Sport: general

Published annually for more than eighty years, the Shooter's Bible is the most comprehensive and sought-after reference guide for new firearms and their specifications, as well as for thousands of guns that have been in production and are currently on the market.

Many historians have claimed that respectability was the sharpest line of social division in Victorian society, even that the line between the 'respectable' and 'unrespectable' was more significant than between rich and poor.

This is a combined set of the two fully revised and updated manuals Kinanthropometry and Exercise Physiology Laboratory Manual: Tests, Procedures and Data.

For more than 20 years, Athletic Training Exam Review has empowered and enabled students to assess and evaluate their athletic training knowledge, skills, and decision-making abilities.

Exercise and Disease Management is designed to help managed care physicians, their patients, other health care professionals, and interested readers integrate current exercise guidelines into their practices.

In Poker: The Real Deal and Phil Gordon's Little Green Book, Phil Gordon -- a world-class player and teacher -- shared the strategies, tips, and expertise he's gleaned during his phenomenally successful career.

Motor Behavior: Control, Learning and Development explores the realm of Motor Behavior, a field intricately examining human action and movement across a lifetime - from their initial acquisition to refinement and evolution.

The athlete development process spans from initial sport engagement to elite-level performance to effective career transition out of sport.

The Routledge Handbook of Critical Obesity Studies is an authoritative and challenging guide to the breadth and depth of critical thinking and theory on obesity.

One of The Times' 50 Greatest Sports BooksIn May 1977, the cricket world awoke to discover that a thirty-nine-year-old Sydney Businessman called Kerry Packer had signed thirty-five elite international players for his own televised 'World Series'.

American youth sports are in crisis: Parents are fighting with referees, coaches, their kids, and one another.

Post-disaster and post-conflict tourism has recently emerged as a prominent topic of research and considers new risks that jeopardize tourism travel to destinations that have recently experienced climate-related disasters, civil conflicts, and other challenges.

Ever wondered how a transfer deal is done?

This Reader provides comprehensive coverage of the scholarly literature in sports tourism.

Few baseball fans are aware of the number of players with disabilities who have succeeded in the majors.

Modern Educational Gymnastics provides a guide in gymnastics based on Rudolf Laban's analysis of movement.

An ultra marathoner and running coach captures the energy and joy of running in this illustrated, full-color motivational interactive fitness guide and journal that will inspire every type of runnerfrom beginner to experienced marathonerto shut up and run.

"e;A well-researched and vital contribution to sports collections"e; (Booklist) and a must-read book on the rise of elite women's boxingOn April 30th, 2022, the first boxing super-fight of the era, headlined by two women and fought at Madison Square Garden, lived up to its hype and then some.

Coaching Science and Coaching Studies courses are appearing in increasing numbers in many universities.

'Invaluable' - WATERSTONES BEST SPORTS BOOKS OF 2022'Born to Run 2 is a must read for every runner out there' Rich Roll'Amazing, really incredibly inspiring book' Joe Wicks on Born to RunBorn to Run's Chris McDougall and long-time running coach Eric Orton show us how to join the global barefoot running movement and explore the world on our own two feet.

More than 100 tempting recipes to fuel your running.

True professional baseball has not been played in Cuba since banned by the communist regime after the 1961 season, but there is a legacy of more than 70 years of continuous excellence by countless Cubans who played in the organized leagues of the island from 1878 to 1961.

The ultimate World Cup showdown, in the words of those who were there.

Sportmanagement hat in den letzten Jahren aufgrund fortschreitender Professionalisierung der Sportorganisationen und ihres Personals zunehmend an Bedeutung gewonnen.

This is a history of the New York Yankees over a decade which saw them at the top of the American League and at the bottom.

A candid behind-the-scenes look at the business of sports from the athlete-turned-agent and author of Back from the Edge.

There is no better time to take a look back at the political events of the past 100 years as seen through the eyes of sport and sports people.

In this book, soccer coaches will find a wealth of coaching activities to help improve, stimulate, and provide enjoyment for players of all ages and abilities.

This book clarifies and verifies the role sport has as an alternative marker in understanding and mapping memory in Japan, by applying the concept of lieux de memoire (realms of memory) to sport in Japan.

Social inequalities are often reproduced in sport and leisure contexts.

The 'feel-good' effect of physical activity is widely reported among participants.

Citizenship, both the subject and the practice, should be a bridge between the vocational aims of education and education for its own sake.

This innovative and user-friendly book uses a design thinking approach to examine transformative learning and liminality in physical education.

In 2008 China plans to use the Olympic Games to remake its national identity in the global marketplace.

"e;A gentleman when the game was hard-bitten, played by rough-and-ready lads out to win whatever the cost.

With training tips, exercises, and injury remedies, this is a book that every golfer and coach should have!

The stage is set for the Beijing Olympiad to be the greatest mega-event, sporting or otherwise, in history.

The proceedings of the Second World Congress of Science and Racket Sports and Fifth International Table Tennis Federation Sports Science Congress contain six keynote lectures which provide the latest research on a range of sport science topics as applied to tennis, table tennis, squash and badminton.

Now in a fully updated and revised new edition, this is still the only up-to-date, practical guide to the use of technology in sport and exercise biomechanics.

A professional baseball prospect given little chance of making the big time, Octavio "e;Cookie"e; Rojas nevertheless flourished at the sport's top level during a 16-year major league career.

A beautifully illustrated collection of some of the most amazing venues to host baseball games, from megastructures to local-ballparks-with-a-story.

Cultivated Therapeutic Landscapes provides an in-depth and critical exploration of the impact of gardens and gardening on health and wellbeing.

Go hard, get intense--and gain the competitive edge Are you ready to go hard core?

This volume brings together philosophical and interdisciplinary perspectives on improvisation.