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Yellow & black: a season with Richmond
By Konrad Marshall, Damien Hardwick. 2017
Yellow and Black : A Season with Richmond reveals the intimate story of the Richmond Football Club through the highs…
and heartaches of the 2017 season. With unprecedented access to club officials, players and coaches, author Konrad Marshall takes the reader inside the rooms at the key moments of the campaign, chronicling the Tigers' journey towards premiership contention. This is not just a book of wins and losses, it's the story of a professional football club and how it operates at every level: from the fitness staff, to the coaching panel, the players, and the Board. Football has changed enormously since Richmond's last flag in 1980, and Marshall explains in great detail the enormous amount of work and thought that goes into every decision made-on and off the field. Whether the Tigers make it to the last Saturday in September or not, their story is rich and explosive.On the punt: true tales from the track
By Patrick Bartley. 2010
This collection of anecdotes from the track provides a peek into into the world of punting on horses. The columns,…
originally published in The Age, give insight into some of the big wins, huge losses, long odds and colourful characters that have made Australia's racetracks so lively over more than thirty decades, all written with Bartley's characteristic wit and sharp observations.KB: a life in football
By Kevin Bartlett, Rhett Bartlett. 2011
Kevin Bartlett played 403 games for the Richmond Football Club and was one of its biggest stars during a golden…
era of five premierships in 13 years, who parted the club amid tremendous acrimony and did not return for more than 15 years.Fixed: cheating, doping, rape and murder : the inside track on Australia's racing industry
By Matthew Benns. 2012
This is the true story every racing fan needs to read. It goes past the glorious image of Black Caviar…
winning off twenty-two starts to reveal what really goes on in the murky corridors of Australian racing. It tells you about the bent jockeys, cheating trainers, crooked owners and greedy bookies. Everyone wants an angle in racing - this book tells you just how often that means the race is Fixed.Playing it my way: my autobiography
By Sachin Tendulkar, Boria Majumdar. 2014
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 his own remarkable story - from his first Test cap at the age of 16 to his 100th international century and the emotional final farewell that brought his country to a standstill. When a boisterous Mumbai youngster's excess energies were channelled into cricket, the result was record-breaking schoolboy batting exploits that launched the career of a cricketing phenomenon. Before long Sachin Tendulkar was the cornerstone of India's batting line-up, his every move watched by a cricket-mad nation's devoted followers. Never has a cricketer been burdened with so many expectations; never has a cricketer performed at such a high level for so long and with such style - scoring more runs and making more centuries than any other player, in both Tests and one-day games. And perhaps only one cricketer could have brought together a shocked nation by defiantly scoring a Test century shortly after terrorist attacks rocked Mumbai. His many achievements with India include winning the World Cup and topping the world Test rankings. Yet he has also known his fair share of frustration and failure - from injuries and early World Cup exits to stinging criticism from the press, especially during his unhappy tenure as captain. Despite his celebrity status, Sachin Tendulkar has always remained a very private man, devoted to his family and his country. Now, for the first time, he provides a fascinating insight into his personal life and gives a frank and revealing account of a sporting life like no other.887 ideas for busy families
By Natalie Woodman, Marielle Sloss. 2002
Shane Warne's century: my top 100 test cricketers
By Shane Warne. 2008
With a flamboyant approach to the game on and off the pitch, Australia's greatest bowler Shane Warne is an irresistible…
cricketing force. In Shane Warne's Century, he candidly profiles 100 players from every Test nation who have had the most significant impact on his cricketing life.David Schwarz: all bets are off
By David Schwarz, Adam McNicol. 2011
When he was eight years old, David Schwarz saw his father killed in front of him in a domestic dispute…
gone wrong. Despite going on to become a star footballplayer, playing 11 seasons with the Melbourne Football Club, the effect of this early shocking experience would shadow him throughout his successful sportingcareer. This is David Schwarz's honest and courageous story, told in full for the first time. Starting with the trauma of losing his father and riding the highsand lows of his football career, David tells the tale of his eventual undoing - a gambling addiction that saw him lose every dollar he'd ever earned and tookhim to the brink of personal and professional destruction. But it is also a tale of redemption, as David recounts the moment he turned his life around, and thepath of recovery since.The best Australian racing stories: from Archer to Makybe Diva
By Jim Haynes. 2010
Whether you are a racing tragic, a lover of horses or a two-bob, once-a-year punter, you will love this horseracing…
celebration that ripples with all the laughter, romance, heartbreak and humanity of the sport of kings.The handbook of golf
By Alex Hay. 1992
The Handbook of Golf is the complete and fully updated guide to the game of golf and how to play…
it. Alex Hay, a player, coach and television commentator provides instruction for both the novice and the experienced golfer.The Jack Dyer Story: the legend of Captain Blood
By Brian Hansen. 1996
In this complete biography of Jack's life I feel it is time to encompass the game itself in the dedication.…
The people who made it possible and have given the community as a whole so much entertainment and stimulation.My life in cricket
By Dennis Lillee. 1982
Against all odds: Gai Waterhouse, woman in a man's world
By Kevin Perkins. 1996
Gai Waterhouse, daughter of legendary horse trainer TJ Smith, began her career as an actress and model in England and…
Canada, switching to television presenter in Australia before realising her life's passion - horses and racing. Contains some coarse language.A history of Australian cricket. Volume 2
By Richie Benaud, Chris Harte. 1993
Chris Harte covers the beginning of the Australian game in the early nineteenth century as it slowly established itself in…
the colonies. He demonstrates the influence of the various English touring teams and the coaches they left behind, which enabled Australia to challenge England on equal terms by 1876-77. Throughout, cricket events are placed within a social and historical context.A history of Australian cricket. Volume 1
By Richie Benaud, Chris Harte. 1993
Chris Harte covers the beginning of the Australian game in the early nineteenth century as it slowly established itself in…
the colonies. He demonstrates the influence of the various English touring teams and the coaches they left behind, which enabled Australia to challenge England on equal terms by 1876-77. Throughout, cricket events are placed within a social and historical context.Thirty days: a journey to the end of love
By Mark Raphael Baker. 2017
One minute my wife was there. In a flash she was gone. In the ten months of Kerryn's dying, I…
prepared myself for everything except for her death. Now that she is gone, I am desperate to know her as I never knew her." Thirty Days is a portrait of grief, of a marriage and of a family. It is the moving memoir of Mark's wife of 33 years, Kerryn Baker, who died ten months after her diagnosis, aged 55, from stomach cancer. It is also a study in how we construct our own version of the past, after Mark discovers a cache of Kerryn's letters in the laundry cupboard and has to rethink their relationship. It is a book about memory and its uncertainties, as Mark sifts through photos and home movies, as his wife gets sicker, and his search for clues about their relationship grows more desperate. In her last days, Kerryn reveals her traumatic childhood to Mark for the first time. She emerges as the rock of the family, a brave and wise woman, clear-eyed about her treatment, focused on finding the path to a peaceful death.A history of Australian cricket. Volume 3
By Richie Benaud, Chris Harte. 1993
Chris Harte covers the beginning of the Australian game in the early nineteenth century as it slowly established itself in…
the colonies. He demonstrates the influence of the various English touring teams and the coaches they left behind, which enabled Australia to challenge England on equal terms by 1876-77. Throughout, cricket events are placed within a social and historical context.Glancing blows: life and language in Australia
By Alexander Buzo. 1987
The Caulfield Cup
By Maurice Cavanough. 1976
The first authentic account of the Caulfield Cup and of the 100 year history of the Victoria Amateur Turf Club…
which stages this great sporting event. The book traces the formation of the club from a meeting at Craig's Hotel, Ballarat, in October, 1875, to the promotion of the 1975 Caulfield Cup. In the process author Maurice Cavanough provides frequent highlights, including the transformation of Caulfield Race Track from a snake infested swamp to a superb test of thoroughbreds, the sensational 1885 cup, when 16 of the 41 runners fell - miraculously only one jockey and one horse were killed, - and Bernborough's 1946 Caulfield Cup run before an amazing crowd.Breaking the mould: taking a hammer to sexism in sport
By Angela Pippos. 2017
Sport is integral to Australian life and identity, and we’re rightly proud of our sporting achievements. But less glorious is…
the fact that, when it comes to the games we play, half of the population doesn’t get a look-in. According to the latest statistics, 81 per cent of sports media covers male-only sport, while just 8.7 per cent focuses on women. That’s right – horses got more attention than female athletes! Pick any sport and it’s easy to find examples of stark gender inequality and double standards so glaring that they’re almost laughable. But an extraordinary transformation is taking place, and nobody is better placed to call it than veteran sports journalist Angela Pippos. In Breaking the Mould, Pippos charts a powerful awakening across Australian life; from suburban footy fields to stadium cage fights, female athletes are changing the status quo through fierce determination and undeniable performances.Through candid and often hilarious personal tales from a life spent in and around sport, Pippos calls out the systems that have kept women on the sidelines, and challenges us to keep working towards a level playing field where any young woman can become her sporting best.