Sport & fritid

Originally published in 1978, From Ritual to Record was one of the first books to recognize the importance of sports as a lens on the fundamental structure of societies. In this reissue, Guttmann emphasizes the many ways that modern sports, dramat...

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This book explores the various ways in which participation in sport and physical activity might contribute to effective solutions within criminal justice systems. Focusing on a range of different sporting and physical activities across an array of...

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Defining politics as contests over ideas, values and visions about what a physically active society could be, this book uses critical analysis to challenge accepted truths about physical activity and therefore opens up a pathway to more effective,...

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A must-read collection featuring the best in sports journalism Renowned media reporter Richard Deitsch has curated an essential anthology showcasing incredible feats and diverse perspectives across the world of sports. Selected from a wide range o...

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Since the 1970s, a Polynesian Pipeline has brought football players from American Smoa to Hawaii and the mainland United States to play at the collegiate and professional levels. In Gridiron Capital Lisa Uperesa charts the cultural and social dyna...

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2020 Choice Outstanding Academic Title The moving bodypervasively occupied by fitness activities, intense training and dieting regimes, recreational practices, and high-profile sporting mega-eventsholds a vital function in contemporary society. As...

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Paul Thompson offers an alternative take on the romanticized and mythologized process of record-making. Side A illustrates how creativity arises out of a system in action, and introduces the history, culture, traditions and institutions that contr...

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First published in 1930, Siegfried Kracauer's work was greeted with great acclaim and soon attained the status of a classic. The object of his inquiry was the new class of salaried employees who populated the cities of Weimar Germany. Spiritu...

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This is the first book to consider the intersections of sport, international development and environmental sustainability. It explores the tensions between sports potential contribution to the environment and its rather poor record to date. Bringi...

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The Routledge Handbook of Sport, Gender and Sexuality brings together important new work from 68 leading international scholars that, collectively, demonstrates the intrinsic interconnectedness of sport, gender and sexuality. It introduces what is...

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The influence of professional, adult sport on youth sport is now a global concern. Children are involved in high-stakes competitive sport at national and international levels at an increasingly young age. In addition, the use of sport as a medium ...

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Touching true stories from the heyday of the Butlins holiday camps. When I got to the camp I felt as if Id suddenly walked into Utopia it was so colourful, so warm, so friendly. There were lights across the roads, there were banners fluttering in ...

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Touching true stories from the heyday of the Butlin's holiday camps.'When I got to the camp I felt as if I'd suddenly walked into Utopia - it was so colourful, so warm, so friendly. There were lights across the roads, there were banners fluttering...

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Touching true stories from the heyday of the Butlin?s holiday camps.?When I got to the camp I felt as if I?d suddenly walked into Utopia ? it was so colourful, so warm, so friendly. There were lights across the roads, there were banners fluttering...

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The Ultimate Guide to Sport (without having to get out of your chair), from the writers and philosophers behind the award-winning TV show.We understand. It?s too much to ask. The drive down to the ground, the change into your kit, the running arou...

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'Our incredible story under a supreme manager shared in all its glory.' Jordan HendersonThe definitive account of Jurgen Klopp's astonishing revival of Liverpool Football Club.Liverpool Football Club's stunning 2020 Premier League title victory de...

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Our incredible story under a supreme manager shared in all its glory. Jordan Henderson The definitive account of Jrgen Klopps astonishing revival of Liverpool Football Club FULLY UPDATED FOR THE 2020-2021 SEASON Liverpool Football Clubs stunning P...

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The untold story of a British institution'Brilliant.' Alan Johnson'Compelling.' David Kynaston'The beer drinkers' Bill Bryson.' Times Literary SupplementFerment Magazine's Best Beer Book of the YearPete Brown is a convivial guide on this journey t...

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Golf is not just for the links - it's for life.How do you know when you're a golfer? For starters, you might just find golf has infiltrated every aspect of your life, from your choice of car to the words you use. You may find yourself mowing your ...

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A bitingly funny manifesto about how sports fans can take back their games from the bottom-line owners, corporate media, and the cheating athletes on the field, by the founding editor of the popular blog Deadspin.

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Arch and unrepentant, Will Leitch, founding editor of Deadspin.com, is the mouthpiece for all the frustrated fans who just want their games back from big money, bloated egos, and blathering sportscasters. Always a fan first and a sportswriter seco...

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A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER One of the best insider-football books ever written." --Douglas Brinkley A riveting chronicle of Michigan's Jim Harbaugh era, and an unprecedented look at the inner workings (Sporting News) of a big-time college...

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On the west bank of the Mississippi lies the New Orleans neighborhood of Algiers. Short on hope but big on dreams, its mostly poor and marginalized residents find joy on Friday nights when the Cougars of Edna Karr High School take the field. For y...

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The book opens with an account of recent developments in the economic, political and cultural sociology of international tourism and goes on to analyse the relationships between international tourism and the broad economic determinants of the worl...

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Travel behaviour interacts in a deep way with how we work and play. Social, intellectual, economic and technological forces continually influence the spatial and temporal activity patterns of individuals and businesses. Developments in the product...

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Why will there never be another Bradman? How do you win 33 games in a row? Why did Zidane lose his rag on the world's stage? Foraying deep into sport's leftfield, Ed smith asks the questions we rarely ask of our teams and players. When i...

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There is a huge category of sports fan: people who love a bloody good argument. Sport makes them think, engage and argue. Given that people already take sport so very seriously, and at such an intense level of enquiry, then Ed Smith concludes we s...

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How has the way we spend our time changed over the last fifty years? Are we really working more, sleeping less and addicted to our phones? What does this mean for our health, wealth and happiness? Everything we do happens in time and it feels like...

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The book looks at the different sports played and watched in South Asia and situates them in the region's history, society and economy. The activities covered span sports like cricket, which enjoys a religion-like status in South Asia, to more obs...

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This volume aims to forge interest in the field of sports studies and offers a platform for a wide range of studies on sports, employing a variety of approaches, perspectives, and methodologies.

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