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  • A MACHINE GUNNER'S WAR
    ERNEST ALBERT ANDREWS / DAVID B. HURT
    A machine gunner chronicles his time on the frontlines of WW2 from D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge and the Wehrmacht's last stand. American machine gunner Ernest "Andy" Andrews arrived in the UK just before deploying to fight in D-Day. Struck by a bullet in Normandy, he was evacuated to England before returning to participate in the race across France. Andy's squad defended a ...

    $314.00

  • ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF PHYSICAL CULTURAL STUDIES
    MICHAEL L. SILK, DAVID L. ANDREWS AND HOLLY THORPE
    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 boundaries, preoccupations, theories and politics of PCS, drawing on transdisciplinary expertise from areas as diverse as sport studies,...

    $1,360.00

  • BEYOND CAPITAL
    DAVID HAKKEN / MAURIZIO TELI / BARBARA ANDREWS
    The financial/social cataclysm beginning in 2007 ended notions of a “great moderation” and the view that capitalism had overcome its systemic tendencies to crisis. The subsequent failure of contemporary social formations to address the causes of the crisis gives renewed impetus to better analysis in aid of the search for a better future. This book contributes to this search by ...

    $1,200.00

  • A COMPANION TO SPORT
    ANDREWS, DAVID L. / CARRINGTON, BEN
    A Companion to Sport brings together writing by leading sports theorists and social and cultural thinkers, to explore sport as a central element of contemporary culture. Positions sport as a crucial subject for critical analysis, as one of the most significant forms of popular culture Includes both well-known social and cultural theorists whose work lends itself to an interroga...

    $2,519.00

  • SPORTS COACHING RESEARCH
    ANTHONY BUSH / MICHAEL SILK / DAVID ANDREWS / HUGH LAUDER
    This book raises critical questions about the explanatory framework guiding sports coaching research and presents a new conceptualization for research in the field. Through mapping and contextualizing sports coaching research within a corporatized higher education, the dominant or legitimate forms of sports coaching knowledge are problematized and a new vision of the field, whi...

    $1,560.00

  • KEYNES AND THE BRITISH HUMANIST TRADITION
    DAVID ANDREWS
    Well-connected in academia, business and government, John Maynard Keynes was one of the most influential economic theorists of the twentieth century. It appears that his theories will be just as important for the twenty-first. As Keynes himself explained, his ideas throughout his life were influenced by the moral philosophy he learned as an undergraduate. Nevertheless, the mean...

    $1,460.00

  • IMPROVING PRIMARY LITERACY
    ANTHONY FEILER / JANE ANDREWS / PAMELA GREENHOUGH / MARTIN HUGHES / DAVID JOHNSON / MARY SCANLAN / WAN CHI
    Parents can play an immensely important role in supporting their children's literacy learning at home, but how can primary teachers enlist the support of parents in helping children learn literacy? With a focus on improving children's literacy skills, this book provides practical answers to key questions that are directly relevant to all primary teachers and to many parents. It...

    $860.00

  • SPORT, CULTURE AND ADVERTISING
    JACKSON, STEVEN J. / ANDREWS, DAVID L.
    Despite the range of theoretical and methological positions adopted and the wide range of issues and topics related to advertising covered by cultural studies, relationships between sport and advertising have been largely overlooked. Given its gobal popularity and its prevalence across the spectrum of cultural and commercial life it is not surprising that scholars interrogating...

    $1,600.00

  • MANCHESTER UNITED
    DAVID L. ANDREWS
    Despite myriad popular and journalistic expositions, up to this point there have been virtually no academic discussions of the Manchester United phenomenon. This anthology represents the first concerted academic examination of Manchester United F.C. in its current guise as a widely followed and highly emblematic sporting institution.Bringing together respected academics from an...

    $2,040.00

  • SPORT STARS
    DAVID L. ANDREWS
    In a culture obsessed with celebrity, sportmen and women are some of the highest profile figures. We are fascinated by sport stars' lifestyles, love lives, and earning power. Sport Stars investigates the nature of contemporary sporting celebrity, examining stars' often turbulent relationships with the media, and with the sporting establishment. Through a series of case studies ...

    $1,120.00

  • STRUCTURED LIGHT AND ITS APPLICATIONS
    DAVID L. ANDREWS
    New possibilities have recently emerged for producing optical beams with complex and intricate structures, and for the non-contact optical manipulation of matter. This book fully describes the electromagnetic theory, optical properties, methods and applications associated with this new technology. Detailed discussions are given of unique beam characteristics, such as optical vo...

    $2,061.00

  • COMPREHENSIVE NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, FIVE-VOLUME SET: ONLINE VERSION
    ANDREWS, DAVID / SCHOLES, GREGORY / WIEDERRECHT, GARY
    From the Introduction: Nanotechnology and its underpinning sciences are progressing with unprecedented rapidity. With technical advances in a variety of nanoscale fabrication and manipulation technologies, the whole topical area is maturing into a vibrant field that is generating new scientific research and a burgeoning range of commercial applications, with an annual market a...

    $24,028.00