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Football, Violence and Social Identityby Richard Guilianotti
Routledge 1994; US$ 59.95Drawing on research from all over the world, this volume examines the culture and loyalties of soccer players and crowds - and their relation to social order, disorder and violence. Of interest to sport students and lovers of soccer. more...
The Economics of Footballby Stephen Dobson; John Goddard
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 49.00An original economic analysis of professional football. Uses theoretical and empirical methods to consider role of owners, managers, players and spectators. Concludes with an extended discussion of key policy issues, including European super league proposals, contractual arrangements in the players' labour market, and football's evolving relationship with the broadcasting media. more...
Volleyballby Jonathan Reeser
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 66.95This addition to the Handbook series is presented in five sections. The first sections covers basic and applied science, including biomechanics, the physiologic demands of volleyball, conditioning and nutrition. The second section looks at the role of the medical professional in volleyball, covering team physicians, pre-participation examination, medical equipment at courtside and emergency planning. The third section looks at injuries - including prevention, epidemiology, upper and lower limb injuries and rehabilitation. The next section looks at those volleyball players who require special consideration: the young, the disabled, and the elite, as well as gender issues. Finally, section five looks at performance enhancement. more...
Football and European Identityby Liz Crolley; David Hand
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 55.95Shifting European identities, cultural loyalties and divisions are often expressed more directly through attitudes to 'the people's game' game than in any other arena. This book examines European football journalism from throughout the last century to more...
The Leaguersby Matthew Taylor
Liverpool University Press 2005; US$ 80.00The Leaguers offers the first ever examination of the politics of the early football world, from struggles over the finances of the game and the treatment of players to campaigns to popularise football on a national and international basis. The basic features of professional football in Britain as we knew it for most of the twentieth century were established in the period between the death of Queen Victoria and the beginning of the Second World War. This book looks at the individuals, groups and social forces which contributed to the making of modern football by focusing on the games most important organisation the Football League. The League reflected the society in which it emerged. Its ethos and policies were those of a nation... more...
Dandy Donsby James W Johnson
University of Nebraska Press 2009; US$ 19.95In the mid-1950s three unrecruited black basketball players, coached by a white former prison guard who had never before coached a college team, led a small Jesuit university in San Francisco to two national titles. The Dandy Dons describes for the first time how the unprecedented accomplishment of the Dons, led by coach Phil Woolpert and future hall-of-famers Bill Russell and K. C. Jones, paved the way for black talent in major college basketball and transformed the sport. more...
Scorecastingby Tobias Moskowitz; L. Jon Wertheim
Broadway Books 2011; US$ 12.99In Scorecasting, University of Chicago behavioral economist Tobias Moskowitz teams up with veteran Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports, and reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball, football, and hockey games are played, won and lost. Drawing from Moskowitz's original research, as well as studies from fellow economists such as bestselling author Richard Thaler, the authors look at: the influence home-field advantage has on the outcomes of games in all sports and why it exists; the surprising truth about the universally accepted axiom that defense wins championships; the subtle biases that umpires exhibit in calling balls and strikes in key situations;... more...
Managing Footballby Sean Hamil; Simon Chadwick
Taylor & Francis 2009; US$ 51.95Managing Football is the first book to directly respond to the rapid managerial, commercial and global development of the sport and offers a thorough analysis of how the football industry can meet the challenges that flow from these developments. Expertly edited by two well known specialists in football business management, it draws together the work of a world-class contributor team to form a comprehensive analysis of the most important issues facing the managers of football businesses across the world. The cutting edge analysis examines all the important business challenges in the football industry and the management of football businesses and covers all of the key football markets including England, Spain, France, Italy, Germany,... more...
Those Guys Have All the Funby Tom Shales; James Andrew Miller
Little, Brown and Company 2011; US$ 9.99It began, in 1979, as a mad idea of starting a cable channel to televise local sporting events throughout the state of Connecticut. Today, ESPN is arguably the most successful network in modern television history, spanning eight channels in the Unites States and around the world. But the inside story of its rise has never been fully told-until now. Drawing upon over 500 interviews with the greatest names in ESPN's history and an All-Star collection of some of the world's finest athletes, bestselling authors James Miller and Tom Shales take us behind the cameras. Now, in their own words, the men and women who made ESPN great reveal the secrets behind its success-as well as the many scandals, rivalries, off-screen battles and triumphs that... more...
120 Great Golf Courses in Australia and New Zealandby Brendan James
Hardie Grant Books 2010; US$ 29.95120 Great Golf Courses in Australia and New Zealand looks at the layouts that should be on every golfers must-play list from the towering sand hills of Tasmanias Barnbougle Dunes, to Alice Springs (the hottest course in the world), and across the Tasman Sea to the majestic cliff-tops of Cape Kidnappers and Kauri Cliffs. For each course presented in this book, there is information on the history and features, standout holes, other great courses nearby, accommodation options and non-golf activities in the area (for when youre not swinging a club). Stunning images displayed in the books colour insert pages will entice golfers to experience the beauty of these locations first-hand. And discount vouchers... more...
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