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The First Tour de France: Sixty Cyclists and Nineteen Days of Daring on the Road to Paris
ISBN: 9781568589848 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From its inception, the 1903 Tour de France was a colorful affair. Full of adventure, mishaps and audacious attempts at cheating, it was a race to be remembered.
Cyclists of the time weren't enthusiastic about participating in this "heroic" race on roads more suited to hooves than wheels, with bikes weighing up to thirty-five pounds, on a single fixed gear, for three full weeks. Assembling enough riders for the race meant paying unemployed amateurs from the suburbs of Paris, including a butcher, a chimney sweep and a circus acrobat. From Maurice "The White Bulldog" Garin, an Italian-born... From its inception, the 1903 Tour de France was a colorful affair. Full of adventure, mishaps and audacious attempts at cheating, it was a race to be ...
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157,08 |
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Killing For Sport - Essays by Various Writers
ISBN: 9781473331525 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book contains a collection of fascinating articles on the subject of hunting. They cover a variety of interesting subjects ranging from economics and agriculture to ethics and cruelty, and are highly recommended for modern huntsmen and those with an interest in the sport. Contents include: "The Cruelty of Sport," "Shooting," "Hare-Hunting and Otter-Hunting," "Spurious Sports," "The Ethics of Sport," "Sport and Agriculture," "Pheasant or Peasant," "The Cost of Sport," "The Reality," "The Economics of Hunting," "The Recreation of the Few," "Facts about the Game Laws," "The...
This vintage book contains a collection of fascinating articles on the subject of hunting. They cover a variety of interesting subjects ranging from e...
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96,72 |
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A Game Ranger's Note Book
ISBN: 9781473331266 / Angielski / Miękka / 462 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book contains a collection of Mr. Arthur Blayney Percival's observations during almost thirty years spent in an African Game Department. With many fascinating anecdotes and information on everything from the animals' habits to how to hunt them, this volume will appeal to those with an interest in hunting and African wildlife. Contents include: "Lion," "Lion: Habits," "Lion: Habits (continued)," "Lion Shooting," "'Galloping' Lion," "Lion Hunting," "Various Adventures," "Leopard," "Cheetah-Serval-Caracal," "Hunting Dogs," "Hyaenas," "Elephant," "Elephant (continued)," "Rhinoceros,"...
This vintage book contains a collection of Mr. Arthur Blayney Percival's observations during almost thirty years spent in an African Game Department. ...
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140,70 |
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Angling for Brown Trout
ISBN: 9781473330931 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book contains a detailed and fully-illustrated guide to brown trout fishing, with information on equipment, techniques, common pitfalls, storing and cooking, and much more. Highly illustrated and full of helpful tips, "Angling for Brown Trout" will be of utility to both novice and seasoned angler alike, and would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "The Joy of Trout Fishing," "The Brown Trout," "Rods, Reels, and Lines," "Casts and Flies," "Other Gear and Knots," "Wet Fly-Fishing," "Other Means of Catching the Brown Trout," "Where to Find the...
This book contains a detailed and fully-illustrated guide to brown trout fishing, with information on equipment, techniques, common pitfalls, storing ...
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92,32 |
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Understanding the Golf Swing
ISBN: 9781510725973 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This modern classic of golf instruction by renowned teacher Manuel de la Torre (the 1986 PGA Teacher of the Year and the #11 teacher in America as ranked by the editors of Golf Digest in 2007) presents a simpler approach to the golf swing based on Ernest Jones's principles.
Understanding the Golf Swing includes information on the philosophy of the golf swing (with emphasis on the development of a true swinging motion), the most thorough analysis of ball flights available, and analysis of the principles of special shot play (including sand play, pitching, chipping, putting,... This modern classic of golf instruction by renowned teacher Manuel de la Torre (the 1986 PGA Teacher of the Year and the #11 teacher in America as ran...
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74,57 |
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Up the Creek
ISBN: 9781943331475 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For nearly three decades, Ken M. Blomberg has written a popular outdoor column, "Up the Creek," which has been published in several central Wisconsin newspapers. It currently appears weekly in the Portage County Gazette and bi-monthly in the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation's Rural Route magazine. His freelance articles have appeared in many state and national magazines. Some such magazines include Field & Stream, Fur, Fish & Game, Pointing Dog Journal, Wing & Shot, Ruffed Grouse Society Magazine, Bird Dog News, Wisconsin... For nearly three decades, Ken M. Blomberg has written a popular outdoor column, "Up the Creek," which has been published in several central Wiscons... |
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67,84 |
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128 Billion to 1: Ten Steps to Beat the Odds and Win Your NCAA Tourney Office Pool
ISBN: 9781683506355 / Angielski / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The NCAA tournament is not designed to reward the most deserving team with a championship. Using grammar school mathematics and a dash of ingenious reasoning, Mike Nemeth exposes the need for a new set of statistical measures to explain the outcomes of basketball games. The new statistics reveal the relative strength of each team entering the NCAA Tournament so that fans can make informed picks in their tournament brackets. However, Nemeth goes on to explain how the tournament format induces chaos and produces a random survivor before he reveals ten rules that help those betting cope with the...
The NCAA tournament is not designed to reward the most deserving team with a championship. Using grammar school mathematics and a dash of ingenious re...
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39,07 |
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The Magician's Glass: Character and fate: eight essays on climbing and the mountain life
ISBN: 9781911342489 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Magician's Glass by award-winning writer Ed Douglas is a collection of eight recent essays on some of the biggest stories and best-known personalities in the world of climbing, including the controversy of the first ascent of Cerro Torre and Ueli Steck's disputed solo ascent of the south face of Annapurna.
The Magician's Glass by award-winning writer Ed Douglas is a collection of eight recent essays on some of the biggest stories and best-known personali...
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78,54 |
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Never Cry Halibut: And Other Alaska Hunting and Fishing Tales
ISBN: 9781513260921 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the sharp, comic voice behind "Haunted Inside Passage" comes this follow-up--a collection of humorous and thoughtful short essays about hunting and fishing in Alaska. Accompanied by photos, each story reflects the author's three-decade relationship with the wildest places left in North America.rica.
From the sharp, comic voice behind "Haunted Inside Passage" comes this follow-up--a collection of humorous and thoughtful short essays about hunting a...
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66,72 |
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Dogged Victims of Inexorable Fate
ISBN: 9780671667504 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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66,72 |
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Never Cry Halibut: And Other Alaska Hunting & Fishing Tales
ISBN: 9781513260938 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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137,40 |
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A Letter to My Younger Self
ISBN: 9781546205647 / Angielski / Twarda / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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126,13 |
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A Letter to My Younger Self
ISBN: 9781546205661 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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65,37 |
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Everton Greatest Games: The Toffees' Fifty Finest Matches
ISBN: 9781785313141 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every decade that Everton have been in existence has yielded moments of greatness, moments that fans at the time have cherished for their entire lives and which supporters in subsequent generations have looked back on with undeniable pride. These are the games that shaped Everton and created the club that the fans know and love today.
Every decade that Everton have been in existence has yielded moments of greatness, moments that fans at the time have cherished for their entire lives...
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86,51 |
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Simple Fly Fishing (Revised Second Edition)
ISBN: 9781938340796 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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97,98 |
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The Darkest Places: Unsolved Mysteries, True Crimes, and Harrowing Disasters in the Wild
ISBN: 9781493039883 / Angielski / Twarda / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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105,83 |
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How to Think Like a Fish: And Other Lessons from a Lifetime in Angling
ISBN: 9780306845291 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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74,57 |
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Global Perspectives on Sport and Physical Cultures
ISBN: 9780367023805 / Angielski / Miękka / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Global Perspectives of Sport and Physical Culture is a compilation of diverse essays derived from the works of prominent international scholars that address significant international issues relative to sporting practices from a historical perspective. A variety of movement cultures are examined and analysed, such as various aspects of the turner and gymnastic movements, the transnational development of dance, competitive sport, non-competitive performance, and mountaineering. Michael Krüger´s introductory chapter sets a framework for analysis with a historiographical and... Global Perspectives of Sport and Physical Culture is a compilation of diverse essays derived from the works of prominent international scholars tha... |
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244,34 |
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Football and Health Improvement: An Emergent Field
ISBN: 9780367029951 / Angielski / Miękka / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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244,34 |
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Dave Campbell's Favorite Texas College Football Stories
ISBN: 9781623497255 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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109,67 |
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