A beginner s guide to skating for fun, fitness, and self-expression Skateboarding For Dummies teaches you the basics of the fun and popular sport of skateboarding, so you can start shredding.
Weil nicht nur der Gipfel zähltDie inspirierende Geschichte einer außergewöhnlichen Frau erzählt von der Faszination des Expeditionsbergsteigens im Himalaya und ihrem Einsatz für Menschen in NotBilli Bierling arbeitet seit fast zwanzig Jahren für die Himalayan Database und gilt als die Expertin für das Expeditionsbergsteigen im Himalaya.
Spanning from the time he talked Babe Ruth into signing his tennis shoe at the age of 12 to his last Tiger broadcast more than 60 years later, this book is a personal scrapbook of Hall-of-Famer Ernie Harwell's life-long love of baseball.
Cutting through the political rhetoric about the power of sport as a tool for social change and personal improvement, this book offers insight into how and why participating in sport can be good for children and young people.
Sport and the Emancipation of European Women: the Struggle for Self-fulfilment explores the contributions of European women to the emancipation of women worldwide.
Aktivurlaub in WanderschuhenSchwedens lebhafte Hauptstadt erstreckt sich über 14 Inseln, die durch mehr als 50 Brücken miteinander verbunden sind und lädt somit zu einem abwechslungsreichen Urlaub zwischen Städtetrip und Naturparadies ein.
In the modern era, sport has been an important agent, and symptom, of the political, cultural and commercial pressures for convergence and globalization.
Providing exactly what the fastest growing segment of the triathlon world yearns for, Melanie and Don Fink have created a complete training guide for women triathletes with highly efficient, easy-to-follow, multi-distance training programs.
While the earliest evidence of organized running can be traced back to Egypt in 3800 BCE, the modern sport of track and field evolved from rural games and church and folk festivals, and rules were drawn up in the final quarter of the 19th century in those advanced societies where enough people had the leisure time to indulge their fancies.
This book provides a comprehensive look at the snowboarding phenomenon, including its history; techniques and equipment; biographies of the sport's pioneers, athletes, and heroes; key sites and events; and future directions.
This is the first book to examine the body in training in the context of religion, sport and wider physical culture, offering important insight into the performative, social, cultural and gendered aspects of somatic discipline and exercise.
An Irish immigrant, a collection agent for crime bosses, a professional boxer, and a prodigious gambler, John Morrissey was -- if nothing else -- an unlikely candidate to become one of the most important figures in the history of Thoroughbred racing.
Professionelle Spielanalysen – sei es im Training zur Gegnervorbereitung, im Wettkampf oder zur Nachbereitung – sind in Mannschafts- und Rückschlagsportarten heute auf unterschiedlichen Expertise-Ebenen unverzichtbar.
The industry's longest-running publication for baseball analysts and fantasy leaguers, the 2017 Baseball Forecaster, published annually since 1986, is the first book to approach prognostication by breaking performance down into its component parts.
Les ouvrages sur la pratique des arts martiaux, y compris ceux sur l’aïkido, proposent généralement des descriptions de formes codifiées, de normes ou d’idéaux martiaux, philosophiques, que les pratiquants sont censés rechercher ou atteindre.
The natural open spaces in and around San Diego are a prized natural resource for area hikers, and author Sheri McGregor shows you where and how to enjoy 60 of the best trails that the city of San Diego, nearby state parks, and private ventures have to offer.
Rock Climbing provides basic information on belaying, leading and rappelling techniques and offers advice on useful equipment and respect for the environment.
Like The Scout's Outdoor Cookbook,this new cookbook will bring together outdoor recipes, cooking methods, and tips for a Scout-friendly cooking experience.
