Sports and Physical Fitness

About the Book This illuminating book draws on many authoritative sources to provide an invaluable aid to understanding and learning from dreams, w...

An in-depth analysis of the intricate relationships among sport, culture, politics, identity and regional cooperation in South Asia In South Asia,...

About the Book Over the last three decades sports coaching has evolved from a set of customary practices based largely on tradition and routine int...

About the Book It is difficult to fully understand the role that sport plays in contemporary global society without understanding how and why gover...

About the Book Ergonomics is concerned with the 'fit' between people and their work. With an increasing number of people becoming conscious about t...

About the Book Engaging with the growing popular and academic interest in the "spiritual but not religious," Andrea R. Jain explores the connection...

About the Book Based on interviews with40 celebrated players, past and present, this is a veritable who s who of Irish rugby, a sport that has prod...

About the Book "No athlete performed at a higher level through greater stress than Jackie Robinson." -Scott Simon The integration of baseball in 1...

About the Book A behind-the-scenes look at the business and pleasure of horse racing Horse racing may be known as "the sport of kings," but it's bi...

About the Book On 19 March 2005, Wales ended a prolonged period in the rugby wilderness by winning the Grand Slam. They had waited long enough for ...

About the Book This book looks broadly at the evolution of sport and play in India and South Asia, those that enjoy mass popularity as well as thos...

Few things are as exhilarating and can be compared to the finishing dash of a horse race. Charting the hitherto untold story of Indian horse racing...

Tells the story of a way of life organized in terms of physical self-development. Using the insights of anthropology, this title presents ethnograp...

Ever since the evolution of human civilization, people have developed some or the other self-defense skills. Karate is one such skill that is growi...