{"product_id":"secondhand-cricket-australian-sports-biography-bargain-book-box-sp2913","title":"Secondhand Cricket \u0026 Australian Sports Biography Bargain Book Box SP2913","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand Cricket \u0026amp; Australian Sports Biography Bargain Book Box SP2913\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA cricket-heavy sports biography box dominated by the Don — three Bradman volumes (Our Don Bradman, Remembering Bradman, and the Wisden 90th birthday edition) — alongside the autobiographies of Shane Warne, Mark Taylor, Dean Jones, and Merv Hughes, two great AFL figures in Jim Stynes and Garry Hocking, and Bart Cummings on twelve Melbourne Cups.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\" class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-decimal flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eBart: My Life — J.B. Cummings — Bart Cummings trained twelve Melbourne Cup winners across five decades, a record no one has come close to matching. His memoir takes in the full sweep of Australian racing from the 1950s to the 2000s, told by the man who understood horses better than any trainer of his era.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eTime to Declare: An Autobiography — Mark Taylor — Taylor led Australia through one of their most dominant Test periods, averaged over 43 with the bat, and declared his innings on 334 to share Bradman's Australian record. His own account of how he captained the side and why he walked away when he did.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid — Bill Bryson — Bryson's memoir of growing up in Des Moines, Iowa in the 1950s: a childhood of astonishing innocence and the particular comic strangeness of postwar American suburban life. The funniest book he ever wrote.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMcGilvray: The Game Goes On — Alan McGilvray, as told to Norman Tasker — For decades Alan McGilvray's voice was cricket on Australian radio — the great summers, the Border years, the players he watched from Bradman onwards. A portrait of a broadcaster who became inseparable from the game itself.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eOur Don Bradman — ed. Philip Derriman — Writing about Bradman from those who played with and against him, covering the full arc of a career that changed what cricket thought was possible. The anthology that best captures what watching him was actually like.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMemory Laps — Joe Henderson — Short dispatches from a long running life: the American athletics writer and coach reflects on decades of training, racing, and the lessons accumulated by someone who never stopped moving.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eWhite Cap and Bails — Dickie Bird — The sequel to Bird's bestselling autobiography, following the most theatrical umpire in cricket through more Tests, more controversy, and more of the comic incidents that made his career so memorable.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eCaptain's Diary: The Inside Story of the 2013-14 Ashes Triumph — Michael Clarke — Clarke's account of the 5-0 Ashes series, from the selection decisions and internal dynamics to the matches themselves. Written while the momentum was still fresh, foreword by Shane Warne.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eOne Step Ahead: On the Field and in the Boardroom — Rod Macqueen — The Wallabies coach who took Australia to the 1999 Rugby World Cup explains the leadership philosophy and systematic thinking behind the team's transformation — and why those methods outlast sport.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eRemembering Bradman — Margaret Geddes — The people whose lives Donald Bradman touched — from Test opponents to the South Australian schoolchildren he quietly mentored — recall the man behind the statistics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eWisden on Bradman: 90th Birthday Edition — ed. Graeme Wright — A limited first edition collecting the finest Wisden writing on Bradman: match reports, scorecards, and the almanack's long record of his feats, assembled to mark his ninetieth year.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSix and Out: The Legend of Australian and New Zealand Cricket — Jack Pollard — Pollard's sweeping survey of trans-Tasman cricket in its fourth edition: the players, the Tests, the Sheffield Shield, and the characters who built the game in the southern hemisphere.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMy Complete Illustrated Career: The Official Edition — Shane Warne — The full visual record of Warne's career from debut to the 2006-07 Ashes — his last and, many argued, his best series. Foreword by Richie Benaud.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMerv: The Full Story — Patrick Keane with Merv Hughes — Merv Hughes took 212 Test wickets with the walrus moustache, the sledging, and the ability to bowl long hostile spells on flat pitches when Australia needed them most. His full story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eDeano: My Call — Dean Jones — Jones played 52 Tests and is perhaps best remembered for his 210 at Madras in 1986, made in 40-degree heat with severe dehydration. His autobiography, with a foreword from Ian Botham.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eBuddha: An Autobiography — Garry Hocking with Grantley Bernard — Garry Hocking played over 200 games for Geelong and became one of Australian football's most thoughtful figures. His memoir covers the football life and the life beyond it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eWhatever It Takes — Jim Stynes — Stynes came from Dublin as a Gaelic footballer, became an AFL Brownlow medallist, and then drove Melbourne Football Club's redevelopment while fighting the cancer that would take his life at 45.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eKeeping the Faith: Collingwood...the pleasure, the pain, the whole damned thing — Steve Strevens — Strevens follows Collingwood through the decades of near-misses and the 1990 premiership, capturing the specific texture of what it means to live and die with the Magpies. Foreword by Peter McKenna.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49060764254427,"sku":"SP2913","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/sp2913.jpg?v=1785814289","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-cricket-australian-sports-biography-bargain-book-box-sp2913","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}