Cardinal Publishers Group: 166 books

This is the true story of 3 marathons and an odyssey. The Athens marathon is held in November each year. Home of the marathon, home of the legend. It is run on the original marathon course of the 1896 Olympics from Marathon to Athens, finishing in the Panathinaikon Olympic Stadium in the centre of Athens....

This book provides a compelling insider's account of how Nike became the world's largest sports and fitness company.It includes a dedicated mailing and e-mail campaign to targeted sports interest media & organisations.How does a young boy from a small Oregon town get swept up in the politics of his chosen...

Stark and Corcoran have assembled remarkable facts and figures with which to assess religious hatred and terrorism around the world. Not content merely to document the extent of religious hatred and terrorism, they also to explain why it occurs and whether it can be overcome. The world is aflame with...

This is the first complete history of the game since the classic book, The Story of American Golf by Herbert Warren Wind, which was published in 1975. Golf A Good Walk & Then Some is a detailed history of the game, from its precursors that range all the way back to the Romans in 300 A.D., to the European...

In order to enhance your performance, swimming alone is not enough. An effective strength training is crucial if you want to improve your swimming times. Strength Training for Faster Swimming shows you what types of strength training benefit swimming and how to develop a winning routine. It includes swim-specific strength-training and lots of sample workouts.

What is the secret of Dutch Soccer? How can a nation of about 16 million inhabitants regularly produce world- class players like Cruyff, Haan, van Basten, Rijkaard, van Nistelrooy, van der Sar, van Bommel, Robben and van Persie and world-class coaches like Michels, Cruyff, Beenakker, Advocaat, Stevens...

Want to learn how to dribble and feint like Maradona or Ronaldinho and to juggle the ball like Jay-Jay Okochaor Edgar Davids? In this book, players learn how to become good ball handlers and master tricks that enable them to score more goals while playing attractive, offensive soccer.

In the last few years, there is no other position on the soccer field that has seen so many deep-rooted changes as seen in goalkeeping. Good reflexes on the goal line and superb control of the penalty zone by the goalkeeper used to be the main characteristics of this position. Nowadays, however, additional...

Why American Soccer Isn't There Yet analyzes the methods of Brazil, Spain, Holland, and other similar nations. The purpose is to establish a new insight into contemporary American soccer and lay out what its core problem is, how to break it down, and fix it for the future of American soccer, which has the potential to become a prominent world power.

To most people, running a marathon seems a remarkable and remotely possible achievement, a major lifetime accomplishment. To run 100 or more marathons and ultra-marathons is even harder for people to comprehend, especially when you consider that more people have climbed Mt. Everest than run 100 marathons....

This simple, authoritative guide shows triathletes of all levels how to effectively strength train at home with functional moves that challenge the body in multiple planes of motion to enhance stability and ignite the neuromuscular system for better performance. Detailed instructions show you how to...

Water Exercises introduces the numerous possibilities of how to keep fit in the water with the so-called fun- or aqua-noodle. In a short introduction, the book explains the characteristics and the areas of useage of the aqua noodle. In the big practical section plenty of possibilities for exercises,...

A Kata is fighting, self-defense, precision and dynamic force all in one. It represents a fascinating multitude of logical, sequential techniques, with which the Karateka can demonstrate what he can do regarding his body control, powers of persuasion, perfection and fighting spirit. The repertoire of...

Mountain Bike Training provides well founded instructions for mountain bike training while always taking discipline-specific criteria into account. All fundamental fields of training methodology are presented in a differentiated and well-arranged way including aspects of heart frequency-oriented training and periodization of training in different seasons.