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Caps, Hats and Helmets By Max Walker

The difficult exercise of writing about sport in the 21st Century is the sheer blanket of media coverage. We can plant the bum on a couch and watch a Test match, six hours a day, start of play to stumps. You can listen to the “end of play” summary or ball-by-ball description on radio. Television […]

Tangles By Max Walker and Neil Philipson

Maxwell Henry Walker, commonly known as ‘Tangles” to friends, fans and opponents alike, is one of those rarities in sport.  A man who became a champion in two entirely different fields and a ‘character’ in each.   Max was a child prodigy in both cricket and football.   It is difficult enough for any sportsman […]

Cricketer at the Crossroads By Max Walker and Neil Philipson

Max brought with him a wealth of tall tales when he crossed Bass Straight.  He has never tired of telling them and since touring the world has added an international variety. Max’s book, Cricketer at the Crossroads is like his game, honest, straight to the point with a little bit of humour thrown in for […]

Back to Bay 13 By Max Walker & Peter MacFarlane

Max is a true cricket ‘character’ and, as such a personality, he is the favourite of those cricket fans who frequent Bay 13 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.  They enjoy him and undoubtedly Max similarly enjoys the remarks and comments with which he is greeted after his long trudge from the centre to the fence.  […]

The Wit of Walker By Max Walker and Mike Coward

Max has always been a special cricket person.  He will be remembered on only for his 138 wickets in 34 Tests for Australia, bur for his sense of humour and fun which earned him a special place in the hearts of cricket followers throughout the world.  “The Wit of Walker” is an entertaining romp, chockfull […]

How to Hypnotise Chooks By Max Walker

When Max’s cricket career finished midway through the 1981/82 season, the structure of his life changed dramatically.    Today Max leads a great, erratic and at times fascinating existence and he really does enjoy sharing views and ideas and experiences.     Max loves people , meets a huge cross-section of the community and shares […]

How to Tame Lions By Max Walker

It would appear that there are many people out there who share Max’s warped since of humour and an immense enjoyment of life and its situations.  This book is basically an anecdotal romp.   Somehow the problems and burdens of life don’t seem quite as worrying if you can laugh or smile at yourself.   […]

How to Kiss a Crocodile By Max Walker

This story is a little second hand.  But isn’t that how great stories develop? Basically, not even the facts of this one have been changed to make it more interesting.   Isn’t it funny how the more dangerous a situation may have appeared at the time to all but those involved, the event becomes quite […]

How to Puzzle a Python By Max Walker

Max has always had an affinity with wildlife and for the colourful characters he met in the course of his work in television, also as a guest speaker and during the large amount of travel he does for what he says is the best job in the world.    He keeps getting himself into many […]

The Best of Max Walker By Max Walker

We live today in an information society where technology regularly bombards each and every one of us.   As a consequence, we are losing the common art of communicating – talking t one another and telling stories. One of the most powerful tools of communication is humour.  The ability to laugh at oneself and life’s […]

Cricket Jokes By Max Walker and Brian Doyle

Here it is … the perfect companion for the lunch or tea break during day-long tests – a hip-pocket cricket joke book from Max Walker and Brian Doyle.

Football Jokes By Max Walker and Brian Doyle

From the irrepressible Max Walker and Brian Doyle comes another pocket-sized collection of jokes … this time for the football inclined. Whatever your preferred code – rugby union or soccer – it’s all in the nifty little companion to Cricket Jokes.

A Chip of the Old Block By Max Walker

This is an insight into the lives to two mates, Big Max and Little Max, father and son, builder and architect, cricket and football payers and raconteurs extraordinaire.  A rollercoaster ride of Australian memories recounted in the Max Walker tradition.  Chip Off the Old Block is sure to bring a smile and a chuckle to […]

Sports Jokes By Max Walker and Brian Doyle

“When the great scorer comes to write against your name, he marks not that you have won or lost, but how you played the game” say Garland Rice. This is the only book you will need on the subject of sports jokes. Max Walker is a footballer, cricketer, sporting commentator, raconteur, motivational speaker and best-selling author. […]

Ladies and Gentleman By Max Walker and Mike McColl Jones

From Max Walker, one of Australia’s most highly treasured speakers, and Mike McColl Jones, a writer with television, come Ladies and Gentlemen, a book of amusing stories and anecdotes from a lifetime behind the microphone and camera. Hear are tales of glory and folly on and off the stage, f things that can – and […]

The Volunteers By Max Walker and Gerry Gleeson

The volunteers are famous for the great job they did at the Sydney Games, no two ways about it.  Sydney was the smiling face of Australia and the volunteers were our best ambassadors.  This is a unique history of ordinary Australians’ contribution to our greatest sporting achievement – the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.   Its […]

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