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Useful for tennis players, sports historians, readers of black history and/or black sports figures, and all those interested in the sport, this book looks at the rich history of blacks on US tennis courts. The author examines the role that this white sport traditionally played in the black community. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 black-&-white photographs, glossary, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; WSJR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608189
ISBN
9780815608189
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hill Street Press,US United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588181015
ISBN
9781588181015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.96

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 916.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875655963
ISBN
9780875655963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.71

Hardcover. Heisman Trophy winners, All-Americans, All-Pros, MVPs and record-setters have, throughout the glamorous history of football in Texas, been all but commonplace. This book includes a collection of biographies of the greatest of the great. Num Pages: 96 pages, 23 colour & b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 114 x 13. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653761
ISBN
9780875653761
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.78

Paperback. A Book for the Fans Written by the Fans. 192 pages, Illustrations (some col.). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; BM; WSJA. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 12. Weight: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Db Publishing Co Ltd
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859839898
ISBN
9781859839898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.60

Paperback. 192 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; WSJA. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 11. Weight: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
DB Publishing
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780911588
ISBN
9781780911588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 582. 256 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WSJA. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 17. Weight: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
DB Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780911250
ISBN
9781780911250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.84

Paperback. In this text, Jonathan Knight paints a portrait of the Cleveland Browns' storybook 1980 NFL season, describing its impact on the city of Cleveland. Taking readers from the year's beginning to its end, the author shows how everybody fell in love with the team. Num Pages: 300 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JJPN; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873387613
ISBN
9780873387613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages, ports. BIC Classification: WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press Jamaica
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9789766400460
ISBN
9789766400460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.41

Baseball is the most storied of American sports, but not all the stories are true. Likewise, most baseball traditions are wonderful. But not all of them. The game's most basic elements have often been misrepresented, misunderstood, and misremembered through the years. Num Pages: 296 pages, 24 B bibliography; index. BIC Classification: WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 29. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612345604
ISBN
9781612345604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.18

Publisher
United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597979382
ISBN
9781597979382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.15

Series: Sport in the American West. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896728776
ISBN
9780896728776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.28

"Adapted for young readers from "Our White Boy, "the memoir of the first white athlete to cross the color barrier in Texas baseball" Num Pages: 108 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WSJT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 210 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
121
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896727878
ISBN
9780896727878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.85

Hardcover. What it means to eat, sleep and bleed GAA, from a legend of the game. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 235 x 30. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
9780717169344
ISBN
9780717169344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 6.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Triumph Books United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600788499
ISBN
9781600788499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.00

paperback. Most fans today know that gamblers and ballplayers conspired to "fix" the 1919 World Series-the Black Sox Scandal. It has been touched upon in classic works of sports history such as Eliot Asinof's Eight Men Out, referred to in literary classics like W. P. Num Pages: 388 pages, 10 b&w photos, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Potomac Books United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597971089
ISBN
9781597971089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.15

Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white plates, colour plates. BIC Classification: BGS; WSBX; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589975354
ISBN
9781589975354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.21

Paperback. You Can Quote Me On That isn't about the polite, country-club sport where players shake hands over the net and offer congratulations on a fine drop shot. It views tennis from inside, where competition is grueling, tempers flare, and egos collide. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: WSJR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574889253
ISBN
9781574889253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.05

Paperback. As manager of the Baltmore Orioles, Earl Weaver was called "baseball's resident genius". This volume reveals Weaver's approach to the game, including tactics, motivation of players and how to manage a roster, a line-up and pitching staff. He also lets us in on the secret of how not to get fired. Editor(s): Pluto, Terry. Num Pages: 202 pages, 20 tables, 4 charts. BIC Classification: WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574884241
ISBN
9781574884241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.91

Paperback. Offers the most incisive account to date of the origins of college football, tracing the sport's evolution from a gentlemen's pastime to a multi-million dollar enterprise that made athletics a permanent fixture on US campuses and cemented college football's place in American culture. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 336 pages, 28 Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700621392
ISBN
9780700621392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.62

Paperback. When Curt Flood, all-star center fielder for the St Louis Cardinals, refused to be traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1968, he sent shock waves throughout professional baseball that ultimately reached the Supreme Court. This book offers a look at Flood's efforts to shake the foundations of major league baseball. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; LAZ; LNJS; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616039
ISBN
9780700616039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.72

paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCG; HRCV; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 127.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781414391991
ISBN
9781414391991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.97

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; BGX; WSD; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers United States
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9781414337272
ISBN
9781414337272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.32

hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCV; JFSJ2; VSP; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781414326818
ISBN
9781414326818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.01

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