Biography: sport

Ever wondered what it's like playing Test Cricket?

This book aims to re-evaluate the relations between two major ideologies that have been increasingly contested in recent years, yet continue to be invoked or rejected as foundational systems for political thought or action.

These appropriations fall into two main groups: those pertaining to the name Bohme or a life assigned to it, and those involving concepts or images from the mystic's oeuvre.

Medieval social/political theory from Christine de Pizan, France''s first female professional writer.

400 years after The Anatomy of Melancholy, this book guides readers through Renaissance medicine''s disease of the mind.

A Lakota shaman embarks on a quest to exorcise a dangerous ghost in this true account of paranormal activity and spiritual power.

'Powerful and thoughtful' Don McRae, Guardian'A fascinating and incredibly honest insight into the pressurised life of an elite athlete, on and off the pitch' Piers MorganRAW.

¿Fue la Revolución Francesa el mito fundacional del mundo contemporáneo?

'The game isn't what it seems from the outside.

Toni Kroos: Kapitän, Stratege, LegendeBei Real Madrid, dem größten Klub der Welt, wie bei der Deutschen Nationalmannschaft beweist Toni Kroos, warum er als Spieler den Unterschied macht.

This book contributes to various political debates about Central Europe in terms of its literary-symbolic geography.

The most comprehensive and detailed biography of Formula One legend Nick Lauda ever published, as told by Maurice Hamilton, who knew him for more than forty years.

Reconstructs the origins of the idea that social conflict, and not concord, makes political communities powerful.

Dieser Band versammelt die Beiträge einer Tagung, die im Februar 2019 mit Unterstützung des Forschungsverbunds Marbach Weimar Wolfenbüttel und der Dr.

This comprehensive and accessible Companion examines the life and writings of Edmund Burke, one of the eighteenth century''s most influential thinkers.

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Belief in magic and particularly the power of witchcraft was once a deep and enduring presence in popular culture.

Goldwin Smith (1823-1910) was a celebrated, transatlantic writer on current events, politics, religion, history, and literature.

An intimate portrait of a tortured player, this memoir culls interviews, letters, and the personal account of baseball legend Willie Mays Aikens.

The creation of the Egyptian monarchy in 1922, under King Fuad II, opened contests and debates over fundamental cultural questions, particularly definitions of Egyptian modernity, rule and identity.

This book discusses the conceptual and temporal frames through which modern Western historiography has linked itself to classical antiquity.

Italian intellectuals played an important role in the shaping of international politics during the Cold War.

The aim of the author, who has long been interested in the history of ideas, has been to give some illustrations of the ways in which at various periods English poetry has reflected current views of the human mind, with special reference to such topics as its place in the cosmos, its relations with the body, the connections between sense, passions, and reason, the problem of soul and its possible survival after death.

Discover the nearly unbelievable true story of how a goofy catchphrase spoken by a coach's dying daughter inspired the 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates in game seven of the National League Championship Series and later became a sign from heaven to a grieving family at the end of game seven of the 1997 World Series.

The story of the legendary martial arts fighter and kickboxer Oum Ry is by turns pulse-pounding, disturbing, and powerful.

Paul Smith''s edition of Bagehot''s The English Constitution contains the original 1867 edition, and introduction to the 1872 edition.

This biography of Thomas Huxley reflects on the historical significance of scientific authority.

This book is the first major study of England's biggest and best-known witch trial which took place in 1612, when ten witches were arraigned and hung in the village of Pendle in Lancashire.

Though her life was largely circumscribed by domesticity and poverty both in England and in Canada, Catharine Parr Traill’s interests, experiences, and contacts were broad and various.

This book contrasts the continental approach to social science with the Anglo-American tradition.

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Zygmunt Bauman was one of the most important social theorists of recent decades.

A biography of America's greatest all-around athlete that ';goes beyond the myth and into the guts of Thorpe's life, using extensive research, historical nuance, and bittersweet honesty' (Los Angeles Times), by the bestselling author of the classic biography When Pride Still Mattered.

A radical and exciting history of a city - its culture, its people and its politics - that refreshes our image of Europe's past and of the writing of history itself.

In the tradition of A Season on the Brink and Peter Gzowksi's The Game of Our Lives, Shawna Richer has had the exclusive assignment of chronicling Sidney Crosby's incredible rookie season.

The vast majority of people in the industrialized world consider themselves environmentalists.

The preface to the Phenomenology of Spirit (1807) is one of the most widely-read texts in Hegel's corpus, and yet we still lack a clear understanding of its aims.

La primera edición de «La realidad histórica de España», de 1954, rehace por entero la anterior obra de Castro España en su historia y supone un hito en su constante empeño por desentrañar la vividura hispana caracterizada por la convivencia conflictiva de cristianos, musulmanes y judíos.

This book presents the process of circulation and adoption of Newtonianism in the Viceroyalty of New Granada (modern-day Colombia) in the eighteenth century by examining Jose Celestino Mutis's lectures at the Colegio del Rosario between the 1760s and 1770s.

Volkerpsychologie played an important role in establishing the social sciences via the works of such scholars as Georg Simmel, Emile Durkheim, Ernest Renan, Franz Boas, and Werner Sombart.

Former NASCAR president, chairman, and CEO William Clifton France-known to most people at Bill France Jr.

A celebration of feminine beauty, athleticism, wisdom, and skillWomen Who Dare profiles twenty of America's most inspiring women climbers ranging from legends like Lynn Hill to the rising stars of today, with stunning color photography by veteran adventure photographer Chris Noble.

The remarkable autobiography of Lou Vairo, the "e;Godfather of Hockey,"e; who helped to propel the game to unprecedented heights in the United States.

This edition of early Greek writings on social and political issues includes works by more than thirty authors.

Ever since the rise of science and the scientific method in the seventeenth century, we have rejected mythology as the product of superstitious and primitive minds.