Sports & games
Emne: history
Emne: history
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, this is the first-ever comprehensive global history of football tactics by the highly acclaimed sports writer Jonathan Wilson. 8PRIZES:Winner ...
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Volume Three of this beautifully produced and comprehensive series enlarges on the factual information set out in Volume One and Volume Two. 16pp colour plates...
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30 illustrations...
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black & white illustrations...
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Takes the most popular walks from the AA's best-selling walks database. Packaged on individual laminated cards in a durable box, this title can be stowed away in a pocket or handbag and single cards e...
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'Walking London' contains 24 themed walking tours of 1-6 miles which offer the walker an opportunity to discover the history, architecture, skulduggery and the ghost stories of the city, while not mis...
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Tom Simpson was an Olympic medallist, world champion and the first Briton to wear the fabled yellow jersey of the Tour de France. He died a tragic early death on the barren moonscape of the Mont Vento...
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29 colour illustrations, 31 b&w photographs, line drawings...
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This book examines major sports, both professional and intercollegiate, from baseball, football, and basketball to golf, tennis, stock car racing, and extreme sports, to explain how sports became a mu...
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This book examines major sports, both professional and intercollegiate, from baseball, football, and basketball to golf, tennis, stock car racing, and extreme sports, to explain how sports became a mu...
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Max Wood served his apprenticeship on the very last commercial voyages of any cargo square-rigger. His book is a piece of living history, documenting in great detail work practices and a way of life n...
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Some football derbies around the world might have bigger crowds and feature more fanatical fans, but no fixture has as long and passionate a history as the Old Firm derby. For more than 120 years, Gla...
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A cult novel about Dutch football. illustrations, facsimiles, , portraitsPRIZES:Shortlisted for William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2000....
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What can the history of a nation's football reveal about that nation's wider political and socio-cultural identity? How can the study of local football culture help us to understand the powerful inter...
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Boxing is one of the oldest and most exciting of sports: its bruising and bloody confrontations have permeated Western culture since 3000 BC. Looking afresh at everything from neo-classical sculpture ...
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From Daniel Mendoza to Mike Tyson, boxers have embodied and enacted our anxieties about race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality. This book explores the way in which the history of boxing has intersected...
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A collection of footballing antics. It brings you the tales from the dressing rooms of Scottish football clubs. It reveals the fashion disasters, the bad habits and scandals at your favourite clubs....
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Teaches proper breakfalls, 15 of judo's primary throws, grappling skills (chokes, armbars, pins and holds), throws and counter-throws, and many other winning techniques....
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Teaches proper breakfalls, 15 of judo's primary throws, grappling skills (chokes, armbars, pins and holds), throws and counter-throws, and many other winning techniques....
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Teaches proper breakfalls, 15 of judo's primary throws, grappling skills (chokes, armbars, pins and holds), throws and counter-throws, and many other winning techniques....
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This encyclopedia provides a complete look at the history, key figures, major events and important training theories and terms. It features race accounts, photographs and commentary that aim to make r...
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Offers insight and opinions on various topics related to the game of tennis. This work addresses questions such as: Who is the greatest men's player ever? Who is the greatest women's player ever? Is i...
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Drawing upon historical, economic and socio-demographic perspectives, this book examines the role of a sporting mega-event in promoting urban regeneration and social renewal. Comparing cities that wil...
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