Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Leisure

All his life, award-winning journalist and author Andrew Rule has watched the heroes and villains of racing – dreamers and schemers, winners and losers, horses and riders. In Chance, he distils the daring, the desperation and danger of the track into a bravura account of some of Australian racing...

Channeling What is it that propels otherwise ordinary adult Australians to put themselves at risk, take on the madness of the English Channel and swim 35 kilometres through the cold of one of the world's busiest shipping routes? Crossing the Channel is an iconic challenge, right up there with Eve...

Chasing the Rainbow tells the history of both the men's and women's road World Cycling Championships, recounting the untold stories of one of cycling's greatest prizes. Packed with exclusive rider interviews with previous champions, including Stephen Roche, Cadel Evans and Nicole Cooke, to name j...

Mastering the not-so-subtle art of cheating in sport. Where there's sport, there's cheating. No sport is immune; athletics, swimming, rugby, American Football, cricket, baseball, badminton, motorsports, tennis and curling. Yes, even that sport on the ice with brooms. Almost as soon as humans sta...

Learn the principles of chess strategy and become a master of the world's greatest game Master the art of chess and never lose a game again Do you know your bishops from your knights? Or when castling is the best move? How about the best way to counter the Queen's Gambit? In Chess for Kids intern...

"In an ideal world, any chess player would improve their game with help from a coach. If that's not possible, having chess champion coach Thomas Engqvist's book next to the chess set is the next best thing. In a series of lessons, he guides players through the most important elements of chess to ...