SPORTING HEROES & HISTORY Epic Sports Bios (Lerner Sports)
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Author: Joe Levit | RRP: $16.95 ea Publisher: Lerner Publishing Company | Release Date: 01/09/2020 Format: Paperback (pages: 32) | Age: 7 to 11 years Some athletes’ careers are so impressive that they become near-mythical figures! These biographies of the biggest superstars in sports history cover each athlete’s rise to the top and the moments that cemented their status as sports legends.
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias
9781728413389
Muhammad Ali
9781728413419
Babe Ruth
9781728413396
Sandy Koufax
9781728414751
Kobe Bryant
9781728419374
Tiger Woods
9781728413426
Michael Jordan
9781728413402
Wilma Rudolph
9781728413433
Chronicles of Soccer in Australia RRP: $34.99 ISBN: 978-0648407362 | Author: Peter Kunz | Release Date: 31/07/2019 Publisher: Fairplay Publishing | Format: Paperback (pages: 330) | Age: High School/Adult | Chronicles of Soccer in Australia details the development of football(or soccer as it was then known) in Australia in a period where records barely existed – from 1859 to 1949. It does so within a context of Australia’s geographic and cultural isolation, and the attitudes towards race and class. Finding some of these records has meant years of dedicated research to track clubs and games from every part of the country, presented chronologically. Peter Kunz has written a truly phenomenal account of Australia’s soccer history which is of value to the football anorak as well as those interested in Australian history in the latter part of the 19th century and first half of the 20th century. Also included is a 130 page appendix listing all clubs up to 1949, and 16 pages of black and white historical images (some never seen before).
The Aboriginal Soccer Tribe RRP: $34.99 ISBN: 978-1925914061 | Author: John Maynard | Release Date: 13/09/2019 Publisher: Fairplay Publishing | Format: Paperback (pages: 280) | Age: High School/Adult A celebration of the journey of taken by Aboriginal sportsmen and women who forged the way for the current crop of talented players, which details the previously untold history of Aboriginal involvement with the ‘world game’. The multicultural environment of Australian soccer after World War II provided Aboriginal players with a haven from the prejudice and racism of wider Australian society. This wonderful book interweaves John’s personal narrative and expert historical and cultural understanding with links to the broader Indigenous world community. John Maynard is a Worimi Aboriginal man from the Port Stephens region of NSW and Professor of Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Newcastle.
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