Peter Fitzsimons
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Why does the dominant partner in any sexual relationship usually sleep on the side of the bed nearest the door? Is there a direct relationship between the length of hemlines and the state of the national economy? Are odd numbers evil? And why do drivers with hats drive twenty miles per hour slower than those without?
These are the big questions of life, and it takes a brave man to tackle them. Author, broadcaster, and columnist Peter FitzSimons is...
2) Fair Go, Sport: Inspiring and Uplifting Tales of the Good Folks, Great Sportsmanship and Fair Play
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Sport was never meant to be complicated. No gibberish, no statistics, no talk of green-zones, black-zones, channels and percentage plays, no cheating, no grubbiness, and certainly no ball-tampering.
Peter FitzSimons celebrates the good, the generous and the kind in Australian sport, the genuine characters, the national treasures and the special moments when the losers were the true champions and the game, whichever game, was done proud.
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In his very popular Saturday column, the "Fitzy Files," Peter Fitz. Simon's usually writes about famous sports men and women. But from time to time he throws in stories taken from grassroots sport and daily life. These are heartwarming and generous tales that make Australians puff out their chests with pride from being from a country that still celebrates the kind of sportsmanship remaining the ideal of all good people. These are the stories that...
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Why does the dominant partner in any sexual relationship usually sleep on the side of the bed nearest the door? Is there a direct relationship between the length of hemlines and the state of the national economy? Are odd numbers evil? And why do drivers with hats drive 40 kilometres per hour slower than those without?
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La aventura del Batavia combina en una sola historia el nacimiento de la primera multinacional, la brutalidad de la colonización, el combate entre el bien y el mal, un motín, un primer encuentro entre civilizaciones, amor, barro, sangre, una dictadura de corte fascista, asesinatos, esclavitud sexual, nobleza, supervivencia, rescates, actos heroicos y mucho más.
Descrito por el autor como la versión adulta de El señor de las moscas combinado...
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A comienzos de 1930 Nancy Wake disfrutaba la vida bohemia de París. Antes de que finalizara la Segunda Guerra Mundial era la persona más buscada por la Gestapo.
Después de ser testigo de la crueldad de la violencia nazi en Viena, Nancy se prometió a sí misma que haría todo lo que estuviera en sus manos para liberar Europa de su presencia. Su primera misión, hacer de correo entre los miembros de la Résistance, la llevó a organizar una eficacísima...
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For years journalists have been eyewitnesses to athletes-from the elite to downtrodden-chasing, achieving, or falling short of their dreams. They have observed, chronicled, and attempted to find the secrets to winning and losing. For some, sport may be a meaningless diversion. For most, it is life's most important punctuation mark. In this book, the formidable Fairfax stable of fine writing thoroughbreds explains why. Roy Masters explores the heart...
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The Battle of Le Hamel on 4 July 1918 was an Allied triumph, and strategically very important in the closing stages of WWI. A largely Australian force, commanded by the brilliant Sir John Monash, fought what has been described as the first modern battle – where infantry, tanks, artillery, planes, even carrier pigeons, operated together as a coordinated force. Monash planned for the battle to last for 90 minutes. In the end it went on for 93. And...
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The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in history.
New York, 1874. Members of the Clan na Gael - agitators for an Irish republic - hatch a daring plan to free six Irish political prisoners from the most remote gaol on earth, Fremantle Prison in Western Australia. Under the guise of a whale hunt, Captain Anthony sets sail on an American whaler - the Catalpa - risking his life to rescue the men...
10) The World at My Feet: The Extraordinary Story of the Record-Breaking Fastest Run Around the Earth
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In 2013, Australian Tom Denniss became the fastest person to circumnavigate the world on foot. His epic journey lasted nearly two years, and for each of the 622 days it took him to run around the planet, Tom completed the equivalent of a marathon or more. Based on distance alone his feat was an extraordinary act of endurance, but along the way Tom also survived a near-death experience on an ice cliff as he was running over the top of the Andes, was...