Published to coincide with the clubs centenary celebrations, 100 Years of Leeds United tells the story of a one-club city and its tumultuous relationship with its football team.Since its foundation in 1919, Leeds United Football Clu...Loe edasi...
A Telegraph Best Book of 2025. A News Statesman Book of the Year 2025. David Goldblatt is possibly the best football historian there has ever been. Dominic Sandbr...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197789551)
From Americas Pastime to a global phenomenon--the life of the spectacular game as it is played and celebrated in communities around the worldAll over the world, masses of people watch, follow, document, and obsess over baseb...Loe edasi...
This volume presents a curated selection of high-quality papers from the 4th ICSTSD 2024 conference, highlighting transformative advancements in sustainable sports infrastructure. From eco-friendly design and water conservation to renewable energy a...Loe edasi...
This volume adopts the perspectives of historical hermeneutics and technological anthropology to explore the cultural evolution of Wushu. Drawing extensively on classical historical sources, excavated manuscripts, unearthed martialarts artifacts, an...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009456128)
From Dynamo Moscows postwar tour of Britain to the inaugural Womens World Cup, Cold War Football charts the clash between capitalism and communism through ten iconic matches. This is a fascinating and unique history of how the Cold War shaped foot...Loe edasi...
Over the past two decades, academic, sociological/historical writing on football has flourished, mainly on the back of the debate over the games early development. This book adds to that debate, providing more information on the early meetings of...Loe edasi...
A celebration of the greatest moments at the worlds most prestigious tennis championship, from dramatic sporting moments to notable outfit choices both on and off the court....Loe edasi...
Dive into the exhilarating world of the Tour de France with the ultimate companion for cycling enthusiasts This comprehensive volume offers an in-depth exploration of the races history, complete with detailed maps of each edition. Whether youre a...Loe edasi...
This focused book brings together a top-tier team of experts to explore and analyse the impact of digitalisation on the creative and cultural industries in Europe. Focused on structural shifts seen since the height of the global health pandemic, t...Loe edasi...
This volume, the fifth in A General History of Chinese Wushu, offers a comprehensive and empirically grounded account of the development of Chinese Wushu from the First National Wushu Working Conference in 1982 to 2019. Integrating historical narrat...Loe edasi...
Germanys football culture has a historically rich background full of transnational entanglements, German identity formation, and fan cultures. Football Nation constructs new insights surrounding the multifaceted landscapes of German historical and c...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN-13: 9781496246493)
In 1990 a fearless group of players changed the sport of soccer in the United States forever. Young, bronzed, and mulleted, they were Americas finest athletes in a sport their country loved to hate. Even sportswriters rooted against them. Yet this...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN-13: 9781496245595)
When Bob Feller hit the Major League Baseball scene, he instantly became one of the most famous athletes in the country. Everything Feller did made headlines, primarily because anything he did had never been done before, especially by someone his ag...Loe edasi...
This book offers an in-depth examination of the evolution of Olympic and Paralympic sport, exploring the dynamic interplay between innovation, sustainability, and technology. This book offers an in-depth examination of the evolution...Loe edasi...
Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, this is still the only textbook to introduce best management practice, process and policy in elite and high performance sport (HPS). Drawing on real-world case-studies of elite sport around the world...Loe edasi...
Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, this is still the only textbook to introduce best management practice, process and policy in elite and high performance sport (HPS). Drawing on real-world case-studies of elite sport around the world...Loe edasi...
Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, this textbook introduces the fundamentals of sport finance and the principles of sound financial management in the sport industry. Now, in a fully revised and updated new edition, this...Loe edasi...
Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, this textbook introduces the fundamentals of sport finance and the principles of sound financial management in the sport industry. Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, this...Loe edasi...
This book maps the development of klaverjas, its consolidation, its unique local character, and its intersections with broader societal events. It places competitive klaverjas in the mainstream of South Africa’s sports history and claims its place...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Grand Central Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781538740729)
ESPN’s Tim MacMahon goes behind the scenes of Luka Doncic’s years with the Dallas Mavericks—before his trade to the Lakers stunned the basketball world—telling the story of a franchise’s quest to build a championship team around a prodigy. ...Loe edasi...
Discover the untold story of the behind-the-scenes genius who revolutionized how professional wrestling was presented on TV, forever changing the way fans experience the action.The world of professional wrestling is paradoxical. Storyl...Loe edasi...
This book explores the use of critical pedagogies for teaching and learning in sport-related degree courses. Bringing together new research, it provides lecturers and instructors with practical guidance and case studies on planning and managing te...Loe edasi...
This book critically evaluates the historical accomplishments, current challenges, and future opportunities of the sociology of sport, offering a bold new vision for the fields development in the 21st century. This book crit...Loe edasi...
This provocative book makes the case for the complete removal of national symbolism in the Olympic Games. Focusing on the case of national flags at the Olympic Games, it explores the history of national symbols at the Olympics and asks what this iss...Loe edasi...
This concise and thought-provoking book examines the myths and realities surrounding the wider value of sport. It asks a fundamental question: what is it about sport that leads to grand claims about its supposed capacity to do so many good things fo...Loe edasi...
Business model innovation occurs when an organisation discovers a new way of creating revenues or profits via its products or services. This book examines the concept as it applies across the creative and cultural industries in practice....Loe edasi...
This book is a bold and ambitious analysis of the challenges facing global sport in the 21st century and how those challenges can be met through good governance, management and regulation. Connecting the political and managerial dimensions...Loe edasi...
This is the first book to examine the critically important topic of sustainability in sport through the lens of integrity. Adopting a holistic view on sustainability, it argues that integrity is the foundation on which sustainable sports organisatio...Loe edasi...
In an increasingly turbulent, insecure and fast-changing world, this book presents case studies of crisis management that help the reader to understand what best practice looks like and how to guide sport organizations through the crises that are an...Loe edasi...
In the long history of major league sports, players sometimes have battled their managers or head coaches, occasionally attempting to undermine their bosses to trigger a dismissal or a resignation. Only the 1940 Cleveland Indians took the ultim...Loe edasi...
Explore the most exceptional moments across ten decades of World Cup football with Immortal Moments: The World Cup, a gorgeous coffee-table book crafted for true lovers of the sport....Loe edasi...
NATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2025 BY * THE NEW YORKER * NPR * TOWN & COUNTRY * The story of Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, and their epic rivalry, as told by th...Loe edasi...
A Telegraph Best Book of 2025. A News Statesman Book of the Year 2025. David Goldblatt is possibly the best football historian there has ever been. Dominic Sandbr...Loe edasi...
Explore the most exceptional moments across ten decades of World Cup football with The Greatest Moments in World Cup History, a gorgeous coffee-table book crafted for true lovers of the sport.The World Cup truly has it all: prod...Loe edasi...
Become a Phillies expert with these tough questions! The Incredible Philadelphia Phillies Trivia Book tests and expands your knowledge on your favorite baseball team-covering players careers from their rookie season and the All-Star Game...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469693323)
Southern Appalachia has its own vibrant and dynamic fishing culture, distinct from other regions of the United Statesone that combines the contemplative nature of fly fishing with a focus on Southern Appalachian ecology, folklore, and storytelling....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197789551)
From Americas Pastime to a global phenomenon--the life of the spectacular game as it is played and celebrated in communities around the worldAll over the world, masses of people watch, follow, document, and obsess over baseb...Loe edasi...
This volume presents a curated selection of high-quality papers from the 4th ICSTSD 2024 conference, highlighting transformative advancements in sustainable sports infrastructure. From eco-friendly design and water conservation to renewable energy a...Loe edasi...
This volume adopts the perspectives of historical hermeneutics and technological anthropology to explore the cultural evolution of Wushu. Drawing extensively on classical historical sources, excavated manuscripts, unearthed martialarts artifacts, an...Loe edasi...
A football book written by fans for fans that travels the five continents and looks at how over 80 clubs have transformed their communities. It tells you how to get there, where to stay and where best to eat on a budget that would embarrass the praw...Loe edasi...
If I Can Dream looks at the life of Terry Venables from his time as a footballer to moving into management at QPR and Barcelona and then on to the role of England manager for Euro 96. He was not the most successful man to manage England, but he was...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009456128)
From Dynamo Moscows postwar tour of Britain to the inaugural Womens World Cup, Cold War Football charts the clash between capitalism and communism through ten iconic matches. This is a fascinating and unique history of how the Cold War shaped foot...Loe edasi...
Become a Yankees trivia expert with these tough questions!The Incredible New York Yankees Trivia Book tests and expands your knowledge on your favorite baseball team—covering players’ careers from their rookie season, the All-St...Loe edasi...
Become a Cubs expert with these tough questions! The Incredible Chicago Cubs Trivia Book tests and expands your knowledge on your favorite baseball team-covering players careers from their rookie season, the All-Star Game, to Cooperstown...Loe edasi...
