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This early work provides a detailed descriptive account of diverse
old time dances that is a thoroughly recommended title for
inclusion on the dance enthusiast or historians bookshelf. Contents
Include: Introductory: The Time to Dance; The Revival of Old Time
Dancing; Key Dances of the Old Time Style - The Waltz: Foundation
Dance, Saunters and Foxtrots, La Varsovianna, Midnight Tango,
Choristers' Waltz, Olympia Glide; The Barn Dance Mystery - Barn
Dance Foursome; A Bouquet of Military Two-Steps - Anglo-Danish
Dance, Valse Divine, Coronation Glide, Prince Imperial Quadrille,
The Lomond Waltz, The "Sixteen" Lancers, The Hussars, The King's
Paso Doble, The Polonaise or Grand Parade, Three-Step Polonaise, La
Czarina, Long Live the Queen, Schottische, Ansdella Waltz; What's
What in Old Time Dancing - Waltz Amelia, Bower Position, Maxina
Flower Movement, Control of Old Time Dancing, Cotillon (German),
Destiny Waltz (original), Dorothy Waltz, Elizabethan Dances, Galop,
Galopade, The Seven Ballroom Holds, Hop Scotch Schottische,
Jovialis: Barn Dance Waltz, Kissing Dances, Marine Four-Step
(original), La Mascotte (original), The Food Positions, Square
Dances, Victorian Dances; Rules and Conditions of Competition
Dancing; The Model Club Member; and Index. Many of the earliest
books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are
now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are
republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality,
modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Fielding Harris Yost (1871-1946) was an American football coach
best known for his long tenure at the University of Michigan. Yost
was a lawyer, author, and businessman in addition to being a well
known football coach. After four single-season stints at Ohio
Wesleyan, Nebraska, Kansas, and Stanford, Yost served as the head
football coach for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1901
through 1923, and again in 1925 and 1926. After retiring from
coaching, Yost remained at Michigan as the schools athletic
director, a position he held until 1942. Yost initiated the concept
of coaching as an actual profession near the turn of the century
when he was paid as much as a UM professor. His works include:
Football for Player and Spectator (1905).
Sportuality is an examination of sports at all levels from a
Western perspective, focusing on how it reflects our cultural
belief in separation and dualistic thinking, as well as how sports
can grow peace, understanding, and joy. Sportuality crosses
disciplines of sports and spirituality to help readers--athletes,
coaches, parents, and fans--evolve a higher consciousness within
sports and competition. Using a journal and questions for
self-reflection--called a "box score" and "time-out"--readers can
reflect upon and create their own sportual stories. By examining
words traditionally used within sports, Sportuality helps the
reader think critically about competition, community,
communication, spirit, humor, enthusiasm, education, religion,
holiness, sanctuary, sacrifice, and victory. Sportuality can also
expose our learned beliefs in war and violence so we might be
willing to choose the alternatives of joy and peace.
This early work provides a detailed descriptive account of ballroom
dancing that is thoroughly recommended for the dance enthusiast or
historians shelf. Illustrated with step diagrams. Contents Include:
Foreword; Introduction; Anyone Can Become A Good Dancer; How to
Gain Self-Confidence; The Correct Dancing Position; First
Principles of Dancing; Why Modern Dancing Is Easy To Learn; The
Secret of Leading; How to Follow Your Partner; How to Recognize
Dance Rhythms; How to Keep Time to Music; Dictionary of Dance
Terms; The Fox Trot; The Waltz; The Tango; Collegiate Steps;
Etiquette of the Ballroom. Many of the earliest books, particularly
those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce
and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works
in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original
text and artwork.
This handbook provides an overview of developments in the youth
mobility and migration research field, with specific emphasis on
movement for education, work and training purposes, encompassing
exchanges sponsored by institutions, governments and international
agencies, and free movement. The collection features over 30
theoretically and empirically-based discussions of the meaning and
key aspects of various forms of mobility as practiced in
contemporary societies, and concludes with an exploration of the
costs and benefits of moving abroad to individuals and societies at
a time when the viability of free circulation is being called into
question. The geographical scope of the book covers Europe, Asia,
Australia and the Americas, and takes into account socio-economic
and regional inequalities, as well as recent developments such as
the refugee crisis, Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic. The book
integrates the fields of youth mobility and migration studies,
creating opportunities for the establishment of a new paradigm for
understanding the spatial circulation of youth and young adults in
the twenty-first century.
In the early 1970s, the United States was much the same as in the
radical '60s; Americans dying in Vietnam, anti-war demonstrations
on college campuses, conflict between blacks and whites in most
major cities. In predominantly white Dolton, a south Chicago
suburb, busing had come to Thornridge High School. Black students
from nearby Phoenix now attended school with whites from Dolton and
South Holland. They were not warmly received. Then, the Thornridge
basketball team started winning... Fans in black and white
communities came together as Thornridge captured consecutive
Illinois championships. Led by the national high school athlete of
the year, Quinn Buckner, the Falcons stormed to a perfect season in
1972. No team even came close. This is their story told in their
own words. THORNRIDGE is about prejudice and acceptance, adversity
and triumph, and a team that changed attitudes while the players
were having the time of their lives.
This early work on Pigeon Racing is an engrossing read for any
pigeon racer of historian of the sport, but also contains much
information that is still pertinent and practical today.
Recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of the pigeon fancier.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Originally published in 1826, this very early work on fox hunting
is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. This is a
fascinating read for any fox hunting enthusiast or historian, and
also contains much information that is still useful and practical
today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back
to 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original artwork and text.
Discover a life altering story of epic proportion. This intriguing
narrative unveils interesting events, touching moments, and unusual
insights into the life of a budding NFL star, as he struggles
through life's vicissitudes. Audiences from every race, creed, and
gender will be captured by his courage and faith as he battles
against heart wrenching pain, disappointment, and grief.
Tragically, his dreams of a prosperous NFL career are shattered by
problematic injuries and the brutal murder of his best friend and
teammate. To cope with the loss of his friend, career, marriage and
wealth, he finds a renewed spirituality.
Originally published in 1875. This early works is a comprehensive
and informative guide to the art of shooting. Many of the earliest
books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are
now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are
republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality,
modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Originally published in 1877, this early work on The hunting
grounds of the great west is both expensive and hard to find in its
first edition. Chapters include; The Plains, Game and Indians as
well as many more also extensively illustrated through out. Many of
the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and
before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are
republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality,
modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
With almost 1000 illustrated pages of official US Army instruction,
this is the biggest, most thorough book of Army skills available.
It's a treasure trove for active soldiers and anyone who wants to
know how the US military operates. Here are the most useful and
curious tactics for the would-be soldier, historian, movie-maker,
writer, or survivalist, including techniques on: First aid Survival
in the hottest or coldest of climates Finding or building
life-saving shelters Surviving nuclear, biological, and chemical
attacks Physical and mental fitness How to find food and water
anywhere, anytime. With hundreds of photographs and illustrations
showing everything from edible plants to rare skin diseases of the
jungle, every page reveals how useful Army knowledge can be.
In recent years, mixed martial arts, also known as "ultimate
fighting," has become the fastest-growing sport in American
society, but it is also considered the most controversial. Based on
interviews conducted with forty mixed martial arts athletes,
Fighting for Acceptance answers these questions:
- Who are the ultimate fighters?
- How did they become involved in the sport?
- What goes on in their heads while competing?
- Do the fighters feel a social responsibility to preach
nonviolence out of the sport?
- How do they see themselves fitting into today's society?
Authors David Mayeda, a mixed martial arts fan and occasional
fighter, and David Ching explore these political and sociological
issues through in-depth interviews with fighters such as Randy "The
Natural" Couture, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, "Dangerous" Dan
Henderson, Jason "MayheM" Miller, Antonio McKee, Frank Trigg,
Travis Lutter, Chris "The Crippler" Leben, and Guy Mezger.
"Fighting for Acceptance" is for the sport's fans and its critics
alike as it delves into the ramifications of the athletic event.
This growing phenomenon is so controversial that many still
question if it should even be considered a sport.
This early works is a comprehensive and informative look at the
subject and despite its early years is still a fascinating read
today.Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to
the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
This book is over eleven hundred statements about sports officials
which are designed by the author to create ten seconds of laughter
and possibly twenty seconds of thought. It is a great read for the
sports fan and sports officials. Hopefully it will bring a smile
when you read it as well as a smile when you see sports officials
during a game follow suit with many of the examples provided you in
this book ... Zany Zebra Zingers. You don't need to have a
background in sports to enjoy this book. One of the author's
concerns is that the reader may take too seriously some of the
quotations. It takes a good sense of humor to be a successful
official and, if all of us could learn to laugh at ourselves or
each other once in a while, we would enjoy the game more as well as
appreciate in new ways the role that each of us play in a sporting
contest. Robert Frost once commented on his famous poem Stopping By
A Woods On A Snowy Evening, "Don't take the poem too far...just
enjoy the thought." I would like to respectfully offer his advice
reminding all of my readers to have fun with my comments not taking
any impressions of criticism or perceived sarcasm "too far." Just
enjoy the thought This collection of Zany Zebra Zingers has taken
over thirty-five years to assemble. Additional Between The Stripes
books on such topics of Leadership, Communication, Pregames,
Supervisors and Observers, Good Officials and Bad Officials are
being prepared for publication.
This early work is a fascinating read for any fisherman containing
much information and anecdote that is still useful and practical
today. Illustrated with text diagrams and drawings and three full
page plates. Contents Include: Preface; Introductory; Rod, Reel,
Line and General Equipment; Hooks; Baits and Baiting; When and
Where to Fish; How to Fish; Bites and Their Interpretation-Striking
and Playing the Fish; Approaching the Water, Wading, Cover and
Background. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating
back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and
increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in
affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text
and artwork.
Against the Grain is a gritty, introspective look at Brent Waldo's
childhood growing up the 80's. Nothing is sugar coated while he
guides you through his triumphs and struggles as if you were living
them right alongside him. From his first sexual experience in a
movie theatre while his dog was tied up out front, to harrowing
tales of his times as a commercial fisherman in Alaska. It's
creatively honest, sometimes funny, other times not. He tackles
some of today's political hot topics with a 'head on' mentality and
makes zero apologies. From first jobs, girlfriends, and flight
school, to college days and misadventures travelling the globe.
There's a little bit of each and every one of us in this book,
that's what makes it so appealing. So throw your feet up on the
coffee table, grab a cold beer, and dig in. In no time at all,
you'll feel like you've been spending time with a long lost buddy.
All the while your tray table should be in the upright and locked
position and pay no attention to your overworked underpaid bitchy
flight attendants; their bosses took all their money Let's go for a
ride
This book is a MUST read for all of baseball nation. Baseball,
politics, money grabbers, and the people that have almost ruined
the game. Critical, sarcastic, funny, and factual. Trendsetting,
rule changing, mind boggling ideas from a lover of the game. Family
informative. Learn how to save big bucks and still watch the game
in comfort. Mantle, Pujols, Bonds, Gibson, Musial and many more.
Read about the 28 million dollar man, 16 million DH? Are we talking
playing just for the money or the love of the game? You decide
after reading this very riveting, controversial book. Your mind
will be changed about many things. Should Bud Selig or Bob Costas
be in the Commissioner's office? Wrong people voting in wrong
places!! Yogi Berra ran thru it a couple of times. Help campaign
for the new Commissioner. You the FAN decide what is best.
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