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The pristine grass and white uniforms of Wimbledon and the
aggressive hard courts of the U.S. Open have inspired tens of
thousands of amateur tennis players in North America. Millions of
people watch the tournaments each year on television and the stars
of recent decades are household names, but relatively few people
know the history of the game. In the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance it was a ""jeu de paume,"" a game played at French and
English royal courts with hands rather than rackets. The modern
game, however, dates from 1874, when Major Walter Clopton Wingfield
developed a variation on the game for the amusement of his house
guests in Wales. After he laid out the basic rules, the game spread
quickly--the first championship at Wimbledon was held in 1877,
followed soon after by the first American tournament in 1880.
Published in association with the All England Lawn Tennis
Club--better known as Wimbledon--this attractive, collectible book
examines the history of the rules of tennis from their first
codification to the present day. Included is a fascinating
introduction by John Barrett, the BBC's now retired "voice of
tennis" who played in twenty-one consecutive Wimbledon
Championships, that looks at the circumstances of the composition
of the first rules, their scope, and evolution. "The Original Rules
of Tennis "is a must for spectators and players alike.""
A very special new edition of this beautiful and award-winning
official coffee table book which celebrates one of sport's most
historic and iconic venues as it celebrates its 100th birthday. The
Centre Court at Wimbledon is known throughout the world and is
famous for the legends who have graced its hallowed grass and the
wonderful matches that have been played out in front of awed
sold-out crowds. It truly is a fantastic theatre where players meet
with 'triumph or disaster'. As it reaches its centenary year,
Centre Court's place in the pantheon of sporting theatres is
assured - and this book is a fitting tribute to its rich history.
For two glorious weeks every summer, Wimbledon sparkles at the
centre of the sporting universe. This is the complete history, over
more than 150 years, of The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet
Club and the world's most prestigious tennis Championships. The
story goes that in 1877 the All England Croquet Club needed funds
to repair a broken pony roller at their ground in Wimbledon so it
decided to hold a tournament dedicated to the increasingly popular
new pastime of lawn tennis. This beautifully-presented and fully
revised and updated edition of popular former BBC commentator John
Barrett's seminal history of The Championships tells the story of
how a small croquet club in rural Surrey has grown to become the
world's most famous tennis club and home to one of the great
international sporting events. With additional text bringing the
text right up to date and over more than 500 lavishly illustrated
pages packed with archive photography and memorabilia from the
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum, the rich history of Wimbledon and its
unique atmosphere - where the highest level of international sport
meets an afternoon in an English garden - is magnificently captured
in this essential volume.
Cranborne Chase, in central southern England, is the area where
British field archaeology developed in its modern form. The site of
General Pitt Rivers' pioneering excavations in the nineteenth
century, Cranborne Chase also provides a microcosm of virtually all
the major types of filed monument present in southern England as a
whole. Much of the archaeological material has fortuitously
survived, offering the fullest chronological cover of any part of
the prehistoric British landscape. Martin Green began working in
this region in 1968 and was joined by John Barrett and Richard
Bradley in 1977 for a fuller programme of survey and excavation
that lasted for nearly ten years. In this important study, they
apply some of the questions in prehistory to one of the first
regions of the country to be studied in such detail. The book is a
regional study of long-term change in British prehistory, and
contains a unique collection of data. A landmark in the
archaeological literature, it will be essential reading for
students and scholars of British prehistory and social and
historical geography, and also for all those involved with
archaeological methods.
Based on international research, this collection incorporates a critical analysis of World Health Organization cross-cultural findings. Contributors share an interest in subjective and interpretive aspects of illness, while maintaining the concept of schizophrenia that addresses its biological aspects. The volume is of interest to scholars in the social and human sciences, and of practical relevance not only to psychiatrists, but all mental health professionals encountering the clinical problems bridging culture and psychosis.
`Archaeology is a diverse discipline, it operates through a number
of institutional arrangements, each of which has a particular
agenda and set of agreed working practices. Diversity might be
regarded as a strength, reflecting the dynamism with which
archaeological concerns have become a widely used currency in our
modern world. But if we accept that diversity exists in a single
discipline we might also wonder what defines the common ground;
what is it that, at the end of the day, continues to make us all
archaeologists?' The second `Oxbow Lecture' presents the text of a
lecture delivered in 1995 at the Institute of Field Archaeologist's
annual Archaeology in Britain Conference , and explores the current
state and priorities of British archaeology.
A guide to the practice of stem cell transplantation, its status in
the treatment of various disorders and the problems that arise
after transplantation, aimed at the whole transplant team. An up to
date guide to best practice in the use of stem cell
transplantation, covering current status in the treatment of
malignant and non-malignant conditions, practical aspects and
problems such as infection and graft versus host disease. Has a
practical, accessible approach with free use of algorithms, list
tables. Aimed at the whole transplant team - this is an
interdisciplinary field. International contributor team with
editors in the UK and USA. Illustrated in colour throughout.
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Kazuo Ohno's World (Paperback)
Yoshito Ohno, Kazuo Ohno; Contributions by Toshio Mizohata; Translated by John Barrett
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Kazuo Ohno is one of the founders of the Japanese modern dance
form, Butoh, which had a large influence on contemporary American
modern and postmodern dance. Now for the first time, Ohno's words
and insights are available in English. This book brings together
two distinct but related works: the first, Food for the Soul, is an
interview with Yoshito Ohno about his father and his father's
dances. With the help of some 100 photographs, he reveals a
compelling and complex figure. The second, Workshop Words, is a
collection of talks given by Kazuo Ohno to his students during
workshops, complemented by photographs of Ohno in intimate
settings. Lavishly illustrated and beautifully designed, this book
is a finely nuanced portrait of one of the most distinctive
contemporary performers to emerge from Japan in the 20th century.
It is an indispensable manual for the aspiring performer in any
field.
This book reconsiders how we can understand archaeology on a grand
scale by abandoning the claims that material remains stand for the
people and institutions that produced them, or that genetic change
somehow caused cultural change. Our challenge is to understand the
worlds that made great projects like the building of Stonehenge or
Mycenae possible. The radiocarbon revolution made the old view that
the architecture of Mycenae influenced the building of Stonehenge
untenable. But the recent use of 'big data' and of genetic
histories have led archaeology back to a worldview where 'big
problems' are assumed to require 'big solutions'. Making an
animated plea for bottom-up rather than top-down solutions, the
authors consider how life was made possible by living in the local
and materially distinct worlds of the period. By considering how
people once built connections between each other through their
production and use of things, their movement between and occupancy
of places, and their treatment of the dead, we learn about the
kinds of identities that people constructed for themselves.
Stonehenge did not require an architect from Mycenae for it to be
built, but the builders of Stonehenge and Mycenae would have shared
a mutual recognition of the kinds of humans that they were, and the
kinds of practices these monuments were once host to.
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