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  • English National Identity and Football Fan Culture

    Who Are Ya?

    de Tom Gibbons ...
    In recent years, scholars have understood the increasing use of the St George’s Cross by football fans to be evidence of a rise in a specifically ’English’ identity. This has emerged as part of a wider ’national’ response to broader political processes such as devolution and European integration which have fragmented identities within the UK. Using the controversial figurational sociological ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • Christianity and Social Scientific Perspectives on Sport

    Edición de Tom Gibbons, Stuart Braye ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
    There has been a dramatic increase in academic research activity and practical initiatives on the topic of sports and Christianity, and its cultural significance during the past decade. The Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at York St John University, York, UK, hosted the Inaugural Global Congress on Sports and Christianity (IGCSC), 24-28th August 2016 in collaboration with the Bible Society at ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • Sport and English National Identity in a ‘Disunited Kingdom’

    Edición de Tom Gibbons, Dominic Malcolm ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
    Given sport’s centrality in English society, what role does it play in symbolising contemporary English national identity? This comprehensive study explores the complex set of relationships between sport and what it means to be English in the twenty-first century. The bond between sport and nationalism has long been recognised, but with increasingly vociferous separatist nationalisms threatening ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

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  • The Secret Race

    Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France

    de Tyler Hamilton, Daniel Coyle ...
    “The holy grail for disillusioned cycling fans . . . The book’s power is in the collective details, all strung together in a story that is told with such clear-eyed conviction that you never doubt its veracity. . . . The Secret Race isn’t just a game changer for the Lance Armstrong myth. It’s the game ender.”—OutsideNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR ... Leer más

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  • Play Their Hearts Out

    A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine

    de George Dohrmann ...
    “A tour de force of reporting” (The Washington Post) from a Pulitzer–prize winning journalist that examines the often-corrupt machine producing America’s basketball stars“Indispensable.”—The Wall Street Journal“Often heart-breaking, always riveting.”—The New York Times Book Review“Tremendous.”—The Plain DealerWinner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary... ... Leer más

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  • The Pleasures of Leisure

    de Robert Dessaix ...
    In today’s crazily busy world the importance of making time for leisure is more vital than ever. Yet so many of us lack a talent for it. We are working longer hours, consuming more than ever before; technology erodes the work–life balance further; increasingly, people feel that only work gives existence meaning. In a world where time is money, what is the value of walking without purpose, ... Leer más

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  • 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

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  • Billion-Dollar Ball

    A Journey Through the Big-Money Culture of College Football

    de Gilbert M. Gaul ...
    **• A Boston Globe Best Book of 2015 •“A penetrating examination of how the elite college football programs have become ‘giant entertainment businesses that happened to do a little education on the side.’”—Mark Kram, The New York TimesTwo-time Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist Gilbert M. Gaul offers a riveting and sometimes shocking look inside the money culture of college football and how it has ... Leer más

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  • In the Zone

    Transcendent Experience in Sports

    de Michael Murphy, Rhea A. White ...
    Michael Murphy, bestselling author of Golf in the Kingdom, explains the power of athletics to transform the body, mind, and spiritAthletes and coaches often say they feel "in the zone" while participating in sports or other endeavors, and Esalen Institute cofounder Michael Murphy carefully documents this phenomenon in one of the most comprehensive works of its kind. Murphy and coauthor Rhea A. ... Leer más

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  • The Power Within: How to Create a High Performance Mind

    de John Newcombe, Michael Duff ...
    Ever wondered what it really takes to succeed in life?Those who have achieved their own success in life know that following the path of luck and chance is full of dead ends, failed journeys and disappointments. Success is a result of application and effort. What enables successful people to achieve their desired goals and more where so many others have come up short is their strength of mind, ... Leer más

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  • Judo

    An Introductory Guide for Beginners

    de Rodolfo Tello ...
    Displaying the most impressive throws, compelling armbars, dominant pins, and decisive chokes, judo is a particularly powerful sport and martial art that can bring opponents into submission in highly effective ways. With determination and perseverance, such tremendous power could be yours. Designed with safety considerations in mind, judo allows people of all ages to be involved in a long-term ... Leer más

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  • 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

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