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This book offers a critical examination of 'the equality consensus' in sport - meaning the ways in which sport policy and sporting cultures reproduce the ideology that sport is an inherent force for good. It interrogates the idea that sport offers an exemplar of equality, fair play, meritocracy, equal opportunity and that these 'innate' sporting values can be harnessed to promote social equality beyond the playing field. It presents a more complex and nuanced picture of the equality consensus by exploring the theoretical positions related to social equality that help identify what equality...

Jean Edwards, a Maine native whose ancestry ties her to coastal Maine, began writing poetry as a child. This collection embodies her appreciation of the ocean, rivers, islands and all those who live and work on the Maine coast or sail the seas. Some of these poems are serious, some playful, while others express dreams, thoughts and yearnings. Her recent historical novel, "The Glove," traced the life of a Maine girl who grew up on Appleton Ridge and became an actress in New York. It was published in 2005. Of "The Glove," the Camden Herald writes: " Interspersed throughout the story are...