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Glancing blows: life and language in Australia
Par Alexander Buzo. 1987
The Caulfield Cup
Par Maurice Cavanough. 1976
The first authentic account of the Caulfield Cup and of the 100 year history of the Victoria Amateur Turf Club…
which stages this great sporting event. The book traces the formation of the club from a meeting at Craig's Hotel, Ballarat, in October, 1875, to the promotion of the 1975 Caulfield Cup. In the process author Maurice Cavanough provides frequent highlights, including the transformation of Caulfield Race Track from a snake infested swamp to a superb test of thoroughbreds, the sensational 1885 cup, when 16 of the 41 runners fell - miraculously only one jockey and one horse were killed, - and Bernborough's 1946 Caulfield Cup run before an amazing crowd.Breaking the mould: taking a hammer to sexism in sport
Par Angela Pippos. 2017
Sport is integral to Australian life and identity, and we’re rightly proud of our sporting achievements. But less glorious is…
the fact that, when it comes to the games we play, half of the population doesn’t get a look-in. According to the latest statistics, 81 per cent of sports media covers male-only sport, while just 8.7 per cent focuses on women. That’s right – horses got more attention than female athletes! Pick any sport and it’s easy to find examples of stark gender inequality and double standards so glaring that they’re almost laughable. But an extraordinary transformation is taking place, and nobody is better placed to call it than veteran sports journalist Angela Pippos. In Breaking the Mould, Pippos charts a powerful awakening across Australian life; from suburban footy fields to stadium cage fights, female athletes are changing the status quo through fierce determination and undeniable performances.Through candid and often hilarious personal tales from a life spent in and around sport, Pippos calls out the systems that have kept women on the sidelines, and challenges us to keep working towards a level playing field where any young woman can become her sporting best.Beds of nails and roses: witty observations on enjoying life as a modern woman
Par Irma Kurtz. 1983
The slightly offside counsels of an expatriate American "agony aunt" (or British ""Dear Abbie""). Kurtz's situation is actually more unusual…
than what she has to say: part homilies about the new proliferation of ... more choice for women..., the responsibilities entailed and the courage called for, she includes advice on the standard topics of sex, love, relationships, and marriage.The philosopher's dog
Par Raimond Gaita. 2002
The Philosopher's Dog is Raimond Gaita's most personal work to date. It's a mixture of story-telling, and philosophical reflections on…
the stories he tells, combining a love for animals with a love for fellow humans, and a thirst for knowledge. Many of the stories are about animals Gaita himself has known and loved: Jack the cockatoo, Gypsy the dog and Tosca the cat. These stories are interwoven with reflections on how animals think, hope, trust and feel. What does Gypsy think about when she sits on her mat gazing out to sea? Is it mistaken to attribute the concepts of love, devotion, loyalty, grief, bravery or friendship to animals? Why do we care so much for some creatures and so little for others?A kind of believing
Par Ainslie Meares. 1984
Courage
Par Maria M Tumarkin. 2007
"People care desperately about courage. For once, I am one of the people. Do you want to know what it…
means to care desperately? It means that I am prepared to give up dignity, talent and generosity for the attribute of courage. When I fantasise about what people will say after my death, I know what I want them to recall - whatever her flaws (too numerous to mention), she certainly had guts. Yet the courage I conjure up in my fantasies exists outside of the extremes of violence, endurance and fear. It is not primarily a virtuous ideal or an idea, but rather an expression of the human spirit-messy, explosive and morally ambivalent." Maria Tumarkin's view of courage contains no dead military heroes. Young, female, an immigrant from the crumbling Soviet states, she mines her own remarkable life story to produce a meditation on the courage we need to live our everyday lives, a hybrid of memoir and philosophy, of experience and ideas.Slow river: a journey down the Murray
Par Steve Strevens. 2006
Steve Strevens has lived on the Murray for almost 40 years. During that time he has fished and swum in…
its waters, climbed and swung from its trees, collected firewood from its forests, kicked a footy along the flats nearby, and made some of his most important decisions sitting on its banks. He even spread his father's ashes on its waters. Slow River is his ode to the Murray and an exploration of why and how it is more than just a river. Bumping along in his ute and steering his old tinnie, Steve explores the full length of the Murray from its source in a small swampy puddle hidden in a clump of tea trees in the mountains to where it meets the sea. This is a rich and generous portrait of the river, its many moods and the people and communities who depend upon it for their sanity and survival.The straight dope: the inside story of sport's biggest drug scandal
Par Chip Le Grand. 2016
The greatest drugs scandal in Australian sport goes well beyond who took what. What happened at Essendon, what happened at…
Cronulla, is only part of the story. From the basement office of a suburban football club to the seedy corners of Peptide Alley to the polished corridors of Parliament House, The Straight Dope is an inside account of the politics, greed and personal feuds which fuelled an extraordinary saga. Clubs and coaches determined to win, a sports scientist who doesn't play by the rules, a generation of footballers injected with who knows what, sport administrators hell bent on control, an anti-doping authority out of its depth, an unpopular government that just wants it to end ... for three years until the final, crushing judgement handed down by an international tribunal, this was the biggest game in Australia.Chances and choices: making integration work
Par Deborah Fullwood. 1990
Persons labelled "disabled" are beginning to be recognized as a valued part of the community, and an untapped resource that…
society can no longer afford to exclude or neglect. However, much still needs to be done to achieve total integration.Walk a crooked mile: a father's journey in the footsteps of his son
Par Greg Jones. 2000
Gold Medallist, world champion and world record holder : Lachlan Jones, OAM, is an exceptional athlete. What makes his success…
even more remarkable is that he has limited vision and cerebral palsy. 'Walk a crooked mile' is the story of Lachlan's rise to the top of international wheelchair racing, told from his father's perspective. It is a journey that begins with the annual Rip to River fun run on Victoria's south coast - when a determined Lachlan walked his first crooked mile in the company of his father. The journey continues through bouts of illness, financial obstacles, and physical and social barriers until its culmination in Gold at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics.What makes us tick?: the ten desires that drive us
Par Hugh Mackay. 2010
The book that explains us to ourselves - from one of Australia's most admired authors. Why do we talk as…
if we're rational, but act as if we're not? Why do some people always want to take control? What is the true role of religion? Why do we seek change, yet resist it? Why do we want more of the things that have failed to satisfy us? Why are we so passionate about sport? Why do we fall out of love? As Australia's leading social researcher, Hugh Mackay has spent a lifetime of listening to people talk about their dreams, their fears, their hopes, their disappointments and their passions. In a series of bestselling books, he has documented the impact of the changes that have been radically reshaping our society. Now, he reflects on some of the things that don't change and identifies ten desires that drive us all. Insightful and engaging, What Makes Us Tick? reveals Mackay's formidable skills as a chronicler and interpreter of our motivations. In his exploration of why we do the things we do, he goes to the heart of some of life's big questions.Now: sometimes the end of the race is only the beginning
Par Anna Meares, Reece Homfray. 2020
From 2004 to 2016, Anna Meares was one of Australia's greatest and most popular Olympians, a winner of two gold…
medals and medals at four Olympics. She overcame a broken neck to win silver at the 2008 Beijing Games. She is an inspiration not just because of her sporting achievements, but for way she answered the potentially debilitating question faced by all retiring athletes: What happens now? Anna confronted personal crises, including the death of her coach from motor neurone disease and a marriage breakup, and learned plenty as she first stumbled but now strides down a bright path. She has a new career, is happy in her personal life and is the mother of a baby daughter. Her sporting life is only part of this story. Her recent wins have added a new dimension to what has been a remarkable life.The quickest way round is on the bitumen: the history of the Oran Park Circuit
Par Neville Beyer. 2019
Written to tell the story of the development of the Oran Park Motor Racing Circuit from 1962 to 2010 and…
the stories from the background, focusing on the people behind the scenes rather than the well documented racing results. It was written as a tribute to the thousands of volunteers who made the action possible and as a reminder of just how Motor Racing in Australia had changed and evolved.Play like a pro: what the 50 greatest players can teach you
Par Edward Craig. 2007
Golf participation is at an all-time high, with 37.9 million active players in the U.S. alone. Here's an ingenious way…
for weekend players to improve their game by learning from the pros. For example, though you may never drive the ball as far as Tiger Woods, you're sure to increase your distance if you learn to think like he does at the tee. Each section is devoted to one aspect of the game and built around a player famous for his or her mastery of that area: Tiger for driving, Greg Norman for hitting a draw, Phil Mickelson for making the perfect flop shot, and so on. More than 50 great players provide inspiring examples to help any golfer play better.Stronger and bolder: inside the 2019 finals series with Richmond
Par Konrad Marshall. 2019
Tells the intimate story of the Richmond Football Club through the highs and lows of its 2019 finals campaign, explaining…
how the club recovered from its disappointment of 2018. With unprecedented access to club officials, players and coaches, author Konrad Marshall takes the reader inside the rooms at the key moments of the campaign, chronicling the Tigers' journey to AFL football's Holy Grail. This is not just a book of wins and losses, it's the story of a professional football club and how it operates at every level: from the fitness staff, to the coaching panel, the players, and the Board. The Richmond Football Club has continued to change enormously following the 2017 triumph, its first Premiership since 1980, and Marshall explains in detail the enormous amount of work and thought that has gone into every decision made--on and off the field.Game for anything: writings on cricket
Par Gideon Haigh. 2004
Cricket is serious fun. And no one writes about cricket with deeper knowledge or greater flair than Gideon Haigh. Game…
for Anything collects his best work of the last decade: from probing the Bradman myth and evaluating C.L.R. James to celebrating Len Pascoe and suffering being hit for six. To cricket's recent torments - match-fixing, throwing, sledging, politics - he brings fresh insights and an irreverent wit.Let evening come: reflections on aging
Par Mary C Morrison. 1998
In this daring yet gently written reflection on aging, eighty-seven-year-old Mary C. Morrison considers the sources of strength and dignity…
that truly allow people to grow old gracefully, and to retain a joy for life. Morrison writes about the process of aging with humour and sensitivity. She does not ignore the difficulties that old age brings, but instead emphasizes the benefits of peace, balance, and perspective that come with it. She shows how the gradual movement away from the center of work, family, and community can be a blessing in disguise and how one can feel renewed, instead of made powerless, by old age. The diminishments of age and its real afflictions are treated openly and courageously.Surviving: coping with a life crisis
Par Bob Montgomery, Laurel Morris. 1989
Shock and distress after a catastrophe are usual and normal, yet they can cause real problems such as fatigue, depression…
and anger which affect your life and your health. This book provides positive techniques to help people get on with their lives.Happiness, it's up to you: Easy Steps To Self-acceptance And Good Relationships
Par Sabine Beecher. 1988
This self-teaching book shows you clear, definite skills to - master those unwanted feelings; feel secure, relaxed and contented within…
yourself; get on well with others; keep your couple relationship close and loving; be confident as a parent.