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Offside

Author : Andrei S. Markovits
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400824184
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Offside written by Andrei S. Markovits and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soccer is the world's favorite pastime, a passion for billions around the globe. In the United States, however, the sport is a distant also-ran behind football, baseball, basketball, and hockey. Why is America an exception? And why, despite America's leading role in popular culture, does most of the world ignore American sports in return? Offside is the first book to explain these peculiarities, taking us on a thoughtful and engaging tour of America's sports culture and connecting it with other fundamental American exceptionalisms. In so doing, it offers a comparative analysis of sports cultures in the industrial societies of North America and Europe. The authors argue that when sports culture developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, nativism and nationalism were shaping a distinctly American self-image that clashed with the non-American sport of soccer. Baseball and football crowded out the game. Then poor leadership, among other factors, prevented soccer from competing with basketball and hockey as they grew. By the 1920s, the United States was contentedly isolated from what was fast becoming an international obsession. The book compares soccer's American history to that of the major sports that did catch on. It covers recent developments, including the hoopla surrounding the 1994 soccer World Cup in America, the creation of yet another professional soccer league, and American women's global preeminence in the sport. It concludes by considering the impact of soccer's growing popularity as a recreation, and what the future of sports culture in the country might say about U.S. exceptionalism in general.

Off Sides

Author : Sawyer Bennett
Publisher : Big Dog Books, LLC
ISBN 13 : 0989416410
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (894 download)

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Download or read book Off Sides written by Sawyer Bennett and published by Big Dog Books, LLC. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I'm not sure what possessed me to do it. Maybe it was the impossible expectations I faced, maybe it was my own self-loathing. But I just knew I needed something different to happen. I needed someone...something...to derail me from my current path. Otherwise, I would become lost...a hollowed out shell of a man. So I did it. I approached her, then I pursued her, then I made her mine. And my life was saved...” Ryan Burnham is the privileged son of a U.S. Congressman and captain of his university’s hockey team. While he is on the verge of fulfilling his dreams to play in the NHL, his parents want him on a different course. One he is expected to accept for the sake of his family’s public image. Forced to abandon her music career after the heart breaking death of her parents, Danny Cross exists on the opposite side of the tracks from Ryan. She is struggling to make her own way, working two jobs, attending college part time and volunteering in a homeless shelter. She is on a mission to build her own success. With a chance meeting, their vastly different worlds collide, causing each to evaluate whether they are truly on the correct path to self-fulfillment and happiness. Can their relationship survive? Particularly when others are against them every step of the way. A lot can happen in just ten short days... **Note From Sawyer Bennett: This book is part of the Off Series but it can be read as a stand alone book. Nothing in the prior or subsequent books will diminish your understanding of this novel. This is a New Adult, Contemporary Romance. Off Sides – Book #1 Off Limits – Book #2 Off The Record – Book #3 Off Course – Book #4 Off Chance – Book #5

Off to the Side

Author : Jim Harrison
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 1555846475
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book Off to the Side written by Jim Harrison and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book: A memoir of the writing life of Jim Harrison, from hardscrabble years to high-profile Hollywood friendships, “as engaging as it is eccentric” (The Washington Post Book World). In this “sprawling, impressionistic memoir”, which was selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Jim Harrison chronicles his coming-of-age, from a boy drunk with books to a young man making his way among fellow writers he deeply admires—including Peter Matthiessen, Robert Lowell, W.H. Auden, Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, and Allen Ginsberg (The New York Times Book Review). Harrison discusses forthrightly the life-changing experience of becoming a father, and the minor cognitive dissonance that ensued when this boy from the heartland somehow ended up a highly paid Hollywood screenwriter. He gives free rein to his seven obsessions—alcohol, food, stripping, hunting and fishing (and the dogs who have accompanied him in both), religion, the road, and our place in the natural world—which he elucidates with earthy wisdom and an elegant sense of connectedness. Off to the Side is a work of great beauty and importance, a triumphant achievement that captures the writing life and brings all of us clues for living. A true masterpiece of memoir from an author whose “writing bears earthy whiffs of wild morels and morals and of booze and botany, as well as hints of William Faulkner, Louise Erdrich, Herman Melville, and Norman Maclean.” (San Francisco Chronicle) “This fine memoir is a worthy capstone to a fascinating career.” —Publishers Weekly

Offside

Author : M. G. Higgins
Publisher : Darby Creek ™
ISBN 13 : 1467731250
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book Offside written by M. G. Higgins and published by Darby Creek ™. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between finishing late school projects and looking after her brothers and sister, Faith Patel barely has time to play soccer. And when she's at practice, surrounded by girls who can afford to play in club leagues, she doesn't even feel like part of the team. So when Coach Berg starts to give Faith extra attention, she feels . . . really special. It might be crazy, but suddenly Faith has a crush on her coach. Can she keep her head in the game? The situation gets worse after Faith's frenemy Caitlyn decides that Faith's getting special treatment. Will Caitlyn tell the rest of the team—and make Faith into a total outcast?

The Offside Coroner

Author : Paul Austin Ardoin
Publisher : Paul Austin Ardoin
ISBN 13 : 1949082385
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Offside Coroner written by Paul Austin Ardoin and published by Paul Austin Ardoin. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy the eighth novel in this hardboiled coroner series by USA TODAY bestselling mystery author Paul Austin Ardoin “The Offside Coroner kept me guessing right up to the end—the perfect balance of tension and rich detail that makes it impossible to put down. I simply loved it!” —L.J. Regan, author of Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead ____________________ A coach, a protégé—and a scandal that turns deadly. A fancy dinner date turns into Coroner Fenway Stevenson's worst nightmare. Sucked into investigating a wife accused of adultery, Fenway finds herself caught in the crossfire when the head coach for a professional soccer team ends up with his skull bashed in. As a sex scandal engulfs the team, Fenway tries to protect the prime suspect. Can Fenway unmask the killer before the body count rises? __________________ The Offside Coroner is the eighth novel in the acclaimed hard boiled Fenway Stevenson Mystery series. KEYWORDS: California beach town murder, biracial female coroner investigator, soccer scandal, women's football mystery, NWSL scandal, medical examiner thriller, former nurse solves murders, estranged father, hard boiled mystery, strong Black woman sleuth, interracial romance mystery, BWWM detective romance, California beach black detective mystery whodunit crime fiction, Santa Barbara mystery, similar author to Leslie Wolfe, LJ Ross, Willow Rose, Blake Banner, Tom Fowler, Jeff Carson, TJ Jones

Soccer For Dummies

Author : Tom Dunmore
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119893674
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (198 download)

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Download or read book Soccer For Dummies written by Tom Dunmore and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-06-24 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flick, fake, and dribble your way to soccer mastery Prepare for the World Cup or learn the rules for your own indoor or outdoor league, with Soccer For Dummies. We cover the world’s most popular sport from one end of the field to the other, starting with the history of soccer and the basics of the game. Discover the positions on the field, the best tactics for winning, and the skills the players (including you!) need in order to dominate. This update to the comprehensive guide introduces you to all the soccer greats and up-and-comers whose moves you’ll want to know. You'll find extensive coverage of women's soccer, including women’s world cup, the NWSL, Women’s Super League, and the UEFA Women’s Championship, and get descriptions of various leagues around the globe, and the lowdown on where you can find soccer games and resources, online and elsewhere. Learn how soccer got to be the #1 most popular sport in the world Get up to speed on the world’s best leagues, teams, and players, so you can follow and enjoy the World Cup Discover tips on playing and coaching, plus fun soccer facts and resources for learning more Become the ultimate soccer fan with your newfound knowledge of the game Soccer For Dummies is for anyone who wants to learn more about soccer, the rules, how the game is played, how professional leagues operate around the world, and how to follow them.

Another Side of Bob Dylan

Author : Victor Maymudes
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1466858435
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Another Side of Bob Dylan written by Victor Maymudes and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid, first-hand account of Nobel Prize-winning singer and songwriter Bob Dylan as an artist, friend, and celebrity, illustrated with never-before-seen photographs, and told by an engaging raconteur who cut his own swathe through the turbulent counterculture. August 2014 marks 50 years since Bob Dylan released his fourth album, Another Side of Bob Dylan. Recorded in one night, in the middle of a turbulent year in his life, the music marked a departure from Dylan's socially-conscious folk songs and began his evolution toward other directions. During the years they spent together, few people outside of Dylan's immediate family were closer than Victor Maymudes, who was Dylan's tour manager, personal friend, and travelling companion from the early days in 1960s Greenwich Village through the late 90's. Another Side of Bob Dylan recounts landmark events including Dylan's infamous motorcycle crash; meeting the Beatles on their first US tour; his marriage to Sara Lownds, his romances with Suze Rotolo, Joan Baez, and others; fellow travelers Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Wavy Gravy, Dennis Hopper, The Band, The Traveling Wilburys, and more; memorable concerts, and insights on Dylan's songwriting process. On January 26th, 2001, after recording more than 24 hours of taped memories in preparation for writing this book, Victor Maymudes suffered an aneurysm and died. His son Jacob has written the book, using the tapes to shape the story. A Los Angeles Times Best Seller.

The Man Offside

Author : A. W. Gray
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1624606423
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book The Man Offside written by A. W. Gray and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ex–Dallas Cowboy Rick Bannion has been through the revolving prison door for drug trafficking and now hunts bail-jumpers. His old friend Jack Brendy has just been busted by the Feds for smuggling cocaine, and when Brendy's wife approaches him seeking a favor, Rick jumps at the chance to help. The favor?—keep the government's sleazy informer off the stand. Unfortunately, when things go wrong, Rick finds himself in the crosshairs of the Feds.

Off Limits

Author : Sawyer Bennett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780989416405
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Off Limits written by Sawyer Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Offside Trap

Author : A.J. Stewart
Publisher : Jacaranda Drive
ISBN 13 : 0985945524
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (859 download)

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Download or read book Offside Trap written by A.J. Stewart and published by Jacaranda Drive. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: College Sports Can Be Murder A university president with delusions of grandeur. A property developer with mob ties. A crooked politician fast-tracking projects for cash. Just another day in South Florida. When Miami Jones is hired by an old college friend to investigate the drug overdose of a star student-athlete, he is thrust into the dark intersection of academia, politics and the Miami drug world, where he finds himself fighting to not just solve the crime, but to save those he loves most. A USA Today Bestselling Series Series praise: "...strong, unstereotyped, and engaging..." Kirkus Reviews "a well-balanced mix of intrigue, dry humor, and wit..." Manhattan Book Review "Robert B. Parker meets Carl Hiaasen." - Bookbub “Stiff Arm Steal is a rollicking good read.” - San Francisco Book Review

Turn Off Your Mind

Author : Gary Lachman
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458729958
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book Turn Off Your Mind written by Gary Lachman and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did a decade that dawned with the Age of Aquarius end in Altamont and the Manson Family bloodbath? The 1960s were a time of revolution - political, social psychedelic, sexual. But there was another revolution that many historians forget the rise of a powerful current that permeated pop culture and has been a central influence on it ever since. It was a magical revolution - a revival of the occult. Previously rejected and ridiculed beliefs took centre stage, reaching the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, saturating the the hippies and flower power, hitting the big screen with Rosemary's Baby and the bookshelves with Lord of the Rings. The Tarot. I Ching, astrology, Kabbala, yogis, witchcraft, UFOs, Aleister Crowley. Yin Yang and the Tibetan Book of the Dead now became the common currency they are today. But the vibes went bad, the auras darkened. Did that darker undercurrent win out? Gary Lachman here charts this explosion, its rise and fall, and its enduring legacy --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Offside by a Mile

Author : Astra Groskaufmanis
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1460262913
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Offside by a Mile written by Astra Groskaufmanis and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-05-29 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When four-year-old Conner starts pleading for hockey skates, his mother's dreamy fantasies of après ski's toasty fires, charming chalets, and chilled chardonnay rapidly evaporate. Soon, Astra reluctantly raises the white flag to the culture of hockey, and life becomes a whirlwind of early morning alarms, minivans stuffed with massive amounts of goalie equipment, ice-cold arenas, and appalling nutrition. Offside by a Mile - Confessions of a Hockey Mom, chronicles the frantic and frequently hilarious challenges of one family's fourteen-year odyssey into the world of minor hockey. The universal challenges, joys, and sorrows of supporting childhood passions at the cost of home-decorating ambitions, healthy diet avowals, personal time, gobs of money, full-nights' sleep, or any sort of downtime or personal freedom will be recognizable to parents everywhere. But with its wickedly frank and funny perspectives, Offside by a Mile offers a bubbly and refreshing tonic for it all....

Offside

Author : Sabrina Mahfouz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350040797
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Offside written by Sabrina Mahfouz and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-02 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The women you've seen play today, we are more than football players, more than athletes and sportspeople of the very highest degree. We are heroines or heroes - or however you wanna say it – and we should be taking our place on posters and platforms and TV stations, changing the way perfect is thought of, changing the way girls can be brought up. Offside tells the story of women's football in the UK through the eyes of a modern professional female footballer as she seeks to find a future in the game through exploring its past. Mickey is alone in the locker room; she deliberates with herself about the biggest decision of her life, her career, her love – her football. But in a world where sexism is rife and a feeling of self-limitation reduces opportunities, fear makes for poor decisions while joy flourishes in the unlikeliest of places. Offside has been researched with top women's teams, Manchester City Women's FC and Millwall Lionesses, where many players, sports scientists and others who are integral to the development of the game have been interviewed to gain an in-depth insight into their world. The play blends a dramatic narrative with performance poetry and chanting to evoke the pace and passion of the women's game. The production, by Futures Theatre, has been developed in partnership with the National Football Museum, Manchester, and the IWM, London.

Michigan on the Gridiron, 1904

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Michigan on the Gridiron, 1904 written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ice Capades

Author : Sean Avery
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399575766
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Ice Capades written by Sean Avery and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **One of Sports Illustrated's Best Sports Books of 2017** Controversial hockey star Sean Avery's no-holds-barred memoir of high living and bad behavior in the NHL—coupled with the behind-the-scenes glitter of celebrity and media nightlife in New York and LA. As one of the NHL’s most polarizing players, Sean Avery turned the rules of professional hockey on its head. For thirteen seasons, Avery played for some of the toughest, most storied franchises in the league, including the Detroit Red Wings, the Los Angeles Kings, and the New York Rangers, making his mark in each city as a player that was sometimes loved, often despised, but always controversial. In Ice Capades, Avery takes his trademark candidness about the world of pro hockey and does for it what Jim Bouton's game-changing Ball Four did for baseball. Avery goes deep inside the sport to reveal every aspect of an athlete’s life, from what they do with their money and nights off to how they stay sharp and competitive in the league. While playing the talented villain in the NHL, Avery broke far away from his on-ice character in the off-season, and Ice Capades takes the reader inside the other unexpected and unprecedented roles that Avery inhabited—Vogue intern, fashion model, advertising executive, restauranteur, gay rights advocate, and many more. Love him or hate him, Sean Avery changed the way professional hockey is played today. Rollickingly honest and compelling throughout, Ice Capades transcends the “sports book” genre and offers a rare, unvarnished glimpse into the world of 21st century hockey through the eyes of one of its most original and memorable players.

Here Comes A Chopper to Chop Off Your Head - The Dark Side of Childhood Rhymes & Stories

Author : Liz Evers
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784182265
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Here Comes A Chopper to Chop Off Your Head - The Dark Side of Childhood Rhymes & Stories written by Liz Evers and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-12 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's parents are increasingly replacing nursery rhymes with the latest pop songs, and fairy tales - now thought too scary for little ones - with cute stories about farmyard animals and talking trains.Until recently, weird tales of fairy curses and flesh-eating ogres were considered suitable bedtime reading. And the strange-sounding and sometimes violent rhymes we learned by rote were often taught to us in school. But have you ever asked yourself what on earth they were about? And what exactly were the morals and lessons we were meant to learn from them?Here Comes a Chopper to Chop Off Your Head delves into the origins of the best-known rhymes and tales to uncover a legacy of folk superstition, rotten royal families, execution, child marriage, cannibalism, and the multitude of other random acts of cruelty that make up any classic treasury.You'll learn about the bloody history of Mary,Mary, Quite Contrary; why Margery Daw, the subject of an innocent-seeming seesaw game, was accused of being a 'dirty slut'; and how pretending to decapitate your little friends to the tune of Oranges and Lemons became an acceptable pastime.You'll also find out about the terrifying events that befell the first Sleeping Beauty when she finally woke up; how Snow White's stepmother really died; and just who the wolf was in Little Red Riding Hood.

Offside

Author : Juliana Stone
Publisher : Juliana Stone Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Offside written by Juliana Stone and published by Juliana Stone Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When hockey phenom Billie-Jo Barker returns home and decides to play in the local Friday night hockey league, all hell breaks loose. Not because Billie's talent is in question, but because Billie is a woman. And though these are modern times, some of the local guys still have a problem letting a girl into their 'men's club.' Soon, Billie is at the center of a small town battle of the sexes, with everyone choosing sides. Her sisters. The townsfolk. Her friends. And yet, the only person whose opinion she cares about doesn't seem to care much at all. Logan Forest, the man who broke her heart when she was eighteen and the man she now shares the bench with every Friday night. She's got a lot to prove and though Billie Jo Barker scores on the ice, will this girl ever score with the man of her dreams?