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Historical Dictionary of Baseball
ISBN: 9781442255319 / Angielski / Miękka / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dating back to 1869 as an organized professional sport, the game of baseball is not only the oldest professional sport in North America, but also symbolizes much more. Walt Whitman described it as "our game, the American game," and George Will compared calling baseball "just a game" to the Grand Canyon being "just a hole." Countless others have called baseball "the most elegant game," and to those who have played it, it's life. The Historical Dictionary of Baseball is primarily devoted to the major leagues it also includes entries on the minor leagues, the Negro Leagues, women's baseball,...
Dating back to 1869 as an organized professional sport, the game of baseball is not only the oldest professional sport in North America, but also symb...
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231,97 zł |
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Historical Dictionary of Ice Hockey
ISBN: 9781442255326 / Angielski / Miękka / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The earliest forms of ice hockey developed over the centuries in numerous cold weather countries. In the 17th century, a game similar to hockey was played in Holland known as kolven. But the modern sport of ice hockey arose from the efforts of college students and British soldiers in eastern Canada in the mid-19th century. Since then, ice hockey has moved from neighborhood lakes and ponds to international competitions, such as the Summit Series and the Winter Olympics. Historical Dictionary of Ice Hockey traces the history and evolution of hockey in general, as well as individual topics, from...
The earliest forms of ice hockey developed over the centuries in numerous cold weather countries. In the 17th century, a game similar to hockey was pl...
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220,92 zł |
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Historical Dictionary of Basketball
ISBN: 9781442255333 / Angielski / Miękka / 532 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In less than 120 years an activity invented by one man to alleviate winter boredom for a college gym class has evolved into a worldwide multi-billion dollar enterprise. It is impossible for Dr. James Naismith, basketball's inventor, to have envisioned the extent to which his simple game would reach. Without major changes to his original 13 rules, basketball is now played in more than 200 countries by people of all ages. Thanks to basketball, players like Michael Jordan, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Larry Bird, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Shaquille O'Neal have become some of the most famous...
In less than 120 years an activity invented by one man to alleviate winter boredom for a college gym class has evolved into a worldwide multi-billion ...
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220,92 zł |
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Historical Dictionary of Soccer
ISBN: 9781442255340 / Angielski / Miękka / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Soccer is the world's most popular sport and one of the globe's best known cultural practices. The pinnacle of the sport worldwide is the FIFA World Cup, a competition held every four years, which crowns one nation as the world champion in front of huge global television audiences: over half of the planet's population watched the 2010 FIFA World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands. From the humble origins of modern soccer in Great Britain in the 19th century, world soccer has become today a vast, commercialized global industry, with huge salaries paid to the biggest stars due to the...
Soccer is the world's most popular sport and one of the globe's best known cultural practices. The pinnacle of the sport worldwide is the FIFA World C...
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220,92 zł |
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Your Putting Solution: A Tour-Proven Approach to Mastering the Greens
ISBN: 9781592409075 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author of Your Short Game Solution presents his Tour-proven putting-improvement system that can work with any stroke. In a follow-up to the industry-acclaimed Your Short Game Solution (2015), James Sieckmann presents a no-nonsense plan to making more putts. Most putting manuals focus on hard-set mechanics that even the top putters on Tour fail to achieve. According to Sieckmann, you can score even if your mechanics are flawed as long as you master four essential skills: 1) choosing the correct line; 2) starting your ball on that line; 3) matching the line with...
The author of Your Short Game Solution presents his Tour-proven putting-improvement system that can work with any stroke. In a foll...
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139,65 zł |
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The Evolution of Professional Football
ISBN: 9781634137379 / Angielski / Miękka / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A must-have for any true football fan, The Evolution of Professional Football is a one-of-a-kind source for the evolution of the National Football League since its inception in 1920. Unlike others, this almanac offers an accessible, easy-to-read format setting out the history of the league, its teams, and its champions. Learn about all the original NFL teams, such as the Dayton Triangles and the Minneapolis Mariners, along with yearly champions, key facts from each year, awards, and other "must-know" information for the true football fan.
Additionally, this book offers a... A must-have for any true football fan, The Evolution of Professional Football is a one-of-a-kind source for the evolution of the National Foo...
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100,24 zł |
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Games and Sporting Events in History: Organisations, Performances and Impact
ISBN: 9781138682238 / Angielski / Twarda / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Games and Sporting Events in History offers a broad global perspective on sports and games in Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia. A diverse set of topics covers education, medicine, therapy, body culture, gender, race, cross cultural flow, and political issues from the late nineteenth century throughout the twentieth century, offering new insights into previously little researched areas of scholarship relating to physical activity and sport. Such works take a new look at old issues with continued relevance to current works. The use of sports as a political tool are prominent in... Games and Sporting Events in History offers a broad global perspective on sports and games in Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia. A diverse se... |
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708,33 zł |
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Climbing: From First-Timer to Gym Climber
ISBN: 9781493027644 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A book about climbing organized by difficulty level from first-timer to seasoned gym-climber.
A book about climbing organized by difficulty level from first-timer to seasoned gym-climber.
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69,89 zł |
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Bushcraft: Outdoor Skills and Wilderness Survival
ISBN: 9781772130072 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Clear instructions, extensive use of diagrams, and a full color photo supplement detail all the practical skills and knowledge essential for surviving and enjoying the wilderness. Includes basic instructions for lighting and maintaining a fire, chopping wood and felling trees, creating a warm shelter, using knives and axes safely, finding plants and animals important for survival, cooking in the outdoors, and making tools, ropes, baskets, and more from plant materials. This title now has the ISBN 9781772130072, replacing the ISBN 9781551051222.
Clear instructions, extensive use of diagrams, and a full color photo supplement detail all the practical skills and knowledge essential for surviving...
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87,14 zł |
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Reviewing the Afl's Vilification Laws: Rule 35, Reconciliation and Racial Harmony in Australian Football
ISBN: 9781138657946 / Angielski / Twarda / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the outcome of an Australian Research Council (ARC) funded project titled Assessing the Australian Football League's Racial and Religious Vilification Laws to Promote Community Harmony, Multiculturalism and Reconciliation, which investigated the impact of the Australian Football League's anti- vilification policy since its introduction in 1995. With key stakeholders the Australian Football League, the AFL Players' Association and the Office of Multicultural Affairs, (previously the Victorian Multicultural Commission), the book gauges the attitudes and... This book is the outcome of an Australian Research Council (ARC) funded project titled Assessing the Australian Football League's Racial and Rel... |
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456,42 zł |
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Sport's Relationship with Other Leisure Industries: Historical Perspectives
ISBN: 9781138223424 / Angielski / Twarda / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This innovative and timely volume of essays critically interrogates the shared histories between sport and a variety of leisure, entertainment and cultural pursuits. Sport s Relationship with Other Leisure Industries: Historical Perspectives spans the bowling greens of early modern England to the postmodern exhibition halls of contemporary Las Vegas, and considers examples from Europe, North America and India. Utilizing a range of historical methods and sources, they describe how sport has interacted with a broad range of leisure forms, including tourism, shopping, theatre, circus,... This innovative and timely volume of essays critically interrogates the shared histories between sport and a variety of leisure, entertainment and ... |
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708,33 zł |
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Two-Handed Tennis
ISBN: 9780871314918 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A clearly written tennis reference giving expert step-by-step instructions on how to incorporate two-handed shots into your tennis game.
A clearly written tennis reference giving expert step-by-step instructions on how to incorporate two-handed shots into your tennis game.
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60,70 zł |
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Climbing: From Rock to Ice
ISBN: 9781493027620 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There are similarities in movements on ice, rock, and mixed terrain. The way a climber moves his or her body and the thought processes in movement on ice are remarkably similar to the way in which a climber approaches rock in the summer. As part of the larger Climbing progression series, Climbing: From Rock to Ice gets climbers comfortable with transferring their skills to the ice.
There are similarities in movements on ice, rock, and mixed terrain. The way a climber moves his or her body and the thought processes in movement on ...
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66,22 zł |
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The Anthropology of Sport: Bodies, Borders, Biopolitics
ISBN: 9780520289000 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Few activities bring together physicality, emotions, politics, money, and morality as dramatically as sport. In Brazil's stadiums or parks in China, on Cuba's baseball diamonds or rugby fields in Fiji, human beings test their physical limits, invest emotional energy, bet money, perform witchcraft, and ingest substances, making sport a microcosm of what life is about. The Anthropology of Sport explores not only what anthropological thinking tells us about sports, but also what sports tell us about the ways in which the sporting body is shaped by and shapes the social, cultural,...
Few activities bring together physicality, emotions, politics, money, and morality as dramatically as sport. In Brazil's stadiums or parks in China, o...
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587,24 zł |
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The Anthropology of Sport: Bodies, Borders, Biopolitics
ISBN: 9780520289017 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Few activities bring together physicality, emotions, politics, money, and morality as dramatically as sport. In Brazil's stadiums or parks in China, on Cuba's baseball diamonds or rugby fields in Fiji, human beings test their physical limits, invest emotional energy, bet money, perform witchcraft, and ingest substances, making sport a microcosm of what life is about. The Anthropology of Sport explores not only what anthropological thinking tells us about sports, but also what sports tell us about the ways in which the sporting body is shaped by and shapes the social, cultural,...
Few activities bring together physicality, emotions, politics, money, and morality as dramatically as sport. In Brazil's stadiums or parks in China, o...
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138,08 zł |
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The Day My Dream Ended
ISBN: 9781911476276 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a child, growing up Dublin, Jimmy Holmes dreamed of becoming a professional footballer. Spotted in the local youth team by the great Matt Busby and invited to go to Manchester United, he was persuaded, instead, to sign for Coventry City, heralding the start of a glittering career in football. The young Jimmy had it all ahead of him, or so he believed, but just a few years later, a serious injury brought an abrupt end to his dreams. As a child, growing up Dublin, Jimmy Holmes dreamed of becoming a professional footballer. Spotted in the local youth team by the great Matt Busby ... |
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59,58 zł |
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Keep Moving and Improving: 65 Top Rated Inspirational Writings from the Reflections of David Tepera Related to Sports, Fitness and Diet. David Te
ISBN: 9781504375948 / Angielski / Twarda / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a collection of David Tepera's writings that helped change thousands of lives. You will take your life to a new level through sixty-five inspiring short stories that reference sports and fitness. This book is a collection of David Tepera's writings that helped change thousands of lives. You will take your life to a new level through sixty-fi... |
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135,19 zł |
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Keep Moving and Improving: 65 Top Rated Inspirational Writings from the Reflections of David Tepera Related to Sports, Fitness and Diet. David Te
ISBN: 9781504375924 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a collection of David Tepera's writings that helped change thousands of lives. You will take your life to a new level through sixty-five inspiring short stories that reference sports and fitness. This book is a collection of David Tepera's writings that helped change thousands of lives. You will take your life to a new level through sixty-fi... |
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56,74 zł |
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Hockey: Hockey Made Easy: Beginner and Expert Strategies For Becoming A Better Hockey Player
ISBN: 9781640480414 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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61,11 zł |
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Hockey: Hockey Made Easy: Beginner and Expert Strategies For Becoming A Better Hockey Player
ISBN: 9781640481664 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Caution: This Hockey Book Is So Effective That It Can Give You A Massive Advantage Over Your Competition! Whether you want to (1) be a stronger and more skilled hockey player, (2) be a star team member, or (3) discover the best strategies that the professionals use to dominate, this book will teach you everything you need to know. Learn to love the game. Hockey is an incredible sport that is fun and exciting. You can play it on a variety of terrains and it also makes for a... Caution: This Hockey Book Is So Effective That It Can Give You A Massive Advantage Over Your Competition! Whether you want to |
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65,48 zł |
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