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166 books were found.

Oro Plata

Oro Plata

Author: Daniele Carbonel ,  Peter Muller
ISBN: 9782843230356
Format: Hardback
$198.00

Oro Plata is a show-case both for the history and tradition of these costumes and for the living legends of the...  Read More >>

Death and Money in the Afternoon: A History of the Spanish Bullfight

Death and Money in the Afternoon: A History of the Spanish...

Author: Adrian Shubert (Professor and Chair, Department of History, Professor and Chair, Department of History, York University)
ISBN: 9780195144123
Format: Paperback
$91.95

A history of bullfighting in the context of its status as the first commercialised sport in Western society. Before...  Read More >>

Death in the Afternoon

Death in the Afternoon

Author: Ernest Hemingway
ISBN: 9780099285021
Format: Paperback
$14.99

In Death in the Afternoon, Hemingway shares the sights, the sounds, the excitement, and above all, the knowledge...  Read More >>

On Bullfighting

On Bullfighting

Author: A.L. Kennedy
ISBN: 9780224060998
Format: Paperback
$14.99

Acclaimed novelist A.L.Kennedy unpeels the layers and explains the mechanics before dissecting them with surgical...  Read More >>

Bullfighting: Art, Technique and Spanish Society

Bullfighting: Art, Technique and Spanish Society

Author: John McCormick ,  Berdecio Rokerto
ISBN: 9780765806574
Format: Paperback
$111.24

Bullfighting: Art, Technique, and Spanish Society sorts through the complexities of bullfighting, or toreo, to suggest...  Read More >>

Cowgirls of the Rodeo: Pioneer Professional Athletes

Cowgirls of the Rodeo: Pioneer Professional Athletes...

Author: Mary LeCompte
ISBN: 9780252068744
Format: Paperback
$64.99

Uses biographies to describe women's transformation from serious rodeo athletes to beauty queens and their successful...  Read More >>

Elephant Story: Jumbo and P.T. Barnum Under the Big Top

Elephant Story: Jumbo and P.T. Barnum Under the Big...

Author: Les Harding
ISBN: 9780786406326
Format: Paperback
$92.40

This work traces Jumbo's capture in East Africa, his life in the London Zoo, the controversy over his sale for $10,000...  Read More >>

Wild West Shows

Wild West Shows

Author: Paul Reddin
ISBN: 9780252067877
Format: Paperback
$84.99

The Wild West: a term that conjures up pictures of wagon trains, unspoiled prairies, Indians, rough 'n' ready cowboys,...  Read More >>

Women and Bullfighting: Gender, Sex and the Consumption of Tradition

Women and Bullfighting: Gender, Sex and the Consumption...

Author: Sarah Pink
ISBN: 9781859739617
Format: Paperback
$69.99

This book investigates the popularity and success of contemporary women performers in bullfighting culture, which...  Read More >>

Women and Bullfighting: Gender, Sex and the Consumption of Tradition

Women and Bullfighting: Gender, Sex and the Consumption...

Author: Sarah Pink
ISBN: 9781859739563
Format: Hardback
$252.00

This book investigates the popularity and success of contemporary women performers in bullfighting culture, which...  Read More >>

Rodeo in America: Wranglers, Roughstock and Paydirt

Rodeo in America: Wranglers, Roughstock and Paydirt...

Author: Wayne S. Wooden ,  Gavin Ehringer
ISBN: 9780700609659
Format: Paperback
$44.75

This text explores a national pastime and tradition. It reveals rodeo culture and shows why it retains such a hold...  Read More >>

Death in the Afternoon

Death in the Afternoon

Author: Ernest Hemingway
ISBN: 9780099909101
Format: Paperback
$19.99

In this book Hemingway shares his passion for bullfighting. The technical skills are described and explained, with...  Read More >>

The Cockfight: A Casebook

The Cockfight: A Casebook

Author: Alan Dundes
ISBN: 9780299140540
Format: Paperback
$52.67

The essays in this collection discuss topics such as: the intricate rules of cockfighting; the ethics of pitting...  Read More >>

Fearless Funnymen: The History of the Rodeo Clown

Fearless Funnymen: The History of the Rodeo Clown

Author: Gail Hughbanks Woerner ,  Gail Gandolfi
ISBN: 9781571682826
Format: Paperback
$50.03

Author Gail Woerner used her life-long association with the rodeo world to research and write a history of this...  Read More >>

Bill Pickett: Bulldogger

Bill Pickett: Bulldogger

Author: Bailey C. Hanes
ISBN: 9780806122038
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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Juneteenth Rodeo

Juneteenth Rodeo

Author: Sarah Bird ,  Demetrius Pearson
ISBN: 9781477329542
Format: Hardback
$118.80

Timeless photos offer a rare portrait of the jubilant, vibrant, vital, nearly hidden, and now all-but-vanished world...  Read More >>

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