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In Heartland Habitats: 265 Midwest Nature Walks, Mary Blocksma guides young readers through North American terrain, introducing them to the land and its thriving wildlife.... Learn MorePublished: 1st February 2020
Hardback | £27.99
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The Gold in the Rings
The People and Events That Transformed the Olympic Games
Written by Stephen R Wenn and Robert Barney
Series Sport and Society
University of Illinois Press
Once a showcase for amateur athletics, the Olympic Games have become a global entertainment colossus powered by corporate sponsorship and professional participation. Stephen R. Wenn and Robert K. Barney offer the inside story... Learn MorePublished: 30th January 2020Hardback | £91.00
Paperback | £19.99
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Strength Coaching in America
A History of the Innovation That Transformed Sports
Written by Jason P. Shurley, Jan Todd and Terry Todd
University of Texas Press
It’s hard to imagine, but as late as the 1950s, athletes could get kicked off a team if they were caught lifting weights. Coaches had long believed that strength training would slow down a player. Muscle was perceived as... Learn MorePublished: 13th December 2019Hardback | £34.00
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Stan Hochman Unfiltered
50 Years of Wit and Wisdom from the Groundbreaking Sportswriter
By Gloria Hochman
Temple University Press
The late Philadelphia Daily News sportswriter Stan Hochman was known for his many zingers, such as "Harry Litwack, the stoic Temple coach, stalks the sidelines like a blind man at a nudist colony." As a reporter, he... Learn MorePublished: 13th December 2019Hardback | £22.99
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Welcome to the Neighborhood
An Anthology of American Coexistence
Edited by Sarah Green, Foreword by David Baker
Ohio University Press
How to live with difference is a defining worry in contemporary America. In this enormously rich resource for the classroom and for anyone interested in reflecting on what it means to be American today, poets, fiction writers,... Learn MorePublished: 10th December 2019Hardback | £50.00
Paperback | £19.99
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#WWE
Professional Wrestling in the Digital Age
Edited by Dru Jeffries
Series The Year's Work
Indiana University Press
The millions of fans who watch World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) programs each year are well aware of their role in building the narrative of the sport. #WWE: Professional Wrestling in the Digital Age explores the intersections... Learn MorePublished: 1st December 2019Hardback | £65.00
Paperback | £22.99
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James T. Farrell and Baseball
Dreams and Realism on Chicago’s South Side
By Charles DeMotte
UNP - Nebraska
A social history of baseball on Chicago’s South Side in the early decades of the twentieth century, drawing on the writings of novelist James T. Farrell, along with historical sources related to baseball’s rich history... Learn MorePublished: 1st December 2019Hardback | £39.00
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Baseball Research Journal (BRJ), Volume 48 #2
By Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)
Society for American Baseball Research
The flagship publication of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), the Baseball Research Journal is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed publication presenting the best in SABR member research on baseball. History, biography,... Learn MorePublished: 1st November 2019Paperback | £11.99
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The Greatest Upset Never Seen
Virginia, Chaminade, and the Game That Changed College Basketball
By Jack Danilewicz
UNP - Nebraska
The Greatest Upset Never Seen relives the 1982–83 season, when Chaminade University put small‑college basketball and Hawaii on the national sports map. ... Learn MorePublished: 1st November 2019Hardback | £22.99
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Oscar Charleston
The Life and Legend of Baseball’s Greatest Forgotten Player
By Jeremy Beer
UNP - Nebraska
The biography of Oscar Charleston, a Negro Leagues legend and one of baseball’s greatest and most unjustifiably overlooked players. ... Learn MorePublished: 1st November 2019Hardback | £24.99
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Skis in the Art of War
Written by K. B. E. E. Eimeleus, Translated by William D. Frank, Introduced by E. John B. Allen
Series NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Cornell University Press
K. B. E. E. Eimeleus was ahead of his time with his advocacy of ski training in the Russian armed forces. Employing terminology never before used in Russian to describe movements with which few were familiar, Skis in the Art of... Learn MorePublished: 15th October 2019Hardback | £33.00
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Electric October
Seven World Series Games, Six Lives, Five Minutes of Fame That Lasted Forever
By Kevin Cook
UNP - Nebraska
The epic World Series between the Yankees and the Dodgers and the six men whose lives were changed forever. ... Learn MorePublished: 1st October 2019Paperback | £20.99
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Hell with the Lid Off
Inside the Fierce Rivalry between the 1970s Oakland Raiders and Pittsburgh Steelers
Written by Ed Gruver and Jim Campbell, Foreword by Andy Russell
UNP - Nebraska
The ferocious rivalry between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Oakland Raiders during the 1970s. ... Learn MorePublished: 1st October 2019Hardback | £24.99
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Kyrie Irving
Uncle Drew, Little Mountain, and Enigmatic NBA Superstar
By Martin Gitlin
UNP - Nebraska
This biography of Kyrie Irving details the player’s brilliance on the court and considerable eccentricities off it. ... Learn MorePublished: 1st October 2019Hardback | £21.99
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Bodies Built for Game
The Prairie Schooner Anthology of Contemporary Sports Writing
Edited by Natalie Diaz
UNP - Nebraska
Bodies Built for Game brings together poems, essays, and stories that challenge our traditional ideas of sport. ... Learn MorePublished: 1st October 2019Paperback | £21.99
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Kansas City vs. Oakland
The Bitter Sports Rivalry That Defined an Era
By Matthew C. Ehrlich
Series Sport and Society
University of Illinois Press
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... Learn MorePublished: 16th September 2019Hardback | £82.00
Paperback | £15.99