Sports and Active outdoor recreation

As the world grapples with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, on almost every news website, across social media, as well as in its (many) absences, leisure has taken on new significance in both managing and negotiating a global crisis.

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Join Ned Boulting as he reports on his dozen-th Tour de France, an event in which blokes do amazing things on bikes, and, we re oft told, the biggest annual sporting event in the world.

This is the first book to explore the full significance of sport fans and fandom from an international and interdisciplinary perspective, across different sports, communities and levels of engagement.

A biography of Walter French, a man who played for both a World Series winner and NFL Championship team.

Spring Creek is everything a fishing book should be, says Craig Nova.

This book is about the author's life motivated by two pursuits: medicine, his profession and flyfishing, his favourite recreation.

This complete, digital-only guide for hikers and backpackers describes the 220-mile John Muir Trail, from south to north.

A guidebook to cycling the Canal du Midi route from Toulouse to Sete on the Mediterranean coast.

Managing Intercollegiate Athletics is the leading introduction to the management and governance of college sport.

This lively and clear survey provides a wide-ranging overview of the history of modern sports, covering such topics as: why human beings are athletes how the major modern sports came about and how they spread throughout the world with the help of enthusiastic individuals, sports organizations, the YMCA and the Olympic movement discussions of some of the most popular of the 300 modern world sports including: soccer, basketball, baseball, cricket, table tennis, tennis, Formula One racing, golf, swimming, skiing, volleyball, track and field, boxing, judo and cycling the history of both western and non-western sports in depth, as well as the increasing globalization of sports today the challenges facing the world of sports today, such as commercialization and the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

This book brings together a body of new research which looks both backwards and forwards to consider how far the London 2012 Olympic legacy has been delivered and how far it has been a hollow promise.

In a book that is sure to become a classic, internationally respected boatbuilder, yacht manager, and delivery skipper Bill Seifert shares his hard-won solutions to a host of boat design, construction, and equipment issues and seamanship dilemmas.

One fall night in TK, Steve Sabol of NFL Films answered the door to see his friend, Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Tim "e;Rosso"e; Rossovich, standing there literally on fire.

Lace up your boots and sample some of the best trails in New England.

"e;Meticulously researched and beautifully produced.

In this practical, easy-to-understand guide, Allan Sefton explains everything a new fly fisher needs to know.

Five-Star Trails: Charlotte is a handy guide for area residents, vacationers seeking outdoor fun, and for business travelers with a free afternoon.

The long-awaited memoir from international football ambassador, former co-owner of Arsenal FC and legend of the game: David Dein.

A freewheeling memoir of baseball, journalism, and New York spanning over 50 years of America's pastime Before he'd covered dozens of World Series; before he'd written about countless hirings, firings, superstars, and scandals, Bill Madden was a cub reporter on one of his first assignments at Yankee Stadium- and manager Ralph Houk had just gone out of his way to spit tobacco juice all over Madden's shoes.

Filling an important gap in performance analysis literature, this book introduces the key concepts and practical applications of performance analysis for team sports.

Told through profiles of the men who have made it a reality, this is the complex story of the triumphs achieved by-and challenges faced by-Latinos who have risen to the heights of Major League Baseball.

Forget the Ryder Cup, forget Rory McIlroy, forget keeping your head still and correcting your putting stance.

Every year since 1961, football and basketball players at Middlebury College in Vermont pick up their wheelchair-bound fan, Butch, and bring him to the stadium sidelines to watch their games.

This book critically examines how rugby union has developed in recent years, in nations on the periphery of the sport.

A history of the North Section of the Football League's Third Division, from 1921 to 1958

National parks have always been an emotive and iconic symbol, ever since the first parks of the modern era were created in the mid-nineteenth century.

Richard Parks has what must be one of contemporary sport's most extraordinary and inspirational stories.

'Quite simply, it contains the tools to make you a better runner.

Celtic strode majestically into the history books in 1967 as the first British club to conquer Europe, and the iconic photograph of captain Billy McNeill holding aloft the glittering European Cup in the Lisbon sunshine is the defining image of that footballing era.

Strategic Management for Hospitality and Tourism is an essential text for both intermediate and advanced learners aspiring to build their knowledge related to the theories and perspectives on the topic.

This work studies the links between international football and politics in Britain between 1900 and 1939.

Celebrate the championship glory, Hall of Fame personalities, and passionate fans that make the Boston Celtics one of the most revered teams in basketballSports Illustrated™ celebrates basketball greatness with The Boston Celtics at 75, an extraordinary collection of classic stories and photographs from the pages of SI.

This book explores early childhood teacher educators' lived experiences in designing and implementing intentional play-based approaches in teaching preservice teachers.

Strange things happen in the woodsvanishing figures along backcountry paths, eerie noises half-heard near urban pathways, pungent and undefined smells blanketing forest trails.

Das Buch liefert theoretische Grundlagen und empirische Befunde zu einer Wirkungsforschung im Fach Sport und behandelt Determinanten und Konsequenzen von Leistungen von Schülern und Schülerinnen im Sportunterricht.

Throughout time, people have explored the ways in which they can improve some aspect of their performance.

Now including exercise psychology terms for the first time in its second edition, Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts offers a highly accessible introduction to this fascinating subject, its central theories and state-of-the-art research.

CLICK HERE to download the first section from Joyride* New edition includes "e;50 Keys to Transforming Your Community,"e; a detailed checklist for communities trying to adapt bike-friendly and more sustainable policies* Successful in the first self-published edition, this new edition will now be available to book and outdoor retailers for the first timeJoyride tells the inspiring story of Mia Birk's twenty-year crusade to integrate bicycling into daily life.

"e;There are textbooks galore, but there aren't many crafted as intelligently as this one.

Winning really does matter-when you're describing the game of life.

This guide and textbook on motorsport engineering is written from a practical point of view.

Bass fishing pro Jimmy Houston gives outdoor enthusiasts from beginners to bassmasters spiritual insights and fishing tips in this yearlong devotional.

TheMountain Biking Moab Pocket Guide gives fat-tire enthusiasts the skinny on where to ride in this southwestern Mecca for mountain biking.

Thisthoroughly revised and expanded new edition of Taylor Streits classic Instinctive Fly Fishing addresses the real reasons people catch trout, and offers suggestions and tips to help the aspiring angler take advantage of his or her own fly-fishing instincts.

What do cultural leaders really think about the problems they, and the arts and cultural sector, face?

Educational Equality and the New Selective Schooling by Harry Brighouse was initially published by the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain in 2000.

Planning Research in Hospitality and Tourism provides an accessible, concise and practical guide to planning, conducting and analysing research in tourism and hospitality.