Sheilas, Wogs & Poofters: An Incomplete Biography of Johnny Warren and Soccer in Australia
By: Johnny Warren
4.23
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
A Fascinating account of a great sporting life and an insider's look at the byzantine world of socc…
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1. The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
By: Robert Hughes
4.08
Format: 688 pages, Paperback
The history of the birth of Australia which came out of the suffering and brutality of England's in… read more
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"He had been always escaping, always rebelling, always fighting against authority, and always being flogged. There had been a whole lifetime of torment such as this; forty-two years of it; and there h…"-Robert Hughes, The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
2. The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
By: Bill Simmons
4.20
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
There is only one writer on the planet who possesses enough basketball knowledge and passion to wri… read more
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"But that's the thing about basketball: you don't play games on paper."-Bill Simmons, The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
"If you don't agree with me, I have two words for you: shut the fuck up."-Bill Simmons, The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
3. Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
By: Jonathan Wilson
4.15
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
Soccer fans love to argue about the tactics a manager puts into play, and this fascinating study tr… read more
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"Many before have hailed the end of history; none have ever been right."-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
"Anti-intellectualism is one thing, but faith in wrongheaded pseudointellectualism is far worse."-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
"كان مينوتي شخصية رومانسية بشكل يفوق الوصف. كان نحيلا كقلم رصاص، ومدخنا شرها يتدل شعره على ياقته، أشيب السوالف، وله نظرة محدقة كصقر، بدا كما لو كان تجسيدا للبوهيمية الأرجنتينية، كان جناحأ أيسر ومفكرا،…"-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
4. On the Road
By: Jack Kerouac
3.61
Format: 307 pages, Paperback
A quintessential novel of America & the Beat Generation On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years… read more
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"We wandered in a frenzy and a dream (301)."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"I forgave everybody, I gave up, I got drunk."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"It was a rainy night. It was the myth of a rainy night."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
5. The Death and Life of Australian Soccer
By: Joe Gorman
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
In The Death and Life of Australian Soccer, journalist and historian Joe Gorman explores the rise a… read more
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6. Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything
By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
4.29
Format: None pages,
The hilarious behind-the-scenes story of two guys who went out for coffee and dreamed up Seinfeld--… read more
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8. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
By: Yukio Mishima , John Nathan
3.85
Format: 181 pages, Paperback
This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679750154 The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the… read more
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"إن الخطر، هو الحياة"-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
"To Ryuji the smile seemed as brittle as fine glass crystal and very dangerous"-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
"The only people in this world I really trust are my fans - even if they do forget you so fast."-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
"حتى وإن أبحرت سنوات عديدة، لن تعتاد يوماً على العواصف، وفي كل مرة تتساءل إن كنت ستودع الحياة"."-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
9. The Happiest Refugee: A Memoir
By: Anh Do
3.56
Format: None pages, Paperback
Anh Do nearly didn't make it to Australia. His entire family came close to losing their lives on th… read more
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10. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
By: Anthony Bourdain
4.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
A deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary tra… read more
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11. Marching Powder: A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine, and South America's Strangest Jail
By: Rusty Young , Thomas McFadden
3.95
Format: 145 pages, Paperback
Rusty Young was backpacking in South America when he heard about Thomas McFadden, a convicted Engli… read more
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12. Calcio: A History of Italian Football
By: John Foot
4.43
Format: 63 pages, Paperback
The first history of Italian football to be written in English, 'Calcio' is a mix of serious analys… read more
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13. The Beach
By: Alex Garland
4.08
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
After discovering a seemingly Edenic paradise on an island in a Thai national park, Richard soon fi… read more
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14. Jasper Jones
By: Craig Silvey
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Late on a hot summer night in 1965, Charlie Bucktin, a precocious and bookish boy of thirteen, is s… read more
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15. Leading: Learning from Life and My Years at Manchester United
By: Alex Ferguson , Michael Moritz
3.33
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
After an astonishing career-first in Scotland, and then over 27 years with Manchester United Footba… read more
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16. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
By: Jared Diamond
3.68
Format: 113 pages, Paperback
'Diamond has written a book of remarkable scope . . . one of the most important and readable works … read more
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17. Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
By: Gene Kranz
4.60
Format: 200 pages,
Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it… read more
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18. A Season with Verona: Travels Around Italy in Search of Illusion, National Character . . . and Goals!
By: Tim Parks
4.34
Format: 413 pages, Paperback
After 20 years of living in Italy, Tim parks, whom Joseph Brodsky has called the best British autho… read more
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19. Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
By: Cormac McCarthy
4.16
Format: 351 pages, Paperback
Blood Meridian is an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expa… read more
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"See the child."-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
"If war is not holy man is nothing but antic clay."-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
"Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle."-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
"There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto."-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
20. Changing the Game: Football in Australia Through My Eyes
By: None
3.80
Format: 240 pages,
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21. The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
By: Ben Macintyre
4.51
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the hea… read more
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22. Lola in the Mirror
By: Trent Dalton
4.41
Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition
Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more
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23. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
By: David Epstein
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
What's the most effective path to success in any domain? It's not what you think. Plenty of experts… read more
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"We learn who we are only by living, and not before."-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
"Repetition, it turned out, was less important than struggle."-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
"If we treated careers more like dating, nobody would settle down so quickly."-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
"mental meandering and personal experimentation are sources of power, and head starts are overrated"-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
24. Honeybee
By: Craig Silvey
4.40
Format: 421 pages, Paperback
Late in the night, fourteen-year-old Sam Watson steps onto a quiet overpass, climbs over the rail a… read more
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"And I’m not wrong, I’m me. And I don’t want to be invisible anymore. I want people to see who I am"-Craig Silvey, Honeybee
"I wasn't cold, but I was shivering when I walked onto the Clayton Road overpass. I wasn't scared either, even when I climbed over the rail. I didn't feel much of anything."-Craig Silvey, Honeybee
"When we don’t think we’re worth much, we find ways to make our world small. We don’t allow ourselves to hope because we’ve already excepted failure. And this pattern of thinking often determines the …"-Craig Silvey, Honeybee
25. Boy Swallows Universe
By: Trent Dalton
4.34
Format: 474 pages, Paperback
A novel of love, crime, magic, fate and coming of age, set in Brisbane's violent working class subu… read more
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"Don't fuckin' swear."-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe
"Stay sweet, Eli Bell."-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe
"Most things people say don't need to be said."-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe
"To burn this house down or set the world on fire. Up to you, Eli."-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe
26. Exiles (Aaron Falk, #3)
By: Jane Harper
4.05
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
At a busy festival site on a warm spring night, a baby lies alone in her pram, her mother vanishing… read more
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27. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
By: Rashid Khalidi
4.50
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more
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28. The Lost Man
By: Jane Harper
4.16
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
Two brothers meet at the border of their vast cattle properties under the unrelenting sun of outbac… read more
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"I've given you a power over me that you do not deserve."-Jane Harper, The Lost Man
"Life out here is hard. We all try to get through the best way we can. But trust me, there's not a single person here who isn't lying to themselves about something."-Jane Harper, The Lost Man
"Someone can decide it’s in their best interests to agree to something, but a choice is only really a choice if there’s a genuine alternative. Otherwise it’s manipulation and it’s taking advantage."-Jane Harper, The Lost Man
29. The Voice to Parliament Handbook: All the Detail You Need
By: Thomas Mayo
4.52
Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition
The Voice to Parliament Handbook is an easy-to-follow guide for the millions of Australians who hav… read more
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30. Sheilas, Wogs & Poofters: An Incomplete Biography of Johnny Warren and Soccer in Australia
By: Johnny Warren
4.23
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
A Fascinating account of a great sporting life and an insider's look at the byzantine world of socc… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- football
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