Le Fric Family, Power and Money: the Business of the Tour de France by Alex Duff
$30.00 NZD
Category: Sport
The fascinating and unknown story of the Tour de France's ever-changing relationship with money and power - and the enigmatic family behind it all. It started with a cash drop by an English spy in occupied Paris in 1944. Reserved for Resistance groups during the war, the money reached Émilien Amaury ...Show more
Tinseltown: Hollywood and the Beautiful Game - a Match Made in Wrexham by Ian Herbert
$40.00 NZD
Category: Sport
The remarkable inside story of how two Hollywood A-listers, Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds, stunned the football world by buying a non-league club in North Wales. It was one of the most extraordinary takeovers British football has known. In February 2021, Ryan Reynolds joined with Rob McElhenney to bu ...Show more
Running Out of Time by Callum Cant
$30.00 NZD
Category: Sport
Running Out of Time asks why running matters, and what its history of collective struggle can tell us about living in a sedentary society on the verge of climate collapse. Running is at the core of human experience. From our prehistoric ancestors who hunted and lived by moving fast on their feet, to our ...Show more
Black Gold: The story of how the All Blacks became rugby's most valuable asset by Gregor Paul
$40.00 NZD
Category: Sport
The story of global rugby's golden goose. This book tells the story of how the All Blacks have been commercialised in the professional age of rugby and the challenges that have come with the team having an enormous international profile, but a domestic market without the scale or means to monetise the b ...Show more
Beryl - In Search of Britain's Greatest Athlete by Jeremy Wilson
$25.00 NZD
Category: Sport
Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2022. Winner of The Times Sports Books of The Year 2022. A Financial times Best Sports Book of 2022. Cyclist Beryl Burton dominated her sport much as her male contemporary Eddy Merckx, with a longevity that surpasses sporting legends like Muhammad ...Show more
The Monuments - The Grit and the Glory of Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races by Peter Cossins
$37.00 NZD
Category: Sport
An awe-inspiring history of the five most legendary "classic" races in world cycling. The Tour de France may provide the most obvious fame and glory, but it is cycling's one-day tests that the professional riders really prize. Toughest, longest and dirtiest of all are the so-called 'Monuments', the ...Show more
Pele: His Life and Times - Revised & Updated by Harry Harris
$24.99 NZD
Category: Sport
Pelé remains the greatest footballer of all time, despite the extraordinary exploits of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar, and legends such as Diego Maradona and Johan Cruyff. Now revised and updated to bring the story completely up to date, this is a tribute to a world-class sporting hero, a grea ...Show more
The Art of Winning: 10 Lessons in Leadership, Purpose and Potential by Dan Carter
$40.00 NZD
Category: Sport
A unique and inspiring deep dive into leadership, strength and resilience from one of sport's true masters: All Black legend Dan Carter. Ten timeless truths on leadership, purpose and potential - from the unique culture of the All Blacks, and the mind of a living legend. You might think success at t ...Show more
The Race Against Time: Adventures in Late-Life Running by Richard Askwith
$40.00 NZD
Category: Sport
A quest for the secrets of happy, healthy whole-life running, and how runners can keep enjoying their sport, whatever their ageWhat do you do when the sport that has been your lifeline to physical and mental well-being starts to slip away from you?Richard Askwith, a life-long running enthusiast, was sun ...Show more
LeBron by Jeff Benedict
$40.00 NZD
Category: Sport
The first definitive biography of basketball legend LeBron James, by the acclaimed author of Tiger Woods. LeBron is unquestionably the greatest basketball player of the 21st century. Off the court, LeBron's political activism, outspoken stance on racism and social injustice have helped build a social m ...Show more
Good for a Girl: My Life Running in a Man's World by Lauren Fleshman
$38.00 NZD
Category: Sport
From the time Lauren first laced up her running shoes to dominate boys in her neighbourhood, through puberty when half of all girls abandon sports for good, into the NCAA where young women routinely starve and hurt themselves, and into elite running where she had to be 'fast and fuckable' to fit into th ...Show more
Sultan: A Memoir by Wasim Akram, Gideon Haigh
$50.00 NZD
Category: Sport
Sultan is the official biography of Wasim Akram, the "sultan of swing", one of the greatest fast bowlers in the history of cricket. For twenty years, Wasim Akram let his cricket do the talking – his electrifying left-arm pace, his explosive left-handed striking, his leadership and his inspiration. For ...Show more