The Sports Book by .
$39.99 AUD
Category: Other Sports
Fascinating facts, stats and other details of over 200 sports. This is the ultimate guide to sports and the perfect reference for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 - an amazing year for sport. Discover everything you need to know about more than 200 sports, including all of the Olympic and Paralympic events fe ...Show more
TRACK THE by NICHOLSON ROD
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Category: Other Sports | Series: Herald Sun Ser.
The new Australian Racing Hall of Fame in Melbourne is a collection of the elite of the sport from the past 120 years. The hall so far honours 53 of the best Australian jockeys, trainers and gallopers are included ranging from Carbine to Phar Lap to Sunline, from Scobie Breasley to Roy Higgins, from Eti ...Show more
Boxing - A Cultural History by Kasia Boddy
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Category: Other Sports
Throughout history, potters, sculptors, painters, poets, novelists, cartoonists, song-writers, photographers, and filmmakers have recorded and tried to make sense of boxing. From Daniel Mendoza to Mike Tyson, boxers have embodied and enacted our anxieties about race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. In ...Show more
The Art of Cycling by Cadel Evans
$49.99 AUD
Category: Other Sports
The autobiography of a cycling legend. The much-anticipated autobiography of the greatest Australian cyclist of all time. Famous in the sport for his meticulous preparation and an athlete who prided himself on his ability to leave it all on the road, Evans writes about the triumphs, the frustrations, th ...Show more
WWE Encyclopedia of Sports Entertainment (New Edition) by DK
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Category: Other Sports
Delve into the world of WWE with the most expansive all-encompassing guide ever produced on sports entertainment!Get all the history, facts, and stats on the Superstars you love in the updated WWE Encyclopedia of Sports Entertainment. This bumper new edition packs more than 1,100 Superstars into more th ...Show more
Victress - Women Who Paved the Way in Australian Sport by Corinne Hall; Michael Randall
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Category: Other Sports
Mother, wife, partner, daughter, sister, niece, grandmother: every woman is a VICTRESS in her own unique and special way. This book is an ode to some of Australia's most cherished female athletes who, not just through achievements in their chosen sport, but through their unwavering conviction and commit ...Show more
The World's Game : A History of Soccer by Bill Murray
$46.99 AUD
Category: Other Sports
Murray traces the development of soccer from pre- industrial times to the 1994 World Cup, weaving the sport's growth into the culture and politics of the countries where it has been taken up. Known as much for the emotional outbursts and violence of its fans as for its own stars, soccer (or football, a ...Show more
Stoked!: Winners and Grinners from Our Sporting Life by H. G. Nelson
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Category: Other Sports | Reading Level: 6 Sport
There’s nothing Australians love better than a sporting hero, except perhaps giving that hero a gentle ribbing for having the temerity to outstrip the rest of us. From the Jumping Doc and his ‘Peltzer flinch’ to late nineteenth century fashion on the field (knitted jumper, anyone?), the great H.G. ‘batt ...Show more
A Sporting Chance: Australian Sporting Scandals and the Path to Redemption by Titus O'Reily
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Category: Other Sports
In sport, the term 'good bloke' doesn't mean what it says. Like 'fun run', it often actually means exactly the opposite.Titus O'Reily, the sports historian Australia neither needs nor deserves, examines why our nation's sportspeople are so readily forgiven for doing terrible things.With ridiculous tales ...Show more
Cheat: The not-so-subtle art of conning your way to sporting glory by Titus O'Reily
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Category: Other Sports
Where there's sport, there's cheating. No sport is immune; athletics, swimming, rugby, American Football, cricket, baseball, badminton, motorsports, tennis and curling. Yes, even that sport on the ice with brooms. Almost as soon as humans started playing sport competitively, they started to cheat. They ...Show more
Muhammad Ali - The Life of a Legend by Fiaz Rafiq
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Category: Other Sports
Muhammad Ali is one of the most remarkable sports personalities and celebrities of our time. He is a legend who transcended boxing and rose above all sport. A man of mythic proportions, Ali rose to become a prominent feature of our cultural landscape.Through exclusive accounts from family members, close ...Show more