Escape by Bike: Adventure Cycling, Bikepacking and Touring Off-Road by Joshua Cunningham
Category: Sport
From wilderness treks to weekends spent following local coastal paths, adventure cycling combines cycle touring, mountain biking, and camping to open up new and exciting possibilities for adventure on two wheels. Cycling writer and photographer Joshua Cunningham spent eleven months cycling from London ...Show more
The Journey: My story, from backyard cricket to Australian Captain by Steve Smith
Category: Sport
The Journey is Steve Smith's account of his life and career to date. From childhood backyard cricket with mates and family, and net sessions with his dad that laid the foundations for his later success, Steve traces the influences and events that started him on his cricket journey. He takes us inside hi ...Show more
The Don Bradman Albums by Sir Donald Bradman
Category: Sport
"Sport is such an important part of our national identity that is hardly possible that a sportsperson can come along and transcend the sport they play. But it does happen, every generation or so, someone comes along with skills so finely tuned, that they change the game they play and forever become syno ...Show more
Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers 11th Edition by Russell Holmesby; Jim Main
Category: Sport
EVERY AFL/VFL PLAYER SINCE 1897 This will be the 11th edition of the publication known as the Bible of footy. First published in 1992, it has sold over 120,000 copies in total. When Ben McKay ran onto the ground for North Melbourne in the Round 23, 2017 game against Brisbane he would have felt the sam ...Show more
Hoop Dreams Down Under by Matt Logue
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
The Nature of the Game: Links Golf at Bandon Dunes and Far Beyond by Stephen Goodwin, Mike Keiser
Category: Sport
Essential reading for every golfer from the sport's most acclaimed course developer--a comprehensive, firsthand account of restoring the inherent satisfactions of this centuries-old game, from the beauty of natural courses to the joys of walking the course "Mike Keiser is the best thing to happen to g ...Show more
Formula One Down Under: Australian Grand Prix history by .
Category: Sport
The Australian Grand Prix is the crown jewel of local motorsport, it's also the gold standard by which Formula One GPs are judged. Each year since 1985 the Formula One circus has pitched its tent in Australia for an annual round of the World Championship. Formula One was an immediate hit in Adelaide, sp ...Show more
The Master: The Brilliant Career of Roger Federer by Christopher Clarey
Category: Sport | Reading Level: near fine
A major biography of the greatest men's tennis player of the modern era. There have been other biographies of Roger Federer, but never one with this kind of access to the man himself, his support team, and the most prominent figures in the game, including such rivals as Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and ...Show more
NBA - Legends: Iconic Players, Classic Games, Greatest Teams by Dan Peel
Category: Sport
The word legend is thrown around all too easily these days, but there can be no doubt that the NBA players featured in this book are the very best to have ever graced a basketball court. They are true legends of the game. Spanning the decades and covering all the league's most iconic eras, this book unc ...Show more
The Official History of the FIFA World Cup by Unnamed
Category: Sport
This is the only officially licensed book charting the history of the FIFA World Cup. This unique book tells the stories behind the scenes, as well as analyzing the most famous incidents. It features the biggest stars and many previously unknown ones too, all with a unique worldwide point of view.
The Race Against Time: Adventures in Late-Life Running by Richard Askwith
Category: Sport
A quest for the secrets of happy, healthy whole-life running, and how runners can keep enjoying their sport, whatever their ageWhat do you do when the sport that has been your lifeline to physical and mental well-being starts to slip away from you?Richard Askwith, a life-long running enthusiast, was sun ...Show more
The 10 Greatest World Cup Wins in Australian Cricket by Dan Liebke
Category: Sport
For almost fifty years, there have been cricket World Cups. And for almost fifty years, no other nation on Earth has dominated them quite like Australia. Whether it's Ricky Ponting's and Meg Lanning's all-conquering teams, Allan Border's underdogs, Aaron Finch's unfashionable T20 champions, Steve Waugh' ...Show more