From superstitions to send-offs, All Black nick-names to on-field battles: Rugby Folklore is a miscellany of stories, quotes, and facts that are part of the fabric of New Zealand rugby.New Zealand has played, celebrated and commemorated rugby like no other country. We took to the game in extraordinary numbers in the late nineteenth century. Rugby was the game for all. It became a sport in which names like Grizz, Tiny, Guzzler, Pinetree, Rimu, and the Paekakariki Express ha...

A clash of titans: England versus the All Blacks in rugby history.Thorny Encounters chronicles the intense rivalry between England and New Zealand's rugby teams from 1905 to 2014. This gripping sports history dives into the dramatic matches, legendary players, and the cultural clash that defines this iconic contest.Explore the evolution of rugby through detailed match analyses, player profiles, and insights into team strategies. Relive memorable mo...

War Blacks is the extraordinary story of New Zealand's national sport and The Great War, and the effect each had on the other.Rugby and war have played major roles in the forging of a national New Zealand identity. This is the story of where both met, on the hot sands of Egypt and the muddy fields of Britain and France during World War I. War Blacks presents for the first time the stories of more than 90 men who had been, were, or would be All Blacks and their 1914-18 wartime servi...

It's easy to stay stuck, but why sell yourself short? Let inspirational life coach Matt Elliott, a former NRL Head Coach, take you on a life-changing journey - a personalised plan that will transform your thinking, your choices and your future.Discover how to embrace change, and bring about lasting health and happiness, along with the secrets to creating your unique vision for success.What do you need to change in your life?Which thoughts will help give you real imp...

From red socks to kauri yachts, these are the stories that made New Zealand Aotearoa a sailing nationStretching back to the Pacific navigators and the great migrations from Polynesia to the humble 'P' class dinghy and the world-beating success of Team New Zealand: With the Wind Behind Us is a celebration of the stories that gave us our legendary sailing reputation.

A brilliant rugby player and a war veteran, Dave Gallaher symbolizes the two elements on which New Zealand formed its identity: our wartime triumphs and disasters, and our peacetime success on the football field.Dave Gallaher was an Irish immigrant who became one of the most famous people in his adopted land, a man whose skills and character were crucial in shaping rugby and our national team. Gallaher captained the 1905 All Blacks team - the first New Zealand national rugby team to...

Winning the Second Half is a powerful, relatable conversation between a man and a woman facing the realities of midlife head-on. With honesty, humour, and hard-won wisdom, they tackle everything from mindset shifts to emotional growth, reigniting passion to redefining success. This isn't just a book-it's a wake-up call to embrace the next chapter with clarity, confidence, and excitement. If you're ready to thrive-not just survive-in the second half of life, this is your guide.

Featuring perspectives from established and emerging scholars, this collection examines the intersection of multimodality and genre in higher education.Given the growing prevalence of multimodal genres, this book presents a range of studies to support researchers and educators in analyzing and teaching multimodal genres. The first section highlights empirical studies exploring different features of multimodal genres commonly used in higher education, such as tweetorials, presentati...

Jimmy McMenemy was one of Celtic and Scotland's truly great players. His contribution to the Celtic cause as a player was matched by his contribution in the late 1930s as the trainer of the side who won the all-British Empire Exhibition Trophy of 1937. He played for Celtic for almost twenty years at a time when Celtic were at the top of Scottish and world football, and he was the man that made it all happen for them. He was generally agreed to be the star of the team that won six League Ch...

"Kelloe, Bowburn & West Cornforth’, are all very individual, independent unique villages. All have been supported by their own Collieries that employed a high percentage of the personnel from the communities. All of the villages had Workingmen’s Clubs, Community Centres and a host of shops and licensed premises where they spent leisure hours away from the grime and hard work of the pits. The book contains many people including many war heroes, Stories of times long ago all enough to create pl...

Stunning trade paperback edition of Grantlee Kieza's bestselling biography of Australia's greatest generalIt's December 1918 and the world war is over. General Sir John Monash attends a glittering banquet to dine with the King of England and the likes of Woodrow Wilson, Winston Churchill and Rudyard Kipling. Just four months earlier, the commander of the Australian Corps had been knighted in a battlefield, a long way from the streets of Melbourne where this son of a long line of Po...

Peppered with bouncers, expletives, and even the odd diplomatic incident, this is a rip-roaring journey through over a century of Ashes history.For a list of every Ashes century and five-wicket haul, try Wisden, but if you want to know which England batsman was a martyr to syphilis and which Australian fast bowler reckoned the Queen had 'nice legs for an old Sheila', then read on...Stiff Upper Lips and Baggy Green Caps exposes the seamy side of Ashes cricket. It gives the i...