Sociology: sport & leisure books

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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 >>

China, Football, and Development: Socialism and Soft Power

China, Football, and Development: Socialism and Soft...

Author: Emanuel Leite Junior (Tongji University, China) ,  Carlos Rodrigues (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
ISBN: 9781032511160
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book uses football as a lens through which to examine China’s economic development, its political economy,...  Read More >>

Girls Don't Play Sport

Girls Don't Play Sport

Author: Chloe Dalton
ISBN: 9781761068751
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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Sports Illustrated Tom Brady

Sports Illustrated Tom Brady

Author:
ISBN: 9781637275146
Format: Hardback
$92.40

Famously selected as the 199th pick, in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft, Tom Brady's career trajectory is...  Read More >>

Refuse to Lose: How to Win in the Game of Life

Refuse to Lose: How to Win in the Game of Life

Author: Travis Wilson
ISBN: 9798856715148
Format: Paperback
$42.21

"Travis Wilson delivers 52-weeks of life-changing devotionals to inspire and encourage. His love for Christ propels...  Read More >>

Throw Like a Girl, Cheer Like a Boy: The Evolution of Gender, Identity, and Race in Sports

Throw Like a Girl, Cheer Like a Boy: The Evolution of...

Author: Robyn Ryle
ISBN: 9781538184172
Format: Paperback
$44.99

This book uses the world of sports in order to reveal the complicated history of gender, sexuality, race, and social...  Read More >>

The Ball in the Air: A Golfing Adventure

The Ball in the Air: A Golfing Adventure

Author: Michael Bamberger
ISBN: 9798885790635
Format: Hardback
$87.09

From Michael Bamberger, the New York Times bestselling author of Men in Green and our most celebrated contemporary...  Read More >>

Home, Family and Community

Home, Family and Community

Author: Kathleen Heasman
ISBN: 9781032533070
Format: Hardback
$179.00

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The Universal Sport: Two Years inside Boxing

The Universal Sport: Two Years inside Boxing

Author: Thomas Hauser
ISBN: 9781682262399
Format: Paperback
$50.60

Features Thomas Hauser’s coverage of 2021 and 2022 in boxing. As always, Hauser chronicles the big fights and gives...  Read More >>

Becoming a Sustainable Runner: A Guide to Running for Life, Community, and Planet

Becoming a Sustainable Runner: A Guide to Running for...

Author: Tina Muir ,  Zoë Rom
ISBN: 9781718214033
Format: Paperback
$73.79

Becoming a Sustainable Runner weaves together concepts of internal and external sustainability to help runners achieve...  Read More >>

The Bishop Sycamore Story: The Bishop Sycamore Story

The Bishop Sycamore Story: The Bishop Sycamore Story...

Author: Andrew King ,  Ben Ferree
ISBN: 9781637272237
Format: Hardback
$73.92

The riveting true story of a sham school run by longtime con men whose scheme crashed and burned live on television...  Read More >>

Mike: The Tigers of LSU

Mike: The Tigers of LSU

Author: David G. Baker
ISBN: 9780807180303
Format: Hardback
$79.07

Mike the Tiger - the only live tiger mascot in the US - is an iconic presence on LSU’s campus. From his sanctuary...  Read More >>

Exercise and Well-Being after High-Performance Sport: Post-Retirement Perspectives

Exercise and Well-Being after High-Performance Sport:...

Author: Luke Jones ,  Zoë Avner
ISBN: 9781032232720
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This edited collection bringS together sociologically informed accounts from former high-performance athletes about...  Read More >>

Events Management

Events Management

Author: Glenn A. J. Bowdin ,  Johnny Allen
ISBN: 9780367491888
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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Cycling Activism: Bike Politics and Social Movements

Cycling Activism: Bike Politics and Social Movements...

Author: Peter Cox (University of Chester, UK)
ISBN: 9780367535018
Format: Paperback
$77.99

The first full-length treatment of cycling activism as a social movement, this book draws on social movement theory...  Read More >>

Cycling Activism: Bike Politics and Social Movements

Cycling Activism: Bike Politics and Social Movements...

Author: Peter Cox (University of Chester, UK)
ISBN: 9780367535025
Format: Hardback
$284.00

The first full-length treatment of cycling activism as a social movement, this book draws on social movement theory...  Read More >>

The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation, and Management

The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation,...

Author: Adam Beissel (Miami University, USA) ,  Verity Postlethwaite (Loughborough University, UK)
ISBN: 9781032459035
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book offers a critical examination of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, being held in Australia and New Zealand....  Read More >>

History and Philosophy of Sport and Physical Activity

History and Philosophy of Sport and Physical Activity...

Author: R. Scott Kretchmar ,  Mark Dyreson
ISBN: 9781718212947
Format: Paperback
$327.36

History and Philosophy of Sport and Physical Activity, Second Edition, blends historical investigations and philosophical...  Read More >>

African Football Migration: Aspirations, Experiences and Trajectories

African Football Migration: Aspirations, Experiences...

Author: Paul Darby ,  James Esson
ISBN: 9781526171993
Format: Paperback
$56.99

African football migration offers essential coverage of why and how African players have become actors in the global...  Read More >>

Die Wirkung von Yoga auf die Lebensqualität und das Wohlbefinden von Bewohner*innen stationärer Altenpflegeeinrichtungen: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen

Die Wirkung von Yoga auf die Lebensqualität und das...

Author: Svenja Helten
ISBN: 9783658421335
Format: Paperback
$184.77

Eine Fördermöglichkeit könnte in der Einführung von Yoga-Kursen bestehen, da empirische Untersuchungen mit verschiedenen...  Read More >>

100+ Sports Legends Throughout History: A Collection of the Greatest Athletes and Their Unforgettable Achievements, Impact on Society, and Influence on Future Generations of Athletes

100+ Sports Legends Throughout History: A Collection...

Author: Luke Marsh
ISBN: 9781923045590
Format: Paperback
$29.01

"Discover the awe-inspiring stories and remarkable achievements of over 100 sports legends in ""100+ Sports Legends...  Read More >>

100+ Sports Legends Throughout History: A Collection of the Greatest Athletes and Their Unforgettable Achievements, Impact on Society, and Influence on Future Generations of Athletes

100+ Sports Legends Throughout History: A Collection...

Author: Luke Marsh
ISBN: 9781923045606
Format: Hardback
$50.13

"Discover the awe-inspiring stories and remarkable achievements of over 100 sports legends in ""100+ Sports Legends...  Read More >>

The Sports Issue

The Sports Issue

Author: CJ E Jones ,  Travers
ISBN: 9781478024736
Format: Paperback
$31.68

This special issue draws on trans theory and studies to analyze modern sports, which the authors argue is a mechanism...  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: 9781009338325
Format: Hardback
$181.13

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

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