When Jackie Robinson made his debut at Ebbets Field on opening day in 1947, the Brooklyn Dodgers became the first major league team with a black player anywhere in its organization. By the end of the Golden Era of baseball, a period in and around the 1950s, there would be an unprecedented number of notable black pla...

Learn about how we organise our society in The Sociology Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Sociology in this overview guide to the subject, brilliant for beginners looking to learn and experts wishing to refre...

De Saint-Fargeau au métro Ménilmontant. Avant l'annexion de 1860 qui les a rattachées à Paris, les communes de Charonne, Passy, Montmartre, Vaugirard et leurs voisines étaient indépendantes et possédaient leur identité propre. Chacune avait son église, sa mairie, sa rue principale, ses commerces, des petites industr...

This book explores the interrelations between food, technology and knowledge-sharing practices in producing digital food cultures. Digital Food Cultures adopts an innovative approach to examine representations and practices related to food across a variety of digital media: blogs and vlogs (video blogs), Facebook, I...

**“A baseball book that reads like a spy novelーa story about cheaters and the cheated that has the power to forever change how we feel about the game.” ーBrian Williams, MSNBC anchor and host of The 11th Hour The definitive insider story of one of the biggest cheating scandals to ever rock Major League Baseball, br...

This antiquarian volume contains a detailed guide to fly-making. Written in plain, simple language and containing step-by-step instructions and a wealth useful information on the subject, this text will be of considerable utility to the modern fly-fisher, and would make for a great addition to collections of allied ...

In The Greatest U.S. Opens, veteran golf journalist and author David Barrett brings readers inside the ropes at the most dramatic tournaments since the Open's inception in 1895. Renowned as the most challenging of the major championships, the U.S. Open has showcased the country's greatest golf courses, including Peb...

Der attraktiv gestaltete Trainingsratgeber zeigt 60 illustrierte Übungen für Spielerinnen und Spieler aller Alters- und Leistungsstufen. Zu jeder Übung werden Ziel, Spielregeln, Durchführung und Varianten erläutert. Dazu gibt es wertvolle Profitipps. Auf einen Blick - Die 60 Übungen und Trainingsspiele werden ausfüh...

翻開本書，你將發現自己就是教練、身體就是器材、 整個城市，都是你的健身房！ 資深囚徒保羅‧韋徳，越獄開課！ 重現「人間」失傳的技藝ー 想要身強體壯，你根本不需要啞鈴槓片、彈力拉繩等酷ゲン的器材， 或其他健身產業、置入性行銷廣告試圖透過洗腦讓你相信非用不可的廢物…… 你需要的是正確的方法ー訓練之道。 ー保羅‧韋徳 ◎PTT Busclebeac...

A guidebook to walking the 2000km Via Francigena pilgrimage route from Canterbury to Rome. Part of a three-volume set, this volume covers the first 1090km, from Canterbury, England, through France to Lausanne, Switzerland. Suitable for most abilities, this section can be walked in around two months, or there is the ...

史上最偉大的網球運動員 紅土之王──拉法‧納達爾 第一本最全面也最深入的傳記專書 再次回顧他締造網球界史無前例紀錄的傳奇篇章 　　如果說到誰是21世紀最偉大的網球運動員之一，答案只有一個，那就是擁有22個大滿貫男子單打冠軍得主、網球場上無可爭議的王者、西班牙的憤怒公牛、紅土之王─拉法-納達爾！ 　　在這本圖文並茂的傳記中，藉由深...

Floyd Mayweather is critiqued and analyzed in fantasy match-ups against the following fighters: Alexis Arguello, Henry Armstrong, Carmen Basilio, Wilfred Benitez, Tony Canzoneri, Antonio Cervantes, Julio Cesar Chavez, Donald Curry, Roberto Duran, Kid Gavilan, Emile Griffith, Thomas Hearns, Julian Jackson, Sugar Ray ...

What can Roger Federer teach us about the secret of longevity? What do the All Blacks have in common with improvised jazz musicians? What can cognitive neuroscientists tell us about what happens to the brains of sportspeople when they perform? And why did Johan Cruyff believe that beauty was more important than winn...

Train for your next race with the man who has been called “the world’s best running coach.” With more than 55 years of experience, Jack Daniels is a legendary figure in the running community. Named the National Coach of the Year by the NCAA and honored as the Division III Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Century, ...

The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Cities presents an up-to-date, critical and comprehensive overview of established and emerging themes in urban tourism and tourist cities. Offering socio-cultural perspectives and multidisciplinary insights from leading scholars, the book explores contemporary issues, challenges and...

Maybe you love the great outdoors. Maybe you are a SHTF prepper. Regardless, you are currently on your personal journey of learning how to live off of the land and survive. When living off of the land or in the wilderness becomes your only option, shelter should be your first concern. That’s why we wrote this ebook....