Out of Time: 1966 and the End of Old-Fashioned Britain by Peter Chapman
40.99 AUD
Category: Sport | Series: Wisden Sports Writing
In the summer of 1966 Peter Chapman was a naive 18-year-old from the Angel in north London. He was just about to enter the world of work, having flunked his A Levels and recently discovered that he would not be fulfilling his dream of becoming a professional footballer at Leyton Orient. As a young man o ...Show more
The Motogp Miscellany by John White
19.99 AUD
Category: Sport
There is something for every motorcycle-racing fan in The MotoGP Miscellany. For more than 75 years, the sport has provided full-throttle entertainment to generations of motorcycle-racing fans around the world, first as the 500cc World Championship (1949-2001) and then as Moto GP (since 2002). Within th ...Show more
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack: 2016 by Lawrence Booth
95.00 AUD
Category: Sport
The most famous sports book in the world, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack has been published every year since 1864. Wisden 2016--the 153rd edition--contains coverage of every first-class game in every cricket nation, and reports and scorecards for all Tests and ODIs. The eagerly awaited Notes by the Editor, ...Show more
Welcome to Paradise Now go to Hell by Chas Smith
22.99 AUD
Category: Sport
Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell is surfer and former war reporter Chas Smith's wild and unflinching look at the high-stakes world of surfing on Oahu's North Shore - a riveting, often humorous, account of beauty, greed, danger and crime.For two months every winter, when Pacific storms make landfall, ...Show more
Bruce Postle: At the Track by Bruce Postle
29.99 AUD
Category: Sport
‘What a great photographer can do is capture a moment - freeze it in time so that it lives forever." - Les CarlyonAt the Track showcases 155 of Bruce Postle’s greatest images from more than 50 years covering events at racetracks across the country. These photographs display the colour and character of h ...Show more
Legacy by Tim Cahill
29.99 AUD
Category: Sport
The story of international football star Tim Cahill, one of the most admired Australian sportsmen of all time. Tim Cahill was born in Sydney to a Samoan mother and English father. He grew up in the city's western suburbs playing football with his brothers and for his local club sides. As a teenager, Tim ...Show more
Golf's Strangest Rounds: Extraordinary but True Stories from Over a Century of Golf by Andrew Ward
19.99 AUD
Category: Sport
'The most eccentric golf book ever' Sports and Leisure Magazine Golf's Strangest Rounds is an absorbing collection of bizarre tales from the lengthy annals of the sport's history. There are stories of tragedy, eccentricity, tactical slipups and ones that defy categorization altogether - meet 'Mysteriou ...Show more
The Games by David Goldblatt
44.99 AUD
Category: Sport
David Goldblatt writes about sports 'with the expansive eye of a social and cultural critic' (Wall Street Journal). In The Games he delivers a magisterial history of the biggest and most beloved sporting event of them all: the Olympics. He tells the epic story of the Games, from their reinvention in Ath ...Show more
The Total Bike Maintenance Book by Mel Allwood
34.99 AUD
Category: Cycling
A well-maintained bike is a pleasure to ride - and is far less likely to break down. And with bike sales booming, more and more people need to know how to keep their prized machine in great condition. The Total Bike Maintenance Book is a comprehensive guide to keeping all the main types of bike - road, ...Show more
Stroke of Genius by Gideon Haigh
39.99 AUD
Category: Sport
"Victor Trumper (1877-1915) was our first internationally recognised cricketing genius, acclaimed by the legendary W.G Grace and others, who died at 36 in 1915. He has entered Australian sporting folklore and is still one of the great names in sport, with a stand named after him at the SCG. Trumper is ...Show more
Golf Is Punishment For Not Taking Up Another Sport by Perret, Gene, Perret, Linda
19.99 AUD
Category: Sport | Series: Perret's Joke Book Ser.
Doing something over and over again and hoping for different results is the definition of insanity . . . and also of golf. Bob Hope claimed that golf was his profession show business just paid the greens fees. From Hope s head joke writer, Gene Perret, and daughter Linda Perret comes a joke book for gol ...Show more
American Pastimes: The Very Best of Red Smith (the Library of America) by Red Smith
59.95 AUD
Category: Sport | Series: Library of America
Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith was the most widely read sportswriter of the last century and the first to win the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. From the 1940s to the 1980s, his nationally syndicated columns for the "New York Herald Tribune" and later for "The New York Times" traversed the world of sports ...Show more