Sports & Recreation

'A book of instructions to those who will dare one day the impossible. I bow my head in reverence' Werner Herzog'Petit is an artist whose theatre is the sky' Robin Williams'Fascinating. You will learn about the man, his work, his passion, his tenacity...

The 146th Open Annual chronicles the quest of the world's greatest players as they compete to become the Champion Golfer of the Year. Golf's oldest and most international Major Championship sees players from around the globe bidding to win the Claret...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956861856Author Jeff ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Methanol PressPublisher Methanol Press

Presents an alternative history of the last eighteen years of West Ham. With a commentary on each season alongside the best of the OLAS cartoons from that campaign, this book is a warts-and-all reflection of the view from the terraces, celebrating the...

Hirokazu Kanazawa is the renowned karate master in the world today, and a close disciple of Gichin Funakoshi, the father of modern karate and founder of the Shotokan School. Having earned his impressive reputation in Hawaii, the mainland United States,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583941348Author Paul DongFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

There is hardly anywhere more Swedish than Dalarna. A large part of the Swedish culture and folklore, from traditions to customs, which is cherished and (re)lived until this very day, comes from this region in the centre of the country. This cultural...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992916107Author Jethro SoutarFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Ragpicker Press LtdPublisher Ragpicker Press Ltd

This text traces the evolution of sports development in the UK in the context of broader shifts in sport and social policy. It explores the emergence of sports development from the early years of public policy for sport in the 1960s to the contemporary...

Original and classic stories of adventure, ghosts, and all the things that you must worry about the next time you hear something go bump in the night.About the AuthorWilliam Forgey, MD, is the author of fourteen wilderness medicine and camping books,...

Christmas Island. The Russian Arctic. Argentine Patagonia. Japan. Cuba. British Columbia. Dylan Tomine takes us to the far reaches of the planet in search of fish and adventure, with keen insight, a strong stomach and plenty of laughs along the way...

The book contains an age-appropriate collection of all aspects of table tennis tactics for young players. It helps you to read your opponents game better and to decide how to play against forehand- or backhanddominant players. There are also valuable...

How much do you really know about West Ham United? Put your Hammers knowledge to the test with this bumper book of brainteaser quizzes and fascinating facts, beautifully illustrated by one of the world's leading sports artists. It's packed with trivia on...

Eight-time national championship coach David Urick shows players and coaches the pathways to lacrosse success!Book InformationISBN 9781568000718Author David UrickFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Sports Illustrated Books,U.S.Publisher Sports...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101971093Author John FeinsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Knopf Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916485822Author Andrew WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Unity Print and Publishing LtdPublisher Unity Print and Publishing Ltd

Positive Pedagogy is an athlete-centred, inquiry-based approach that transforms the way we understand learning and coaching in sport. This book demonstrates how Positive Pedagogy for sport coaching (PPed) can be successfully employed across a range of...

This is the second edition of the highly acclaimed and bestselling comprehensive history of tennis which was the first truly scholarly history of any individual sport. Supported by a startling wealth of linguistic and documentary research, Gillmeister...

Miguel Indurain will pass into history not just as the first cyclist to win five straight Tours de France, but also as the standard-bearer for a whole nation. While Spain lived through the dream of his repeated victories the country came to a standstill,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593199411Author Erik ShermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

'Solo Round Scotland may be an 'amateur' adventure in its truest sense but it is as professional and daring in its execution as many a large scale international expedition'. Extract from Foreword by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, OBE In April 2006 the author...

Glamorgan CCC is Wales' sole representative in the world of county cricket. Formed in 1888, the Club at first faced some difficult years before joining the Minor County Championship in 1897. After a series of successful summers, they were admitted into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781850589112Author Andrew WalmsleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Sigma PressPublisher Sigma PressDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 10mm

The growth of sports car racing in Northeast America was not painless. Tragedy, mystery, subterfuge, intrigue, and an adherence to a particular club philosophy all featured in its story during the 1950s, when professionalism in the sport was always...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525658597Author Mike KeiserFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. Knopf

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908748447Author Des MarshallFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Kittiwake PressPublisher Kittiwake Press

"Meticulously researched and beautifully produced." Times Literary Supplement "A big and beautiful book." Journal of British Studies "A definitive history of the sports shoe." Amber Butchart, fashion historian "A necessary book [and] a great read."...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368073561Author Mike GreenbergFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint HyperionPublisher Hyperion

JOHN GODDARD'S TROUT-FISHING TECHNIQUES is the distillation of more than a half century of fly-fishing wisdom by a master. Goddard focuses on fly fishing for trout, and includes chapters on tackle; the trout's senses; casting to, hooking, and playing...

As traditional locomotive haulage declined in the UK and many enthusiasts' favourite classes were withdrawn or taken off passenger work, British Rail fans began to broaden their horizons in the 1980s and look at the railway networks of other countries...

In this in-depth look at the heated debates over paying college athletes, Ronald A. Smith starts at the beginning: the first intercollegiate athletics competition-a crew regatta between Harvard and Yale-in 1852, when both teams received an...

The training journal that will help triatheletes go the distance! Triatheletes will find this spiral-bound diary the perfect tool to track and monitor their multi-sport training and conditioning progress. It's filled with instructional photos and...

Best Easy Day Hikes Blue Ridge Parkway offers concise descriptions and detailed maps for thirty-four easy-to-follow trails from the southern end of Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina...

Now in paperback! "From the first page to the last, Klein's prose retains its powers of enchantment and illumination. It is one of the best boxing books ever penned." -Boston Globe "[A] muscular, relentlessly detailed book." -Wall Street Journal ...

In this gripping account of one of the most important steps in the history of American desegregation, Jules Tygiel tells the story of Jackie Robinson's crossing of baseball's color line. Examining the social and historical context of Robinson's...

Strange things happen in the woods-vanishing figures along backcountry paths, eerie noises half-heard near urban pathways, pungent and undefined smells blanketing forest trails. Science falls short of explaining these phenomena... Haunted Hikes tells...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590306475Author Dave LowryFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Contributions from leading researchers in the field, from both Europe and North America.An overview of theory plus how perfectionism can be tackled in practice.Includes assessment of how the field will develop Coverage of sport, exercise, dance and...

Physical cultural studies (PCS) is a dynamic and rapidly developing field of study. This handbook offers the first definitive account of the state of the art in PCS, showcasing the latest research and methodological approaches. It examines the...

Give this book a year and it will improve your sailing - and that's if you read only one tip a day. No fewer than 365 experienced sailors share the wisdom of their experience, revealing invaluable suggestions you won't get taught on many sailing courses...