Essays 6

This antiquarian book constitutes one volume of a detailed and useful guide to falconry, and includes information on kite hawking, hare hawking, merlins, management, lark hawking, the hobby, the lan……続きを見る

In this hilariously funny essay collection, ESPN columnist Rick Reilly compiles the best of his sports columnsーessays that include his expert opinion on athlete tattoos, NFL cheerleaders, and even ……続きを見る

WHO'S THE BEST? WHO'S THE WORST? Every Bay Area fan knows that the only thing better than watching sports is arguing about the - picking the best, the worst, and who will come out on top. And no reg……続きを見る

Every Boston fan knows that the only thing better than watching sports is arguing about them--picking the best, the worst and who will come out on top. And no city tears its sports teams apart like ……続きを見る

WHO'S THE BEST? WHO'S THE WORST? Every Philadelphia fan knows that the only thing better than watching sports is arguing about them - picking the best, the worst, and who will come out on top. And n……続きを見る

Training for and completing a triathlon is one of the most grueling life experiences anyone can have, requiring a degree of personal commitment, individual strength and iron will that few people pos……続きを見る

“I want to start conversations, and even better, arguments.” – From the Introduction One of the most outspoken and original voices in sports sounds off while revealing his incredible life story. Jal……続きを見る

L'équipe de France de football souffre toujours d'une image exécrable dans l'opinion, et les " fauteurs de trouble " (Anelka, Evra, Ribery...) restent pour beaucoup des " bannis ". Pourquoi cette in……続きを見る

This new collection examines not only how athletes looked to the nation’s judicial system to solve conflicts but also how their cases trans〓formed the interpretation of laws. These essays examine a……続きを見る

Un éclairage original, indispensable pour mieux comprendre l'évolution du rapport à la nation dans une société française en mutation, et le rôle singulier qu'y jouent les grandes compétitions sporti……続きを見る

A comprehensive introduction to the workings of the business, Sportscasters/Sportscasting: Principles and Practices explains all of the information essential to anyone looking to begin a career in s……続きを見る

This book titled Mental Illness to Mental Health is written specially for us i.e. the family physician. The style is lucid and in a dialogue format. It aims at helping family physicians to become go……続きを見る

Whether Frank Deford is the voice you hear on National Public Radio's Morning Edition or the name you see in the Newsweek byline, you are sure to be highly entertained with the irreverent musings of……続きを見る

John Jacobs is one of golf's all-time great teachers, a true legend of the game who has passed on his words of wisdom to thousands of amateurs as well as to some of the world's greatest players over……続きを見る

Bill Littlefield (NPR's Only a Game) presents the second installment in the Library of America series devoted to classic American sportswriters, a defintive collector’s edition of the pathbreaking w……続きを見る

Spanning nearly fifty years and featuring hard-to-find pieces, this anthology collects the most essential writings on American baseball, boxing, and more, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning sports jour……続きを見る

Men’s Journal**’s “Ultimate Football Reading List”** “First-rate” sports writing on American football from an all-star line-up that includes Red Smith, Jimmy Breslin, Michael Lewis, and more (Wall S……続きを見る

Dan Ford learned to fly at the age when most men are well into retirement. In this short book, he tells how it was to have a flight instructor one-third his age, to make a Sentimental Journey to the……続きを見る

This essay won the Grand Conference Award at the 2008 Arkansas Writers Conference for sports comedy. It details all the stuff the short description covered, plus more. I hope you enjoy, but please: ……続きを見る

Calm, reasoned, and well-modulated tones are not the order of business in discussing Chicago sports, and when it comes to talking Chicago sports, Mike North is in a class by himself. He led the spor……続きを見る

The best work of one of Alabama's longest-serving and most beloved sports journalists. Although he spent 43 years at the same job, Alf Van Hoose was not a man limited by the boundaries of his profes……続きを見る

Catastrophic Injuries in Sport and Recreation is an essential reference guide to safe participation in a wide variety of sports and recreational activities. A masterful achievement of methodology, i……続きを見る

In Motion, At Rest takes up the event as a philosophical problem from a novel perspective. Grant Farred examines three infamous events in sport, arguing that theorizing the event through sport makes……続きを見る

The # 1 Bestselling Sport Autobiography of the greatest of all the Socceroos. It's an unlikely footballing fairy tale. Born in Sydney to a Samoan mother and Londoner father, Timothy Cahill grew up i……続きを見る

Held in Germany, the 1936 Olympic Games sparked international controversy. Should athletes and nations boycott the games to protest the Nazi regime? More Than Just Games is the history of Canada’s i……続きを見る

Nonfiction films about sports have been around for decades, yet few scholarly articles have been published on these works. In Identity and Myth in Sports Documentaries, editors Zachary Ingle and Dav……続きを見る

Nonfiction films about sports have been around for decades, but the previously neglected subgenre of the documentary has become increasingly popular in the last several years. Despite such recent su……続きを見る

Soon after the first automobiles were introduced in the United States, auto racing became a reality. Since that time, motorsports have expanded to include drag racing, open wheel racing, rallying, d……続きを見る

The story of international football star Tim Cahill, one of the most admired Australian sportsmen of all time. Tim Cahill was born in Sydney to a Samoan mother and English father. He grew up in the ……続きを見る

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are valuable institutions that provide intellectual domains for racial uplift, racial refuge, and cultural empowerment within a continually polar……続きを見る