Biography: sport

Stephen Gaukroger presents an original account of the development of empirical science and the understanding of human behaviour from the mid-eighteenth century.

This book is a reception study of Karl Marx's and Friedrich Engels' ideas in Britain during the late nineteenth century and a revisionist account of the emergence of modern British socialism.

101 Great Philosophers is a concise and accessible guide to 101 of the greatest minds that contributed to the legacy of western philosophy.

This book explores literature''s direct relationship to politics, offering new ways of thinking about the troubled relationship between literature and politics.

This book explores the emergence of 'Australasia' as a way of thinking about the culture and geography of this region.

This book, first published in 2000, offers a comprehensive, penetrating, and informative guide to the classical period of German philosophy.

In dark or desperate times, the artwork is placed in a difficult position.

Recent decades have seen a marked shift in approaches to cultural analysis, with the critical role of location and spatial experience in the formation of the human subject gaining increasing prominence.

The history of modern Germany has all too readily been seen in terms of an historical process that inevitably led to the horrors of National Socialism.

Academics are passionate actors; their emotions – their pain and pleasure – act as a barometer of the ethical health of institutions.

Aesthetics is no longer merely the philosophy of perception and the arts.

Le Donne nella MassoneriaUna storia nascosta di forza e resistenzaIn un mondo dove le società segrete sono avvolte da un'aura di mistero e mascolinità, "Le Donne nella Massoneria" illumina un capitolo poco raccontato della storia.

This book contributes to the small but growing literature on the interaction between religion and power in antiquity.

The number of primates on the brink of extinction continues to grow, and the need to respond with effective conservation measures has never been greater.

Explores the dangers and benefits of monotheistic intolerance, interacting with scholars of monotheism, evolutionary theory, and agonistic pluralism.

This concise and accessible textbook introduces students to the anthropological study of religion.

'I want to use the moment as a springboard for some big ideas.

This volume offers readers a unique and comprehensive overview of different theoretical and interdisciplinary perspectives on ''the sublime''.

This book offers a critique of the dominant conceptualization of heritage found in policy, which tends to privilege the white, middle and upper classes.

Winner of the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Slavic Languages and Literatures (awarded by the Modern Languages Association)This groundbreaking work by one of the world's foremost theoreticians of culture and scholars of Russian philosophy gives for the first time a systematic examination of the development of Russian philosophy during the late Soviet period.

A confessional story that reads like fiction, this is the true story of a famed tennis star who went from being ranked fourth in the world, dueling the sport's greatest players to lying to police in several countries to avoid jail.

A timely history of the interplay between politics and military operations, 'Command is the history of our time' (Guardian)Military command has been reconstructed and revolutionized since the Second World War by nuclear warfare, small-scale guerrilla land operations and cyber interference.

For centuries Latin served as an international language for scholars in Europe.

This book decodes the Meteorologica and shows how it provides the key to understanding Aristotle''s natural philosophy.

Addresses how the classical republican conception of freedom was challenged and finally overcome by the rise of modern market societies.

Facing America: Iconography and the Civil War investigates and explains the changing face of America during the Civil War.

'Obligatory reading for anyone - straight, white and male or otherwise - who wants to do better but doesn't know where to start.

This volume presents lucid and insightful lectures on three great figures from the history of political thought, by John Plamenatz (1912-1975), a leading political philosopher of his time.

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.

This Palgrave Pivot presents a historical reflection about the development of sociology in Colombia from the late nineteenth century into the mid-twentieth century, a period in which the process of professionalization in the discipline occurred due to the creation of university training programs, as well as the extension of research centers and groups nationwide.

In New Science, New World Denise Albanese examines the discursive interconnections between two practices that emerged in the seventeenth century-modern science and colonialism.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2022 A SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES AND THE GUARDIAN The remarkable untold story of the mercurial cycling prodigy Frank Vandenbroucke, written by William Hill award-winning author Andy McGrath.

Zwischen Ruhm und Rückschlägen – Die Geschichte eines deutschen TennisidolsMit siebzehn Jahren sorgt Boris Becker mit seinem Wimbledon-Sieg für den Urknall in Tennis-Deutschland.

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Arnold Palmer taught world-class pro golf instructor Brad Brewer how to play golf.

INSTANT #1 BESTSELLER In one of the last great remaining untold stories in all of sports, the Hall of Fame Toronto Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin shares for the first time an unfiltered look at playing hockey in Sweden and across North America as part of the sport's most fabled franchises.

Spirit Possession and Communication in Religious and Cultural Contexts explores the phenomenon of spirit possession, focusing on the religious and cultural functions it serves as a means of communication.

Original and comprehensive, Magic in the Ancient Greek World takes the reader inside both the social imagination and the ritual reality that made magic possible in ancient Greece.

'Chris is someone I've always looked up to.

Often regarded as an artistic movement of interwar Paris, Surrealism comprised an international community of artists, writers, and intellectuals who have aspired to change the conditions of life itself over the course of the past century.

A middle-aged man tries to return to baseball—and become a better husband and father—in this funny, heartfelt memoir by the author of A False Spring.

This work brings together, for the first time in English translation, Hegel''s journal publications from his years in Heidelberg (1816–18).

This book deals with the evolution of mathematical thought during the 20th century.

The definitive history of the passport and why it became so important for controlling movement in the modern world.

Animal rights is now a concept that has achieved wide name-recognition.