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Myra Wright takes ecocritical studies on an interdisciplinary turn toward the water with her new research monograph, The Poetics of…
Angling in Early Modern England. Identifying the lively presence of both literal and metaphorical images of sport fishing in all kinds of early modern writing, this book aims to instill deep sympathy between the art of angling and the art of writing, and for the centrality of fish in early modern conceptions of humanity.The Aesthetics, Poetics, and Rhetoric of Soccer (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society)
By Ridvan Askin, Catherine Diederich, Aline Bieri. 2018
Soccer has long been known as 'the beautiful game'. This multi-disciplinary volume explores soccer, soccer culture, and the representation of…
soccer in art, film, and literature, using the critical tools of aesthetics, poetics, and rhetoric. Including international contributions from scholars of philosophy, literary and cultural studies, linguistics, art history, and the creative arts, this book begins by investigating the relationship between beauty and soccer and asks what criteria should be used to judge the sport’s aesthetic value. Covering topics as diverse as humor, national identity, style, celebrity, and social media, its chapters examine the nature of fandom, the role of language, and the significance of soccer in contemporary popular culture. It also discusses what one might call the ‘stylistics’ of soccer, analyzing how players, fans, and commentators communicate on and off the pitch, in the press, on social media, and in wider public discourse. The Aesthetics, Poetics, and Rhetoric of Soccer makes for fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in sport, culture, literature, philosophy, linguistics, and society.The Great American Sports Page: A Library of America Special Publication
By Charles P. Pierce, John Schulian. 2019
A first-of-its-kind celebration of the newspaper scribes who made sportswriting a glorious popular art, and immortalized America's greatest games and…
athletesSpanning nearly a century, The Great American Sports Page presents essential columns from more than three dozen masters of the press-box craft. These unforgettable dispatches from World Series, Super Bowls, and title bouts for the ages were written on deadline with passion, spontaneity, humor, and a gift for the memorable phrase. Read avidly day in and day out by a sports-mad public, these columnists became journalistic celebrities in their home cities, their coverage trusted and savored, their opinions hotly debated. Some even helped change the games they wrote about. Gathered here in a groundbreaking anthology, their writings capture some of sport's most enduring moments and many of its all-time greats: Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, and Michael Jordan among them. But the best American sportswriters also found ways to write powerfully about lesser-known athletes and to convey, often with heartbreaking honesty and insight, the less glamorous and more tragic facets of the games we love. In its survey of the finest American sportswriting from Ring Lardner to Thomas Boswell, from Red Smith and Jimmy Cannon to Bob Ryan and Michael Wilbon, The Great American Sports Page takes the measure of the human richness, complexity, and competitive spirit of sports and the athletes who continue to fascinate and inspire us.Golf University: Become a Better Putter, Driver, and More—the Smart Way
By Scott Weems. 2019
In Golf University, Scott Weems offers comprehensive advice to excelling on the golf course that takes readers beyond traditional tips…
on putting and driving. Divided into four “semesters,” this book incorporates the disciplines of physics, math, medicine, sociology, geology, economics, and more to help golfers maximize their success and have the most fun. Some of the many lessons that Weems offers include: Achieving maximum efficiency in the golf swing, meaning no loss of kinetic energy from club to ball, would require a driver 72 feet long. And a club the same weight as the ball. Twelve percent of business executives rate golf as more important than sex. Players shot half a stroke higher when paired with Tiger Woods in his prime. The effect was even worse on the final day of competition. Putting against the direction of the grain (i.e., opposite the most recent mowing) leaves the ball 15 percent shorter than putting in the opposite direction. Closing your eyes occasionally while putting will leave your ball almost 10 percent closer to the pin. And more! Golf University uses a mixture of research, interviews, and Weems’s own experiences as a scientist and golfer to introduce readers to the latest discoveries in the sport.Elite Soccer Players: Maximizing Performance and Safety
By Robert Huggins, Douglas J. Casa, Ryan Curtis, Courteney Benjamin. 2020
The sport of soccer has evolved immensely since its beginning around 2,000 years ago and is now considered the most…
popular sport in the world. The research related to the physical, psychological, and tactical aspects of the game has risen in conjunction with its fame. Elite Soccer Players: Maximizing Performance and Safety seeks to inform the reader with the most current research connected to optimizing physical performance and reducing the risk of injury of the elite soccer athlete for a variety of ages. After providing an initial brief overview of applying physical and psychological scientific concepts in soccer ("Part I: Laying the Foundation”), this book then takes the reader through a series of important yet novel parts including: “Athlete Monitoring and Data Analysis,” “Optimizing Physical Performance,” “Injury Epidemiology and Risk Reduction,” “Achieving Peak Performance and Safety in Various Environmental Conditions,” and “Unique Aspects of the Game.” The goal of Elite Soccer Players: Maximizing Performance and Safety is to conceptualize and expand upon the current research associated with these topics and provide an applicable point of view to the coaches, sport scientists, strength and conditioning coaches, and sports medicine professionals who work with these athletes every day.Die Faszination der menschlichen Motorik wird in diesem Fachbuch verständlich und anschaulich dargestellt. Zahlreiche Praxisbeispiele verdeutlichen Physio- und Ergotherapeuten, Sportwissenschaftlern…
und Trainern entscheidende Eckpfeiler der einzelnen Entwicklungsschritte von der Kindheit bis ins Erwachsenenalter. Die direkten Auswirkungen unbewusster Steuerungs-, Automatisierungs- und Lernprozesse auf unser Leben werden präzise beleuchtet und entschlüsselt.Der Inhalt: Neurophysiologische Abläufe von automatisierten und Willkürbewegungen - Aus unserem Alltag: Okulo-, Grapho- und Sprachmotorik - Verborgene Potenziale in Training und TherapieVerhelfen Sie Ihrem Patienten in Rehabilitation und Therapie zum bestmöglichen Ergebnis. Nur mit diesen Grundlagen können Sie Athleten im Breiten- und Leistungssport optimal fördern und zum gewünschten Erfolg führen.This book explores the complexities of the recreational summer camp experience and its reliance on the expertise and emotion work…
of young people. Drawing on post-structural theory, Baker illustrates the discourses, power relations and emotional demands that shape camp counsellor employment experiences and well-being. Through analysis of everyday experiences and interactions, Baker unpicks the power nexus between counsellors, campers, peers and camp management, offering a deeper understanding of camp counsellor employment and the challenges for camp employees and employers. As such, this book raises a call for camp researchers and industry leaders to engage in rethinking how camp counsellor roles are understood, shaped and embodied, and how they might be ethically supported through reflexive management practices. Becoming and Being a Camp Counsellor will be of interest to scholars and students across the fields of leisure, outdoor recreation, youth studies, and sociology.Sociocultural Examinations of Sports Concussions (Routledge Research in Sport and Exercise Science)
By Matt Ventresca, Mary G. McDonald. 2020
Sport’s "concussion crisis" has been characterized by controversial scientific discoveries, athlete suicides, and high-profile lawsuits involving professional sports leagues, while…
provoking widespread media coverage, changes to game rules, and debate about the future of many popular sports. Sociocultural Examinations of Sports Concussion is the first edited collection to bring together multiple sociocultural perspectives on sports concussion that interrogate the social, economic, political, and historical forces shaping the cultural impacts of these injuries. Each of the ten chapters moves beyond biomedical or neuroscientific paradigms to critically examine a specific intersection of sociocultural factors influencing public perceptions about concussion or athlete experiences of brain injury. These include analyses of media and advertising, medical treatment and diagnostic protocols, gender and masculinity, developments in equipment and scientific models, economics and labor politics, understandings of trauma and recovery, public health philosophies, and disciplinary differences in framing the ontologies of concussion. Drawing from a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches, Sociocultural Examinations of Sports Concussion offers a diverse set of analyses examining brain injuries as cultural and embodied phenomena affecting more than just athletes’ brains, but also embedded within and (re)shaping meanings, identities, and social contexts. It is valuable reading for graduate students and researchers interested in the experience and treatment of sports concussion, sports sociology, and sports technology.Woodcraft and Camping
By George Nessmuk. 2013
One of America's most famous woodsmen and nature experts provides classic instructions for roughing it. His advice covers camping, hiking,…
building a fire, cooking out, shelters, tools and equipment, hunting and fishing, canoeing, and more. "Useful, specific information and suggestions on all aspects of woodcraft." — Moor and Mountain.Beautiful on the Outside: A Memoir
By Adam Rippon. 2019
Former Olympic figure skater and self-professed America's Sweetheart Adam Rippon shares his underdog journey from beautiful mess to outrageous success…
in this hilarious, big-hearted memoir.Your mom probably told you it's what on the inside that counts. Well, then she was never a competitive figure skater. Olympic medalist Adam Rippon has been making it pretty for the judges even when, just below the surface, everything was an absolute mess. From traveling to practices on the Greyhound bus next to ex convicts to being so poor he could only afford to eat the free apples at his gym, Rippon got through the toughest times with a smile on his face, a glint in his eye, and quip ready for anyone listening. Beautiful on the Outside looks at his journey from a homeschooled kid in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to a self-professed American sweetheart on the world stage and all the disasters and self-delusions it took to get him there. Yeah, it may be what's on the inside that counts, but life is so much better when it's beautiful on the outside.High, Wide and Frightened
By Louise Thaden. 2004
High, Wide and Frightened, first published in 1938, is pioneering aviator Louise Thaden's account of her adventures in the early…
days of flying. Thaden (1905-1979) earned her pilot's certificate in 1928 and would go on to win numerous long-distance air-races, and set numerous records for high-elevation and long-endurance flights. This edition includes the chapter entitled "Noble Experiment," (omitted from later reissues of the book), which describes Thaden's vision on the use of women in combat. In the final chapter of the book, Thaden describes her friendship with Amelia Earhart, who disappeared in 1937 over the Pacific Ocean.Citizen of Two Worlds
By Mohammad Ata-Ullah. 2019
Citizen of Two Worlds, first published in 1960, is the autobiography of Mohammad Ata-Ullah (1905-1977), Pakistani doctor, mountaineer, and philosopher.…
Born into a Muslim family, Ata-Ullah is an example of a worldy human being who treated Christians and Hindus with respect and as brothers. After studying medicine in Lahore and London and becoming a doctor, Ata-Ullah served as an officer in the British India Army and traveled widely, working in central India, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Lebanon and Muscat, and witness to the bloodshed between Muslims and Hindus in India. With the creation of Pakistan in 1947, Col Ataullah become the first Director of Health Services of Azad Kashmir, and went on to work in Japan and Korea with wounded United Nations troops. The book closes with a dramatic description of his participation in the 1953 American Expedition to K2, the world's second highest mountain, and as a member of the successful Italian ascent in 1954.Gentleman Overboard
By Herbert Clyde Lewis. 2019
Gentleman Overboard, first published in 1937, is a novella about a man (a Wall Street banker) who accidentally slips overboard…
while on a freighter-cruise ship bound from Honolulu to Panama City. The book moves back and forth between the thoughts of the man in the water as he comes to terms with his inevitable fate, and that of the ship's crew and fellow passengers, who search first the ship, then the sea. Gentleman Overboard was the first novel of author Herbert Clyde Lewis (1909-1950) who would go on to write three additional books. Lewis began his career as a journalist in China and New York City, followed by a time writing screenplays in Hollywood.Ciências Físicas no corpo humano Perde peso para sempre
By Pedro Hugo García Peláez. 2019
Um livro para ajudar a emagrecer. Em consequência escrevi um livro que ainda que puramente científico e baseado nas Ciências…
Físicas pode ser lido por todo o Mundo com uma linguagem limpa e clara. O mais difícil que vai ter que resolver é uma raiz quadrada, ou seja, coisas como raiz de nove igual a três, porque três por três são nove. √9 = 3 Que com a ajuda das calculadoras não representa nenhum problema. Aprende a emagrecer desde o primeiro dia nadando dez minutos. Um método inovador para perder peso sem dietas e sem muito esforço. Conseguirás eliminar a gordura do abdomen para sempre. Ao principio deverás fazer o exercício duas ou três vezes por semana. Depois com um abdomen reto só terás que preocupar-te com estar em forma.Renowned sports journalist Dan Wetzel shoots and scores with Epic Athletes: Lionel Messi, an inspiring young readers biography of a…
soccer great who rose from an underdog to a champion!Featuring comic-style illustrations by Jay Reed! Lionel Messi has taken the soccer world by storm. He scored the most goals in a season. He's racked up championships. There was even a statue built in his honor. Despite the accolades, he's still hungry for more goals, more championships, more opportunities to shine on the soccer pitch. Messi's drive to succeed has motivated him ever since he first stepped on his local, worn down field as a kid.Yet his success didn't come without bumps in the road. Diagnosed with a career-threatening medical condition at ten, Messi refused to give up on his dream, and went on to amass one of the greatest careers in sports history. Filled with sports action and bold illustrations, this thrilling biography details the rise of a living soccer legend.Praise for Epic Athletes* "An unusually informative and enjoyable sports biography for young readers." —Booklist, starred review for Epic Athletes: Stephen CurryCricket, Kirikiti and Imperialism in Samoa, 1879–1939 (Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics)
By Benjamin Sacks. 2019
This book considers how Samoans embraced and reshaped the English game of cricket, recasting it as a distinctively Samoan pastime,…
kirikiti. Starting with cricket’s introduction to the islands in 1879, it uses both cricket and kirikiti to trace six decades of contest between and within the categories of ‘colonisers’ and ‘colonised.’ How and why did Samoans adapt and appropriate the imperial game? How did officials, missionaries, colonists, soldiers and those with mixed foreign and Samoan heritage understand and respond to the real and symbolic challenges kirikiti presented? And how did Samoans use both games to navigate foreign colonialism(s)? By investigating these questions, Benjamin Sacks suggests alternative frameworks for conceptualising sporting transfer and adoption, and advances understandings of how power, politics and identity were manifested through sport, in Samoa and across the globe.Dry Tortugas National Park (Images of America)
By James A. Kushlan, Kirsten Hines. 2019
Isolated 70 miles west of Key West, the islands of Dry Tortugas National Park appear to arise as if by…
magic, floating atop the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Discovered by Juan Ponce de León over 500 years ago, Tortugas is North America’s second-oldest persistent place name. The adjacent Florida Strait provided essential passageway for navies, ships of commerce, pirates, and privateers. Its reefs claimed hundreds of ships over the centuries. The nation’s largest masonry fort, Fort Jefferson, secured Union control of the Florida Strait during the Civil War and served as the infamous prison for Dr. Samuel Mudd and other convicted Lincoln conspirators. Its waters, coral reefs, and aquatic life remain among the most biologically intact in North America. Seabird species nest here that nest nowhere else on the continent. The Tortugas has attracted generations of naturalists, scientists, fishermen, divers, birders, and other visitors. The islands and waters of the Dry Tortugas remain today remote, historic, and biologically pristine.A History of Wrestling in Iowa: Growing Gold (Sports)
By Dan McCool. 1978
The state of Iowa is just as well known for prominent wrestlers as it is acres of corn and beans.…
That gives the state the mighty distinction of feeding the world and defeating it on the mat. Men like Dan Gable, Tom Brands, Harold Nichols, Jim Miller, Nick Mitchell and Chuck Patten led Iowa colleges to forty-four of an astounding sixty-nine national team championships. In 1954, Simon Roberts of Davenport was the first African American to win a state wrestling title and later the first African American NCAA wrestling champion. Wrestler Norman Borlaug received the Nobel Peace Prize and is credited with preventing more than one billion deaths from starvation. Author Dan McCool details the long history of hard work and dedication from the fields to the mat.Entrevistados por el ex jugador estrella y actual comentarista deportivo Diego Latorre y el periodista Gustavo Noriega, seis futbolistas de…
primera línea cuentan sus experiencias, hablan de sus referentes y describen sus impresiones sobre el deporte más popular de la Argentina y su devenir, ayer y hoy. ¿Es posible hablar de fútbol sin sentirse preso de las rivalidades? ¿Puede un hincha de Boca apreciar a un jugador habilidoso de River, y viceversa? ¿Pueden conversar amablemente los hinchas de San Lorenzo y Huracán, Talleres y Belgrano, Racing e Independiente? La posibilidad de ver fútbol internacional debería haber engendrado un nuevo tipo de hincha, menos apegado a los colores de un equipo que a los talentos de un jugador o a un modelo de juego. Sin embargo, hoy más que nunca, el sentimiento de pertenencia se ha convertido en adhesión irracional, desborde, enemistad acérrima. La lógica brutal de los barrabravas se ha extendido a jugadores, dirigentes, parte del periodismo y hasta el público general. Pero hay esperanza: en este panorama en el que las agresiones son moneda corriente, es posible encontrar a unos cuantos futbolistas que se negaron a formar parte del gran circo del enfrentamiento y pusieron al deporte en el centro de sus preocupaciones. Deportistas destacados, adorados por hinchas propios y ajenos, capaces de crear en la cancha un espectáculo y de comportarse fuera de ella con un espíritu de cuerpo casi aristocrático, ajeno al insulto y la provocación: los jugadores exquisitos. En estas páginas se proponen una serie de encuentros con varios de estos futbolistas de elite. Abren el micrófono Gustavo Noriega y Diego Latorre, quien en sus años de jugador fue indiscutiblemente uno de ellos, delantero de enorme habilidad y gambeta desconcertante. Y se prestan generosamente al juego Diego Milito, Marangoni, Francescoli, Rinaldi, Márcico y Menotti: un inmejorable seleccionado de exquisitos.The millions of fans who watch World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) programs each year are well aware of their role in…
building the narrative of the sport. #WWE: Professional Wrestling in the Digital Age explores the intersections between media, technology, and fandom in WWE's contemporary programming and business practices. In the Reality Era of WWE (2011 to the present), wrestling narratives have increasingly drawn on real-life personalities and events that stretch beyond the story-world created and maintained by WWE. At the same time, the internet and fandom have a greater influence on the company than ever before. By examining various sites of struggle and negotiation between WWE executives and in-ring performers, between the product and its fans, and between the company and the rest of the wrestling industry, the contributors to this volume highlight the role of various media platforms in shaping and disseminating WWE narratives. Treating the company and its product not merely as sports entertainment, but also as a brand, an employer, a company, a content producer, and an object of fandom, #WWE conceptualizes the evolution of professional wrestling's most successful company in the digital era.