Sports & Recreation

Learn from a legend! Trim seconds off your time, train more efficiently, or simply maximize your fitness workouts with Mastering Cycling. John Howard, three-time Olympian and 18-time national masters cycling champion, has created the ultimate cycling...

Like many young people of his generation, Craig Weldon came of age on hills all around the British Isles, but especially the Munros in Scotland. With his friends he braved the high mountains of the Cuillin and the lower tops of Gloucestershire, wild...

Philosophy and Football: The PFFC Story is the extraordinary account of how a team of friends kicking a ball about in Regent's Park was transformed by European travel in the shadow of Brexit. Playing in shirts adorned with the words of Camus, Shankly and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781328595966Author Jeff BercoviciFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 132mm...

The NHL's New York Islanders were struggling. After winning four straight Stanley Cups in the early 1980s, the Islanders had suffered an embarrassing sweep by their geographic rivals, the New York Rangers, in the first round of the 1994 playoffs. Hoping...

Through popular movies starring Bruce Lee and songs like the disco hit "Kung Fu Fighting," martial arts have found a central place in the Western cultural imagination. But what would 'martial arts' be without the explosion of media texts and images that...

* Climbing routes to Argentina's -- and South America's -- highest mountain * Guidebook includes 27 routes from three major approaches * Thoroughly researched advice on lodging, permits, equipment, seasons, weather and more * The only...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905928088Author Luis Miguel PereiraFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Dewi Lewis Media LtdPublisher Dewi Lewis Media LtdDimensions(mm) 230mm * 150mm *...

Finding your campsite, a spectacular view, or your way home can be difficult, especially when your phone or GPS malfunctions. But knowing how to use a magnetized compass, paper map, and the positions of the sun, moon, stars, and other practical aids in...

Offering information about everything there is to know on the subject, from adauchi (a vendetta) to zanshin (state of focused vigilance before, during, and after executing a technique or combative form), this volume is suitable for the beginning martial...

The two bouts between Cassius Clay and Sonny Liston are widely considered the most anticipated and controversial fights in heavyweight boxing. Cassius Clay won the first bout in Miami Beach in February 1964, when Liston refused to come out for the...

Darts Miscellany collects together all the vital information you never knew you needed to know about the game of arrows. In these pages you will find irresistible anecdotes and the most mindblowing stats and facts. Heard the one about 'The Viking's'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781571572882Author Gary BognerFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Safari Press,U.S.Publisher Safari Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 581gDimensions(mm) 241mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905326006Author Bryan GunnFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Vision Sports Publishing LtdPublisher Vision Sports Publishing Ltd

The Science of Sport - Swimming is a complete guide for swimming training through the application of physiological, biomechanical, psychological, strength and conditioning, nutritional and injury management methods that can be used to optimize...

When we think of the world's great sporting events, we tend to focus on spectacles such as the World Cup, the Olympics, the Derby, the Monaco Grand Prix or the University Boat Race. Yet there is also an alternative world of competition where participants...

The basis for a major documentary, two leading experts sound an urgent call for the radical reimagining of American education so we can equip students for the realities of the twenty-first-century economy. We prize academic achievement,...

With clear instruction and expert guidance, this fully illustrated guide to Bagua Zhang teaches all you need to know about this subtle, powerful martial art. There is no other martial art system or style, internal or external, which combines so many...

Teaches the reader the Twelve Essential Climbing Knots, and then presents eighteen others for various special situations. Color illustrations make learning these knots a cinch.About the AuthorCraig Luebben was an AMGA Rock Guide Instructor and served on...

This is the first book in English to closely examine the life of Diego Maradona from socio-cultural perspectives, exploring how his status as an icon, a popular sporting hero, and a political figurehead has been culturally constructed, reproduced, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788879113595Author Andrea CuramiFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Giorgio Nada EditorePublisher Giorgio Nada EditoreWeight(grams) 1021gDimensions(mm)...

Yoga for Paddling is a visual, instructional guide designed to walk readers through 30 -35 yoga poses that are effective in stretching the muscles that paddlers use most, and strengthening the muscles that they use least. The book includes chapters on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840240276Author Geoff ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Geoff Thompson LtdPublisher Geoff Thompson LtdWeight(grams) 205g

Rangers FC Cult Heroes is devoted to 20 players who, over the years, have won a special place in the hearts of the Ibrox faithful - not necessarily the greatest footballers, but a unique brotherhood of mavericks and stalwarts, local lads and big signings...

Written from the unique point of view of the club chairman, A Year in the Life of Somerset County Cricket Club is the story of the highs and lows of county cricket. Somerset County Cricket Club was founded in 1875 and since then has provided its many...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781850588269Author Melanie GrahamFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Sigma LeisurePublisher Sigma PressDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 9mm

In Football Coaching Strategies you'll find 349 detailed diagrams showing a variety of offensive attacks, defensive packages, and special team tactics-accompanied by useful advice from the experts. Best of all, the coaches are the recognized experts in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560258599Author Dan JenkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Thunder's Mouth PressPublisher Thunder's Mouth Press

As one of the Wonders of the World and the most iconic national park in America, the Grand Canyon enthrals six million visitors each year. Only a small fraction of those people, however, have the privilege of experiencing the canyon by rafting down the...

The West Indies Cricket Team, formed in 1884, made its first overseas tour two years later to Canada and the United States. The tourists played thirteen matches during August and September; they won six, lost five and two were drawn. The first match was...

From 1946 up to 1959, the 250cc class in Britain was supported almost entirely by privately built Specials and Hybrids. This book recalls the men and machines involved, and traces their history and development, in what was clearly the most technically...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915553133Author John LevettFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Shoestring PressPublisher Shoestring PressWeight(grams) 135g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982565803Author Kelly CriggerFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Victory Belt PublishingPublisher Victory Belt PublishingWeight(grams) 1287g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788494506499Author Ruud GullitFormat PaperbackImprint Roca EditorialPublisher Roca EditorialWeight(grams) 417g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992436360Author Katie SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Helen McKennaPublisher Helen McKennaWeight(grams) 154gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 6mm

Bob Roberts and his friend Bully worked nights and saved every penny they could make to buy Thelma, a 27-foot Looe smack, and fit her out for her epic voyage. After testing her out in the North Sea, they headed for Panama, by way of Madeira and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592407378Author Jeff PearlmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Gotham BooksPublisher Gotham BooksWeight(grams) 539gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm * 28mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985519339Author Taba DaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Clare House PublishingPublisher Clare House PublishingWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm)...

Bill Yoast is the real-life hero of Remember the Titans, the inspirational hit movie that chronicled the struggles of black and white high school football athletes to create a championship season in racially charged Alexandria, Virginia, in 1972. Will...

The amazing and dramatic story of Bill Lester, one of the most well-known NASCAR drivers in history-and a pioneer whose determination and spirit has paved the way for a new generation of racers.Winning in Reverse tells the story of Bill Lester whose love...