Catálogo de libros: Historia del deporte

922 Catálogo de libros: Historia del deporte

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  • Wheeling
    Luci Erisman
    In the later part of the 1800’s, Victorians were enthralled with a myriad of new technologies promising hope for a better world.  Along with the steam engine and indoor plumbing came another groundbreaking invention - the bicycle. Known at the time as a velocipede, it was only later that designs became standardized for two wheels and transformed the name of this marvelous machi...
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    16,68 €

  • Panther Pride
    Edward Gadrix
    Panther Pride is the story of sports at Georgia State University. It is a chronicle of the beginning of athletics and the university in 1913 and brings the reader current through the 20th century. The individual athletes who excelled during their college years are highlighted and who form the foundation for Panther Pride. ...
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    39,47 €

  • From Lilliput to Lord’s
    Greg Young
    In the 1950s the West Indies cricket team announced its arrival as a dominant force, beating England in a Test series for the first time on English soil. Remarkably, the tiny Caribbean island of Barbados produced the five most successful West Indies batsmen of the era, the most famous of whom were the ‘Three Ws’.Born within walking distance of each other and delivered by the sa...
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    17,67 €

  • Tall Tales and Short Shorts
    Adam J. Criblez / Adam JCriblez
    This book traces the evolution of the NBA in the 1970s, from the retirement of Bill Russell in 1969 to the arrival of Larry Bird and Magic Johnson ten years later. It features such iconic players as Dr. J and Pistol Pete and examines the controversies that plagued the league, including illicit drug use and on-court violence. ...
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    52,72 €

  • A Horse Called Mighty
    Helen Thomas
    In April 1995, a plain brown colt was passed in at the famous Easter Yearling Sales in Sydney, virtually unnoticed. He would grow up to become an icon of the Australian turf, a national treasure. Might and Power was a giant in a golden era of exceptional thoroughbreds: the horse of a lifetime for owner Nick Moraitis, the horse of hope for trainer Jack Denham, and the horse of r...
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    24,70 €

  • In the Field and On the Field
    Marcus Fielding
    Rugby Union is a sporting code that has been played by generations of service people since the earliest days of Australia’s armed forces. The story of Rugby Union in the Australian Army is an important component of the Services rugby tradition and an integral part of the history of the code itself in Australia.The Australian Army Rugby Union’s (AARU) mission is to promote and d...
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    34,36 €

  • Walter Lingo, Jim Thorpe, and the Oorang Indians
    Chris Willis
    This book tells the little-known story of the Oorang Indians, a traveling professional football team comprised entirely of Native Americans. Created by dog kennel owner Walter Lingo and coached by star athlete Jim Thorpe, the team spent two seasons in the NFL in 1922 and 1923 traveling throughout the country and drawing crowds wherever they went. ...
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    52,76 €

  • Baseball’s Roaring Twenties
    Ronald T. Waldo / Ronald T. Waldo / Ronald TWaldo
    In Baseball’s Roaring Twenties, Ronald T. Waldo recounts the rollicking escapades surrounding a distinct collection of players, managers, umpires, and fans that truly personified this era of baseball history. Waldo includes a mix of unique stories and amusing tales surrounding baseball greats like Babe Ruth, John McGraw, Connie Mack, Rabbit Maranville, and Casey Stengel, alongs...
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    52,85 €

  • Cincinnati Red and Dodger Blue
    Riper / Tom Van Riper
    For a period of time in the 1970s, the Los Angeles Dodgers versus the Cincinnati Reds was one of the best rivalries in Major League Baseball. This book takes a fresh look at these two powerhouses and the players that made them so pivotal, including Johnny Bench, Steve Garvey, Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, Don Sutton, and Ron Cey. ...
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    53,10 €

  • Powerful Moments in Sports
    Gitlin / Martin Gitlin
    Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics. Billie Jean King takes on Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes. Title IX is passed. Some moments in sports—whether they take place on a track, on a tennis court, or in a courtroom—transcend the event itself. This book features twenty events that had profound social, political, and cultural importance and inspired athlete...
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    50,03 €

  • The Keepers of the Sand
    Barry Napoleon
    The Keepers of the Sand is a personal memoir written by former Waikiki Beachboy Barry Napoleon, who was born in 1929 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Barry's father, Walter Napoleon, was the Captain of the lifeguards at the War Memorial Natatorium at Waikiki, and Barry grew up following his father to work at the beach. He began working as a beachboy in 1952 and continued for the next 3...
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    44,32 €

  • The Mighty West
    Kerrie Soraghan
    In 2016 the Western Bulldogs stunned the AFL world by winning the premiership – the club’s first in 62 years. It was an unprecedented rise to success, capped by a stunning grand final victory that left players and fans alike shedding tears of joy.Just two years earlier the Dogs had been in chaos, without a captain or a coach. But under the leadership of Luke Beveridge, Robert M...
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    24,19 €

  • The One Is Jack Hurley, Volume Three
    John T. Ochs
    The One Is Jack Hurley is an epic three-volume bio-history of boxing’s Golden Age beginning with Jack Dempsey in the 1910s and ending with the emergence of George Foreman in 1970, as filtered through the life experience of legendary manager and promoter “Deacon” Jack Hurley. Hurley began his career in Fargo, North Dakota, just before World War I, worked in and around New York a...
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    38,40 €

  • He's Not Like Us. His Kick Was Special. Undo
    Roy Baxter. III
    Can anything good come from that terrible city called Newark, New Jersey, where a large number of African Americans reside?Yes, without a doubt. What the Creator has in store for us is truly remarkable. No opposition on earth can stand in the way if he has something special for you to accomplish. Lack of wealth is really not that big a deal.A sizable number of people live in th...
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    10,08 €

  • Legends of the Jungle
    Mark Powell
    Boomer Esiason still holds the Cincinnati Bengals’ record for most passing yards in a game and is tied for the most 300-yard passing games.Jim Breech is the team’s all-time leading scorer in points and remains a beloved figure more than twenty years after his retirement.Cris Collinsworth led the team in receptions and receiving yards several times in the 1980s—and topped the te...
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    23,93 €

  • Indy 500 Recaps-The Short Chute Edition
    Pat Kennedy
    This book started as a self-serving exercise to personally organize the major details and interesting facts of each Indianapolis 500 over the hundred-plus-year history of the greatest race in the world. For many of us passionate racing fans who have attended a multitude of 500s, there is a tendency for the details of the races to (somewhat) blend together. I hope this book will...
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    29,00 €

  • Buck Simmons
    Gary L. Parker
    In the early 1960’s a teenager by the name of Charles Leroy Simmons began driving the water truck on Saturdays at the Banks County (GA) Speedway. A short while later he began his journey, as a driver, into the dirt racing world. Simmons drove jalopies, modifieds, super modifieds, skeeters, and dirt late models to 1,012 checkered flags. In 2001 he was inducted into the inaugural...
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    18,25 €

  • The Art of Big Game Fishing
    Various / Various Authors
    'The Art of Big Game Fishing' is a detailed and profusely-illustrated handbook on catching large fish, with a particular focus on fishing in American waters. Although old, this volume contains a wealth of timeless information and is highly recommended for modern readers with an interest in fishing for big game. Contents include: 'The Tarpons and the Gar-Fish', 'Tarpon and other...
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    16,45 €

  • Cycling’s World Championships
    Les Woodland
    Champion of the World! For a year the World Cycling Champion gets to wear a special white jersey with rainbow stripes. And then, for the rest of his career, he can wear a jersey with rainbow cuffs and collar. Unlike the Tour de France's Yellow Jersey, which can only be worn while leading the race, the rainbow is earned for life.For more than a century organized cycling has ...
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    16,78 €

  • Mahatma on the Pitch
    Kausik Bandyopadhyay
    How the most important man of our national movement viewed the most important sport in our country.Did Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ever play cricket? Did cricket ever figure in the Gandhian world of thought? What were the views of the most important man in the history of India’s freedom struggle on the game that dominates Indian national consciousness in the twenty-first century...
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    23,75 €

  • The Would-Be Woodsman
    William W. West
    The Would-Be Woodsman shares the true life tales of the development of a man—a man who desires to be sensitive to God and others while being strong and comfortable with the outdoors life. Every moment of every day is important. The Would-Be Woodsman’s look back at his life reminds us all that there are critical moments of decision that need to be survived, remembered, and share...
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    35,95 €

  • The Would-Be Woodsman
    William W. West
    The Would-Be Woodsman shares the true life tales of the development of a man—a man who desires to be sensitive to God and others while being strong and comfortable with the outdoors life. Every moment of every day is important. The Would-Be Woodsman’s look back at his life reminds us all that there are critical moments of decision that need to be survived, remembered, and share...
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    14,75 €

  • Intimate Warfare
    Dennis Taylor / John J. Raspanti / John JRaspanti
    This book tells the story of the greatest blood-and-guts rivalry in the history of boxing, the spectacular trilogy of fights between Arturo “Thunder” Gatti and “Irish” Micky Ward. It paints a vivid portrait of these two charismatic boxers, tracing their lives, careers, and the unlikely friendship they formed despite their brutal fights. ...
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    53,20 €

  • Ted Strong Jr.
    Jenkins / Sherman L. Jenkins / Sherman LJenkins
    Ted Strong Jr. was a two-sport athlete, a major star of the Negro Leagues and one of the original Harlem Globetrotters. This book shares the fascinating story of a man who played in seven Negro League Baseball All-Star games and was a key member of the Harlem Globetrotter team that won the World Professional Basketball Championship. ...
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    55,97 €

  • The Champion
    Carey Flores
    When #121 crashed during a motocross race on an upstate New York dirt track, no one questioned his ability and determination to get back on his bike and reclaim his position in what would be the last race of his life.Through the words of a family friend, and eye witness of the events on that fateful day, The Champion is the true story of one man’s race to the Finish, and how he...
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    36,67 €

  • The Champion
    Carey Flores
    When #121 crashed during a motocross race on an upstate New York dirt track, no one questioned his ability and determination to get back on his bike and reclaim his position in what would be the last race of his life.Through the words of a family friend, and eye witness of the events on that fateful day, The Champion is the true story of one man’s race to the Finish, and how he...
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    20,98 €

  • Broadsword Fencing and Stick or Quarter-Staff Play - After the Latest European Practice Adopted in the Military Schools of France Italy and the United States
    Guiseppe Riboni
    This is an introductory guide to broadsword fencing and quarterstaff sparring, first published in 1862. The lessons within this volume are based on the contemporary European style used in military schools in France and Italy. With simple instructions and helpful illustrations, 'Broadsword Fencing and Stick or Quarter-Staff Play' is ideal for beginners and young learners alike, ...
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    22,16 €

  • Foil and Sabre - A Grammar of Fencing in Detailed Lessons for the Professor and Pupil
    Louis Rondelle
    First published in 1892, 'Foil and Sabre' is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to fencing. It aims to provide the student with a complete course of instruction in the contemporary European fencing style, and does so plainly and with the aid of simple illustrations. This volume is perfect for beginners and experienced fencers alike, and it is not to be missed by collectors of ...
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    26,26 €

  • Soccer under the Swastika
    Kevin E. Simpson / Kevin ESimpson
    This book reveals the surprising role soccer played during World War II. It uncovers many survivor testimonies and old accounts of wartime players, revealing hidden stories of soccer in almost every Nazi concentration camp. To these prisoners, soccer was a glimmer of joy amid hunger and torture, and a show of resistance against the Nazi regime. ...
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    59,46 €

  • Herb 'Tootle' Estes
    Gary L. Parker
    HERB “TOOTLE” ESTES: THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD, is Parker’s third book. It follows the career of a unique racing legend, Knoxville, Tennessee’s Herb “Tootle” Estes. Tootle was a multi-talented driver who raced about every kind of race car with four wheels. According to some, he won over 1200 races, including between 300 and 400 in the late model ranks. He is a true Southern ...
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    15,77 €


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