Growing up in Yakima, Washington, Noe Álvarez worked at an apple-packing plant alongside his mother, who "slouched over a conveyor belt of fruit, shoulder to shoulder with mothers conditioned to believe this was all they could do...
Sports and recreation
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Sport and Exercise Psychology: Practitioner Case Studies focuses on the most current issues in the field, integrating research and practice to develop a coherent understanding of current knowledge, future research directions and applied...
- Author:Thibault, Lucie, Harvey, JeanSummary:
Sport Policy in Canada provides the first and most comprehensive analysis of the new Canadian Sport Policy adopted in 2012. In light of this new policy, the authors, top scholars in the field, provide detailed accounts of the most...
- Author:Cox, Richard H.Summary:
Sport Psychology: Concepts and Applications shows how concepts supported by current scientific research can be used to address issues and situations encountered everyday by physical activity specialists, coaches, athletic trainers, and...
- Author:Streetman, JonathanSummary:
Take better actions shots with this terrific 100-page eBook! From pro to hobbyist, from your child's first baseball game to the championship match, every photographer wants to be able to capture thrilling action shots. Now you can...
- Author:Vollman, RobSummary:
With every passing season, statistical analysis is playing an ever-increasing role in how hockey is played and covered. Knowledge of the underlying numbers can help fans stretch their enjoyment of the game. Acting as an invaluable...
- Author:Hart, BruceSummary:
Straight from the Hart is the no-holds-barred book about the often surreal, physically and psychologically brutal and politically cutthroat world of professional wrestling that fans everywhere — from the most casual or...
- Author:Thurston, TomSummary:
This compelling biography of Doug Hepburn, the weightlifter who won gold for Canada in Stockholm in 1953 and at the British Empire Games in Vancouver in 1954, delivers fascinating, first-hand information about an unusual Vancouver...
- Author:Gregory, LelandSummary:
From political pandering and clunky criminals to historical hiccups, the jokes, wacky anecdotes and inane quotes in Leland Gregory’s Stupid-themed anthologies showcase the best of human nature at its worst. In Stupid Sports, Leland now...
- Author:Culp, Leesa, Drinnan, Gregg, Wilkie, Bob, Costello, BrianSummary:
A true story of hockey heartbreak, tragedy, and triumph. Limited time offer. Sudden Death brings to life the incredible ongoing saga of the Swift Current Broncos hockey team. After a tragic game-day bus accident on December 30, 1986,...
- Author:Summitt, Pat HeadSummary:
Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history aad bestselling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her...
- Author:Vlessides, Michael, Stroud, LesSummary:
From the sun-scorched sands of the Kalahari to the snake-infested jungles of the Amazon, Les Stroud has made a life of surviving in the harshest, and most remote, regions on Earth. Whether seasoned in the outdoor arts or new to...
- Author:Bjarnason, Erik, Shaw, CathiSummary:
One mountaineer’s harrowing story of survival and recovery after being trapped on the second-highest peak in North America, Mount Logan in the Yukon Territory, during an extratropical cyclone. In May of 2005, North Shore Rescue put...
- Author:Cho, Sihak HenrySummary:
"Clearly written, easily understood...one of the most significant contributions to the art of foot-and -fist fighting."-The Japan Times Tae Kwon Do is a fighting art which employs almost all parts of the body in offensive and...
- Author:Sutton, NigelSummary:
Tai Chi Chuan: Form to Function is a detailed manual for the study of the martial techniques of tai chi chuan. It takes up where author Nigel Sutton's earlier title, Applied Tai Chi Chuan , left off, by setting out step-by-step the...
- Author:Shutt, Timothy BakerSummary:
In this course, Kenyon College professor, Timothy Shutt provides a history of baseball in America, from its orgins through today's modern game.
- Author:Harris, ColinSummary:
One educator's story detailing a cross-Canada run to inspire students and teachers to get outside and experience the benefits and beauty of nature. You'd think starting a non-profit organization aimed at getting young people to spend...
- Author:Grey, ZaneSummary:
Zane Grey, known mainly for his Western fiction and for his own personal adventures exploring the rugged West, was also a prolific fisherman. He wrote many articles for international sporting magazines highlighting the uniqueness of New...
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Every mother runner has a tale to tell. A story about how she realized, 15 years after being told that she’s best being a bookworm, that there is an athlete inside her. Or the one about how she, 50 pounds overweight and depressed,...
- Author:Farrell, Perry A.Summary:
Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports-books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or...
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