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  • Extreme Landscapes of Leisure

    Not a Hap-Hazardous Sport

    by Patrick Laviolette ...
    In recent years, there has been an increased engagement throughout the social sciences with the study of extreme places and practices. Dangerous games and adventure tours have shifted from being marginal, exotic or mad to being more than merely acceptable. They are now exemplary, mainstream even: there are a variety of new types, increasing numbers of people are doing them and they are being ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • Hitchhiking

    Cultural Inroads

    by Patrick Laviolette ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The first English-language social science book to comprehensively explore hitchhiking in the contemporary era in the West, this volume covers a lot of ground—it goes to and fro, in an echo of the modus operandi of most hitchhiking journeys. As scarification, piercings, and tattoos move from the counter-culture to popular culture, hitchhiking has remained an activity apart. Yet, with the assistance ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Repair, Brokenness, Breakthrough

    Ethnographic Responses

    Edited by Francisco Martínez, Patrick Laviolette ...
    Series Book 1 - Politics of Repair
    Exploring some of the ways in which repair practices and perceptions of brokenness vary culturally, Repair, Brokenness, Breakthrough argues that repair is both a process and also a consequence which is sought out—an attempt to extend the life of things as well as an answer to failures, gaps, wrongdoings, and leftovers. This volume develops an open-ended combination of empirical and theoretical ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

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  • The Wilderness Survival Guide

    Techniques and know-how for surviving in the wild

    by Joe O'Leary ...
    A leading survival skills teacher offers a realistic guide to wilderness survival techniques and bushcraft—so you can fend for yourself in any situation.In challenging situations, a survival mindset—like being prepared, having confidence in your own abilities, and being adaptable—can be as much of a life-saver as the most expensive equipment. Add to this Joe O’Leary's sound advice and knowledge of ... Read more

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  • Kitesurfing Essentials - Learn How to Kite Surf Safely and Easily NOW!

    by Rick Weismiller ...
    You deserve to fly!…literally. Kitesurfing is one of the fastest growing and most exciting sports in the world (Hey, we even almost knocked Windsurfing out of the 2016 Olympics…).As a Kitesurfer you'll get to enjoy the free natural power of the wind and water in a way that most people will never experience – as often as you like, at no cost.But here's the problem – Kitesurfing is not quite as easy ... Read more

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  • Facing the Frozen Ocean

    One Man's Dream to Lead a Team Across the Treacherous North Atlantic

    by Bear Grylls ...
    'An epic story of hardship, friendship and faith.' Daily TelegraphShortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, this is the compelling account of the most recent adventure of the bestselling author of Facing Up.It started out as a carefully calculated attempt to complete the first unassisted crossing of the frozen north Atlantic in an open rigid inflatable boat, but it became a ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Oxygen

    A Memoir

    by William Trubridge ...
    LEARN THE POWER OF THE HUMAN MIND FROM THE WORLD'S GREATEST FREEDIVEROne of the most mesmerising books about the ocean you'll ever read...New Zealander William Trubridge has reached depths never thought possible on the precipice of low oxygen.In a sport where failure usually means blacking out, it is a freediver's daily life to contend with suffocation, narcosis, hallucinations, lactic acidosis, ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • One Helluva Ride

    How NASCAR Swept the Nation

    by Liz Clarke ...
    From its raw beginnings on Southern dirt tracks, NASCAR smacked of a slightly depraved spectacle, as if nothing but trouble could come from the unbridled locomotion of a V8 engine. By the time NASCAR roared into the twenty-first century, it had grown into a billion-dollar sports and marketing colossus, its races attended by hundreds of thousands of fans on any given weekend from mid-February ... Read more

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  • The Decadent Sportsman

    by Medlar Lucan ...
    From their offices above a boxing gym in Old Havana, Medlar Lucan and Durian Gray have set aside their congenital lethargy to begin a glittering and fantastical new project: The Decadent Sportsman. "We are inspired in part by the magnificent wastefulness of the preparations for the London Olympic Games, exactly the kind of futile extravagance that Caligula or Nero would have adored, and in part by ... Read more

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  • Ultramarathon: Pre And Post Racing Nutrition Guide

    by Dave Z. H. ...
    A marathon is a massive endurance test. Across 26 long and arduous miles, you run until your legs give out and your heart feels like it’s going to explode. But for a select few athletes, a marathon is not good enough. That’s where ultramarathons – those longer than 26 miles – come in. Reserved for the most elite athletes amongst us, the ultramarathon tests our physical and mental strength like few ... Read more

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  • Phenomenology and the Extreme Sport Experience

    by Eric Brymer, Robert Schweitzer ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
    Understanding the motivations behind those who partake in extreme sports can be difficult for some. If the popular conception holds that the incentive behind extreme sports participation is entirely to do with risking one’s life, then this confusion will continue to exist. However, an in-depth examination of the phenomenology of the extreme sport experience yields a much more complex picture.This ... Read more

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