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Golden Daze (Australian Surfing Then to Now) by Sean Doherty
$45.00 AUD
Category: Sport
Australia's best surf writer brings to life the wild, bold, brave story of Australian surfing from the 60s to the present through the stories of Surfing Australia's Hall of Fame surfers and contemporary surfing legends. Golden Daze is a compelling memoir of Australian surfing through a year in the life ...Show more
The Magic of Spin: Australia's Greatest Spin Bowlers by Ashley Mallett
$29.99 AUD
Category: Sport | Reading Level: 6 Sport
Over the years Australia has produced some of the greatest spin bowlers the world has seen. In The Magic of Spinwe meet more than forty masters of the art. They include Bill O'Reilly, who Sir Donald Bradman claimed to have been the greatest bowler of his experience; Clarrie Grimmett, arguably the 'fathe ...Show more
Golf Science by Mark F. Smith
$27.99 AUD
Category: Sport
Golf is perhaps the most complicated simple game ever invented. Watching the professionals gives you only a glimpse of the complexity of what is happening, with each shot involving biomechanics, aerodynamics, ballistics, materials science, probability, even meteorology. Golf Science takes a timely new l ...Show more
1989: the Great Grand Final by Tony Wilson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sport
The 1989 Grand Final between Hawthorn and Geelong is considered one of the greatest of all. Hawthorn, seeking to go back-to-back for the first time was against a Geelong team that had not been in a Grand Final since 1967. The match had everything: unbridled violence, high scoring, Gary Ablett's nine goa ...Show more
Remarkable Cricket Grounds by Brian Levison
$45.00 AUD
Category: Sport
Across six of the seven continents on which cricket is played, there are some remarkable cricket grounds. From a tidal strip of sand outside the Ship Inn at Elie, in Fife, to the monumental Melbourne Cricket Ground with its 100,000 capacity, this book features the extraordinary places and venues in whic ...Show more
The Death of Fitzroy Football Club: The Story of Fitzroy's Demise in the Words of the Men and Women Who Lost Their Club by Russel Holmesby
$34.99 AUD
Category: Sport
The Death of Fitzroy Football Club is an oral history, outlining the reasons why Fitzroy FC, one of the founding clubs of the VFL in 1896, lost its way and eventually was merged with the Brisbane Bears. The book covers the spread of years from the seventies, through a period when the club was strong on ...Show more
Cars - Accelerating the Modern World by Brendan Cormier (Editor); Elizabeth Bisley (Editor)
$60.00 AUD
Category: Sport
Imagine a world without cars From the Ford Model T to the VW Beetle to the GM Firebird, this design history zooms in on the impact of cars--past, present, and future The car: it has profoundly reshaped the world we live in. It has altered the production and purchasing of consumer goods; the shape of our ...Show more
Velo 4th Gear : Bicycle Culture and Style (Velo City) by Gestalten
$95.00 AUD
Category: Sport
Velo 4th Gear continues the celebration of the bicycle and its ongoing (r)evolution, because cycling is far more than just an eco-friendly connection from A to B.
World Racecourses: History, Images and Statistics for 100 Favorite Horse Racing Venues by Cornelius Lysaght
$55.00 AUD
Category: Sport
100 major horse racing venues with detail of each one's history and heritage from BBC journalist, Cornelius Lysaght. Text is accompanied by contemporary photography and detailed diagrams created by Collins, the world-leading publisher of maps and atlases, making it an essential purchase or gift for any ...Show more
She Surf by gestalten (Editor); Lauren L. Hill (Editor)
$82.50 AUD
Category: Sport
Join the celebration of the diverse, vibrant, and engaged community of women riding and making waves around the globe. While surfing is usually seen as a male domain, women have long been nurturing their own water stories and claiming their rightful place in the world of this sport. She Surf hails the f ...Show more
The Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: A Biography of a Sporting Icon (HB) by Rob Mundle
$49.99 AUD
Category: Sport | 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
The Sports Book
$39.99 AUD
Category: Sport
The ultimate guide to sports, this book is the perfect reference for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 - an amazing year for sport. Discover the origins, rules, and key players for more than 200 sports - from equestrian sports, athletics and gymnastics to winter sports and extreme sports. Learn the key skills ...Show more
