Item category 1: Sport & Recreation

Achieving better swimming is a matter of swimming efficiently. While proper technique is the foundation of good swimming, it is often difficult to isolate a technique problem by simply swimming laps. Stroke flaws can slow a swimmer s progress and can even lead to injury if continued over time. Fo...

CARD GAMES. This title features hours of fun for players of all ages. It is a comprehensive, practical guide to more than 100 of the best-loved card games, explaining how to play and win: including the history, rules and strategies of each game. It includes patience and solitaire; point-trick gam...

More than 3000 men have appeared in Test cricket, from the inaugural Test played in March 1877 to today. To reduce this list to the best 100 is an imposing task, and one that is guaranteed to provoke argument among those with an eye for the game's history and its greatest players. For this revise...

An essential reference guide for all those who love to get out of their cars, get off their bikes, and lace up their walking shoes. The ever-increasing passion for recreational walking is given fresh impetus with the creation of each new national park and wilderness area, the construction of ever...

The essential day-to-day guide for training for and nailing your first marathon. In this beautifully designed and not-at-all scary marathon training guide, Chris Evans breaks down how we can all get ourselves off our sofas, up on our feet and onto that start line. And all in just 119 days! Fizzin...

For 40 years, the finest players Queensland and NSW have to offer have squared off in a battle for State of Origin supremacy. From Immortals Beetson, Lewis, Johns and Meninga to all-time greats Lockyer, Thurston, Smith, Slater, Fittler and Daley, the roll call of Origin legends reads like a who's...

50 Races to Run Before You Die is the essential guide to 50 of the best foot races across the globe. From iconic half marathons and obstacle races, to prestigious marathons and brutal mountain contests, 50 Races to Run Before You Die presents these epic challenges in all of their mud, sweat and g...

Written by chess master and chess journalist Andy Soltis, who divulges practical advice and explains technical terms that chess books often overlook. From learning how to train your mind with chess information to choosing the best chess opening, dip in and out of this guide to improve your chess ...

Name a major global sports icon, and there will be a sin or two, maybe more. Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali, Tiger Woods, Pelé, Babe Ruth - they all committed their fair share of sins. And we are not talking low level sins like coveting your neighbour's servant, or his ox or donkey, as appealing as...

SPORTS TRAINING & COACHING. This title includes information on training for both sport and competition, including individual running plans, advanced schedules and expert advice, that are shown in over 280 photographs. It also includes information on how to improve your running performance for eve...

AFL Record Season 2024 is the 29th edition of what has become the statistical bible of the AFL. It is edited by experienced football journalist Michael Lovett, who has been covering football for more than 40 years. This year's edition has details on the draft, profiles of every player in the comp...

When Sydney boxer Davey Browne died in 2015 after being knocked out in the final round of a title fight that he was about to win, boxing once again came under intense public scrutiny. For journalist Stephanie Convery, the story of that fatal fight raised questions she became determined to answer ...

The definitive history of Argentinian football from the award-winning author of Inverting the Pyramid 'ABSORBING' Guardian'ENTHRALLING' New Statesman'EPIC' Evening Standard'INESCAPABLE' The Sunday Times'MAGISTERIAL' Irish ExaminerFully revised and updated, the definitive history of Argentinian fo...

Where should you move first in Connect 4? What is the best property in Monopoly? And how can pi help you win rock paper scissors? Spanning millennia, oceans and continents, countries and cultures, Around the World in 80 Games gleefully explores how mathematics and games have always been deeply in...

The official behind-the-scenes companion to Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves, featuring cast and crew interviews, photos, and insights about making the film.

A great cricket series, as reported by a great cricket writer. High hopes were held for the Ashes of 2023. They were exceeded in an instant classic of five Tests between a bold England and a battling Australia, finally shared two-all. 2023 captures all the drama and skill, as well as the controve...

Between July 2013 and January 2014 Test cricket's original rivals, Australia and England, played out their ultimate showdown: ten Test matches, five on each side of the world. The result was a sporting epic, contests of gruelling intensity in front of packed houses from start to finish, with the ...

The Benko Gambit is the main meat of the book. Whether White accepts or declines the pawn on offer, Black's way forward is well charted out. Plus Dream Positions for Black, and Positions to Avoid. " If you like a bit of excitement, with double-edged positions and the adrenaline in full flow, then...

Auditioning for Film and Television is a must-have book and video guide for actors, written from the perspective of a casting director and offering practical advice on audition technique, scene analysis, online casting and social media. It is a practical workbook that teaches actors the craft of ...

Whether you seek to gaze at profound mountain views or experience a living green cathedral, be awed by some of the world's best coastal scenery or thrilled by an unexpected wildlife encounter, there is something out there for you. Some of Australia's most experienced guidebook writers, including ...

Australia's Greatest Racecars showcases the most spectacular machines to hit the track. These are the V8 beasts that created the legend of Brock, Moffat, Johnson, Bathurst and many more household names. This book rolls out a full grid of legendary metal with magnetic attraction for racing enthusi...

"The Badminton Handbook" is a compact, groundbreaking training manual that gives the reader an overall insight into the world of badminton. The book is a compact training manual that is divided into two parts. The first part deals with training theory while the second contains background informat...

Players clocking shuttlecocks at speeds of 200 miles per hour, new scoring rules, and nonstop action make badminton one of the fastest racket sports in the world. With Badminton: Steps to Success you will learn the skills and tactics to excel at the highest level.

In Basketball's Greatest Stars, author Michael Grange takes you courtside for a look at the 50 best players in NBA history. From the early days of Bob Cousy to the Showtime era of Magic Johnson, from Michael Jordan's electrifying dunks to LeBron James' all-out dominance -- the legends are here! R...

The inside story of how England transformed the way Test cricket is played. Lawrence Booth and Nick Hoult, two of the game's most respected writers, reveal how Bazball swept the England dressing room and transformed the team's fortunes.

Be My Guest' is a tribute to the many soccer superstars who have played club soccer in Australia, as well as the simple, elegant but often flawed logic that bringing soccer superstars to Australia will provide a turbo boost to Australia's domestic soccer competition whether that be the NSL or the...

CRICKET. Life is very rarely dull or quiet when Sir Ian Botham is around. One of Britain's greatest sportsmen, 'Beefy' has always worked hard and played hard, and this book reflects that. Botham has compiled some of his favourite stories from a life devoted to cricket and brought them all togethe...

Beautifully designed and featuring biographies and portraits of the photographers as well as their award-winning work, this is the perfect gift book for surfers, photographers and anyone in awe of the the ocean.

The Top 100 Teachers demonstrate more than 100 ways to pitch and chip with precision, drop bunker shots close, and knock down the flag with full- and half-swing wedges. These methods are backed by the latest research performed by the brightest minds in the instruction business, and presented in a...

As a kid in Nepal, I went barefoot because my family had nothing. That's how I developed the resilience I needed for joining the Gurkhas - one of the most fearless forces in the British Army. Then against all odds, I became the first ever Gurkha soldier in more than 200 years of history to join t...