Drug abuse in sport books

184 books were found.

The Little Black Bottle: Choppy Warburton, the Question of Doping and the Death of His Bicycle Racers

The Little Black Bottle: Choppy Warburton, the Question...

Author: Gerry Moore ,  Andrew Ritchie
ISBN: 9781892495679
Format: Paperback
$50.03

The story of Choppy Warburton, one of history's most notorious cycle trainers, and the early history of doping in...  Read More >>

The Doper Next Door: My Strange and Scandalous Year on Performance-Enhancing Drugs

The Doper Next Door: My Strange and Scandalous Year...

Author: Andrew Tilin
ISBN: 9781582437156
Format: Hardback
$66.00

Journalist Tilin chronicles his yearlong odyssey under the influence as he describes how controversial performance-enhancing...  Read More >>

Doping's Nemesis: Arne Ljungqvist

Doping's Nemesis: Arne Ljungqvist

Author: Arne Ljungqvist ,  Goran Lager
ISBN: 9781899807994
Format: Hardback
$64.02

The memoirs of Professor Arne Ljungqvist, the chair of the IOC medical commission, and one of sport's most respected...  Read More >>

Drugs in Sport

Drugs in Sport

Author: David Mottram ,  David R. Mottram
ISBN: 9780415550871
Format: Paperback
$145.07

Taking into account the regulations, methods and landmark cases, this book explores the hard science behind drug...  Read More >>

Drugs in Sport

Drugs in Sport

Author: David Mottram ,  David R. Mottram
ISBN: 9780415550864
Format: Hardback
$435.60

An examination of the drugs in sport issue.  Read More >>

Generation S: Tales for a Steroid Culture

Generation S: Tales for a Steroid Culture

Author: Anthony Roberts
ISBN: 9781550228854
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Providing a first-person perspective on the multibillion-dollar steroids industry, this narrative examines the factors...  Read More >>

Steroid Use & Abuse

Steroid Use & Abuse

Author: Paul K Roberts
ISBN: 9781606923245
Format: Paperback
$129.36

Anabolic steroids can promote the growth of skeletal muscle and the development of male sexual characteristics in...  Read More >>

Death, Drugs, and Muscle: Surviving the Steroid Underworld

Death, Drugs, and Muscle: Surviving the Steroid Underworld...

Author: Gregg Valentino ,  Nathan Jendrick
ISBN: 9781550229219
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Death, Drugs and Muscle is the story of a man who lived decades on the right side of the law before making the dangerous...  Read More >>

Pharmacology, Doping and Sports: A Scientific Guide for Athletes, Coaches, Physicians, Scientists and Administrators

Pharmacology, Doping and Sports: A Scientific Guide...

Author: Jean L. Fourcroy
ISBN: 9780415578226
Format: Paperback
$98.99

This book explores both the practicalities and the pioneering science and technology behind dope testing, including...  Read More >>

Performance-Enhancing Technologies in Sports: Ethical, Conceptual, and Scientific Issues

Performance-Enhancing Technologies in Sports: Ethical,...

Author: Thomas H. Murray (President and C.E.O., The Hastings Center) ,  Karen J. Maschke (Editor, The Hastings Center)
ISBN: 9780801893612
Format: Hardback
$126.00

This frank discussion of doping in sports includes accounts by former elite athletes and offers an illuminating...  Read More >>

Elite Sport, Doping & Public Health

Elite Sport, Doping & Public Health

Author: Verner Moller ,  Mike McNamee
ISBN: 9788776744106
Format: Paperback
$116.16

The issue of doping in sport was once of interest only to aficionados of elite sports. Nowadays, it is a matter...  Read More >>

Drugs, Alcohol and Sport: A Critical History

Drugs, Alcohol and Sport: A Critical History

Author: Paul Dimeo (University of Stirling, UK) ,  Paul Dimeo
ISBN: 9780415568487
Format: Paperback
$90.99

Previously published as a special issue of Sport in History, these essays look at one of the most controversial...  Read More >>

Bad Blood: The Secret Life of the Tour de France

Bad Blood: The Secret Life of the Tour de France

Author: Jeremy Whittle
ISBN: 9780224080231
Format: Paperback
$19.99

Even the biggest cycling fan can one day wake up to find that he has lost his faith Bad Blood is the story of...  Read More >>

An Introduction to Drugs in Sport: Addicted to Winning?

An Introduction to Drugs in Sport: Addicted to Winning?...

Author: Ivan Waddington ,  Andy Smith
ISBN: 9780415431255
Format: Paperback
$73.00

Why do many athletes risk their careers by taking performance-enhancing drugs? Do the highly competitive pressures...  Read More >>

An Introduction to Drugs in Sport: Addicted to Winning?

An Introduction to Drugs in Sport: Addicted to Winning?...

Author: Ivan Waddington ,  Andy Smith
ISBN: 9780415431248
Format: Hardback
$190.00

Why do many athletes risk their careers by taking performance-enhancing drugs? Do the highly competitive pressures...  Read More >>

Pharmacology, Doping and Sports: A Scientific Guide for Athletes, Coaches, Physicians, Scientists and Administrators

Pharmacology, Doping and Sports: A Scientific Guide...

Author: Jean L. Fourcroy
ISBN: 9780415428453
Format: Hardback
$200.00

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Drugs and Ergogenic Aids to Improve Sport Performance

Drugs and Ergogenic Aids to Improve Sport Performance...

Author: Chris E. Cooper ,  R. Beneke
ISBN: 9781855781658
Format: Paperback
$56.80

This volume of Essays in Biochemistry focuses on how sport performance can be enhanced, whether by legal ergogenic...  Read More >>

Steroid Nation: Juiced Home Run Totals, Anti-aging Miracles, and a Hercules in Every High School

Steroid Nation: Juiced Home Run Totals, Anti-aging Miracles,...

Author: Shaun Assael
ISBN: 9781933060378
Format: Hardback
$65.87

When science lets us fulfill our greatest desires, where do we stop? Steroid Nation presents a chilling portrait...  Read More >>

Drugs and Sports

Drugs and Sports

Author: Fred C. Pampel
ISBN: 9780816065752
Format: Hardback
$118.80

Although media headlines associate performance-enhancing drug use with high-profile professional athletes, this...  Read More >>

Rough Ride: Behind the Wheel with a Pro Cyclist

Rough Ride: Behind the Wheel with a Pro Cyclist

Author: Paul Kimmage
ISBN: 9780224080170
Format: Paperback
$19.99

Presents the life story of a professional athlete. This book is an account that breaks the law of silence surrounding...  Read More >>

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