Lifestyle, sport & leisure
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Lifestyle, sport & leisure
Paperback. Why does the story of the Titanic retain such a hold on the popular imagination, one hundred years after it sank on the night of 15 April 1912? In this new centenary edition, Howells explores the myths around the Titanic legend, showing what they reveal about the culture of their time, as well as the role that myth still plays in our lives today. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Second Edition, Revised
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230313804
- ISBN
- 9780230313804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.90
€ 41.90
Hardcover. This book explores the significance of sport in the understanding of past and current societal dynamics in the Arab world. It examines sport in relation to cultural, political and economic changes in the Arab World, including nation-state building, the formation of national identity and international relations in post-colonial context. Series: Communications & Culture. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JHBS; JP; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230307926
- ISBN
- 9780230307926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
Hardcover. An exploration of how the Olympics are organised in response to risk. This book looks at the tension between the riskiness of mega-events, attributable to their scale and complexities, and the societal, political and organisational pressures that exist for safety, security and management of risk - leading to changes in how the Games are governed. Series: Executive Politics and Governance. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPH; JPP; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300064
- ISBN
- 9780230300064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.56
€ 162.56
Discourses of Olympism: From the Sorbonne 1894 to London 2012 (Global ...
Chatziefstathiou, Dikaia, Henry, Ian P.
Hardcover. This book evaluates the moral project of Olympism, analzying the changing value positions adopted in relation to the ideology of Olympism across the period from the 1890s to the present day. The book also analyzes discourses of Olympism concerned with youth, governance, sport for development and international relations. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPS; JHBS; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230289574
- ISBN
- 9780230289574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.70
€ 151.70
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230283190
- ISBN
- 9780230283190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.74
€ 116.74
Serious Leisure and Nature: Sustainable Consumption in the Outdoors
Stebbins, Robert A., Davidson, Lee
Hardcover. Leisure activities undertaken in nature are immensely popular. This book examines the new serious leisure concept of nature challenge activity (NCA), exploring how NCA unfolds in an aesthetically appealing natural environment with implications for consumption and environmental sustainability. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBS; WSZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252011
- ISBN
- 9780230252011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. This book explores the relationship between diplomatic discourse and the Olympic movement, charting both its continuity and change from an historical perspective. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBS; JPSD; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241060
- ISBN
- 9780230241060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.51
€ 129.51
Hardcover. Football Managers have to deal with a number of unique pressures, yet the challenges of the football manager are similar to those of managers in other sectors. This book examines the management of football and looks at ways that managers and leaders in other industries can use tools and techniques from the sporting world within their own sector. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJM; KNSP; WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238411
- ISBN
- 9780230238411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.68
€ 95.68
Hardcover. The media increasingly refer to football clubs as brands. Certainly concepts such as loyalty, affiliation, emotional ties with football clubs seem to parallel the relationship between consumer and brand in the broader marketing sphere. This book delves deep into the world of the lucrative business of sports branding. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 black & white tables, 10 figures. BIC Classification: KJMV7; KJS; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232532
- ISBN
- 9780230232532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.36
€ 67.36
Hardcover. In 1995 rugby union finally became a professional sport following more than a century as an amateur game. This book offers a critical analysis of the sport in the professional era and assesses the relationship between the local and the global in contemporary rugby union. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBS; WSJF1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229310
- ISBN
- 9780230229310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.60
€ 66.60
Hardcover. The status of sport, and of its greatest protagonists, has never before flown so high. This project utilizes current thoughts within the sport, behavioural, and cognitive sciences, in order to present a distinct and original perspective on the origins of elite sporting ability. Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: WSDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312. Roots of the Sporting Mind. 208 pages, 9 figures. The status of sport, and of its greatest protagonists, has never before flown so high. This project utilizes current thoughts within the sport, behavioural, and cognitive sciences, in order to present a distinct and original perspective on the origins of elite sporting ability. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WSDP. Dimension: 205 x 139 x 13. Weight: 310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210165
- ISBN
- 9780230210165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. This book uses the work of Jurgen Habermas to interrogate leisure as a meaningful, theoretical concept. Drawing on examples from sport, culture and tourism, and going beyond concerns about the grand project of leisure, Spracklen argues that leisure is central to understanding wider debates about identity, postmodernity and globalization. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBA; JHBS; W. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230205253
- ISBN
- 9780230205253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.75
€ 117.75
Hardcover. Providing the first EU-wide study of the way football hooliganism has been defined by academics, law makers and enforcers, and the media since the 1960s, this book examines the regulation and policing of the phenomenon, which has been influenced by security-related developments within post-bipolar Europe Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFE; WSJA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230201149
- ISBN
- 9780230201149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. In a life full of momentous episodes, Theodore Roosevelt's fifteen-month post-presidential odyssey to Africa and Europe has never been given its due place. A tale of daring adventure, international celebrity, a friendship lost, and a political legacy transformed, Theodore Roosevelt Abroad is the first full account of this important time in history. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; 3JJ; HBTB; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102774
- ISBN
- 9780230102774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.98
€ 59.98
Hardcover. A guide to beekeeping that follows a year in the life of the author and his bees. It shows how keeping bees and making your own honey is something anyone can do. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 x 8pp f/c insets. BIC Classification: TVHH; WNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Square Peg
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224086899
- ISBN
- 9780224086899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.80
€ 30.99
€ 27.80
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780201135497
- ISBN
- 9780201135497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.33
€ 14.99
€ 13.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; 3JMG; BGS; WSD; WSWY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 212 x 33. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Canada
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143196020
- ISBN
- 9780143196020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.70
€ 17.99
€ 16.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Smith, Michael J. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1. BIC Classification: WBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 280 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143192190
- ISBN
- 9780143192190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.90
€ 28.90
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1958
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140440577
- ISBN
- 9780140440577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.57
€ 19.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. Presents an account of the scientific achievements and lives of cosmologists from Babylonians to Newton. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX; PGK; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140192469
- ISBN
- 9780140192469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.77
€ 23.99
€ 20.77