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Paperback. Based on original Stasi and Communist Party archival sources, this bookuncovers why East Germany was for two decades runningone of themost successful nations in the Summer and Winter Olympics, exploring how the central elite sports system was beset by internal tensions and disputes." Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; JHB; JHBS; JPA; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349309801
- ISBN
- 9781349309801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.15
€ 138.15
Hardback. Based on original Stasi and Communist Party archival sources, this book uncovers why East Germany was for two decades running one of the most successful nations in the Summer and Winter Olympics, exploring how the central elite sports system was beset by internal tensions and disputes. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; HBTB; JHBS; JPFC; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230227842
- ISBN
- 9780230227842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.95
€ 138.95
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843837886
- ISBN
- 9781843837886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.91
€ 56.91
paperback. Tackles two big questions about sport: "What is it?" and "Why does it attract so many people?" This work argues that sports participation is best described as a form of human play, and the attraction for participants and viewers alike derives from both its aesthetic richness and narrative structure. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780252074318
- ISBN
- 9780252074318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
Paperback. ". raises serious and urgent questions about the relationship between sport and the configurations of power in contemporary British society, and represents an overdue and welcome intervention in the field. " Stuart Hall ". richly detailed with masses of examples of what sport is and has been in our past. " City Limits. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745605074
- ISBN
- 9780745605074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199688340
- ISBN
- 9780199688340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752458397
- ISBN
- 9780752458397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.57
€ 17.99
€ 16.57
paperback. This book explores the casting of China s earliest female Olympians as celebrities within the context of a national crisis, born of internal conflicts and external attack by Japan. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 348 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSJ1; WSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774824828
- ISBN
- 9780774824828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Hardback. Explores the rise of female athletes in China in the early twentieth century. It shows how female athletes coped with the conflicting demands of nationalist causes, unwanted male attention, and modern fame, arguing that the athletic female form helped to create a new ideal of modern womanhood in China. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSJ1; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774824811
- ISBN
- 9780774824811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.97
€ 107.97
Hardcover. An extensive and fascinating history of the sporting lodge. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: HBTB; WSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 201 x 23. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Publisher
- Quiller Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846891687
- ISBN
- 9781846891687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.04
€ 33.99
€ 29.04
Paperback. Editor(s): White, John B.; Parker, Andrew; Watson, Nick J. BIC Classification: HRCX4; WSDP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472414045
- ISBN
- 9781472414045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.53
€ 58.53
Paperback. * Examines ethical issues in sports, such as sportsmanship, violence, cheating, drug use, racism, sexism, and gender equity. * Includes essays by psychologists, sociologists, coaches, and sports writers. * Gives the reader an understanding of the moral significance of sport, and how sports affect society. . Editor(s): Boxill, Jan. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631216971
- ISBN
- 9780631216971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.96
€ 53.96
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; WS. Category: (ES) Secondary; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403940742
- ISBN
- 9781403940742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.54
€ 50.54
Paperback. The third edition of author Richard O. Davies' highly praised narrative of American sports, Sports in American Life: A History, features extensive revisions and updates to its presentation of an interpretative history of the relationship of sports to the larger themes of U.S. history. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WSBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 248 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1090.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118912379
- ISBN
- 9781118912379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.89
€ 57.89
BIC Classification: HR. .
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- SCRIPTURE UNION
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785066672
- ISBN
- 9781785066672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.57
€ 16.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: BGX; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788120743991
- ISBN
- 9788120743991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.72
€ 9.99
€ 8.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16 page pcolour plate section and embedded black and white pictures. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 47. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846683817
- ISBN
- 9781846683817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.49
€ 16.99
€ 12.49
Hardback. Editor(s): Wu, Jiang; Chia, Lucille. Series: The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231171601
- ISBN
- 9780231171601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.44€ 64.47
€ 82.44
€ 64.47
Hardcover. Series: Wolverhampton Military Studies. Num Pages: 180 pages, 12 b/w images from oroiginal docs, 6 b/w tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBWS2; JWD; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910777947
- ISBN
- 9781910777947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.13
€ 46.99
€ 33.13
Paperback. Born into great wealth, Walker, now in her 80s, chose to step beyond the chaperoned world of privilege, becoming a pilot in the Air Transport Auxiliary, and going on to break the speed record for women pilots. This book gives an insight into the life of a very special woman. Num Pages: 256 pages, 32pp photographs. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Grub Street United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904010319
- ISBN
- 9781904010319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20