Biography: sport

Italians were the largest group of immigrants to the United States at the turn of the twentieth century, and hundreds of thousands led and participated in some of the periods most volatile labor strikes.

Wangari Muta Maathai is one of Africa's most celebrated female activists.

Following tirailleurs senegalais' deployments in West Africa, Congo, Madagascar, North Africa, Syria-Lebanon, Vietnam, and Algeria from the 1880s to 1962, Militarizing Marriage historicizes how African servicemen advanced conjugal strategies with women at home and abroad.

In spite of Robert Frost's continuing popularity with the public, the poet remains an outsider in the academy, where more "e;difficult"e; and "e;innovative"e; poets like T.

Over the past two decades, historians have successfully disputedthe notion that American women remained wholly outside the realm of politics until the early twentieth century.

Over fifty years after her death, Simone Weil (1909-1943) remains one of the most searching religious inquirers and political thinkers of the twentieth century.

Many early-nineteenth-century slaveholders considered themselves masters not only over slaves, but also over the institutions of marriage and family.

Delinquent Daughters explores the gender, class, and racial tensions that fueled campaigns to control female sexuality in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America.

This critical, historical, and theoretical study looks at a little-known group of novels written during the 1930s by women who were literary radicals.

Many early-nineteenth-century slaveholders considered themselves masters not only over slaves, but also over the institutions of marriage and family.

Women's writing in Cameroon has so far been dominated by Francophone writers.

In many Latin American countries, guerrilla struggle and feminism have been linked in surprising ways.

Women's status in rural Java can appear contradictory to those both inside and outside the culture.

The School of Hard Knox chronicles the life and career of one of the most admired and respected coaches ever to grace Scottish football, Archie Knox.

The ebook edition of Nigel Mansell's bestselling autobiography is an absorbing account of one man's rollercoaster ride to the top.

The side-splittingly hilarious new book from Sunday Times bestselling author, rugby icon, and stag do in human form, James Haskell.

An anecdote-driven narrative of the classic footballer's 'DOs and DO NOTs' from the ever-popular Arsenal legend and football pundit Paul Merson, aka 'The Merse'.

The definitive life story of the seventies world 500cc motorcycle champion Barry Sheene - the Brit whose death-defying crashes and playboy lifestyle made him the most famous bike racer on the planet.

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Women and Politics in the Age of the Democratic Revolution is a groundbreaking collection that challenges traditional narratives of eighteenth-century political upheaval by centering the experience and agency of women across Europe and North America.

Choosing as her texts three works of the Spanish Golden Age, Mary Gossy uses feminist, reader-response, psychoanalytic, and narratological theory to examine gaps in narrative.

Choosing as her texts three works of the Spanish Golden Age, Mary Gossy uses feminist, reader-response, psychoanalytic, and narratological theory to examine gaps in narrative.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Amerika, Note: 1,0, Universität Konstanz, Veranstaltung: Proseminar: Besiedlung und Eroberung Nordamerikas, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit befasst sich mit den Auswanderungsmotiven der Puritaner aus England, zunächst nach Leiden und später in das noch kaum besiedelte Amerika.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Theologie - Biblische Theologie, Note: 1,7, Universität Münster, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, inwieweit sich die theologischen Niederschriften von Markus und Matthäus bei der Seewandlung von Jesus unterscheiden und inwiefern dies mit Wundern zusammenhängt.

Women and Politics in the Age of the Democratic Revolution is a groundbreaking collection that challenges traditional narratives of eighteenth-century political upheaval by centering the experience and agency of women across Europe and North America.

Crush It: Finding Purpose Through the PressingMost of us have heard the phrase "e;crush it"e; used to describe ambition, drive, and success.

John O'Kane delivers a gripping tale of a life dedicated to football violence and gives an unparalled insight into the reality of being a career hooligan.

'As gripping as Mark's greatest races' Zoe Ball'Incredibly brave and uplifting' Rebecca Adlington The moving story of one of Britain's best-loved sportsmen, and his thirty-year coming out journeyWITH A FOREWORD BY CLARE BALDINGAs a five-time Olympian, six-time World Champion and eight-time World Record holder, if anyone was going to be openly gay at the height of their sporting career it should have been swimmer Mark Foster a confident, laid-back guy who doesn't care what anyone thinks.

'As gripping as Mark's greatest races' Zoe Ball'Incredibly brave and uplifting' Rebecca Adlington The moving story of one of Britain's best-loved sportsmen, and his thirty-year coming out journeyWITH A FOREWORD BY CLARE BALDINGAs a five-time Olympian, six-time World Champion and eight-time World Record holder, if anyone was going to be openly gay at the height of their sporting career it should have been swimmer Mark Foster a confident, laid-back guy who doesn't care what anyone thinks.

One of the best leaders in the history of soccer.

When the Spanish arrived in Peru in 1532, men of the Inca Empire worshipped the Sun as Father and their dead kings as ancestor heroes, while women venerated the Moon and her daughters, the Inca queens, as founders of female dynasties.

Born in East London in 1949, Lenny McLean grew up in an area that had been ravaged by the Second World War.

When the Spanish arrived in Peru in 1532, men of the Inca Empire worshipped the Sun as Father and their dead kings as ancestor heroes, while women venerated the Moon and her daughters, the Inca queens, as founders of female dynasties.

'Brave as F*ck!

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

"e;An ex-Yankee stars entertaining tell-all details his long-running feud with the teams mercurial owner.

Faith, Hope, and Love in Action: Meet St.

Yield Your Heart to the One Who Will Help You Flourish Do you long to nurture a meaningful prayer life?

Drugs, cartels, mafia, addiction, the FBI, and coercion - this is the untold story behind the tragic decline of football's most gifted and controversial legend.

Woman as gorgon, woman as temptress: the classical and biblical mythology which has dominated Western thinking defines women in a variety of patriarchally encoded roles.

In May 1996 a number of expeditions attempted to climb Mount Everest on the Southeast Ridge route.

The Denver Broncos coach and Super Bowl champion recalls his life and lessons learned from his father, NFL coach Bum Phillips, in this football memoir.

The definitive story of F1's most famous - and deadly - rivalries.

The incredible true story of Tiger Woods's dramatic comeback following his humbling and very public personal, physical, and professional setbacks.

Woman as gorgon, woman as temptress: the classical and biblical mythology which has dominated Western thinking defines women in a variety of patriarchally encoded roles.