Sports category: 37872 books
by Rickey Nguyen
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2012
Welcome to the world of sports! If you ever had questions about sports, sportsmen, athletes, competitions…here you will find the answer. From the Olympics to cricket, from squash to golf, from basketball to pelota, you will find everything here: events, legends, dates and personalities. These questions...
by Robert Schindler
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Does God care who wins?
If you say, “No,” why no? Are our games not important enough in light of other world issues? This is the common reason given. It trivializes sports and leaves us wondering what else isn’t important enough in our lives to garner God’s concern.
If you say...
Research Methods for Sports Studies
Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Research Methods for Sports Studies is a comprehensive, engaging and practical textbook that provides a complete grounding in both qualitative and quantitative research methods for the sports studies student. Leading the reader step-by-step through the entire research process, from identifying a research...
The SWEETEST ROSE
150 years of Yorkshire County Cricket Club 1863-2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
The SWEETEST ROSE
150 years of Yorkshire County Cricket Club 1863-2013
David Warner
Foreword by David Hopps
Great Northern Books
The rich and detailed history of the world’s most famous cricket club, in all its guts and glory.
The Sweetest...
Game of My Life San Diego Chargers
Memorable Stories of Chargers Football
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Since their founding in 1959, the San Diego Chargers have tackled their way into the hearts of devoted SoCal football fans. In Game of My Life San Diego Chargers, fans can immerse themselves in all the greatest moments in Chargers history. Die-hard Chargers fan and award-winning sports writer Jay...
Tales from the Cincinnati Bearcats Locker Room
A Collection of the Greatest Bearcat Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Tales from the Cincinnati Bearcats Locker Room covers 10 coaching eras, from former National Football League standout John Socko” Wiethe (1946-52) to Mick Cronin, the Cincinnati native who returned to his alma mater in 2006 and resurrected the program. Former Cincinnati Enquirer sports editor...
Gliding for Gold
The Physics of Winter Sports
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
As anyone from cold climates knows, living with lots of ice and snow can lead to a special appreciation of sports such as skiing, sledding, and skating. Prolific physics popularizer Mark Denny’s take on winter athletics lays out the physical principles that govern glaciated game play.
After...
Life as Sport
What Top Athletes Can Teach You about How to Win in Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Why do sports captivate people? They allow us to watch human beings achieve peak performance, but, beyond physical strength and skill, what's really impressive is an athlete's mental prowess-their will to succeed, engagement with their environment, and self-confidence.
In Life as Sport, sport...
Less Than a Minute To Go
The Secret to World-Class Performance in Sport, Business and Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
My friend Bill Thierfelder, a great leader and motivator, puts the words and descriptions to what we leaders try to do every day to challenge ourselves and our teams to be at our best, all the time. —Coach Mike Krzyzewski, from the Foreword Dr. Bill Thierfelder knows what it takes to win. As a student...
by Jackie Wilkinson
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2010
A sports performance and training book from five times British Field Archery Champion Jackie Wilkinson. Jackie has held several British records competed at international level many times and enjoyed success at home and abroad including gold medals at the Circuit des 5 Nations. Whether you are at club...
Reflections of Gold
A Celebration of New Zealand Rowing
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
The first comprehensive historical look at New Zealand rowing, this beautiful book will be a significant record of one of our most popular and successful Olympic sports. the first comprehensive historical look at New Zealand rowing, this beautiful book will be a significant record of one of our most...
Game Changer
The Technoscientific Revolution in Sports
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
We like to think of sports as elemental: strong bodies trained to overcome height, weight, distance; the thrill of earned victory or the agony of defeat in a contest decided on a level playing field. But in Game Changer, Rayvon Fouché argues that sports have been radically shaped by an explosion...
Philadelphia's Big Five
Celebrating the City of Brotherly Love?s Basketball Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
The 2015-16 season marks the 60th anniversary of the Big 5, Philadelphia’s top men’s college basketball teams-LaSalle, Penn, Saint Joseph's, Temple, and Villanova. No other city has schools that participate in a full round robin, which has grown in popularity in such a sports-driven city.
Philadelphia’s...
by Jeffrey Kroessler
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Jeffrey A. Kroessler's comprehensive and entertaining time line stretches from the pastoral entertainments of the Dutch to the corporate captivity of professional sports. He chronicles events ranging from the truly heroic to the heartbreaking, from moments of municipal greatness to inescapable social...