Peter Pan: The Forgotten Story of Phar Lap's Successor by Jessica Owers
$34.95 AUD
Category: Sport
In 1932, they said there would never be another Phar Lap. Yet within months there came a racehorse so wildly brilliant that he was instantly compared to the dead champion. He was Peter Pan. Within months of Phar Lap's death, Peter Pan had won the Melbourne Cup and then two years later, won it again - th ...Show more
Ghost Wave: The Discovery of Cortes Bank and the Biggest Wave on Earth by Chris Dixon
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sport
In Ghost Wave, Chris Dixon dives deep into the fascinating history of Cortes Bank and the motley brotherhood of argumentative, damaged, brave and quirky margin walkers who discovered and scaled the tallest mountain in the sea. Along the way, he'll show how these pioneering wave-addicts changed our very ...Show more
Pole to Pole by Pat Farmer
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sport
In a feat that ranks with the brave and inspiring deeds of Scott of the Antarctic, Sir Edmund Hillary and Jessica Watson, famed Australian ultramarathon runner Pat Farmer did what no human has ever done: run from the North Pole to South Pole. His mission: to raise money for the Red Cross to fund water p ...Show more
Kayaking Around Australia by Andrew Gregory
$34.95 AUD
Category: Sport
Around the world, kayaking is growing in popularity as the ideal recreational activity to discover pristine natural environments that cannot be accessed by land. And Kayaking Around Australia is the definitive guide to over 40 of Australia's best kayaking destinations. From the misty mountain peaks of C ...Show more
The Only Game in Town: Sportswriting from the New Yorker by David Remnick
$30.00 AUD
Category: Sport | Series: Modern Library (Paperback)
For more than eighty years, "The New Yorker" has been home to some of the toughest, wisest, funniest, and most moving sportswriting around. "The Only Game in Town" is a classic collection from a magazine with a deep bench, including such authors as Roger Angell, John Updike, Don DeLillo, and John McPhee ...Show more
Fascination of Golf by Maria Pia Gennaro
$69.95 AUD
Category: Sport
It is true that golf is a sickness. An illness for which there is no vaccine. Once contaminated, there is no hope for a cure. There are many factors that come together to create the enormous, incommensurable, inextinguishable fascination of golf. This book investigates the principal aspects of the attra ...Show more
The IRB World Rugby Yearbook: 2012 (Handling fee and/or freight chrges may apply) by Paul Morgan
$34.95 AUD
Category: Sport
Bumper Rugby World Cup edition of the acclaimed IRB World Rugby Yearbook, the ever-popular and utterly comprehensive review of the rugby year. On sale barely a month after the trophy has been lifted at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, the IRB World Rugby Yearbook will include a comprehensive rev ...Show more
In Pursuit of Bill: A History of the Rugby World Cup by Lance Peatey
$32.95 AUD
Category: Sport
The Rugby World Cup is a modern-day phenomenon, and now the third largest international sports event in the world – only eclipsed by the Olympic Games and the Football World cup. The competition has developed at an unprecedented rate since the inaugural event in 1978, from a humble amateur festival to a ...Show more
Mountain High: Europe's 50 Greatest Cycle Climbs by Daniel Friebe, Pete Goding
$50.00 AUD
Category: Sport
This is the first book to cover in detail Europe's 50 greatest climbs, including detail on the actual route (with maps and profile), length, height, and compelling descriptions focussing on all the main points of interest along the route. Cycling has grown massively in popularity in recent years. The To ...Show more
The Master: A Personal Portrait of Bart Cummings by Les Carlyon
$60.00 AUD
Category: Sport
In the world of horse racing, Bart Cummings is the master. His astonishing tally of twelve Melbourne Cup wins arguably makes him the greatest trainer in Australia's history and, by statistical measures, as freakish as Bradman. His laconic wit and indifference to the trappings of wealth and fame have see ...Show more
The Limit: Life and Death On The 1962 Grand Prix Circuit by Michael Cannell
$33.00 AUD
Category: Sport
This is a glittering account of Formula One's deadliest and most glamorous era, in which sporting rivalry led to fatal consequences, culminating in the explosive championship battle of the 1961 Italian Grand Prix. It's 10 September, 1961: at the boomerang-shaped racetrack at Monza, in northern Italy, ha ...Show more
Eilean: A Classic Yacht by Francois Chevalier
$120.00 AUD
Category: Sport
The classic yacht Eilean reflects the history of Panerai, a watchmaker long associated with the sea and yachting. From its maiden voyage to its restoration, this title navigates the reader through the highlights of naval architecture and yachting, illustrated with archival documents, historical plans, a ...Show more