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Gentlemen and Players

Author : Joanne Harris
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061839914
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Gentlemen and Players written by Joanne Harris and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author takes a riveting new direction with this richly textured, multi-layered novel of friendship, murder, revenge, and class conflict set in an upper-crust English school—as enthralling and haunting as Ian McKewan’s Atonement and Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley Audere, agere, auferre. To dare, to strive, to conquer. For generations, elite young men have attended St. Oswald’s School for Boys, groomed for success by the likes of Roy Straitley, the eccentric classics teacher who has been a revered fixture for more than 30 years. But this year, things are different. Suits, paperwork, and Information Technology rule the world, and Straitley is reluctantly contemplating retirement. He is joined in this, his 99th, term by five new faculty members, including one who—unknown to Straitley and everyone else—holds intimate and dangerous knowledge of St. Ozzie’s ways and secrets, it’s comforts and conceits. Harboring dark ties to the school’s past, this young teacher has arrived with one terrible goal: Destroy St. Oswald’s. As the new term gets underway, a number of incidents befall students and faculty alike. Beginning as small annoyances—a lost pen, a misplaced coffee mug—they soon escalate to the life threatening. With the school unraveling, only Straitley stands in the way of St. Ozzie’s ruin. But the old man faces a formidable opponent—a master player with a strategy that has been meticulously planned to the final move. A harrowing tale of cat and mouse told in alternating voices, this riveting, hypnotically atmospheric novel showcases Joanne Harris’s astonishing storytelling talent as never before.

Gentlemen & Players

Author : Charles Williams
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 0297608096
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book Gentlemen & Players written by Charles Williams and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2012-09-27 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amateurs versus professionals - a social history and memoir of English cricket from 1953 to 1963. The inaugural Gentlemen v. Players first-class cricket match was played in 1806, subsequently becoming an annual fixture at Lord's between teams consisting of amateurs (the Gentlemen) and professionals (the Players). The key difference between the amateur and the professional, however, was much more than the obvious one of remuneration. The division was shaped by English class structure, the amateur, who received expenses, being perceived as occupying a higher station in life than the wage-earning professional. The great Yorkshire player Len Hutton, for example, was told he would have to go amateur if he wanted to captain England. GENTLEMEN & PLAYERS focuses on the final ten years of amateurism and the Gentlemen v. Players fixture, starting with Charles Williams' own presence in the (amateur) Oxbridge teams that included future England captains such as Peter May, Colin Cowdrey and M.J.K. Smith, and concluding with the abolition of amateurism in 1962 when all first-class players became professional. The amateur innings was duly declared closed. Charles Williams, the author of a richly acclaimed biography of Donald Bradman, has penned a vivid social-history-cum-memoir that reveals an attempt to recreate a Golden Age in post-war Britain, one whose expiry exactly coincided with the beginnings of top-class one-day cricket and a cricket revolution.

Barbarians, Gentlemen and Players

Author : Kenneth Sheard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135762805
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book Barbarians, Gentlemen and Players written by Kenneth Sheard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1979, this classic study of the development of rugby from folk game to its modern Union and League forms has become a seminal text in sport history. In a new epilogue the authors provide sociological analysis of the major developments in international ruby that have taken place since 1979, with particular attention to the professionalism that was predicted in the first edition of this text. Sports lovers, rugby fans and students of the history and sociology of sport will find it invaluable. Rugby football is descended from winter 'folk games' which were a deeply rooted tradition in pre-industrial Britain. This was the first book to study the development of Rugby from this folk tradition to the game in its modern forms. The folk forms of football were extremely violent and serious injuries - even death - were a common feature. The game was refined in the public schools who played a crucial role in formulating the rules which required footballers to exercise greater self-control. With the spread of rugby into the wider society, the Rugby Football Union was founded but class tensions led to the split between Rugby Union and Rugby League. The authors examine the changes that led to the professionalisation of Rugby Union as well as the alleged resurgence of violence in the modern game.

Barbarians, Gentlemen and Players

Author : Eric Dunning
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0714653535
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book Barbarians, Gentlemen and Players written by Eric Dunning and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition of a classic text explores the development of rugby from a folk game into its modern forms. Updated with a substantial new foreword and epilogue.

Ladies and Gentlemen v. Players

Author : P. G. Wodehouse
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 146554030X
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book Ladies and Gentlemen v. Players written by P. G. Wodehouse and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Different Class

Author : Joanne Harris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501155512
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Different Class written by Joanne Harris and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Great Britain: Doubleday, 2016.

The Compleat Gentleman

Author : Brad Miner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1684512158
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book The Compleat Gentleman written by Brad Miner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Here is a welcome reminder that men can be gentlemen without turning into ladies—or louts.”—Michelle Malkin "Miner writes with wit and charm."—Wall Street Journal The Gentleman: An Endangered Species? The catalog of masculine sins grows by the day—mansplaining, manspreading, toxic masculinity—reflecting our confusion over what it means to be a man. Is a man’s only choice between the brutish, rutting #MeToo lout and the gelded imitation woman, endlessly sensitive and fun to go shopping with? No. Brad Miner invites you to discover the oldest and best model of manhood— the gentleman. In this tour de force of popular history and gentlemanly persuasion, Miner lays out the thousand-year history of this forgotten ideal and makes a compelling case for its modern revival. Three masculine archetypes emerge here—the warrior, the lover, and the monk—forming the character of “the compleat gentleman.” He cultivates a martial spirit in defense of the true and the beautiful. He treats the opposite sex with passionate respect. And he values learning in pursuit of the truth. Miner’s gentleman stands out for the combination of discretion, decorum, and nonchalance that the Renaissance called sprezzatura. He belongs to an aristocracy of virtue, not of wealth or birth, following a lofty code of manly conduct, which, far from threatening democracy, is necessary for its survival.

Gentlemen and Players

Author : Timothy Mowl
Publisher : History PressLtd
ISBN 13 : 9780750937689
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (376 download)

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Download or read book Gentlemen and Players written by Timothy Mowl and published by History PressLtd. This book was released on 2010-07-09 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English love affair with the landscape garden reached its height in the eighteenth century, when the creation of some of our greatest gardens set a stylistic lead which Continental Europe was eager to follow. In this informed and entertaining book, Timothy Mowl reveals how this development in garden style came about through an interaction between the garden owners, who had a vision of what these gardens might become, and the professionals who had the expertise to realise this vision. Technologies and discoveries were exchanged, and theories were absorbed, popularised and then discarded, in a fascinating sequence of action and reaction. It was a mould-breaking, revolutionary period in garden history. Mowl takes the reader on a fascinating journey to the magnificent gardens at Chiswick, Stowe, Castle Howard, Painshill, Stourhead and an astonishing host of lesser Edens, and casts a fresh and illuminating perspective on the great age of the English Arcadia (1620-1820).

Self-Defense for Gentlemen and Ladies

Author : Colonel Thomas Hoyer Monstery
Publisher : Blue Snake Books
ISBN 13 : 1583948694
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (839 download)

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Download or read book Self-Defense for Gentlemen and Ladies written by Colonel Thomas Hoyer Monstery and published by Blue Snake Books. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 19th-century self-defense manual—written by a master swordsman—will appeal to fencers and martial artists as well as fans of Victorian-era culture, steampunk, and American history Colonel Thomas Hoyer Monstery was a master swordsman who participated in more than fifty duels, fought under twelve flags, battled gangsters, and was constantly involved in the great conflicts and upheavals of his time. In the 1870s, he began writing his magnum opus—a series of newspaper articles that are now collected here for the first time in Self-Defense for Gentleman and Ladies. In this book, Colonel Monstery presents a unique look into the Victorian-era fighting world. He describes styles such as British “purring” (shin-kicking), Welsh jump-kicking, and American rough-and-tumble fighting, in addition to providing illustrated instruction in the art of gentlemanly self-defense with a cane, staff, or one’s bare hands. Fifty rare drawings and photographs from the period illuminate Monstery’s world, while an extensive glossary of terms and an introductory biography of Colonel Monstery—including fascinating details of his many duels as well as his groundbreaking devotion to teaching fencing and self-defense skills to women—update his text to make it accessible and useful to gentlemen and ladies of any era. Contents Colonel Thomas Hoyer Monstery: The Unknown American Martial Arts Master I. Introduction. II. The Logic of Boxing. III. Standing and Striking. IV. Advancing to Strike and Feinting. V. Simple Parries in Boxing. VI. Parries with Returns. VII. Effective or Counter Parries in Boxing. VIII. Offence and Defense by Evasions. IX. Trips, Grips, and Back-Falls. X. Rules for a Set-to with Gloves. XI. Observations on Natural Weapons. XII. The Use of the Cane. XIII. The Use of the Cane (continued). XIV. The Use of the Staff. XV. The Use of the Staff (continued). Appendix: Monstery's Rules for Contests of Sparring and Fencing Glossary

Gentlemen at the Bat

Author : Howard Burman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078645654X
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Gentlemen at the Bat written by Howard Burman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in 1845, the New York Knickerbockers were the first fully organized base ball club to play the game with written rules similar to those used today. While they did not invent the game, they had an unparalleled role in stabilizing the playing rules and maintaining standards of conduct in a way that fostered an astonishing proliferation of players and clubs. Based on years of research and told in the style of oral history, this fictional work features all the principal figures from the Knickerbocker club, including Doc Adams, James Whyte Davis, Alexander Cartwright, William Wheaton, and Duncan Curry.

Branch Rickey

Author : Lee Lowenfish
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496213459
Total Pages : 605 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book Branch Rickey written by Lee Lowenfish and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2022-08-15 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was not much of a player and not much more of a manager, but by the time Branch Rickey (1881-1965) finished with baseball, he had revolutionized the sport--not just once but three times. In this definitive biography of Rickey--the man sportswriters dubbed "The Brain," "The Mahatma," and, on occasion, "El Cheapo"--Lee Lowenfish tells the full and colorful story of a life that forever changed the face of America's game. As the mastermind behind the Saint Louis Cardinals from 1917 to 1942, Rickey created the farm system, which allowed small-market clubs to compete with the rich and powerful. Under his direction in the 1940s, the Brooklyn Dodgers became truly the first "America's team." By signing Jackie Robinson and other black players, he single-handedly thrust baseball into the forefront of the civil rights movement. Lowenfish evokes the peculiarly American complex of God, family, and baseball that informed Rickey's actions and his accomplishments. His book offers an intriguing, richly detailed portrait of a man whose life is itself a crucial chapter in the history of American business, sport, and society.

Routledge's sporting annual

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Routledge's sporting annual written by and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gentlemen of a Company

Author : Jerzy Limon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521115094
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Gentlemen of a Company written by Jerzy Limon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book of its kind in English. It is a comprehensive and scrupulously researched account of the theatrical activity, of professional groups of players who left England for Central and Eastern Europe between the years 1590 and 1660. Touring on such a scale was an unprecedented phenomenon, and in an introductory chapter Dr Limon establishes its causes within the context of English acting traditions on the Continent in general. He describes its distinctive phases, examines the fortunes of particular companies, and stresses the significance of noble patronage, which enabled the players to survive even the most severe times. The book's main chapters deal with English theatrical activities in various specific towns and regions: Gdansk, Elbing, Königsberg, Pomerania, Livonia, Warsaw, Bohemia and Austria. Additional sections discuss two key theatre institutions in Gdansk and Warsaw. His book is illustrated with seventeenth-century engravings of theatre sites in the relevant regions. It will be valuable to all scholars and students of English and Continental theatre and drama.

The American Cricketer

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 858 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The American Cricketer written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Gentleman's Magazine ...

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Gentleman's Magazine ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Among Men and Horses

Author : Matthew Horace Hayes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Among Men and Horses written by Matthew Horace Hayes and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is an account of the way in which I gained whatever knowledge I may possess about horses."--Preface, page [vii].

From Boys to Gentlemen

Author : Chris Daughtery
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1499066457
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book From Boys to Gentlemen written by Chris Daughtery and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-08-28 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collaboration of peoples stories. From Boys to Gentlemen is the voice of young men in this generation. We dive deep into real life issues that young men face everyday but may not be understood. It is their chance to have their side of the story told. It is an intimate encounter with the significant damage that can be done when a father is not present. It also offers solutions to the devastating cancer that threatens to hold our children in bondage for generations to come. Help us in our efforts to secure a future where Daddy is looking for his child and the child is not looking for him.