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  • FAY TAYLOUR, 'THE WORLD'S WONDER GIRL'
    STEPHEN M CULLEN
    Fay Taylour (1904-1983) remains the most successful female motorsports champion. She defeated the foremost male motorcycle speedway stars of the 1920s and 1930s. A household name in Britain and her native Ireland, she won further fame on the track in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Her successes against men led to a ban on women competing against them in the UK, but Fa...

    $255.99

  • THE DEATH OF YOU
    LUKE SUTTON
    Arguably the greatest Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps, with twenty-eight Olympic medals to his name, was asked if he would like his children to follow in his footsteps. His answer, 'Honestly, in a perfect world, I’d say no. Just because I don’t want them to live in my footsteps. And I also know everything about it – I know the ins and the outs, the good, the bad, and the u...

    $191.99

  • FRANKIE DETTORI'S BRITISH CLASSIC WINNERS
    RUPERT COLLENS
    Frankie Dettori is certainly one of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries’ truly great international jockeys. Italian by birth – he rode his first winner there – we have been lucky in England that he came to live in Newmarket aged fifteen and has ridden mainly here. A great and popular figure, quietly and privately he has done much for disabled people. In fact, he...

    $255.99

  • REVOLUTION
    JOHN GREECHAN
    Unknown in Scotland upon his arrival and unheralded in the English game, Ange Postecoglou revels in his status as an outside agitator. After transforming a Celtic team in turmoil into serial winners, sweeping up five trophies over the course of two spectacular seasons, his appointment by Tottenham Hotspur made him the first Australian manager to take charge of a Premier League ...

    $190.99

  • FERGIE RISES
    MICHAEL GRANT
    FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED 'The finest Fergie book of them all' – Tom English, BBC Sport When Sir Alex Ferguson retired at the end of the 2013 season he was the most successful football manager Britain had ever seen, having won twice as many trophies as his nearest rival. But that success had not come easily. Thirty-five years previously he had arrived at the rain-swept training...

    $165.99

  • THEY ALWAYS SCORE
    RYAN BALDI
    'Fascinating and original ... will tell you things even the most ardent United fan will not know' - Jim White, The Telegraph On 26 May 1999, Manchester United sealed their historic Treble of league, FA Cup and Champions League in the most dramatic fashion imaginable, scoring twice in stoppage time to snatch an unthinkable victory from Bayern Munich at the Camp Nou in Barcelona....

    $241.99

  • THE BONE CAVE
    DOUGIE STRANG
    This is a book about stories – old stories of people and place, and of the more-than-human world. A vivid account of a journey through the Scottish Highlands, The Bone Cave follows a series of folktales and myths to the places in which they’re set. Travelling mostly on foot, and camping along the way amid some of Scotland’s most beautiful and rugged landscapes, Dougie Strang en...

    $190.99

  • MOUNTAIN GURU
    CATHERINE MOOREHEAD
    Doug Scott was a legend among mountaineers. His expeditions, undertaken over a period of five decades, are unparalleled achievements. This book describes the extraordinary drama of them all, from the Himalaya to New Zealand, Patagonia, Yosemite and Alaska. It includes his famous ‘epic’ on The Ogre, one of the hardest peaks in the world to climb, his ascent of Kangchenjunga with...

    $293.99

  • PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL CLUB MANAGEMENT
    SIMON VAN KERCKHOVEN
    This is a handbook for leading a professional football club to commercial success. Covering every aspect of the business and commercial operations of a modern football club, and with a focus on increasing revenues and building a powerful brand, this book explains how to take any club to the next level and increase brand value. Drawing on the authors’ extensive experience of wor...

    $899.00

  • DRAZEN - OS ANOS DO DRAGÃO
    MARJAN CRNOGAJ
    O livro croata mais recente sobre a lenda do basquete Drazen Petrovic, com uma visão completa de sua célebre carreira internacional em ambos os lados do Oceano Atlântico. Uma retrospectiva aprofundada da carreira do 'Michael Jordan europeu' com inúmeros detalhes não contados, fotos inéditas e histórias, dentro e fora da quadra, com inúmeros testemunhos de lendas do basquete de ...

    $172.00

  • GALLUS
    MICHAEL MCEWAN
    There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who insist that football is just a game, and those who know better. Take the April 1967 clash between England and Scotland. Wounded by their biggest rivals winning the World Cup just nine months earlier, Bobby Brown's Scots travelled to Wembley on the mother of all missions. Win and they would take a huge step towards qualifyin...

    $242.44

  • WINNING THE FIGHT
    MAGGIE ALPHONSI / GAVIN MAIRS
    'Maggie has changed the way the game is played forever' - The Sunday Times Maggie Alphonsi is not only a national sporting icon, the face of international women’s rugby and star player of the England side that won the World Cup in 2014. She is also an inspirational and totemic figure who transcends sport. The compelling story of her life makes her achievements even more extraor...

    $216.99

  • THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF MEGA-SPORTING EVENTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
    WILLIAM ROOK
    The Routledge Handbook of Mega-Sporting Events and Human Rights is the first book to explore in depth the topic of mega-sporting events (MSEs) and human rights, offering accounts of adverse human rights impacts linked to MSEs while considering the potential for promoting human rights in and through the framework of these events. Drawing on the contributions of an international ...

    $1,179.00

  • WHERE SHOULD WE CAMP NEXT?: CAMPING 101
    STEPHANIE PUGLISI / JEREMY PUGLISI
    A family-friendly guide to camping in RVs, cabins, tents, and more—because the best memories are the ones made around the campfire  More and more people are excited about getting outdoors and experiencing adventures in nature with their family and friends, and whether you're new to camping or a seasoned pro Where Should We Camp Next?: Camping 101 is the best resource to learn m...

    $202.00

  • TALENT IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN YOUTH SOCCER
    ADAM L. KELLY
    Talent development pathways in youth soccer provide opportunities for young players to realise their potential. Such programmes have become increasingly popular throughout governing bodies, professional clubs, and independent organisations. This has coincided with a rapid rise in sport science literature focused specifically on optimising player development towards expertise. H...

    $999.00

  • WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY IN ELITE SPORT
    JOHN TONER
    Wearable devices are being used by an increasing number of elite-level sports teams to manage and control the health, performance, and productivity of their athletes. Drawing upon a wide range of interdisciplinary resources, Wearable Technology in Elite Sport reveals how wearable devices are used to quantify athletic bodies in ways that have a number of undesirable consequences...

    $1,099.00

  • IMPLEMENTING SPORT POLICY
    MARC KEECH, IAIN LINDSEY AND JOHN HAYTON
    This book critically examines the roles and contributions of different organisations in the implementation of sport policy in the UK and, therefore, provides an important guide to the complexities of implementing sport policy and of achieving policy goals through, and for, sport. Presenting analytical chapters by leading sport researchers alongside shorter commentaries by pract...

    $1,099.00

  • BACK REHABILITATION
    CHRISTOPHER NORRIS
    Low back pain affects most of us at some time, and exercise is key to both its prevention and treatment. Critically appraising work from several approaches to produce an integrated, practical approach suitable for day-to-day clinicians and personal trainers, this essential guide looks at the science and practice of designing and teaching the best exercise programmes for this co...

    $1,039.00

  • A CONSTRAINTS-LED APPROACH TO SWIM COACHING
    ANDREW SHEAFF
    Motor skill acquisition and athlete development practices are rapidly evolving. Positioned at the forefront of this evolution, the constraints-led approach encourages practitioners to consider the athlete as a whole person, with unique traits, abilities, and capacities. Accordingly, an athlete’s competitive success lies in the practitioner’s ability to adapt their programming t...

    $999.00

  • MULTIDIRECTIONAL SPEED IN SPORT
    PAUL A. JONES
    During field- and court-based sports, players are continually required to perceive their environment within a match and select and perform the most appropriate action to achieve their immediate goal within that match instance. This ability is commonly known as agility, considered a vital quality in such sports and may incorporate a variety of locomotion and instantaneous action...

    $999.00

  • ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF SPORT IN CHINA
    This is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview of the history and development of sport from the ancient to the contemporary era in China. It addresses the gap between the vibrant academic scholarship within China and the limited understanding of Chinese sport outside of the country. It opens different perspectives on Chinese sport and addresses a wide range of issues ...

    $1,179.00

  • SPORT, LAW AND PHILOSOPHY
    MIROSLAV IMBRIŠEVIĆ
    Sport, Law and Philosophy: The Jurisprudence of Sport discusses the intersection of law and sport and highlights its usefulness to both legal scholars and philosophers of sport. There is a general recognition that law and sports bear strong similarities. Both can be understood as systems of rules, with a judge/referee who has the power to adjudicate and to issue punishments/pen...

    $1,099.00

  • OLYMPIC LAWS
    MARK JAMES / GUY OSBORN
    Olympic Laws: Culture, Values, Tensions is the first book to analyse fully the Olympic legal framework and its application to the IOC and the Olympic Games through a socio-legal lens. It opens up a new window into understanding the Olympic Games across recent iterations of the Games and on to future Games. The book begins by defining the parameters of the emergent legal sub-fie...

    $539.00

  • POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE TOKYO OLYMPICS
    MIYO ARAMATA
    This book is an analysis of both contemporary Tokyo and the contemporary Olympic Games, emphasizing the role of late-stage capitalism and political economy in shaping both. The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games were mired in scandal from the beginning of the bidding process all the way through to the end of the games. This was further exacerbated by the emergency postponement to 2021 du...

    $1,099.00

  • NUTRITION FOR DANCE AND PERFORMANCE
    JASMINE CHALLIS
    Nutrition for Dance and Performance is the first complete textbook written by an experienced dietitian specialising in the field of dance nutrition. It seeks to provide both dancers-in-training and instructors with practical advice on dance nutrition for health and performance. It is also highly relevant for dance professionals. With an in-depth and extensive coverage on all nu...

    $919.00

  • WOMEN IN SNOWBOARDING
    MARI KRISTIN SISJORD
    This is the first book to examine the role of women in the origins, development and contemporary landscape of snowboarding. Focusing on organised and professional snowboarding, it explores the significance of women as participants, coaches, leaders, and high-profile sport stars. The book explores the history of snowboarding, the organisation of international snowboarding, issue...

    $539.00

  • THE GEOPOLITICAL ECONOMY OF SPORT
    SIMON CHADWICK, PAUL WIDDOP, AND MICHAEL M. GOLDMAN
    This is the first book to define and explore the geopolitical economy of sport – the intersection of power, politics, money, and state interests that both exploit and shape elite sport around the world. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the global response, and the consequent ramifications for sport have put the geopolitical economy of sport front and centre in both public debate a...

    $999.00

  • UNDERSTANDING SPORTS COACHING
    TANIA CASSIDY / PAUL POTRAC / STEVEN RYNNE
    Every successful sports coach knows that good teaching and social practices are just as important as expertise in sports skills and tactics. Now in a fully revised and updated fourth edition, and introducing a new author team, Understanding Sports Coaching introduces theories and practices while exploring pedagogical, social and cultural concepts underpinning good sports coachi...

    $1,239.00

  • LABORATORY MANUAL FOR STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING
    JOSHUA MILLER / PAUL COMFORT / JOHN MCMAHON
    The Laboratory Manual for Strength and Conditioning is a comprehensive text that provides students with meaningful lab experiences in the area of strength and conditioning and applied sport science. While each lab may be conducted in a sophisticated laboratory, there are opportunities to conduct the labs in a gym or field environment without costly equipment. It is a useful res...

    $919.00

  • THE HIDDEN FIRES
    MERRYN GLOVER
    Merryn Glover’s The Hidden Fires is not just brave, it is remarkable' – Sir John Lister-Kaye Elemental, fierce and full of wonder, the Cairngorm mountains are the high and rocky heart of Scotland. To know them would take forever, to love them demands a kind of courageous surrender. In The Hidden Fires, Merryn Glover undertakes that challenge with Nan Shepherd as companion and g...

    $165.99