Chris Fagan is no ordinary AFL coach. He is the oldest Premiership winning coach in history; a leader who transformed the struggling Brisbane Lions into champions two years in a row.
From the grounds of Queenstown, Tasmania, to the AFL’s biggest stage for two premierships, can he make history with a ‘three-peat’? Fagan’s journey is one of resilience, belief and unwavering passion for the game.
Fagan’s Way: Run To The Fire examines the master coach’s approach to taking his players to the top, revealing his unique approach to sport and life: believe in yourself, trust in your team, endure the losses and celebrate the wins.
With insights from his players, his family, his mentors, his friends, even his rivals and Lions fans, this book uncovers the man behind the gum-chewing, boundary-pacing figure we see on game day and how he engineered Brisbane’s rise to the top of the AFL twice, and what the future holds for him and the club.
Cathy Freeman is a star who shines on as an inspiration.
She is amongst the best athletes Australia and the world has seen. Three months before the Atlanta Olympics, her career took off at Stawell, a whistle stop town on the drive from Melbourne to Adelaide, Australia.
That Race, celebrates the 1996 Stawell women’s 400 metres, and the rise of a superstar. But its much more. It’s the six other women in that race, plus eight from other sports who‘s journeys will stay with us. Each story explores significant life moments away from the roar of the crowd.
That Race is for all of us. Each day in ways seen or unseen, in different lanes and at different speeds, we all run in our own race. Enjoy That Race. Share it with others.
I’ve had most of the 20 odd short stories inside me for years and every now and then they’d put pressure on my creative colon and beg to be released..”
After decades spent on the fringes of politics, publishing and Australia’s sex industry, Robbie Swan finally tells the stories he could never quite leave behind.
Part memoir and part social history A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Sex Party is a collection of short stories drawing on Swan’s 25 years as a magazine editor and parliamentary lobbyist for the adult industry, a world where censorship battles, moral crusades, unlikely friendships and political absurdities collide daily. In the book, he reveals the human side of an often-misunderstood industry: the humour, the resilience and the strange, sometimes surreal encounters that shaped a generation of activists and outsiders.
Spanning half a century and bookended by the creation of the Australian Sex Party with his partner, trailblazing MP Fiona Patten these stories chart how a life spent challenging taboos and fighting hypocrisy ultimately helped reshape public debate and law reform.
Wry, candid and funny, this is a behind-the-scenes look at the remarkable profiles of people behind the intersection of sex, politics and power.
It’s 1975, and in the western suburbs of Melbourne, 20-year-old Joshua ‘Clover’ Shamrock is a goal-kicking sensation for the Bulldogs footy club.
The game of Aussie rules has always come naturally to him. Then, his career comes to an early and tragic end. Shamrock’s self-worth has been tied to his status as a star sportsman, and with his career over, he now finds himself ill-prepared for life after football.
As the years go by, an increasingly reclusive Shamrock nears rock bottom with only his loyal partner Justine to prop him up. But even she has her limits. And when a journalist who is planning to write a feature article on the fallen hero comes snooping, bearing dark secrets from Shamrock’s past, the former star must face the toughest opponent of all—himself.
In doing so, he finds a strength he never knew he had and a craft that could finally help him rebuild his life.
The Five Pillars of Real Leadership
This is more than just a book on leadership. It shows how you can take your first steps towards greatness, both personally and professionally as one cannot exist without the other.
As our world changes, so must you. As others seek to take control, so must you fight to take it back. It is up to you to plan your direction with the gifts you have been blessed with, have been burdened with or have struggled for. This book is a unique combination of practical step-by-step guidance woven together by profound philosophical insights, and it is the result of over four decades of hard-won experience and training in business, government and the military. It describes with uncommon clarity the process of becoming a Real Leader. It will help you reach your highest potential so that you can inspire others to follow you, to harness and focus their talents in order to create a better life, a better nation and a better world.