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  • Managing Sport and Leisure Facilitiesby Philip Sayers

    Spon Press 1991; US$ 204.00

    s1ncise and thoroughly detailed Managing Sport and Leisure Facilities is a clean operating guide to leisure management by contract, providing expert advice for both contractor and client. The author includes extracts from the relevant more...

  • Sites of Sportby Patricia Vertinsky; John Bale

    Routledge 2004; US$ 63.95

    This collection uses spatial concepts and examples to examine the nature and development of sporting practices. It shows how the study of built environments such as gymnasiums and football stadiums can provide unique information about the body's more...

  • Bodies in the Gymnasiumby Patricia A. Vertinsky; Sherry McKay

    Routledge 2004; US$ 58.95

    Architecture and design have been used to exert control over bodies, across lines of class, gender and race. They regulate access to certain spaces and facilities, impose physical or psychological barriers, and make particular activities possible for specific groups. more...

  • Managing Sport Facilities and Major Eventsby Hans Westerbeek; Aaron Smith; Paul Turner; Paul Emery; Christine Green; Linda van Leeuwen

    Allen & Unwin 2005; US$ 54.50

    A comprehensive introduction to sports events and facility management, this book guides students through the on-the-job issues and technical problems that sports managers have to address every day. more...

  • The Diamond in the Bronxby Neil J. Sullivan

    Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 15.95

    No sport has mattered more to Americans than baseball--and no team has had a greater impact on baseball than the New York Yankees. Now Neil Sullivan delivers a narrative worthy of his fabled subject, in this marvelous history of Yankee Stadium. Fans have a box-seat at the Stadium's first Opening Day: The stunning visual impact of the baseball's first true stadium, the festivities, the players (including Babe Ruth who christened the Stadium with its first home run), and the game in which the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1. The Stadium was immediately known as "The House That Ruth Built," but Sullivan takes us behind the scenes to meet the politicians, businessmen and fixers who were even more responsible for the Stadium than the Babe was:... more...

  • Stadiaby Geraint John; Rod Sheard; Ben Vickery

    Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 62.95

    In this completely updated and redesigned edition of the essential and long-established Stadia, the authors offer their unrivalled expertise to all professionals who commission, plan, design, and manage high-quality sports venues. This fourth edition features over twenty case studies of recent projects in Europe, America, Australia, China and Japan, and the technical sections contain substantial new information on master planning and designing for the disabled. In addition to a wide array of international information sources, the authors were able to draw on the experience of the design firm that delivered the 1999 Cardiff Millennium stadium, the 2000 Sydney Olympic stadium, the 2002 Reliant stadium in Houston, the 2005 Nanjing Sports Park,... more...

  • Designing Outdoor Environments for Childrenby Lolly Tai; Mary Taylor Haque; Gina Knight

    McGraw-Hill 2006; US$ 65.00

    Create fun, safe, innovative outdoor landscapes for children. This unique resource expertly details the design, installation, and maintenance of sustainable children's landscapes and play yards. Numerous case studies cover projects including storybook courtyards, music and barnyard gardens, nature trails, wildlife habitats, memorial, and edible gardens. more...

  • Playing and Learning Outdoorsby Jan White

    Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 29.95

    This book will allow practitioners to develop rich and stimulating outdoor play provision in Early Years settings and enable you to feel confident to offer wonderful play experiences outdoors. more...

  • Environments for Outdoor Playby Theresa Casey

    Sage Publications Ltd. 2007; US$ 30.00

    'This practical book helps the reader plan, design and manage the kinds of settings that afford children the opportunities to carry out the wide range of self-directed activities that are so important to their development. It s ideal for community development workers, the organizers of after-school programs, children s hospital staff and groups of caring parents' - Roger A. Hart, Director of the Children s Environments Research Group, The Graduate School of the City University of New York. Exciting spaces to play are vital if we are to provide children with challenging, flexible, inclusive and stimulating opportunities to learn, develop and have fun together. This book provides readers with ideas for developing play environments that... more...

  • The Everything Guide To Being A Personal Trainerby Kate Kenworthy

    Adams Media 2007; US$ 14.95

    If you love fitness and you're looking for an alternative to the typical 9-5 office job, The Everything Guide to Being a Personal Trainer will help you turn your passion into a career. Opportunities for professional fitness trainers are everywhere-fitness clubs, college athletic programs, even professional sports teams. The Everything Guide to Being a Personal Trainer is a step-by-step guide that will take you from gym rat to fitness guru in no time. This easy-to-follow book progresses from training to certification with tips to help you: - Choose a work environment; - Set up a business plan; - Find, motivate, and keep clients; - and learn about marketing and networking. Written by two personal-training professionals, The Everything... more...