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Always an Athlete is a comprehensive study of the ways in which athletes climb what author Jenné Blackburn terms “The Mountain”ーthe journey from youth sports, through high school and college sports……続きを見る

De Barcelone 1992 à Paris 2024, la plus grande athlète française se replonge dans ses années olympiques. Entre le printemps 1984, quand j'ai quitté la Guadeloupe pour la première fois, et l'été lumi……続きを見る

Snowboarding Is For Everyone aims to educate and explain how accessible and enjoyable snowboarding really is to all. Uncover essential tips and practical guidance on: Choosing the correct snowboardi……続きを見る

A daring and improbable story of Olympic gold from blue-collar origins Every summer in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Nick Baumgartner went to work pouring concrete, taking on the harsh physical condit……続きを見る

Six years after Michael Jordan won his last NBA championship, American basketball hit rock bottom. The perception of NBA players reached an all-time low. Team USA lost three times, disgracing the na……続きを見る

116 vuotta yleisurheilun värikkäintä historiaa alkaen Ateenan olympialaisista 1896 aina Rio de Janeirossa vuonna 2016 järjestettyihin kisoihin. Kirja on ainutlaatuinen tietopaketti kesäolympialaiste……続きを見る

**Shortlisted for the Vikki Orvice Award for Women’s Sports Writing (Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards) A groundbreaking history of how women found synchronicityーand powerーin water.** “If you’re……続きを見る

Now in a fully updated and expanded fifth edition, this textbook introduces the power and politics of sport organizations to the readers. It explores the managerial activities essential to good gove……続きを見る

Often seen as the host nation's largest ever logistical undertaking, accommodating the Olympics and its attendant security infrastructure brings seismic changes to both the physical and social geogr……続きを見る

When Deb Willows was diagnosed with cerebral palsy 50 years ago, her parents were advised to “put her in an institution and get on with your lives.” Experts believed parents were incapable of raisin……続きを見る

What does it take to become a champion? Gold medalist Missy Franklin, along with her parents, D.A. and Dick, tell the inspirational and heartwarming story of how Missy became both a legendary athlet……続きを見る

Colin Jackson is one of the greatest athletes that Britain has ever produced. He was in the world top ten for 16 years, and was world number 1 for two of them. He set seven European and Commonwealth……続きを見る

La Revue internationale et stratégique n° 114 – Organisations sportives internationales : la transition forcée Eu égard à leur poids diplomatique et économique et à leur dimension universelle, diffi……続きを見る

In Gold Medal Diary, Hayley Wickenheiser, three-time Olympic gold medal winner and captain of the Canadian Women's Olympic Hockey Team, reveals her day-to-day experiences of the 2010 Games, includin……続きを見る

This book focuses on the ground-breaking coverage of the London 2012 Paralympic Games by the UK’s publicly owned but commercially funded Channel 4 network, coverage which seemed to deliver a transfo……続きを見る

"Uno de los mejores libros sobre baloncesto que se haya escrito nunca." New York Post El reputado periodista deportivo Jack McCallum desvela por primera vez todos los secretos de la historia del equ……続きを見る

In "Greek Athletics," Frederick Adam Wright meticulously explores the cultural and historical significance of athletic competitions in ancient Greece. Wright employs a scholarly yet accessible style……続きを見る

With a show-jumping career spanning over forty years, Nick Skelton is a legend in the equestrian world. No other rider has won so many major competitions on so many different horses and he is as pop……続きを見る

Drawing on his work with some of the top teams in professional sports, noted sport psychology consultant Gary Mack shares with you the same techniques and exercises he uses to help elite athletes bu……続きを見る

Examining the legitimacy of the World Anti-Doping Agency, this book offers a critical analysis of the anti-doping system and the social and behavioural processes that shape policy, asking why the cu……続きを見る

Jessica Ennis is one of this year's best Olympic prospects. Her athleticism, personality and drive has endeared her to many in Great Britain and across the world.Contained within this excellent book……続きを見る

The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics ended with a bang, when the country that gave the game of hockey to the world was on top of the world. On home ice. Canadians celebrated coast-to-coast-to-coast th……続きを見る

From the multi-million selling author of The Book of Lists and The Complete Book of the Olympics comes an entirely new take on the Games. Wallechinsky has a uniquely vast knowledge of the Olympics a……続きを見る

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Everything you need to know about the Olympics - and some amazing facts you wouldn't believe - are contained within this facsinating eBook. Who was the mascot for each games? What crazy sports are n……続きを見る

Sex and the Olympics a match literally made in heaven. Arising from ancient Greek mythology, the Olympics were always destined to be a sordid and sexual affair. Nothing has changed. This lovingly i……続きを見る

Sex & the Olympics: Condomania explores the importance of the condom and uncovers its controversial journey en route to becoming an Olympic tradition. It looks at just how many condoms are distribut……続きを見る

The bestselling biography of Muhammad Ali--with an Introduction by Salman Rushdie On the night in 1964 that Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) stepped into the ring with Sonny Liston, he was ……続きを見る

Before Usaine Bolt, before Carl Lewis, before Ben Johnson and Bob Hayes and Jessie Owens...there was Charles Paddock. Back in the 1920s Paddock epitomized speed on the track, and he did so with a fl……続きを見る

They were the Beatles of basketball, the Mercury Seven in sneakers. In Dream Team, acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U……続きを見る