Biography: sport

Explores German engagement with the Italian Renaissance in the decades from German unification to the Weimar republic.

A fresh, daring, and genuine alternative to the traditional story of scientific progress Explaining the world around us, and the life within it, is one of the most uniquely human drives, and the most celebrated activity of science.

Sequel to the worldwide hit A LION'S TALE.

A presentation of seven essential texts, central to the Hermetic Tradition, never before published together*; Includes Theogony, The Homeric Hymn to Hermes, The Poem of Parmenides, The Poimandres, The Chaldean Oracles, Hymn to Isis, and On Divine Virtue, each translated from the original Greek or Latin*; Presents interpretive commentary for each text to progressively weave them together historically, poetically, hermeneutically, and magicallyLinked to both the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth, Hermes Trismegistus is credited, through legend, with thousands of mystical and philosophical writings of high standing, each reputed to be of immense antiquity.

Laced with fascinating anecdotes, Raymond Mays' Magnificent Obsession reveals a pivotal figure in motor sport history, and describes the author's enthusiasm for BRM, detailing his visit to Raymond Mays, in Eastgate House, Bourne, in 1963.

This subtle and elegantly argued assessment of Hegel''s Phenomenology of Spirit is an important work of scholarship not previously published in English.

What is it to be modern?

Despite extensive and costly diversity initiatives, little progress has been made in recent years in ending workplace gender inequality.

From the man who has played in more NFL games than any lineman in the football leagues history comes a memoir about the Matthews family and how eight people over three generations have achieved success in the NFLmore than any other family in sports history.

An in-depth interpretation of Max Weber as a political theorist of civil society.

A CTPT rendition of a controversial and important text.

Sir Anthony Kenny's engaging new history of Western philosophy now advances into the modern era.

In this searing and riveting New York Times bestseller, Olympic gold medalist Dominique Moceanu reveals the dark underbelly of Olympic gymnastics, the true price of successand the shocking secret about her past and her family that she only learned years later.

New York TimesbestsellerFrom celebrated sports writer Jeff Pearlman, author of The Bad Guys Won, a rollicking, completely unabashed account of the glory days of the legendary Dallas CowboysThey were called America's Team.

If we are to believe sensationalist media coverage, Satanism is, at its most benign, the purview of people who dress in black, adorn themselves with skull and pentagram paraphernalia, and listen to heavy metal.

Although Habermas has written about the cultural role of literature and about literary works, he has not systematically articulated a literary-critical method as a component of either communicative reason or post-metaphysical thinking.

This book challenges conventional assumptions about the afterlife of Magna Carta and tells a new story.

Anton Marty (Schwyz, 1847-Prague, 1914) contributed significantly to some of the central themes of Austrian philosophy.

This 2006 volume provides the broadest and deepest introduction to Kant currently available.

Stanley Cavell was, by many accounts, America's greatest philosophical thinker of film.

The essays in this book demonstrate the breadth and vitality of American intellectual history.

What are the key 50 events you really need to understand to grasp the developments of our world?

'Remarkable' Observer'A joy to read' Daily Telegraph'Soaringly beautiful' Sunday Times Magazine'Genuine and persuasive' GuardianAlexandra Heminsley thought she could swim.

It introduces a religious dimension to the study of ethnic identity and globalization in the provinces of the Roman Empire.

A reinterpretation of the secularization of American culture, focusing on the political views of natural and social scientists from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The first cross-disciplinary history of women''s international thought, analysing leading international thinkers of the twentieth century.

Gary Sutherland was a lapsed golfer, until he acquired his late dad's putter.

This timely book provides new insights into debates around the relationship between women and film by drawing on the work of philosopher Luce Irigaray.

The first book-length study of Sartre as philosopher of the imaginary and the development of his philosophical, literary, aesthetic and political thought.

A groundbreaking study of the foundations of nationalism, exposing its antiquity, strong links with ethnicity and roots in human nature.

The 29,035-foot giant known as Mount Everest tortures its challengers with life-threatening conditions such as 100 mph winds, the dramatic loss of oxygen, snowstorms, and deadly avalanches.

The Yellow Jersey Club contains just twenty-six living members.

Do you want to cast a spell on a suitor, banish a ghost, cure a toothache, or harvest protective herbs?

Germany and the Holy Roman Empire offers a striking new interpretation of a crucial era in German and European history, from the great reforms of 1495-1500 to the dissolution of the Reich in 1806.

This book traces how early Americans imagined what a ''nation'' meant during the first fifty years of the country''s existence.

When the Philadelphia Phillies signed Dick Allen in 1960, fans of the franchise envisioned bearing witness to feats never before accomplished by a Phillies player.

We need a new philosophy of the earth.

As England's cricket team compete for the Ashes in Australia, ex-England spinner Phil Tufnell is enjoying life as a retired cricketer and national treasure.

According to the Bible, Eve was the first to heed Satan's advice to eat the forbidden fruit and thus responsible for all of humanity's subsequent miseries.

Die deutsche Ausnahmeturnerin Kim Bui schildert ihren Weg zum Leistungssport ab dem zehnten Lebensjahr.

The essays in this Handbook, written by leading scholars working in the rapidly developing field of witchcraft studies, explore the historical literature regarding witch beliefs and witch trials in Europe and colonial America between the early fifteenth and early eighteenth centuries.

Además de uno de los futbolistas con más talento y carisma del fútbol británico de todos los tiempos —en la memoria de muchos ingleses quedan sus hazañas deportivas, como la primera Copa de Europa que ganó el Manchester United en 1968—, George Best fue un enfant terrible que conmocionó al mundo del fútbol y a la sociedad británica de los sesenta y setenta.

This 2006 volume provides the broadest and deepest introduction to Kant currently available.