Robbie Deans: Red, Black and Gold by Matt McIlraith
$19.99 NZD
$49.99 (60% off)
Category: Sport
The career of Robbie Deans is without parallel in the annals of New Zealand rugby. He was an All Black, the pin-up boy of the Canterbury team, and a rebel with the Cavaliers during a 12-year playing career. Even greater acclaim has followed as one of the best coaches of the modern era From the opening ...Show more
Winx: The Authorised Biography: The Full Story of the World’s Best Racehorse by Andrew Rule
$36.99 NZD
Category: Sport
Winx joins Phar Lap and Bradman in the history books: a national sporting idol and the world's best racehorse.Australia's world champion racehorse Winx has become a sporting giant, transcending racing in the same way that Muhammad Ali transcends boxing and Bradman transcends cricket. She is described by ...Show more
Cliff Porter - Captain of the 1924 Invincibles 100 Years On by Ian St. George
$45.00 NZD
Category: Sport
In 2024 it will be a century since the greatest rugby side to leave our shores departed New Zealand for the UK. Clifford Glen Porter was the Invincibles captain. He was nicknamed “Offside Porter” because his anticipation was so accurate and his speed around the scrum so great that opponents insisted he ...Show more
Novak Djokovic by Dominic Bliss
$45.00 NZD
Category: Sport
Explore the incredible life of Novak Djokovic - from his boyhood in war-torn Serbia to his 24th Grand Slam title at the 2023 US Open. Find out more about the world's #1 male tennis player in this stunningly illustrated biography. Join expert tennis journalist Dominic Bliss, for an up-close look at t ...Show more
When Running Made History by Roger Robinson
$39.99 NZD
Category: Sport | 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
Watford Forever - How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other by John Preston; Elton John
$60.00 NZD
Category: Sport
The story of how one of Britain's biggest stars transformed the fortunes of a struggling football club Britain in the 1970s was beset by unrest and unemployment. Meanwhile, Watford FC were floundering in 92nd place at the bottom of the entire Football League. Enter Elton John, now the most successful r ...Show more
Invincible by WJ Moloney
$44.99 NZD
Category: Sport
This is the incredible story of one man's journey through a world war and then onto world-wide sporting glory. Son White and his horse Ben endured the horrors of WWI. Upon White's return home, he embarks on another journey with another group of young New Zealanders, who bind together to become Invincibl ...Show more
Our Game: New Zealand Rugby at 150 by Ron Palenski
$39.99 NZD
Category: Sport
The year 2020 marks the 150th anniversary of the first game of rugby in Nelson; this book will celebrate 150 years of New Zealand's national game, the game more than any other that has helped shape the New Zealand psyche and identity.It will take the form of 150 short stories - stories about the players ...Show more
Warm Sun on My Face: The Story of Womens Cricket in New Zealand by Trevor Auger
$69.99 NZD
Category: Sport
Despite what happened at Lord's in 2019, New Zealand has won a Cricket World Cup. It was at Lincoln in December 2000 that New Zealand beat Australia to win the Women's World Cup. The first recorded cricket match in New Zealand between teams of women had been played in the Wairarapa as long ago as 1867 ...Show more
Ballin' in Black: Our Tall Blacks Test Centurions by Huw Beynon
$39.99 NZD
Category: Sport
When Tom Abercrombie was presented with his 100th cap ahead of the FIBA World Cup in 2019, he joined an exclusive club. He became the 11th player to reach a century of tests for the Tall Blacks. Standing at his side was Pero Cameron, the first man to achieve the feat. These players, and the nine between ...Show more
Jan Ullrich - The Best There Never Was by Daniel Friebe
$27.99 NZD
Category: Sport
The first biography of one of the most controversial champions of the Tour de France, Jan Ullrich. Now available in paperback.In 1997, Jan Ullrich announced himself to the world by obliterating his rivals in the first mountain stage of the Tour de France. So awesome was his display that it sent shockwav ...Show more