Biography: sport

The extraordinary and heartbreaking memoir from one of football's greatest playersPaul McGrath is Ireland's best loved sportsman and also its least understood.

This book consists of ten essays that examine the ways in which language has been used to evoke what Lawrence L.

The end of the world opens up philosophical questions concerning the very notion of the world, which is a fundamental element of all existential, phenomenological and hermeneutical philosophy.

A definitive history of peace advocacy and an analysis of its religious and intellectual roots.

*** Instant New York Times bestseller ****** USA Today bestseller ****** Wall Street Journal bestseller ***From legendary Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA master Rickson Gracie comes a riveting, insightful memoir that weaves together the story of Gracies stunning career with the larger history of the Gracie family dynasty and the founding of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, showing how the connection between mind and body can be harnessed for success both inside and outside the ring.

The first authorized and definitive biography of the man behind the most famous individual award in sports, including never-before-published photos and correspondence.

Mediterranean Diasporas looks at the relationship between displacement and the circulation of ideas within and from the Mediterranean basin in the long 19th century.

In his latest book, Terry Eagleton, one of the most celebrated intellects of our time, considers the least regarded of the virtues.

An engaging and accessible overview of the Enlightenment as a global phenomenon, with updated material and additional online resources.

Der Weltschiedsrichter: Ein Blick hinter die Kulissen des Fußballs Felix Brych hat in seiner langen Karriere alles erreicht, was man sich als Schiedsrichter wünschen kann.

This is the first full-length biography of Immanuel Kant in more than fifty years.

Adopting a global approach, Fitzmaurice analyses the laws that shaped modern European empires from medieval times to the twentieth century.

Adam Smith, in his The Theory of Moral Sentiments, largely left his readers to develop his argument's full implications.

This book discusses how Romantic-age writers and new cultural institutions transformed ideas of knowledge inherited from the early-modern period.

A collection of the influential ethical writings of medieval philosopher William of Ockham, published in English for the first time.

This is a fully annotated edition of selected letters by (and in some cases to) Sir J.

New TED talk based on the book out now!

The hilarious memoir from the funniest man in football!

If you know anything at all about mixed martial arts and the UFC, then you know the name Matt Hughes.

Edmund Husserl, founder of the phenomenological movement, is usually read as an idealist in his metaphysics and an instrumentalist in his philosophy of science.

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This book examines Harold Laski's relationship to Marxism.

This book explains how the brightest thinkers judge the ways we decide, argue, solve problems, and tell right from wrong.

By the late 1960s, in a Europe divided by the Cold War and challenged by global revolution in Latin America, Asia, and Africa, thousands of young people threw themselves into activism to change both the world and themselves.

Capitalism in the western world is currently facing a crisis of legitimacy in the face of growing inequality.

This is an unusual book in that it is an important contribution to social psychology and also an absorbing story of four strange years in a German prison camp of World War I.

Finalist for the 2024 Casey Award and selected as a 'Best Baseball Book of 2024' by Sports Collector's Digest For twenty Major League seasons, the name Dwight Evans was synonymous with sterling defense and a potent bat.

Why would Rene Descartes, the father of modern rationalist philosophy, choose "e;meditations"e;-a term and genre associated with religious discourse and practice-for the title of his magnum opus that lays the metaphysical foundations for his reform of all knowledge, including mathematics and sciences?

Since media is omnipresent in our lives, it is crucial to understand the complex means and dimensions of media in history, and how we have arrived at the current digital culture.

Mind and Body in Early China critiques Orientalist accounts of early China as the radical, "e;holistic"e; other.

In der Zeit der napoleonischen Kriege vollzog sich in ganz Europa ein grundlegender gesellschaftlicher und politischer Wandel.

As early modern Europe launched its multiple projects of global empire, it simultaneously embarked on an ambitious program of describing and picturing the world.

This book, written in an accessible style, is an exhaustive survey of the philosophy of tragedy from antiquity to the present.

*WINNER British Sports Book Awards SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR*Ronda's new memoir OUR FIGHT is available on 4th April, in Hardback'I have this one term for the kind of woman my mother raised me not to be, and I call it a Do-Nothing B-tch'.

AS SEEN ON NETFLIX'S AT HOME WITH THE FURYSTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AND AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR** TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR **DOUBLE WINNER: BEST AUTOBIOGRAPHY & BEST OVERALL SPORTS BOOK OF 2020________________________________ 'Incredible stories.

This volume explores the relationship between Kant''s aesthetic theory and his critical epistemology.

A fresh and exciting study of Cicero''s philosophical activities and the enduring interest of his ethical and political thought.

The first comprehensive account of the initial development of the ''Grotian tradition'' in international relations theory, reaching entirely unexpected conclusions.

Fun, illustrated projects for those who believe in magick.

This book represents the most comprehensive historical and systematic study of the theory and practice of toleration ever written.

Anton Wilhelm Amo (c.

This book presents the first English translation of Alexander Baumgarten's Initia Philosophiae Practicae Primae, the textbook Kant used in his lectures on moral philosophy.

In Minds and Bodies, Colin McGinn offers proof that contemporary philosophy, in the hands of a consummate reviewer, can be the occasion not only sharp critical assessment, but also writing so clear and engaging that readers with no special background in the subject but simply a taste for challenging idea can feel welcome.