Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z
ISBN: 9780415486729 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z' covers a wide range of Greek and Roman sporting activities. Arranged in an easy-to-use dictionary format, this volume includes more than 700 entries discussing ancient athletes, festivals, important sites, equipment and concepts.
'Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z' covers a wide range of Greek and Roman sporting activities. Arranged in an easy-to-use dictionary format, thi...
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265,01 zł |
Body and Mind : Sport in Europe from the Roman Empire to the Renaissance
ISBN: 9780415484992 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Describes the varieties of sport, games and physical education practiced in Western Europe between 450-1650 AD. This book presents changing nature of geopolitical structures, educational systems, religious institutions and the practice of warfare and medicine. It is suitable for various historians of sport and culture.
Describes the varieties of sport, games and physical education practiced in Western Europe between 450-1650 AD. This book presents changing nature of ...
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275,19 zł |
The Chicago Sports Reader: 100 Years of Sports in the Windy City
ISBN: 9780252076152 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines Chicago's long and glorious history of recreational and competitive sport, and as the home of the finest sporting events and most loyal fans in the United States. This indispensable collection surveys the essential events and main teams in the city's sports history--the Bears, the Cubs, the White Sox, the Black Hawks, and the Bulls--as well as great Chicago sports legends Red Grange, Michael Jordan, and others. The authors also examine more specialized sports such as racing, cycling, and women's baseball. In addition to examining the highlights of Chicago sport, "The... This book examines Chicago's long and glorious history of recreational and competitive sport, and as the home of the finest sporting events and mos... |
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112,09 zł |
The Best Game Ever: Giants vs. Colts, 1958, and the Birth of the Modern NFL
ISBN: 9780802144126 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The bestselling author Black Hawk Down writes the remarkable story of the 1958 NFL Championship game between the Colts and the Giants--considered by many to be the greatest football game ever played.
The bestselling author Black Hawk Down writes the remarkable story of the 1958 NFL Championship game between the Colts and the Giants--considered by m...
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77,68 zł |
Cricket, Race and the 2007 World Cup
ISBN: 9780415494588 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cricket has been subject to a number of changes over the last 20 years. This collection of essays assesses the developments within major playing nations between the World Cups.
Cricket has been subject to a number of changes over the last 20 years. This collection of essays assesses the developments within major playing natio...
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50,93 zł |
The 1940 Tokyo Games: The Missing Olympics : Japan, the Asian Olympics and the Olympic Movement
ISBN: 9780415495615 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Exploring the relationship between modern Asia and the Olympic Games, this original work focuses on the forgotten history of the 1940 Tokyo Olympics to reveal the complex and fascinating encounter between Japan and the world in the 1930s.
Exploring the relationship between modern Asia and the Olympic Games, this original work focuses on the forgotten history of the 1940 Tokyo Olympics t...
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275,19 zł |
The National Basketball League: A History, 1935-1949
ISBN: 9780786440061 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The NBA has gained worldwide popularity with its high-flying stars and slam-dunking giants, but the early professional hoops game was played below the rim. This book provides a history of the National Basketball League, which held court from the mid - 1930s until its merger with the Basketball Association of America in 1949.
The NBA has gained worldwide popularity with its high-flying stars and slam-dunking giants, but the early professional hoops game was played below the...
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247,66 zł |
Sport in America: New Historical Perspectives
ISBN: 9780313247057 / Angielski / Twarda / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This stimulating anthology provides a scholarly perspective on the history of sport. New and exciting dimensions of sport history are introduced by exploring its political, economic, social, and cultural aspects. Race relations and racism in sport, the interaction of sports and politics, sexism and the role of women in sports, and the role that the profit motive plays in sports are among the topics covered. The impact of American attitudes toward violence as they apply to sport, and sport's powerful role in reinforcing class values are also reviewed from a historical perspective.
This stimulating anthology provides a scholarly perspective on the history of sport. New and exciting dimensions of sport history are introduced by... |
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399,01 zł |
A History Of Mountaineering In The Alps
ISBN: 9781443721806 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. AUTHORS NOTE: WRITING a history of mountaineering when so many books have already been devoted to one or father aspect of the subject is a problem, the solution of which has not always been easy to find. I have attempted, moreover, to write it direct into English, which is not my mother tongue, and that has added to my problems. I have tried to give a wide interpretation of the subject, investi gating many aspects which had been often neglected this involved much complicated research and I had to ask many questions, some of which were probably thought quite irrelevant by those I approached. I...
AUTHORS NOTE: WRITING a history of mountaineering when so many books have already been devoted to one or father aspect of the subject is a problem, th...
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212,61 zł |
How to Swim
ISBN: 9781443721837 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Contents include: PART I. THE STORY OF MY SWIM TO FAME AND FORTUNE CHAPTER PAGE I THE LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS AFRAID OF THE WATER 13 II THREE-FOURTHS ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL 20 III SWIMMING A WOMANS SPORT ... 38 PART n. EASY LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS IV PRELIMINARY DRY LAND EXERCISES . 57 V EARLY EXPERIENCES IN THE WATER . 75 VI SIMPLE STROKES TO BE MASTERED FIRST 95 PART HI. HOW EXPERT SWIMMERS ARE MADE VII MERMAIDS TO ORDER 117 Vlll PROFESSIONAL SWIMMING .... 128 IX EFFICIENT LIFE SAVING METHODS . . 148 X WHERE SHALL WE SWIM .... 176 l Hra. V. Fffi ViW, MISS KELLERMANN IN THE HIGH DIVING SCENE...
Contents include: PART I. THE STORY OF MY SWIM TO FAME AND FORTUNE CHAPTER PAGE I THE LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS AFRAID OF THE WATER 13 II THREE-FOURTHS ACRO...
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207,78 zł |
Examining Sports Development
ISBN: 9780415339896 / Angielski / Twarda / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sports development takes place in continually evolving - and expanding - territory. If new policies are to be implemented effectively, it is vital to understand how development policy translates into the real world. Until now no single text has examined how sports development policies are implemented and experienced 'at the coal face' of community and performance sport. As well as critical analysis of models and concepts in sports development, Examining Sports Development presents original case studies from practising sports development professionals working in a... Sports development takes place in continually evolving - and expanding - territory. If new policies are to be implemented effectively, it is vital ... |
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866,53 zł |
Contemporary Athletics Compendium: Volume 2
ISBN: 9781604566857 / Angielski / Twarda / 353 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of recent articles on athletics and issues related to athletics. Featured topics include teaching positive reinforcement; hazing; emotions in athletics; sports information directors and the media; first aid knowledge; proactive pessimism among sports fans; and coach and athlete burnout.
A collection of recent articles on athletics and issues related to athletics. Featured topics include teaching positive reinforcement; hazing; emotion...
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769,63 zł |
The Rise of Stadiums in the Modern United States : Cathedrals of Sport
ISBN: 9780415499989 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers original interpretations of the 'built environments' that shape sport in US society. It details the complex political, economic, social, and cultural issues that shaped the construction of the nation's most iconic modern buildings-the new American secular cathedrals.
This book offers original interpretations of the 'built environments' that shape sport in US society. It details the complex political, economic, soci...
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662,64 zł |
Power Play: Sport, the Media and Popular Culture
ISBN: 9780748635931 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The fully revised and updated version of this classic text examines the link between three key obsessions of the 21st century: the media, sport and popular culture.Gathering new material from around the 2007 Rugby World Cup, the Beijing Olympics and the rise of new sports stars such as boxing's Amir Khan and cycling's Victoria Pendleton, the authors explore a wide range of sports, as well as issues including nationalism, gender, race, political economy and the changing patterns of media sport consumption.For those interested in media and sport the second edition combines new and original...
The fully revised and updated version of this classic text examines the link between three key obsessions of the 21st century: the media, sport and po...
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166,33 zł |
The Glory Game: How the 1958 NFL Championship Changed Football Forever
ISBN: 9780061542572 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Frank Gifford brings the contest so alive that you find yourself almost wondering, 50 years later, how it will turn out in the end."
--New York Times Book Review The Glory Game recreates in breathtaking detail the 1958 National Football League Championship Game between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts, which many football fans feel was "The Greatest Game Ever Played." This first-hand, field level, "behind-the-helmet" account by ex-Giant Hall of Famer and longtime "Monday Night Football" broadcaster Frank Gifford brings back to life all the sights and... "Frank Gifford brings the contest so alive that you find yourself almost wondering, 50 years later, how it will turn out in the end."
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Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty
ISBN: 9780061256813 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Boys Will Be Boys, author Jeff Perlman's rollicking, completely unabashed account of the glory days of "America's Team"--the NFL Dallas Cowboys of the 1990s--was a New York Times bestseller in hardcover and selected by GQ as one of the Best Books of the Year. The uncensored exploits of Michael Irvin, Deion Sanders, Emmitt Smith, Troy Aikman, and the rest of the 'Boys on and off the football field, Boys Will Be Boys makes for riveting, shocking, often wildly hilarious reading.
Boys Will Be Boys, author Jeff Perlman's rollicking, completely unabashed account of the glory days of "America's Team"--the NFL Dallas Cowboys...
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81,95 zł |
Let's Talk Hockey: 50 Wonderful Debates
ISBN: 9781440127014 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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103,35 zł |
Let's Talk Hockey: 50 Wonderful Debates
ISBN: 9781440127038 / Angielski / Twarda / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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146,51 zł |
Urban's Way: Urban Meyer, the Florida Gators, and His Plan to Win
ISBN: 9780312604943 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Members of the 'Gator Nation' are going to burn the midnight oil turning these pages because Buddy Martin will be boldly taking them where no Florida fan has gone before." To write the Urban Meyer story, Buddy Martin enjoyed a vantage point rarely afforded authors in constructing the authorized biography of the University of Florida's high-profile coach. Martin takes the reader where no other journalist has gone before as he reports the most intimate details about one of the nation's top college football programs and... "Members of the 'Gator Nation' are going to burn the midnight oil turning these pages because Buddy Martin will be boldly taking them where no Flor... |
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120,79 zł |
A People's History of Sports in the United States: 250 Years of Politics, Protest, People, and Play
ISBN: 9781595584779 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this long-waited book from the rising superstar of sportswriting, whose blog Edge of Sports is read each week by thousands of people across the country, Dave Zirin offers a riotously entertaining chronicle of larger-than-life sporting characters and dramatic contests and what amounts to an alternative history of the United States as seen through the games its people played. Through Zirin s eyes, sports are never mere games, but a reflection of and spur toward the political conflicts that shape American society. Half a century before Jackie Robinson was born, the black... In this long-waited book from the rising superstar of sportswriting, whose blog Edge of Sports is read each week by thousands of people acro... |
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81,77 zł |