Best Guns, Revised and Updated
ISBN: 9781586671556 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is Michael McIntosh s classic book on fine shotguns, in a fully revised and expanded form covering gunmakers who have become prominent since the first edition was published in 1989 and McIntosh s continued research into the nature of the shotgun and the people who make them. McIntosh divides hisThis nearly encyclopedic gathering of gun knowledge deals with the world of shotguns into two distinct sections. The first is devoted to the best shotguns ever made in America, American Best, looks at each of the finest guns made in the United States during the Golden Age of gunmaking. Names from...
This is Michael McIntosh s classic book on fine shotguns, in a fully revised and expanded form covering gunmakers who have become prominent since the ...
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128,63 zł |
Is Wrestling Fixed? I Didn't Know It Was Broken!: From Photo Shoots and Sensational Stories to the Wwe Network -- My Incredible Pro Wrestling Journey!
ISBN: 9781770411548 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The anticipated memoir from a sports entertainment fandom legend
As a kid growing up in New York in the late 50s, Bill Apter fell in love with professional wrestling, and it wasn t long before he was rubbing shoulders with the greats as a young reporter and photographer. He s since become the world s best-known wrestling magazine personality, and he s had professional and personal relationships with a who s-who of the business, like Triple H, Hulk Hogan, The Rock, Sting, and Ric Flair. In his fun-loving memoir, Bill Apter takes us from the dressing rooms of the Bruno... The anticipated memoir from a sports entertainment fandom legend
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The 50 Greatest Players in New England Patriots Football History
ISBN: 9781608934522 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Perhaps even more than the Boston Red Sox, the New England Patriots are the team of the entire northeast from Rhode Island to Canada. Here, sports historian Robert W. Cohen ranks the 50 best players to ever take the field for the Patriots. Who can forget Wes Welker, Troy Brown, Jim Nance, Ted Bruschi, and Tom Brady. They're all here in this fascinating collection of bios, stats, quotes from opposing players and former teammates, photographs, and recaps of memorable performances and seasons. This book is a must-read not only for Patriots fans, but for all fans of professional football.
Perhaps even more than the Boston Red Sox, the New England Patriots are the team of the entire northeast from Rhode Island to Canada. Here, sports his...
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101,29 zł |
Sports and Nationalism in Latin / O America
ISBN: 9781137487186 / Angielski / Twarda / 307 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sports and nationalism are two forms of imagining and actively constructing the connections that justify and explain belonging to a community. However, as practices involving diverse actors in historically and culturally specific contexts, they are also often occasions for the questioning of hegemonic national narratives and even for the emergence of alternative imaginings of supra or sub-national belonging. This collection interrogates sports in Latin America precisely as a key terrain in which nation is defined and populations are interpellated through emotionally charged practices of...
Sports and nationalism are two forms of imagining and actively constructing the connections that justify and explain belonging to a community. However...
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467,99 zł |
Jack Sharkey: A Heavyweight Champion's Untold Story
ISBN: 9780990370338 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Jack Sharkey retired in 1936 after twelve years of boxing, he had carved out a career that was both exciting and controversial. But, despite having been the world heavyweight champion and enormously popular, sadly he is almost completely forgotten today...until now. After two years of extensive research and writing, the Boston Gob's life story is ready to be told. In this book you will follow Jack Sharkey from his days as a teenage runaway and sailor to world heavyweight champion and renowned fly-fisherman alongside his good friend, baseball great Ted Williams. You will also read about...
When Jack Sharkey retired in 1936 after twelve years of boxing, he had carved out a career that was both exciting and controversial. But, despite havi...
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144,05 zł |
Nation at Play: A History of Sport in India
ISBN: 9780231164900 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reaching as far back as ancient times, Ronojoy Sen pairs a novel history of India's engagement with sport and a probing analysis of its cultural and political development under monarchy and colonialism, and as an independent nation. Some sports that originated in India have fallen out of favor, while others, such as cricket, have been adopted and made wholly India's own. Sen's innovative project casts sport less as a natural expression of human competition than as an instructive practice reflecting a unique play with power, morality, aesthetics, identity, and money. Sen follows the...
Reaching as far back as ancient times, Ronojoy Sen pairs a novel history of India's engagement with sport and a probing analysis of its cultural and p...
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160,02 zł |
Getting Physical: The Rise of Fitness Culture in America
ISBN: 9780700623044 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John G. Cawelti Award Archivists and Librarians in the History of the Health Sciences Award From Charles Atlas to Jane Fonda, the fitness movement has been a driving force in American culture for more than half a century. What started as a means of Cold War preparedness now sees 45 million Americans spend more than $20 billion a year on gym memberships, running shoes, and other fitness-related products. In this first book on the modern history of exercise in America, Shelly McKenzie chronicles the governmental, scientific, commercial, and cultural...
John G. Cawelti Award Archivists and Librarians in the History of the Health Sciences Award From Charles Atl...
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156,30 zł |
Jimmy Case: My Autobiography
ISBN: 9781784186418 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Packed with incident and anecdotes, usually funny - but occasionally sad - this is the true story of Jimmy Case, a true football legend.
Packed with incident and anecdotes, usually funny - but occasionally sad - this is the true story of Jimmy Case, a true football legend.
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72,10 zł |
Sport and Ireland: A History
ISBN: 9780198745907 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first history of sport in Ireland, locating the history of sport within Irish political, social, and cultural history, and within the global history of sport. Sport and Ireland demonstrates that there are aspects of Ireland's sporting history that are uniquely Irish and are defined by the peculiarities of life on a small island on the edge of Europe. What is equally apparent, though, is that the Irish sporting world is unique only in part; much of the history of Irish sport is a shared history with that of other societies.
Drawing on an unparalleled range of... This is the first history of sport in Ireland, locating the history of sport within Irish political, social, and cultural history, and within the glob...
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246,28 zł |
The Two-Wheeled World of George B. Thayer
ISBN: 9780803255258 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cyclotourism has recently risen to prominence with growing national media coverage and thousands of participants taking to America s roadways on two wheels and under their own pedal power. But the concept is not new. More than a century ago, George B. Thayer took his own first century, or one-hundred-mile bicycle ride. The Two-Wheeled World of George B. Thayer brings to life the experience of late nineteenth-century cycling through the heartfelt story of this important cycling pioneer. In 1886, just two years after his first century, Thayer rode his high wheeler across... Cyclotourism has recently risen to prominence with growing national media coverage and thousands of participants taking to America s roadways on tw... |
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Match of the Day 365: Goals, Matches and Memories for Every Day of the Year
ISBN: 9781849909884 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The ultimate footballing miscellany -- Match of the Day for every day of the year.
For over half a century, Match of the Day has been essential viewing for football fans, whatever their allegiance -- and no programme has captured the star-studded era of the Premier League better. From Wayne Rooney's first stunning goal and Sergio Aguero's last second title winning strike to England's many penalty heartaches, the Match of the Day team has helped us all create indelible football memories. Written by Steve Wilson, one of the show's leading commentators, "Match of the Day 365 "takes us day... The ultimate footballing miscellany -- Match of the Day for every day of the year.
For over half a century, Match of the Day has been essential vie... |
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79,96 zł |
Billy Cannon: A Long, Long Run
ISBN: 9780807162200 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Billy Cannon's name, his image, and his remarkable athletic career serve as emblems for Louisiana State University, the Southeastern Conference, and college football. LSU's only Heisman Trophy winner, Cannon led the Tigers to a national championship in 1958, igniting a love of the game in Louisiana and establishing a tradition of greatness at LSU. But like many stories of lionized athletes who rise to the status of legend, there was a fall -- and in the case of Billy Cannon, also redemption. For the first time, Charles N. deGravelles reveals in full the thrilling highs and unexpected... Billy Cannon's name, his image, and his remarkable athletic career serve as emblems for Louisiana State University, the Southeastern Conference, an... |
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118,10 zł |
A History of Sports Coaching in Britain: Overcoming Amateurism
ISBN: 9781138025523 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the London Olympics in 2012 Team GB achieved a third place finish in the medals table. A key factor in this achievement was the high standard of contemporary British sports coaching. But how has British sports coaching transitioned from the amateur to the professional, and what can the hitherto under-explored history of sports coaching in Britain tell us about both the early history of sport and about contemporary coaching practice? A History of Sports Coaching in Britain is the first book to attempt to examine the history of British sports coaching, from its amateur roots in... At the London Olympics in 2012 Team GB achieved a third place finish in the medals table. A key factor in this achievement was the high standard of... |
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709,42 zł |
Sport in Islam and in Muslim Communities
ISBN: 9781138817791 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As Islam's visibility in global society increases, Muslim populations grow, and Muslim countries compete to take up positions at the heart of global sport, the interplay between sport and Islam becomes ever more illuminating. Sport in Islam and in Muslim Communities is the first book to analyse this relationship through a pluralist lens, exploring the questions it raises about contemporary Islam, globalisation, and the challenges faced by (in particular young) Muslims in negotiating their place in global society. With contributions from Muslim and non-Muslim authors, the book... As Islam's visibility in global society increases, Muslim populations grow, and Muslim countries compete to take up positions at the heart of globa... |
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734,76 zł |
In the Ring With Jack Johnson - Part II: The Reign
ISBN: 9780990370345 / Angielski / Twarda / 880 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the Ring With Jack Johnson - Part II: The Reign by Adam J. Pollack continues the series of the most detailed and thorough books ever written on Jack Johnson. This 880-page book completely covers Jack Johnson's reign and life as world heavyweight champion. As with Part I: The Rise, by utilizing multiple primary-sources, Part II: The Reign enables the reader to experience Jack Johnson's life, both inside and outside the ring, and the world in which he lived. Both black and white-owned newspapers offer their plethora of perspectives on race and boxing. The book includes pre-fight hype and...
In the Ring With Jack Johnson - Part II: The Reign by Adam J. Pollack continues the series of the most detailed and thorough books ever written on Jac...
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240,25 zł |
Sports and Labor in the United States
ISBN: 9781438456812 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Longlisted for the 2016 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing presented by PEN American Center Are today's professional athletes nothing more than selfish, greedy millionaires with no idea how ordinary people live? The common perception of today's professional baseball, basketball, football, and hockey players is of individuals always wanting more money and better working conditions. When it comes to labor issues in sports, the usual media spin portrays topics such as strikes by players and lockouts by owners as millionaires in dispute with billionaires; each group as self-interested...
Longlisted for the 2016 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing presented by PEN American Center Are today's professional athletes nothing more...
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385,49 zł |
Britain and the Olympic Games, 1908-1920: Perspectives on Participation and Identity
ISBN: 9781137498618 / Angielski / Twarda / 289 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Britain and the Olympic Games, 1908-1920 focuses upon the presentation and descriptions of identity that are presented through the depictions of the Olympics in the national press. This book breaks Britain down into its four nations and presents the debates that were present within their national press.
Britain and the Olympic Games, 1908-1920 focuses upon the presentation and descriptions of identity that are presented through the depictions of the O...
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389,98 zł |
Fall Line: America's Rise to Ski Racing's Summit
ISBN: 9780393352696 / Angielski / Miękka / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Harnessing nature's most powerful forces, elite downhillers descend icy, rugged slopes at speeds cresting 90 miles per hour. For decades, American skiers struggled to match their European counterparts, and until this century the US Ski Team could not claim a lasting foothold on the roof of the Alps, where the sport's legends are born. Then came a fledgling class of American racers that disrupted the Alpine racing world order. Led by Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn, Julia Mancuso and Ted Ligety, this band of iconoclasts made a place for their country on some of the world's most... Harnessing nature's most powerful forces, elite downhillers descend icy, rugged slopes at speeds cresting 90 miles per hour. For decades, American ... |
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111,45 zł |
Sport and Body Politics in Japan
ISBN: 9781138952898 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is more to Japanese sport than sumo, karate and baseball. This study of social sport in Japan pursues a comprehensive approach towards sport as a distinctive cultural sphere at the intersection of body culture, political economy, and cultural globalization. Bridging the gap between Bourdieu and Foucault, it explains the significance of the body as a field of action and a topic of discourse in molding subject and society in modern Japan. More specifically, it provides answers to questions such as how and to what purposes are politics of the body articulated in Japan, particularly in... There is more to Japanese sport than sumo, karate and baseball. This study of social sport in Japan pursues a comprehensive approach towards sport ... |
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187,44 zł |
Wójt. Jedziemy z frajerami! Całe moje życie CD MP3
ISBN: 9788379244812 / Polski / Kartonowa Foliowana / 1 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Spowiedź życia najbardziej barwnej postaci polskiej piłki!
Wygodnie i jakże łatwo jest uczynić Janusza W. twarzą korupcji w naszym futbolu, zapominając, że w polskim bagnie od kilkudziesięciu lat umoczeni byli praktycznie wszyscy, a każdy oskarżony ma prawo do obrony. Dla milionów Polaków Janusz Wójcik to jednak wciąż najpiękniejsze piłkarskie wspomnienia, ostatnie wielkie polskie sukcesy, unikalne metody motywacji, kąśliwy język i niezrównane poczucie humoru. A także fascynujące życie na krawędzi, pełne szalonych przygód, politycznych intryg, pięknych kobiet,... Spowiedź życia najbardziej barwnej postaci polskiej piłki!
Wygodnie i jakże łatwo jest uczynić Janusza W. twarzą korupcji w naszym futbolu,... |
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33,16 zł |