Readings Recommends: Sports Books
Wisdom
$14.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
Ron Barassi is an iconic figure in Australian sporting culture, with a record of personal and team success that is unrivalled. Beyond sport, he has become a greatly respected elder in our broader society. In Wisdom, he s... Buy or find out more →
Moneyball (Movie Tie-In)
$19.95 – Paperback book / W W Norton
The Oakland Athletics have a secret: a winning baseball team is made, not bought.In major league baseball the biggest wallet is supposed to win: rich teams spend four times as much on talent as poor teams. But over the p... Buy or find out more →
The Footy Almanac 2011
$32.95 – Paperback book / Viking
Now in its fifth year, the Footy Almanac is an institution. So when the final siren goes on the 2011 season, it isn't really over – there's plenty to tide you over to next year as the Almanackers take the reins, reliving... Buy or find out more →
Australia: Story Of A Cricket Country
$89.95 – Hardcover book / Hardie Grant
More than a comprehensive history, this ground-breaking volume is a colourful, insightful and affectionate portrait of Australian cricket. A selection of Australia's best writers share their thoughts on different aspects... Buy or find out more →
Standing My Ground
$29.95 – Paperback book / Penguin
Matthew Hayden was one of the most commanding batsmen the game has ever seen - and one of its great enigmas.
A religious man and a ruthless on-field sledger. A brutal enforcer, and a soft-hearted family man. Australian r... Buy or find out more →
I'm Here To Win
$29.99 – Trade paperback / Headline
A unique guide revealing the motivational and practical fitness secrets of Australian and world-class champion, Chris 'Macca' McCormark.
For a decade, Australia's Chris 'Macca' McCormack has dominated the world's biggest... Buy or find out more →
In The Firing Line: Diary Of A Season
$24.95 – Paperback book / New South Books
Ed Cowan, opening left-hand batsman for Tasmania, has always been a bit of a scribbler. It started with to-do lists and notes to self, but then he started keeping a cricket diary – a ‘batting bible’ with thoughts on the ... Buy or find out more →
Be Your Best
$34.95 – Paperback book / Random House
Be Your Best is the inside story of the greatest comeback in Australian sporting history - and what it can mean for you.
In his own words Geoff Huegill tells the story of his life, from world champion and world record ho... Buy or find out more →
History Of The Socceroos
$49.95 – Hardcover book /
History of the Socceroos explores the evolution of the beautiful game in Australia. This visual guide includes an overview of every match played from 1922 to the most recent World Cup in South Africa.
A profile on each A... Buy or find out more →
The Wave
$39.99 – Paperback book / Headline
THE WAVE... an awesome collection of surf photography and the stories that go with them. A celebration of the pure exhilaration of surfing.
THE WAVE is a collection of world-class surfing images from acclaimed surf photo... Buy or find out more →
The Master: A Personal Portrait of Bart Cummings
$59.99 – Hardcover book / Pan Macmillan
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 Br... Buy or find out more →
Cadel Evans: The Long Road to Paris
$39.95$29.95 – Hardcover book / Hardie Grant
My mind took control of my body. I had nothing left in the legs but as a cyclist, you just keep going until the finish. I kept reminding myself that I had to get to the finish...
Filled with sensational photographs and r... Buy or find out more →
Brett Lee: My Life
$49.95 – Hardcover book / Ebury Press
Brett Lee is known throughout the cricketing world as one of the fastest and most exciting pace bowlers to play the game. Intimidating while charming, decent yet ferocious, he is known for his quick-one liners as much as... Buy or find out more →
In The Best Interests Of The Game: The Darrell Hair Story
$35.00 – Paperback book / Harper Collins
In the fourth Test between England and Pakistan at The Oval in 2006, Darrell Hair′s observations and charges of ball tampering against Pakistan led to the visitors refusing to continue the game.What followed more befits ... Buy or find out more →
Collingwood: A Love Story
$35.00$34.99 – Paperback book / Melb Univ Press
Read Paul Daley's blog post about writing Collingwood: A Love Story.
A multi-generational saga of football, love, war, forgiveness and, most critically, identity.
Every year when Collingwood plays Essendon in the AFL s ... Buy or find out more →
The Ox Is Slow But The Earth Is Patient
$29.99 – Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin
At the end of 2000, David Buttifant joined Coach Mick Malthouse as Head of Conditioning at the Collingwood Football Club. A decade later the pair have shared many events together, some of which have been life-changing.
H... Buy or find out more →
One Way Road: The Autobiography Of Robbie McEwen
$34.95 – Paperback book / Random House
Robbie McEwen is one of the most successful road cyclists of the last 20 years, having achieved the rare distinction of winning over 100 professional races, including multiple stages in the prestigious Tour de France and... Buy or find out more →
Darren Lockyer
$49.95 – Hardcover book / Ebury Press
In 2011, NRL fans will have the chance to share in a piece of rugby league history. The game's record books will be re-written, some taken to heights unlikely to ever be matched. Darren Lockyer will celebrate his 34th bi... Buy or find out more →
Close To Flying
$29.95 – Paperback book / Hardie Grant
With sales of over 40,000 copies for the hardback, Close to Flying was one of Christmas 2009's bestselling books. Cadel Evans appeared at sold-out events across Australia and thrilled fans with his 2009 Cycling world Cha... Buy or find out more →
110 Per Cent: Great Australian Sporting Speeches
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Viking
Don Bradman on his 'small' contribution to cricket.
Roy Masters on getting the best out of the hard men of Western Suburbs Rugby League FC.
John Howard on cycling legend Sir Hubert Opperman.
Cathy Freeman on lighting the... Buy or find out more →
Close To Flying
$45.00$0.00 – Hardcover book / Hardie Grant
This is the personal story of a champion in the making. Physiologically CadelEvans has the best numbers of any cyclist tested at the Australian Institute ofSport, the organisation that is behind Australia's super stars i... Buy or find out more →
Football Legends Of The Bush
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Viking
Football Legends of the Bush is a stirring collection of tales about the best country players who went on to the big league and the hometown heroes who stayed behind and contributed to their local teams. From Bunbury to ... Buy or find out more →
A Game To Love
$45.00 – Hardcover book / Headline
A GAME TO LOVE is the stunning publishing debut of award-winning sports photographer Mike Powell. Featuring 500 highly evocative and original images, A GAME TO LOVE portrays and celebrates the spirit and passion for tenn... Buy or find out more →
The World Game
$35.00 – Paperback book / Hardie Grant
Les Murray is Australia's most respected expert on football. In The World's Game he draws upon his many years of watching, critiquing and reporting on football around the world and shares his greatest moments. An enterta... Buy or find out more →
I Love My Bike
$19.95 – Paperback book / Chronicle Books
The authors met and picked the brains of each bike-lover they met, in order to get a sense of what makes people bond with their bikes. The book includes full-page colour photographs of people with their bikes, accompanie... Buy or find out more →
Sticky Wicket: A Decade Of Change In World Cricket
$35.00 – Trade paperback / Harper Collins
Malcolm Speed has been involved first-hand with some of the most tumultuous events in the history of cricket.
He has been burned in effigy on several occasions; described in The Hindustan Times as ′one of the most dislik... Buy or find out more →
No Angel: The Secret Life Of Bernie Ecclestone
$32.99 – Trade paperback / Faber
Private, mysterious and some say sinister, 79 year-old Bernie Ecclestone criss-crosses the globe in his private jet mixing with celebrities, statesmen and sporting heroes. Ecclestone's success has not just been to create... Buy or find out more →
Danihers The Story Of Footballs Favourite Family
$32.99 – Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin
On 1 September 1990, four brothers made Australian Rules history by playing together for the one team, the Essendon Football Club, something that is unlikely to ever happen again. Terry, Neale, Anthony and Chris Daniher ... Buy or find out more →
Yugo The Rise And Fall Of The Worst Car In History
$21.00 – Paperback book / Farrar Straus & Giro
Six months after its American introduction in 1985, the Yugo was a punch line; within a year, it was a staple of late-night comedy. By 2000, NPR's "Car Talk" declared it "the worst car of the millennium." And for most Am... Buy or find out more →
Bike Repair Manual Fourth Edition
$19.95 – Paperback book / Dorling Kindersley
Fully updated encyclopedic insight into how a bicycle works and how to maintain it for beginners and dedicated cyclists. Clear, jargon-free advice steers you through a complete maintenance programme
Get up to speed with ... Buy or find out more →
Salts And Suits
$35.00 – Paperback book / Hardie Grant
Salts and Suits is the amazing true story of how a group of young beach bums turned their passion for riding big waves into the world’s fastest growing leisure industry, surviving wipe-outs, drug busts, rip-offs, recessi... Buy or find out more →
Irish Thunder
$22.95 – Paperback book / Globe Pequot
Mickey Ward is the The Fighter that inspired the major motion picture.Welcome to Lowell, where anything can happen.Rocky Marciano fought at the Auditorium in 1947. Mike Tyson fought there in his Golden Gloves days. Sugar... Buy or find out more →
Home and Away: In Search of Dreams at the Homeless World Cup
$26.95 – Paperback book / Univ Queensland Pr
With a keen eye and a pair of goalkeeping gloves, award-winning author and filmmaker Dave Bidini followed a ragtag group of soccer players, homeless residents of the Canadian streets, to Melbourne for one of the humblest... Buy or find out more →
Unbroken
$35.00 – Trade paperback / Harper Collins
The new book from the author of the bestselling and much-loved Seabiscuit. On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick ... Buy or find out more →
The Wave: In Pursuit Of The Ocean's Greatest Furies
$32.95 – Trade paperback / Jonathan Cape
Colossal rogue waves are nature's most deadly new phenomena - meet the obsessed super surfers and sceintists who dare to cross their path.
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Our oceans are once more haunted by monsters. Dramatically la... Buy or find out more →
Up Front: 2010 A Season To Remember
$39.99 – Trade paperback / Macmillan
Mark Webber is on his way to becoming Australia's most successful Formula One driver. His win at the German Grand Prix in 2009 made him the first Australian since Alan Jones in 1981 to claim a Grand Prix victory. In 2010... Buy or find out more →
All Bets Are Off
$45.00 – Hardcover book / Hardie Grant
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, th... Buy or find out more →
Sphere Of Influence: Writings On Cricket And Its Discontents
$34.99 – Trade paperback / Melb Univ Press
This insightful collection brings the struggle to save cricket's soul into sharp and disturbing focus.
In the last three years, cricket has changed more completely than in the preceding three decades, revolutionised by a... Buy or find out more →
The Captains
$49.95 – Hardcover book / Hardie Grant
From Australia's first Test cricket captain Dave Gregory, through to the current captain Ricky Ponting, Malcolm Knox's new book tells the colourful story of how Australian cricket has evolved since it's earliest days, ho... Buy or find out more →
Peter Brock: Road To Glory
$49.99 – Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin
A dramatic look at Peter Brock's life - in particular the period which fashioned his character, created the legend and made him a household name in Australia - as told by people who knew him from the start.
Long regarded... Buy or find out more →
On The Punt: True Tales From The Track
$19.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
EVER HAD AN UNFORGETTABLE DAY ON THE PUNT?
Racing aficionado Patrick Bartley collects tales of fervour, intrigue and folly straight from the track. His anecdotes offer a view into the world of racing: the big wins, gut-w... Buy or find out more →
This Weeks Model 52 Remarkable Vehicles Squeezed Into One Year
$19.99 – Paperback book / Fairfax
From T-Ford to Maserati to armoured personnel carrier - Tony Davis took on the challenge of driving 52 remarkable vehicles in 52 weeks. In his inimitable style, the popular Herald columnist (and author of such hit books ... Buy or find out more →
My Championship Year
$32.99 – Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin
A year in the life of V8 Supercar Champion Jamie Whincup, as he sets out to win his third consecutive title and overcomes the drama surrounding his controversial switch from Ford to Holden.
'Jamie is right at his peak to... Buy or find out more →
Inside The Wallabies: The Real Story, The Players, The Politics and The Games From 1908 To Today
$32.99 – Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin
Take a warts and all look behind the scenes at the mighty Wallabies from their first tour in 1908 until today.
Dally Messenger, Ken Catchpole, Dick Thornett, David Campese, John Eales, Nick Farr-Jones, Cyril Towers, Mark... Buy or find out more →
Side By Side: A Season with Collingwood
$49.95 – Hardcover book / Geoff Slattery
Peter Ryan has spent the 2009 season in the inner sanctum of the Collingwood Football Club. Author of The Australian Game of Football, Ryan examines the pressure, passions and personalities that make it one of the favour... Buy or find out more →
The Ashes 2009: Good Enough
$27.99 – Paperback book / Melb Univ Press
Ashes 09 is the only essential account of the head-to-head duel that stopped both nations.
In 2005, it was England's summer. In 2006-7, Australia had its revenge. 2009 loomed as the tightest of contests in Test cricket's... Buy or find out more →
Passion Play: Love, Hope and Heartbreak at the Footy
$29.95 – Paperback book / Hunter Publishers
There’s something about Australian Rules football that drives people towards madness. Something that produces great pain and joy and an insatiable hunger for more.
Passion Play journeys into the world of footy mania an... Buy or find out more →
Great Australian Sporting Moments
$29.99 – Paperback book / Miegunyah Press
When John Aloisi's penalty bulged the back of the net to defeat Uruguay and send the Socceroos to the 2006 World Cup, the story of Australian sport had another entry in its ever-growing list of unforgettable moments.
Gre... Buy or find out more →
The Bumper Book Of Cricket
$39.95 – Hardcover book / Quercus
The Bumper Book of Cricket delivers a wealth of information about every aspect of the world’s most popular summer game. Beyond this sumptuous feast of cricket history, facts and feats – enlivened by anecdotes, jokes, quo... Buy or find out more →
In The Blood South Melbourne Sydney Swans Football Club
$49.99 – Paperback book / Bas Publishings
There are few football clubs, of any code in the world, older than the Sydney Swans. The club was born as South Melbourne in 1874 and the Swans over this period have experienced both heartache and jubilation. It has seen... Buy or find out more →
Cracking The Footy Codes: A Beginners Guide To AFL, League Union and Football
$24.95 – Paperback book /
This book, simply, clearly, and just a tad tongue in cheek, demystifies and explains footy - AFL rugby league, rugby union and football. The Australian obsession. All four footy codes explained by one of the world's fore... Buy or find out more →
What A Ride An Aussie Pursuit Of The Tour De France
$35.00 – Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin
Rupert Guinness has been covering the Tour de France for over 20 years and in that time has watched Australian riders evolve into the collective force they are today. From the pioneering Phil Anderson, who, in the 1980s,... Buy or find out more →
Manchester United The Biography
$35.00 – Trade paperback / Sphere
Footy Passions
$34.95 – Paperback book / Nsw University Pr
Salary caps, drunken escapades, sponsorship deals, and teams enjoying victory and surviving defeat dominate coverage of football. Meanwhile fans agonise over line-ups, sweat over results, and look forward to the weekly f... Buy or find out more →
Custom Bicycles
$79.95 – Hardcover book / Images Publishing
A unique study of the names and bikes of the world's most famous, innovative and legendary makers of contemporary bespoke bicycles. Buy or find out more →
Deep Water: Travel Stories And The Search For The Perfect Wave
$34.95 – Paperback book / Independent Pub. Grp
From the land-locked boondocks of country Victoria to the wild coast of West Papua, Deep Water follows Brendan McAloon's remarkable journey to the most remote corners of the globe in search of the perfect wave. Evocative... Buy or find out more →
The Fight: The Penguin Magnum Collection
$26.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
In 1975, at the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in Kinshasa, Zaire, Muhammad Ali met George Foreman in the ring. Foreman's genius employed silence, serenity and cunning. He had never been defeated. His hands were h... Buy or find out more →
The Camping Book
$39.95 – Hardcover book / Dorling Kindersley
The dream: A camping trip with family and friends. Getting away from it all to the tranquillity of the countryside, sleeping under the stars, cooking up a storm on the campfire while you sing songs harmoniously.
The real... Buy or find out more →
Open
$32.99 – Trade paperback / Harper Collins
Coaxed to swing a racket while still in the crib, forced to hit hundreds of balls a day while still in grade school, Agassi resented the constant pressure even as he drove himself to become a prodigy, an inner conflict t... Buy or find out more →
More Than A Game
$45.00 – Paperback book / Pier 9
Sporting matches are battles. To the fan they are simply battles waged between sportsmen and women, but the battle is sometimes part of something much bigger. A war that may involve not only the players on the field but ... Buy or find out more →
Surfing Brilliant Corners
$34.95 – Paperback book / Independent Pub. Grp
Surfing Brilliant Corners details a decade of extreme global surf travel by professional longboarder Sam Bleakley, illustrated with stunning photographs by John Callahan. It takes surfing beyond the waves and packaged su... Buy or find out more →
The Brownlow: A Tribute To The Greats Of Australian Football
$50.00 – Hardcover book / Slattery Media Group
The story of every winner of the most prized individual award in Australian Football, awarded to the League's Best and Fairest player, updated to include the 2010 winner. Buy or find out more →
The 1000 Hour Day
$34.95 – Trade paperback / Pier 9
'An amazing tale of real adventure and genuine exploration in the modern era - unexplored regions, fearless animals, no support crew, disaster, excitement the lot!' - Dick Smith
In 2005, Australians Chris Bray (then 21 y... Buy or find out more →
Richo
$49.95 – Hardcover book / Random House
What happens when you put together the AFL’s best-loved player and the game’s best-loved writer?
Matthew Richardson, known as Richo, retired in 2009 as the most popular player in the AFL. Why was that? The careers of... Buy or find out more →
Footy Almanac 2010
$0.00 – Trade paperback / Viking
Your favourite fraternity of footy nuts has done it again, delivering the latest game-by-game account of the 2010 AFL season.
A collector's item for any die-hard fan, this is hand-on-heart, heart-in-mouth, edge-of-seat s... Buy or find out more →
Barassi
$49.95 – Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin
Barassi is Australian Football's first born son, the boy who became its prophet and its messiah. This is a deeply personal portrait of the legend.
His is a biblical tale, appropriate for a game that's a religion. Ron Bar... Buy or find out more →
The Captain's Year 2010
$35.00 – Trade paperback / Harper Collins
Ricky Ponting′s Australian cricket team began their 2009-10 season with a resounding victory in the Champions Trophy in South Africa. Ricky then headed straight to India for a highly competitive one-day series, back home... Buy or find out more →
Standing My Ground
$49.95 – Hardcover book / Michael Joseph
MATTHEW HAYDEN was one of the most commanding batsmen the game has ever seen - and one of its great enigmas. A devout Catholic, and a ruthless on-field sledger. A brutal enforcer, and a soft-hearted family man. Australia... Buy or find out more →
Higher Richer Sleazier: The Future Of Sport In The Age Of Sledging And Drug Cheats
$24.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
A passionate polemic about money, sportsmanship, drugs and the future of sport, from a renowned former NRL coach and acclaimed and controversial journalist.
An overview of the evolution of Australian sport during the 20t... Buy or find out more →
The Gold Standard: Building A World Class Team
$36.95 – Hardcover book / Headline
In his previous bestselling books, Coach K has guided readers to success the way he has guided his teams at Duke University - with the power of his inspirational words and phenomenal leadership skills. But that was with ... Buy or find out more →
Offsider: How A Scrawny Pommy Kid Learned To Love The Socceroos
$27.99 – Paperback book / Melb Univ Press
In the 1970s, growing up in rural Australia as a young English immigrant was a dangerous game, especially if you were mad about the sport unkindly labelled 'wogball'. In Offsider Patrick Mangan describes his long and per... Buy or find out more →
Burning Rubber
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Murdoch Books
Formula One has been endangering the lives of its drivers and thrilling its fans since its inaugural season of 1950.
Charles Jennings tells the fast and dangerous story of motor sport's premier competition. He explores t... Buy or find out more →
Parko And Friends
$39.95 – Paperback book / Woodslane
Watching Joel Parkinson surf is to know that all is still good with the world. But while the Coolangatta surfer's syrupy, sublime talent has taken him to the world's dreamiest waves, it's the guy's laidback groove that's... Buy or find out more →
The Footy Almanac 2009
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Viking
'If standing in the outer with a frosty can of beer was a football book, it would be The Footy Almanac.' - Sunday Herald Sun. Your favourite fraternity of footy nuts has done it again, delivering the latest game-by-game ... Buy or find out more →
The Book Of Basketball
$42.00 – Hardcover book / Unknown
There is only one writer on the planet who possesses enough basketball knowledge and passion to write the definitive book on the NBA.* Bill Simmons, the from-the-womb hoops addict known to millions as ESPN.com’s Sports G... Buy or find out more →