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  • 再這樣會死掉吧!所以我開始運動:弱雞上班族的生存運動手記

    이러다 죽겠다 싶어서 운동을 시작했습니다

    Translated by 張鈺琦 ...
    Series series 身體文化
    為了活下去,所以要動起來!「運動改變了我的人生,現在我可以很有自信地說:『我最喜歡現在的自己!』」★★韓國網路書店 Yes24 評價 9.4分★★★★韓國連鎖書店阿拉丁評價 9.6分★★▍讓想運動、卻被千奇百怪理由糾結而無法下定決心的你,找到愛惜身體、重拾健康的動力! 每年的年度計畫裡都有「運動」,卻不曾實行過。 每天都嚷嚷「該去運動了」 ,卻總是偷懶不做。 想運動卻自卑於自己的身材差,而不敢踏進健身房一步。 漸漸發覺體力大不如前,卻不知該如何規畫運動計畫。▍一個靠咖啡因與菸酒維持體力的頹廢女記者,如何成為運動與健身的愛好者?金芝媛,是全韓國體力排名倒數1%的報社記者。被中醫師... ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • ボルグとマッケンロー テニスで世界を動かした男たち

    Series Book NF32 - ハーパーコリンズ・ノンフィクション
    「テニスを超えた、人間ドラマだ」(松岡修造氏、本書解説より)道なき荒野からテニス史を切り拓いた先駆者たちの、熱きストーリー。いまのテニス界はこうして創りあげられた!!いまだ語り継がれる名試合――1980年ウィンブルドン男子決勝。その日センターコートに立っていたのは、ウィンブルドン5連覇がかかる絶対王者ボルグと、その言動で物議をかもしていた悪童マッケンローだった。二人が死闘を繰り広げた約4時間。あの時センターコートで何が起きていたのか?またあの試合がその後の二人の運命をどう変えていったのか?両選手の知られざるエピソード、ライバル関係、絆に迫りながら本書はテニス史の中でもひときわ存在感を放つ“70、80年代テニス界”を紐解いていく。ボルグとマッケンローだけでなく、激動の時代をともに駆け抜けたジミー・コナーズ、ビタス・ゲルレイティス、イリ・ナスターゼ、イワン・レンドル――彼らのエピソードや ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • À mort l'arbitre ?

    Face à toutes les attaques (joueurs, dirigeants, supporters, médias et instances) dont les hommes en noir font l’objet, une question demeure : l’arbitre, tel que nous le connaissons, a-t-il encore sa place sur le terrain ? Et comment interpréter que le jeu du football puisse tant évoluer alors que son règlement n’a pas été modifié depuis 1883 ? Si quelques aménagements ont été apportés ces ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • À fleur de peau

    40 maillots mythiques racontés par ceux qui les ont portés

    **À fleur de peau ou 40 maillots mythiques, 40 témoins, 40 histoires exceptionnelles.**Avec notamment Zinédine Zidane, qui explique pourquoi il embrasse son maillot, après avoir marqué le deuxième but face au Brésil lors de la finale de la Coupe du monde 1998, Dominique Rocheteau qui raconte ce qu'il ressentait à chaque fois qu'il enfilait le fameux vert stéphanois, Paolo Rossi fier de l'azzuri ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • ¡A las armas!

    La relación entre un equipo, un barrio, un carácter y una ideología

    El Rayo, representante del espíritu revolucionario de Vallecas.El Rayo Vallecano, de unos años a esta parte, representa (de manera muy simbólica, no querría yo exagerar) el espíritu revolucionario en algo tan poco revolucionario como el fútbol. En concreto, desde que los Bukaneros se han hecho fuertes en el fondo y han contagiado a las otras gradas. Es un hecho, y rebatirlo sería mentir. El ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Zinedine Zidane

    Magia Blanca

    ¿Es Zidane el quinto grande de la historia del fútbol?La pregunta es compleja, y más en este momento, el de la doble eclosión de dos futbolistas, Cristiano Ronaldo y Leo Messi, llamados a entrar de lleno en todas las listas de los más grandes de todos los tiempos.Pero Zidane cuenta con una ventaja con respecto a ambos: su carrera como futbolista ya terminó, lo que permite apreciar su grandeza con ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Youth Sport and Spirituality

    Catholic Perspectives

    Edited by Patrick Kelly, S.J. ...
    Unsportsmanlike behavior by student athletes or parents at youth sporting events happens with regularity these days. Much recent research reveals that young people are dropping out of sport at alarming rates due to the often toxic elements in the culture of youth sports. The timely, innovative essays in Youth Sport and Spirituality present a wide-ranging overview that draws on resources from ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Young Woman And The Sea

    How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World

    by Glenn Stout ...
    The exhilarating true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, and inspire a “wave of confidence and emancipation” for women in sports (Parade).By age twenty, at the height of the Jazz Age, Trudy Ederle was the most accomplished swimmer in the world. She’d won Olympic gold and set a host of world records. But the greatest challenge remained: the English Channel. Only a ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • You're the Umpire

    Mind-Boggling Questions to Test Your Baseball Knowledge

    by Wayne Stewart ...
    Do you think you have what it takes to be a Major League umpire? Well, now you can test your knowledge of the game with Wayne Stewart’s You’re the Umpire.Divided into three sections, this unusual handbook, now in its third edition, offers Routine Calls, which deal with scenarios and rules that typically come up in games and deal with clear-cut rules—fair and foul, strike zone questions, and the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • You're the Umpire

    152 Scenarios to Test Your Baseball Knowledge

    by Wayne Stewart ...
    Do you think you have what it takes to be a Major League umpire? Well, now you can test your knowledge of the game with Wayne Stewart’s You’re the Umpire.Divided into three sections, this unusual handbook, now in its second edition, offers "Routine Calls," which deal with scenarios and rules that typically come up in games and deal with clear cut rules-fair and foul, strike zone questions, and the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • You're the Umpire

    139 Scenarios to Test Your Baseball Knowledge

    by Wayne Stewart ...
    Do you think you have what it takes to be a Major League umpire? Well, now you can test your knowledge of the game with Wayne Stewart’s You’re the Umpire.Divided into three sections, this unusual handbook offers Routine Calls, which deal with scenarios and rules that typically come up in games and deal with clear cut rules-fair and foul, strike zone questions, and the like. The next section, Basic ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • You're the Ref

    156 Scenarios to Test Your Football Knowledge

    by Wayne Stewart ...
    Do you think you have what it takes to be a major college or pro football referee? Well now you can test your knowledge of the game with Wayne Stewart’s You’re the Ref.You’re the Ref is divided into three exciting sections. Routine Calls” deals with scenarios and rules which typically come up in games and deals with clear cut rules-out of bounds calls, holding, pass interference. Basic Situations” ... Read more

    $8.95 USD

  • You're the Ref

    174 Scenarios to Test Your Football Knowledge

    by Wayne Stewart ...
    When you watch football games, do you feel as if you know as much-maybe more-than the actual refs? Here's your chance to prove it, with Wayne Stewart’s You’re the Ref.You’re the Ref, first published in 2011 and now newly revised, is divided into five exciting sections covering all three phases of the game-offense, defense, and special teams. From basic holding and pass interference calls to more ... Read more

    $8.95 USD

  • You're the Basketball Ref

    Mind-Boggling Questions to Test Your Basketball Knowledge

    by Wayne Stewart ...
    Do you think you know basketball? Do you think you know it well enough to take the court as an NBA or NCAA referee and accurately make the really tough calls? Well, here’s your chance to prove how much you really know about the history and rules of one of the world’s most popular sports.You’re the Basketball Ref, newly updated with a dozen fresh scenarios, is designed to inform, challenge, and ... Read more

    $8.95 USD

  • You're Not Lost if You Can Still See the Truck

    The Further Adventures of America's Everyman Outdoorsman

    by Bill Heavey ...
    Humorous, insightful essays on outdoor life from the renowned contributor and editor of Field & Stream—“one of the best magazine writers in America” (The Wall Street Journal).Living the life of an outdoorsman doesn’t necessarily take skill. After more than two decades of writing about his adventures (and misadventures), Bill Heavey has proven that being a true outdoorsman just takes enthusiasm, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • You Know Me Al

    A Busher's Letters

    by Ring Lardner ...
    One of the classic baseball stories, You Know Me Al, first published in 1914, tells the story of the fictional Jack Keefe, a bush league baseball player who earns a trip to the majors to pitch for the Chicago White Sox. Set in preWorld War I, the book is comprised of letters that Keefe sends to his old pal” Al. Through the letters, the self-centered Keefe reveals his regular struggles to maintain ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • You Herd Me!

    I'll Say It If Nobody Else Will

    by Colin Cowherd ...
    There are really two games, the one you see and the one you don't. The way I see it, the best way to use access to both worlds is to illuminate and reveal, not idolize and adore. It's better to be wrong than to be played for a fool. – Colin CowherdIn this age of billion dollar athletic marketing campaigns, “feel good” philosophy with no connection to reality, and a Sports Media echo chamber that’s ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • You Cannot Be Serious!: The 101 Most Frustrating Things in Sport

    This is a book for the sports lover.Some of us spend too much time in the shed listening to sport on the radio and hogging the television. The thing about sports lovers is that we hate so much about it, we shout at the radio and the television; we love sport so much that if any of it makes us cross, it makes us FURIOUS. So this is a book for us, the sports loving angry brigade.So, introducing: ... Read more

    $1.99 USD $0.99 USD

  • Yoga : mince, calme, sexy

    by Tara Stiles ...
    Ancienne mannequin, elle a fondé le Strala Yoga en 2010. Son Yoga est aujourd’hui le plus pratiqué à travers le monde, à Paris c’est le cours le plus populaire de l’enseigne de fitness CMG.Ne serait-ce pas fantastique de se sentir ainsi tous les jours ?En réalité, nous sommes bien trop occupées, trop fatiguées, trop stressées pour parvenir à ces résultats. Manger sainement, faire de l’exercice, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Yankees World Series Memories

    No two phrases in American baseball go together better than World Series Champions” and New York Yankees.” The most iconic franchise in American sports, the Yankees have taken home 27 World Series titles. Out of the thousands of games and millions of memories that have come to define this epic team, Maury Allen has distilled the greatest championship moments in this newly revised edition of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Yankees by the Numbers

    A Complete Team History of the Bronx Bombers by Uniform Number

    by Bill Gutman ...
    What do Mark Koenig, Red Rolfe, Frank Crosetti, Sandy Alomar, Bobby Murcer, Wayne Tolleson, and Derek Jeter all have in common? They all wore #2 for the New York Yankees, even though nearly eight decades have passed between the first time Koenig buttoned up a Yankee uniform with that number and the last time Jeter performed the same routine.Since 1929, the Yankees have issued 73 different numbers ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Yankees by the Numbers

    A Complete Team History of the Bronx Bombers by Uniform Number

    by Bill Gutman ...
    What do Mark Koenig, Red Rolfe, Frank Crosetti, Sandy Alomar, Bobby Murcer, Wayne Tolleson, and Derek Jeter all have in common? They all wore number 2 for the New York Yankees, even though nearly eight decades have passed between the first time Koenig buttoned up a Yankee uniform with that number and the last time Jeter performed the same routine.The 1929 New York Yankees were the first Major ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Yankees 1936–39, Baseball's Greatest Dynasty

    Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and the Birth of a New Era

    by Stanley Cohen ...
    The Story of the Greatest Yankees Team—and Baseball Team—of All TimeNew York, 1936. Red Ruffing, Lefty Gomez, Bill Dickey, Lou Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri, and rookie Joe DiMaggio—with these six future Hall of Fame players, the Yankees embarked on a four-year run that would go down in the history books as the greatest Yankees team, if not, the greatest baseball team of all time.Over the next four years, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Yankee Doodles

    Inside the Locker Room with Mickey, Yogi, Reggie, and Derek

    by Phil Pepe ...
    Phil Pepe spent years as the New York Daily News Yankee beat reporter, rubbing shoulders with countless Yankee greats, from Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra to Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera. While he was there to report on the action that occurred on the field, as well as the many disruptions occurring in the locker room-especially during the tumultuous seventies when Billy Martin and the Boss” were ... Read more

    $16.99 USD