Lifestyle, sport & leisure
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Lifestyle, sport & leisure
Paperback. A play-by-play account of how the drive for sports stadiums and arenas drains $2 billion a year from public treasuries for the sake of private profit. While the millionaires who own sports franchises have seen the value of their assets soar under this scheme, taxpayers, urban residents, and sports fans have all come out losers. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFD; KNSP; WSBV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803260160
- ISBN
- 9780803260160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.14
€ 24.99
€ 23.14
Paperback. Features the story of Villanova's 2005 season and of how coach Andy Talley and his team negotiate this territory. This work offers a view of the class system that exists in college football, conditions that paradoxically threaten a sport that has only grown in popularity. Num Pages: 333 pages, 11 Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JMC; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803259591
- ISBN
- 9780803259591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.79
€ 20.99
€ 20.79
Paperback. An archival account of baseball and America. Num Pages: 285 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803259461
- ISBN
- 9780803259461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.84
€ 20.99
€ 20.84
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMGC; HBJK; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803255456
- ISBN
- 9780803255456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.96
€ 29.99
€ 26.96
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 36 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGS; WSQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803254800
- ISBN
- 9780803254800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.52
€ 29.99
€ 25.52
Hardback. The Players League, formed in 1890, was a short-lived professional baseball league controlled and owned in part by the players themselves. The Great Baseball Revolt is a historic overview of the rise and fall of the Players League, which fielded teams in Boston, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; WSBT; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803249417
- ISBN
- 9780803249417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.51
€ 31.99
€ 28.51
Hardback. One of only twenty-nine Major Leaguers to play in four different decades, the author pitched for eight teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates twice. In this title, he tells his story. Covering as much of baseball life as any player can, he puts us on the mound for the winning pitch in Game Five of the 1981 World Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 33. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803248977
- ISBN
- 9780803248977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.08
€ 36.08
Hardback. If an umpire could steal the show in a Major League game, the author might well have been the one to do it. Tough but fair, in his thirty years as a professional umpire he took on some of baseball's great umpire baiters, while ejecting any number of the game's elite - once tearing a hamstring in the process. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 photographs, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: BM; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803246881
- ISBN
- 9780803246881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.58
€ 29.58
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 48 photographs, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBWQ; WSBX; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803245280
- ISBN
- 9780803245280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.94
€ 36.99
€ 32.94
Hardback. This book, based on extensive interviews and Alexander's journals, is filled with memorable characters, pithy lessons, snapshots of American life, and a big picture of America's pastime from one of its great off-the-field players. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSBX; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803245013
- ISBN
- 9780803245013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.39
€ 33.39
Paperback. Charts a moving landscape of people and places over the past twenty years Series: Outdoor Lives. Num Pages: 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803243606
- ISBN
- 9780803243606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.79
€ 20.79
Paperback. Spins tales of a hunter whose years have been enriched by pursuing game under Montana's big sky Num Pages: 31 photographs. BIC Classification: WSXH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243477
- ISBN
- 9780803243477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.84
€ 20.99
€ 20.84
Paperback. Commemorates the 1947 New York Yankees championship team - the players, on the field and off, and the events surrounding their remarkable season. Editor(s): Spatz, Lyle. Series: Memorable Teams in Baseball History. Num Pages: 368 pages, 63 photographs, 39 stat tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WSBT; WSBX; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 5182 x 20. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803240940
- ISBN
- 9780803240940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.78
€ 32.99
€ 31.78
Paperback. From the bewildering array of baseball books, Ron Kaplan has chosen 501 of the best, making it easier for fans to find just the books to suit them (or to know what they're missing). Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: GBCR; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 0th edition
- SKU
- V9780803240735
- ISBN
- 9780803240735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.04
€ 26.99
€ 25.04
Hardback. Although soccer had long been the world's game when the author first encountered it in 1982, here it was just a poor cousin to American football, to be found on obscure UHF channels and in foreign magazines. Offering the perspective of fan, player, and journalist, this book chronicles his obsession with the sport and its phenomenal evolution. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 26. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803240476
- ISBN
- 9780803240476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.24
€ 29.99
€ 26.24
Paperback. One of the most preposterous series of events in boxing history. Num Pages: 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; 3JJG; HBT; WSTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803240049
- ISBN
- 9780803240049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.55
€ 17.99
€ 17.55
Paperback. Weaves the tragic and heroic tales of nineteenth-century exploration, and the author's personal observations into a remarkable collage. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MTS; WTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803240018
- ISBN
- 9780803240018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.77
€ 20.99
€ 20.77
Paperback. Biography of Art Rooney - an iconic figure in the history of the NFL Num Pages: 704 pages, 42 illustrations, 1 genealogy, 1map. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5690 x 3683 x 46. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803237674
- ISBN
- 9780803237674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Hardback. Takes us to some of the most notable golf clubs in America and introduces us to a delightful cast of characters Num Pages: 176 pages, 8 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; WSBV; WSJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4522 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803236424
- ISBN
- 9780803236424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.22
€ 17.99
€ 17.22
Paperback. Details the health issues faced by the Corps of Discovery on the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition. Num Pages: 360 pages, 40 illustrations, 1 map, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; MBX; WTLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803235113
- ISBN
- 9780803235113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.17
€ 25.99
€ 24.17