 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack isn't the only cricket title from John Wisden & Co. ...
Wisden Anthology 1978-2006 (Cricket's Age of Revolution) celebrates the best of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack since the Packer revolution. Rather than selecting random highlights, Stephen Moss has edited this anthology with the aim of painting a coherent picture of cricket's evolution over the past 30 years. It distils around 40,000 Wisden pages into a 1,280-page anthology that selects the matches, players, events and controversies which ushered the game into a brave new century. A definitive tome, essential for all cricket-book collectors and Wisden readers.
A limited-edition leatherbound version of the Wisden Anthology is also available, housed in a slipcase, and signed by Stephen Moss and by three former editors of Wisden.
Bradman in Wisden is a collection of articles about the great Australian batsman Sir Donald Bradman, from the Almanack and other Wisden publications, including scores and reports from all his first-class matches. This updated edition was published in 2008 to mark the centenary of The Don's birth. (Hardback, 372pp, £19.99)
Parachutist at Fine Leg is a fascinating run-through of the quirkier moments in cricket's long history. Gideon Haigh has trawled through 144 editions of Wisden to create the most intriguing collection of the bizarre and the ridiculous, the touching and the stupendous. (Hardback, 172pp, £8.99)
Peter the Lord's Cat is one of the more unusual obituaries to have appeared in the pages of Wisden. This collection, also edited by Gideon Haigh, brings together 250 of the oddest, most unexpected and most poignant obituaries from the thousands published over the years. (Hardback, 148pp, £8.99)
The Cricinfo Guide to International Cricket 2009, edited by Steven Lynch, gives a detailed profile of every player expected to appear in international cricket during the year. All 200 featured players receive full-page treatment, with a photograph and career summary in words and statistics. There are also details of the international coaches, umpires and referees, plus a quick-reference records section. (Paperback, 272pp, £8.99)
Wisden Cricket Quiz Book. Know a fair bit about cricket? Discover how good you really are by trying Steven Lynch's Wisden Cricket Quiz Book. Pick your way through almost 1,800 themed questions, from Sachin Tendulkar to Ian Botham, from umpires to Wisden itself. (Paperback, 190pp, £7.99)
Wisden at Lord's. The history of Lord's is even longer than Wisden's. But ever since 1864, Wisden has been at cricket's most famous ground to record the highs and lows, and to give its independent judgment on the some of the greatest events the game has seen. Wisden at Lord's is a collection of the very best reporting from the game's HQ. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white. New copies of recent Wisdens are also available, all at discounted prices:
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