Chasing the Demon - The Deadly Quest to Break the Sound Barrier by Dan Hampton
$39.99 AUD
Category: Sport, Outdoors & Motoring
The New York Times bestselling author of Viper Pilot chronicles another thrilling chapter in American aviation history: the race to break the sound barrier. In the aftermath of World War II, the United States accelerated the development of technologies that would give it an advantage over the Soviet Un ...Show more
Fantastic Footballers (40 Inspiring Icons) by Jean-Michel Billioud
$18.98 AUD
Category: Sport, Outdoors & Motoring | Series: 40 Inspiring Icons
The greatest goals... The most spectacular saves... Meet the top 40 footballers of all time! Relive Ronaldo's most memorable moments, learn about Messi's legendary left foot, meet the youngest-ever World Cup goal scorer, Pelé, and see the some of the most spectacular saves in history. Every player is a ...Show more
Sons of Guns by Matt Watson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Sport, Outdoors & Motoring
When the AFL's father-son rule was introduced in the 1940s, it gave emerging players the chance to live out the ultimate lifelong dream- to play for the same beloved club as their fathers. This is about as sentimental as football gets. Today some of the AFL's finest players are the sons of guns - legend ...Show more
Able: Gold Medals, Grand Slams & Smashing Glass Ceilings by Dylan Alcott
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The incredible life of an astonishing athlete Dylan Alcott has never let his disability get in the way of what he wanted to achieve. His family treated him no differently to any other kid, and it was the best thing they ever did. Growing up, Dylan always had a positive attitude to life. So when he d ...Show more
Icons: My Inspiration, My Motivation, My Obsession: Bradley Wiggins by Bradley Wiggins
$44.99 AUD
Category: Sport, Outdoors & Motoring
With a foreword by Eddy Merckx The world of professional cycling is fraught with fierce competition, fervent dedication and unerring ambition, and only a handful of competitors reach iconic status. Among them is Sir Bradley Wiggins - a man uniquely placed to reflect on the history of this remarkable spo ...Show more
The Wenger Revolution: The Club of My Life by Amy Lawrence; Stuart MacFarlane (Illustrator); Arsene Wenger (Foreword by)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Sport, Outdoors & Motoring
In September 1996 a Frenchman, so little known in English football that fans asked "Arsène Who?+?, walked into Arsenal. In the subsequent 22 years as manager he transformed the club. A total renovation of the training, stadium, style, economics of the team and the attraction of a global audience has tak ...Show more
Immortals of Australian Cricket by Liam Hauser
$39.99 AUD
Category: Sport, Outdoors & Motoring
Cricket enthusiasts endlessly debate the question of who are the best Australian players across different eras? In this book, experienced journalist and sports writer Liam Hauser selects his Immortal team from players who didn't just dominate, they changed the game with their sheer will.How do you selec ...Show more
Ice Diaries - An Antarctic Memoir by Jean McNeil
$22.99 AUD
Category: Sport, Outdoors & Motoring
Winner of the Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize and one of the Guardian's Best Books of 2016. Drawn to understand what we might lose in a world without ice, acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean McNeil spent four months on the world's most enigmatic continent -- Antarctica. In the spirit ...Show more
Crossing the Line: How Australian Cricket Lost Its Way by Gideon Haigh
$24.95 AUD
Category: Sport, Outdoors & Motoring
I'm not proud of what's happened. Yknow, it's not within the spirit of the game. Steve Smith was not to know it at Cape Town on 24 March 2018, but he was addressing his last press conference as captain of the Australian cricket team. By the next day morning he would be swept from office by a tsunami of ...Show more
Fair Go, Sport by Peter FitzSimons
$29.99 AUD
Category: Sport, Outdoors & Motoring
Fitzy at his passionate best with chest-puffing tales of great sportsmanship and fair play. The idea for this book is simple. In the year when Australian cricketers have colluded to nakedly cheat, when attendance rates for all of soccer, rugby union and rugby league have either drifted or roared south, ...Show more
Ralph Doubell: Do Not Worry, It Is Only Pain: The Story of Australia's Last Male Olympic Track Champion by Michael Sharp
$29.95 AUD
Category: Sport, Outdoors & Motoring
On the biggest day of his sporting life, he ran the perfect race. 'Beautifully executed right through,' is how the BBC's David Coleman called Doubell's 800 metres live. The Mexico City Olympics in 1968 were highly controversial, but Doubell pushed that turmoil from his mind. His winning time would have ...Show more