110 Per Cent: Great Australian Sporting Speeches

110 Per Cent: Great Australian Sporting Speeches

Author: Michael Winkler

Publisher: Penguin Group Australia

Published: 2011-08-23

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1742533884

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Don Bradman on his 'small' contribution to cricket. Roy Masters on getting the best out of the hard men of Western Suburbs Rugby League FC. John Howard on cycling legend Sir Hubert Opperman. Cathy Freeman on lighting the Olympic flame. Phonse Kyne on making sure his players made history for the right reasons. Jeff Fenech hollering 'I love youse all!' to a packed-out stadium. Ranging from the eloquent and stirring to the downright funny, these are Australia's greatest sporting moments, seen through the eyes of the winners and losers, experts and legends of all our favourite sports. Entertaining and informative, 110 PER CENT casts a keen eye over Australia's sporting history, and confirms there's much more to sport than the score line (as long as you're winning). Adam Gilchrist ? John Landy ? Dallas Brooks ? Frank Lowy ? Alan Jones ? Kevin Sheedy ? JJ Giltinan ? Alfred Deakin ? Keith Miller ? Les Darcy ? Anthony Mundine ? Kim Hughes ? Ric Charlesworth ?Norman Brookes ? Victor Trumper ? Bob Rose ? Bob Skilton ? Lionel Rose ? Marjorie Jackson ? Sir Robert Menzies ? Max Walker ? Shane Gould ? William Dean ? Rod Laver ? Kieren Perkins ? Ron Barassi ? John Singleton ? Casey Stoner ? Rod Marsh ? Malcolm Blight ? Debbie Flintoff-King ? Alan Killigrew ? Geoffrey Blainey ? Greg Chappell ? Andrew McLeod ? Jack Gibson ? Johnny Lewis ? Steve Waugh ? Leisel Jones ? Lindsay Hassett ? Danny Green ? Louise Sauvage ?Lucas Neill ? Bob Hawke ? Laurie Lawrence ? Mark Webber ? Ray Connelly ? Stuart O'Grady ? Ted Whitten ? Tom Hafey and more


Kick it to the Shithouse

Kick it to the Shithouse

Author: Michael Winkler

Publisher: Penguin Group Australia

Published: 2012-07-25

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 1742536441

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From the MCG to the SCG, from golf courses and racetracks, from boxing rings to tennis courts and beyond come the best witticisms, piss-takes, putdowns and observations to ever cross the lips of our favourite players, coaches, commentators and competitors. 'As you slide down the banister of life, you are bound to pick up a splinter or two in your arse.' Vic Rail, horse trainer


Unsung Heroes

Unsung Heroes

Author: Michael Winkler

Publisher: Penguin Group Australia

Published: 2013-06-26

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 1743482248

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These one hundred and fifty true stories give voice to the many men and women who played an important part in establishing Australia's pioneering spirit but who mostly didn't make it into the history books. Drawn from the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame 'Unsung Heroes' database, they reveal the characters who were drovers, property owners, shearers, missionaries and amateur explorers. They bring outback history alive as do tales of the bush folk who built the fences, baked the bread, taught the children, provided entertainment, shod the horses, tended the sick and enforced the law. From veteran expeditioner Ned Ryan, to possum trapper Harry Stevens, Boer War veteran Jack Kyle-Little and eccentric pioneers Charles and Cora Chalmers, these are stories of resilience, courage and luck, about people with more grit than an outback sandstorm. 'This is the essence of what Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson wrote about . . .' John Williamson All royalites from the sales of this book go to the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre. Situated in Queensland's central western town of Longreach, it is Australia's premier outback heritage destination.


Gotta Love This Country!

Gotta Love This Country!

Author: Peter FitzSimons

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2015-11-18

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1925268780

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A celebration of chest puffing goodness and kindness from around the country written in inimitable Peter FitzSimon's style. You gotta love this country when an AFL legend takes his mum instead of his girlfriend to the Brownlow, when an Australian cricket captain joins a bunch of fourteen year olds for a bit of street cricket, when a bloke wins the Australian Marbles Championship after being reunited with the tom-bowlers his brother threw away forty years ago, and when the dry cleaner down the road is called Drop Your Pants. Peter FitzSimons celebrates the good, the generous, the kind and the downright strange in this hilarious and heart-warming collection of stories from daily life and grassroots sporting fields around the country. It's enough for you to puff out your chest and say, Gotta Love This Country!


The Spectator

The Spectator

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1858

Total Pages: 1248

ISBN-13:

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A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.


English: One Language, Different Cultures

English: One Language, Different Cultures

Author: Eddie Ronowicz

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2007-08-28

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0826481752

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Gives an introduction to culturally determined aspects of communicating in British, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand and American societies. This book focuses on effective communication with members of these societies, especially on correcting false stereotypes which may cause misunderstandings.