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The first book to look at the advanced skills and proficiency in field hockey from the athlete's perspective presents in-depth offensive and defensive strategies.
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE A true story of death, grief and the law from the 2019 winner of the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. In October 1997 a clever young law student at ANU made a bizarre plan to murder her devoted boyfriend after a dinner party at their house. Some of the dinner guests-most of them university students-had heard rumours of the plan. Nobody warned Joe Cinque. He died one Sunday, in his own bed, of a massive dose of rohypnol and heroin. His girlfriend and her best friend were charged with murder. Helen Garner followed the trials in the ACT Supreme Court. Compassionate but unflinching, this is a book about how and why Joe Cinque died. It pro...
The only complete statistics of Australia's participation in the Olympic Games from 1896 to 2002. Contains updated and never-before published statistics such as- A complete list of the results for every Australian competitor at every Olympic Games up to Athens in 2004Australia's medal tally from every Olympics Fascinating Olympic factsFamily relationships between every Australian competitor (e.g. brothers/sisters or multiple generations who have competed) Published to be the perfect companion to Harry Gordon's new book on the Sydney Olympics, The Time of our Lives(UQP, October 03). This is an essential handbook to have at your side when watching the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
The only book on the Sydney Olympics with the official sanction of the AOC. Jounalist Harry Gordon gives the inside story of the Australian Olympic Games and reveals previously unpublished, behind- the-scenes stories about the preparation for the Olympic Games. Features foreword by Cathy Freeman, Reflections by Ian Thorpe.
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Úgy tűnik, a harmadik évezred elején lassan valóra válik egy régesrég élt francia fiatalember álma: olyan nemzetközi sportjáték megrendezése, amelyen a glóbusz (majdnem) minden országának versenyzői indulhatnak. A 2008-as pekingi olimpián már 204 ország közel tizenegyezer sportolója vett részt, s a következő, 2012-es londoni játékokon talán még többen lesznek. Ha ez így megy tovább, talán kevesebben mosolyogják meg a lelkes ifjú Pierre de Coubertin 1892. november 25-én elmondott beszédét: „Kétségtelen tény, hogy a telegráf, a vasút, a telefon, a tudósok kutató szenvedélye, a tudományos kongresszusok és kiállítások hatékonyabban képvisel...
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A large format, glossy colour book that commemorates the achievements of Australians at the Sydney Olympics. This magnificent collector's edition will be compiled on a day-by-day basis on site and will capture the glory and excitement of the Olympics. Produced in conjuction with the Herald and Weekly Times.
Filled with images selected from the personal photo albums of the British public, What We Wore provides a visual timeline of UK fashion since the 1950s. In What We Wore, crowdsourced family and amateur photos come together to create a makeshift style history of Britain. Taking readers into homes, onto city streets, into shops, and out to nightclubs and holiday spots, this book features a combination of original images and intriguing personal anecdotes that document changes in British fashion and style. The book encompasses the worlds of Mods, punks, ravers, grime kids, and everything in between, with photos submitted by everyday British people as well as celebrities, including Tracey Emin, J...