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Book Synopsis An Eton Playing Field by : Ernest Milbourne Swinnerton Pilkington
Download or read book An Eton Playing Field written by Ernest Milbourne Swinnerton Pilkington and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Playing Fields of Eton by : Mika LaVaque-Manty
Download or read book The Playing Fields of Eton written by Mika LaVaque-Manty and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2009-04-29 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can equality and excellence coexist in a democratic society?
Book Synopsis After Dark in the Playing Fields by : M R James
Download or read book After Dark in the Playing Fields written by M R James and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: M. R. James wrote his ghost stories to entertain friends on Christmas Eve, and they went on to both transform and modernise a genre. James harnesses the power of suggestion to move from a recognisable world to one that is indefinably strange, and then unforgettably terrifying. Sheets, pictures, carvings, a dolls house, a lonely beach, a branch tapping on a window, ordinary things take on more than a tinge of dread in the hands of the original master of suspense.
Book Synopsis This Sporting Life by : Robert Colls
Download or read book This Sporting Life written by Robert Colls and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did killing a fox mean liberty? What did parish revels have to do with the Peterloo Massacre? What did animal cruelty have to do with the English constitution? What did the Factory Acts mean for modern football? In This Sporting Life, Robert Colls explains sport as one of England's great civil cultures. The lived experiences of people from all walks of life are reclaimed to tell England's history through its great sporting cultures, from the horseback pursuits of the wealthy and politically connected, to the street games in working-class neighbourhoods which needed nothing but a ball. It observes people at play, describes how they felt and thought, carries the reader along to a match or a hunt or a fight, draws out the sounds and smells of humans and animals, showing that sport has been as important in defining British culture as gender, politics, education, class, and religion.
Download or read book Playing Fields written by Eric Parker and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Playing Fields of Eton by : Mika LaVaque-Manty
Download or read book The Playing Fields of Eton written by Mika LaVaque-Manty and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2009-08-20 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Beautifully written and brilliantly argued, The Playing Fields of Eton takes us on a three-century tour of modern mental and physical life. We visit gymnasiums and dueling fields, murderball courts and Olympic venues, and while immersed in thought-provoking stories of people wrestling with the twin pursuit of equality and excellence, we find ourselves learning what it might mean to be modern. With equal measures of erudition and gentle humor, Mika LaVaque-Manty convincingly refutes the view that egalitarian progress forecloses possibilities for human excellence." ---Elisabeth Ellis, Texas A&M University "A very insightful and clearly written philosophical inquiry into the nature of sport." ---Marion Smiley, Brandeis University "A marvelously original analysis of the tensions---and interdependence---between equality and excellence in modern political life. From eighteenth-century dueling to contemporary doping in sports, LaVaque-Manty illuminates the bodily life of democracy at play, and challenges us to think in new ways about the connections between achievement and autonomy. The Playing Fields of Eton is an important book that pushes liberal and democratic theory in fruitful new directions." ---Sharon Krause, Brown University Can equality and excellence coexist? If we assert that no person stands above the rest, can we encourage and acknowledge athletic, artistic, and intellectual achievements? Perhaps equality should merely mean equality of opportunity. But then how can society reconcile inherent differences between men and women, the strong and the weak, the able-bodied and the disabled? In The Playing Fields of Eton, Mika LaVaque-Manty addresses questions that have troubled philosophers, reformers, and thoughtful citizens for more than two centuries. Drawing upon examples from the eighteenth-century debate over dueling as a gentleman's prerogative to recent controversies over athletes' use of performance-enhancing drugs, LaVaque-Manty shows that societies have repeatedly redefined equality and excellence. One constant remains, however: sports provide an arena for working out tensions between these two ideals. Just as in sports where athletes are sorted by age, sex, and professional status, in modern democratic society excellence has meaning only in the context of comparisons among individuals who are, theoretically, equals. LaVaque-Manty's argument will engage philosophers, and his inviting prose and use of familiar illustrations will welcome nonphilosophers to join the conversation. Mika LaVaque-Manty is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan.
Book Synopsis The Political Future of England by : Charles Forbes comte de Montalembert
Download or read book The Political Future of England written by Charles Forbes comte de Montalembert and published by London : J. Murray. This book was released on 1856 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Two Owls at Eton - A True Story by : Jonathan Franklin
Download or read book Two Owls at Eton - A True Story written by Jonathan Franklin and published by Metro Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-13 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A CLASSIC OF WILDLIFE WRITING' – THE FIELD Listed as one of its five best nature books - 2010 Country LifeWhen Jonathan Franklin takes two baby tawny owls back to Eton, he has no idea how chaotic the following months will be. The birds show no respect for Etonian routine and tradition. They trash his room and rule his daily life, and are known throughout the school as 'Dum' and 'Dee' . Although a keen naturalist, Jonathan struggles to understand his charges and to find the right food for them; at first meat and feathers, soon mice and rats. Even so, they nearly die of malnutrition on two occasions. Frantic, he searches for natural food. How to keep them alive is a constant worry. He watches them grow from ugly balls of fluff into beautiful adults, every change of plumage and behaviour noted. They play truant, they shock others, and lead Jonathan into hilarious adventures. They charm his housemaster and everybody who meets them. Best of all is seeing them flying about over those famous playing fields. All the time, Jonathan works to train them for eventual return to the wild. Will that be possible? He is never sure whether he will succeed. Now updated by the author to tell the end of this extraordinary story, Two Owls at Eton – very British, very witty, yet always close to the rawness of the natural world – is a story to delight everyone – whether they ever trod those playing fi elds, or have never wished to set eyes on the place.
Book Synopsis A History of Eton Fives by : Dale Vargas
Download or read book A History of Eton Fives written by Dale Vargas and published by Jeremy Greenwood Publishers. This book was released on 2012-10-26 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the thriving game of Eton Fives - played nowadays by both sexes in clubs throughout Britain and in places such as Australia, America, Nigeria and other African countries.
Book Synopsis A History of Eton College, 1440-1910 by : Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell Lyte
Download or read book A History of Eton College, 1440-1910 written by Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell Lyte and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rules of the Game of Football as Played in "the Field" at Eton by : Eton College
Download or read book Rules of the Game of Football as Played in "the Field" at Eton written by Eton College and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Eton and King's by : Montague Rhodes James
Download or read book Eton and King's written by Montague Rhodes James and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Random Recollections of an Eton Life by : Amator Etonæ
Download or read book Random Recollections of an Eton Life written by Amator Etonæ and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Patton Papers by : Martin Blumenson
Download or read book The Patton Papers written by Martin Blumenson and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-07-21 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of World War II's most brilliant and controversial generals, George S. Patton (1885-1945) fought in North Africa and Sicily, as commander of the Third Army, spearheaded the Allies' spectacular 1944-1945 sweep through France, Belgium, and Germany. Martin Blumenson is the only historian to enjoy unlimited access to the vast Patton papers. his many books include Masters of the Art of Command (available from Da Capo Press) and Patton: The Man Behind the Legend.
Book Synopsis Floreat Etona: Anecdotes and Memories of Eton College by : Ralph Nevill
Download or read book Floreat Etona: Anecdotes and Memories of Eton College written by Ralph Nevill and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-30 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Floreat Etona: Anecdotes and Memories of Eton College" by Ralph Nevill. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Book Synopsis A History of Eton College, 1440-1910 by : Sir H. C. Maxwell Lyte
Download or read book A History of Eton College, 1440-1910 written by Sir H. C. Maxwell Lyte and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis How Football Began by : Tony Collins
Download or read book How Football Began written by Tony Collins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ambitious and fascinating history considers why, in the space of sixty years between 1850 and 1910, football grew from a marginal and unorganised activity to become the dominant winter entertainment for millions of people around the world. The book explores how the world’s football codes - soccer, rugby league, rugby union, American, Australian, Canadian and Gaelic - developed as part of the commercialised leisure industry in the nineteenth century. Football, however and wherever it was played, was a product of the second industrial revolution, the rise of the mass media, and the spirit of the age of the masses. Important reading for students of sports studies, history, sociology, development and management, this book is also a valuable resource for scholars and academics involved in the study of football in all its forms, as well as an engrossing read for anyone interested in the early history of football.