It Takes Courage by Torah Bright
$26.99 AUD
Category: Sporting Biography
This is Torah's heartfelt account of growing up in a close-knit Mormon family. In it she charts the highs and lows of her professional snowboarding career, during which she became the first Australian snowboarder to be awarded a Gold medal in the Winter Olympics for her sport. She talks about the seriou ...Show more
On Tour by Bradley Wiggins
$29.99 AUD
Category: Sporting Biography
'There is me trailing home 131st and, for all I know, I might be a top 50 rider if we all started on a level playing field ...Bollocks to you all. You are a bunch of cheating bastards. At least I can look myself in the mirror.' Bradley Wiggins contemplates Floyd Landis testing positive for testosterone ...Show more
Messi by Illugi Jokulsson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Sporting Biography | Series: World Soccer Legends
World Soccer Legends"Everything you need to know about most exciting clubs and the best players on the planet." MessiLearn all about Messi from his soccer debut at the age of five to his favorite food to the famous singer he's named after Obstacles he's overcome on his path to winning FIFA's highest hon ...Show more
Anquetil, Alone by Paul Fournel
$24.99 AUD
Category: Sporting Biography
There are things he does alone, and things that he alone does. Jacques Anquetil was a cyclist with an aristocratic demeanor and a relaxed attitude to rules and morals. His womanising and frank admissions of doping appalled 1960s French society, even as his five Tour de France wins enthralled it. Paul Fo ...Show more
Brothers in Black - The Long History of Brotherhood in New Zealand Rugby by Jamie Wall
$22.99 AUD
Category: Sporting Biography
There's an astounding number of brothers playing in top level rugby in New Zealand. How is this so? What's it like for the siblings: do they compete with each other or do they support each other? Is there a particular climate in some families that encourages this success? 'Splendid, comprehensive, insig ...Show more
Jack Gibson's Fur Coat: Rugby league oddities and artefacts by Glen Humphries
$29.99 AUD
Category: Sporting Biography
If rugby league buried a time capsule Jack Gibson's fur coat would be the first item placed inside - if you could solve the mystery of its whereabouts. League's precious artefacts include Thurston's headgear, Langland's white boots, Reggie the Rabbit's tail and a snag from the Dragon's season-ending BBQ ...Show more
Playing it My Way: My Autobiography by Sachin Tendulkar
$29.99 AUD
Category: Sporting Biography
The greatest run-scorer in the history of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar retired in 2013 after an astonishing 24 years at the top. The most celebrated Indian cricketer of all time, he received the Bharat Ratna Award - India's highest civilian honour - on the day of his retirement. Now Sachin Tendulkar tells ...Show more
Steve Smith's Men: Behind Australian Cricket's Fall by Geoff Lemon
$29.99 AUD
Category: Sporting Biography | Reading Level: 3 Biography
He was top of the world, with numbers bettered only by Don Bradman - then captain Steve Smith led his Australian team into a cheating scandal that stunned cricket. Media exploded and million-dollar contracts were torn up. Australia's prime minister expressed the public anger and disappointment: 'Our cri ...Show more
Eddie Jones - Rugby Maverick by Mike Colman
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sporting Biography | Reading Level: very good
The first biography of the enigmatic coach who has completely transformed the England rugby team. After Eddie Jones began coaching England's rugby team in November 2015, they won 22 of their next 23 matches. The side that limped out of the last World Cup was thoroughly revitalised. But who is the uncon ...Show more
Manikato 'The Man' by Adam Crettenden
$34.99 AUD
Category: Sporting Biography | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
A champion racehorse, Manikato won races at the elite level over six seasons through the late 1970s and early 1980s and became the first Australian sprinter to earn $1 million in prize money. But once getting to the top echelon of racing as a two-year-old, his life endured twists and turns that continua ...Show more
The Third Pole - My Everest climb to find the truth about Mallory and Irvine by Mark Synnott
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sporting Biography | Reading Level: near fine
Veteran climber Mark Synnott never planned on climbing Mount Everest, but a hundred-year mystery lured him into an expedition–and an awesome history of passionate adventure, chilling tragedy, and human aspiration unfolded. On June 8, 1924, George Mallory and “Sandy” Irvine set out to stand on the roof o ...Show more
Klopp: My Liverpool Romance by Anthony Quinn
$22.99 AUD
Category: Sporting Biography
In the first book by a British writer about this extraordinary football manager, lifelong Liverpool fan Anthony Quinn has crafted a uniquely revealing love-letter to Jurgen Klopp. In early March 2020 Liverpool were two wins away from an extraordinary achievement, on course for their first league title w ...Show more