211 books (11 pages) in this category
by Chris A. Stevens
<p>Chris A. Stevens, an award-winning journalist from Michigan, tells the interesting true tale of what it's like being a youth and high school softball umpire. But it's more than just a sports book. The book also talks about relationships, ...
ISBN: 9781521888292
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eBook(Un)Stable Relations: Horses, Humans and Social Agency
by Lynda Birke & Kirrilly Thompson
<p>This original and insightful book explores how horses can be considered as social actors within shared interspecies networks. It examines what we know about how horses understand us and how we perceive them, as well as the implications of ...
ISBN: 9781317381013
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eBookA Genealogy of Male Bodybuilding
From classical to freaky
by Dimitris Liokaftos
<p>Bodybuilding has become an increasingly dominant part of popular gym culture within the last century. Developing muscles is now seen as essential for both general health and high performance sport. At the more extreme end, the monstrous built
ISBN: 9781317285847
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eBookAfrican American Hoopsters in the Holy Land
by David A. Goldstein
<p>Every season, dozens of African American basketball players pack up their sneakers to play and live in Israel. They eat Israeli food, navigate Israeli hustle and bustle, experience cultural and religious customs in the world’s only Jewish ...
ISBN: 9781510724815
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eBookStories from Charm City
by Daniel A. Nathan
<p><strong>To read a sample chapter, visit www.uapress.com.</strong></p> <p>Baltimore is the birthplace of Francis Scott Key’s “The Star-Spangled Banner,” the incomparable Babe Ruth, and the gold medalist Michael Phelps. It’s a one-of-a-kind ...
ISBN: 9781610755917
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eBookHow the Players Union, the Fans, and the Media Changed American Sports Culture
by Krister Swanson
<p>From Major League Baseball’s inception in the 1880s through World War II, team owners enjoyed monopolistic control of the industry. Despite the players’ desire to form a viable union, every attempt to do so failed. The labor consciousness of ...
ISBN: 9780803288041
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eBookby Stacey May Fowles & Pasha Malla
<p><strong>38 pieces that will be remembered for seasons to come</strong></p> <p>For 25 years, sports journalists south of the border have been collected in best-of anthologies. With <em>Best Canadian Sports Writing</em>, editors Stacey May ...
ISBN: 9781773050867
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eBookHow Silicon Valley and Science Built One of the Greatest Basketball Teams in History
by Erik Malinowski
<p><strong>“As lively, thorough, and engaging as the team it chronicles” (Nathaniel Friedman), <em>Betaball</em> is a compelling look</strong> <strong>at how the Golden State Warriors embraced savvy business practices, next generation science, ...
ISBN: 9781501158216
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eBookBeyond Sport for Development and Peace
Transnational Perspectives on Theory, Policy and Practice
by Lyndsay M. C. Hayhurst, Tess Kay & Megan Chawansky
<p>Debates around the ‘sport for development and peace’ (SDP) movement have entered a new phase, moving on from simple questions surrounding the utility of sport as a tool of international development. <em>Beyond Sport for Development and ...
ISBN: 9781317615491
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eBookDeep in the Heart of Texas High School Football
by Gray Levy
<p>Texas is a diverse state. But the one thing that binds Texans more than their state pride, even more than <em>religion</em>, is football. For the many towns and cities of Texas, high school football is more than a sport or an extracurricular ...
ISBN: 9781630760908
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eBookby Silvia Camporesi & Mike McNamee
<p>Advances in genetics and related biotechnologies are having a profound effect on sport, raising important ethical questions about the limits and possibilities of the human body. Drawing on real case studies and grounded in rigorous scientific
ISBN: 9781317485384
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eBookby William Hare
<p>This work explores the success of great films of the early post World War Two era by exploring the links and dimensions of young men impoverished by the Great Depression seeking fame and fortune as professional boxers. Their efforts are ...
ISBN: 9781311429728
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eBookHow Salary Caps are Killing Pro Sports and Why the Free Market Could Save Them
by Bruce Dowbiggin
<p>Iconic baseball writer Bill James, in 1987, frustrated with MLB’s labor stoppages and the decline of the minor leagues, wrote that the minors “were an abomination … if you’re selling a sport and the players don’t care about winning, that’s ...
ISBN: 9781773052380
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eBookCape Summer and the Australians in England
by Alan Ross
<p>Alan Ross (1922-2001) - distinguished poet, travel writer, and editor of <i>London</i> Magazine - also managed to excel in the role of cricket correspondent for the <i>Observer</i>, in which capacity he followed England/MCC on tours of ...
ISBN: 9780571297528
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eBookby Rick Straub
<p>To maintain the interest of the young player, baseball and softball must be fun. It is a difficult sport for kids to play. Other sports, like soccer and basketball, can be enjoyed at an early age without much hand/ eye coordination. Goals and
ISBN: 9781301056880
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eBookChakra Yoga: Learn To Balance Yourself & Transform Your Life With Chakras Meditation
by Michael J. Langer
<p><em>Balance Your Chakras With Chakra Yoga! Channel more confidence, creativity, and joy in your life with a basic understanding of your body's energy centers.</em></p> <p>Chakra yoga is the practice of using yoga postures and controlled ...
ISBN: 9781386616214
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eBookby Michael J. Langer
<p><em>Blocked energy in our seven chakras can often lead to illness, so it's important to understand what each chakra represents and what we can do to keep this energy flowing freely.</em></p> <p>The Sanskrit word Chakra literally translates ...
ISBN: 9781386405016
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eBookConsuming Football in Late Modern Life
by Kevin Dixon
<p>Consuming Football in Late Modern Life explores the phenomenon of football (soccer) fandom as consumption in the age of late modernity. By centralising fandom within the sociology of consumption, the book examines how this phenomenon equates ...
ISBN: 9781317161134
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eBookGlobal perspectives
by James J. Zhang & Brenda G. Pitts
<p>The international nature of the sport industry requires a global approach to sport marketing practices. Organisations need to develop a good understanding of the laws, regulations, values and norms of the countries and cultures in which they ...
ISBN: 9781351967334
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eBookCauses, Consequences, and Reform
by Lisa A. Kihl
<p>Corruption in the sport industry is a pervasive issue that threatens the integrity of sport as an institution. From doping and match-fixing to money laundering, corruption should be a concern to anybody interested in sport policy, management,
ISBN: 9781317387497
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