{"product_id":"9781804250181","title":"Touching the Heights : Personal Portraits of Scottish Sporting Greats","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Macpherson, Archie \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eBiography: sport\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 30 November 2022 by LUATH PRESS LTD in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 232 pages\u003cbr\u003e232 x 156 x 34 | 376g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey all excited and inspired me by how they fought their corners […] So I want to place them all round a fantasy dinner-table, not just to dine, but to relive how I saw them in action and how much they had in common.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho would be on your dream dinner party guest list? Over his 50 years in broadcasting, Archie Macpherson has seen many sports personalities come and go; in Touching the Heights he collects the 13 who have inspired him most around his fantasy dinner table. Some are well-known, others less so, but all shaped both their sport and those, like Macpherson, who watched their careers unfold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTommy Docherty · Jackie Paterson · Jim Baxter Eric Brown · Jimmy Johnstone · Sandra Whittaker Dr Richard Budgett · Ally MacLeod · Jock Stein · Sir Alex Ferguson · Bill McLaren · Jim MacLean · Graeme SounessFrom football to golf, boxing to athletics, Touching the Heights celebrates the breadth of Scottish sporting achievement. Whether telling the tale of a boy who acquired new shoes by stealing them from the local baths, or that of a distinguished medical scientist at the centre of sporting transgender debates, one thing unites them all: Without them life would have been much poorer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41657728204935,"sku":"9781804250181","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781804250181.jpg?v=1718306227","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9781804250181","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}