Sports & Recreation

Provides a clear understanding of the core principles in sport management education and its implementation across the globeProvides sport management academics with an essential resource for designing and refining curriculum designEvaluates the position...

Since the development of the International Moth into a fully foiling dinghy there has been an explosion in the popularity of the class with some of the world's top sailors competing in it and many others enjoying the exhilaration of `flying'. However...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902302805Author Des MarshallFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Kittiwake PressPublisher Kittiwake Press

The controversy began with a seemingly innocuous private letter, and spiraled into the biggest media event in golf history. The Augusta National membership dispute dominated headlines and watercooler conversation for nearly a year, propelled by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781870141321Author Paul HannonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Hillside PublicationsPublisher Hillside Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250787194Author Mark LaurenFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint St. Martin's EssentialsPublisher St. Martin's EssentialsWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm)...

The Science of Basketball is the only book to examine the scientific principles underpinning preparation and performance in basketball, applied to both individual and team contexts. Drawing on the very latest scientific evidence, and including...

The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are likely to feature the first transgender athlete, a topic that will be highly contentious during the competition. But transgender and intersex athletes such as Laurel Hubbard, Tifanny Abreu, and Caster Semenya didn't just...

Golf fans will not forget the 39th Ryder Cup in a hurry. Staged at the Medinah Country Club just outside of Chicago, the 2012 event has already gone down as the most remarkable competition in its 85-year history.The American team had home advantage, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789356994195Author Venkat SundaramFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Harper SportPublisher HarperCollins IndiaDimensions(mm) 220mm * 140mm * 20mm

Imagining a year in which the New York Yankees never lose a single game, this idealistic resource identifies the most memorable victory in the team's history on every single day of the baseball calendar season, from late March to late October. Ranging...

Ground fighting is taking the martial arts world by storm, but how do you get to the ground safely and end in a prone position? What are the dangers of throwing and taking an opponent over? In this book on throwing and take-down techniques of Greco Roman...

The bad*ss story of the female, queer, bi, and nonbinary skaters who charted a path to the Olympics and changed the face of skateboarding.Who gets to tell the story of skateboarding? Drop In is the first book to recognize and historicize the female,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909245952Author Colin GraingerFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint De Coubertin BooksPublisher De Coubertin Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781450546935Author Chrys KozakFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 95gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 5mm

Rugby is a sport that means different things to different people around the world. So when award-winning writer Donald McRae set off to take the pulse of the sport soon after the dawn of the professional era, he began to build a portrait of the game that...

"Rock and ice Climbers' Guidebook to The Cairngorms area of Scotland" - a definitive climbing guidebook from the Scottish Mountaineering Council. "The Cairngorms" all in one volume.This, the next in the SMC's brand new series of "Climbers' Guides",...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802581997Author John GilbeyFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 150mm * 200mm * 20mm

Witty, shrewd, and always a joy to read, John Gierach, "America's best fishing writer" (Houston Chronicle) and favorite streamside philosopher, has earned the following of "legions of readers who may not even fish but are drawn to his musings on...

This is the book that will take any woman, at any fitness level, into the running lifestyle. Jeff Galloway, a US Olympian in 1972, has helped over 150,000 people make this journey while reducing or eliminating aches, pains, and injuries suffered during...

Game Shooting for sporting purposes has taken place in England since the first half of the sixteenth century. David Jones has written a fascinating and comprehensive book covering the history of the sport from its inception to the present day. He...

This is the 51st "Threshold Picture Guide" where Perry Wood gives much needed advice on common riding problems. It gives practical tips on how to improve your horse's behaviour under saddle, making him safer to ride and a pleasure to own. Subjects...

A deeply moving story of the beauty and brutality of life, and death, on the world's most unpredictable and perilous mountain. Sitting just lower than Everest at 8,611 metres above sea level on the China-Pakistan border, the Savage Mountain claims the...

Fully described and illustrated in this volume are the widely practiced Bassal and Kanku kata from the JFA recommended group. The student learns fast and slow techniques, the dynamics of strength, how to turn weakness into strength, changing directions,...

Are you planning a trip to the wild and great outdoors? Have you wondered how you would survive if the trip became dangerous? If you answered yes to either of these questions, this guide is for you!The Pocket Outdoor Survival Guide has the essential...

All the fun of Pavilion's bestselling Strangest series, now in quiz form! Test your rugby knowledge with this handy quiz book, packed with fun and challenging quiz questions based around the weirdest events from more...

Aberdeen FC Miscellany collects together all the vital information you never knew you needed to know about the Dons. In these pages you will find irresistible anecdotes and the most mindblowing stats and facts. You may be rightly proud of the only...

Cook's Country is a wholly original guide to the uniquely scenic and historic coasts of North Yorkshire and Northumberland. The author's fascinating personal insights complement information on all aspects of this stretch of coastline, making this an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910723210Author Michael ClaytonFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Merlin Unwin BooksPublisher Merlin Unwin BooksWeight(grams) 687gDimensions(mm) 234mm...

Irish Times Sports Book of the YearDublin has become the dominant force in Gaelic football, setting new standards of skill and efficiency. But it was not very long ago that the county was a byword for underachievement and disorganization. Every year from...

Ernest Hemingway's friend AE Hotchner once described a 'yellowed four-by-five picture of Ernest', shown to him by Hemingway, 'aged five or six, holding a small rifle. Written on the back in his mother's hand was the notation, "Ernest was taught to shoot...

'Bill Edgar is simply the best. His quizzes draw upon one of the greatest minds in football. This is a book nobody with a love of the game can afford to miss'MATTHEW SYED'It must be good if it's Bill's book!!'JAMIE CARRAGHER'The stuff he comes up with is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613252697Author David TomsFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint CarTech IncPublisher CarTech Inc

This expert guide to competitive ultra-distance cycling is all riders need to cycle a very long way, fast. Ultra-distance events are among some of the greatest challenges a cyclist can face, with riders spending hundreds of miles in the saddle over a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250056047Author Rich CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959265139Author Patrick SweeneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Gun Digest BooksPublisher Krause Publications

'A wonderfully fluent account of how the strange magic of water and the beings that inhabit it can enchant and intoxicate' Chris Yates'[Will Millard] writes with a genuine sense of humility (...) humour and reflection' Kevin Parr, Countryfile ***Growing...

Sailing is fun for everyone. No matter where you are or how old you are, anyone can get involved. There are only two things you need to get afloat - a kitbag full of enthusiasm, and this book. In this ultimate beginner's guide, yachtsman and writer...

Plans included: Dhioriga Levkadhos (Levkas Canal) (1:20,000) Vasiliki (Nisos Levkas) (1:10,000) Ormos Fiskardho (Cephalonia) (1:7,500) Ormos Ayias Eufimia (Cephalonia) (1:6,000) Ormos Frikou (Nisos Ithaca) (1:15,000) Kalamos Harbour (1:5,000) ...

Few experiences are more rewarding than coaching a youth football team. Your journey through the season will be packed with moments that make you smile and that you and your players will remember for the rest of your lives. But what if you've never...