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England Managers
by Brian GlanvilleThe England national team has had 12 full-time managers and Brian Glanville has known them all. In this fascinating account of each man his strengths, weaknesses and impact on the game Brian Glanville provides an in-depth analysis of the team as well as the individuals under scrutiny. Funny, controversial, measured and thought-provoking, Glanvilles assessment of why England has underachieved is required reading for all football fans and for every member of the FA Committee if they are prepared to confront some unpalatable truths.On Revie: He was never cut out for the lonely exposed life of an international manager almost pathologically thin-skinned.On Robson: A mixture of good and bad luck characterised his years. He never seemed fully in control.On Venables: Highly competent but appointed a few years too late.On Hoddle: A curates egg of a regime.'
England Managers
by Brian GlanvilleThe England national team has had 12 full-time managers and Brian Glanville has known them all. In this fascinating account of each man his strengths, weaknesses and impact on the game Brian Glanville provides an in-depth analysis of the team as well as the individuals under scrutiny. Funny, controversial, measured and thought-provoking, Glanvilles assessment of why England has underachieved is required reading for all football fans and for every member of the FA Committee if they are prepared to confront some unpalatable truths. On Revie: He was never cut out for the lonely exposed life of an international manager almost pathologically thin-skinned. On Robson: A mixture of good and bad luck characterised his years. He never seemed fully in control. On Venables: Highly competent but appointed a few years too late. On Hoddle: A curates egg of a regime.'
England vs. Germany (World Cup Rivals)
by Jules AllenThe national soccer teams of England and Germany have a rivalry spanning decades. What made the teams fierce competitors? How are both country’s fans involved in keeping this rivalry going? Easy-to-read text and fantastic images make these books an obvious choice for the soccer-obsessed reluctant or struggling reader.
England's Eastenders: From Bobby Moore to David Beckham
by Richard LewisBobby Moore lifting the World Cup at Wembley on a July afternoon in 1966. England had triumphed against West Germany thanks to a hat-trick by Geoff Hurst and a goal by Martin Peters. All three heroic players were from West Ham, the most famous club of London's East End. This is an area synonymous with football success worldwide, largely because of the legendary Sunday football Mecca of Hackney Marshes. There are more football pitches on this one expanse of grass than in any other part of Europe, and it is a training ground which, over the last 35 years, has developed star after star for English football.The majority of clubs in the country today have at least one player on their books who has links with the east of the capital. The famous names from the past include Jimmy Greaves, Terry Venables and Harry Redknapp, and the tradition has been carried on by Paul Ince, Ashley Cole and the finest modern-day footballing hero of them all, David Beckham.With profiles of famous players past and present and engrossing details of the life and characters of the East End, England's Eastenders celebrates a tradition of excellence that began in the swinging Sixties and moves through the decades to show how the precedent set by Moore when he walked up those 39 steps at Wembley was just a stop-off point in the history of this breeding ground of brilliance.
English National Identity and Football Fan Culture: Who Are Ya?
by Tom GibbonsIn recent years, scholars have understood the increasing use of the St George’s Cross by football fans to be evidence of a rise in a specifically ’English’ identity. This has emerged as part of a wider ’national’ response to broader political processes such as devolution and European integration which have fragmented identities within the UK. Using the controversial figurational sociological approach advocated by the twentieth-century theorist Norbert Elias, this book challenges such a view, drawing on ethnographic research amongst fans to explore the precise nature of the relationship between contemporary English national identity and football fan culture. Examining football fans’ expressions of Englishness in public houses and online spaces, the author discusses the effects of globalization, European integration and UK devolution on English society, revealing that the use of the St George’s Cross does not signal the emergence of a specifically ’English’ national consciousness, but in fact masks a more complex, multi-layered process of national identity construction. A detailed and grounded study of identity, nationalism and globalization amongst football fans, English National Identity and Football Fan Culture will appeal to scholars and students of politics, sociology and anthropology with interests in ethnography, the sociology of sport, fan cultures, globalization and contemporary national identities.
The English Premier League: A Socio-Cultural Analysis (Routledge Research in Football)
by Richard ElliottThe English Premier League (EPL) is one of the world’s most valuable and high-profile sports leagues, with millions of fans around the globe. The 2016/17 season marked the 25th anniversary of the EPL, providing a unique opportunity to reflect on how it has contributed, both positively and negatively, to key developments in football – and in sport and culture more broadly – at local, national and global levels. Drawing on central themes in the social scientific study of sport, such as globalisation, celebrity, fandom, commercialisation, gender, sexuality and race, this book is the first to assess the historical development and current significance of the EPL. With original contributions from several of the world’s leading football scholars, it provides in-depth case studies of the multifaceted role of the EPL in the contemporary world of sport, as well as offering thought-provoking predications for the future challenges that it will face. The English Premier League: A Socio-Cultural Analysis is a fascinating read for any sport studies student or scholar with a particular interest in football and the sociology of sport.
English Riding
by Lesley WardRecently updated and extended, The Horse Illustrated Guide to English Riding covers the fundamentals-from loping and galloping to troubleshooting and showing. Complete with step-by-step instructions, countless tips, full-color photos, and an easy-to-use glossary, this book takes the guesswork out of English riding.
An Englishman Aboard: Discovering France in a Rowing Boat
by Charles TimoneyFrom the author of Pardon My French and A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi, this is the charming and hilariously funny story of one man's attempt to travel the entire length of the Seine by boatWhen Charles shows his friends the rowing boat he has spent the last six months building, he little realises the adventures that lie ahead. Several glasses of champagne later (it is New Year's Eve), he finds himself betting he will travel the entire length of the Seine from source to the sea in the next year and discover the true France. But the reality proves somewhat more difficult than he had expected. As Charles sets sail into an unvarnished France on a variety of craft from steamers to police patrol boats to inflatables, he encounters truffle-thieving terriers and obsessive fishermen, grapples with strong rapids and stubborn cattle, and is nearly destroyed by a cheese so smelly it comes with its own health warning.This is the charming and often hilarious story of Charles's Quixotic quest - and the most unique guide to the true France that you will find.Reviews:'There are new year's resolutions and then there are those rash decisions that come after the last bottle has been drunk on the last night of the year. The journey down the Seine that Charles Timoney describes in his third book about France stemmed from the latter ... a charming story of life along the river ... that lingers in the mind' Sunday Times (Books of the Month)'A wonderful view of France as seen from the water, and through the eyes of a genuinely funny writer - I laughed out loud' Philip Marsden (author of The Levelling Sea)About the author:When Charles Timoney and his French wife were both made redundant in the same week, they decided to try living in France for a year or so. It proved much harder than expected. Charles's O level in French was little help when everyone around him consistently used a wide variety of impenetrable slang and persisted in the annoying habit of talking about things he had never heard of. But they stayed. Two decades and two thoroughly French children later, An Englishman Aboard is Charles's third book on his experience of France, the French people and the French language: Pardon My French: Unleash Your Inner Gaul, A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi: The Ideal Guide to Sounding, Acting and Shrugging Like the French and now An Englishman Aboard.
Enhancing Health and Sports Performance by Design: Proceedings of the 2019 Movement, Health & Exercise (MoHE) and International Sports Science Conference (ISSC) (Lecture Notes in Bioengineering)
by Mohd Hasnun Arif Hassan Ahmad Munir Che Muhamed Nur Fahriza Mohd Ali Denise Koh Choon Lian Kok Lian Yee Nik Shanita Safii Sarina Md Yusof Nor Farah Mohamad FauziThis book gathers papers presented at the 2019 Movement, Health & Exercise (MoHE) Conference and International Sports Science Conference (ISSC). The theme of this year’s conference was "Enhancing Health and Sports Performance by Design". The content covers (but is not limited to) the following topics: exercise science; human performance; physical activity & health; sports medicine; sports nutrition; management & sports studies; and sports engineering & technology.
The Enlightened Gambler
by Marty KleinSo, you like gambling and you want to play? Well, if you want to play, you may have to pay! If you don't watch it you can get tossed around like a tumbleweed on a windy day. You might have to either lose your stubborn defiance or your shirt. So... which one you gonna choose? The Enlightened Gambler guides the reader through the author's world of gambling, seduced by the never ending excitement in the "land of uncertainty". . The book encourages readers to step past the superficial and take a more conscious view of the motivating drive in all of us to take risks. In a lighthearted, sometimes laugh-out-loud, self deprecating style, the author playfully and willingly exposes his own vulnerability to the seductive lure of gambling, but then points out ways to encourage winning attitudes, which he has developed over the years, while defusing old, toxic, loser mentality.
Enlightenment through Aikido
by Kanshu SunadomariEnlightenment through Aikido focuses on Aikido's spiritual teachings, drawing on Sunadomari's experiences as a direct student of Morihei Ueshiba. Quotes from the founder and the author's interpretations show how Aikido can develop inner strength and tranquility. This book is an excellent companion for those practitioners who aspire to go beyond the physical in their journey along the path of Aikido.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Entre Nous: Between the World Cup and Me
by Grant FarredIn Entre Nous Grant Farred examines the careers of international football stars Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, along with his own experience playing for an amateur township team in apartheid South Africa, to theorize the relationship between sports and the intertwined experiences of relation, separation, and belonging. Drawing on Jean-Luc Nancy's concept of relation and Heideggerian ontology, Farred outlines how various relationships—the significantly different relationships Messi has with his club team FC Barcelona and the Argentine national team; Farred's shifting modes of relation as he moved between his South African team and his Princeton graduate student team; and Suarez's deep bond with Uruguay's national team coach Oscar Tabarez—demonstrate the ways the politics of relation both exist within and transcend sports. Farred demonstrates that approaching sports philosophically offers particularly insightful means of understanding the nature of being in the world, thereby opening new paths for exploring how the self is constituted in its relation to the other.
Entrenados: Mi método para vivir en equilibrio
by Patricia SangenisUna de las deportólogas más prestigiosas de la Argentina ofrece unmétodo efectivo y seguro para quienes son conscientes de que tienen quehacer ejercicio pero no saben cómo empezar. Es decir, el 80 por cientode nosotros. El consumo y la falta de actividad física son dos de los peligros máscomunes de esta época. El sobrepeso, la diabetes, el colesterol, lahipertensión, el estrés, la enfermedad cardiovascular son hoy epidemiasmundiales. Hacer ejercicio, entrenar, es la manera más eficaz de cuidarla salud, mejorar la condición física y prevenir enfermedades. Estaverdad, tan aceptada e incuestionable, resulta un desafío cada vez másdifícil de incorporar como rutina diaria. Este libro es una guíaespecializada, fundamentada y segura, imprescindible para cualquiera queelija tomarse en serio su salud, su bienestar y la necesidad de sumar elejercicio en su vida. Permite conocer y evaluar el propio estado físico,de acuerdo a la actividad y a la edad, y mejorarlo con propuestasprácticas, sencillas y fáciles de realizar. Es una referencia ineludiblepara aquellos que deseen mejorar su calidad de vida y abandonar elsedentarismo de una vez y para siempre.
El Entrenamiento Definitivo con Peso: Los 10 equipos esenciales para el fortalecimiento del cuerpo.
by The BlokeheadEn este libro se describen 10 de los equipos de ejercicio ideales para el fortalecimiento muscular. Encontrarás información sobre equipos de ejercicios, tales como: • Barra Olímpica • Mancuernas • Banco para Ejercicios • Barras para Hacer Dominadas • Pesas Rusas …y mucho más. No solo obtendrás información básica, sino también los beneficios de dicho equipo. Además, sabrás qué partes del cuerpo te ayudarán a mejorar. ¡Adquierelo ya!
El entrenamiento definitivo con peso corporal
by The BlokeheadEste libro tiene el objetivo de presentar más de 50 ejercicios avanzados con peso corporal para el entrenamiento de la fuerza. Contiene instrucciones detalladas paso por paso de cómo hacer cada uno de los ejercicios. Este libro también explora las formas modificadas de algunos ejercicios con peso corporal que son utilizados en el entrenamiento deportivo. Cada uno de los ejercicios presentados en este cuerpo requiere equipamiento mínimo tal como sillas, cuerdas y barras. Los practicantes siempre pueden sustituir las herramientas con objetos similares disponibles en casa. No hay necesidad de ir al gimnasio para estos ejercicios. Pueden ser realizados en casa o en el jardín. ¡Disfruta de la lectura!
Entrenamiento mental para artistas marciales
by Rory Christensen Ramón SantanaTécnicas de entrenamiento mental para artistas marciales. ¡Acelere su entrenamiento de artes marciales con este libro! Esta es la guía definitiva para entrenar la mente para tener éxito en las artes marciales En este libro aprenderá: El poder de la meditación y porqué cinco minutos al día es todo lo que necesita para tener verdaderos resultados Como acelerar su progreso usando técnicas de visualización Como lograr en enfoque laser que le permita triunfar en menos tiempo Como dominar el miedo y vencer al oponente interno Las técnicas de la PNL que funcionan--punto Como tener más autodisciplina y controlar la negatividad Y mucho más Al implementar las técnicas descritas en este libro, disparará su progreso en artes marciales y llegara más lejos de lo que nunca pensó, sin importar la disciplina que entrene.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Sport and Leisure
by Simon Mosey Richard Shipway Chris SymonsThis innovative textbook explains how sport and leisure organisations can become more entrepreneurial in order to achieve sustainable growth. It introduces key tools, techniques, and approaches that can help sport and leisure organisations put entrepreneurship at the centre of their culture. Drawing on cutting-edge research, innovation discourses, and perspectives from multiple disciplines, the book introduces fundamental concepts in entrepreneurship, innovation, and enterprise, such as digitalisation, research and development (R&D), diversification, extendibility, and sustainability. It highlights future innovation challenges, provides innovative solutions, and introduces a new diagnostic tool for managing entrepreneurship and innovation. The book presents insights on everyday management challenges from experienced industry practitioners and considers the importance of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship at a time of austerity, recession, and increasing uncertainty. Full of real-world cases and scenarios, as well as useful features to encourage critical reflection, this book is essential reading for any course on entrepreneurship taken as part of a degree course in sport management leisure, sports studies, recreation, event studies, entertainment management or tourism. It is also fascinating reading for practitioners looking to improve their professional skills.
Entrepreneurship in the Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Industries
by Michael Rimmington Clare Williams Alison MorrisonEntrepreneurship is the engine that drives any successful industry or economy. In the rapidly evolving hospitality, tourism and leisure sector worldwide this is particularly true. This new text is designed to develop a greater understanding of the process and context for entrepreneurship as well as to provide key concepts which will enable the reader to become more entrepreneurial themselves. The text unites appropriate theory with copious real world examples giving the student, manager or trainer a powerful framework for understanding every aspect of this vital business function. Rigorously developed by authors with wide teaching and industry experience it contains: *Clear learning objectives and teaching structure *Up-to-date cases throughout *The widest possible coverage of the latest research and literature *A clear focus on the dynamic hospitality, tourism and leisure sector.Entrepreneurship in the Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Industries is an essential teaching tool and reference on all serious academic and professional courses and gives a uniquely powerful overview of the subject for students and trainees.
Entwicklungstendenzen im Sportmanagement: Struktur- und Wertewandel, Nachhaltigkeit, Globalisierung und Digitalisierung
by Anton Behrens Sebastian Björn Bauers Gregor HovemannDieses Fachbuch beleuchtet den grundlegenden Wandel des Sportmarktes und untersucht dabei, inwiefern sich die anhaltenden Megatrends des Werte- und Strukturwandels sowie der Nachhaltigkeit, Internationalisierung und Digitalisierung auch im Sportmanagement wiederfinden.In 18 Kapiteln beschreiben die Autor*innen aktuelle Entwicklungen und widmen sich dabei sowohl dem Breitensport als auch dem Profisport, der Gestaltung von Sportstätten ebenso wie der Organisation von Sport(groß)veranstaltungen. Selbst das Verhalten der Fans oder die Auswirkungen des Metaverse auf den professionellen Fußball werden betrachtet.So liefert das Fachbuch einen umfassenden Überblick über aktuelle Entwicklungen und Trends im Sportmarkt und dient somit als Impuls für weitere Forschungen und als Anregung für Innovationen in der Praxis und Ausbildung.
Enzo Ferrari: The definitive biography of an icon
by Luca Dal Monte**DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE WEEK**Soon to be an AppleTV+ series, this is the definitive account of how Enzo Ferrari became the master of motor racing, and one of the most complex, important and imposing figures in the 20th century.The book draws upon years of original research, conducted in Italy and abroad, and unveils hidden aspects of Ferrari's career - from his early days as a racer, to how he founded the Ferrari company, and even his dealings with the Italian Fascist government and Communist leaders.Learn how Ferrari pushed his drivers to the brink of disaster, revolutionised the automobile industry and overcame family and company infighting on his rise to greatness.
Enzo Ferrari: The definitive biography of an icon
by Luca Dal Monte**DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE WEEK**Soon to be an AppleTV+ series, this is the definitive account of how Enzo Ferrari became the master of motor racing, and one of the most complex, important and imposing figures in the 20th century.The book draws upon years of original research, conducted in Italy and abroad, and unveils hidden aspects of Ferrari's career - from his early days as a racer, to how he founded the Ferrari company, and even his dealings with the Italian Fascist government and Communist leaders.Learn how Ferrari pushed his drivers to the brink of disaster, revolutionised the automobile industry and overcame family and company infighting on his rise to greatness.
Enzo Ferrari (Movie Tie-in Edition): The Man and the Machine
by Brock YatesThe sweeping biography of the enigmatic racer and sports car mogul who built the Ferrari brand—the inspiration for the major motion picture Ferrari directed by Michael Mann—featuring a new foreword, epilogue, and photo insertGenius? Tyrant? Power broker? Enzo Ferrari is the impressively researched, fully detailed biography of one of the most powerful men of the twentieth century. Brock Yates penetrated Ferrari&’s inner circle and reveals everything, from his early days in the town of Modena to his bizarre relationship with his illegitimate son; from his fanatic passion for speed to his brilliant marketing of the famous Ferrari image; from his manipulative but enormously effective management tactics to his own frustrated dreams. Fast, fun, and scandalous, Enzo Ferrari more than lives up to its remarkable subject.
Epic: A 30-Year Search for the Soul of Sport
by Simon Barnes‘For 30 years I was the voice of sport at The Times – but that’s enough about me. What matters is sport.’ This is an autobiography from which the author, award-winning writer Simon Barnes, has been surgically removed. He has reported on six World Cups, seven Olympic Games, cricket on five continents and more than 20 Wimbledons, watching Diego Maradona, Usain Bolt, Sachin Tendulkar and Roger Federer at their peak. Along the way he had soul-revealing conversations with Ayrton Senna and sat on Desert Orchid. His journalist’s experience gives him perspective, until the addictive madness of sport takes over. Epic is a stunning mosaic of some of the greatest sporting moments in recent years, which build up to provide the reader with a better idea of what sport is for, what differentiates winners from losers, and reveals how sport teaches us how better to enjoy life. This is sport unplugged. Speaking for itself. Allowing the reader to understand sport with more clarity and depth than ever before.
Epic Athletes: (stephen Curry, Alex Morgan, Serena Williams, Tom Brady, Lebron James, Lionel Messi) (Epic Athletes #6)
by Dan WetzelRenowned sports journalist Dan Wetzel shoots and scores with Epic Athletes: Lionel Messi, an inspiring young readers biography of a soccer great who rose from an underdog to a champion!Featuring comic-style illustrations by Jay Reed! Lionel Messi has taken the soccer world by storm. He scored the most goals in a season. He's racked up championships. There was even a statue built in his honor. Despite the accolades, he's still hungry for more goals, more championships, more opportunities to shine on the soccer pitch. Messi's drive to succeed has motivated him ever since he first stepped on his local, worn down field as a kid.Yet his success didn't come without bumps in the road. Diagnosed with a career-threatening medical condition at ten, Messi refused to give up on his dream, and went on to amass one of the greatest careers in sports history. Filled with sports action and bold illustrations, this thrilling biography details the rise of a living soccer legend.Praise for Epic Athletes* "An unusually informative and enjoyable sports biography for young readers." —Booklist, starred review for Epic Athletes: Stephen Curry
Epic Athletes: Alex Morgan (Epic Athletes #2)
by Dan WetzelKicking off his new series of sports biographies for young readers, journalist Dan Wetzel tells the inspiring true life story of a US Women's Soccer star in Epic Athletes: Alex Morgan. Featuring graphic-style illustrations by Cory Thomas! Fierce competitor. World Cup winner. Role model. U.S. Women's Soccer star Alex Morgan has earned each of these impressive titles throughout her incredible career. As a young girl growing up in Southern California, she dreamed of being a professional soccer player, fighting to compete on the international stage against the world's greatest athletes. Flash forward to the present and Alex Morgan has emerged as the face of U.S. Women's soccer, famous for her clutch, late-game goals, and an inspiration to kids across the country. Bestselling author Dan Wetzel details the rise of an American champion in this uplifting biography for young readers, complete with dynamic comic-style illustrations.