brown, Meadway, Christian Faith Publishing, 2018. ISBN 978-1-64140-799-1
The world Marathon book
Christina Neal, London, Carlton, 2018. ISBN 878-1-78739-059-1
The Oval Office
Lauryn C Williams, Worth Winning 2019. ISBN 978-1-7327188-0-7
I am a promise
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (with Ashley Rousseau), Akashic Books, 2020. ISBN 978-1-61775-764-8
The Russian Affair
David Walsh. London, Simon & Schuster, 2020 ISBN 978-1-4711-5815-5
Survive and Advance
Tianna Bartoletta, CG Sports Publishing, 2021
Gil Dodds, The Flying Parson
Mel Larson, Chicago, The Evangelical Beacon, 1945. No ISBN
My hidden race
Anyika Onuora, Liverpool, Mirror, 2022 ISBN 9781913406790
Caster Semenya: The race to be myself
Penguin Randon House, 2023 ISBN878-1-529-18636-9
Mary P Autobiography
Mary Peters, Arrow Books, Hutchinson, 1974 ISBN029912330
Mary Peters, My story
Mary Peters, Blackstaff, 2023. ISBN978178073
Far Beyond Gold
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Nashville, Thomas Nelson, 2024. ISBN 978-0-7852-9799-4
Unbroken
Katarina Johnson-Thompson, London: MacMillan, 2024 ISBN 9781035055173
Notes on Feminism
Lauren Windle, SPCK 2024