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by Sam Duncan (Author)The book analyses how new media, and in particular, digital and social media, has changed the world of sports forever, from its pivotal role in the evolution of the sports industry and its trailblazing impact on the broader media industry. Author BiographySam Duncan is a lecturer of sports media and sport business, published author and contributor to a range of Australia's media publications including The Age, Ten Daily, The New Daily and the AFL Record.
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by Susan McBane (Author)Equitation Science together with classical riding is today probably the most humane, effective, and practical way of training and enjoying the horse, competitive or not. To avoid getting involved is to accede to the status quo. Our horses deserve better. Sharon E. Cregier, Ph.D., FIASH (Hon., Edin.), founding member of Equine Behaviour Forum In precise, practical language, Fine Riding describes how to blend the principles of classical riding with the modern findings ...
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by Team Golfwell (Author)"HILARIOUS! LOVED IT!""VERY FUNNY FOR THE SPORT I LOVE!"Golf Jokes and Stories, a highly popular Facebook Group, has grown to over 110,000+ members in a relatively short time. Created and administered by TeamGolfwell, the group attracts very funny members who are amazing with their exceptional original posts, comments, jokes, and stories.Some of this new material is edited for spelling, etc., and some has been left "as is" as we didn't want to change them. Read on and...
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by David Samaras (Author)LIFE IS A JOURNEY Yes, it is all about the journey. That is what is important. Not the final result, not the destination. Love the journey. Take the time to relive parts of it. Try to learn from all of it. Each of us travels our own interesting and convoluted path. When you encounter the face in the mirror, while recalling your journey, I hope you see a smile. I know I do.
Number of Pages: 238
Dimensions: 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: March 31, 2021
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by Ron Collins (Author)Street Focus Jujitsu isn't a new martial art. It isn't traditional but retains a traditional warrior spirit. It isn't a sport but realizes sports medicine and sports development training have been used to enhance human ability greatly. It isn't a self-defense course but uses reality based self-defense training developed to mimic the military combat conditioning of soldiers for self-defense. What Street Focus Jujutsu is, is the idea that we don't need reality based self-...
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by Kez Wickham St George (Author)A story of a woman who lived loved and learned caravaning in the outback. Sit around the metaphorical campfire with author Kez Wickham St George as she brings you on an unexpected journey throughout the pages of The Cuppa Tree. This natural-born storyteller will share tales from experiences and stories shared on her travels around Australia. Are you ready to go on a nomadic adventure in The Cuppa Tree?
Number of Pages: 274
Dimensions: 0.62 x 9 x 6 IN
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by Tomás Hinojosa Pardo (Translator), Raul López Antón (Contribution by), Jonathan Nelson (Contribution by)No se ha escrito nada mejor (ni remotamente cerca) sobre la parte mental del billar. Esta obra muestra un revolucionario enfoque para abordar el juego interno del billar, y aunque el autor es un profundo conocedor del billar pool, la mayoría de los conceptos son aplicables a cualquier modalidad de billar. Su lectura y análisis supondrá sin duda un antes y un después en tu juego, mejoránd...
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by Jerome Rand (Author)The true account of the 2017-2018 solo non-stop circumnavigation by Jerome Rand aboard the Westsail 32 "Mighty Sparrow". A testament to endurance and adventure, this memoir recounts what life is like aboard a small sailboat during a 271 day voyage around the globe, alone and without stopping. One of the greatest challenges of both body and mind, the author will take you onboard during the good times and the bad. As one of only a handful of people to have ever succeed in...
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by Michelle Payne (Author)Squad Goals is a two act play about women's football set in Essex written and co-directed by Michelle Payne.Author BiographyMichelle is a director and playwright from Essex recently working on artist-led programme Future Forms with the Donmar Warehouse. Michelle was a 2019 recipient of the Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme working on a three month placement with the Mercury Theatre Colchester as well as one of their 15 Mercury Playwrights (2020-21). Her first pl...
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by K. P. Wee (Author)"Barry Bonds is a Hall of Famer. At some point, the best players of their era have to be enshrined. Period. It's part of our game's history."-Trevor Bauer, 2020 National League Cy Young Award Winner Sportswriter K. P. Wee asks the question that many MLB fans have been thinking-Should Barry Bonds be in the Baseball Hall of Fame? In his 22 years in the Major Leagues, Bonds, who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Francisco Giants, was:
the All-time Home Run le...
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by C. Vivian Stringer (Foreword by), Judith Brittany Wallace (Author)The life of a student athlete competing in the NCAA is a lifestyle that is glorified by many, but only truly known by few. On the surface, the life of a student athlete may look easy, but underneath the exterior many tough and demanding experiences are endured. Although some will get the opportunity to play professionally in their respective sports, the reality is that 98% of student athletes who graduate from these prestigi...
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by Peter Keating (Author)At the age of 57, Peter Keating set out to sail, single-handed, across the Atlantic. It was a lifelong dream of a lifelong sailor and though it was to be a solo journey, his waking and sleeping hours were spent in the 'company' of his memories and erstwhile companions and friends. From Werner and crocodile surfing, to Gerhardt and the Gulag. From Charlie of Morova Lagoon, to Fred from Fransesca. Their stories, along with the Mafiosa of Malta, Leo from the Chesapeake, ...
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by Sonja Erikainen (Author)This book critically explores the history of gender verification in international sport, to show how culture, politics, and science come together to produce "femaleness" and, consequently, the female body as we know it. Tracing gender verification policies and practices in sport since the 1930s till the present, the book shows how and why medical "sex tests" have been used to "verify" women athletes' femaleness, in ways that both reflect and have shaped broader soci...
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by Ingrid P. Wicken (Author)At the beginning of the twentieth century, Lake Tahoe and the Donner Summit region became California's first developed winter sports areas. Plentiful snowfall and newly built highways opened up the summer playground for visitors year-round, and skiing flourished. The Sierra Ski Club formed in 1925, attracting members eager to experience everything the mountains had to offer. People flocked to the slopes, visiting places like Clair Tappaan Lodge in Soda Springs, boa...
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by Cheryl L. Combs (Author)The "Olivia's Adventures" books are the real-life adventures of the author's dog. In her first book, she sets out to explore the trails in the Shenandoah National Park with her Mom and Dad. Along the way, she learns, by accident, that she can swim and encounters her first turtle. The series is written from Olivia's point of view with her talking to the readers so they can understand what she must be thinking. Cheryl Combs grew up in Texas. She graduated from Texas A...
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by Tom Kiley (Author), Chuck Mansfield (Author), Kevin R. Loughlin (Foreword by)Kiley and Mansfield have co-authored this new book, which has been heralded variously as "an inspirational story of how faith, persistence, desire and brotherhood can make great things happen," "recollections that the contributors all agree molded their lives while at the same time adding a valued quality of life for each of them," "The story of young men coming of age in the sixties and how they continued the rel...
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by Alliance of Esteemed Duquesne Scribes (Author)Countless groundbreaking moments in the nation's sports history were made on the gridirons, courts, fields, ice rinks and ballparks of Pittsburgh. Duquesne's Chuck Cooper was the first African American player drafted by the NBA. Beloved local radio station KDKA produced the first-ever broadcast of a Major League Baseball game. The Pittsburgh Stars were the first NFL champions in 1902. The first nighttime World Series game was played in the Stee...
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by Bob Gillespie (Author), Tommy Braswell (Author)For nearly three hundred years, South Carolina has played a vital role in American golf. The first golf clubs in America came from Scotland to Charleston in 1739. Myrtle Beach is sometimes called the Golf Capital of the World, with more than eighty golf courses. The Country Club of Charleston produced World Golf Hall of Fame members Henry Picard and Beth Daniel. The 1991 Ryder Cup matches, the War by the Shore, took place at Kiawah Island's Oc...
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by Vassilios Ziakas (Editor), Aaron Beacom (Editor)Creating and Managing a Sustainable Sporting Future contributes to a critical understanding of the challenges key stakeholders across the globe encounter as they seek to manage periods of transition brought about by policy change relating to the provision of sport and physical activity. The book uncovers the global challenges in terms of managing the re-orientation of stakeholder activities and organisational strategies, in response to the as...
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by Hankie Vogel (Author)The sport of rugby caters for all types of athletes: from the kickers, sprinters, jumpers, tacklers, maulers, anticipators, interceptors, ball catchers, acrobats to the ones that can wrestle and stand strong, even testing mental toughness. Since the introduction of the Rugby World Cup Tournament in 1987, many statistics and trends were established and this Rugby World Cup Infographic Book captures this graphically from individual, to team, to country level. This infogr...
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by James N. Maples (Author)Tells the fascinating story of the Red's climbing community through interviews with the people who lived that history and considers how sustainable ecotourism might contribute to the region economically. Rock Climbing in Kentucky's Red River Gorge documents, for the first time, fifty years of oral history from this famous climbing community. Through extensive interviews, Maples reconstructs the growth of rock climbing in the region--including a twice-failed dam proj...
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by Nuletto Books (Author)This great value book will give you hours of fun with 92 Word Search Puzzles to do. It is a large sized book with two puzzles per page. This makes the Big Print easy and clear to read on high quality paper. Word Search Puzzles are popular activities to pass the time and exercise your mind with solutions at the back of the book if needed. This big paperback book is suitable for adults and would make a great gift.
Number of Pages: 66
Dimensions: 0.14 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN
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by Gert Corfitzen Jürgensen (Author)This book is a follow-up to the book "Dynamic Karate and Kumite". This time I am showing a different type of "prearranged sparring", and in my opinion more realistic combat training. I will also get even closer to the topic "blocking as an attack", which I mentioned quite briefly in the previous book. In that context, I will show basic blocks as I interpret them in grappling connections. Here you will see that both arms are active at the same time. One arm ...
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by Frederick Peterson (Author), Thomas Hardie (Other), Daniel Layne (Other)Largely a first person narrative accompanied by focused, honest question and answers and star studded tributes, this 95 year old WWII veteran tells his story from Orphan to Soke. Soke is the title given to a venerable teacher of martial arts who has been granted permission to start his own style of teaching. This story is made more poignant by the fact that this Journey from Orphan intersects directly with prime object...
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by Zach Parham (Author)Are you a bushcraft fanatic, planning to travel into the wild anytime soon? Or are you looking for a simplified guide to know virtually all there is to survive in the woods? If so, then read on...Bushcraft involves the use of specialized skills and knowledge to survive in an outdoor situation, especially in the wild. Without adequate bushcraft knowledge and survival know-how, your journey into the woods would be less than fun, i.e., you become exposed to severe and life...
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by Ray Walker (Author)Test your Los Angeles Angels knowledge!The Ultimate Los Angeles Angels Trivia Book is a staple for anyone who loves baseball, sports trivia, and the Halos. You will be tested on your knowledge of mind-blowing facts from the early days of the franchise, as well as the current era of Angels baseball led by the likes of Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, and Andrelton Simmons. Within these pages, you will find answers to over 350 trivia questions as well as hundreds of interesting ...
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by Ralph Wimbish (Author)What makes HEROES unique is that author Ralph Wimbish puts himself into many of his stories, a perspective we do not often see in sports writing today. Wimbish's recollections of the sports figures he met as a youngster and later in a 37-year career as a newspaperman make for riveting reading. His father was Dr. Ralph M. Wimbish, a prominent figure in the NAACP's efforts to rid the South of racial discrimination in the late '50s and early '60s. Wimbish the writer has ...
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by G. F. Welch (Author), Weezie Jones (Illustrator)Five children and Mom and Dad visit the family ranch to see Uncle Roy and experience wildlife and farm animals up close. Camping out, the adventure takes a turn for the worse when one of the children gets lost. See what happens then!Dr. Welch brings that old-time comfort in a children's book to a new audience. This is more than an entertaining read. It is educational with ranch animals and wildlife. Weezie Jones is a talented artist who share...
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by G. Seizan Breyette (Author)AUTHOR'S NOTE: This volume, first published in 2021, was previously titled "Bunburyodo". The only changes are the new title ("UechiRyu Bunburyodo Volume One"), a new cover, and some spelling and grammar corrections. Otherwise this is the same volume and text. For the first time in English, the concepts and philosophies that drive the lifestyle and techniques of original pre-WW2 UechiRyu KarateDo are explained in a clear and easy-to-understand narrative manner. T...
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by Chris Atkin (Author)Discover the untold stories of one of the world's most popular coastlines.Part sporting travelogue, part political history, (Just As Well) It's Not About The Bike follows journalist Chris Atkin's 1,300km cycle from Valencia to Gibraltar. En route, he travels through Spain's most picturesque towns. And Benidorm.Along the way he learns about the region's history, from the time four hydrogen bombs fell over Spain, to the politician who shot General Franco's daughter in the...
