{"product_id":"bring-your-a-game-by-anthony-sharwood-9780733652592","title":"Bring Your A Game","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAustralians love sport - and we love a sports cliché.\u003c\/strong\u003e No commentary is complete without a player under an 'injury cloud' or a coach with a 'selection headache'; every game has a 'ball magnet' player. \u003cem\u003eBring Your A Game\u003c\/em\u003e is a celebration of Aussie sporting language: a true ornament to the game that gives 110 per cent to sports fans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo the ball's in your court, reader: are you ready to step up and play within yourself in order to appreciate the blend of youth and experience evident in this book by bestselling author and multi award-winning sports writer Anthony Sharwood, who has covered three Olympics, a Super Bowl, and written sport for newspapers, websites, magazines and television?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBring Your A Game\u003c\/em\u003e, Sharwood takes a tilt at explaining the origins and usage of all the essential Australian sporting phrases - ably assisted by Louisa Maggio's hilarious illustrations of your favourite clichés. What does a premiership window look like, anyway? What is the true cost of an injury toll?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut this book is not just about the clichés. It is a long overdue tribute to the glory of Australian sporting lingo, a language within a language. Only an Australian cricket fan knows that if a bowler chucks pies, the cherry will end up in cow corner. Only an Aussie Rules footy fan understands that you can kick a bag but nothing's more exciting than a speccy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBring Your A Game\u003c\/em\u003e is the glut of possession every sports lover needs. If you don't grab a copy for the sports tragic in your life, Christmas will be a dead rubber and you'll be living in a world of pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e'An entertaining compendium for a country mad on sport and its language'\u003c\/em\u003e THE AGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47076346331372,"sku":"9780733652592","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5226213482449.jpg?v=1765195734","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/bring-your-a-game-by-anthony-sharwood-9780733652592","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}