Sports & Recreation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910551950Author Louise MaskillFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Bradwell BooksPublisher Bradwell Books

Capoeira, a Brazilian battle dance and national sport, has become popular all over the world. First brought to Brazil by African slaves and first documented in the late eighteenth century, capoeira has undergone many transformations as it has diffused...

"This book is intended to be a practical and concise presentation of some of the operations involved in designing yachts of all types. Cumbersome and impractical methods which are so often found in more pretentious works on naval architecture have been...

Ten years have elapsed since the last publication of this book, necessitating a substantially revised edition of this invaluable guide to equine law for students, owners and professionals within the horse industry - and solicitors involved in cases...

2017-18 marks the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the National Hockey League. But the league almost didn't survive its first year. Bob Duff chronicles the trials and tribulations of that first season, and tells the story of that first generation of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909360495Author John David Thomas WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Empire Publications LtdPublisher Empire Publications LtdWeight(grams) 334g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909360280Author John LuddenFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Empire Publications LtdPublisher Empire Publications LtdWeight(grams) 262g

Widely regarded as one of the most important and influential sports books of all time, C. L. R. James's Beyond a Boundary is-among other things-a pioneering study of popular culture, an analysis of resistance to empire and racism, and a personal...

Former professional ballerina Valorie Kondos Field--or Miss Val, as she's affectionately known--has never tumbled, flipped, or even played any type of organized sports, and yet she has been able to craft a legendary coaching career through curiosity,...

A companion volume to Ocean Yachtmaster" for those taking the Yachtmaster Ocean Certificate, and for navigation revision."Book InformationISBN 9780713648300Author Pat Langley-PriceFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Adlard Coles NauticalPublisher...

Within the pages of Exploring Greenland author Jim Gregson shares narratives of adventures and experiences lived in the impressive landscapes of the great Arctic wilderness. This is a land where areas still exist unvisited by humans and where the cycle...

"This is exactly the sort of big, meaty, ambitious thriller that the market needs. I haven't read a book like this since I Am Pilgrim." ANTHONY HOROWITZ------------"Superb - there's an ominous drumbeat throughout, and pace and tension, and a subtle and...

This book is the complete guide to all of the games played by Hearts in European competitions since the club become only the third Scottish team to enter the European Cup. With contributions from several prominent Hearts players and celebrity fans,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908748287Author David BerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Kittiwake PressPublisher Kittiwake Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809501Author Pip DunnFormat HardbackPage Count 108Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644251881Author William K. KershnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Aviation Supplies & Academics IncPublisher Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc

Acrobatics are exciting for children and teenagers. It is both challenging and fascinating to put your balance to the test and build human figures. Very important for this are team spirit and a willingness to cooperate. Many spectacular human pyramids...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956252654Author Cameron FlemingFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Scratching Shed Publishing LtdPublisher Scratching Shed Publishing LtdDimensions(mm)...

A significant examination of how athletes have fought for inclusion and equality on and off the playing field, despite calls for them to "stick to sports." There is a common cry in many public discussions that athletes should just "stick to sports," that...

The Friends Way is a grand walk that starts in Barley, Lancashire, passing over the summit of Pendle Hill to and through some of the finest parts of the Yorkshire Dales to end at Sedbergh. It combines glorious scenery with superb wildlife and striking...

"I wonder if you can help me." "Maybe I could, or maybe I couldn't," was the very Welsh reply. "What is it you are wanting?" "Would you happen to know of any boats for sale?" It was a question the young man had asked many times before, and always with...

At its core, the goal of any basketball team is relatively simple: take and make good shots while preventing the opponent from doing the same. But what is a "good" shot? Are all good shots created equally? And how might one identify players who are more...

The Applied Sport and Exercise Practitioner is designed to help all developing sport and exercise practitioners navigate the world of applied work. This book explores conceptual issues surrounding applied practice such as the identity and role of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996218153Author Ty GagneFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Tmc Books LLCPublisher Tmc Books LLCWeight(grams) 408g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312186180Author Peter CapstickFormat HardbackPage Count 258Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 567g

Into the Abyss, the first volume in The Diving Trilogy, is a fascinating collection of true life diving adventures from Rod's long and varied diving career. It follows his progression from novice diver in the 1980s through the dangers of the deep air...

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 completely revised and updated New Zealand best-selling walking book, inveterate tramper Peter Janssen presents more than 450 short walks in the South Island and Stewart Island that are ideal for those people who like to stretch their legs without...

Early in the 1920s, the New York Giants sent a scout to watch a young Cuban play for Foster's American Giants, a baseball club in the Negro Leagues. During one at-bat this talented slugger lined a ball so hard that the rightfielder was able to play it...

Perched impossibly on a ridge overlooking a 10,000-foot drop into Tibet, Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa wait. Heel to toe, connected at the waist by a pair of carabineers that's connected to nothing else, they stare down the North Face of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957559318Author David HinchliffeFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Scratching Shed Publishing LtdPublisher Scratching Shed Publishing...

Football. Bloody hell.'The longest serving and most successful manager in British football history shocked the world by finally retiring in May 2013 and instantly created more column inches and twitter mentions that the death of Margaret Thatcher. And he...

This is the official U.S. Army manual for treating every type of injury and affliction in the field-basic first aid, wound care, fractures, bites and stings, head injuries, and much more.U.S. Army First Aid Manual offers skills and knowledge necessary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909360570Author John RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Empire Publications LtdPublisher Empire Publications LtdWeight(grams) 280g

A travelogue and fishing memoir by the author of The Complete Angler follows his round-the-world tour along the globe's forty-first parallel, a journey that took him from his Connecticut hometown to such places as the minefields of the Balkans and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735273900Author Sean McindoeFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press

The ultimate guide to one of the simplest and most effective forms of exercise. Why waste money and resources on petrol and gym membership when you can get a workout from your front door? This book covers all the reasons to run, the types of running, who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909360969Author Harry HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Empire Publications LtdPublisher Empire Publications LtdWeight(grams) 201g

Mario Balotelli has a reputation like no other in football. Since exploding on to the scene at Inter Milan in 2007, he has won league titles in both Italy and England, moving between Europe's elite clubs.Yet for all his undoubted talent, he is better...

The west coast of Scotland casts a spell on anyone with a taste for adventure, a feeling for the past or a love of the wild, uninhabited places. With tidal currents of awesome power running between fascinating patterns of islands, it is a challenging...