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Book SynopsisThe rivalry between the U.S. and European teams was at an all-time high even before the first swing of the 2016 Ryder Cup. The Americans had lost an astounding six out of the last seven matches. With the U.S. team out for revenge and the Europeans determined to keep the Cup out of American hands, the showdown took place in Hazeltine, Minnesota—just days after the death of golf legend Arnold Palmer. It became one of the most raucous and heated face-offs in the Cup’s history.   Award-winning author John Feinstein takes readers behind the scenes, providing an inside view of the dramatic stories as they unfolded, including the assembly of veteran Phil Mickelson’s superb team, the intense match between European superstar Rory McIlroy and American Patrick Reed that almost came to blows, and the return of Tiger Woods. Throughout, Feinstein vividly illustrates why the Ryder Cup has become golf’s most intense and emotional event.

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Book SynopsisAnn-Marie Knowles is a chartered psychologist and accredited sport and exercise scientist with the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences. She is a lecturer in Physical Activity for Health at the University of Strathclyde, UK and also provides psychological support to athletes, coaches and officials across Scotland. Vaithehy Shanmugam is a lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of Central Lancashire and a reviewer for the Journal of Sport Sciences and the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. Ross Lorimer is a lecturer in Sport, Social Psychology and Coaching Pedagogy at Abertay University, UK and Sport Science Officer for the Mountaineering Council of Scotland.Trade Review'Social Psychology in Sport and Exercise provides a comprehensive coverage of salient topic areas through bringing together a wealth of up-to-date information. The text gives readers insight into the interactions and dynamics that exist within sport and exercise psychology from a social standpoint. The authors have provided stimulating, thought-provoking and readable chapters, case studies and questions throughout, which facilitates the readers' attention and engagement with the text. I therefore would fully commend this book to students and practitioners alike.' - Philippa McGregor, St Mary's University, UK "An easily accessible yet extremely informative text that covers the key social psychology issues in sport. The use of case studies makes this book not only excellent at informing the reader of current theory and academic research but also how a practitioner sport psychologist might utilize these ideas in applied contexts." - James Byron-Daniel, University of the West of England, UKTable of Contents1. The Coach 2. Teammates 3. Competition 4. Audience and Spectators 5. The Family and Significant Others 6. Schools 7. Workplaces 8. Gyms and Leisure Centres 9. Primary Health Care 10. The Outdoors Setting.

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Book SynopsisThis volume offers both an insight into the current state of research on domestic animals in leisure and a lens through which to begin to chart the future of research in this field. All of the contributions to the collection are underpinned by ongoing debates about human-animal relationships and the rights and welfare of the latter.Table of Contents1. Defining Domesticated Animals And Exploring Their Uses By And Relationships With Humans Within The Leisure Experience; Neil Carr PART I: DOGS 2. In Search Of 'Dog': Fictional Media Constructions Of Dogs In The Leisure Environment; Neil Carr 3. Dogs And Companion/Performance Sport: Unique Social Worlds, Serious Leisure Enthusiasts, And Solid Human-Canine Partnerships; Wendy Hultsman 4. At The Nexus: Serious Leisure, Civic Engagement And Animal Welfare And Wellbeing; Janette Young 5. 'It's [Not] All About The Dogs': Volunteers And Pet Rescue; Diane M. Samdahl 6. The Greyhound: A Story Of Fashion, Finances, And Animal Rights; Neil Carr 7. The Potential Of Place Meanings For Negotiating Difference Among Birdwatchers And Dog Walkers At A Multiple-Use Urban Forest; Taryn M. Graham, Troy D. Glover & Bryan S.R. Grimwood 8. Parks, Dogs And Beaches: Human-Wildlife Conflict And The Politics Of Place; Matthew Bowes, Peter Keller, Rick Rollins & Robert Gifford PART II: HORSES 9. Riding Dress History, With A Twist: The Side Saddle Habit And The Horse During The Early Twentieth Century; Alison Goodrum 10. That's Entertainment? Thoroughbreds, Precarious Lives And The Future Of Jumps Racing; Phil Mcmanus 11. Dancing With Horses: The Science And Artistry Of Coenesthetic Connection; Stephen Smith 12. Fatalities And Fascinators: A New Perspective On Thoroughbred Racing; Caroline Winter & Ward Young PART III: THE 'MISSING' OTHERS 13. Speaking Of Cats, Birds, Rodents, Fish, Insects, Reptiles, And Farm Animals; Neil Carr 14. Conclusions; Neil Carr

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Book SynopsisThis book recovers the multiplicity of meanings embedded in colonial hunting and the power it symbolized by examining both the incorporation and representation of British women hunters in the sport and how African people leveraged British hunters' dependence on their labor and knowledge to direct the impact and experience of hunting.Trade Review“Hunting Africa is a valuable tool for scholars who study late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. … Hunting Africa adds to the field of scholarship on imperial masculinity and femininity. Moreover, Thompsell’s thorough investigation of personal accounts, social contracts, and violence deepens our understanding of the fraught and complex relationship between colonizers and colonized.” (Precious Mckenzie, American Historical Review, February, 2017)“Angela Thompsell’s Hunting Africa is relatively short at just over 150 pages of text … . The book touches on themes of gender, the social history of both African and colonial communities, the economics of hunting, and the image of Africa in British culture. … Hunting Africa was published by Palgrave Macmillan in conjunction with the British Scholar Society, which indicates that the audience is specialist historians of empire and gender … .” (Toby Harper, H-Disability, H-Net Reviews, h-net.org, May, 2016)Table of Contents1. Real Men / Savage Nature: The Rise of African Big Game Hunting 2. 'The Bitter Thraldom of Dependence': Negotiating the Hunt 3. Guns and Reeds: Africanizing British Big Game Hunting 4. Lady Lion Hunters: An Imperial Femininity 5. 'To Make a Fetish of Roughing It': Reimagining Hunting in the Age of Safaris, 1900-1914

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Book SynopsisIn 1956, Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz stepped away from a successful medical practice and began a lifelong surfing odyssey that grew to include his wife Juliette, and their nine children. In this book, he looks back at his unusual upbringing, and his lifelong passion for the sport that carries his family's stamp.

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Book SynopsisTells the inspiring true tale of a one-eyed, club-footed thoroughbred racehorse and a journeyman trainer, Tim Snyder, who scraped together every penny he had to purchase the broken and unwanted filly.

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Book SynopsisThe moving story of Erik Weihenmayer, the first and only blind person to summit Mount Everest, and his journey since descending Mount Everest

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Book SynopsisThe Only Rule Is It Has to Work. Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team. What would happen if two statistics minded outsiders were allowed to run a professional baseball team?

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Book SynopsisThe New York Times bestselling author of Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football knocks it out of the park (Vanity Fair) in this captivating blend of sports reportage and memoir, exploring the history of the 2016 World Series champions, the Chicago Cubs.When Rich Cohen was eight years old, his father took him to see a Cubs game. On the way out of the park, his father asked him to make a promise. Promise me you will never be a Cubs fan. The Cubs do not win, he explained, and because of that, a Cubs fan will have a diminished life determined by low expectations. That team will screw up your life. Cohen became not just a Cubs fan but one of the biggest Cubs fans in the world. In this book, he captures the story of the team, its players and crazy days. Billy Sunday and Ernie Banks, Three Finger Brown and Ryne Sandberg, Bill Buckner, the Bartman Ball, Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzothe early dominance followed by a 107 year t

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