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Author: Loïc J. D. Wacquant
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0195305620
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the late 1980s Wacquant, a white, French-born, French and American sociology graduate student, entered the Woodlawn gym on 63rd Street in Chicago and began training as a boxer. This text invites us to follow Wacquant's immersion into the everyday world of Chicago's boxers.
Author: Lo?c Wacquant
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003-12-11
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0199726418
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen French sociologist Lo"ic Wacquant signed up at a boxing gym in a black neighborhood of Chicago's South Side, he had never contemplated getting close to a ring, let alone climbing into it. Yet for three years he immersed himself among local fighters, amateur and professional. He learned the Sweet science of bruising, participating in all phases of the pugilist's strenuous preparation, from shadow-boxing drills to sparring to fighting in the Golden Gloves tournament. In this experimental ethnography of incandescent intensity, the scholar-turned-boxer fleshes out Pierre Bourdieu's signal concept of habitus, deepening our theoretical grasp of human practice. And he supplies a model for a "carnal sociology" capable of capturing "the taste and ache of action." Body & Soul marries the analytic rigor of the sociologist with the stylistic grace of the novelist to offer a compelling portrait of a bodily craft and of life and labor in the black American ghetto at century's end.
Author: William Plummer
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780140088991
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBoxing has long been the ticket of departure for youngsters in places like the South Bronx and Harlem. Journalist William Plummer spent a year in the East Harlem gym of Mickey and Negra Rosario and here chronicles his observations and experiences during a season of boxing.
Author: Neal Wyatt
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2007-05-14
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780838909362
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNavigating what at she calls the " extravagantly rich world of nonfiction," renowned readers' advisor (RA) Wyatt builds readers' advisory bridges from fiction to compelling and increasingly popular nonfiction to encompass the library's entire collection. She focuses on eight popular categories: history, true crime, true adventure, science, memoir, food/cooking, travel, and sports. Within each, she explains the scope, popularity, style, major authors and works, and the subject's position in readers' advisory interviews. Wyatt addresses who is reading nonfiction and why, while providing RAs with the tools and language to incorporate nonfiction into discussions that point readers to what to read next. In easy-to-follow steps, Wyatt Explains the hows and whys of offering fiction and nonfiction suggestions together Illustrates ways to get up to speed fast in nonfiction Shows how to lead readers to a variety of books using her "read-around" and "reading map" strategies Provides tools to build nonfiction subject guides for the collection This hands-on guide includes nonfiction bibliography, key authors, benchmark books with annotations, and core collections. It is destined to become the nonfiction 'bible' for readers' advisory and collection development, helping librarians, library workers, and patrons select great reading from the entire library collection!
Author: David Karen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-03-02
Total Pages: 1073
ISBN-13: 1317973933
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSociological Perspectives on Sport: The Games Outside the Games seeks not only to inform students about the sports world but also to offer them analytical skills and the application of theoretical perspectives that deepen their awareness and understanding of social processes linking sports to the larger social world. With six original framing essays linking sport to a variety of topics, including race, class, gender, media, politics, deviance, and globalization, and 37 reprinted articles, this text/reader sets a new standard for excellence in teaching sports and society.
Author: Candace Bryan
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2017-02-28
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 0515159417
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCatch all the action in these exciting short tales about the adventures of Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup—the one and only Powerpuff Girls! Saving the world before bedtime isn't easy! How do the Powerpuff Girls do it? Get a glimpse into the lives of Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup in these three tales as they navigate crime-fighting at home, in school, and out in the city. Includes full-color illustrations.
Author: Patricia Vertinsky
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006-11-28
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 1134227043
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the past decade, there has been an outpouring of books on 'the body' in society, but none has focused as specifically on physical culture - that is, cultural practices such as sport and dance within which the moving physical body is central. Questions are raised about the character of the body, specifically the relation between the ‘natural’ body, the ‘constructed’ body and the ‘alien’ or ‘virtual’ body. The themes of the book are wide in scope, including: physical culture and the fascist body sport and the racialised body sport medicine, health and the culture of risk the female Muslim sporting body, power, and politics experiencing the disabled sporting body embodied exhibitions of striptease and sport the social logic of sparring sport, girls and the neoliberal body. Physical Culture, Power, and the Body aims to break down disciplinary boundaries in its theoretical approaches and its readership. The author’s muli-disciplinary backgrounds, demonstrate the widespread topicality of physical culture and the body.
Author: Peter O'hare
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2015-11-10
Total Pages: 23
ISBN-13: 1514461838
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHold on, I'll be with you in a second. What a morning I've had. You would think running a yard of racehorses would be hard enough, but I've had Racey Stacey and Hurricane Harry arguing like cat and dog, and on top of that, Tank has eat so many carrots there's hardly any left for the rest of the gang! Let me introduce myself. My name is Mr. Matthews. Horse racing trainer here at Buttercup. If you've been lucky enough to have been here before, welcome back, and we're glad to see you again. If this is your first time with us, well, let me tell you youre in for a treat! All our horses are in fine form; in fact, Jonny Rocket has just ran his personal best around the Buttercup Stables practice fields. He's a horse and a half, he is! Winter Snow is as beautiful as ever, and Grey Ray, well, he's just being Grey Ray; you've just got to love him. Along with stable girl, Sarah, and our two resident jockeys, Peter and Jane, we make a fantastic team who stick together through thick and thin, and we guarantee, whether were first, second, or third that we try are best whatever the weather. So once again, welcome. Come and join in the Adventures of Buttercup Stables.
Author: Arthur Parkinson
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2023-04-06
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 024157367X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA captivating testament to the mutual rewards and delights of keeping chickens, by the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Flower Yard Most of us want a dog, or a cat, or a pony when we are young – but for Arthur Parkinson, it was always hens. Growing up in an ex-mining town in Nottinghamshire, the other kids in the playground called him 'Chicken Boy'. The quiet fulfilment of keeping hens became his sanctuary, a tonic for mental and physical health, a connection with his family and the natural world. Illustrated with Arthur's own characterful watercolours and photographs of his ‘girls’, Chicken Boy is a one-of-a-kind memoir of a life in nature.
Author: Matthew Gray Gubler
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Published: 2019-04-02
Total Pages: 69
ISBN-13: 052570762X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe #1 New York Times bestseller written and illustrated by Matthew Gray Gubler. This charming and inspiring story is the perfect gift for kids (and grown-up kids) alike! Rumple Buttercup has five crooked teeth, three strands of hair, green skin, and his left foot is slightly bigger than his right. He is weird. Join him and Candy Corn Carl (his imaginary friend made of trash) as they learn the joy of individuality as well as the magic of belonging.
