Sports & Recreation

Everything you need to know about sniping from the top firearms writers.The Guns & Ammo Guide to Sniping is packed with a wealth of valuable information compiled by the foremost firearms writers today. A vast range of topics is covered in these articles,...

Doc, Donnie, the Kid, and Billy Brawl focuses on the 1985 New York baseball season, a season like no other since the Mets came to town in 1962. Never before had both the Yankees and the Mets been in contention for the playoffs so late in the same season...

Jon Wainwright's love of the sea, and in particular for his boat "Deva", shines through cruising, racing and fishing in a traditional wooden boat over 38 years. His experience in organizing the best rig for the conditions is matched by his understanding...

Acclaimed since its original publication, Coming on Strong has become a much-cited touchstone in scholarship on women and sports. In this new edition, Susan K. Cahn updates her detailed history of women's sport and the struggles over gender, sexuality,...

In Basketball's Greatest Stars, author Michael Grange takes you courtside for a look at the 50 best players in NBA history. From the early days of Bob Cousy to the Showtime era of Magic Johnson, from Michael Jordan's electrifying dunks to LeBron James'...

World football has undergone unprecedented change over the past decade. On the field, the richest European clubs have retained their pre-eminence, but with multinational playing squads backed up by global marketing industries. Club ownership rests...

It can seem obvious that we live in a world governed by laws of nature, yet it was not until the seventeenth century that the concept of a law came to the fore. Ever since, it has been attended by controversy: what does it mean to say that Boyle's law...

In simple but powerful text, the ethical way to hunt is described from preparation to shooting to care after the shot.Reviews"Jim Posewitz has emerged as a leader in ensuring its [hunting] place in American Culture."--Spokesman ReviewBook InformationISBN...

More than six million golfers turn to the pages of Golf Digest for answers to their most perplexing golf questions and for tips on how to improve their game. Now, Golf Digest turns to its team of players, teachers, and advisors to compile the definitive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681881591Author Robert F. JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Weldon OwenPublisher Weldon Owen

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570621154Author Dave LowryFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams) 283g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476776309Author Molly KnightFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

A driving ambition linked Oakland and Kansas City in the 1960s. Each city sought the national attention and civic glory that came with being home to professional sports teams. Their successful campaigns to lure pro franchises ignited mutual rivalries in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771078088Author Mark SpectorFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.Weight(grams)...

A hiker's dream bucket list is embodied in this lavishly illustrated celebration of more than 50,000 miles of America's most iconic trails. Celebrating the forty most important trails in America, this volume takes the reader through forty-nine states and...

Learn how a movement builds from one person to a billion in this A to Z environmental activism book. Readers count from 1 to 10 - and then in larger increments to a billion - as they learn new terms from "conservation" to "activism." Inset boxes provide...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935412311Author John M Silva, IIIFormat PaperbackPage Count 241Imprint Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S.Publisher Fitness Information Technology,...

Incorporating the latest research, The Victor's Crown offers an analysis of how competitive sport emerged in Greece during the eighth century BC, and then how the great festival cycle of Classical Greece came into being during the sixth century BC...

Whether it's surfer Jamilah Star riding an unprecedented fifty-foot wave, Olympic marathoner Deena Kastor winning the bronze in 2004, or top-ranked climber Lynn Hill facing down a tough climb at Joshua Tree, one thing is certain: these women have game...

This 2nd edition of a highly successful book (published in 2000) provides a comprehensive, critical analysis of the Olympic Games using a multi-disciplinary social science approach. This revised edition contains much new data relating to the Sydney 2000...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681570167Author Lew FreedmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Blue River PressPublisher Blue River PressWeight(grams) 280g

The Olympic Games have become the world's greatest media and marketing event-a global celebration of exceptional athletics gilded with corporate cash. Huge corporations vie for association with the "Olympic Image" in the hope of gaining a worldwide...

Few experiences rival a grand outdoor adventure. Hiking into the wilderness, camping under the stars, and exploring the backcountry offer new challenges that awaken a woman's spirit and test her soul. Woman in the Wild: The Every Woman's Guide to Hiking,...

Given sport's centrality in English society, what role does it play in symbolising contemporary English national identity? This comprehensive study explores the complex set of relationships between sport and what it means to be English in the...

For any angler who wonders: "What's this fly fishing thing all about?" What makes this ground-breaking book different from other entry-level fly fishing texts is that it speaks directly to anglers who are already proficient with conventional fishing...

In Golf Jokes, Josh Shifrin has put together a list of the funniest, most humorous, side-stitching, belly busting, and toe-tickling list of comedic prose to keep you laughing throughout anything this amazing game can throw at you. From concise one-liners...

Bill Conan, a middle-aged adventurer, has entered a 30,000 mile solo race around the world in the sloop Josephine, seeing it as his last chance to win status and success. Risking the ultimate test of skill, strength and endurance, Conan will follow his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781571574404Author Ron ThomsonFormat HardbackPage Count 2Imprint Safari Press,U.S.Publisher Safari Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 767g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780912967Author Iain McCartneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

The Los Angeles Dodgers are your 2020 World Series champions! Having established themselves as perennial contenders, expectations heading into 2020 were sky high for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Dave Roberts' squad embraced those expectations in a season...

This may be the most unusual golf book ever written.At one of a series of clinics that former USPGA teacher of the year Craig Shankland staged, he asked Moe Norman in front of about 300 people, "What's it like to hit perfect shots, Moe?" Moe paused and...

"This book is a concise, and portable resource packed with a wealth of important and useful facts that every deer hunter needs, but might not always recall. A primer for beginners and a handy reference book for experienced hunters."-Mike Roux, Outdoor...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770416239Author Justin DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada

This is a highly accessible text that provides detailed coverage of the key concepts, ideas, principles and techniques of sport marketing. It combines clear and concise explanations with applied case studies, supported by clear objectives, learning...

The Atlanta Braves are 2021 World Series Champions! The Atlanta Braves have been fixtures in the postseason in recent franchise history, with six playoff berths and four NL East titles in the last decade. The big breakthroughs had been fleeting prior to...

A capturing of basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain's personality and thoughts-known by relatively few people other than family and close friends-is made available to all in this intimate biography. The author, a native of Philadelphia and an alumnus of...

This work presents the mountaineering literature. The perennial mystery of Mallory and Irvine on Everest receives an intriguing twist in a reconstruction of their fateful climb written virtually in Mallory's own words. Drawn from the climber's letters,...

Let's say you're the coach of the Minnesota Vikings, deciding which players should start in a Super Bowl matchup against the toughest team in the AFC. But instead of choosing from the current roster, you have every player in the team's nearly 60-year...

This is the first book to explore fully the connections between sport studies and criminology, opening up critical new frontiers in the study of sport and crime.Rooted firmly in established critical criminological traditions, the book also employs...

This is the Welsh language edition of the UK's best selling instructional hill walking book published by Mountain Leader Training UK - Hillwalking, the official handbook of the Mountain Leader and Walking Group Leader schemes (9780954151102). Dyma'r...