First of the Summer Wine: George Hirst, Schofield Haigh, Wilfred Rhodes and the Gentle Heart of Yorkshire Cricket by Harry Pearson
$39.99 AUD
Category: New Sports & Recreation
The remarkable story of three Yorkshire cricketers from the Golden Age - George Hirst, Wilfred Rhodes and Schofield Haigh - who transformed their county's fortunes, inspired a generation of cricketers and left a unique legacy on the game.Between them, Hirst, Rhodes and Haigh scored over 77,000 runs and ...Show more
The Story Continues: Dustin Martin by Dustin Martin
$49.99 AUD
Category: New Sports & Recreation
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 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: A Biography of a Sporting Icon (HB) by Rob Mundle
$49.99 AUD
Category: New Sports & Recreation | Reading Level: 6 Sport
The Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is the story of one of the world's greatest sporting challenges. In its 75th year, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has become an icon of Australia's summer sport, ranking in public interest with such national events as the Melbourne Cup, the Australian Open tennis and the ...Show more
Life is Worth Swimming (HB) by Murray Rose
$39.99 AUD
Category: New Sports & Recreation
Life is Worth Swimming is an intimate glimpse into the personal journey of Australian swimming icon Murray Rose--his life, his stories and his innermost thoughts. Throughout the book, enchanting images--some nostalgic, some recent and many from his private collection--document his life, highlight his wo ...Show more
The Catch: Australia’s Love Affair With Fishing by Anna Clark
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Sports & Recreation
In every coastal town in Australia, there's a bat shop and a boat ramp. In laundries and garages around the country, fishing rods are strung up waiting for their next outing. Walk over a bridge, look across to a wharf and there will be people casting a line. Many people have a special fishing spot, and ...Show more
Lance Franklin: My Football Journey by Lance Franklin
$55.00 AUD
Category: New Sports & Recreation
Lance Franklin: My Football Journey is a stunning celebration and companion to the career of one of Australia’s most revered AFL players, Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin. Lance Franklin has held AFL fans in awe since his early days in the game – regardless of club allegiance. From his start, picked at no.5 in ...Show more
A Brief History of the Martial Arts: East Asian Fighting Styles, from Kung Fu to Ninjutsu by Jonathan Clements
$34.99 AUD
Category: New Sports & Recreation | Series: Brief Histories
Folk tales of the Shaolin Temple depict warrior monks with superhuman abilities. Today, dozens of East Asian fighting styles trace their roots back to the Buddhist brawlers of Shaolin, although any quest for the true story soon wanders into a labyrinth of forgeries, secret texts and modern retellings. T ...Show more
Stoked!: Winners and Grinners from Our Sporting Life by H. G. Nelson
$19.99 AUD
Category: New Sports & Recreation | 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
CAMP LORE WOODCRAFT by Daniel Beard
$14.95 AUD
Category: New Sports & Recreation
Known to millions of Boy Scouts as "Uncle Dan," Daniel Beard was also a Progressive-era reformer, a naturalist, illustrator, and author. Among his many "how-to" books is this entertaining collection of camp lore and practical notes on woodcrafting.In Camp-Lore and Woodcraft, Beard, an avid outdoorsman, ...Show more
Snowboarding: Xtreme Sports by Matt Barr
$21.95 AUD
Category: New Sports & Recreation | Series: Xtreme Sports
Alongside action-packed photographs this book covers all the facts about snowboarding, including techniques, equipment and clothing.
Susie: A Mother's Story by Pauline Maroney
$18.95 AUD
Category: New Sports & Recreation
From the tragic and accidental death of Susie's twin brother Sean, to Susie's friendship with Cuban leader Fidel Castro, Pauline Maroney gives a mother's insight into the fame, fortune and fate of a true champion and her family.
Unplayable by Lusetich
$35.00 AUD
Category: New Sports & Recreation
Robert Lusetich set out in January 2009 to follow Woods for the year. The only journalist to cover every tournament Tiger played, Lusetich interviewed tournament directors, agents, caddies, PGA Tour officials, sponsors, rival players and those inside Woods's camp, and has continued to cover Woods throug ...Show more