Biography: sport

In the early winter of 1983, a generous season for memories, Michael Tierney attended his first - and only - game with his father, John.

The original text of this work was published in the French journal Revue d'Histoire et de Philosophie Religieuses.

This book presents two major texts and selected shorter writings by the social-democratic thinker and politician Eduard Bernstein, translated into English in full for the first time: The German Revolution: A History of the Emergence and First Working Period of the German Republic; How A Revolution Perished; and articles from Vorwarts and other socialist periodicals.

Combining the history of ideas, institutions, and architecture, this study shows how the museum both reflected and shaped the place of art in German culture from the late eighteenth century to the early twentieth century.

A ground-breaking book which introduces the concept of ''service magic'' while re-evaluating magic in medieval and early modern English society.

What sort of information did people in early modern England seek?

Jurji Zaidan was one of the leading thinkers of the Arab renaissance.

This book investigates Hegel''s historical conception of philosophy: as built upon and reviving prior views, and as speaking to its historical context.

This book explores how politeia (constitution) structures both political and extra-political relations throughout the entire range of Greek and Roman thought.

Over thirty years in the making, the most comprehensive work in English on Ukraine is now complete: its history, people, geography, economy, and cultural heritage, both in Ukraine and in the diaspora.

The Times obituaries have given readers throughout the world an instant picture of a life for over 150 years.

This collection of essays features some of the best of R.

Macroeconomics has undergone profound changes since the Keynesian consensus broke down in the mid-60s.

An honest, end-of-career autobiography from widely adored Harlequins and England rugby star Danny CareThey say everything happens for a reason, and I think my life is proof of that.

Carol Pal reconstructs a forgotten network of female scholars and rewrites the intellectual biography of the seventeenth-century republic of letters.

How has feminism developed?

In Natural Law and Civil Sovereignty new research by leading international scholars is brought to bear on a single crucial issue: the role of early modern natural law doctrines in reconstructing the relations between moral right and civil authority in the face of profound religious and political conflict.

This volume of new essays explores Kant''s views on the laws of nature.

Faszination Radrennsport zum Mitfiebern und Nacherleben: Große Momente der Sportgeschichte in neuen unverbrauchten O-Tönen.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR.

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom his work with Tiger Woods and Greg Norman to his thoughts on golf's current money-grab era, golf superagent Hughes Norton presents a rollicking tell-all that ';takes you inside the room with some of golf's biggest personalities for some never-before-heard stories' (Chris Solomon, host of No Laying Up).

A complete history of rugby’s most famous yet enigmatic team, the New Zealand All Blacks, told by the men who have worn the iconic black jersey.

A wide-ranging introduction to one of the earliest and most influential works in the western historical tradition.

Kenton Cool is the finest alpine climber of this generation.

"e;He matches in his personal life the excellence that he demonstrates on the diamond.

This is the story of Sally Gunnell's progress from modest origins in Essex to becoming 400-metre hurdles world-record holder, Olympic champion and world champion.

"e;The Divine Mystery"e; is a detailed treatise on Incubi and Succubi, maleficent entities that feed on their prey through sexual intercourse.

What all of us can do to fight the pervasive human tendency to enable wrongdoing in the workplace, politics, and beyondIt is easy to condemn obvious wrongdoers such as Elizabeth Holmes, Harvey Weinstein, and the Sackler family.

This volume, explores the nature of economics as a science, including classic texts and newer essays.

We make our life with things, surrounded by technical artefacts and technologies.

This Companion presents a detailed assessment of Nozick''s Anarchy, State, and Utopia and analyses its contribution to political philosophy.

This book shows how the Age of Reason actually began during the late Middle Ages.

Shortlisted for the 2022 Sports Book Awards'an enjoyable and interesting journey through football' Donald McRae, The Guardian'This is really good.

The remarkable story of a "e;talking"e; chimp, a leading scientist, and the profound insights they have uncovered about our speciesHe has been featured in cover stories in Time, Newsweek, and National Geographic, and has been the subject of a "e;NOVA"e; documentary.

Global history locates national histories in the context of broader processes, in which the West is not necessarily synonymous with progress.

Die Amerikanerin Lindsey Vonn ist nicht nur eine der erfolgreichsten Sportlerinnen der Welt, sie galt auch schon immer als schillernde Persönlichkeit.

For more than three decades, countless millions of sports fans have welcomed him into their living rooms.

The debates over objectivity in the social sciences have a long history; there have been contributions by philosophers and social theorists from a variety of viewpoints, including empiricism, phenomenology, pragmatism, and Marxism.

On the surface, "e;wartime"e; is a period of time in which a society is at war.

The definitive biography of Dodgers legend Don Drysdale Larger than Life.

This book presents a collective attempt to chart the rise and development of the Chicago School during the decades that followed WWII.

Two-time All-Star and thirteen-year NBA veteran Caron Butler has an impressive basketball record.