Grit and Gold: Tales From a Sporting Nation by National Library of Australia
19.99 AUD
Category: Sport
Sport is a story telling machine. When we watch a game, race or competition, there are all the makings of a great tale. There are heroes and villains. There are challenges to overcome. There is a sense of jeopardy and risk. There is triumph and failure, comedy and tragedy. All these elements unfold with ...Show more
Endurance: 100 Tales of Survival, Adventure and Exploration by Levison Wood
44.99 AUD
Category: Sport
100 of the most astonishing stories of human survival, adventure and exploration, chosen by Levison Wood. We are always captivated by tales of courage and bravery, of world-firsts and death-defying experiences. In this anthology, explorer and bestselling author Levison Wood has gathered 100 of the most ...Show more
The Times World Cup Moments by Henry Winter (Foreword by); Richard Whitehead; The Times (Editor)
65.00 AUD
Category: Sport
Pairing epic sports photography with articles from The Times and The Sunday Times archive, this volume brings together 100 of the most iconic moments from World Cup history. With striking, full-colour photography, rarely seen archival images and sensational reporting on the action, The Times World Cup ...Show more
Football's Forgotten Years: Reclaiming the AFL Competition’s earliest years—1870 to 1896 by Colin Carter
29.99 AUD
Category: Sport
For almost 100 years, the AFL competition has been deemed to start in 1897, the year in which eight clubs seceded from the Victorian Football Association to form the Victorian Football League. This revision of history ignores the years between 1870 and 1896 when 11 of today's AFL clubs not only partici ...Show more
Knockout: Great Australian Boxing Stories by Grantlee Kieza
34.99 AUD
Category: Sport
A no-holds-barred collection of Australian boxing yarns, from the bare-knuckle fighting of old to the modern greats ... The winners, the losers and the legends Boxing has given Australian sport some of our most inspiring champions and some of our most captivating tales. Stories of underdogs overcoming a ...Show more
Bat, Ball and Field: The Elements of Cricket by Jon Hotten
22.99 AUD
Category: Sport
Bat, Ball and Field is a wonderful foray into the history and culture of cricket. ‘Hotten is not just good, he is one of the best’ Cricketer Chronicling the evolution of the sport since its earliest years, highlighting transcendent moments as well as tragedies, Jon Hotten lifts the seemingly impregnable ...Show more
Climbers - Pain, Panache and Polka Dots in Cycling's Greatest Arenas by Peter Cossins
24.99 AUD
Category: Cycling
'Impeccably researched' - London Cyclist 'The climbing fan's bible' - The Washing Machine Post 'A deep dive into and a celebration of mountain climbing' - Cyclist Magazine When, during the Pyrenean stages of the 1998 Tour de France, a journalist asked Marco Pantani why he rode so fast in the mount ...Show more
Riding With The Rocketmen - One Man's Journey on the Shoulders of Cycling Giants by James Witts
29.99 AUD
Category: Sport | Reading Level: very good
'Humble and very funny' - Ned Boulting'Essential reading for any Étape rider' - Daniel Friebe, co-host of The Cyclist PodcastAn Everyman dropped into the world of Supermen... Can this amateur cyclist complete L'Étape du Tour?Tadej Pogacar has 7% body fat, Chris Froome's resting heart rate is 30bpm, Mark ...Show more
The Story Continues: Dustin Martin by Dustin Martin
49.99 AUD
Category: Sport
Dustin Martin: The Story Continues is the all new, up-to-date and illustrated companion to Dustin (Dusty) Martin’s phenomenal football career. In this fully authorised edition, you will be able to experience Dusty’s rise to the very top of AFL football and his position in the pantheon of great Australi ...Show more
The Journey: My story, from backyard cricket to Australian Captain by Steve Smith
34.99 AUD
Category: Sport
The Journey is Steve Smith's account of his life and career to date. From childhood backyard cricket with mates and family, and net sessions with his dad that laid the foundations for his later success, Steve traces the influences and events that started him on his cricket journey. He takes us inside hi ...Show more
The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk and Going Beyond Limits to Climb the Dawn Wall by Tommy Caldwell
22.99 AUD
Category: Sport | Series: Endurance, Risk & Going Beyond Limits - Mountains
A dramatic, inspiring memoir by legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell, the first person to free climb the Dawn Wall of Yosemite's El Capitan.On January 14, 2015, Tommy Caldwell, along with his partner, Kevin Jorgeson, summited what is widely regarded as the hardest climb in history Yosemite's nearly ver ...Show more
Running Science: Revealing the Science of Peak Performance by John Brewer
27.99 AUD
Category: Sport
Running is a deceptively simple sport. At its most basic, you need only shoes and comfortable clothes you don't mind getting sweaty. Yet each time you lace up, all your body's moving parts must work together to achieve a gait that will keep you injury-free. Many other factors also affect your performanc ...Show more