Catálogo de libros: Acontecimientos deportivos y su gestión

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  • Decathlon
    Ed Oleata
    This is a story of an Olympic decathlon competition through the eyes of one of the competitors.It started with the athletes waiting in the staging room just before being led out to the track to start the first event. Each event was described throughout the two-day competition, ending with the declared victor in the final event.There were biographical sketches of the major compe...
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    9,67 €

  • When the Garden Was Eden
    Harvey Araton
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    14,14 €

  • How To Coach Olympic Weightlifting
    HowExpert / Liam Rodgers
    This short book is a response to the increased popularity of Olympic weightlifting and the problems that have come with it: the quality of coaching in the sport has been diluted in the English-speaking world by increased demand. This book aims to provide a basic description of how to coach weightlifting effectively, based on some very simple principles and approaches that shoul...
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    37,24 €

  • Ways of Grace
    Carol Taylor / James Blake
    Inspired by Arthur Ashe’s bestselling memoir Days of Grace, a collection of positive, uplifting stories of seemingly small acts of grace from across the sports world that have helped to bridge cultural and racial divides.Like many people of color, James Blake has experienced the effects of racism firsthand--publicly--first at the U.S. Open, and then in front of his hotel on a b...
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    17,43 €

  • Bushido
    Simon Keegan
    Bushido: A Complete History of British Jujutsu reveals the untold stories behind the UK's martial arts. Jujutsu was brought to the UK in the 1890s, the era of Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes. It was adapted by men like EW Barton-Wright for the paranoid streets of London and the violent docks of Liverpool. It was then utilised by men who served in the trenches of the Fir...
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    25,53 €

  • Rude at Rowing
    R Bacon Whitney / R. Bacon Whitney
    R. Bacon Whitney is a professional writer of prehistory about the earliest Greeks, whose nation race emerged shortly after the Early and Late Helladic Periods of the Late Aegean Bronze Age, from the early fifteenth century BC onward. He writes his serializations and individual protohistories under the pseudonym of Saltonstall Weld Bardot—an author/translator of his contemporary...
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    34,31 €

  • Why the U.S. Men Will Never Win the World Cup
    Beau Dure
    In this book, soccer journalist and historian Beau Dure traces the many issues holding back the U.S. men’s soccer team, from failed leagues to the unique American sports culture. Yet, Dure argues that with the right long-term changes, the U.S. can build a soccer environment that spawns quality players and strong results on the international stage. ...
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    36,43 €

  • Heritage and Sport
    Gregory Ramshaw
    This book provides a holistic view of the relationship between heritage and sport and an in-depth examination into the different types of sport heritage. It offers both theoretical and applied approaches to the heritage-sport relationship and intersects with many contemporary topics in heritage, sport, tourism, events and marketing. ...
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    171,02 €

  • Heritage and Sport
    Gregory Ramshaw
    This book provides a holistic view of the relationship between heritage and sport and an in-depth examination into the different types of sport heritage. It offers both theoretical and applied approaches to the heritage-sport relationship and intersects with many contemporary topics in heritage, sport, tourism, events and marketing. ...
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    48,06 €

  • Big-Time Sports in American Universities
    Charles T. Clotfelter / Charles TClotfelter
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    119,74 €

  • The Five and Ten Men
    Richard Amery
    The modern era of distance running began in the early years of the last century. The classic distances for competition have been the five and ten thousand metres. Over this period, the records for both distances have been broken many times by a variety of athletes from many different countries.The records of today are far removed from those set from earlier eras. The world reco...
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    34,73 €

  • Unleash the Girls
    Lisa Z. Lindahl / Lisa ZLindahl
    Named a Kirkus 'Best Books of 2022''... the author’s narrative is as much an inspiring business memoir as it is an absorbing chronicle of a surprisingly significant piece of sports clothing. An engrossing account of the entrepreneur-and the bra-that changed women’s sports.' -Kirkus Reviews'With cogent reflections on American cultural history and the shifts that laid the groundw...
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    17,94 €

  • The Club
    Jonathan Clegg / Joshua Robinson
    The Club is the inside story of how English soccer’s Premier League became the wildest, richest, most popular sports product on the planet, 'a narrative that is part Great Expectations, part Game of Thrones, in equal measure.' (Roger Bennett, NBC Sports, Men in Blazers) This is a sports and business tale of how money, ambition, and twenty-five years of drama remade an ancient ...
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    18,76 €

  • The Dizzy and Daffy Dean Barnstorming Tour
    Phil Dixon / Phil S. Dixon / Phil SDixon
    This book follows Dizzy and Daffy Dean’s All-Stars as they barnstormed across the country in 1934, taking the field against the greatest teams in the Negro Leagues. It shows the glory of the games as well as the disingenuous journalistic tactics that proliferated during the tour with an introspective look at its impact on race relations. ...
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    47,26 €

  • Internment in Switzerland during the First World War
    Susan Barton
    In contrast to the plethora of works focusing on the tragic loss of human lives during the First World War, little is known about the more hopeful realities of thousands of prisoners of war from Britain, France, Germany and Belgium who were sent to Switzerland from 1916. This book explores the everyday lives of these prisoners and their impact on Switzerland. Internees were war...
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    173,97 €

  • How to Run a Boutique Yoyo Business
    J.D. McKay / J.DMcKay
    It's time to make your hobby pay!Join Two-time Canadian Yoyo Champion "Mryoyothrower" (aka J.D. McKay) as he guides you through his journey to creating a successful business selling his favourite toy!-set up a small business and plan for growth-stand out with your own unique marketing strategy-stay front and center on social media -design and source high quality product-mak...
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    14,15 €

  • The Story of the Tour de France, Volume 1
    Bill McGann / Carol McGann
    At the dawn of the 20th century, French newspapers used bicycle races as promotions to build readership. Until 1903 these were one-day events. Looking to deliver a coup de grâce in a vicious circulation war, Henri Desgrange—editor of the Parisian sports magazine L’Auto—took the suggestion of one of his writers to organize a race that would last several days longer than anything...
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    21,31 €

  • Golden Glow
    Dan D'Addona / Dan D’Addona / Kaitlin Sandeno
    Swimmer Kaitlin Sandeno was a force in the pool, winning gold, silver, and two bronze medals in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. This book not only recounts her successes in the pool but also how she overcame struggles with injuries, a car crash, pressure, and doubt, and how since retiring she has found new meaning through helping and inspiring others. ...
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    42,31 €

  • Jack Beresford
    John Beresford
    Jack Beresford was the first British Olympian to win medals of any colour in five consecutive Olympic Games. His record of 3 Gold and 2 silver medals at the 5 Olympic Games held between 1920 and 1936 remained until Sir Steve Redgrave won gold at the 2000 Sydney Games.Historically, men have had two great chances to prove their mettle; in battle and in sport. While many are aware...
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    16,17 €

  • Jack Beresford
    John Beresford
    Jack Beresford was the first British Olympian to win medals of any colour in five consecutive Olympic Games. His record of 3 Gold and 2 silver medals at the 5 Olympic Games held between 1920 and 1936 remained until Sir Steve Redgrave won gold at the 2000 Sydney Games.Historically, men have had two great chances to prove their mettle; in battle and in sport. While many are aware...
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    29,08 €

  • Tumultuous Times in America’s Game
    Bryan Soderholm-Difatte
    This book provides a comprehensive narrative and analysis of major developments, key figures, and significant moments in Major League Baseball, from the integration of Jackie Robinson in 1947 to the owners-instigated catastrophic players’ strike of 1994-95 that cost the national pastime a championship season. ...
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    51,94 €

  • War Football
    Chris Serb
    War Football reveals for the first time how World War I gave birth to the NFL. It tells the story of the army, navy, and marine teams that saved American football during the war, and shows how war football alumni, including star George Halas, broke down barriers to professionalism and helped launch the NFL shortly after the war ended. ...
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    45,93 €

  • The Story of the Tour de France, Volume 2
    Bill McGann / Carol McGann
    Volume 1 of The Story of the Tour de France concluded with Bernard Thévenet’s dramatic victory over Eddy Merckx in the 1975 Tour. Volume two opens with super-climber Lucien van Impe’s taking advantage of a course made for the riders with wings. His win was followed by the dominating presence of Bernard Hinault, who became the third rider to win the Tour five times.Unable to ful...
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    21,35 €

  • Boxing and the Mob
    Jeffrey Sussman
    Boxing and the Mob explores the heavy influence of the mob on boxing in the 1930s through the early 1960s. It profiles boxers such as Abe Attell and Sonny Liston and infamous mobsters including Owney Madden and Frankie Carbo. In addition, this book details many of the most notorious fixed boxing matches in the sport’s history. ...
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    44,84 €

  • Jack Carroll
    Paul Cupitt
    Jack Carroll was the greatest attraction in the history of Australian boxing, and one of Australia's most popular sportsmen during The Great Depression. Fighting over 100 times in a 16-year career, Carroll was the Australian welterweight champion, the uncrowned Australian middleweight champion and a top contender for the world welterweight title in the 1930s. However, he is...
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    40,81 €

  • Cricket
    Horace GHutchinson / Various
    First published in 1903, H. G. Hutchinson’s “Cricket” presents the reader with a fantastic, illustrated history of the game of cricket. It includes a large number of authentic pictures of players from by-gone times, offering a picture-history of the costumes of the game from the old-fashioned players who wore top hats to play, to those heroes of yesteryear clad in conspicuous ...
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    29,52 €

  • Old-school Glory Days
    DT PhD Harleman
    This book is the story of a large group of football-playing teammates at their alma mater, Randolph-Macon College, in Ashland Virginia, during the period 1965-1970—the winningest six-year run in program history there. It has been written to rekindle recall of the halcyon days of their youth, before all their collective memories fade to black. They were bulletproof back then, bu...
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    104,70 €

  • Athletics of To-day - History, Development and Training
    F.A.M. Webster / F.A.MWebster
    'Athletics of To-day' is a vintage guide to the sport of athletics written by master of the subject and four-time Olympic games participant, F. A. M. Webster. This interesting volume deals with the history, development, and training of athletics, making it highly recommended for athletes, trainers, and others with an interest in the subject. Frederick Annesley Michael Webster (...
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    30,46 €

  • The Glory of the Games - Olympic Tables and Records - 776 B.C - A.D 1948;With the Extract ’Classical Games’ by Francis Storr
    F. A. M. Webster / F.A.MWebster / FAMWebster
    'The Glory of the Games' contains a complete catalogue of the various records set by Olympic contestants in different events from 1896 to 1948. Contents include: 'Reinstauration of the Modern Games, Athens 1896', 'Paris, 1900', 'St. Louis, 1904', 'Athenian Celebrations, 1906', 'London, 1908', 'Stockholm, 1912', 'Antwerp, 1920', 'Paris, 1924', 'Amsterdam, 1928', 'Los Angeles, 19...
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    14,96 €

  • Great Moments in Athletics
    F. A. M. Webster / FAMWebster
    'Great Moments in Athletics' is a 1947 work by F. A. M. Webster that looks at the history and development of athletics with reference to notable sportspeople and events. Contents include: 'In the Beginning', 'Sprinters in Excelsis', 'The Event Sui Generis', 'Going Up or Down?', 'Middle-distance Endurance', 'Still Greater Distances', 'Great Steeplechasers', 'Heel-and-Toe Takes ...
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    25,40 €