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Again To Carthage For over twenty-five years, fans of Once a Runner have wanted more. Parker has finally written the sequel, which begins ...
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Netherland Netherland was re-released last year but being slow off the mark, we've only just received it in...We have to thank cust...
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The Sportswriter "The book is a reflective work that invites reflection, a novel that charms us with the freshness of its vision and touc...
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A Year of Sport Travel After reading the blogs from the Homeless World Cup in Milan, we were wondering whether the HWC would make it into Lonel...
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The Sports Book This is the ultimate armchair companion to practically every sport ever invented, put together with sports fanatic Ray S...
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The Ultimate Sports Handbook How does Serena Williams deliver such crushing serves? How does Michael Jordan slam dunk? How can Dale Earnhardt Jr. sur...
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101 Sports Not To Try Covering a huge variety of events and activities from wife-carrying to canoe bobsleigh, 101 Sports Not To Try lists the ...
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Soccer's Most Wanted Soccer's Most Wanted features the most outrageous players, the oddest injuries, the strangest matches, the most fantasti...
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1001 Football Moments (soccer) For this incredible illustrated book, 1001 of football's greatest moments have been expertly selected and are beautifull...
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1k.09 - The 2009 Bathurst 1000 It has long been the battle of the Australian motorsport, and Ford versus Holden at Bathurst is one of the great sportin...
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40 Great Walks in Australia This is the definitive guide to walking in Australia. Organised by state, the book covers walks to suit every level, gra...
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A Beautiful Game "Wherever you are on earth, it's only a matter of time before you will come across children playing football. Another fi...
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A Brush with Horses This high-quality, exquisitely produced book is a celebration of the work of acclaimed equine artist Alister Simpson. Pr...
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A Fighter's Heart Welcome to the real Fight Club. A raw, adrenaline-fuelled memoir of one man’s adventures in fighting. ‘After reading Sam...
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A Golfer's View This book features brilliant aerial photography and tips from a pro golfer, A Golfer's View is a stunning portrait of th...
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A History of Cricket For millions of fans, cricket is the world. But how did this game with matches that take days, too many rules, grounds w...
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A Horse Called Mighty Might and Power is a legendary Australian racehorse, one of the few horses to win the coveted Melbourne and Caulfield Cu...
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A Little Book of Boxing Boxing has a long and eventful history and its drama, excitement and humour are covered in this fascinating account of t...
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A Peiper's Tale As a child growing up in Australia, Allan Peiper never knew where home was. The son of an alcoholic and abusive father, ...
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A Race For Real Sailors In the summer of 1920, many Canadian fishermen following the America's Cup series were frustrated. Every time the wind b...
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A Race Like No Other The New York City Marathon: 26.2 grueling miles across five bridges and through five distinct boroughs, accompanied by t...
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Able Bodies Balance Training An activity based program to improve both balance and mobility for both it and frail older adults. As a bonus access to ...
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AFL Record Season Guide 2010 For the best part of its first 100 years, AFL football was something of a closed shop when it came to recording statisti...
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AFL Record: Season Guide 2008 Discounted. An annual publication since 1996, the AFL Record wraps together statistics and facts in an historical contex...
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AFL Record: Season Guide 2009 It's the official statistical history of the AFL - this year featuring editorials on the Young stars from the AFL draft;...
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After Many A Summer For New Yorkers—especially Brooklynites—1957 will always be the year that lives in infamy. It was when the Brooklyn Dodg...
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Aggressive Volleyball Peter Waite will help you identify the most effective tactics based on the strengths of your team and the talent of your...
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Aka: The Battle Within As one of Australian Football's most colourful and outspoken characters, Akermanis is true to form in the pages of his b...
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All Horse Systems Go This is the bible for horse-owners. Dr Nancy Loving is a world-renowned equine vet based in the US and this book touches...
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American Son: My Story This thrilling tale of an immigrant's son—a quintessentially American story—is the chronicle of an amazing journey that ...
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And God Created Cricket Cricket defines Englishness like no other national pastime. From its earliest origins in the sixteenth century (or an ea...
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Arnie and Jack Ian O’Connor brilliantly brings to life the story of two men, their rivalry and a whole sport, in a gripping, no-holds-b...
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Arthur Lydiard: Master Coach Runners World has described Arthur Lydiard as the "Best All-time Running Coach". He gained international recognition at ...
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Ayrton Senna: The Whole Story In this meaty biography, published to mark the tenth anniversary of Ayrton Senna's death, Christopher Hilton marries and...
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Bad Boys ‘When do the football codes burn brightest? When the fireflies of controversy dance around them’. Roy Masters examines t...
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Bannister and Beyond Hundreds of milers have now gone sub-4-but the achievement is still extraordinary, and the four-minute mile stands as a ...
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Barca: A People's Passion FC Barcelona is today the world's biggest football club. Barca is the story of more than a hundred years of obsessive na...
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Bart: My Life James Bartholomew "Bart" Cummings is far and away Australia's greatest horse trainer, if that honour can be measured in ...
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Beyond a Boundary "The sport is cricket and the scene is the colonial West Indies. Always eloquent and provocative, James- the "black Plat...
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Bicycling for Women Includes five comprehensive training plans - improved hill climblng, multiday bike tour, 100K or 50-mile ride, century r...
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Bike Bible Life's better on a bike!
The Bike Bible launches you into bike riding, with all the knowledge and inspiration you'll ...
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Bike SA This guidebook to more than 40 of South Australia's best bike rides and mountain bike trails has been written with the h...
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Black Obsession To coincide with the commencement of the 2009 Bledisloe Cup Series and with the Rugby World Cup just around the corner, ...
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Black Wave "Leaving behind their everyday lives to sail across the world on a catamaran tested Jean and John Silverwood and their f...
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Bodyline Autopsy (Paperback) From the cover:
"Fast bowling and controversy have been inseparable since cricket began, but there has never been a mor...
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Bold Warnie Warne has contributed a fair bit more to cricket, and to gossip magazines (and has appeared on the ABC's "Kath & Kim"), ...
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Born To Run At the heart of Born to Run lies a mysterious tribe of Mexican Indians, the Tarahumara, who live quietly in canyons and ...
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Boy Phoenix Jimmie Melrose was the darling of Australia’s aviation world in the mid 1930’s, adored and revered by everyone he encoun...
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Boy Racer Boy Racer steps behind the scenes of the Tour de France. It unmasks the exotic, contradictory, hysterical and brutal wor...
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Brad Hodge: The Little Master The life and times of one of Australia's most talented cricketers. Each booklet signed by the author and Brad Hodge....
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Bradman's Invincibles Inside account of one of the greatest cricket tours of all time - and the unique characters who played. In 2008, Austral...
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Bruising - A Boxer's Story Bruising is the story of Merz’s long love affair with the art of boxing - from throwing and receiving her first punches ...
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Bustin' Down The Door BUSTIN′ DOWN THE DOOR is a story of unfaltering self-belief, of immense hardship and struggle, and of hilariously ...
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Cadel Evans: Close to Flying Cadel Evans: Close to flying is the behind the scenes story of the extraordinary dedication and hard work it takes to re...
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Captains Diary 2009 Few Australian cricket captains have had a tougher time than that experienced by Ricky Ponting in 2008-09 - a controvers...
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Cars Essentially a picture book for big kids...Having said that, it really is a work of art, celebrating beauty and functiona...
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Centre Court Updated edition of this beautiful and highly acclaimed official coffee table book which celebrates one of sport’s most h...
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Changing Pace "Following on from his best-selling biography Rhythm and Swing this memoir recounts the last few years of Sir Richard Ha...
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Chelsea Here Chelsea There An assemblage of fascinating player interviews, rare and previously unseen photographs and the anecdotal recollections o...
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Chris Hoy: The Autobiography Chris Hoy is a genuine sporting superhero - and he′s British. This 32-year-old cycling fanatic from Musselburgh in...
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Coming Back to Me At 29, Marcus Trescothick was widely regarded as one of the batting greats. With more than 5,000 Test runs to his name a...
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Cracked Ice Who will ever forget Tonya Harding's attempt to nobble Nancy Kerrigan during the 1994 US National Championships? It was ...
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Cracking the Footy Codes "If you've ever watched a game of footy and wondered what the hell was oging on, then this is the book for you," claims ...
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Creating Waves Surfing is a seductive mistress, providing inspiration, a time for reflection, personal challenge and sheer exhilaration...
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Cricket Facts, Figures & Fun An entertaining pocket history of the game from its origins to the present day, with a wealth of facts, records and ente...
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Cricket's Great All-Rounders Alan Davidson writes:
"Being an all-rounder myself, I often wondered as to when a comprehensive book on cricket all-rou...
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Cricket: Steps to Success Progressive instruction covering individual skills, techniques and the fundamentals of team play. Full colour photograps...
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Crossing The Ditch With more than two thousand kilometres of treacherous seas and dangerously unpredictable weather and currents, not to me...
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Cutting Edge Cricket
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Cycling Australia From the cover: "The coasts of the wide brown land are perfect for cycle touring and we've chosen the best rides for eve...
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Dark Summit Nick Heil is an experienced climber and outdoors writer fascinated by how so many lives came to be lost on the world's h...
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Dirty Leeds Dirty Leeds is the label thrown at the Leeds United team in 1964 by the Football Association. Managed by Don Revie and c...
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Don't Rock the Boat "At a critical stage of the women's rowing eight final at the 2004 Athens Olympics, Australian rower Sally Robbins sudde...
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Dove In 1965, 16-year-old Robin Lee Graham began a solo around-the-world voyage from San Pedro, California, in a 24-foot sloo...
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Dynamic Stretching .Raise your game with this revolutionary stretching program. Today's fitness experts have discovered that both stretchin...
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Eclipse A ripping yarn expertly told: part Flashman at the Races; part Seabiscuit witjout the Schmalz...
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EJ: Ted Whitten “Mister Football” himself. Has played more than 200 games for Footscray and looks like lasting for another 200. An amazi...
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El Magic The 2009 season was a rollercoaster for Canterbury Bulldogs winger Hazem El Masri. Announcing his retirement at round 16...
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Everton Miscellany Why are Everton nicknamed the Toffees? Which Everton player scored a record 60 goals in a single season? The Everton Mis...
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Every Second Counts Every Second Counts confronts the challenge of moving beyond his cancer experience, his first Tour victory, and his cele...
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Everybody Move A teacher guide for daily physical activity with music CD and DVD...
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Extreme Surf Extreme Surf offers a look at the most extreme (and sometimes scariest) places on the planet to take a surfboard with a ...
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FA Confidential From England dressing room to FA boardrooom, David Davies has enjoyed access to all areas in football. He has known ever...
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Fairway to Hell 'Every weekend, thousands of otherwise rational men and women are cursing, kicking at divots and smashing expensively mi...
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Fatal Storm The Sydney to Hobart yacht race is one of the world′s major sporting events. In 1998‚ it became one of the world...
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Feet of the Chameleon Feet of the Chameleon is a comprehensive study of African football, tracing the development of the world’s favourite spo...
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Fever Pitch For many people watching football is mere entertainment; to some it's more like a ritual; but to others, its highs and l...
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Fields Of Omagh Fields Of Omagh, affectionately known as Foo, delivered his peak performance when he dived on the lin to win the 2006 Co...
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Fighters by Trade Fighters By Trade brings vividly to life the boxing world of historical heroes and modern day gladiators. From the bruti...
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Fish SA Shane Mensforth, SA born and bred, caught his first fish when he was three. You could say he was hooked from then on. Sh...
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Fishing Season Let Philip Weigall transport you to your favourite river with this beautifully illustrated tribute to the art of fly fis...
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Five Ring Circus This book details the history of Vancouver won the bid for the 2010 Games, who was involved, and what the real motives w...
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Football Legends From the grainy, black and white images of Stanley Matthews to today's young gun Wayne Rooney, taking in the sublimw tal...
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Footy Passions Salary caps, drunken escapades, sponsorship deals, and teams enjoying victory and surviving defeat dominate coverage of ...
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Fos Williams on Footy Fos Williams was one of the greatest coaches Australian football has ever known. He led Port Adelaide to nine premiershi...
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Foul! The Secret World of FIFA Andrew Jennings, a leading investigative sports reporter, has spent years delving into the dark side of the beautiful ga...
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Four Paceman of the Apocalypse Richard Wallace suggests the following:
"Imagine....Thommo versus Lara; Shoaib versus Compton; Larwood versus Tendulk...
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French Racing Blue Famed as the birthplace of motor racing, France also played an essential role in nurturing the sport in its early years,...
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German Racing Silver From Lautenschlager, who in 1908 and 1914 won two of the greatest motor races in history, to Schumacher who, almost a ce...
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Gerrard - My Autobiography Steven Gerrard is a hero to millions, not only as the inspirational captain of Liverpool FC, but as a key member of the4...
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Glory and Fame Throughout the 1970s, the Essendon Football Club was at its lowest ebb. The Bombers made just three finals appearances t...
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Go Like Hell In the 1960s Enzo Ferrari emerged as the dominant force in sports cars in the world, creating speed machines that were u...
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Gold! An Olympic Celebration Harry Gordon went to his first Olympic Games as a young journalist, to Helsinki, in 1952. It's no exaggeration to say th...
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Golf With over 32,000 golf courses in the world, with half of them located in the United States, it is estimated that over 10...
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Golf Dreams "JOYFUL . . . THE JACK NICKLAUS OF GOLF WRITING . . . The 30 entries in this collection, drawn mainly from magazine piec...
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Harold Larwood Harold Larwood was one of the most talented, accurate and intimidating fast bowlers of all time. He is mainly remembered...
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Harvs - St Kilda Legend To celebrate the career of Robert Harvey, the St Kilda Football Club has produced a number of exclusive memorabilia piec...
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Haydn Bunton Best and Fairest Fitzroy captain 1936-37
Fitzroy coach 1936
Fitzroy best and fairest 1934, 1935
Fitzroy leading goal kicker 1936, 1937...
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Heft on Wheels "Forget Dr. Phil and the South Beach Diet. Forget Atkins and scary pills. Mike Magnuson found another, much more enjoyab...
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Hell on High Seas Hell on High Seas chronicles some of the most remarkable stories of survival and daring the world′s oceans have ev...
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Hints On Revolver Shooting HINTS ON REVOLVER SHOOTING By WALTER WINANS Originally published in 1904, this rare early work on the revolver and its u...
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Hold Ya Horses Simon Marshall is one of the characters of Australian racing, sport and life. Hold Ya Horses is a rollicking read of Sim...
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Holden Vs Ford Holden versus Ford, Ford versus Holden, Red versus Blue, Blue versus Red, even the order in which you say these two prec...
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Holding Court Chris Gorringe is the man who, for twenty-six years, made it all happen. The former chief executive, fondly referred to ...
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Home Before Dark The cover reads:
"This is the story of a battler, a lovable and modest young man from a disrupted home. He conceived ...
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Homer Kelley's Golfing Machine Homer Kelley configured swings to fit every golfer. For years he loomed as one of the games last great mysteries, and im...
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How Soccer Explains the World Soccer is much more than a game, or even a way of life. As the blurb reads – Soccer is a perfect window into the cross c...
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Hutchy - Harnessing a Career For the first time learn the truth of what went on behind the scenes with horseman and officials prepared to bend the r...
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In Search of the Holden Piazza The blurb reads:
"In 1986 the new pride of Holden, the glossy, wedge-bonneted Piazza sports car, rolled out of the fa...
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In The Blood Sydney Swans club was born as South Melbourne in 1874 and over this period have experienced both
heartache and jubilat...
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In The Spirit of The Game Golf's Greatest and Most Inspiring Stories! More than just a game, golf is an emotional sport, a lifestyle, and an all-c...
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Inside the Olympics Never shy of the issues, Dick Pound reveals the inside story - both good and bad - of the games. An Olympian himself, an...
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Inverting The Pyramid Whether it's Terry Venables keeping his wife up late at night with diagrams on scraps of paper spread over the eiderdown...
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IRB World Rugby Yearbook 2010 The essential authority for Rugby fans around the world, the Yearbook looks back on an action-packed year coupling insig...
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Jenkins at the Majors Legendary sportswriter Dan Jenkins delivers a golf history lesson that is unrivalled in its scope and style. He has sele...
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Johnny Haynes: The Maestro An excellently-produced and well-illustrated biography of the late Johnny Haynes, one of the most famous and influential...
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Johnny Lewis The Biography t was the night Jeff Harding came back to the corner at the end of the eleventh, behind on all three judges' cards and b...
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Journey Through the Links Ten years in the making, this is the first ever comprehensive review with photographs of almost every 18 hole links cour...
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JT Captain, Leader, Legend John Terry, footballing legend and Chelsea hero, graduated from Chelsea youth to become an international star. His impos...
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Kelly Slater - For The Love Kelly Slater -- No one knows nine-time world champion surfer Kelly Slater better than Kelly himself. In this revealing a...
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KG - The Ken Cunningham Story Ken Cunningham – affectionately known as KG throughout his sporting, television and radio career – is very much an integ...
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Kijana: The Real Story "At age 18, Jesse Martin became the youngest person ever to sail around the world nonstop and unassisted...
"Kijana was...
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Learning from Legends: AFL With a cover as red as footy’s beloved Sherrin, this is a collection of iconic profiles different from any other. Each c...
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Legends on 2 Wheels More World Championships have been won by Kiwi motorcyclists than by competitors in any other sport in this country, wit...
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Liverpool - Player By Player This sumptuous, lovingly crafted volume offers a comprehensive cavalcade of every footballer to have played for Liverpoo...
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Manchester's Finest Manchester's Finest tells of this terrible air crash, but it is also the story of the immediate aftermath of the disaste...
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Mark Bickley: A Biography As one of the adelaide Crows’ original players who captained the club to two Premierships, Mark Bickley's book is an ins...
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Mark Skaife the Racing Years Mark Skaife: The Racing Years will focus entirely on his motor racing career, looking at the cars and races that defined...
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Miller's Guide 2009/2010 Miller's Guide containing detailed performances of all horses engaged in Caulfield and Melbourne Cups and tables of Plac...
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Moneyball Lewis has hit another one out of the park. You need know absolutely nothing about baseball to appreciate the wit, snap, ...
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More Than a Game Phil Jackson is the most celebrated coach in basketball today guiding his teams to eight NBA championships. Here he brin...
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Mr Cleansheets Eric Judd is 39 and his girlfriend wants him to give up playing football. Eric (aka Mr Cleansheets) is a goalkeeping leg...
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Murderball The toughest game in the world. The toughest men in the world. Call them disabled at your peril. The inspirational story...
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My Life - Tony Lockett Pre Loved - Good Condition
Tony Lockett is one of the greatest Aussie Rules players in the history of the game. The c...
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My View From The Corner My View from the Corner is his story in his own words. It is also the story of the legendary ring warriors he has forged...
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Nathan Buckley: All I Can Be All I Can Be reveals the vast gulf between the public perception of Nathan Buckley and the man he really is. Buckley's b...
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No Limits - Michael Phelps Phelps reveals the secrets to his remarkable success, from his training regime to his mental preparation and finally, to...
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Noddy Four minutes to play in the 1991 World Cup quarter final in Dublin and to the roars of a ferociously parochial local cro...
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Not Dark Yet For over 30 years the Mike Harfield XI has withstood atrocious umpiring, dreadful hangovers, bad haircuts and a woeful l...
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