Skip to main content
Search Button
Estados Unidos Tienda Kobo Tarjetas de regalo Ayuda

Kobo Rakuten

Wishlist

Carrito de compra

¡Obtienes el tratamiento VIP!

Artículos no disponibles para compra.
Por favor revisa tu carrito. Puedes eliminar los artículos no disponibles ahora o los eliminaremos nosotros automáticamente al momento de pagar.
artículosartículo
artículosartículo

Recomendado para ti

Loading...


“penny bernstock”

1 - 12 de 12 resultados para “penny bernstock”
Skip side bar filters

  • Olympic Housing

    A Critical Review of London 2012's Legacy

    de Penny Bernstock ...
    One of the distinguishing characteristics of London's bid to host the games was its commitment to legacy where it was argued that ’the legacy would lead to the regeneration of an entire community for the direct benefit of everyone who lives there’. This book adopts a critical approach to the concept of 'legacy' focussing specifically on housing. It argues there will be a range of both intended and ... Leer más

    $80.99 USD

La gente que leyó esto también disfrutó

  • The Professor in the Cage

    Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch

    de Jonathan Gottschall ...
    An English professor begins training in the sport of mixed martial arts and explores the science and history behind the violence of menWhen a mixed martial arts (MMA) gym moves in across the street from his office, Jonathan Gottschall sees a challenge, and an opportunity. Pushing forty, out of shape, and disenchanted with his job as an adjunct English professor, part of him yearns to cross the ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • 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

    $14.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • GAAconomics

    The Secret Life of Money in the GAA

    de Michael Moynihan ...
    A unique sports book which will ensure you never again look at hurling and football the same way. Michael Moynihan talks frankly to current and recent players and gets the inside story on how money courses through the GAA. The greatest amateur sports association in the world? Michael Moynihan takes a look behind the scenes to reveal the truth about the GAA and looks for answers to the awkward ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Duke of Havana

    Baseball, Cuba, and the Search for the American Dream

    de Steve Fainaru, Ray Sanchez ...
    In 1998, a mysterious right-handed pitcher emerged from the ashes of the Cold War and helped lead the New York Yankees to a World Championship. His origins and even his age were uncertain. His name was Orlando El Duque Hernandez. He was a fallen hero of Fidel Castro's socialist revolution.The chronicle of El Duque's triumph is at once a window into the slow death of Cuban socialism and one of the ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD

  • Sports in America

    de James A. Michener ...
    Originally published in 1976, James A. Michener’s explosive, spectacular Sports in America is a prescient examination of the crisis in American sports that is still unfolding to this day. Pro basketball players are banned for narcotics use, while a Major League pitcher is arrested for smuggling drugs across the Mexican border. The NFL’s “injury report” grows longer every Sunday. Corruption and ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Barbaric Sport

    A Global Plague

    de Marc Perelman ...
    Traducido por John Howe ...
    Marc Perelman pulls no punches in this succinct and searing broadside, assailing the ‘recent form of barbarism’ that is the global sporting event. Forget the Olympics and consider, under Perelman’s guidance, the ledger of inequities maintained by such supposedly harmless games.They have provided a smokescreen for the forcible removal of ‘undesirables’; aided governments in the pursuit of racist ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • In Foreign Fields

    The Politics and Experiences of Transnational Sport Migration

    de Thomas F. Carter ...
    Series series Anthropology, Culture and Society
    This book examines the lives, decisions and challenges faced by transnational sport migrants - those professionals working in the sports industry who cross borders as part of their professional lives.Despite a great deal of romance surrounding international celebrity athletes, the vast majority of transnational sport migrants - players, journalists, coaches, administrators and medical personnel - ... Leer más

    $33.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Sport Marketing

    de Paul Blakey ...
    Series series Active Learning in Sport Series
    This is a highly accessible text that provides detailed coverage of the key concepts, ideas, principles and techniques of sport marketing. It combines clear and concise explanations with applied case studies, supported by clear objectives, learning activities and points for reflection. UK-based examples are used throughout and the book successfully combines both theory and practice.The field of ... Leer más

    $67.49 USD

  • Football, Corruption and Lies

    Revisiting 'Badfellas', the book FIFA tried to ban

    de John Sugden, Alan Tomlinson ...
    World football is in crisis. The corruption scandal engulfing FIFA is arguably the biggest story in the history of modern sport and a watershed for sport governance. More than a decade ago, John Sugden and Alan Tomlinson laid the foundations for subsequent investigations with the publication of Badfellas, a groundbreaking work of critical sport sociology that exposed the systematic corruption at ... Leer más

    $57.99 USD

  • Gene Doping – The Future of Doping?

    Teaching Unit – Gene Doping in Competitive Sports

    de Swen Körner, Stefanie Schardien, Birte Steven-Vitense, Steffen Albach, Edgar Dorn ...
    Gene doping is regarded as the form of performance enhancement in elite sports with the greatest potential which also raises issues for all of society that transcend competitive sport. This book brings together detailed concepts for lessons dealing with the scientific, legal, ethical, and social aspects of gene doping. The lessons have been applied in class and extensively annotated for classroom ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • The Tour De France, 1903-2003

    A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values

    Edición de Hugh Dauncey, Geoff Hare ...
    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

    $73.99 USD