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Mike Colman on Sport (Introduction by Trent Dalton) by Mike Colman
$34.95 AUD
Category: Sport
Few if any Australian journalists have mastered the art of long-form sports writing better than Mike Colman. Trent Dalton, author of the mega-seller Boy Swallows Universe, knows this too well, having worked alongside Colman for years at the Brisbane Courier-Mail. Dalton jumped at the chance to introduce ...Show more
The Rodchenkov Affair by Grigory Rodchenkov
$35.00 AUD
Category: Sport
Can one man take down an empire? The Rodchenkov Affair is a breathtaking real-life political thriller. As a leading chemical scientist and Director of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory, Dr Grigory Rodchenkov was at the forefront of global efforts to detect drugs cheats in sport. Yet he was simultaneous ...Show more
Russian Affair: The True Story of the Couple who Uncovered the Greatest Sporting Scandal by David Walsh
$33.00 AUD
Category: Sport
It was the story that shocked the world: Russian athletics was revealed to be corrupt from top to bottom, with institutionalised doping used to help the nation's athletes win medals they did not truly deserve. There had always been suspicions, but now WADA had the clearest evidence of what had gone on. ...Show more
Icons of Footy by Kevin Sheedy
$33.00 AUD
Category: Sport
Footy legend Kevin Sheedy crosses team alliances to profile the 21 most iconic Aussie Rules players and coaches of his lifetime. He also sits down for interviews with nine icons he has long admired and who don’t normally (for various reasons) have their stories told. Packed full of wisdom and wit, insig ...Show more
Gary Ablett: An Autobiography by Gary Ablett
$50.00 AUD
Category: Sport
Gary Ablett: An Autobiography celebrates AFL legend Gary Ablett's stellar career. Reliving key moments and events in his life, this memoir not only explores Gary's great success at the very top of the AFL, but also his journey to get there. Drafted in 2001, Gary's incredible career has spanned two grea ...Show more
Great Australian Sporting Stories by Ian Heads; Norman Tasker
$35.00 AUD
Category: Sport
'Heads and Tasker, legends themselves, set out to write a book that would continue the trail laid by early-days sporting scribes of long ago. I could not put it down.' JOHN COATES AC, PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE 'I know readers will enjoy the many stories and anecdotes that Heads and ...Show more
Tea and Scotch with Bradman by Roland Perry
$25.00 AUD
Category: Sport
The Don bounced upstairs, past alcoves displaying trophies and his favourite portrait of himself executing a cover drive, and into the inner sanctum - the small Bradman study ... In 1995, journalist and author Roland Perry wrote to Sir Donald Bradman requesting a face-to-face interview for a biography ...Show more
Sailing the Seas - Sailing, Voyages & Oceanic Getaways by gestalten (Editor); Sailing Collective (Editor)
$95.00 AUD
Category: Sport
From short sailing trips with friends to longer cruises along coastlines or across the oceans, this book celebrates the nautical way of life. Since the dawn of time, exploring the world by boat has been seen as the pinnacle of freedom. And what may often have seemed an impossible dream is now within re ...Show more
Eleven Bats: A Story of Combat, Cricket and the SAS by Anthony 'Harry' Moffitt
$35.00 AUD
Category: Sport
Anthony 'Harry' Moffitt spent more than twenty years in the SAS. His decades of service and his multiple tours in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan made him one of the regiment's most experienced and recognised figures. Alongside the SAS, Harry's other lifetime love is cricket. An improvised game of c ...Show more
50 Greatest Australian Cricketers by Dan Liebke
$33.00 AUD
Category: Sport
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them by virtue of their skills with ball and bat. This book is about the latter. Australia’s favourite sport has a proud history of turning nobodies into somebodies and ordinary men and women into heroes of international r ...Show more
Splash ! 10 000 Years of Swimming by Howard Means
$30.00 AUD
Category: Sport
A global history of swimming, from humankind's first dip in what is now the driest spot on earth to the 2020 Olympics.
Lofted: Remarkable & Farflung Adventures for the Modern Golfer by William Watt
$45.00 AUD
Category: Sport
Lofted puts a new spin on the widely played and loved game of golf--traversing the world in search of authentic golfing experiences. A visual adventure for the modern golfer, Lofted will transport you far and wide through the world of golf. Lofted takes you on a journey of discovery with stunning pho ...Show more