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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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68,42 |
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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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58,24 |
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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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271,99 |
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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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218,89 |
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Football's New York Giants: A History
ISBN: 9780786442683 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The New York Giants returned to prominence with a Super Bowl victory in 2008, but the franchise has a proud history. This book focuses on six different eras of the team, from its 1925 inaugural season, through the 'glory years' of the 1950s with stars Frank Gifford and Sam Huff, to its victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.
The New York Giants returned to prominence with a Super Bowl victory in 2008, but the franchise has a proud history. This book focuses on six differen...
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165,68 |
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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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230,11 |
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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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187,27 |
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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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183,02 |
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Famous First Facts about Sports: 0
ISBN: 9780824209735 / Angielski / Twarda / 903 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Listing 5000 firsts, this unique reference brings to light the social history of the games played throughout the world since the dawn of time. Cross-referenced by five indexes: subject, name, year, day, and place. Also includes Firsts from the Summer 2000 Olympics.
Listing 5000 firsts, this unique reference brings to light the social history of the games played throughout the world since the dawn of time. Cross-r...
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786,96 |
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The Genius: How Bill Walsh Reinvented Football and Created an NFL Dynasty
ISBN: 9780345499127 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Genius is the gripping account of Bill Walsh s career and how, through tactical and organizational skill, he transformed the San Francisco Forty Niners from a fallen franchise into a football dynasty. Along with his right-hand man John McVay, Walsh built the foundation for this success by drafting or trading for a durable core of stars, including Joe Montana, Fred Dean, and Hacksaw Reynolds. (Walsh would later restock the team with such players as Jerry Rice, Steve Young, and Charles Haley.) The key to Walsh s genius perhaps lay in his keen understanding of his athletes psyches he...
The Genius is the gripping account of Bill Walsh s career and how, through tactical and organizational skill, he transformed the San Francisco ...
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76,02 |
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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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874,41 |
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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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772,09 |
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Kid on the Sandlot: Congress and Professional Sports, 1910-1992
ISBN: 9780879726751 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the role and influence of professional sports has increased in American life, so has the relationship between the U.S. Congress and the professional sports world. Since WW II, Congress has held dozens of investigations and debated hundreds of bills on subjects such as organized baseball s antitrust exemption, the NFL s television blackout policy, the role of organized crime in professional boxing, the league mergers in professional football and basketball, and franchise relocations.
Lowe provides concise, interpretive narrative of Congress s involvement in professional sports.... As the role and influence of professional sports has increased in American life, so has the relationship between the U.S. Congress and the professiona...
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140,83 |
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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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704,38 |
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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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163,63 |
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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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56,97 |
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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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75,98 |
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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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91,04 |
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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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129,05 |
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More Than a Game: The Best of Alf Van Hoose
ISBN: 9780817355111 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The best work of one of Alabama's longest-serving and most beloved sports journalists.
Although he spent 43 years at the same job, Alf Van Hoose was not a man limited by the boundaries of his profession. As Birmingham News sports editor for 21 years and a columnist for a decade before that, Van Hoose helped define a city, a state, and a region largely known for sports. He was the writer of record for some of the biggest sporting events and personalities in the state of Alabama in the last half of the 20th Century. Wayne Hester, Van Hoose's successor as sports editor of... The best work of one of Alabama's longest-serving and most beloved sports journalists.
Although he spent 43 years at the same job, Alf Van... |
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76,65 |
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