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Book SynopsisNamed a Most Anticipated Book by Esquire, Town & Country, and Electric LiteratureMichael Waters performs an Olympian act of storytelling, using the stories of these extraordinary athletes to explore in brilliant detail the struggle for understanding and equality. Jonathan Eig, author of King: A Life, winner of the Pulitzer PrizeThe story of the early trans athletes and Olympic bureaucrats who lit the flame for today's culture wars. In December 1935, Zdenek Koubek, one of the most famous sprinters in European women's sports, declared he was now living as a man. Around the same time, the celebrated British field athlete Mark Weston, also assigned female at birth, announced that he, too, was a man. Periodicals and radio programs across the world carried the news; both became global celebrities. A few decades later, they were all but forgotten. And in the wake of their transitions, what could have been a push toward equal

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Book SynopsisFrom Saint & Greavsie to ‘the Hand of God’

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Book SynopsisA history of Coventry City Football Club.

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Book SynopsisThe period from 1993 has been one of the most successful in the history of Glamorgan CCC, with both league and cup victories. This is the story of this wonderful period, told in the players'' own words, and supported by superb photographs by Huw John. It will appeal to all Glamorgan CCC supporters.

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Book SynopsisNeath Rugby Football Club is the oldest senior club in Wale and the Welsh All Blacks have enjoyed a long and proud history. This is the second Images of Sport volume devoted to the development of Neath RFC and it covers the period from 1945 to 1996 - from the end of the Second World War to professionalism. Read how the All Blacks became the first post-war Welsh champions, the first to celebrate their centenary, the first to win the Welsh Cup, the first to win the Welsh League in its amateur form, and the first to win the League under professionalism. Read too how Neath took on - and so very nearly beat - world champions New Zealand, Australia and South Africa as the ''Thomas Revolution'' set them on their way to dominance of the Welsh scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Many of the great names of Welsh rugby are featured, including the club''s first British Lions, Rees Stephens and Roy John, Courtenay Meredith, Ron Waldron, Brian Thomas, Dai Morris, Elgan Rees, Paul Thorburn, Jona

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Book SynopsisThe FA Cup is the oldest and most famous knockout competition in the world. Each year, countless lower division and non-League clubs dream of landing a glamorous tie against Manchester United, Liverpool or Tottenham Hotspur, and each year there is at least one upset whereby a Football League club is defeated by a side lower down the food chain.

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Book SynopsisBrush up on your cricket knowledge of the Ashes with a hilarious and alternative guide to cricket''s most fiercely contested series. In this laugh-out-loud follow up to the Sunday Times bestseller Tuffers'' Cricket Tales, ex-England cricketer, TV personality and Test Match Special commentator Phil Tufnell offers his unique take on the whole Ashes experience. Drawing on incidents from his own colourful career and the reminiscences of great English and Aussie cricket characters, both past and present, Tuffers highlights all the elements that make for a truly memorable Ashes series, on and off the pitch.Heroic performances, personal ''Cat-astrophes'', bonkers selections, cultural clashes between Poms and Ockers, slanderous sledges, dubious tactics, odd superstitions, touring high-jinx and nail-biting finishes are all on the agenda as he delves into the 131-year history of a unique sporting institution. Along the way, Tuffers, who playe

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Book SynopsisPaul Christesen is William R. Kenan Professor of Ancient Greek History in the Department of Classics at Dartmouth College. His recent publications include A New Reading of the Damonon Stele (2019).Charles Stocking is Associate Professor in the Department of Classical Studies at Western University. His recent publications include The Politics of Sacrifice in Early Greek Myth and Poetry (2017).Table of ContentsVOLUME 1: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF SPORT IN ANTIQUITY EDITED BY PAUL CHRISTESEN, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, USA, & CHARLES H. STOCKING, WESTERN UNIVERSITY, CANADA 1. The Purpose of Sport, Paul Christesen and Rose MacLean 2. Sporting Time and Sporting Space, Sofie Remijsen 3. Products, Training and Technology, Christian Mann 4. Rules and Order, Sarah C. Murray 5. Conflict and Accommodation, Zinon Papakonstantinou 6. Inclusion, Exclusion and Segregation, Peter J. Miller 7. Bodies and Identities, Charles Stocking 8. Representation, Nigel Spivey

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Book SynopsisNoel Fallows is the distinguished research professor of Spanish and associate provost at the University of Georgia. His most recent books include Jousting in Medieval and Renaissance Iberia (Boydell, 2010) and the first translation into English from the original Catalan of Ramon Llull's Book of the Order of Chivalry (Boydell, 2013).Table of ContentsVOLUME 2: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF SPORT IN THE MEDIEVAL AGE EDITED BY NOEL FALLOWS, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, USA 1. The Purpose of Sport, Robert A. Mechikoff 2. Sporting Time and Sporting Space, Thomas C. Devaney 3. Products, Training and Technology, Jonathan Tavares and Lisa W. Tom 4. Rules and Order, Noel Fallows 5. Conflict and Accommodation, Michael Harney 6. Inclusion, Exclusion and Segregation, Ken Mondschein 7. Minds, Bodies and Identities, Grant A. Gearhart 8. Representation, Emma Levitt

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Book SynopsisRebekka von Mallinckrodt is Professor for Early Modern History at the University of Bremen and a Member of the Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany. She has worked in the fields of religious studies, the history of the body, postcolonial and slavery studies. From 2015 to 2021, she is leading the ERC Consolidator Grant Project The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation and its Slaves. With regard to sports and physical exercise she has published Bewegtes Leben Körpertechniken in der Fruhen Neuzeit/Life on the Move Body Techniques in the Early Modern Period (Harrassowitz, 2008), Sports and Physical Exercise in Early Modern Culture (with Angela Schattner, Routledge, 2016), and numerous articles on the cultural and social history of running, swimming, and diving.Table of ContentsVOLUME 4: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF SPORT IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT EDITED BY REBEKKA VON MALLINCKRODT, UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN, GERMANY 1. The Purpose of Sport, Mike Huggins 2. Sporting Time and Sporting Space, Rebekka von Mallinckrodt and Angela Schattner 3. Products, Training and Technology, Dave Day 4. Rules and Order, Wolfgang Behringer 5. Conflict and Accommodation, Elisabeth Belmas 6. Inclusion, Exclusion and Segregation, Rebekka von Mallinckrodt 7. Minds, Bodies, and Identities, Laurent Turcot 8. Representation, Alexis Tadié

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Book Synopsis2024 Independent Publisher Book Awards Winner Silver Medal, World HistoryNadia Comaneci is the Romanian child prodigy and global gymnastics star who ultimately fled her homeland and the brutal oppression of a communist regime. At the age of just 14, Nadia became the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games and went on to collect three gold medals in performances which influenced the sport for generations to come, cementing Nadia's place as a sporting legend. However, as the communist authorities in Romania sought an iron grip over its highest-profile athletes, Nadia and her trainers were subjected to surveillance from the Securitate, the Romanian secret police. Drawing on 25,000 secret police archive pages, countless secret service intelligence documents, and numerous wiretap recordings, this book tells the compelling story of Nadia's life and career using unique insights from the communist dictatorship which monitored her.Nadia Trade ReviewAs an insight into the tensions between Comaneci, her coaches and the Communist regime, as well as tensions between Romanian and Soviet gymnastics … Nadia Comaneci and the Secret Police is captivating. -- Diana Georgescu * Times Literary Supplement *Stejarel Olaru illustrates the extent to which the Ceaucescu regime would go to secure Olympic success: it created a massive system of surveillance and an extensive network of informers and agents to control a group of young gymnasts and their ambitious, irascible coaching couple, Bela and Marta Karolyi. Olaru provides important insight into the machinations of Romania’s Securitate and how national prestige triumphed over protecting teenage protégés from physical, emotional, and verbal abuse. * Victoria Harms, Assistant Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University, USA *A compelling examination of the public and private personae of Nadia that assesses the price of fame under a dictatorship. At the same time, Olaru's study exposes the intrusion of the state into the lives of citizens in Ceausescu's Romania. * Dennis Deletant, Emeritus Professor of Romanian Studies, The School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College, London *Starting from the extraordinary story of Nadia Comaneci, the book analyzes the unseen side of the sports performances of female artistic gymnastics and the relationship between sports and politics during the communist regime in Romania. Coaches, athletes, officials, and political decision-makers were caught in a network of complicated relationships that are revealed by the author through the secret police archive. * Simona Petracovschi, Professor at Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, West University of Timisoara, Romania *Thoroughly researched. * OUTinPerth *Table of ContentsList of illustrations List of abbreviations Explanatory note from the author Acknowledgements 1. Salto in the dark 2. The great dance 3. Reflected in the mirror of power: From Béla, Géza and Nadia to ‘Katona’, ‘Nelu’ and ‘Corina’ 4. ‘Tu sei migliora di tutte’ 5. The rocky road to supremacy 6. The nineteen-eighties 7. A movie ending Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Boston sports fans have been America’s luckiest in the new millennium. There have been twelve championships to savor in the first twenty-one years of the twenty-first century, including one dazzling run of seven years in which the Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics, and Bruins each won a title. And now Tony Massarotti gives them a chance to relive it all in This Is Our City, which refers to, of course, the famous David Ortiz declaration in the wake of the 2013 Marathon bombings. Tony has done the work, and we get to enjoy the fruits of his phenomenal labor. For those of us who have lived through it all, this is our story, too. Thanks, Tony.” * Bob Ryan *“If anybody is qualified to riff about Boston sports in the last twenty years, it’s Tony Massarotti, and boy has he got plenty to riff about! Championships all over the place and the envy of every major sports city in the country. This wonderful book will bring back all those great memories. The B’s, Pats, Celts, Sox, and Massarotti! What’s better than that?” * Chris "Mad Dog" Russo *“I played in Boston, I was an executive in Boston, and there’s no place like it. Someone needed to tell the story of the city and its incredible run over the past few decades, and I’m so glad Tony Massarotti did it. This Is Our City is an entertaining and astute account by a guy who saw it all.” * Danny Ainge *This blend of memoir and history, written from a fan’s perspective, is a love letter to the city of Boston and the four major sports teams that call it home. In a meticulously researched of the Beantown teams that dominated their respective sports in the early twenty-first century, Boston sportswriter and radio talk-show host Massarotti details how these franchises, at one point mired in mediocrity, managed to rise to championship level. Much of the book focuses on the Patriots and the Red Sox, but the Celtics and Bruins also get their fair share of analysis and breakdown. It would be easy for Massarotti to skip over the ugliness that has occasionally hung like a dark cloud over the city and its teams, but he isn’t afraid to tell it like it is, even when discussing the city’s reputation for racism. Casual sports fans will remember some of the teams celebrated here, but this book is best for Boston diehards, who can be found across the country. * Booklist *“While some of these moments will never leave the consciousness of a true Boston sports fan—‘The Steal,’ ‘Anything Is Possible,’ Malcolm Butler’s interception, to name a few—there are plenty more that readers will be thrilled to re-live here in these pages.” * Boston.com *

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWritten primarily for high school and undergraduate students, providing them the background to understand the importance of each sport in larger society. * Booklist *This superbly written volume will appeal to sports and physical education students; researchers in foreign policy, gender studies, history, politics, sociology, and technology; and general high school and college readers who enjoy the odd sports history factoid. * Library Journal *Lower-division undergraduates. General readers. * Choice *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction The Entries Action Sports Archery Australian Rules Football Auto Racing Badminton Baseball Basketball Bodybuilding Bowling Boxing Bullfighting Cricket Cross-Country Skiing Curling Cycling Diving E-Sports Field Hockey Figure Skating Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Horse Racing Ice Hockey Jai Alai Kabaddi Kickboxing Lacrosse Marathon Mixed Martial Arts Olympics Ping-Pong Rodeo Rowing/Crew Rugby Sailing and Yachting Soccer Softball Speed Skating Squash Sumo Surfing Swimming Tennis Track and Field Volleyball Water Polo Weightlifting and Powerlifting Wrestling Bibliography Bibliography by Sport Index

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Book SynopsisNow you can cheer for the Habs every day of the year!The Montreal Canadiens are one of the most storied franchises in hockey. No club has won more Stanley Cups than the Canadiens, but they are about so much more than championships. For many French Canadians and fans around the world, the Habs are a source of pride and an inherent part of their identity.From Maurice Richard inspiring generations of French Canadians in La Belle Province to how the infamous Richard Riot may have helped spark a revolution in Quebec, the bleu, blanc, et rouge have been an important part of many people's lives, on and off the ice. You can now relive some of the team's rich history and memorable moments, such as the club's origins in 1909, their first overall selection in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, and the 24 Stanley Cups in between. You'll even find some obscure incidents, like the time the Gumper got egged, and some of the more heartwarming moments, like when the Montreal faithful welcomed back captain Saku Koivu after his battle against cancer. Chances are, if you're holding this book in your hands, you're a Habs fan, and with every turn of the page you'll fall in love with the team all over again.

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Book SynopsisPhil Tufnell, cricket legend and national treasure, has populated his very own Cricket Hall of Fame with a deliciously eclectic collection of cricket legends and offbeat characters, with joyful results.From boyhood heroes, to legendary team-mates, to fearsome opponents, to idiosyncratic umpires and broadcasters, Tuffers has gathered together the most enchanting cast of cricketing figures every assembled.And it wouldn''t be a Tuffers tome if there weren''t a number of captivating appearances from some unexpected quarters, including some genuinely off-the-wall, non-cricketing inductees to keep life interesting in this very personal Hall of Fame.By turns eccentric and warm-hearted, Tuffers'' Cricket Hall of Fame is a joy for all cricket fans.

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Book SynopsisEvery year the Grand National produces very different stories from jockeys and horses alike; uplifting scenes from a victor and heartbreak when a mere inch divides the loser from the winner at the end of nearly four-and-a-half miles and thirty challenging fences. In 1839 the first winner was aptly named Lottery. Back then, huge crowds rode to Aintree by horseback, in carriages, carts or on foot. Today the Grand National is probably the world''s most famous horse race, with a global television audience of some 600 million in 140 countries.This richly informed book focuses on the race''s various record-breakers, rather than being a purely chronological history of this greatest of all steeplechases. Many records have stood the test of time: in 2019, Tiger Roll''s second consecutive victory was the first time that the feat had been achieved since Red Rum in 1973-74. Anne Holland''s authoritative history celebrates one of the world''s greatest sporting spectacles.''A wTrade ReviewA well organised and cheerily anecdotal volume * Spectator *Uplifting stories * Horse and Hound *A joy to read * Irish Field *

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Book SynopsisGolfing legend Ben Hogan went to his grave believing he had won a record five US Open titles. The USGA says otherwise, and the controversy has endured for over 75 years. In 1942, the United States Golf Association (USGA) cancelled its four golf tournaments for the duration of World War II. But then it did something different in only that year—it sponsored the Hale-America National Open on the same weekend as the cancelled US Open. The great Ben Hogan won that tournament and went to his grave believing he had therefore won a record five US Open titles. In The Open Question, Peter May turns his attention to this controversial, colorful Hale-America National Open of 1942. While providing an in-depth look at the tournament itself, May champions Hogan’s claim to five US Open titles and debunks some questionable assertions that the tournament was not worthy of a US Open. Set against the backdrop of World War II, May also tells the stories of other professional golfers in the tournament and the impact of the war on all their lives. The USGA has never recognized the Hale-America Tournament as an official US Open and remains firm in its stance. It was a decision that bothered Ben Hogan for the rest of his life. The Open Question shows how dominant Ben Hogan was against some of the biggest names in golf, and reveals why he deserves to be recognized as a five-time US Open winner.Table of ContentsProloguePrefacePart One – Eleven Months Chapter 1: May 1941-January 1942: The USGA Giveth and the USGA Taketh AwayChapter 2: April-June 1942: Augusta, Seaview and East Lake Part Two – Four DaysChapter 3: The Hale-America Round One, June 18: Ridgemoor and Mr. IcicleChapter 4: The Hale-America Round Two, June 19: Mr. 62Chapter 5: The Hale-America Round Three, June 20: Good Times JimmyChapter 6: The Hale-America Round Four, June 21: Ben and Bobby One Last TimePart Three – Controversy and AftermathChapter 7: Controversy: When Is a US Open Not a US Open?Chapter 8: October 1945 to August 1946: The End of Hostilities and the Return of the US OpenChapter 9: The Back Nine: The Foursome on the Back Nine of LifeEpilogue: Preserving the Legacy: The Hoganistas

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Book SynopsisIn celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues, this book honors the life of Effa Manley, the trailblazing female co-owner of baseball’s Newark Eagles. The first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, there was no one like Effa Manley in the sports world of the 1930s and 1940s. She was a sophisticated woman who owned a baseball team. She never shrank from going head to head with men, who dominated the ranks of sports executives. That her life story remained unchronicled for so long can only be attributed to one thing: her team, the Newark Eagles, belonged to the Negro Leagues.In Queen of the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles, Negro Leagues Centennial Edition, James Overmyer brings to light new details regarding Effa Manley’s fascinating story, including previously-unknown information about her childhood and family. Overmyer wonderfully portrays Effa Manley’s trailblazing life, her championship baseball team, and a thriving black community in Newark that took the Eagles into their hearts. In addition, this book contains updates regarding the Negro Leagues, its talented rank of players, and Manley’s induction into the Hall of Fame.This important work shines the spotlight on a previously unsung segment of baseball history. Drawing extensively from Eagle team records and Manley’s scrapbook, Queen of the Negro Leagues is the definitive biography of a groundbreaking female sports executive.

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Book SynopsisIn Whispers of the Gods, bestselling author Peter Golenbock brings to life baseball greats from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s through timeless stories told straight from the players themselves. Like the enduring classic The Glory of Their Times, this book features the reminiscences of baseball legends, pulled from hundreds of hours of taped interviews with the author. Roy Campanella talks about life in the Negro Leagues before coming up to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Ted Williams recounts why he believes Shoeless Joe Jackson belongs in the Hall of Fame. Tom Sturdivant provides vivid memories of Casey Stengel, Mickey Mantle, and other Yankee icons. Other voices include Phil Rizzuto, Jim Bouton, Monte Irvin, Stan Musial, Ron Santo, Rex Barney, Ellis Clary, Roger Maris, Ed Froelich, Marty Marion, Jim Brosnan, Gene Conley, and Kirby Higbe.The players interviewed were All-Stars, Hall of Famers, and heroes to many, and their impact on the national pastime is still seen to this day. Baseball history comes alive through the stories shared in Whispers of the Gods, offering a fascinating account of the golden age of baseball. Table of ContentsForeword, by John ThornPrefaceChapter 1: Jim BoutonChapter 2: Ed FroelichChapter 3: Marty MarionChapter 4: Rex BarneyChapter 5: Stan MusialChapter 6: Tom SturdivantChapter 7: Jim BrosnanChapter 8: Ted WilliamsChapter 9: Gene ConleyChapter 10: Kirby HigbeChapter 11: Phil RizzutoChapter 12: Ron SantoChapter 13: Ellis ClaryChapter 14: Roy CampanellaChapter 15: Roger MarisChapter 16: Monte IrvinChapter 17: Jim BoutonAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisAn entertaining and illuminating inside look at Major League Baseball through the words of the players themselves.Imagine you had the opportunity to sit down with ballplayers such as Hank Aaron, Greg Maddux, Don Zimmer, and Nolan Ryan. You might ask them about the star players they faced, the obstacles they overcame, the strategies that led to their success. Or you might just talk about life in the majors and what they have been up to since hanging up their cleats.In Talking Baseball with Major League Stars, Wayne Stewart provides readers with all that and more. Featuring over 45 years of interviews, Stewart details the history, tactics, and inside stories of the national pastime with unique perspectives that only the players could provide. They discuss the most difficult pitchers they faced, the unwritten rules, the game's wildest players, cheating, intimidation, the players they most admire, racism in and around the sport, their fears and doubts, and candid stories from their time in the majors.Including exclusive insight from more than fifty Hall of Famers and countless award winners, and covering nearly one hundred different topics, Talking Baseball with Major League Stars is a fascinating behind-the-scenes journey into the world of professional baseball.

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Book Synopsis"Indispensable history." -Sally Jenkins, bestselling author of The Right CallEvery decade brings change, but as Michael MacCambridge chronicles in THE BIG TIME, no decade in American sports history featured such convulsive cultural shifts as the 1970s. So many things happened during the decade-the move of sports into prime-time television, the beginning of athletes' gaining a sense of autonomy for their own careers, integration becoming-at least within sports-more of the rule than the exception, and the social revolution that brought females more decisively into sports, as athletes, coaches, executives, and spectators. More than politicians, musicians or actors, the decade in America was defined by its most exemplary athletes. The sweeping changes in the decade could be seen in the collective experience of Billie Jean King and Muhammad Ali, Henry Aaron and Julius Erving, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Joe Greene, Jack Nicklaus and Chris Evert, among others, who redefined the role of athletes and athletics in American culture. The Seventies witnessed the emergence of spectator sports as an ever-expanding mainstream phenomenon, as well as dramatic changes in the way athletes were paid, portrayed, and packaged. In tracing the epic narrative of how American sports was transformed in the Seventies, a larger story emerges: of how America itself changed, and how spectator sports moved decisively on a trajectory toward what it has become today, the last truly "big tent" in American culture.

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Book Synopsis“A thrilling, cinematic story. I loved every minute I spent with these bold, daring women whose remarkable journey is the stuff of American legend.” —Karen Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy The Boys in the Boat meets A League of Their Own in this true story of a Depression-era championship women’s team. In the early 1930s, during the worst drought and financial depression in American history, Sam Babb began to dream. Like so many others, this charismatic Midwestern basketball coach wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm near the tiny Oklahoma college where he coached, Babb recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance at a better life: a free college education in exchange for playing on his basketball team, the Cardinals. Despite their fears of leaving home and the sacrifices that their families would face, the women joined the team. And as Babb coached the Cardinals, something extraordinary happened. These remarkable athletes found a passion for the game and a heartfelt loyalty to one another and their coach--and they began to win. Combining exhilarating sports writing and exceptional storytelling, Dust Bowl Girls takes readers on the Cardinals’ intense, improbable journey all the way to an epic showdown with the prevailing national champions, helmed by the legendary Babe Didrikson. Lydia Reeder captures a moment in history when female athletes faced intense scrutiny from influential figures in politics, education, and medicine who denounced women’s sports as unhealthy and unladylike. At a time when a struggling nation was hungry for inspiration, this unlikely group of trailblazers achieved much more than a championship season.

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Book SynopsisWith more than 100 full-colour illustrations, this book brings to life the history of activism in sports.

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Book SynopsisEqual parts photo-rich lookbook, and cultural commentary, Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion is the story of the extraordinary intersection of high fashion and basketball, from the league's inception to today, and celebrates the iconic style of NBA athletes.Each chapter explores the style of an era and the cultural influences that shaped it: The league's inception in 1949, pre-Civil Rights Movement, when the NBA was mostly comprised of white players who wore suits and skinny ties. The years following the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the birth of funk and R&B when basketball fashion got flashier (think Walt "Clyde" Frazier and Wilt Chamberlain wearing fur coats and big hats). The Michael Jordan era of the 1980s and 1990s, with its oversize suits. The epic Iverson/Hip-Hop years of the late 1990s and early 2000s. And now to today, a time defined not only by social media and high fashion's birthing of the tunnel walk (think LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Russell Westbrook), but one in which athletes are idealized as style icons and activists, figures who inspire conversations beyond how they play and what they wear.Trade Review"A coffee-table book that elevates the subject to the same decorative status as a Dior or Gucci monograph"—The New York Times"A coffee-table book that elevates the subject to the same decorative status as a Dior or Gucci monograph."—The New York TimesMitchell S. Jackson walks readers through eight decades of sharp suits, fresh kicks, audacious bling and playful embodiments of swagger on and off the court. Perfect for your friend who’s still talking about Serge Ibaka’s scarf.—The New York Times“a gorgeous, glamorous look at the intersection of fashion and basketball.”—Bookpage“a gorgeous, glamorous look at the intersection of fashion and basketball.”—Bookpage"stunning photos and spot on cultural commentary"—The Root"Stunning photos and spot on cultural commentary."—The RootJackson, a prize-winning cultural critic, shows how basketball players became the most glamorous, fashion-forward athletes in the world.—The New York Post“Mitchell S. Jackson expertly fuses fashion and basketball, showing why players’ off court style can be as impactful as what they do in the game.” —NINA GARCIA, editor in chief, Elle“In Fly, Jackson does more than compile a basketball/fashion look book, and it’s more than a timeline and history. To me, what he explores is the evergreen push to remind people that the talented are more than their talents. That there’s a burning creativity and a relentless desire to express oneself, not as a highlight but as a human.” —JASON REYNOLDS, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Stamped“You cannot be a true enthusiast of sports or fashion if you don’t own a copy of this book. European designers are too often credited with the trends that spread around the world, and Jackson shows us that those designs are nothing without validation from the streets where many NBA athletes get their start. In this beautiful celebration of culture, he captures the role these athletes have played in style on a global scale.” —D. WATKINS, New York Times bestselling author of Where Tomorrows Aren’t Promised and Black Boy Smile“NBA fashion has evolved so much over the years. To see the various styles worn by players throughout the eras—all in one book—is cool. Now with social media and the game being so global, everyone sees everything. NBA fashion has never been bigger.” —P.J. TUCKER, Philadelphia 76ers

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Book SynopsisThis superb anthology showcases 100 years of peerless writing on the Ashes from The Cricketer magazine. Insightful new contributions from today's best cricket writers including Gideon Haigh, Simon Hughes and Huw Turbervill sit alongside vintage reports, features and comment pieces from greats including Pelham 'Plum' Warner, EW Swanton and Christopher Martin-Jenkins. Relive the brilliance of Don Bradman, Harold Larwood, Jim Laker, Geoffrey Boycott, Ian Botham, Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Flintoff and others in this fresh new take on the giants of the game. Featuring Simon Hughes' ultimate Ashes XI, Gideon Haigh's five greatest series and lively detours into the controversies and scandals which have defined sport's greatest contest, this definitive history from the world's foremost cricket magazine is as colourful as the Ashes themselves.Trade ReviewSplendid...There is some great writing here, some great nostalgia, and plenty to keep you entertained on a cold winter's night. Above all, it is a timely reminder of the history and heritage of cricket's greatest rivalry. * Yorkshire Post *

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Book SynopsisIt is part of the famous ''Complete Record'' series loved by fans of the club and collectors alike. Written by Roy Calley the book covers every aspect of Blackpool''s history from the early days of the North Eastern League to membership of the Football League, through to the present day. Over 400 photographs and illustrations, many never previously published, support the text and provide an insight into the evolution of the club. Different sections include Matches to Remember which were chosen as defining moments for the club, every Football League season is covered with match details, along with biographies of managers and top players

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Book SynopsisFrom the thousands of matches ever played by Aston Villa, stretching from the club's Victorian foundation across more than 140 years to the Premier League era, here are 50 of the club's most glorious, epochal and thrilling games of all! Expertly presented in evocative historical context, and described incident-by-incident in atmospheric detail, Aston Villa Greatest Games offers a terrace ticket back in time, taking in their 19th-century dominance of club football, the ignominy of relegation to the Third Division, and then lifting Europe's biggest trophy just a decade later. An irresistible cast list of club legends - Pongo Waring and Peter Withe; Charlie Aitken, Paul McGrath and Peter McParland - springs to life in these thrilling tales of goalscoring feats, great comebacks, Wembley glory and the odd glorious yet crushing disappointment. In all, a journey through the highlights of Villa history which is guaranteed to make any fan's heart swell with pride.

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