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  • Philosophy of Sport

    Key Questions

    An accessible and comprehensive guide to the philosophy of sportEach chapter is framed by a question that explores the main issues, ideas and literature in the field ranging from questions about the nature and value of sport, the sporting body, aesthetics and ethics. Students are given the opportunity to consider significant debates in the philosophy of sport and each chapter is supplemented by ... Leer más

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    How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power

    de Simon Kuper ...
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  • Cracking the Cube

    Going Slow to Go Fast and Other Unexpected Turns in the World of Competitive Rubik's Cube Solving

    de Ian Scheffler ...
    Ian Scheffler, journalist and aspiring “speedcuber,” attempts to break into the international phenomenon of speedsolving the Rubik’s Cube—think chess played at the speed of Ping-Pong—while exploring the greater lessons that can be learned through solving it.When Hungarian professor Ernő Rubik invented the Rubik’s Cube (or, rather, his Cube) in 1974 out of wooden blocks, rubber bands, and paper ... Leer más

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  • The Psychology of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

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    Grappling is a smash-mouth activity. It is a put your beer down and let’s settle this type of martial art. Man vs. man, woman vs. man, child vs. man, it is one of the ultimate ‘prove it’ combat sports. Yet, once you get past the rough and challenging aspect of submission wrestling it’s easy to see that grappling is much more than that. It is also a very cerebral activity.Psychology is the study of ... Leer más

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  • Detecting Doping in Sport

    Series series Routledge Research in Sport and Exercise Science
    The book explores the changing landscape of anti-doping investigations, which now largely centre on the collection of intelligence about doping through processes such as surveillance, interviews with witnesses and interrogation of athletes. It examines why and how investigative processes, hitherto typically reserved for serious crimes, have been co-opted by anti-doping agencies into a situation ... Leer más

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  • Summary and Analysis of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

    Based on the Book by Christopher McDougall

    de Worth Books ...
    Series series Smart Summaries
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  • Easy Guide to Finding Treasure: Seek, Find and Have Fun!

    de Mark Carnell ...
    Okay, so finding buried treasure left by forgotten pirates may be a a bit of a stretch but there's no discounting the fact that many a treasure has been unearthed by a diligent searcher.You've probably heard of instances where someone discovers a old painting stored in Grandma's attic, only to discover it's a long lost masterpiece! Or, they've taken a dusty old relic to auction only to learn that ... Leer más

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  • Philosophical Perspectives on Play

    Philosophical Perspectives on Play builds on the disciplinary and paradigmatic bridges constructed between the study of philosophy and play in The Philosophy of Play (Routledge, 2013) to develop a richer understanding of the concept and nature of play and its relation to human life and value. Made up of contributions from leading international thinkers and inviting readers to explore the ... Leer más

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  • Football, Corruption and Lies

    Revisiting 'Badfellas', the book FIFA tried to ban

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  • The Tour De France, 1903-2003

    A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values

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    Series series Sport in the Global Society
    This book analyses the Tour de France over its long history both as France's most prestigious and famous sporting event and as a European and, increasingly, a world cycling competition. This study provides interdisciplinary and varied perspectives on the sporting, cultural, social, economic and political significance of the Tour within and outside France, giving a comprehensive and authoritative ... Leer más

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  • A Dictionary of Tourism and Travel

    de Allan Beaver ...
    Series series Oxford Quick Reference
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  • Advancing the Ball

    Race, Reformation, and the Quest for Equal Coaching Opportunity in the NFL

    Series series Law and Current Events Masters
    Following the NFL's desegregation in 1946, opportunities became increasingly plentiful for African American players--but not African American coaches. Although Major League Baseball and the NBA made progress in this regard over the years, the NFL's head coaches were almost exclusively white up until the mid-1990s. Advancing the Ball chronicles the campaign of former Cleveland Browns offensive ... Leer más

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