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Selling the Yellow Jersey The Tour de France in the Global Era
ISBN: HB: 9780226206530, University of Chicago Press, December 2014
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 19 halftones, 1 map, 3 tables
Yellow Livestrong wristbands were taken off across America early last year when Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey that he had doped during the seven Tour de France races he won. But the foreign cycling world, which always viewed Armstrong wi...
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£36,00
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From Black Sox to Three-Peats A Century of Chicago's Best Sportswriting from the "Tribune", "Sun-Times", and Other Newspapers
ISBN: PB: 9780226036601, University of Chicago Press, October 2014
328 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Bears, Bulls, Cubs, Sox, Blackhawks – there's no city like Chicago when it comes to sports. Generation after generation, Chicagoans pass down their almost religious allegiances to teams, stadiums, and players and their never-say-die attitude, along w...
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£13,50
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Strength Training for Faster Swimming
ISBN: PB: 9781841263397, Bookport, Meyer & Meyer Sport, September 2014
168 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 103 colour illus., 113 black&white illus.
Swimming-specific strength training gives competitive swimmers an edge. By strategically incorporating strength training into the swimming routine, better and quicker improvement can be expected. In order to enhance your performance, swimming alone i...
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£12,95
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Top Performance in Business and Sports Maximum Energy for Professionals and Athletes
ISBN: PB: 9781782550556, Bookport, Meyer & Meyer Sport, September 2014
224 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 36 colour and black&white illus.
More and more people nowadays feel stressed out. In many cases this even leads to burnout. They feel empty, they cannot go on anymore, they are without motivation, power, and joy. Over the past ten years, the number of people suffering from this stat...
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£9,95
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Black Men Can't Shoot
ISBN: PB: 9780226211411, ISBN: HB: 9780226076034, University of Chicago Press, August 2014
248 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm, 4 tables
The myth of the natural black athlete is widespread, though it's usually talked about only when a sports commentator or celebrity embarrasses himself by bringing it up in public. Those gaffes are swiftly decried as racist, but apart from their lin...
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£12,00
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£18,00
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Cold Application in Training & Competition The Influence of Temperature on Your Athletic Performance
ISBN: PB: 9781782550105, Bookport, Meyer & Meyer Sport, July 2014
224 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 28 colour illus.
Temperature plays an important role in sports – regarding both the athlete's performance and health.However, until now, these effects, e.g., thermoregulatory mechanisms as well as the variations of body temperature during physical exertion, have bare...
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£19,95
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Futebol Urban Euphoria in Brazil
ISBN: HB: 9783037784310, Lars Muller Publishers, July 2014
64 pp., 23x17 cm, 32 illus.
In Brazil soccer is more than just a sport. It is hope for a better future, a distraction from everyday life, creator of identity and community. If there is no ball around, people kick fruit or cans; when there is no field, they make one. Soccer mark...
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£18,00
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Country of Football Politics, Popular Culture, and the Beautiful Game in Brazil
ISBN: PB: 9781849044172, Hurst Publishers, June 2014
240 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Brazil has done much to shape football, but how has football shaped Brazil? Despite the political and social importance of the beautiful game to the country, the subject has hitherto received little attention. This book present...
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£16,99
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Volleyball Drills
ISBN: PB: 9781782550242, Bookport, Meyer & Meyer Sport, May 2014
160 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 116 colour illus., 10 black&white illus.
This book features basic drills and games designed to help players improve every aspect of their game. It is a working manual of organized and demanding drills from which practice lessons may be created. Each drill includes a detailed explanation of...
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£12,95
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Never a Bad Day A Collection of Columns from the Legendary Endurance Sports Icon
ISBN: PB: 9781782550303, Bookport, Meyer & Meyer Sport, March 2014
176 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 10 black&white illus.
In 1987, Bob Babbitt co-founded Competitor Magazine. One of the features of the publication was his editorial that ran at the front of the publication. This book is a collection of his favorite editorials from both Competitor Magazine and Triathlete...
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£11,95
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