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Are you a "complete golfer"? Do you want to reach your true golf potential? Whether you are an accomplished player or a weekend warrior, "The Complete Golfer" will improve your game. This book will get you thinking and contemplating about your golf in thought,...

Alternate Worlds is a Magic: the Gathering memoir written by Brian Schneider, one of the game's early R&D leads, about the fun and merit of growing up a gamer.Consider Alternate Worlds a love letter to Magic: the Gathering, to gamers, and to anyone who...

Tee Ball Myths & Solutions is a practical, easy-to-read guide for parents and coaches who want to make tee ball a fun and meaningful experience for young players. Too often, early baseball becomes frustrating or chaotic because of outdated methods and misunderstood goals. Veteran...

Dominate fantasy leagues and sharpen your sports betting edge with this all-in-one strategy guide.Whether you're managing a season-long fantasy team, grinding DFS contests, or betting on sports, success comes down to preparation, strategy, and discipline. Winning Fantasy & Sports Betting Strategies delivers a complete,...

This cocktail book is a game changer. Relive the earliest days of Tour de France with a beverage featuring Bonal, a liqueur that was frequently chugged by riders to calm their nerves and leg cramps. Toast to the world's oldest international sailing contest, the...

The author's unique offering is a comprehensive guide to preparing anyone from age three to eighteen to ski. In addition to the standard areas of preparation such as outfits, appropriate ski poles (adjustable ones are more expensive but may be more beneficial to a...

Whether you're a die-hard sports fan or not, join us as we journey through an understanding of how hosting the 2024 Olympics will affect Paris, as well as how the city's distinct cultural, artistic, and fashion elements will be integrated into the Games.Inside this...

Almost 10 years ago we published the book 'The lost kata of Judo', in its pages we described several kata that are in disuse nowadays or are taught very little. In one of the chapters of this book we analysed the kime shiki, but...

The Ultimate All-in-One Resource for Lower Body Training The Ultimate Fitness & Workout Exercise Guide: Full Lower Body Edition combines the content of 3 individual muscle-focused books into one massive, value-packed guide. Whether you're just starting out or looking to push your performance to...

Manual of calisthenic exercises is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1892. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus...

In Sports and Play in Christian Theology, ten Christian scholars and practitioners explore sport and play from theological, biblical, historical, and pastoral perspectives.Author: John TuckerISBN-10: 1978711433ISBN-13: 9781978711433Publisher: Fortress AcademicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/24/2020Pages: 234Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

There is no such word as 'can't'The story of an ordinary English girl's zest for travel. In 1966 commuting to London from Essex day in and day out, Terri was determined not to follow the norm of work, marriage and kids without experiencing what...

Do you want to learn more about the Fantasy Premier League? Do you want to make the transition from "casual" player to a guy that will be known as "that Fantasy guru" among your friends?Are you ready to learn why Fantasy Premier League has...

Deer stalking and still hunting are two skills that in can take a life time to master but with this informative guide you can take your first steps to becoming a skilled marksmen. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and...

Camp Cookery is a book written by Horace Kephart in 1910. The book is a comprehensive guide to cooking while camping, and provides detailed instructions on how to prepare a variety of meals using limited resources and equipment. The book covers everything from building...

""Modern Chess: An Introduction To The Art Of Chess As Played By The Modern Chess Master"" by Barnie F. Winkelman is a comprehensive guide to the game of chess, designed to help players of all skill levels improve their game. The book covers all...

The Chess Workout takes you away from the spectators' gallery and onto the seat of the grandmaster himself, where you attempt to duplicate his thought process and his moves. In 10 exhaustively annotated games, you will get to experience the intensity and excitement of...

Across all media - print, broadcast as well as online - sports journalism has come to occupy an increasingly visible space. Sports Journalism: Media, Sports and Society looks at the institutional, cultural, and economic environment and provides an invaluable overview of contemporary sports journalism...

Features the haunting title novella, well worth comparing to Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness." THE RED ONE (Excerpt) There it was! The abrupt liberation of sound! As he timed it with his watch, Bassett likened it to the trump of an archangel. Walls of...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

Hindu-Koh: Wanderings And Wild Sport On And Beyond The Himalayas is a book written by Donald Macintyre and published in 1889. The book is a memoir of Macintyre's travels and adventures in the Hindu-Koh mountain range, which stretches from Afghanistan to northern Pakistan. The...

One Hundred Chess Problems is a book written by Arthur Cyril Pearson and published in 1883. The book contains a collection of 100 chess problems that are designed to challenge and improve the skills of chess players. Each problem is presented in the form...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

The significance of work and leisure as elements of our social fabric have puzzled philosophers and social scientists for generations. This ambitious new study considers historical views of work and leisure alongside contemporary survey evidence about time-use and well-being.Combining sophisticated theoretical analysis with empirical...

Global sports events are rarely far from the public eye. Such mega-events are about much more than the sporting competitions themselves. They entail global exposure and intense struggles by different stakeholders.This is the first book to examine sports mega-events from a mobilities perspective. It...

Play helps define who we are as human beings. However, many of the leisurely/ludic activities people participate in are created and governed by corporate entities with social, political, and business agendas. As such, it is critical that scholars understand and explicate the ideological underpinnings...

The Olympic Games, Stockholm, 1912 is a historical book written by James Edward Sullivan. It is a detailed account of the 1912 Olympic Games held in Stockholm, Sweden. The book covers the entire event, from the opening ceremony to the closing ceremony, and includes...

Now in a fully revised and significantly expanded new edition, Management of Sports Development is a complete introduction to the theory, policy and practice of sports development. With a focus on professional knowledge and managerial competencies, this book defines conceptually and semantically the field...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

A book to get you thinking. It has proved impossible to convey accurately the exciting, wide-ranging, seemingly effortless trawl across a wide variety of schools, disciplines and thinkers which Rojek employs to support his argument. He uses a direct personal style which shines through...

Managing Leisure is an excellent reference tool for both students and practitioners in the leisure industry. It provides detailed and practical advice on managing buildings, budgets and people. It also covers the vital aspects of law, finance, health & safety and competitive tendering. Managing...

Fair Play in Sport presents a critical re-working of the classic ideal of fair play and explores its practical consequences for competitive sport. By linking general moral principles and practical cases, the book develops a contemporary theory of fair play.The book examines many of...

Sexual exploitation in sport is a problem that has beset both male and female athletes privately for decades but which has only recently emerged as a public issue. Spoilsports is the first comprehensive review of this issue, integrating pioneering academic research, theoretical perspectives, and...

Concise and thoroughly detailed Managing Sport and Leisure Facilities is a clean operating guide to leisure management by contract, providing expert advice for both contractor and client. The author includes extracts from the relevant legislation and tender documents, and shows you how to submit...

Situating privacy within the context of political philosophy, this book highlights the way in which struggles concerning the meaning of privacy have always been political. Different conceptions of privacy are here shown to involve diverse assumptions about ontology: our conceptions of self, culture, society...

Can we imagine a future in which physical education in schools no longer exists?In this controversial and powerful meditation on physical education, David Kirk argues that a number of different futures are possible. Kirk argues that multi-activity, sport-based forms of physical education have been...

Play is a vital component of the social life and well-being of both children and adults. This book examines the concept of play and considers a variety of the related philosophical issues. It also includes meta-analyses from a range of philosophers and theorists, as...

Understanding the 'human operator' is a central concern of both ergonomists and sport and exercise scientists. This cutting-edge collection of international research papers explores the interface between physical, cognitive and occupational ergonomics and sport and exercise science, illuminating our understanding of 'human factors' at...

Marketing and the world of sport overlap in two main ways: in the marketing of sports related products and services, and in the use of sports events to market a broader range of products and services. Marketing the Sports Organisation introduces the most effective...

Music and sport are both highly significant cultural forms, yet the substantial and longstanding connections between the two have largely been overlooked. Sporting Sounds addresses this oversight in an intriguing and innovative collection of essays.With contributions from leading international psychologists, sociologists, historians, musicologists and...

This book provides an up-to-date review of research and scientific knowledge in the field of kinanthropometry. This subject area is defined as the relationship between human structure and function and is exemplified in studies of growth and development, ergonomics, nutrition, human performance and health,...

This user-friendly, accessible text will enable new students to understand the basic concepts of sport skills acquisition. Each chapter covers important theoretical background and shows how this theory can be applied through practical examples from the world of sport. The book also examines the...

This book summarizes the latest meeting of the world's leading researchers in sports nutrition, held at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. The aim of the conference was to review the latest developments in the world of sport nutrition, to follow up on developments...

This innovative book discusses the meaning of 'inclusion' through the exploration of the interactions between disabled and non-disabled people at a community leisure centre. By exploring the nature of this interface, an understanding of how people create potential for both disability and inclusion is...