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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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
Formula One: The Champions: 70 Years of Legendary F1 Drivers by Maurice Hamilton; Bernard Cahier (By (photographer)); Paul-Henri Cahier (By (photographer))
$60.00 AUD
Category: Sport
Since the Grand Prix's start in 1950 just 33 men have achieved the accolade of F1 World Champion. For the first time, legendary F1 commentator Maurice Hamilton and award-winning photographers Bernard and Paul-Henri Cahier bring the heroes of this iconic sport together, in a stunning photographic portray ...Show more
Winx: The Full Story of the World's Best Racehorse by Andrew RULE
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sport
Winx joins Phar Lap and Bradman in the history books: a national sporting idol and the world's best racehorse.Australia's world champion racehorse Winx has become a sporting giant, transcending racing in the same way that Muhammad Ali transcends boxing and Bradman transcends cricket. She is described by ...Show more
Australia's Game - The Complete History of the Australian Game of Football by Robert Hess
$60.00 AUD
Category: Sport
Australia's Game is the definitive history of Australian football, tracing the evolution of the game from its earliest, rudimentary forms - in the period preceding the first recorded game, in 1858 - to the totally professional game of the modern era. The authors, all passionate about the history of Aust ...Show more
