Hitting Against the Spin: How Cricket Really Works by Nathan Leamon, Ben Jones
32.99 AUD
Category: Sport
In an era of big-data, how are leaders in sport, business, politics and education supposed to use the power of this new tool productively? Hitting Against the Spin is an object lesson in how to use data and analytics to elucidate the science and structure of cricket. Easy to read and packed with illustr ...Show more
Border's Battlers by Michael Sexton
29.99 AUD
Category: Sport
It's the 1986 tour of India, and Australian cricket is reeling from the loss of key players to retirement and rebel tours. Few give Australia a chance against a surging India, and even Allan Border doubts his ability to lead this team. What follows is one of the most titanic struggles in cricket history ...Show more
The Fine Cotton Fiasco by Peter Hoysted Pat Sheil
34.99 AUD
Category: Sport
Brisbane, 1984. It all started with a simple plan to secretly swap a mediocre horse with a faster one, and rake in the cash with a few well-placed bets. What could possibly go wrong?In The Fine Cotton Fiasco, Peter Hoysted and Pat Sheil brilliantly tell the scarcely believable tale of how - through a co ...Show more
Gangland This Unsporting Life by James Morton; Susanna Lobez
29.99 AUD
Category: Sport
Sport has always attracted organised crime. Huge sums of money are wagered in every arena, and rorts, swindles and unsporting behaviour have shadowed players of all codes. Cricket and footy are not immune, with Heath Shaw and Ben Cousins caught up in gambling and drugs, and NRL star Ryan Tandy in match- ...Show more
The Official Encyclopedia of the Yellow Jersey: 100 Years of the Yellow Jersey (Maillot Jaune) by Frederique Galametz, Philippe Bouvet
45.00 AUD
Category: Sport
On the occasion of the 2019 Tour de France Yellow Jersey's centenary, comes The Official Encyclopedia of the Maillot Jaune. Divided into four major parts, this book covers the incredible stories of every Yellow Jersey winner, the Kings of the Kings - the five times winners of the Tour, the Yellow Jerse ...Show more
Cricket's Greatest Rivalry: Completely revised and updated for 2019 by Simon Hughes
22.99 AUD
Category: Sport
From the William Hill Award-Winning Author of A Lot of Hard Yakka comes Cricket's Greatest Rivalry: A History of the Ashes in 10 Matches by Simon Hughes. A fast-paced, distinctive history of the iconic, 137-year-old cricketing rivalry between England and Australia published in the year of back-to-back ...Show more
Surfers' Blood by Patrick Trefz
42.99 AUD
Category: Sport
Surfers' Blood, an update with new texts of the popular hardcover, from award-winning surf photographer and filmmaker Patrick Trefz, is a survey of decades spent photographing the lifestyles and bloodlines of surf culture across the globe.Surfers' Blood captures all the diverse elements that make surfin ...Show more
Beyond a Boundary by Cyril Lionel Robert James
22.99 AUD
Category: Sport
'To say "the best cricket book ever written" is piffingly inadequate praise' Guardian 'Great claims have been made for [Beyond a Boundary] since its first appearance in 1963: that it is the greatest sports book ever written; that it brings the outsider a privileged insight into West Indian culture; that ...Show more
Hoop Dreams Down Under by Matt Logue
34.99 AUD
Category: Sport
Ever since Luc Longley lit up the court as the first Australian to play in the NBA in 1991, Australians have made an indelible impact on the world's best basketball competition. Longley's journey from Perth to the NBA, alongside Michael Jordan at the Chicago Bulls, paved the way for a generation of play ...Show more
Carn: The Game, and the Country that Plays it by Andrew Mueller
34.99 AUD
Category: Sport
There have been histories of Australian football before. There has not been one like Carn. Carn tells the story of the Victorian Football League and its successor, the Australian Football League, from 1897 to the present day, by focusing on 50 of the thousands of games which have been played down the d ...Show more
Running until You're 100 - A Guide to Lifelong Running by Jeff Galloway
29.99 AUD
Category: Sport
Running Until You're 100 is the must-have guide that will keep runners fit as they age and help them run for life. Using Jeff Galloway's proven Run Walk Run(R) method, this book offers step-by-step programs for runners in their 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s. These programs make the needed adjustments for each ...Show more