Sociology: sport & leisure books

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Iceman: Why I Was Born to Score

Iceman: Why I Was Born to Score

Author: George Gervin ,  Scoop Jackson
ISBN: 9781637272312
Format: Hardback
$79.20

"An entertaining and deeply personal autobiography from one of basketball's all-time great scorers To see George...  Read More >>

Perceptions of East Asian and Asian North American Athletics

Perceptions of East Asian and Asian North American Athletics...

Author: Steve Bien-Aimé ,  Cynthia Wang
ISBN: 9783030977825
Format: Paperback
$290.37

This book highlights inconsistencies within the field of sports scholarship and provides an opportunity to open...  Read More >>

Festivals and Edutainment

Festivals and Edutainment

Author: Giulia Rossetti (Oxford Brookes University, UK) ,  Brianna Wyatt (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
ISBN: 9781032304991
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book extends current knowledge and understanding of festival experiences. Relying on a series of international...  Read More >>

Play and Democracy: Philosophical Perspectives

Play and Democracy: Philosophical Perspectives

Author: Alice Koubová (Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ) ,  Petr Urban (Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ)
ISBN: 9780367641306
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book explores the complex and multi-layered relationships between democracy and play, presenting important...  Read More >>

Social Capital and Sport Organisations

Social Capital and Sport Organisations

Author: Richard Tacon
ISBN: 9781032118741
Format: Paperback
$83.99

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New Dimensions of Sport in Modern Europe: Perspectives from the ‘Long Twentieth Century’

New Dimensions of Sport in Modern Europe: Perspectives...

Author: Heather L. Dichter (De Montfort University) ,  Robert J. Lake (Douglas College, Canada)
ISBN: 9780367712976
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book offers new perspectives on European sport history in the ‘long twentieth century’ designed to challenge...  Read More >>

Philosophy, Sport and the Pandemic

Philosophy, Sport and the Pandemic

Author: Jeffrey P. Fry (Ball State University, USA) ,  Andrew Edgar (Cardiff University, UK)
ISBN: 9781032102146
Format: Paperback
$83.99

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on every aspect of our social, cultural and commercial lives, including...  Read More >>

Asian Sport Celebrity

Asian Sport Celebrity

Author: Koji Kobayashi (Otaru University of Commerce) ,  Younghan Cho (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea)
ISBN: 9780367695330
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book book offers a comprehensive understanding of the multi-faceted construction of what it means to be Asian...  Read More >>

Routledge Handbook of the Tourist Experience

Routledge Handbook of the Tourist Experience

Author: Richard Sharpley (University of Central Lancashire, UK)
ISBN: 9781032114279
Format: Paperback
$92.99

Routledge Handbook of the Tourist Experience offers a comprehensive synthesis of contemporary research on the tourist...  Read More >>

El Mundial de Messi / Messi's World Cup

El Mundial de Messi / Messi's World Cup

Author: Alejandro Wall ,  Gastón Edul
ISBN: 9786073905183
Format: Paperback
$39.47

"""The intimate history of the World Cup that the soccer world owned Lionel Messi.""--"  Read More >>

Pel�: My Story

Pel�: My Story

Author: Pele
ISBN: 9781635768510
Format: Paperback
$50.13

"""For an American soccer kid growing up in the '80s, Pel� transcended the game. From the moment I first saw him...  Read More >>

International Perspectives on Sport for Sustainable Development

International Perspectives on Sport for Sustainable...

Author: Claude Sobry ,  Kazem Hozhabri
ISBN: 9783031069383
Format: Paperback
$232.85

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Beach Soccer Histories

Beach Soccer Histories

Author: Lee McGowan (University of the Sunshine Coast) ,  Elizabeth Ellison (Central Queensland University)
ISBN: 9781032264974
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Beach Soccer Histories is the first text to consider the sport as a historical, social and cultural phenomenon,...  Read More >>

The Big Time Lib/E: How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America

The Big Time Lib/E: How the 1970s Transformed Sports...

Author: Michael Maccambridge ,  Sean Runnette
ISBN: 9781668639382
Format: Audio
$240.21

"A captivating chronicle of the pivotal decade in American sports, when the games invaded prime time, and sports...  Read More >>

The Safe Standing Movement in Football: Fan Networks, Tactics, and Mobilisations

The Safe Standing Movement in Football: Fan Networks,...

Author: Mark Turner (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
ISBN: 9781032313214
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book tells the important story of the 30-year social movement against all-seated stadia in football in England...  Read More >>

Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments

Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments

Author: Joe Posnanski
ISBN: 9780593472675
Format: Hardback
$72.00

#1 New York Times bestselling author Joe Posnanski is back with a masterful ode to the game- a countdown of 50 of...  Read More >>

The Year's Best Sports Writing 2023

The Year's Best Sports Writing 2023

Author: Richard Deitsch ,  Glenn Stout
ISBN: 9781637274453
Format: Paperback
$52.67

"""Selected from a wide range of newspapers, magazines, and digital publications during the previous year, these...  Read More >>

Reasons why we love Baseball: A brief and concise history of incredible and fascinating moments

Reasons why we love Baseball: A brief and concise history...

Author: Dr Chris Niel
ISBN: 9798863027494
Format: Paperback
$31.65

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The Idealist: Jack Trice and the Battle for A Forgotten Football Legacy

The Idealist: Jack Trice and the Battle for A Forgotten...

Author: Jonathan Gelber ,  Seneca Wallace
ISBN: 9781637274644
Format: Paperback
$50.03

"An essential story of understated courage, the lasting power of a name, and the battle to honor a pioneering legacy....  Read More >>

Discourses of Globalisation, Human Rights and Sports

Discourses of Globalisation, Human Rights and Sports...

Author: Joseph Zajda ,  Yvonne Vissing
ISBN: 9783031383014
Format: Hardback
$369.57

This book discusses major discourses of performing sports within human rights. There are both organizational, environmental...  Read More >>

The Politics of Football

The Politics of Football

Author: Christos Kassimeris (European University Cyprus, Cyprus)
ISBN: 9781032147789
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book examines the deep connections between football and politics, and explains what those relationships can...  Read More >>

Equality Unfulfilled: How Title IX's Policy Design Undermines Change to College Sports

Equality Unfulfilled: How Title IX's Policy Design Undermines...

Author: James N. Druckman (Northwestern University, Illinois) ,  Elizabeth A. Sharrow (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
ISBN: 9781009338363
Format: Paperback
$59.49

Fifty years after the passage of Title IX, the institutions that govern college sports undermine initiatives for...  Read More >>

Scheisse! We're Going Up!: The Unexpected Rise of Berlin's Rebel Football Club

Scheisse! We're Going Up!: The Unexpected Rise of Berlin's...

Author: Kit Holden
ISBN: 9780715654859
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Scheisse! recounts the extraordinary story of Union Berlin, the German Bundesliga's most spirited football club,...  Read More >>

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