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Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization: Exploring the Fandemonium
ISBN: 9780739146231 / Angielski / Twarda / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Once deemed an unworthy research endeavor, the study of sports fandom has garnered the attention of seasoned scholars from a variety of academic disciplines. Identity and socialization among sports fans are particular burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of specialists in the social sciences. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, captures an eclectic collection of new studies from accomplished scholars in the fields such as communication, business, geography, kinesiology, media, and sports management and...
Once deemed an unworthy research endeavor, the study of sports fandom has garnered the attention of seasoned scholars from a variety of academic disci...
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556,92 zł |
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Are We There Yet?: Tales from the Never-Ending Travels of WWE Superstars
ISBN: 9780743490412 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. True, or mostly true, stories of the road from: John Cena, Mark Henry, Teddy Long, Shannon Moore, Matt Hardy, The Hurricane, Dr. Tom Prichard, Molly Holly, Dave Hebner, Rico, Brooklyn Brawler, Kane, Jim "J.R." Ross, Ivory, Victoria, Goldberg, Tommy Dreamer, Al Snow, Steve Richards, Ric Flair, A-Train, Dean Malenko, Sgt. Slaughter, Chris Jericho, Edge, Chavo Guerrero, Coach, Rey Mysterio, D-Von Dudley, Jackie Gayda, and Big Show.
True, or mostly true, stories of the road from: John Cena, Mark Henry, Teddy Long, Shannon Moore, Matt Hardy, The Hurricane, Dr. Tom Prichard, Molly H...
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69,51 zł |
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The Jim Murray Reader
ISBN: 9780803283268 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jim Murray, the dean of American sportswriters, entertained readers with writing that is so good and so funny that even people who don t like sports read him. The Jim Murray Reader gathers some of Murray s best columns from the height of his career and showcases the wit and the style that won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1990.
His inexhaustible talent and limitless range are on full display here: from the perplexities of tennis scoring ( a game in which love counts for nothing, deuces are wild, and the scoring system was invented by Lewis Carroll ) and baseball rules ( The infield fly... Jim Murray, the dean of American sportswriters, entertained readers with writing that is so good and so funny that even people who don t like sports r...
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82,94 zł |
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Leisure Studies
ISBN: 9781412903868 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A critical evaluation of the central debates within leisure studies, looking at both management theories and leisure management, as well as historical debates on key issues such as rational recreation, public service broadcasting and tourism.
A critical evaluation of the central debates within leisure studies, looking at both management theories and leisure management, as well as historical...
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269,72 zł |
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Man Versus Ball: One Ordinary Guy and His Extraordinary Sports Adventures
ISBN: 9781612344140 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jon Hart is not a professional athlete. His one major sports victory is a world championship in roller basketball, which is basketball on in-line skates. More than ten years ago, he started pursuing his own bucket list and embarked on a hilarious and insightful journey into the furthest reaches of the sports world. Man versus Ball follows Hart's adventures around the country as he undertakes new missions, often with unexpected results. He becomes a pro wrestler, learning "fake" moves that all but land him in the hospital after a body slam went awry. He plays an entire season for a...
Jon Hart is not a professional athlete. His one major sports victory is a world championship in roller basketball, which is basketball on in-line skat...
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108,45 zł |
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It's Only Slow Food Until You Try to Eat It: Misadventures of a Suburban Hunter-Gatherer
ISBN: 9780802121318 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mr. Heavey takes us back to the joysand occasional pitfallsof the humble edibles around us, and his conclusions ring true. "Wall Street Journal"
Longtime "Field & Stream" contributor Bill Heavey has become the magazine s most popular voice by writing for sportsmen with more enthusiasm than skill. In his first full-length book, Heavey chronicles his attempts to eat wild, seeing how much of his own food he can hunt, fish, grow, and forage. But Heavey is not your typical hunter-gatherer. Living inside the D.C. Beltway, and a single dad to a twelve-year-old daughter with an aversion to... Mr. Heavey takes us back to the joysand occasional pitfallsof the humble edibles around us, and his conclusions ring true. "Wall Street Journal"
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69,55 zł |
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The Deep and Dark Woods Behind Us: Three Stories
ISBN: 9781489538369 / Angielski / Miękka / 42 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sometimes the only way to come to grips with the elusively transcendent nature of things is to go by yourself into the fields and the woods. Three stories: "The Ghost Dear" "The Old Orchard" "A Quiet Hunt, Late in the Day"
Sometimes the only way to come to grips with the elusively transcendent nature of things is to go by yourself into the fields and the woods. Three sto...
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27,15 zł |
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The Three-Minute Outdoorsman: Wild Science from Magnetic Deer to Mumbling Carp
ISBN: 9780816692538 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych.
A writer who humorously bridges the gap between esoteric information and nature as we have come to know it, Zink distills the latest news from the world of science into three-minute bursts of irresistible lore for the layman. In these brief, engaging...
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72,57 zł |
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The Best American Sports Writing
ISBN: 9780544147003 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Excellent . . .A no-brainer pickup for the sports collection. "Booklist" An affirmation of the strong state of American sportswriting. "Kirkus Reviews" From more than 350 national, regional, and specialty publications and, increasingly, the top sports blogs, Christopher McDougall, best-selling author of "Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, "hand-selected the very best sports journalism of the past year."
Excellent . . .A no-brainer pickup for the sports collection. "Booklist" An affirmation of the strong state of American sportswriting. "Kirkus... |
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108,63 zł |
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Sound And Summits: Adventures, Discoveries, and Reflections by kayak and boots in Puget Sound and in the Cascade Mountains of Washington
ISBN: 9781495250248 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What does it mean to leave behind all our electronic gadgets, to get out from behind our desks and computers, and spend a day in the wild? What does it do for our health and mental attitudes to step away from our daily world to experience the world of Nature? We are so very fortunate in the Northwest to have Nature so close that we can enjoy a day now and then from our routines so easily. This book collects the stories of a very wired-in former Microsoft executive, politically active city girl who discovered Nature in her backyard. She wrote her thoughts and feelings in stories which she...
What does it mean to leave behind all our electronic gadgets, to get out from behind our desks and computers, and spend a day in the wild? What does i...
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59,10 zł |
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Hook, Line, and Sinker: Classic Fishing Stories
ISBN: 9781493006175 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Greatand unforgettable stories about the passion of fishing by some of the world's best writers."
Greatand unforgettable stories about the passion of fishing by some of the world's best writers."
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70,93 zł |
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Coordination Abilities in Volleyball
ISBN: 9783110370300 / Angielski / Twarda / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author presents a general view on sports training, its eriodization and the role of coordination in the initial stages of preparation in volleyball. He also deals with inter-gender differences in levels of such abilities, describing motor tests for the assessment of coordination potential and providing the reader with standards for the development of talented players. Based on the nature of volleyball, the author analyses key features of sports performance. Coordination abilities, especially in the period of puberty, play an important role in the creation of coordination basis -... The author presents a general view on sports training, its eriodization and the role of coordination in the initial stages of preparation in volley... |
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172,15 zł |
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Grouse and Lesser Gods
ISBN: 9781586671402 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After Minnesota lawyer Ted Nelson Lundrigan wowed the sporting community with his now classic Hunting the Sun, wingshooting readers eagerly awaited his second book, Grouse and Lesser Gods. Part hunting credo, part philosophy of life, this book will let you traipse with Ted into his coverts with his beloved dogs in pursuit of the always elusive roughed grouse. Along the way, he shares his experiences hunting, his love of his dogs, and more personal insights into raising children and his appreciation of the natural world--proving that bird hunters are often quite thoughtful and introspective.
After Minnesota lawyer Ted Nelson Lundrigan wowed the sporting community with his now classic Hunting the Sun, wingshooting readers eagerly awaited hi...
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69,33 zł |
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First You Run, Then You Walk: Pedestrian Thoughts
ISBN: 9780990495413 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First You Run, Then You Walk celebrates the pleasures, mysteries, and demands of running-and thinking about the sport-over a lifetime. Tom Hart, a Boston-area English teacher, editor, literary agent and coach, takes inspiration from the labor and devotion of the ordinary runner, whether that runner conquers a mile, a marathon, or the rigorous courses of his schools girls cross-country team. During his three decades of running, fourteen years of coaching, and lifetime of reading (especially his beloved Thoreau), Harts pursuit of the sport leads inevitably to profound questions and personal...
First You Run, Then You Walk celebrates the pleasures, mysteries, and demands of running-and thinking about the sport-over a lifetime. Tom Hart, a Bos...
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95,63 zł |
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What Would Yogi Do?: Guidelines for Athletes, Coaches, and Parents Who Love Sports
ISBN: 9780692289099 / Angielski / Twarda / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Numerous books have been written about Yogi's life and exploits on the field. The purpose of this book is not to recount Yogi's playing career. Rather the goal is to provide specific guidelines for athletes, coaches, and parents, which emanate from Yogi's core beliefs - beliefs that grew out of a time when we weren't reading about showboating, pampered athletes, abusive, unethical coaches, and overzealous, over-indulgent parents - so that the benefits of amateur sports can be maximized. We can't change today's culture, its pace too fast, its reach too global. However, we can and must change...
Numerous books have been written about Yogi's life and exploits on the field. The purpose of this book is not to recount Yogi's playing career. Rather...
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97,13 zł |
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Great Men Die Twice: The Selected Works of Mark Kram
ISBN: 9781250064998 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Imagine "Mad Men" set not in the advertising world but at 1960s Sports Illustrated, a place where the finest sports staff of any generation was attended by an open bar and almost unlimited expense account. This was the world Mark Kram lived and wrote in, along with his peers including Frank Deford, Dan Jenkins and other major talents. A high school graduate with a gift for revealing the hearts of his subjects, Kram would become one of the greatest sports writers of all time, covering the famed rivalry between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, Negro League baseball star Cool Papa Bell, doomed... Imagine "Mad Men" set not in the advertising world but at 1960s Sports Illustrated, a place where the finest sports staff of any generation was att... |
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95,59 zł |
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The Best American Sports Writing
ISBN: 9780544340053 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writinghas built a solid reputation by showcasing the greatest sports journalism of the past year, culled from hundreds of national, regional, and specialty print and digital publications. Wright Thompson, many times included in this volume over the years, takes his turn at the helm by curating this exceptional collection. The only shared trait among these diverse pieces is the extraordinarily high caliber of writing, but collectively they tap into the pure passion that can only come from sports. And for all aspiring sports writers, says...
For twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writinghas built a solid reputation by showcasing the greatest sports journalism of the past ye...
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86,90 zł |
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Tiger, Meet My Sister...: And Other Things I Probably Shouldn't Have Said
ISBN: 9780142181904 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the New York Times bestselling author of Who's Your Caddy?
Reilly s is so good, it almost is painful for sportswriters like me to read him. The Sherman Report Rick Reilly is a sports writer like no other. A former ESPN columnist and eleven-time National Sportswriter of the Year, Reilly can make readers laugh, cry, and sometimes want to throw him across the room. He has no compunction telling readers what he thinks about today s most popular sports figures, including Tiger Woods. But for every brazen takedown, Reilly will tell a heartwarming story... From the New York Times bestselling author of Who's Your Caddy?
Reilly s is so good, it almost is painful for sportswriters ... |
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104,33 zł |
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English Fox-Hunting
ISBN: 9781507832035 / Angielski / Miękka / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is a hackneyed enough remark, that both ancient and modern writers make sad work of it when they attempt a description of heaven. To describe a run with fox-hounds is a not much-easier task; but to make the attempt with any other county than Leicestershire, in our eye, would be giving a chance away. Let us then suppose ourselves at Ashby Pasture, in the Quorn country, with Mr. Osbaldeston's hounds. Let us also indulge ourselves with a fine morning in the first week of February, and at least two hundred well-mounted men by the covers side. Time being called-say a quarter past eleven, nearly...
It is a hackneyed enough remark, that both ancient and modern writers make sad work of it when they attempt a description of heaven. To describe a run...
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31,91 zł |
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PostGame Pass: Access into The Life
ISBN: 9780996353007 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. PostGame Pass, introduces you to the lifestyle of the new millennial professional athlete. PostGame Pass breaks down what makes this new generation of athletes tick, by exploring a range of fascinating topics like: What an athlete needs in order to be considered a superstar brand. The three things athletes always beef with one another over. The rules to respectful cheating for professional athletes, plus the five cities pro athlete wifeys fear, but jocks love. How the Internet changed the game for groupies and athletes. Why athletes date the same women, especially strippers and internet...
PostGame Pass, introduces you to the lifestyle of the new millennial professional athlete. PostGame Pass breaks down what makes this new generation of...
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72,80 zł |
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