Sport Archives

Olympic Gold: Our Greatest Individual Olympians Since 1896 follows the inspirational journeys of Australia’s 74 individual Olympic gold medallists, at both the Summer and Winter Games. Australia has enjoyed an unbroken involvement in the modern Olympics, from Edwin Flack’s double-gold on the track at the first modern Games in 1896, to Lydia Lassila’s acrobatic feats on the ski slopes of Vancouv... Read more

With historical must-reads from Peter FitzSimons on Sir Douglas Mawson, to the brilliant fiction that is Elliot Perlman's The Street Sweeper, to highly anticipated autobiographies from cricket fast bowler Brett Lee and Tour de France Green Jersey winner Robbie McEwen you will have all your Christmas gifts covered Read more

Ultimate: The Complete Guide to UFC and Mixed Martial Arts, the full-contact combat sport that is taking the world by storm. Aimed at Australian MMA fans as well as newcomers, it combines Read more

In the world of horse racing, Bart Cummings is the master. His astonishing tally of twelve Melbourne Cup wins arguably makes him the greatest trainer in Australia’s history and, by statistical measures, as freakish as Bradman. His laconic wit and indifference to the trappings of wealth and fame have seen him recognised as a national treasure in his own lifetime. He is one of AustraliaR... Read more

On Melbourne Cup Day The Booktopia Book Guru asks Jessica Owers author of Peter Pan: The Forgotten Story of Phar Lap’s Successor Ten Terrifying Questions ——————- 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? It was 1981 when I arrived with my family from Ireland to begin a new life in A... Read more

H.G. Nelson–arguably Australia’s foremost sports commentator, cultural critic and social observer–is a legend of the tinny transistor, the small screen and the mounting enclosure. But who is the man behind the mike? In this blisteringly honest memoir, H.G. takes us back to his Barossa Valley roots and shows readers how a very different Australia shaped the ankle-biter who became the boy w... Read more

At Booktopia, we have made Get Reading even better. We are giving away the entire collection of 50 books to one lucky person who buys from the Get Reading 50 between now and the end of September. How good is that? 50 books you get to keep Read more