When Boxing Was Boxing - A Nostalgic Look at a Century of Boxing by Adam Powley
$29.99 NZD
$59.95 (49% off)
Category: International Sports
When Boxing Was Boxing is a photographic celebration of the sport's heyday. It's a beautifully illustrated tribute to an age when the noble art was a little more dignified, and a little less preoccupied with money and the politics of sport. It's about a time when there weren't quite so many governing bo ...Show more
When Cricket Was Cricket: A Nostalgic Look at a Century of the Greatest Game by Adam Powley
$34.99 NZD
$59.95 (41% off)
Category: International Sports | Series: When Cricket was Cricket
Remember a time when cricket was cricket? Before millionaire players careered around a floodlit field in glorified pyjamas? When a proper match lasted days rather than the crash, bang, wallop of a limited-overs game? Modern innovations like Twenty20 and IPL have their place in cricket's long and gloriou ...Show more
When Running Made History by Roger Robinson
$39.99 NZD
Category: Sports | Reading Level: near fine
Robinson takes readers on a globe-trotting tour that combines a historian's insight with vivid personal memories going back to just after World War II. From experiencing the 1948 "Austerity Olympics" in London as a young spectator to working as a journalist in the Boston Marathon media center at the mo ...Show more
When the Crowd Stops Roaring - The Inspirational Memoir of an Extraordinary All Black by Neven MacEwan
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Sports
ENTERTAINING AND REVEALING In this frank and inspiring memoir, Neven talks about his early life, and his extraordinary success as a rugby player. A lock and number eight, Neven represented Wellington at a provincial level, before achieving the ultimate in New Zealand rugby--wearing the revered All Blac ...Show more
Why Are You So Fat?: The TalkSPORT Book of Cricket's Best Ever Sledges by talkSPORT
$27.99 NZD
Category: Sports
The hilarious book of all the best on-pitch repartee and banter -- the fine art of sledging
Why Soccer Matters by Pele
$35.00 NZD
Category: International Sports
Football fans always agree on one thing: the greatest player of all time was Pele. During his 20 year career, he was heralded as an international treasure, and his accomplishments on the field proved to be pure magic: an unprecedented three World Cup championships and the all-time scoring record, with 1 ...Show more
Winning Attitudes: Sport's Messages for Achievments in Life by Herb Elliott
$14.99 NZD
Category: International Sports
Whether you are an elite athlete, ambitious professional, dedicated parent or hard-working student, all of us are at times beset by doubts and setbacks that challenge us. This collection of inspiring quotes from some of Australia's leading athletes and Olympians offer encouragement, advice, strategies a ...Show more
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2017 by Lawrence Booth
$110.00 NZD
Category: International Sports
*Soft-cover edition* The 154th edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack is crammed, as ever, with the best writing in the game. Matthew Engel looks back at 60 years of Test Match Special, Derek Pringle reveals the secrets of ball-tampering, and Gideon Haigh explores the evolution of the six. There are als ...Show more
Women in Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win by Rachel Ignotofsky
$35.00 NZD
Category: Sports | Series: Women in Science
Women in Sports highlights the achievements and stories of fifty notable women athletes from the 1800s to today, including trailblazers, Olympians, and record-breakers in more than forty sports. The athletes featured include well-known figures like tennis player Billie Jean King and gymnast Simone Biles ...Show more
World Rugby Records by Chris Hawkes
$45.00 NZD
Category: Sports | Series: Sport World Records
There is no game on earth quite like rugby: steeped in tradition and supported with fervour, at its best it is a heady mix of brutal physical confrontation, terrifying tackles, deft handling skills, searing pace, pin-point kicking and a gentlemanly handshake at the end of an action-packed 80 minutes. Th ...Show more
World's Most Famous Marathons by Enrico Aiello
$39.99 NZD
Category: International Sports
This book is a marvelous guide to 30 of the world's most famous or truly fascinating marathons. Sorted by month, you find the important venues in America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, from classics such as the New York City Marathon to the extraordinary courses like the Run Iceland in Iceland or ...Show more