Sport & fritid

Alltför länge har vi levt med föreställningen att vi måste jobba hela livet innan vi till sist kan njuta av en välförtjänt pension. Glöm det. Det finns ingen anledning att vänta. Oavsett om du drömmer om att slippa heltidsjobbet, att resa jorden r...

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Idrott används i dag på olika sätt som ett led i att skapa någon form av positiv samhällsförändring i utsatta delar av världen. I denna bok - med fokus på idrott och internationellt utvecklingsarbete - undersöks två skandinaviska hjälpinsatser där...

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Sports in Society provides a comprehensive introduction to understanding the issues and controversies surrounding sports in society. Coakley delivers a critical approach toward sports related issues with an emphasis on social class, race, and ethn...

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'A shortcut to boosting your joy.' Oprah Winfrey 'Accessible and instantly rewarding.' Guardian 'The best self-help book of 2022. This is the book everyone needs to read.' Independent _____________________________________ When did you last feel ex...

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The last two decades have witnessed a proliferation of qualitative research in sport and exercise. The Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise is the first book to offer an in-depth survey of established and emerging quali...

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Learn how to tell a first down from a touchdown and get up to speed on the latest trends in the sport Football For Dummies is a comprehensive fan's guide to football and its many components. This updated edition includes coverage of new players, r...

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Learn about how we organise our society in The Sociology Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Sociology in this overview guide to the subject,...

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A New York Times bestseller and a Book of the Year for the Evening Standard and The Times. Is getting a little less comfortable the key to living a happier, healthier life? When journalist Scott Carney came across a picture of a man in his fifties...

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Why are sport and exercise important? What can the study of sport and exercise tell us about wider society? Who holds the power in creating contemporary sport and exercise discourses? It is impossible to properly understand the role that sport and...

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 (FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR) ------------ A club on the rise. A city in flux. This is Union Berlin. No football club in the world has fans like 1. FC Union Berlin. The underdogs from East Ber...

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A must-have introductory text of unrivalled coverage and depth focusing on events planning and management, the fourth edition of Events Management provides a complete A to Z of the principles and practices of planning, managing and staging events....

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I Fotboll från Mielke till Merkel undersöker Joakim Glaser hur fotbollssupportrars identitetsformeringar påverkats av politiska, ekonomiska och sociala förändringar i östra Tyskland mellan 1965 och 2015. Denna avhandling är baserad på intervjuer o...

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A collection of concise and enlightening essays and reflections on the art of bouldering, from the author of bestseller¿The Zen of Climbing. More than a sport, bouldering is a craft that demands equal fine-tuning of the mind and body. It calls for...

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Why play is a productive, expressive way of being, a form of understanding, and a fundamental part of our well-being. What do we think about when we think about play? A pastime? Games? Childish activities? The opposite of work? Think again: If we ...

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Defining 'politics' as contests over ideas, values and visions about what a physically active society could be, this book uses critical analysis to challenge accepted truths about physical activity and therefore opens up a pathway to more effectiv...

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Following the success of¿Remarkable Cricket Grounds, author Brian Levison focuses his attention on the amazing variety of grassroots cricket venues throughout the British Isles. In the original book he covered some of the largest stadia where cric...

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This book shows how the dynamic interplay of a powerful "e;golden triangle"e; of sports, media, and business interests with social, cultural, economic, and political forces shapes sport in a changing world. This edition is a condensed and ...

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Millions of people around the world today spend portions of their lives in online virtual worlds. Second Life is one of the largest of these virtual worlds. The residents of Second Life create communities, buy property and build homes, go to conce...

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This is the first book to consider the intersections of sport, international development and environmental sustainability. It explores the tensions between sport's potential contribution to the environment and its rather poor record to date. Bring...

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I Ungdomars fritidsaktiviteter studeras fritidsaktiviteter och dess betydelse för ungdomar. Vilka är engagerade i fritidsaktiviteter och vilka är det inte? Förstärker aktiviteterna skillnader mellan unga med olika klassbakgrund, etnicitet eller kö...

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Globalization and Sport is a unique collection which places sport at the heart of debates on global processes. Features major critical interventions by some of the world's leading sociologists and anthropologists on the subject of sport Contributo...

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'MASTERFUL' Time Out'REVELATORY' Scotland on Sunday'GLORIOUSLY READABLE' Metro'FASCINATING' Independent 'EXCELLENT' Telegraph'ABSORBING' GuardianWinner of the British Sports Book AwardsFootball Book of the YearThe fifteenth anniversary edition, fu...

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