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Gower's laid-back approach to life is summed up rather neatly as being "a ratepayer on Cloud Nine". Steen has researched his subject well and this is a welcome addition to the library.Ian Botham has gone soft as well. Like Gower, his life story Botham, My Autobiography (Don't Tell Kath) (Collins Willow) is another bargain at pounds 5.99 and also includes a new chapter, a Frank Sinatra-ish "I wanna run England my way". But like Gower's own effort (with Martin Johnson) Botham's book has guts and gets you going and has an openness which at times is startling.Richie Benaud's The Appeal Of Cricket (Hodder and Stoughton, pounds 15.99) is like a refresher. There are sides to the man that were never revealed while he was in office as chairman of selectors and Lee probes skilfully and writes quite beautifully and with feeling about his subject.Rob Steen's authorised biography of David Gower A Man Out Of Time (Victor Gollancz, pounds 16.99) is not a book too far, even though, as the witty Steen muses, half of Brazil's rainforests have been felled to accommodate the volumes already published - including the paperback reprint (with a new chapter) of Gower's Autobiography (Collins Willow, pounds 5.99).But Steen has managed to add to the perception of the man and has done so in an entertaining and informative way.