Croquet is the perfect game for a summer day, this helpful guide is perfect for anybody wishing to have a go at this fast, fun garden game. Easy to set and up and simple to learn croquet really is t……続きを見る
This book will be avidly devoured by all literature-starved Poodle lovers, for the author is recognised everywhere as an authority who has also seeked knowledge of the subject of Poodles from across……続きを見る
One can hardly expect to become a champion over night by merely reading a book on handball although it is possible that he considerably augment his ability with its guidance and serious application.……続きを見る
Creative Industry practices are increasingly manifested through hybrid models and methods and emerging sub-sectors. With ever finer dividing lines between form and content, product and service, part……続きを見る
著者:C. T. Dent
出版社: Read Books Ltd.
発売日: 2013年05月31日
This little book offers a classic concise guide to equipment and outfit required for mountaineering in the alps. Information on clothing, hats, boots and boot-nails, stockings and socks, shirts wate……続きを見る
Fox hunting has been a main stay of rural Britain for hundreds of years. This book looks at the most famous hunts from around Britain. This book focuses on Lincolnshire, with the Brocklesby and Belv……続きを見る
The reasons for handloading ammunition may be summed up as (a) permitting one to obtain the greatest possible accuracy from his rifle, pistol or revolver and (b) providing one with an abundance of a……続きを見る
著者:V. E. Lynch
出版社: Read Books Ltd.
発売日: 2013年05月31日
Originally published in 1928. A thrilling record of thirty five years adventures on the trail of the trap line and hunting and guiding big game hunters. The illustrated contents include: Early Days ……続きを見る
A game of rugby can often look hectic and confusing to the uninitiated but it is a game of technique, skill and tactics. This guide is a comprehensive look at the skills required for anybody wishing……続きを見る
This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
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著者:C. J. Cornish
出版社: Read Books Ltd.
発売日: 2013年05月31日
Originally published in 1897 this scarce early work on wildfowling and wild life is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. READ COUNTRY BOOKS have republished it in an affordable, hig……続きを見る
This book will ensure that any man or woman is properly equipped to defend themselves when unforeseen emergencies should arise. It will teach both men and women the Jiu Jitsu technique of defense un……続きを見る
The idea of a school having an annual hunt seems odd to most people but then most people did not go to Eton. This fascinating guide to the most popular of field sports is a wonderful window into a l……続きを見る
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る
This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
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Originally published in 1910, this illustrated booklet gives detailed instruction on the art of blowing the horn with notes on its history and the meaning of each evocative call. This unusual handbo……続きを見る
Even the most unobservant of Englishmen on going to Ireland must be struck with the great difference between that country and his home. The longer he remains across the Irish Channel the greater wil……続きを見る
“The Anatomy of the Horse's Foot and Hoof” is a collection of carefully-selected classic articles on the subject of horses, dealing specifically with their feet and related physiology. It deals with……続きを見る
The phenomenon of transnational health care has grown rapidly over recent years and this book provides a comprehensive landscape of diverse research communities' attempts to capture its implications……続きを見る
著者:D. Briggs
出版社: Palgrave Macmillan UK
発売日: 2013年07月18日
This book represents the first attempt to step inside the holiday experience of young British tourists in San Antonio, Ibiza. Briggs' ethnographic study reveals the ugly truth about how and why they……続きを見る
著者:H. Lenskyj
出版社: Palgrave Macmillan UK
発売日: 2016年01月12日
This book explores how the Olympic industry has shaped hegemonic concepts of sporting masculinities and femininities for its own profit and image-making ends, examining its continuing marginalizatio……続きを見る
著者:H. Thorpe
出版社: Palgrave Macmillan UK
発売日: 2014年05月30日
This book contributes to recent debates in transnationalism, mobilities and migration studies by offering the first in-depth sociological examination of the global phenomenon of action sports and th……続きを見る
This collection interrogates sports in Latin America as a key terrain in which nation is defined and populations are interpellated through emotionally charged practices (state policy, media represen……続きを見る
This book provides a sociological perspective on fitness culture as developed in commercial gyms, investigating the cultural relevance of gyms in terms of the history of the commercialization of bod……続きを見る
Is it possible for football matches or players to help forge a collective European identity? Pyta and Haverman seek to answer this question through a detailed analysis of how football is remembered ……続きを見る
著者:R. Tzanelli
出版社: Palgrave Macmillan UK
発売日: 2013年04月24日
This book examines the London 2012 opening and closing ceremonies and the handover to Rio 2016 as articulations of national and cosmopolitan belonging. The ceremonial performances supported imaginat……続きを見る
著者:E. Anderson
出版社: Palgrave Macmillan UK
発売日: 2014年05月27日
Drawing on hundreds of interviews with 15-22 year old straight and gay male athletes in both the United States and the United Kingdom, this book explores how jocks have redefined heterosexuality, an……続きを見る
Rethinking Drinking and Sport examines the complex nature of sport-related drinking. With close attention to the contradictory nature of sport-related drinking, this book considers both 'the problem……続きを見る