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Inspired Novice To Ironman Finisher order quantity
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NZ$ 40.00 each
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Author: Steve & Simone Guy
Published by: Macz Publishers
Five life-changing stories from five individuals - all on the path to Ironman heaven - their weekly journals, their thoughts, their training, and how this one event would affect their lives for the next 12 months.
This book is aimed at anyone wanting to prove to themselves that there is no such thing as 'impossible'. You can set any goal that you wish and achieve it with a smile on your face.

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Open : An autobiography order quantity
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Author: Andre Agassi
Published by: Harper Collins
Andre Agassi, former tennis World No. 1 tells his story – in his own words. Not only will this book cover his tennis career but also some extraordinary insights into his personal life.
Did you know . . .
He won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments throughout his career and is one of only five male players to have won all four separate Grand Slam singles titles.
He won an Olympic gold medal in singles
AND he is the only male player to have won a career Golden Slam. (The only female player to have won a career Golden Slam was Steffi Graf.)
Which brings us to Agassi’s personal life . . .
-He dated Barbara Streisand in the early 90s before eventually marrying Brooke Shields. But unfortunately that didn’t last and they divorced after just two years of marriage. That same year, Steffi Graf and Andre were both winners at the French Open and started dating. They were married in 2001 and now live in Las Vegas with their two ... more

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Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know : The autobiography order quantity
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Author: Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Published by: Hodder Paperback
Ranulph Fiennes has travelled to the most dangerous and inaccessible places on earth, almost died countless times, lost nearly half his fingers to frostbite, raised millions of pounds for charity and been awarded a polar medal and an OBE. He has been an elite soldier, an athlete, a mountaineer, an explorer, a bestselling author and nearly replaced Sean Connery as James Bond.

In his autobiography he describes how he led expeditions all over the world and became the first person to travel to both poles on land. He tells of how he discovered the lost city of Ubar in Oman and attempted to walk solo and unsupported to the North Pole - the expedition that cost him several fingers, and very nearly his life. His most recent challenge was scaling the north face of the Eiger, one of the most awesome mountaineering challenges in the world.

Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes OBE, 3rd Baronet, looks back on a life lived at the ... more

 
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John Kirwan : Reaching Out order quantity
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Author: John Kirwan
Published by: Random House New Zealand Ltd
Unavailable - publication cancelled 1/2010

Dop 2009, Auckland
softcover
224pp

John Kirwan was one of New Zealand's greatest All Black wingers, pulling on the black jersey for the first time
as a 19-year-old and playing 96 matches for the men in black. But black was soon to become his whole
outlook.
Despite his phenomenal rugby career and happy family life, John Kirwan found himself spiralling in a black
hole, scared of how he might act, suffering panic attacks and not knowing what was going on in his head.
Now JK is the public face of an advertising campaign that encourages people to seek help for depression, and he's gained a big group of admirers for being brave enough to speak out about a subject usually thought of as a social taboo. His vivid descriptions of his experience with depression in a series of TV commercials is being credited with a rise in men asking for help.This book outlines his experiences and ... more

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9780007305742

Get Her Off the Pitch! How sport took over my life order quantity
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Author: Lynne Truss
Published by: Fourth Estate
From the bestselling author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, a hilarious new book from Lynne Truss about her strange journey through the world of sport and sports journalism. Get Her Off the Pitch! is the story of one woman's foray into the very masculine and rather baffling world of sport. Lynne Truss, author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, spent four years as an unlikely sports writer for The Times. It was a job that took her around the world (via the most difficult journeys and least glamorous hotels) and introduced her to some of the greatest living sportsmen (and many argumentative men with clipboards). During her time at the newspaper she faced disdain from fellow sports writers; undertook last-minute, pre-fight research into 'The Rumble in the Jungle' (Muhammad Ali won, surprisingly); tried unsuccessfully to interpret bizarre commentary and memorize results statistics; wept at football matches and discovered a lasting love for golf. ... more

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9780732288808

Out of the Shadows : A champion's return to the spot;light order quantity
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Author: Wally Lewis with Neil Cadigan
Published by: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Wally Lewis will forever be known to rugby league fans as ‘The King’. He could do what appeared to be impossible on the field and yet, unbeknown to those around him, including his family and closest friends, he managed to perform at the most elite level while hiding a secret.

When he finally revealed to a stunned public that he’d been living with epilepsy for years, he did so just prior to undergoing life-saving brain surgery for the neurological disorder. Wally talks of the difficulty he had in facing major surgery and the emotional and physical impact of his deteriorating condition, including a dramatic virtual ‘blackout’ on air in 2006. Interestingly, Wally dealt with his only daughter’s deafness publicly, all the while keeping his own crisis so profoundly private.

Following a successful procedure Wally has gone on to work with epilepsy organisations to raise awareness about the disorder, helping de-stigmatise the condition ... more

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9781869711566

Ali's Book of Tall Tales: Random Thoughts from the 2nd Row order quantity
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Author: Ali Williams with James Griffin
Published by: Hodder Moa
Ali Williams breaks the mould as an All Black tight forward. A confirmed urbanite, Ali Williams switched his Super 14 allegiances from Auckland to Christchurch in 2007 after a much-publicised bust-up with Australian coach David Nucifora. In this book Williams will take a light-hearted look at rugby at the very top in New Zealand and will touch on some of the more controversial aspects of his career - including his earth-shattering dismissal from the Blues' tour of South Africa in 2007. As well, Williams will revisit the failed 2007 World Cup campaign, look at the All Blacks' rotation and reconditioning policies; the famous incident when his jaw was broken in a collision with Frenchman Sebastien Chabal and analyse differences in the Crusaders and Blues setups. He will also talk of his charity work and explain the reasons why he stayed in New Zealand after the World Cup and thus turning his back on the big bucks on offer in ... more

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Surf for Your Life : Mick Fanning order quantity
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Author: Mick Fanning & Tim Baker
Published by: Vintage (Australia)
Mick Fanning might only be 27 but he already knows how a lot of things feel that most of us never will. How does it feel to lose a brother? Win a world title? Rip your hamstring muscle clean off the bone? Weave through a zippering Superbank barrel for 20 or 30 seconds or paddle over the ledge at places like Pipeline and Teahupo? Have scoliosis so bad you can't get off the floor? Mick is young but he already exudes a quiet wisdom beyond his years, and now he is ready to share it with anyone wanting to further their surfing, whether competitively or for sheer pleasure. Mick tells his life story candidly - in turns funny, sensitive, thoughtful, self-deprecating - with practical tips on surfing technique, fitness, nutrition, board design, travel, competitive strategies and mental clarity. Mick has overcome personal tragedy and career-threatening injury on his way to claiming the 2007 world surfing title. Universally acknowledged as the ... more

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9781439173145

Comeback 2.0 : Up close and personal order quantity
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Author: Lance Armstrong
Published by: Touchstone Books
After three years in retirement following his record-setting 7th Tour de France win -- which he accomplished after successfully battling the testicular cancer that almost killed him -- Lance Armstrong announced to the world on September 24, 2008 at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City, that he would return to professional cycling to help promote a Global Cancer Campaign. "Comeback 2.0: Up Close and Personal" is Lance Armstrong's first-person photo-journal of his 2009 comeback season with the goal to take the LIVESTRONG message around the world. Heavily illustrated with color photos and text, Lance will take readers on a thrilling ride through his dramatic comeback year.

Comeback 2.0 includes an introduction by Lance that frames his decision to return to competitive cycling followed by journal-like entries written through the course of his comeback season beginning with the Tour Down Under, followed by the Tour of ... more


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Ricki Herbert : A New Fire order quantity
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Author: Russell Gray
Published by: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Every Kiwi football fan knows Ricki Herbert. At the end of a successful playing career, one of the most highly respected and best loved figures in the local game took his considerable skills into coaching. So when millionaire developer Terry Serepisos formed the Wellington Phoenix football team, no one was surprised that he wanted Herbert as coach. In a revealing and very readable account of the trials and tribulations of a life spent playing and coaching football from New Zealand.

DoP - October 2009, Auckland
Softcover

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9780958267359

Tino Tabak : Dreams and Demons of a NZ Cycling Legend order quantity
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Author: Jonathan Kennett
Published by: The Kennett Bros
Tino Tabak was one of our brightest sporting stars when he set out to prove himself in that toughest of arenas, European road cycling. As Tabak carved out the best race record of any Kiwi in Europe, the offers and opportunities swiftly came. But so did temptation ...
This tell-all account lifts the lid on the world of pro cycling, race-fixing, and performance-enhancing drugs.

"Some people have already made up their minds about me. They say Tino did this or Tino did that. If you're one of them, you might as well close this book right now, 'cause you've already closed your mind. Just put it back down on the shelf and walk away. I've got no time for you. But if you really want to know what the business of pro cycling was like in the 1970s, I can tell you. Because I've been through it all - from being a star of the road at the top, to a pile of broken dreams at the bottom. Europe's greatest sport can do that to you. I've ... more


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9780143203551

Inga : My Story order quantity
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Author: Inga Tuigamala with Myan Subrayan
Published by: Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd.
'Inga the Winger' - Va'aiga Tuigamala, one of the most imposing and explosive wingers New Zealand rugby ever produced - has decided to tell his full story for the first time. This is the fascinating, inspirational story of overcoming hardship, reaching the heights of All Black hero status and the debacle of the amateur/professional era, the excesses of UK rugby league, and finally of returning to a vocation among the people rooted at the very centre of his real life. Inga discusses all aspects of his journey, much of it previously untold: from family life to his many sporting achievements to his role today as a mentor, inspirational community leader and successful businessman. Much more than a sports biography, this is the real story behind the 'gentle giant' of New Zealand rugby.

First published November 2009, Auckland

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9780007292486

Coming Back to Me : The Autobiography of Marcus Trescothick order quantity
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Author: Marcus Trescothick
Published by: Harper Collins
A true-life sporting memoir of one of the best batsman in the game who stunned the cricket world when he prematurely ended his own England career. Trescothick's brave and soul-baring account of his mental frailties opens the way to a better understanding of the unique pressures experienced by modern-day professional sportsmen. At 29, Marcus Trescothick was widely regarded as one of the batting greats. With more than 5,000 Test runs to his name and a 2005 Ashes hero, some were predicting this gentle West Country cricket nut might even surpass Graham Gooch's record to become England's highest ever Test run scorer. But the next time Trescothick hit the headlines it was for reasons no one but a handful of close friends and colleagues could have foreseen. On Saturday 25 February 2006, four days before leading England into the first Test against India in place of the injured captain Vaughan, Trescothick was out for 32 in the second ... more

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9781845134099

Fighting for Football : From Woolwich Arsenal to the Western Front - The lost Story of Football's First Rebel order quantity
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Author: George Myerson
Published by: Aurum Press Ltd
Long before Rodney Marsh, or Derek Dougan, Tim Coleman invented football's awkward squad. At the beginning of the twentieth century footballers were poorly paid wage slaves to the stern club owners. But Coleman led the first players' strike. He was a joker, a card - perhaps also the first ever media-literate footballer who knew the importance of a sparky quote in the right place- but he would not be taken advantage of. He stood up for himself, and for others. Then, in 1914, playing for Nottingham Forest after successful spells with Arsenal and Everton, he joined up with the Footballers' Battalion, and found himself on the Western Front in the run-up to the Somme. There he won the Military Medal for bravery. But he also participated in some of the most remarkable football matches ever played, when, scratch teams played on improvised pitches and contested the Army Cup - right alongside the trenches and shell holes of the front line. In ... more

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9781877505010

Running Hot order quantity
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Author: Lisa Tamati
Published by: Allen & Unwin
The Badwater ultramarathon through Death Valley in the United States is one of the world's toughest races. Lisa Tamati was the first New Zealand woman to compete in the race alongside such legends of the sport as Dean Karnazes and David Goggins.

 
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