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“michael duff”

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  • The Power Within: How to Create a High Performance Mind

    by John Newcombe, Michael Duff ...
    Ever wondered what it really takes to succeed in life?Those who have achieved their own success in life know that following the path of luck and chance is full of dead ends, failed journeys and disappointments. Success is a result of application and effort. What enables successful people to achieve their desired goals and more where so many others have come up short is their strength of mind, ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

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  • Soccer Men

    Profiles of the Rogues, Geniuses, and Neurotics Who Dominate the World's Most Popular Sport

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    Simon Kuper's New York Times bestseller Soccernomics pioneered a new way of looking at soccer through meticulous empirical analysis and incisive -- and witty -- commentary. Kuper now leaves the numbers and data behind to explore the heart and soul of the world's most popular sport in the new, extraordinarily revealing Soccer Men.Soccer Men goes behind the scenes with soccer's greatest players and ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Pleasures of Leisure

    by Robert Dessaix ...
    In today’s crazily busy world the importance of making time for leisure is more vital than ever. Yet so many of us lack a talent for it. We are working longer hours, consuming more than ever before; technology erodes the work–life balance further; increasingly, people feel that only work gives existence meaning. In a world where time is money, what is the value of walking without purpose, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Hard Courts

    Real Life on the Professional Tennis Tours

    by John Feinstein ...
    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Season Inside presents a thrilling behind-the-scenes look at the world of professional tennis, with in-depth analyses of players, tournaments, and the inner machinations of the sport.“Hard Courts is the best book on professional tennis that I’ve ever read. . . . You won’t feel the same about the game—guaranteed.”—LARRY KINGWhen I first decided to write ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Top Boys

    True Stories of Football's Hardest Men

    by Cass Pennant ...
    This explosive book is the eagerly awaited eBook version of the bestseller. It is the follow up to 'Terrace Legends', the ground-breaking blockbuster that built bridges between Cass Pennant and Martin King, who came together in a no holds barred book about experiences on the terraces. The result was a hard-hitting, unflinchingly honest testament to life with some of the biggest firms in football ... Read more

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  • Arthur Ashe: Integrity

    by Fritz Knapp ...
    Series series Sports Virtues
    As part of the acclaimed Sports Virtues series, Arthur Ashe: Integrity discusses the struggles and triumphs of Arthur Ashe's life. As with each story in the Sports Virtues series, this book assigns a virtue to a celebrated athlete or coach, and uses that person's story to help the reader achieve that virtue for him or herself.What emerges after reading these stories is not only a greater ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Games, Learning, and Society

    Learning and Meaning in the Digital Age

    Edited by Constance Steinkuehler, Kurt Squire, Ph.D., Sasha Barab, Ph.D. ...
    Series series Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives
    This volume is the first reader on video games and learning of its kind. Covering game design, game culture and games as twenty-first-century pedagogy, it demonstrates the depth and breadth of scholarship on games and learning to date. The chapters represent some of the most influential thinkers, designers and writers in the emerging field of games and learning - including James Paul Gee, Soren ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Season of Saturdays

    A History of College Football in 14 Games

    by Michael Weinreb ...
    From an award-winning sports journalist and college football expert: “A beautifully written mix of memoir and reportage that tracks college ball through fourteen key games, giving depth and meaning to all” (Sports Illustrated), now with a new Afterword about the first ever College Football Playoff.Every Saturday in the fall, it happens: On college campuses, in bars, at gatherings of fervent alumni ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The War on Drugs in Sport

    Moral Panics and Organizational Legitimacy

    by Vanessa McDermott ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
    This book is an innovative and compelling work that develops a modified moral panic model illustrated by the drugs in sport debate. Drawing on Max Weber’s work on moral authority and legitimacy, McDermott argues that doping scandals create a crisis of legitimacy for sport governing bodies and other elite groups. This crisis leads to a moral panic, where the issue at stake for elite groups is ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Global Horseracing Industry

    Social, Economic, Environmental and Ethical Perspectives

    by Phil McManus, Glenn Albrecht, Raewyn Graham ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
    Horseracing, thoroughbred breeding and gambling on racing are global industries worth several hundred billion dollars. They are also industries facing serious challenges, from the rise of alternative forms of leisure gambling to concerns about the ethical treatment of animals in all equestrian sports. This book offers a broad-ranging examination of the contemporary horseracing industry, from ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • The Youth Olympic Games

    Edited by Dag Vidar Hanstad, Barrie Houlihan, Milena Parent ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
    The first summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) were held in Singapore in 2010 and the first winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck in 2012. The IOC hopes that the YOG will encourage young people to be more active and that they will bring the Olympic movement closer to its original founding values.This is the first book to be published on the Youth Olympic Games. It critically examines the origins of ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Politics of Sport

    Community, Mobility, Identity

    Edited by Paul Gilchrist, Russell Holden ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
    Sport is an essential part of community structure, membership and identity. Whether on the field of play, in stadia, or on the streets, sport has consistently brought together disparate individuals to share culture, values and memories. Nowadays these relationships are being rewritten through the effects of global socio-economic practices, the interventions of government, the impact of cultural ... Read more

    $77.99 USD