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  • Sport Policy in Canada

    Edited by Lucie Thibault, Jean Harvey ...
    Series series Open Access
    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 salient sport policies and programs, while also discussing issues and challenges facing policy makers.In Canada and around the world, the last decades have known a sharp ... Read more

    S$ 33.56 SGD

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  • Patriot Hearts

    Inside the Olympics That Changed a Country

    by John Furlong ...
    A riveting behind-the-scenes account of the transformative 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games-an extraordinary story of visionary leadership, love of country and the ability to dream boldly.When John Furlong emigrated from Ireland in 1974, the customs officer greeted him with Welcome to Canada. Make us better”-an imperative that has defined Furlong’s life ever since. A passionate, ... Read more

    S$ 22.77 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Dirtiest Race in History

    Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis and the 1988 Olympic 100m Final

    by Mr Richard Moore ...
    Series series Wisden Sports Writing
    'A captivating and detailed account ... it reads like a thriller, which is exactly the right tone to adopt by author Richard Moore for a story dripping with skulduggery and intrigue ... compelling' The Sunday ExpressThe 1988 Seoul Olympics played host to what has been described by some as the dirtiest race of all time, by others as the greatest. The final of the men's 100 metres at those Olympics ... Read more

    S$ 18.74 SGD

  • Unsportsmanlike Conduct

    College Football and the Politics of Rape

    by Jessica Luther ...
    A meticulously researched and powerful exposé on the epidemic of cover-up that surrounds sexual assault and college football players."Not to reckon with Luther's book would be an abdication not only of one's moral faculty but also of one's fandom . . . Luther doesn't just want to save future victims; she wants to save college football." — New York Times Book Review"Highly relevant, hard-hitting, ... Read more

    S$ 18.52 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Watching the Olympics

    Politics, Power and Representation

    Edited by John Sugden, Alan Tomlinson ...
    Global sporting events involve the creation, management and mediation of cultural meanings for consumption by massive media audiences. The apotheosis of this cultural form is the Olympic Games. This challenging and provocative new book explores the Olympic spectacle, from the multi-media bidding process and the branding and imaging of the Games, to security, surveillance and control of the Olympic ... Read more

    S$ 93.51 SGD

  • Podium

    What Shapes a Sporting Champion?

    by Ben Oakley ...
    What does it really take to make the podium? Which of the biological, environmental and psychological factors really shape a champion's route to the top?To answer these questions, Ben Oakley has taken the original step of combining existing research with a study of leading athletes' autobiographies. Looking at the early histories and initial challenges of serial champions in their own words, ... Read more

    S$ 16.88 SGD

  • Celebration Capitalism and the Olympic Games

    by Jules Boykoff ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
    The Olympic Games have become the world’s greatest media and marketing event—a global celebration of exceptional athletics gilded with corporate cash. Huge corporations vie for association with the "Olympic Image" in the hope of gaining a worldwide marketing audience of billions.In this provocative critical study of the contemporary Olympics, Jules Boykoff argues that the Games have become a ... Read more

    S$ 82.51 SGD

  • Olympic Legacies: Intended and Unintended

    Political, Cultural, Economic and Educational

    Edited by J A Mangan, Mark Dyreson ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society
    For more than a century, the Olympics have been the modern world's most significant sporting event. Indeed, they deserve much credit for globalizing sport beyond the boundaries of the Anglo-American universe, where it originated, into broader global realms. By the 1930s, the Olympics had become a global mega-event that occupied the attention of the media, the interest of the public and the ... Read more

    S$ 107.27 SGD

  • Blood and Guts to Glory--a History of Sports

    Sport Science Series

    by Gerald Gems ...
    Series series Sport Science Series
    Dr. Gerald Gems is one of the premier sports historians in the world. In this book, the first video text in sport history, we can see videos of how ancient and modern games have been played. But he goes beyond the sport, looking at the cultural background in which the sports have been played. We see ancient sports from China, India and the Americas and we follow the evolution of sports through the ... Read more

    S$ 3.72 SGD

  • 10 Amazing Olympic Lists

    Everything You Need to Know about the Olympics

    by Jack Goldstein ...
    Everything you need to know about the Olympics - and some amazing facts you wouldn't believe - are contained within this facsinating eBook. Who was the mascot for each games? What crazy sports are no longer events in the games? Who are considered to be the best athletes of all time? Were the winners always given gold medals? and how much gold is actually in one anyway? Find out about all of these ... Read more

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  • Advancing the Ball

    Race, Reformation, and the Quest for Equal Coaching Opportunity in the NFL

    by N. Jeremi Duru ...
    Series series Law and Current Events Masters
    Following the NFL's desegregation in 1946, opportunities became increasingly plentiful for African American players--but not African American coaches. Although Major League Baseball and the NBA made progress in this regard over the years, the NFL's head coaches were almost exclusively white up until the mid-1990s. Advancing the Ball chronicles the campaign of former Cleveland Browns offensive ... Read more

    S$ 43.37 SGD

  • Match-Fixing in Sport

    Comparative Studies from Australia, Japan, Korea and Beyond

    Edited by Stacey Steele, Hayden Opie ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sport and Corruption
    Match-fixing represents a greater potential threat to the integrity of sport than doping. It has been linked to organised crime, illegal drugs and money-laundering. Law enforcement and sporting authorities are struggling to establish legal and regulatory responses to this emerging threat, particularly in light of cross-border internet gambling.This book examines match-fixing and the legal ... Read more

    S$ 86.63 SGD