wyszukanych pozycji: 2
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Shake Down the Thunder: The Creation of Notre Dame Football with an Updated Preface
ISBN: 9780253215680 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 664 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "Sperber...tackles the details, great and small, unearthing a treasure." --New York Times Book Review Shake Down the Thunder traces the history of the Notre Dame football program--which has acquired almost mythical proportions--from its humble origins in the 19th century to its status as the paragon of college sports. It presents the true story of the program's formative years, the reality behind the myths. Both social history and sports history, this book documents as never before the first half-century of Notre Dame football and relates it to the rise of big-time intercollegiate... "Sperber...tackles the details, great and small, unearthing a treasure." --New York Times Book Review Shake Down the Thunder traces the histo... |
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152,13 |
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Beer and Circus: How Big-Time College Sports is Crippling Undergraduate Education
ISBN: 9780805068115 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this fascinating book, Sperber uses original research culled from students, faculty, and administrators around the country, to argue that what universities offer instead of a meaningful undergraduate education is a meager and dangerous substitute: the party scene surrounding college sports that Sperber calls "beer and circus" and which serves to keep the students happy while tuition dollars keep rolling in. He explodes cherished myths about college sports, showing, for instance, that contrary to popular belief the money coming in to universities from sports programs never makes it to... In this fascinating book, Sperber uses original research culled from students, faculty, and administrators around the country, to argue that what u... |
cena:
99,88 |