Sociology: sport & leisure books

4685 books were found.

Next to the Ice: Exploring the Culture and Community of Hockey in Canada

Next to the Ice: Exploring the Culture and Community...

Author: Cam Cobb ,  Christopher Greig
ISBN: 9781771611862
Format: Paperback
$52.77

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Is There Life After Football?: Surviving the NFL

Is There Life After Football?: Surviving the NFL

Author: James A. Holstein ,  Richard S. Jones
ISBN: 9781479868308
Format: Paperback
$56.99

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Sport, Politics and Society in the Land of Israel: Past and Present

Sport, Politics and Society in the Land of Israel: Past...

Author: Yair Galily ,  Amir Ben-Porat (Ben Gurion University, Israel)
ISBN: 9781138982826
Format: Paperback
$101.00

The book’s aim is to shed light on processes that shaped the Israeli sport arena since late 19th century till this...  Read More >>

Griffith Review 53: Our Sporting Life

Griffith Review 53: Our Sporting Life

Author: Julianne Schultz
ISBN: 9781925355536
Format: Paperback
$27.99

From Olympia to Alice Springs, from the opening bounce to the close of play, from sports fields to board rooms,...  Read More >>

Judo: An Introductory Guide for Beginners

Judo: An Introductory Guide for Beginners

Author: Rodolfo Tello
ISBN: 9781633870017
Format: Paperback
$39.57

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Alma Richards: Olympian

Alma Richards: Olympian

Author: Larry R. Gerlach
ISBN: 9781607814917
Format: Hardback
$89.99

The story of America's most accomplished track and field athlete in the early twentieth century and the first Utahn...  Read More >>

Sports History

Sports History

Author: Wray Vamplew ,  Mark Dyreson
ISBN: 9781473919433
Format: Hardback
$1875.94

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Gendered Bodies and Leisure: The practice and performance of American belly dance

Gendered Bodies and Leisure: The practice and performance...

Author: Rachel Kraus
ISBN: 9781472419736
Format: Hardback
$336.00

Drawing on empirical research, fieldwork, and interviews with participants, this book investigates the social world...  Read More >>

Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports

Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes are Claiming Their Rightful...

Author: Cyd Zeigler
ISBN: 9781617754470
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Cyd Zeigler tells the story of how sports have been radically transformed for LGBT athletes in the past four years,...  Read More >>

Virtual Sociocultural Convergence

Virtual Sociocultural Convergence

Author: William Sims Bainbridge
ISBN: 9783319330198
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This book explores the remarkable sociocultural convergence in multiplayer online games and other virtual worlds,...  Read More >>

Questioning Play: What play can tell us about social life

Questioning Play: What play can tell us about social...

Author: Henning Eichberg
ISBN: 9781138682474
Format: Hardback
$315.00

What is play? Why do we play? What can play teach us about life? This critical investigation argues that through...  Read More >>

Advances in Human Factors in Sports and Outdoor Recreation: Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors in Sports and Outdoor Recreation, July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA

Advances in Human Factors in Sports and Outdoor Recreation:...

Author: Paul Salmon ,  Anne-Claire Macquet
ISBN: 9783319419527
Format: Paperback
$290.37

This book describes cutting-edge applications of human factors for sport and outdoor recreation disciplines and...  Read More >>

Until it Hurts: America’S Obsession with Youth Sports and How it Harms Our Kids

Until it Hurts: America’S Obsession with Youth Sports...

Author: Mark Hyman ,  Mike Chamberlain
ISBN: 9781531822316
Format: Audio
$26.37

Every year, more than 3.5 million children under age 15 require medical treatment for sports injuries, nearly half...  Read More >>

Tiro: A Football Odyssey from Amazon to Alps

Tiro: A Football Odyssey from Amazon to Alps

Author: Goalden Times
ISBN: 9781911455011
Format: Paperback
$36.20

Tiro/Shot is a collection of 33 football essays from unchartered territories of Latin america and Europe by award...  Read More >>

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