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ICSSPE Perspectives eBook Series

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  • Sport and Health

    Exploring the Current State of Play

    Edited by Daniel Parnell, Peter Krustrup ...
    Series series ICSSPE Perspectives
    It is a common assumption that sport is good for us and that participation in sport embodies public health benefits. With sport being increasingly used to deliver public health interventions worldwide, this book critically examines the rationale and evidence for sport as a public health policy tool. Featuring contributions from the United Kingdom, United States, Europe and Australia, it sheds new ... Read more

    $93.99 CAD

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  • Slaying the Tiger

    A Year Inside the Ropes on the New PGA Tour

    by Shane Ryan ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In Slaying the Tiger, one of today’s boldest young sportswriters spends a season inside the ropes alongside the rising stars who are transforming the game of golf.For more than a decade, golf was dominated by one galvanizing figure: Eldrick “Tiger” Woods. But as his star has fallen, a new, ambitious generation has stepped up to claim the crown. Once the domain of ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Outcasts United

    An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference

    by Warren St. John ...
    BONUS: This edition contains a reader's guide.The extraordinary tale of a refugee youth soccer team and the transformation of a small American townClarkston, Georgia, was a typical Southern town until it was designated a refugee settlement center in the 1990s, becoming the first American home for scores of families in flight from the world’s war zones—from Liberia and Sudan to Iraq and Afghanistan ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobooks

    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • The Ball is Round

    A Global History of Football

    by David Goldblatt ...
    THE DEFINITIVE, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BOOK ABOUT FOOTBALL'Football conquered the world with its capacity to astonish, and this is its definitive history' The IndependentThere may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely diverse, but the rules of soccer are universal. No world religion can match its geographical scope. The single greatest ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Run Like a Girl

    How Strong Women Make Happy Lives

    by Mina Samuels ...
    Run Like A Girl is about the impact that participating in sports has on women, how the confidence and strength that it helps to build makes us stronger and better prepared for life's many challenges.In this inspiring book, Mina Samuels uses the personal stories of women and girls of all ages and backgrounds, as well as her own, to take a broad look at the power sports have to help us overcome ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • A Season Inside

    One Year in College Basketball

    by John Feinstein ...
    An intimate insider’s look at one season of college basketball, following teams from late-night strategy sessions and grueling practices to electrifying victories and more, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Season on the Brink“A buoyant and entertaining tribute to college basketball.”—The New York TimesGet a close-up look at recruiting, referees, injuries, winning, losing, and the ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Gaming the World

    How Sports Are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture

    by Andrei S. Markovits, Lars Rensmann ...
    The globalizing influence of professional sportsProfessional sports today have truly become a global force, a common language that anyone, regardless of their nationality, can understand. Yet sports also remain distinctly local, with regional teams and the fiercely loyal local fans that follow them. This book examines the twenty-first-century phenomenon of global sports, in which professional ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • The Frailty Myth

    Redefining the Physical Potential of Women and Girls

    by Colette Dowling ...
    Can women be equal to men as long as men are physically stronger? And are men, in fact, stronger?These are key questions that Colette Dowling, author of the bestselling The Cinderella Complex, raises in her provocative new book. The myth of female frailty, with its roots in nineteenth-century medicine and misogyny, has had a damaging effect on women's health, social status, and physical safety. It ... Read more

    Was $8.99 CAD Now $5.99 CAD

  • Football Clichés

    by Adam Hurrey ...
    Series series Football Cliches series
    'A must-have' - The Telegraph'Book of the Week' - The Independent'Hilarious' - Sport MagazineFrom the host of the Football Clichés podcast comes the hilarious and ever-relevant debut book.In what other context do football fans use the words 'aplomb' or 'derisory'? Why don't we use 'rifle' as a verb on the other six days of the week? Why do aggrieved midfielders feel the instinctive need to m... ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • The Meaning Of Sports

    by Michael Mandelbaum ...
    In The Meaning of Sports, Michael Mandelbaum, a sports fan who is also one of the nation's preeminent foreign policy thinkers, examines America's century-long love affair with team sports. In keeping with his reputation for writing about big ideas in an illuminating and graceful way, he shows how sports respond to deep human needs; describes the ways in which baseball, football and basketball ... Read more

    Was $15.99 CAD Now $2.99 CAD

  • War Without Death

    A Year of Extreme Competition in Pro Football

    by Mark Maske ...
    In this masterpiece of sports reportage, Washington Post staff writer Mark Maske--one of the most respected journalists working both on and off the field--draws on unprecedented access to produce a behind-the-scenes look at the NFL's bitterest rivals: the Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants, Washington Redskins, and Dallas Cowboys.Relentlessly reported from the leadership level, War Without Death ... Read more

    Was $19.99 CAD Now $7.99 CAD

  • Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization

    Exploring the Fandemonium

    by Kelly Berg, Jeff Boone, Kathy Brady, David Fingerhut, Walter Gantz, Frederick Grieve, Allison Harthcock, John Heppen, Craig Hyatt, Mark Julien, Jennifer Marmo, Jessi McCabe, Sarah Porri, Greg G. Armfield, Nicholas D. Bowman, Phillip J. Chidester, Matthew J. Gill, Tom E. Isaacson, Ricard W. Jensen, Jason R. Lanter, Pamela Gayle Nadorff, Julie A. Partridge, John S. W. Spinda, Brian S. Titsworth, Amanda J. Visek, Daniel L. Wann, Ryan K. Zapalac, John A. Fortunato, William M. Foster, John P. McGuire, James R. Walker, Katherine L. Lavelle, Roger C. Aden, David E. Beard, Andrew C. Billings, John Harris, Lawrence A. Wenner ...
    Once deemed an unworthy research endeavor, the study of sports fandom has garnered the attention of seasoned scholars from a variety of academic disciplines. Identity and socialization among sports fans are particular burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of specialists in the social sciences. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD