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  • Sport and the Media

    Managing the Nexus

    by Merryn Sherwood, Anthony Kerr, Ashleigh-Jane Thompson, Matthew Nicholson ...
    Series series Sport Management Series
    Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Sport and the Media: Managing the Nexus combines in-depth analysis of the rapidly developing sport media industry with a clear and straightforward guide to practical sport media management skills.The book explains how the media works, as well as the practical skills necessary to manage the communication process. It explores the commercial ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Australia's Game

    The History of Australian Football

    by Matthew Nicholson, Bob Stewart, Greg de Moore, Rob Hess ...
    Shortlisted for the Australian Society for Sports History (ASSH) Biennial Book PrizeUnlike every other sport that has captured the nation’s interest, Australian football is not a copy, a clone, or a hand-me-down of European culture. Rather, it is a game with special qualities, which arose from a distinctive series of events in the fledgling colony of Victoria, grew rapidly, and is now the most ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Australian Sport - Better by Design?

    The Evolution of Australian Sport Policy

    by Bob Stewart, Matthew Nicholson, Aaron Smith, Hans Westerbeek ...
    Australians have invested an enormous amount of emotional and physical capital in their sporting systems and structures. While Australian sport has many times been dissected from a historical and cultural perspective, there is little detailed analysis of sport's relationship with government. The book focuses on sport policy, and examines the ways in which government has affected the development of ... Read more

    $104.99 USD

  • Sport and Social Capital

    Edited by Matthew Nicholson, Russell Hoye ...
    Despite the importance of sport as a social, economic and political institution, research into sport and social capital has not been extensive. Sport and Social Capital is the first book to examine this increasingly high profile area in detail. It explores the ways in which sport contributes to the creation, development, maintenance and, in some cases, diminution of social capital.Written by an ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Sport and Policy

    by Barrie Houlihan, Matthew Nicholson, Russell Hoye ...
    Series series Sport Management Series
    Sport and Policy is the first book of its kind to critically analyse the regulatory role of the state and its impact on sport and the intersections of sport with other areas of government policy. Offering a unique and comprehensive examination of how sport is affected by a range of government policy, each chapter uses an international comparative approach in order to facilitate a broad ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

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  • The Boys' Club

    by Michael Warner ...
    The Boys' Club is the must-read inside story behind the power and politics of AFL, Australia's biggest sport.Revealing how the fledgling state administrative body evolved into the Australian Football League and its meteoric rise to become one of the richest and most powerful organisations in the land, award-winning investigative journalist Mick Warner delivers a fascinating insight into key ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Black and Proud

    The Story of an Iconic AFL Photo

    by Matthew Klugman, Gary Osmond ...
    On April 17, 1993, after an Australian Football League match between St. Kilda and Collingwood marred by racist chanting, victorious St. Kilda star Nicky Winmar faced the opposition fans, lifted his shirt and, pointing to his chest, declared, "I'm black and I'm proud to be black." The moment was immortalized by photographers Wayne Ludbey and John Feder and forced Australian football and its fans ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Micky O: Hard Work. Determination. And a Little Bit of Magic

    by Jim Main, Michael O'Loughlin ...
    Known to fans as 'Micky O', Michael O'Loughlin is a legendary figure in AFL and one of the Sydney Swans' favourite sons. This is the candid and inspiring story of the boy who became one of AFL's greatest players.When Michael O'Loughlin was drafted by the Sydney Swans at just 17 years of age, he was the no. 40 selection and the last player picked. Back then he could not have imagined the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Michael Kirby: Law, Love & Life

    Law, Love & Life

    by Daryl Dellora ...
    The intimate biography of High Court justice Michael Kirby.For most of his life, Michael Kirby has been a man on a tightrope. A person of strong views working in a world governed by objectivity, he has had to balance the potent, sometimes contradictory impulses of passion and duty, honesty and discretion, advocacy and neutrality.He had to hide his real self from the world for decades, while being ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Over But Not Out

    The heart of the game and beyond

    by Richie Benaud ...
    The story of a lifetime at the very centre of international cricket, from the most respected TV commentator in the game.Few people understand cricket as well as Richie Benaud. For sixty years, as player and commentator, he has set the standards for others to follow and has witnessed all the major events in the game. No one else has found such favour with the vast numbers of cricket lovers in both ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Storm Cloud

    Greed, Betrayal and Success - Melbourne Storm's Demise and Resurrection

    by Paul Kennedy ...
    Melbourne Storm was created in 1998 and situated in the heartland of a rival football code, it won three NRL premierships from five Grand Finals in its first twelve seasons and produced the best players in the game. It was the envy of clubs everywhere. But in 2010 Storm's famed winning culture was exposed as a fraud. The club had cheated. The club had consistently rorted the NRL's salary cap. ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • A Thoroughly Unhelpful History of Australian Sport

    by Titus O'Reily ...
    When it comes to sport, Australians are mad. Completely, irrationally insane. It’s the closest thing we have to a culture. From Don Bradman’s singular focus to Steven Bradbury’s heroic not falling over, sport has shaped our sense of self.But how did we get here? Part history, part social commentary and a lot of nonsense, Titus O’Reily, Australia’s least insightful sports writer, explains.Covering ... Read more

    $17.09 USD