Sports, Pastimes, Arts, Sciences
Title | Sports, Pastimes, Arts, Sciences PDF eBook |
Author | Pickering & Chatto |
Publisher | |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 1900 |
Genre | Booksellers' catalogs |
ISBN |
The Leaping, Sliding, Sprinting, Riding Science Book
Title | The Leaping, Sliding, Sprinting, Riding Science Book PDF eBook |
Author | Bobby Mercer |
Publisher | Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Pages | 92 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781579907853 |
Invesitgate the science behind your favorite sports.
Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes
Title | Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 504 |
Release | 1912 |
Genre | Sports |
ISBN |
Players and Pawns
Title | Players and Pawns PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Alan Fine |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 2015-08-06 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 022626498X |
A chess match seems about as solitary an endeavor as there is in sports: two minds, on their own, in fierce opposition. But is this the case? Inevitably these two minds are in dialogue, and perhaps might be better understood as partners in play. And surrounding that one-on-one contest is a community life that can be as dramatic and intense as the across-the-board confrontation. Gary Alan Fine has spent years immersed in several communities of amateur and professional chess players--children and adults--and in Players and Pawns he takes readers deep inside these worlds, revealing a complex, brilliant, feisty world of commitment and conflict. Opening with a close look at a routine, yet financially troubled, tournament in Atlantic City, Fine carries us from planning and setup through the climactic final day's match-ups between the weekend's top players, introducing us along the way to countless players and their relationships to the game. At tournaments like that one, as well as in locales as diverse as collegiate matches and cash games in Manhattan's Washington Square Park, players find themselves part of what Fine terms a soft community, an open, welcoming space built on their shared commitment to the game. Within that community, chess players find both support and challenges, all amid a shared interest in and love of the long-standing traditions of the game, traditions that help chess players build a communal identity.
The Athenaeum
Title | The Athenaeum PDF eBook |
Author | James Silk Buckingham |
Publisher | |
Pages | 820 |
Release | 1905 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Notes and Queries
Title | Notes and Queries PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 598 |
Release | 1905 |
Genre | Electronic journals |
ISBN |
Sports and Recreational Activities
Title | Sports and Recreational Activities PDF eBook |
Author | Dale Mood |
Publisher | McGraw-Hill Education |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011-02-23 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9780078022487 |
Designed for teachers, future teachers, and participants, this comprehensive text provides fundamental information on 40 different sports and recreational activities. The text prepares you for the playing field and gym by covering teaching considerations, techniques, lead-up games, drill activities, and information on teaching special populations. Also included is an overview of all aspects of each sport, including history, equipment, fundamental skills, rules, strategy, etiquette, and more. Hundreds of photos and drawings make it easy to grasp the skills and rules of each sport.