Biography: sport

Lindsey Vonn hat eine Botschaft an alle Frauen: Hört endlich auf, Euch ständig mit Abnehmen zu beschäftigen!

A complete history of alchemy revealing the subject as much more than the attempts in early science of turning base metals into gold or silver, this book goes about intimating the mystical experience underlying hermetic symbolism.

The Old English epic poem Beowulf has an established reputation as a canonical text.

The controversial Jewish thinker whose tortured path led him into the heart of twentieth-century intellectual lifeScion of a distinguished line of Talmudic scholars, Jacob Taubes (19231987) was an intellectual impresario whose inner restlessness led him from prewar Vienna to Zurich, Israel, and Cold War Berlin.

Oscar Wilde: A Literary Life tracks the intellectual biography of one of the most influential minds of the nineteenth century.

A conceptual and historical inquiry into the concept of self-interest before Adam Smith.

A very readable introduction exploring much-contested issues and debates, and providing an original synthesis of this important topic.

**DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE WEEK**Soon to be an AppleTV+ series, this is the definitive account of how Enzo Ferrari became the master of motor racing, and one of the most complex, important and imposing figures in the 20th century.

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Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing.

Three of the greatest football clubs: Celtic, Liverpool and Manchester United.

Never-before-told stories of wild celebrations and heartfelt moments with the Stanley Cup, in the words of the champions themselves, including Sidney Crosby, Brendan Shanahan, Larry Robinson, and Mike Modano.

When Ellen finished the Vendee Globe, yachting's toughest race aged just 24 the nation took her to it's heart.

The first detailed study of Kant''s method of ''transcendental reflection'' and its use in the Critique of Pure Reason.

WINNER OF THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWNAN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOKA FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDElizabeth Anscombe: defiantly brilliant, chain-smoking, trouser-wearing Catholic and (eventual) mother of seven.

Bestselling historian Peter Moore traces how Enlightenment ideas were exported from Britain and put into practice in America - where they became the most successful export of all time, the American Dream'Absorbing.

A selection of Max Weber''s most important political writings.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Mercy is a marginalized virtue in contemporary public life, but understanding its complex conceptual history suggests how that might change.

The incredible rags-to-riches story of one of the world's greatest motorcycle racers.

This book examines the ways in which studies of science intertwined with Cold War politics, in both familiar and less familiar "e;battlefields"e; of the Cold War.

This book provides a cultural history of cultivation theory, a North American mass communication paradigm best known for arguing that television violence was a potent agent of political socialisation.

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A wide range of contributors explain the links between Keynes''s philosophy and his economics.

The Bloomsbury Companion to Leibniz presents a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the life, thought and work of one of the great polymaths of the modern world, G.

Examines the history underlying the use of supermajority voting rules and offers a critique of their ability to remedy the defects of majority decision making.

Uncover the true story behind the Netflix documentaryUntold: Operation Flagrant Foul.

Ernesto de Martino was a major critical thinker in the study of vernacular religions, producing innovative analyses of key concepts such as 'folklore', 'magic' and 'ritual'.

A holistic view of human development that rejects the conventional stages of childhood, adulthood, and old ageWhen we talk about human development, we tend to characterize it as proceeding through a series of stages in which we are first children, then adolescents, and finally, adults.

Imagine yourself sitting on the cool damp earth, surrounded by deep night sky and fields full of fireflies, anticipating the ritual of initiation that you are about to undergo.

Richard Burton.

A major illustrated collection offering a fresh interdisciplinary reading of Chinese women''s periodicals and history in the long twentieth century.

Diplomatic Investigations is a classic work in the field of International Relations.

For more than two generations of Indians, and cricket fans from elsewhere, Sachin Tendulkar is a name that opened doors and hearts wherever you were on the planet.

In a city known as home to some of the sporting world's biggest stars, few have ever shined as brightly as the Philadelphia Flyers' Bernie Parent, and this autobiography shares how he became one of the most sensational goalies in NHL history.

Kant once famously declared in the Prolegomena that "e;it was the objection of David Hume that first, many years ago, interrupted my dogmatic slumber.

This book endeavours to understand the seemingly direct link between utopianism and the USA, discussing novels that have never been brought together in this combination before, even though they all revolve around intentional communities: Imlay's The Emigrants (1793), Hawthorne's The Blithedale Romance (1852), Howland's Papas Own Girl (1874), Griggs's Imperium in Imperio (1899), and Du Bois's The Quest of the Silver Fleece (1911).

Eldon House is a distinctive element in the historical townscape of London, Ontario.

»Ich stehe für eine Ära, in der bewiesen wurde, dass Fußball gleichzeitig attraktiv und erfolgreich sein kann«, sagt Johan Cruyff im Rückblick auf die 1970er Jahre.

'A fascinating, comprehensive study that forces us to think again about what law is, and why it matters .

New translation of the first major work of the greatest English political philosopher.

In a narrative that extends from fin de siecle Paris to the 1960s, Edmund Mendelssohn examines modernist thinkers and composers who engaged with non-European and pre-modern cultures as they developed new conceptions of "e;pure sound.

The first comprehensive analysis of the key theories of property developed by the major figures in classical German philosophy.

Long before the United States was a nation, it was a set of ideas, projected onto the New World by European explorers with centuries of belief and thought in tow.

This well-illustrated study investigates the symbolic dimensions of painted maps as products of ambitious early modern European courts.

Bernard Lonergan (1904-84) is acknowledged as one of the most significant philosopher-theologians of the 20th century.