Sports Books

Parcourez les bois et les champs en toute confiance avec ce manuel complet de chasse de Robert Duchene. Offrant une vue d'ensemble complète de la législation, de la description des armes, de la fabrication des munitions, et de bien plus encore, ce livre...

Catch more fish and crab with this groundbreaking guide to fishing techniques by Charles L. Morand. Morand's innovative approach to fishing combines the latest scientific research with his own practical experience, offering readers a comprehensive guide...

Join renowned hunter and adventurer Francis Arthur Dickinson on his thrilling quest to bag big game in the African savannah. From lions and elephants to crocodiles and hippos, Dickinson's thrilling accounts of his exploits are sure to captivate readers...

You now know the rules of chess!Well done! You have just taken a big step!Welcome to the great community of chess players.But, what to do now?Facing the chessboard, you feel a bit lost, and this is quite normal.How do you go about it? Where to start? But...

Recipient of the 2023 International Skiing History Association's Ullr Book Award.The story of ballet skiing is one of unrealized adulthood: a child of clashing influences became a mentor-deprived adolescent, ultimately orphaned and abandoned while...

Berlin nurtures a true bike culture. Bikes weave around cars, whirl down sidewalks, and lean against every building. Clusters of bikes are chained to every available post, sign, and handrail.These humble vehicles are a quintessential part of life in...

In 2013 author, blogger and long-distance bicyclist Don Weinell undertook a quest to retrace the 2100 miles of the Oregon Trail - on bicycle.Bicycling the Oregon Trail describes, in both word and picture, the history, landscape, landmarks, and people...

The psychological health of competitive athletes is of paramount importance to performance, retention, and well-being in sport, and national governing bodies are increasingly concerned with its promotion. Psychosocial Health and Well-being in High-Level...

In the Ballpark is a collection of interviews with twenty-one people who work in all parts of Major and Minor League Baseball: usher and broadcaster, beer vendor and sportswriter, clubhouse attendant and field manager, ticket seller and owner, scout and...

This account of the four baseball seasons of 1900 through 1903 seeks to capture the flavor of the period by providing yearly overviews from the standpoint of each team and by focusing more deeply on 30 or more players of the era--not only such...

During 75 seasons of baseball (1946-2020), 71 teams in 21 minor leagues represented 35 Canadian cities, playing either under the aegis of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (called Minor League Baseball since 1999) or...

Billy Southworth was the most successful major league baseball manager of the 1940s including the three straight years in which his St. Louis Cardinal teams won more than 100 games. He won three National League pennants with the Cardinals and one with...

While the Super Bowl has become a worldwide cultural event, the annual league championship games had a long history even before the first Super Bowl in January, 1967. From the first American Football League's attempt to settle the league title on the...

Baseball was a rough sport in the nineteenth century and no one played the game with more vigor (and often violence) than Hall of Famers Hugh Duffy and Tommy McCarthy, dubbed "The Heavenly Twins." This book details their professional history playing...

As a young boy in the depths of the 1890s depression, Joe E. Brown had a job: making faces at the firemen on passing coal-burning trains so they would throw coal at him. As a child he also worked as a circus acrobat and newsboy. His inventiveness and...

In 1945 the most famous curse in sports was placed on the Chicago Cubs when Bill Sianis and his goat were ejected from Wrigley Field. Though Sianis purchased two tickets for the fourth game of the World Series against Detroit, the goat's stench led to...

As soon as there were automobiles, there was racing. The first recorded race, an over road event from Paris to Rouen, France, was organized by the French newspaper Le Petit Journal in 1894. Seeing an opportunity for a similar event, Hermann H...

The Pacific Coast League enjoyed a reputation as one of the premier minor leagues in organized baseball. Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Lefty Gomez, the Waner brothers and Ernie Lombardi were among the future Hall of Famers who played in its cozy parks...

This ambitious study of major league managers since the formation of the National League applies a sabermetric approach to gauging their performance and tendencies. Rather than focusing solely on in-game tactical decisions, it also analyzes broader,...

Despite the importance of sport as a social, economic and political institution, research into sport and social capital has not been extensive. Sport and Social Capital is the first book to examine this increasingly high profile area in detail. It...

Health and Elite Sport is the first book to critically examine the relationship between participation in high performance sport and health outcomes. Drawing on theory and empirical data from a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, developmental...

These assembled works, presented at a recent conference of the International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry, represent the latest research findings, move the discipline forward, and promote good practice and the exchange of expertise.

Statistics for Sport and Exercise Studies guides the student through the full research process, from selecting the most appropriate statistical procedure, to analysing data, to the presentation of results, illustrating every key step in the process with...

This book explores meanings and representations of body in relation to our physical cultures - our traditions of cultural practices such as sport and dance within which the moving physical body is central.

This collection of innovative studies represents the first serious academic investigation of the popularity, significance and meaning of 'lifestyle' sports, such as snowboarding, skateboarding and surfing.

This important book focuses exclusively on the development of movement coordination in children, bringing together both cognitive and ecological-psychological approaches to the subject.

Nature sports such as skiing, climbing, and surfing have had a significant influence on Western popular culture since the mid-twentieth century and participation in such sports continues to grow. Written in a clear and accessible style, this...

Now in its fifth edition, The Psychology of Exercise: Integrating Theory and Practice is the ideal resource for undergraduate courses devoted to the study of exercise behavior. Following the success of previous editions, this book successfully integrates...

Offering a complete introduction to sport development policy and practice, this book covers key theory, themes, issues, and debates in sport development, without assuming any prior knowledge on the part of the reader. It outlines the organisational...

Its a busy few weeks for Gaby, racing trips to Yorkshire, making out with her boyfriend, a visit from Bernie and a developing taste and talent for the slightly underground music scene - well that's just the start! So delve inside for more shenanigans...

This book tells the story of a group of friends who played baseball together for over forty years. We grew old together but never lost that kids-in-the-schoolyard feeling. While there were games that felt patched together, there were others that attained...

Dan Russell's Sportstalk was appointment-listening for tens of thousands of B.C. sports fans over its three-decade run. What began in 1984 as a simple 50-minute filler would grow into the longest-running and most-listened to show of its kind in Canada...

When the struggling Boston Braves relocated to Milwaukee in March 1953, the city went wild for its new baseball team. Soon, the Braves were winning games, drawing bigger crowds than any team but the Brooklyn Dodgers, and turning Hank Aaron, Eddie...

    Lords of the Ring revives the exciting era-now largely forgotten-when college boxing attracted huge crowds and flashy headlines, outdrawing the professional bouts. On the same night in 1940 when Joe Louis defended his heavyweight...

Il libro ripercorre la storia dei Campionati di calcio 1914-15 La storia del campionato di Prima Categoria 1914-1915 è la storia di una stagione calcistica interrotta dalla Grande Guerra, il Genoa era in testa al girone quando il 23 maggio 1915 furono...

"With his trademark insider acuity, unsentimental compassion, and faultless eye and ear, Charles Farrell gives us an indelible portrait of one of boxing's great characters and a definitive account of what happens when talent runs afoul of the way things...

Achieving success as a triathlete requires consistently pushing your training to the max. However, this can be extremely challenging on multiple levels. Therefore, it's crucial to find ways to overcome these obstacles and stay motivated to achieve your...

DON'T EVER LET SOMEONE COUNT YOU OUT.Life can change in an instant. For twenty-year-old Aaron Baker, not only did a neck injury leave him paralyzed from the chin down-it also nearly killed him. The doctors told him he'd never feed himself again.Until he...

Hatton, the last name of our ticket scalping protagonist, hangs on a blue banner in the rafters at University of Kentucky's Rupp Arena. Terry Hatton, the son of UK basketball legend Vernon Hatton, believes in the business of family fun. After...

Karen and Lash meet as teenagers and form an immediate bond over their mutual love for horses. Year later, Lash marries, and she and her husband locate their dream acreage for building a home and an equestrian facility, only Lash's dream isn't complete...

From tee ball to pro ball, this book is the ultimate baseball career advisor. Written by current and former professional baseball players and coaches, it is a game-changer for baseball players and their parents. Competing in America's pastime not only...