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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules VerneAfter a mysterious sea monster damages an ocean liner, the US government assembles a team in New York City to track down the creature and destroy it. French marine biologist Pierre Aronnax receives a last-minute invitation, as does Canadian harpoonist Ned Land. They leave aboard the Abraham Lincoln, bound for Cape Horn and then the Pacific Ocean.But all is not as it seems. When they find the monster and attack, the Abraham Lincoln is damaged and Aronnax and Land end up thrown onto the monster's hide. Except where there should be flesh there is metal. The monster is in fact a submarine called the Nautilus, captained by a mysterious renegade named Nemo, who swiftly takes his former pursuers captive aboard his impossible vessel and then dives deep beneath the waves. So begins the adventure of a lifetime for Aronnax and Land, as Nemo refuses to ever let them leave in case they reveal the truth about the Nautilus. Nemo is on a mission to seek out scientific knowledge and wreak revenge on the civilisation that destroyed his family, a mission that sees the Nautilus explore shipwrecks, hunt sharks, visit the real Atlantis, get attacked by a giant squid and end up stuck in a terrible whirlpool. With Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne can rightly be considered one of the founding fathers of science fiction. This special edition is based on the original translation that popularised the novel in the English-speaking world, and features an insightful Foreword by naturalist, television presenter and diver Miranda Krestovnikoff.
The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games: Assessing the 30-Year Legacy (Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives)
by Matthew Llewellyn John Gleaves Wayne WilsonThe 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games stand as the most profitable and arguably the most important event in the history of the modern Olympic movement. Fresh off the back of the financially disastrous Montreal Games of 1976 and the politically controversial Moscow Games of 1980, the Olympic movement returned to the United States for the sixth time in an attempt to salvage the economic viability and global prestige of the Olympics. The Los Angeles Olympics proved to be both provocative and polarizing. On the one hand they have been heralded as an overwhelming, transformative success, ushering the Olympic movement into the modern commercial age. On the other hand, critics have repudiated the Games as a manifestation of commercial excess and a platform for western political and cultural propaganda. In conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the Los Angeles Olympics, this volume examines their legacy. With an international collection of contributing scholars, this volume will span a range of global legacies, including the increasing commercialization of the Games, the changing participation of women, the Communist boycott movement, nationalism and sporting identity, and the modernization and California-cation of the Games. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games: Assessing the 30-Year Legacy (Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives)
by Matthew P. Llewellyn, John Gleaves and Wayne WilsonThe 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games stand as the most profitable and arguably the most important event in the history of the modern Olympic movement. Fresh off the back of the financially disastrous Montreal Games of 1976 and the politically controversial Moscow Games of 1980, the Olympic movement returned to the United States for the sixth time in an attempt to salvage the economic viability and global prestige of the Olympics. The Los Angeles Olympics proved to be both provocative and polarizing. On the one hand they have been heralded as an overwhelming, transformative success, ushering the Olympic movement into the modern commercial age. On the other hand, critics have repudiated the Games as a manifestation of commercial excess and a platform for western political and cultural propaganda. In conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the Los Angeles Olympics, this volume examines their legacy. With an international collection of contributing scholars, this volume will span a range of global legacies, including the increasing commercialization of the Games, the changing participation of women, the Communist boycott movement, nationalism and sporting identity, and the modernization and California-cation of the Games. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
1966 And All That
by Bob BondA unique cartoon celebration of England’s greatest football achievement with on-the-spot memories from some of the greatest writers in Fleet Street . Reports on EVERY match from the tournament plus special insights into Alf Ramsey’s dilemma over Jimmy Greaves or Geoff Hurst; the systematic butchering of Pele, the world’s greatest player; the romance of North Korea beating the mighty Italians; and the full drama of the final and Hurst’s hat-trick.
1966: My World Cup Story
by Bobby CharltonFifty years on, the ultimate football and World Cup legend Sir Bobby Charlton looks back on England’s greatest sporting triumph Wembley, 1966. England wins the World Cup to roars of a euphoric home crowd.Sir Bobby Charlton, England’s greatest ever player, was there on the pitch. Now, half a century on, he looks back on the most glorious moment of his life and England's greatest sporting achievement. In 1966, he takes us through the build-up to the tournament and to the final itself - what he saw, what he heard, what he felt. He tells us what it was like to be part of Sir Alf Ramsey’s team, his memories of his teammates, the matches, the atmosphere; the emotion of being carried on the wave of a nation’s euphoria and how it felt to go toe-to-toe with some of the foremost footballers to ever play the game. His life has been forever defined by a single moment: one day when a man stood side-by-side with his best friends, united in a single aim in front of a watching nation. This is his story.‘It’s gripping stuff… This is a mellow book, the product of many years’ contemplation, and emotional in a way that may surprise you…He has a wonderful story to tell’ Daily Mail
1954: The Year Willie Mays and the First Generation of Black Superstars Changed Major League Baseball Forever
by Bill Madden1954: Perhaps no single baseball season has so profoundly changed the game forever. In that year-the same in which the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled, in the case of Brown vs. Board of Education, that segregation of the races be outlawed in America's public schools-Larry Doby's Indians won an American League record 111 games, dethroned the five-straight World Series champion Yankees, and went on to play Willie Mays's Giants in the first World Series that featured players of color on both teams. Seven years after Jackie Robinson had broken the baseball color line, 1954 was a triumphant watershed season for black players-and, in a larger sense, for baseball and the country as a whole. While Doby was the dominant player in the American League, Mays emerged as the preeminent player in the National League, with a flair and boyish innocence that all fans, black and white, quickly came to embrace. Mays was almost instantly beloved in 1954, much of that due to how seemingly easy it was for him to live up to the effusive buildup from his Giants manager, Leo Durocher, a man more widely known for his ferocious "nice guys finish last" attitude. Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Bill Madden delivers the first major book to fully examine the 1954 baseball season, drawn largely from exclusive recent interviews with the major players themselves, including Mays and Doby as well as New York baseball legends from that era: Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford of the Yankees, Monte Irvin of the Giants, and Carl Erskine of the Dodgers. 1954 transports readers across the baseball landscape of the time-from the spring training camps in Florida and Arizona to baseball cities including New York, Baltimore, Chicago, and Cleveland-as future superstars such as Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, and others entered the leagues and continued to integrate the sport. Weaving together the narrative of one of baseball's greatest seasons with the racially charged events of that year, 1954 demonstrates how our national pastime-with the notable exception of the Yankees, who represented "white supremacy" in the game-was actually ahead of the curve in terms of the acceptance of black Americans, while the nation at large continued to struggle with tolerance.
1954: The Year Willie Mays and the First Generation of Black Superstars Changed Major League Baseball Forever
by Bill Madden1954: Perhaps no single baseball season has so profoundly changed the game forever. In that year-the same in which the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled, in the case of Brown vs. Board of Education, that segregation of the races be outlawed in America's public schools-Larry Doby's Indians won an American League record 111 games, dethroned the five-straight World Series champion Yankees, and went on to play Willie Mays's Giants in the first World Series that featured players of color on both teams. Seven years after Jackie Robinson had broken the baseball color line, 1954 was a triumphant watershed season for black players-and, in a larger sense, for baseball and the country as a whole. While Doby was the dominant player in the American League, Mays emerged as the preeminent player in the National League, with a flair and boyish innocence that all fans, black and white, quickly came to embrace. Mays was almost instantly beloved in 1954, much of that due to how seemingly easy it was for him to live up to the effusive buildup from his Giants manager, Leo Durocher, a man more widely known for his ferocious "nice guys finish last" attitude. Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Bill Madden delivers the first major book to fully examine the 1954 baseball season, drawn largely from exclusive recent interviews with the major players themselves, including Mays and Doby as well as New York baseball legends from that era: Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford of the Yankees, Monte Irvin of the Giants, and Carl Erskine of the Dodgers. 1954 transports readers across the baseball landscape of the time-from the spring training camps in Florida and Arizona to baseball cities including New York, Baltimore, Chicago, and Cleveland-as future superstars such as Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, and others entered the leagues and continued to integrate the sport. Weaving together the narrative of one of baseball's greatest seasons with the racially charged events of that year, 1954 demonstrates how our national pastime-with the notable exception of the Yankees, who represented "white supremacy" in the game-was actually ahead of the curve in terms of the acceptance of black Americans, while the nation at large continued to struggle with tolerance.
1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession
by Ned BoultingThe story of an obsession. When cycling commentator Ned Boulting bought a length of Pathé news film featuring a stage of the Tour de France from 1923 he set about learning everything he could about it - taking him on an intriguing journey that encompasses travelogue, history and detective story.In the autumn of 2020 Ned Boulting (ITV head cycling commentator and Tour de France obsessive) bought a length of Pathé news film from a London auction house. All he knew was it was film from the Tour de France, a long time ago. Once restored it became clear it was a short sequence of shots from stage 4 of the 1923 Tour de France. No longer than 2.5 minutes long, it featured half a dozen sequences, including a lone rider crossing a bridge. Ned set about learning everything he could about the sequence – studying each frame, face and building – until he had squeezed the meaning from it. It sets him off in fascinating directions, encompassing travelogue, history, mystery story – to explain, to go deeper into this moment in time, captured on his little film.Join him as he explores the history of cycling and France just five years after WWI – meeting characters like Henri Pélissier, who won the Tour that year but who would within the decade be shot dead by his lover using the same pistol with which his wife had killed herself. And Theophile Beeckman – the lone rider on the bridge.
1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession
by Ned BoultingThe story of an obsession. When cycling commentator Ned Boulting bought a length of Pathé news film featuring a stage of the Tour de France from 1923 he set about learning everything he could about it - taking him on an intriguing journey that encompasses travelogue, history and detective story.In the autumn of 2020 Ned Boulting (ITV head cycling commentator and Tour de France obsessive) bought a length of Pathé news film from a London auction house. All he knew was it was film from the Tour de France, a long time ago. Once restored it became clear it was a short sequence of shots from stage 4 of the 1923 Tour de France. No longer than 2.5 minutes long, it featured half a dozen sequences, including a lone rider crossing a bridge. Ned set about learning everything he could about the sequence – studying each frame, face and building – until he had squeezed the meaning from it. It sets him off in fascinating directions, encompassing travelogue, history, mystery story – to explain, to go deeper into this moment in time, captured on his little film.Join him as he explores the history of cycling and France just five years after WWI – meeting characters like Henri Pélissier, who won the Tour that year but who would within the decade be shot dead by his lover using the same pistol with which his wife had killed herself. And Theophile Beeckman – the lone rider on the bridge.
The 150th Open: Celebrating Golf's Defining Championship
by Iain Carter The R&ACelebrating 150 years of The Open.
13th World Congress of Performance Analysis of Sport and 13th International Symposium on Computer Science in Sport (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #1448)
by Arnold Baca Juliana ExelThis book discovers the latest research and insights in sports performance analysis and computer science in sports with the 13th World Congress of Performance Analysis of Sport and 13th International Symposium on Computer Science in Sport joint conference proceedings. This comprehensive book features over 40 peer-reviewed scientific works, showcasing the latest developments in these areas. The book covers a wide range of topics, including data analytics in sports, performance tracking and monitoring, artificial intelligence and machine learning in sports, virtual and augmented reality in sports, sensor technology, sports biomechanics, and motor control. By reading this book, you'll gain a deeper understanding of how applied and research-based problems can, together, transform the world of sports, and how you can stay ahead of the curve in this rapidly evolving field. This means that whether you're a researcher, coach, athlete, or sports enthusiast, there is something for everyone in this book.
1312: A journey with the world’s most extreme fans
by James MontagueYou can see us, but you don't know us.Ultras are football fans like no others. Fiercely loyal, organised, political and violent, they are a hugely visible and controversial part of the global game, their credo and aesthetic replicated in almost every league everywhere on earth. Their global movement of extreme fandom and politics is also one of the largest youth movements in the world, yet they remain enigmatic: an anti-establishment force that is transforming both football and politics. In this book, James Montague goes underground to uncover the true face of this dissident force for the first time. Ultras tells the story of how the movement began, emerging from the terraces of post-war Italy, the Balkans and Brazil, and how it has become a global phenomenon that now dominates the stadiums of Madrid, Munich, Moscow and Buenos Aires. With unique insider access, the book explains how ultras have grown into a fiercely political movement that embraces extremes on both the left and right; fighting against the commercialisation of football and society, the resettlement of refugees, the rise of fascism, opposition to dictators and the attempts to control them by the authorities who both covet and fear their power. It’s an unforgettable look at the volatile new forces in football, at a time when people power and anti-establishment voices are redefining politics – sometimes for better, sometimes for worse.
101 Youth Tennis Drills (101 Drills)
by Rob Antoun Dan ThorpDesigned specifically for young tennis players, this manual contains a wide range of progressive practice drills to help players develop. Fun, educational and challenging, all drills are illustrated and cover the essential technical skills, including: warming up baseline play net play serving/returning doubles playAs well as easy-to-follow instructions, each drill contains information on the equipment needed, the space required, how to construct a safe and effective training session and how to organise the participants, especially when there are lots of players taking part.
101 Youth Rugby Drills (101 Drills)
by Chris Sheryn Anna SherynDesigned specifically for younger players, 101 Youth Rugby Drills is the practice bible for youth rugby coaches. It contains a range of progressive practice drills to help young playersdevelop. Fun, educational and challenging, all drills are illustratedand cover the essential technical skills required to introduce rugby,including:- warming up and cooling down- handling the ball- running with the ball- running off the ball- attacking and defensive patterns.As well as easy-to-use instructions, each drill contains information onthe equipment needed, the space required, how to construct a safe andeffective training session and how to organise the players.
101 Youth Rugby Drills (101 Drills)
by Chris Sheryn Ms Anna SherynDesigned specifically for younger players, 101 Youth Rugby Drills is the practice bible for youth rugby coaches. It contains a range of progressive practice drills to help young playersdevelop. Fun, educational and challenging, all drills are illustratedand cover the essential technical skills required to introduce rugby,including:- warming up and cooling down- handling the ball- running with the ball- running off the ball- attacking and defensive patterns.As well as easy-to-use instructions, each drill contains information onthe equipment needed, the space required, how to construct a safe andeffective training session and how to organise the players.
101 Youth Netball Drills Age 7-11 (101 Drills)
by Anna Sheryn Chris SherynDesigned specifically for players aged 7 to 11, this manual contains a wide range of progressive practice drills to help young players develop. Fun, educational and challenging, all drills are illustrated and cover the essential technical skills, including: warming up; speed and endurance; power development; ball skills; goal shooting; spatial awareness; team work; warming down. As well as easy-to-follow instructions, each drill contains information on the equipment needed, the space required, how to construct a safe and effective training session and how to organise the players.
101 Youth Netball Drills Age 7-11 (101 Drills)
by Ms Anna Sheryn Chris SherynDesigned specifically for players aged 7 to 11, this manualcontains a wide range of progressive practice drills to help youngplayers develop. Fun, educational and challenging, all drills areillustrated and cover the essential technical skills,including: warming up; speed and endurance; power development; ballskills; goal shooting; spatial awareness; team work; warming down. As well as easy-to-follow instructions, each drill containsinformation on the equipment needed, the space required, how toconstruct a safe and effective training session and how to organise theplayers. This new edition is fully updated with new drills andillustrations.
101 Youth Netball Drills Age 12-16 (101 Drills)
by Anna Sheryn Chris SherynDesigned specifically for players aged 12 to 16, this manual contains a wide range of progressive practice drills to help young players develop. Fun, educational and challenging, all drills are illustrated and cover the essential technical skills, including: warming up; speed and endurance; power development; ball skills; goal shooting; spatial awareness; team work; warming down. As well as easy-to-follow instructions, each drill contains information on the equipment needed, the space required, how to construct a safe and effective training session and how to organise the players.
101 Youth Netball Drills Age 12-16 (101 Drills)
by Anna Sheryn Chris SherynDesigned specifically for players aged 12 to 16, this manual contains a wide range of progressive practice drills to help young players develop.Fun, educational and challenging, all drills are illustrated and coverthe essential technical skills, including: warming up; speed andendurance; power development; ball skills; goal shooting; spatialawareness; team work; warming down. As well as easy-to-follow instructions, each drill containsinformation on the equipment needed, the space required, how toconstruct a safe and effective training session and how to organise theplayers. This new edition is fully updated with new drills andillustrations.
101 Youth Netball Drills Age 12-16 (101 Drills)
by Anna Sheryn Chris SherynDesigned specifically for players aged 12 to 16, this manual contains a wide range of progressive practice drills to help young players develop.Fun, educational and challenging, all drills are illustrated and coverthe essential technical skills, including: warming up; speed andendurance; power development; ball skills; goal shooting; spatialawareness; team work; warming down. As well as easy-to-follow instructions, each drill containsinformation on the equipment needed, the space required, how toconstruct a safe and effective training session and how to organise theplayers. This new edition is fully updated with new drills andillustrations.
101 Youth Hockey Drills (101 Drills)
by Stuart Dempster Dennis HayDesigned specifically for young players, this manual contains a widerange of progressive practice drills to help players develop. Fun,educational and challenging, all the drills are illustrated and covertheessential technical skills, including warming up, stick and ball work,skills and tactics, team work and decision making under fatigue.As well as easy-to-followinstructions, each drill contains information on the equipment needed,the space required, how to construct a safe and effective trainingsession and how to organise the players.
101 Youth Football Drills: Age 12 to 16 (101 Drills)
by Malcolm CookDesigned specifically for players aged 12 to 16, this manual contains awide range of progressive practice drills to help young playersdevelop. Fun, educational and challenging, all drills are illustratedand cover the essential technical skills including: warming up,dribbling and running with the ball, passing, shooting, heading,crossing, goalkeeping and warming down. As well as easy-to-use instructions, each drill contains information onthe equipment needed, the space required and how to organise theplayers.'For 30 years Malcolm Cook has shonehis light down the path of soccer development and progress.' AndyRoxburgh, UEFA Technical Director
101 Youth Football Drills: Age 7 to 11 (101 Drills)
by Malcolm CookDesigned specifically for players aged 7 to 11, this manual contains awide range of progressive practice drills to help young playersdevelop. Fun, educational and challenging, all drills are illustratedand cover the essential technical skills including: warming up,dribbling and running with the ball, passing, shooting, heading,crossing, goalkeeping and warming down.As well as easy-to-use instructions, each drill contains information onthe equipment needed, the space required and how to organise theplayers.'For 30 years Malcolm Cook has shonehis light down the path of soccer development and progress.' AndyRoxburgh, UEFA Technical Director
101 Youth Football Drills: Age 12 to 16 (101 Drills)
by Malcolm CookDesigned specifically for players aged 12 to 16, this manual contains awide range of progressive practice drills to help young playersdevelop. Fun, educational and challenging, all drills are illustratedand cover the essential technical skills including: warming up,dribbling and running with the ball, passing, shooting, heading,crossing, goalkeeping and warming down. As well as easy-to-use instructions, each drill contains information onthe equipment needed, the space required and how to organise theplayers.'For 30 years Malcolm Cook has shonehis light down the path of soccer development and progress.' AndyRoxburgh, UEFA Technical Director
101 Youth Football Coaching Sessions Volume 2
by Tony Charles Stuart RookThe second volume of the extremely popular 101 Youth Football Coaching Sessions.Written by celebrated football coaches Tony Charles and Stuart Rook, this new volume will contain 101 brand new warm-ups, skills training, games and final practice drills, with a linking system for each exercise so that the coach can create a session using a number of the exercises. The sessions are designed specifically for younger players. Each session aims to make football fun yet informative, and help young players develop. Each session is inclusive, allowing every child to take part and be active. Every session is aimed at enjoyment and has progressions which allow the players to develop at their own pace.