Sports and Active outdoor recreation

Jess Willard, the "e;Pottawatomie Giant,"e; won the heavyweight title in 1915 with his defeat of Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.

This book is concerned with the early years of the Football Association Challenge Cup - more commonly known as the FA Cup - examining events from its inception in 1871-2 to the beginning of the Football League in 1888-9.

All About Pressing in Soccer provides a detailed look at the history, theory, and practice of pressing in soccer.

Historians of popular culture have recently been addressing the role of myth, and now it is time that social historians of sport also examined it.

Entdecken Sie mit Wildswimming Alpen unberührte Seen, Flüsse und Wasserfälle in den Alpen und Voral-pen von Österreich, Deutschland, der Schweiz, Italien und Slowenien.

There have been many books written on the subject of obesity, but most have approached the topic from the standpoint of the nutritionist, concluding from the somewhat fallacious evidence of changes in body mass that exercise has little place in the prevention or the treatment of obesity.

In recent years there has been a considerable interest in the cultural aspects of tourism such as the impacts of culture on tourism planning, development, management, and marketing.

Keine Küste, keine alpinen Gipfel, aber dafür jede Menge Vielfalt in abwechslungsreicher Landschaft.

Incredible but True Stories of Confronting Death and Emerging VictoriousThe rock climber who cut off his own arm with a penknife.

Increasing concerns over climate and environmental change, the global economic and financial crisis and impacts on host communities, audiences, participants and destinations has reinforced the need for more sustainable approaches to events.

First English-language guidebook to walking the Slovene Mountain Trail (Slovenska planinska pot or Transverzala) between Maribor near the Austrian border and Ankaran on the Adriatic Coast.

Wie lässt sich ein altersgerechtes Krafttraining anleiten und ausüben?

Dieser Wohnmobil-Tourguide ist der ideale Begleiter, um die schönsten Regionen im Süden Baden-Württembergs zu erkunden.

Science and Racket Sports III introduces the edited papers and keynote addresses presented at the combined Third World Congress of Science and Racket Sports and Eighth International Table Tennis Federation Sports Science Congress, in February 2003.

A treasure trove of invaluable information for boatowners, designers, builders, surveyors, chandlers and anyone maintaining their own boat.

*; Explores Nadeau's personal journey and pioneering role in the spread of Aikido, including firsthand accounts and historical photographs published for the first time*; Explains Nadeau's unique teaching, his core concepts, and basic practices centered on energy refinement, direct experience and inner transformation*; Presents inspiring personal stories about Nadeau contributed by students, including Dan Millman, Richard Strozzi-Heckler, Peter Ralston, and Rene GregorioA widely influential figure in the development of Aikido in America, Robert Nadeau is known as one of the few American direct disciples of Aikido's founder Morihei Ueshiba Osensei.

My dogs and I get along best when I hit the birds they produce for me.

A detailed guide to breeding your own horses.

Sports Economics is the ideal introduction for all sport management and sport policy students and those for whom economics is a relatively new area of study.

This book documents short stories of inspirational local runners who were involved in the creation of Sundown Marathon or had participated and succeeded in the night race.

From the Allegheny Highlands to the Feudin' Country of the Hatfields and McCoys, camping in West Virginia has never been better.

The 1966 Green Bay Packers were one of the greatest teams in professional football history.

Owner of one of the most successful semi-pro football teams in the country, Leo Lyons attended the National Football League's organizational meeting in Canton, Ohio, along with George Halas, Jim Thorpe, Carl Storck, Ralph Hay and a handful of other visionaries, and is recognized as a founding father of the league.

On the eve of her sixtieth birthday, Nina Shengold embarks on a challenge: to walk the path surrounding the Catskills' glorious Ashokan Reservoir every day for a year, at all times of day and in all kinds of weather, trying to find something new every time.

A highly effective and well-rounded Filipino martial art, Cabales Serrada Escrima uses basic stick-fighting movements whose applicability extends into both unarmed engagement and knife fighting.

Being Disabled, Becoming a Champion is an accessible presentation of current European research on the most recent evolutions in sports for people with disabilities, demonstrating knowledge developed from the field of sports practices of people with disabilities.

Uncover the true story behind the Netflix documentaryUntold: Operation Flagrant Foul.

In his quest to define 'sporting greatness', double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee has spent nearly 4 years interviewing and training with some of the greatest minds in sport to discover what it takes to become - and remain - a champion.

Se sabe que una parte importante del entrenamiento que realiza un deportista resulta inútil y solo produce fatiga.

From the irrepressible author of Trout Bum and The View from Rat Lake comes an engaging, humorous, often profound examination of life's greatest mysteries: sex, death, and fly-fishing.

Showcasing the Optimal, Maximal, Incremental, and Threshold (OMIT) and Accelerate The Curve (ATC) models, this book offers a solid understanding of high performance and how to improve it.

For all hard-core boxing fans, this book introduces the reader to New Jersey stars of the 20th century--gladiators who fought in blood-soaked rings bringing entertainment to millions for little pay.

This book provides an overview of ninety key concepts which often trouble those who are new to researching within the social sciences.

Have you ever been so passionate about something that it occupies your every waking moment?

I "The Power Plant Mental Strength 2" fortsætter Sami Duymaz aka Samuel Samiris sin fascinerende ekspedition ind i en verden af ​​mental styrke.

Sport presents one of the most advanced cases of 'globalisation,' arguably because there are fewer cultural and political obstacles to the development of trade and international power in sport than there are in other fields.

From the late 1960s, Northern Ireland has been mired in violence.

Best Bike Rides New York City describes more than 40 of the greatest recreational rides in New York City.

For many golfers, the innocent thrill of striking a drive clearly, avoiding a deep bunker, or holing out an unlikely putt is all they need to make a round (or a whole year) of golf memorable.

In conjunction with the 40th anniversary of The Play-a thrilling and nuanced chronicle of college football's most unforgettable ending The wildest finish ever to a college football game occurred when five laterals on the final kickoff ended with a sprint through the opposing team's marching band-prematurely in celebration on the field-for the winning touchdown.

Kathrine Switzer blickt in ihrer inspirierenden Autobiografie auf 40 Jahre Laufgeschichte zurück.

Strength & Conditioning for Triathlon is an accessible, practical introduction to strength and conditioning for endurance sports, dispelling many of the myths which have led to misunderstanding and misuse of the techniques in the past.

Sport is seen as an increasingly important aspect of urban and regional planning.

The family is an important site for the transmission of knowledge and cultural values.

Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry, Third Edition, is the only book available to introduce students to economic, environmental and socially sustainable issues specifically facing the industry as well as exploring ideas, solutions and strategies of how to manage operations in a sustainable way.

This vintage book contains accounts of fox hunting experiences in early twentieth-century England, with descriptions of hunts, information concerning notable locations and figures, and more.

Competitive sport is today about winning and training to win.

The Ultimate Boston Red Sox Time Machine presents a timeline format that not only includes the Red Soxs greatest momentsincluding its nine World Series wins and individual achievementsbut focuses also on some very unusual seasons and events, such as the refusal of the New York Yankees to go up against them in the 1904 World Series, the derivation of its name, and of course the famous Curse of the Bambino.

Master the techniques and theory of Japanese Karate with this easy-to-follow, illustrated martial arts guide.

In a city known as home to some of the sporting world's biggest stars, few have ever shined as brightly as the Philadelphia Flyers' Bernie Parent, and this autobiography shares how he became one of the most sensational goalies in NHL history.