Author : Adam Augustyn Assistant Manager and Assistant Editor, Literature
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 13,13 MB
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1615305327
Presents the history of soccer, discusses its significance as a worldwide sport, and profiles notable professional soccer players throughout history and today.
Author : Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher : Britannica Educational Publishing
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 27,34 MB
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1615305734
From Europes rugby and soccer evolved a truly American sport. Played across the United States at parks, schools, universities, and in stadiums, football is as much a part of Americas iconographic experience as apple pie. Emerging from college campuses, it has blossomed to become a popular form of recreation throughout the country, as well as a professional-sports juggernaut. This detailed narrative examines the history of gridiron football, including the teams and players that have helped make it a national obsession.
Author : Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 21,74 MB
Release : 2008-05-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1593394942
This yearbook presents information on the dates, people, events, and world affairs of 2007. The section entitled "Britannica World Data," updated annually, presents geographic, demographic, and economic details.
Author : Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 48,90 MB
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1615353666
The Britannica Book of the Year 2010 provides a valuable veiwpoint of the people and events that shaped the year and serves as a great reference source for the latest news on the ever changing populations, governments, and economies throughout the world. It is an accurate and comprehensive reference that you will reach for again and again.
Author : Adrian Room
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 33,56 MB
Release : 2017-02-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0786457570
The specialized jargon of some sports can be quite esoteric. Non-Americans, for example, are likely puzzled by baseball terms such as bunt, cut-off man, and safety squeeze, while the non-British may pause over cricket's Chinaman, doosra, golden duck, off-break, popping crease, and yorker. This new dictionary gives the definitions of more than 8,000 terms used in sports and games from around the world, including mainstream sports like basketball and billiards alongside the more obscure netball and snooker. Entries cover sports equipment, strategies, venues, qualifying categories, awards, and administrative bodies, while a comprehensive system of cross-references offers assistance and clarification when needed. An appendix lists standard abbreviations of sports ruling bodies and administrative organizations.
Author : Library of Congress
Publisher :
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 29,37 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Filmstrips
ISBN :
Author : Tamir Bar-On
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 40,33 MB
Release : 2017-08-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1442275448
As the world’s most popular game, soccer is unique in its ability to reflect and impact culture, society, and politics. Beyond Soccer: International Relations and Politics as Seen through the Beautiful Game provides students with a new and innovative way to learn about political science and international relations. It uses soccer players, officials, fans, and organizations to teach political science concepts—such as geopolitics, discourses, and sovereignty—and IR theories—including realism, liberalism, and feminism. This text also incorporates three common soccer discourses to highlight the possibilities of soccer as a tool for unity and social change, as a defender of established power, and as simultaneously a mechanism used by established power and an engine for social resistance. With exercises, discussion questions, and keywords included in each chapter, Beyond Soccer is a worthwhile and accessible educational tool. Primarily written for undergraduate students of all levels, this book will be valuable in political science, international relations, cultural studies, and sociology courses.
Author : Eric Dunning
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 50,64 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0714653535
This revised edition of a classic text explores the development of rugby from a folk game into its modern forms. Updated with a substantial new foreword and epilogue.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 38,8 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN :
An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.
Author : William Poundstone
Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,25 MB
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0316228087
A practical guide to outguessing everything, from multiple-choice tests to the office football pool to the stock market. People are predictable even when they try not to be. William Poundstone demonstrates how to turn this fact to personal advantage in scores of everyday situations, from playing the lottery to buying a home. Rock Breaks Scissors is mind-reading for real life. Will the next tennis serve go right or left? Will the market go up or down? Most people are poor at that kind of predicting. We are hard-wired to make bum bets on "trends" and "winning streaks" that are illusions. Yet ultimately we're all in the business of anticipating the actions of others. Poundstone reveals how to overcome the errors and improve the accuracy of your own outguessing. Rock Breaks Scissors is a hands-on guide to turning life's odds in your favor.
