Chris Mcleod

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.

"It's the trophy I haven't won before... this is the one trophy a lot of our group haven't ticked off." - Pat Cummins on the eve of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar series in Australia Coming into the 2024-25 summer of cricket, Australia stood as Australia stands as the undisputed titan of Test cricket but with one trophy that they were yet to tick off: the elusive Border-Gavaskar Trophy in India. Chris Mcleod's Pat Cummins: Mission Accomplished is the electrifying account that captures the golden era of Australian cricket under the leadership of Pat Cummins as they finally claim the coveted trophy in an emphatic 3-1 game for the first time in a decade. This book is a vivid chronicle of Pat Cummins' leadership as the Australians dominated, redeemed and powered against all odds to win the coveted trophies of the game.

Threatened sets out the types of extremism the world has seen in recent times and the alarm that has been raised about what might happen in the future. Case studies from Australia and around the world illustrate the level of extremism that is prevalent-from antisemitism to terrorism with actions taken by authorities in Australia and around the world are highlighted. In this book, questions are answered about how citizens can identify extremism, radicalisation and subversive behaviour and what to do about it.

When skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bowl first in the Cricket World Cup final in 2023 against an undefeated Indian team, he knew he was going against conventional wisdom. A fast bowler whose appointment to captaincy was a stroke of genius, Pat Cummins was a leader both on the field and off. Courage, Controversy, Conviction takes a bold look at 'Captain Woke' as he navigates the three-year journey in the limelight featuring his captaincy, his conscience and his controversies.

A definitive biography of Angelos Postecoglou, the soccer manager and former player who is the head coach of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. When Ange Postecoglou became the first Australian to be appointed manager of an English Premier League Club he introduced his attacking style of play that was dubbed "Angeball" to the British football public. Fans of Celtic in Scotland had already seen it. Fans way back in South Melbourne saw its beginning. Fans in Brisbane, Australia, and Tokyo in Japan had seen it develop. 'Angeball' is a brand of all-out attacking football where goals are gold. It probably had its beginnings when the young son of a Greek migrant and his father were up in the middle of the night in Australia watching English football on TV. That son was Angelos Postecoglou and his path to the top-flight of football coaching began there and then. This is the story of Postecoglou's Angeball, from schoolboy glory at Prahran High School in Melbourne to taking charge of one of England's "Big Six" football clubs.

The message from the free world to Russian President Putin has always been clear: Leave Ukraine alone... get out! What Russia thought would be a three-day hit-and-run mission to oust the Ukraine government of Volodymyr Zelensky was an abject failure. The Russians even took with them their dress uniforms ready for a victory parade in Kyiv and booked ahead for restaurants for their celebrations. But Russia hadn't reckoned on the Zelensky factor in Ukraine. Approaching the third year of conflict, President Putin is still struggling to overrun his determined neighbour. The cost of the conflict, both in human and material terms, has been staggering. In this gripping new update of the bestseller, Zelensky: Frontline President, Andrew L. Urban and Chris McLeod examines what went wrong for Putin, how Zelensky convinced the free world to back him and how a "special military operation" is actually an all-out war with an unpredictable outcome.

The first major profile of Ukraine's courageous President Volodymyr Zelensky!From comedian to president to freedom fighter, this is the story of Volodymyr Zelensky, the man who stood up to Vladimir Putin and forever changed the world.