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Standing My Ground
Matthew Hayden

$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
Chris McCormack

$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 



Brett Lee: My Life
Brett Lee

$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
Darrell Hair

$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 



Malcolm Blight: Player, Coach, Legend
Tim Watson with James Weston

$45.00 – Hardcover book / Hardie Grant

Malcolm Blight is as famous for his mercurial nature as he is for his footy and his coaching. He's been a fixture on the Aussie Rules scene since he began playing for the Woodville FC in the SANFL in the late 1960s. In t... Buy or find out more 


Straight Shooter
Matthew Lloyd

$49.95 – Hardcover book / Random House

A brutally honest account of an astonishing career from a man who is a straight shooter in more ways than one.

Matthew Lloyd at his peak was a goal kicking machine in an era where the power forward was fading from the ga... Buy or find out more 



The World Game
Les Murray

$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 


No Angel: The Secret Life Of Bernie Ecclestone
Tom Bower

$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 



My Life Story
Ben Cousins

$35.99 – Trade paperback / Macmillan

Ben Cousins has one of the most extraordinary stories in modern Australian sport. He's perhaps the most gifted player of his generation – a former captain of the West Coast eagles, a Brownlow medallist, a premiership win... Buy or find out more 


Peter Brock: Road To Glory
Terry Russell

$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 



Sphere Of Influence: Writings On Cricket And Its Discontents
Gideon Haigh

$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 


What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger
Archie Thompson

$29.99 – Trade paperback / Melb Univ Press

What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger is a book full of inspirational anecdotes from Australian A-league football star Archie Thompson.

What does it take to become a success? How can setbacks make you stronger? Where ... Buy or find out more 



Richo
Matthew Richardson and Martin Flanagan

$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 


Barassi
Peter Lalor

$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 



That's What I'm Talking About
Shane Crawford

$49.95 – Hardcover book / Michael Joseph

Whether it's playing footy, hamming it up on television, or being a family man, one thing's for sure – Shane Crawford will give it his all.

When Shane Crawford debuted for Hawthorn Football Club in 1993, little did he ... Buy or find out more 


Best On Ground: Great Writers On The Greatest Game
Peter Corris and John Dale (Eds)

$32.95 – Trade paperback / Viking

'Who do you barrack for?'

Nothing unites or divides people as much as the tribal loyalty of AFL supporters. Combining passion for the game with a talent for words, seventeen writers explore the full range of supporters' ... Buy or find out more 



Black Crow: The Andrew McLeod Story
Geoff Kingston

$34.99 – Trade paperback / Macmillan

Adelaide Crows superstar Andrew McLeod is one of the greatest AFL players of the modern era. Since his debut in the AFL in 1995, he has had a triumphant career, winning two premierships and two Norm Smith medals, and bee... Buy or find out more 


Skaifey
Mark Skaife

$34.95 – Trade paperback / Ebury Press

Autobiography of the most successful driver in Australian motorsport history

He is the most successful driver in Australian motorsport history. One of the icons of the sport, ultimately a Holden hero after starting his c... Buy or find out more 



Johnny Lewis: The Biography
Paul Kent

$35.00 – Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin

He's the best loved man in Australian boxing - from training Jeff Fench and Kostya Tszyu to touring with the Kangaroos and appearing on talk back with Alan Jones, Johnny Lewis looms large in Australian sporting life. Thi... Buy or find out more 


Standing Tall: Confidence, Teamwork And Learning To Lead
Tom Harley

$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books

Tom Harley considers himself a lucky man, having captained the Geelong Football Club to two premierships in three years. Never the club's top player, he set personal goals, working hard and pushing himself to achieve the... Buy or find out more 



The Truth Hurts
Wayne Carey

$24.99 – Paperback book / Pan Macmillan

In his extraordinary memoir, Wayne Carey goes where no Australian sportsman has gone before - telling the whole, uncensored truth about a career whose implosion was as spectacular as Carey's legendary on-field exploits. ... Buy or find out more 


Johnno: Bulldog Through And Through
Brad Johnson

$32.95 – Trade paperback / Michael Joseph

Brad Johnson grew up in Melbourne's western suburbs, never dreaming he'd one day become captain of the Western Bulldogs and the club's games record holder. He's the Doggies' pin-up boy – a true working-class man - known ... Buy or find out more 



Standing My Ground
Matthew Hayden

$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 


True Spirit
Jessica Watson

$35.00 – Trade paperback / Orion

“When I was young I was pretty much afraid of everything. I wish I could say when it was that I went from being that quiet little girl, tagging along behind the others, to the girl who set off to sail around the world be... Buy or find out more 



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