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While many parents encourage their children to become the next Einstein or Yo-Yo Ma, some push their kids to become the next Tiger Woods. No longer does an elite, elderly set dominate golf. A new class of driven teenaged players is transforming the game, and a series of...
Editeur :
PublicAffairs
Parution :
2009-05-05
ePub
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Simon Yates, author of Against the Wall, takes us back to his early years as a climber - the escapades and excitement of a young life lived on the edge and for the moment, when experience was all-important and dramatic achievements and failures came as naturally as the...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2009-05-04
ePub
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If there were such a thing as an "elder" stateswoman in women's gymnastics today, Nadia Comaneci would win that title as readily as she once won gold medals. Olga Korbut came before her, and many other medalists would follow, but none has ever been as dominant in...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2009-04-28
ePub
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The Bay Area is home to multiple popular franchises in all four major sports -- the 49ers and Raiders (NFL), Giants and A's (MLB), Kings and Warriors (NBA), and Sharks (NHL). With such diversity in rooting interest, area fans have much to debate all year long, and...
Editeur :
Running Press Adult
Parution :
2009-04-28
ePub
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With loyal fans supporting their major sports teams in the Seahawks (NFL), Mariners (MLB) -- plus a rabid fan base for University of Washington jocks -- Seattle is a great place for a sports debate. Local sports-radio talker Mike Gastineau teams up with longtime...
Editeur :
Running Press Adult
Parution :
2009-04-28
ePub
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Coaching is an increasingly important area of sports science courses, and this text provides accessible and up-to-date coverage of this key topic. Modern coaches need to be applied scientists who keep abreast of research and are able to apply a multidisciplinary...
Editeur :
Learning Matters
Parution :
2009-04-27
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This is a core text for all those on Sport Management and Sports Studies courses. It examines both traditional business elements and the new functional areas of management in sport. Key chapters on marketing, finance, entrepreneurship, and event management are...
Editeur :
Learning Matters
Parution :
2009-04-27
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This text introduces students to the essentials of the major contributing disciplines – biomechanics, physiology and psychology. It provides detailed knowledge and understanding of each subject area combined with explicit advice on how to study effectively, research...
Editeur :
Learning Matters
Parution :
2009-04-14
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"A comprehensive, useful and informative practical book that draws from a range of disciplines. In particular, the learning activities provides some useful group and reflective discussions." - Heather Allison, London Metropolitan University "This book supports our...
Editeur :
Learning Matters
Parution :
2009-04-14
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Ahoy, there! From docking and mooring to routine power boat maintenance and repairs, this handy guide is your trusted first mate for smooth sailing For both new and experienced boaters, Power Boating For Dummies is a useful reference that covers the ins and outs of this...
Editeur :
For Dummies
Parution :
2009-04-13
PDF
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And in this corner, hailing from Black Bottom, Detroit by way of Harlem, with more victories than Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali combined, the greatest fighter-pound for pound-of all time: Sugar Ray Robinson. If imitation is truly the sincerest form of flattery then there...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2009-04-13
ePub
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Half a book on basketball, half a book on management techniques, The Gold Standard captures Coach K's personal style and approach to getting different (and sometimes difficult) people to work hard and succeed in reaching a common goal."In all forms of...
Editeur :
Business Plus
Parution :
2009-04-06
ePub
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Football is a funny old game and, as this little book shows, it has inspired many laugh-out-loud jokes. Illustrated in full colour, Football’s Funniest Jokes is guaranteed to raise a laugh at half-time or even when your team loses on penalties.
Editeur :
Summersdale
Parution :
2009-04-06
ePub
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Take one headstrong dog and a feisty young woman, and send them off on a walk for the equivalent distance of London to Delhi. Tess the dog flirts outrageously with good-looking farmers and charms unsuspecting toddlers into parting with their ice creams as her apologetic...
Editeur :
Summersdale
Parution :
2009-04-06
ePub
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The true story of the tragic round-the-world yacht race - now the subject ofThe Mercy, starring Colin Firth and Rachel WeiszIn 1968, the Sunday Times organised the Golden Globe race–an incredible test of endurance never before attempted–a round the world yacht race that...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2009-04-02
ePub
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The Years of the Locust is a true story of intrigue, paranoia, murder and money set in the shimmering cities of America's South in the 1990s. It's the story of two men who never should have met, and when they did, one killed the other. There are walk-on parts for Don...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2009-03-05
ePub
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'To be able to work well in the box, I believe you have to be able to think "outside the box"' - a fascinating insider account of the Premier League and life at the top level of football from one of the country's best-rated goalkeepers.Goalkeepers have an unusual view...
Editeur :
Orion
Parution :
2009-03-05
ePub
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There is nothing in all of American sport quite like baseball's spring training. This annual six-week ritual, whose origins date back nearly a century and a half, fires the hearts and imaginations of fans who flock by the hundreds of thousands to places like Dodgertown...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-03-04
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The true story of the 1972 Andes plane crash and rescue dramatised in Netflix's Society of the SnowIn October 1972, Nando Parrado and his rugby club teammates were on a flight from Uruguay to Chile when their plane crashed into a mountain. Miraculously, many of the...
Editeur :
Orion
Parution :
2009-03-01
ePub
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Featuring Tips by Golf Magazine's Top 100 Teachers, find out how to lower your handicap, sharpen your long game, and play with greater grit.In this easy-to-implement lesson book, lean how to improve your game -- with or without practicing.By following the tips outlined...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2009-02-28
ePub
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