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Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports (Hardcover): Douglas Booth, Holly Thorpe Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports (Hardcover)
Douglas Booth, Holly Thorpe
R2,912 Discovery Miles 29 120 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Over the last decade extreme has become a popular adjective to describe a range of physical pursuits and activities such as bungee jumping, dirt biking, skysurfing and street luge. Yet, notwithstanding its widespread usage, extreme remains largely a connotative term to differentiate individualistic, adventure-type sports with high aesthetic components from more functional and traditional team sports such as baseball, basketball, cricket, football and hockey. However, as well as its physical characteristics extreme also connotes an ideological dimension that refers to a range of anti-social attitudes, many of which are embodied and stand in sharp contrast to conservative, mainstream middle-class sporting values. Indeed, the ideology of extreme attracts as much attention among scholars interested in the study of sport as the physical elements. The Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports offers a comprehensive dissection of this new and emerging phenomenon, and its characteristics, philosophy, ideology, functions, history and future. component-risk-from a number of disciplinary perspectives including history, sociology, psychology, theology and physiology. In examining the history of individual extreme sports, the Encyclopedia explores ancient, feudal and cross-cultural forms while also looking at the appeal of modern extreme activities to entrepreneurs, marketers, advertisers and the media as they seek to connect with consumers in the critical 13-34-age cohort. The commercialization of extreme sports as well as their institutionalization-formation of governing bodies, grand prix circuits, and inclusion in traditional mega-events such as the Olympic Games-highlights another critical dimension addressed by the Encyclopedia, their contradictory and paradoxical nature. As numerous commentators have observed, participants in extreme sports are typically no less racist, sexist and class and status conscious than their brothers and sisters participating in mainstream sports. cross-cultural and historical extreme sports; thematic essays; biographies of leading extreme exponents; descriptions of the best known extreme playgrounds.

The Field - Truth and Fiction in Sport History (Hardcover): Douglas Booth The Field - Truth and Fiction in Sport History (Hardcover)
Douglas Booth
R5,502 Discovery Miles 55 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Sport history now provides a burgeoning literature, exploring themes from aerobics to yachting. Though the field is in good health Douglas Booth argues that in comparison to most mainstream history, sport history has rarely been called upon to question the foundations of its historical knowledge.
In "The Field: Truth and Fiction in Sport History," Booth offers a comprehensive assessment of sport history as an academic discipline, exploring the ways in which professional historians can gather materials, construct and interrogate evidence and arguments, and present their stories about the sporting past.
- Part I examines theories of knowledge in sport history.
- Part II examines the uses of historical knowledge in popular and academic studies of sport history.
In advocating greater reflexivity and openness, "The Field "makes clear the need for a new rationale within sport history, and sets the agenda for the debate to come.
With a clear structure, sport-specific examples, summary tables and a detailed glossary of terms, The Field provides students, teachers and researchers in sport history with an unparalleled resource to tackle issues that are fundamental to the future of their subject.

Bondi Beach - Representations of an Iconic Australian (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Douglas Booth Bondi Beach - Representations of an Iconic Australian (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Douglas Booth
R2,680 Discovery Miles 26 800 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Bondi Beach is a history of an iconic place. It is a big history of geological origins, management by Aboriginal people, environmental despoliation by white Australians, and the formation of beach cultures. It is also a local history of the name Bondi, the origins of the Big Rock at Ben Buckler, the motives of early land holders, the tragedy known as Black Sunday, the hostilities between lifesavers and surfers, and the hullabaloos around the Pavilion. Pointing to a myriad of representations, author Douglas Booth shows that there is little agreement about the meaning of Bondi. Booth resolves these representations with a fresh narrative that presents the beach's perspective of a place under siege. Booth's creative narrative conveys important lessons about our engagement with the physical world.

Routledge Handbook of Sport History (Hardcover): Murray G Phillips, Douglas Booth, Carly Adams Routledge Handbook of Sport History (Hardcover)
Murray G Phillips, Douglas Booth, Carly Adams
R6,642 Discovery Miles 66 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

* Explores cutting-edge methods, such as digital history, experimental history, and activism * Casts new light on central issues, such as race, gender, sexuality, nationalism * Introduces new themes in sport history, including borderlands, emotion, online gaming * The only sport history handbook to include a full section on indigenous sport history * International perspectives, with contributors from five continents

The Field - Truth and Fiction in Sport History (Paperback, New ed): Douglas Booth The Field - Truth and Fiction in Sport History (Paperback, New ed)
Douglas Booth
R2,047 Discovery Miles 20 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Sport history now provides a burgeoning literature, exploring themes from aerobics to yachting. Though the field is in good health Douglas Booth argues that in comparison to most mainstream history, sport history has rarely been called upon to question the foundations of its historical knowledge.
In "The Field: Truth and Fiction in Sport History," Booth offers a comprehensive assessment of sport history as an academic discipline, exploring the ways in which professional historians can gather materials, construct and interrogate evidence and arguments, and present their stories about the sporting past.
- Part I examines theories of knowledge in sport history.
- Part II examines the uses of historical knowledge in popular and academic studies of sport history.
In advocating greater reflexivity and openness, "The Field "makes clear the need for a new rationale within sport history, and sets the agenda for the debate to come.
With a clear structure, sport-specific examples, summary tables and a detailed glossary of terms, The Field provides students, teachers and researchers in sport history with an unparalleled resource to tackle issues that are fundamental to the future of their subject.

Australian Beach Cultures - The History of Sun, Sand and Surf (Hardcover, annotated edition): Douglas Booth Australian Beach Cultures - The History of Sun, Sand and Surf (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Douglas Booth
R4,788 Discovery Miles 47 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Australians are surrounded by beaches. But this enclosure is more than a geographical fact for the inhabitants of an island continent; the beach is an integral part of the cultural envelope. This work analyzes the history of the beach as an integral aspect of Australian culture.

The Race Game - Sport and Politics in South Africa (Paperback): Douglas Booth The Race Game - Sport and Politics in South Africa (Paperback)
Douglas Booth; Series edited by J.A. Mangan, Boria Majumdar
R1,752 Discovery Miles 17 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this book Douglas Booth takes a fresh look at the role of sport in the fostering of a new national identity in South Africa. It looks at the thirty-year course and the changes in the objectives of the sports boycott of South Africa. Black South Africans initially proposed the boycott as a strategy to integrate sport, and Western governments and international sporting federations such as the International Olympic Committee later applied the boycott with similar intentions. At first, South Africa's ruling National Party dismissed all demands to either integrate sport or extend political rights to blacks, but prolonged international isolation forced it to make concessions, and by the mid-1980s the government had accepted integrated sport. The international sporting community readmitted South Africa to competition in the early 1980s in acknowledgement of state president F W de Klerk's political initiatives and commitment to a universal franchise. Sport remains an integral element of post-apartheid politics. State president Nelson Mandela and his government believe that sport can unite black and white South Africans and contribute to social and political change. Indeed there have been moments, such as South Africa's victory in the 1995 World Rugby Cup, when unity through sport seemed possible. But through careful analysis Booth argues that sport will never unite South Africans except in the most fleeting and superficial manner.

The Environmental Consequences of Growth - Steady-State Economics as an Alternative to Ecological Decline (Paperback, New):... The Environmental Consequences of Growth - Steady-State Economics as an Alternative to Ecological Decline (Paperback, New)
Douglas Booth
R1,439 R1,073 Discovery Miles 10 730 Save R366 (25%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents a new perspective on the link between economic growth and environmental change. All the key issues in environmental economics are covered, including:
* industry, creation and environmental change
* air, water and toxic pollution
* economic growth and the limits of environmental regulation
* ethics and the limits of environmental economics.
The central thesis is that whilst new industries are necessary for economic growth, their development creates new environmental problems which become difficult to reverse. An alternative approach, 'steady-state economics', based on the concept of ethical commitment, is put forward as a possible alternative to a high-growth, environmentally destructive economy. Providing a welcome alternative to conventional, neoclassical microeconomic thought on environmental issues, this will be vital reading for students of environmental economics and related subjects.

The Environmental Consequences of Growth - Steady-State Economics as an Alternative to Ecological Decline (Hardcover, New):... The Environmental Consequences of Growth - Steady-State Economics as an Alternative to Ecological Decline (Hardcover, New)
Douglas Booth
R1,818 Discovery Miles 18 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days


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And Then There Were None (DVD): Douglas Booth, Charles Dance, Maeve Dermody, Burn Gorman, Anna Maxwell Martin, Sam Neill,... And Then There Were None (DVD)
Douglas Booth, Charles Dance, Maeve Dermody, Burn Gorman, Anna Maxwell Martin, …
R436 R288 Discovery Miles 2 880 Save R148 (34%) Ships in 15 - 30 working days

Douglas Booth and Charles Dance star in this three-part BBC adaptation of the classic crime novel by Agatha Christie. When ten strangers are invited to stay on an isolated island off the Devonshire coast, they find that the owners, Mr and Mrs Owen, are nowhere to be seen. As, gradually, each member of the party is killed, the remaining holidaymakers become increasingly suspicious of their fellow islanders...

The Race Game - Sport and Politics in South Africa (Hardcover): Douglas Booth The Race Game - Sport and Politics in South Africa (Hardcover)
Douglas Booth; Series edited by J.A. Mangan, Boria Majumdar
R6,763 Discovery Miles 67 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

1999 North American Society for Sports History Book of the YearDouglas Booth looks at the role of sport in the fostering of a new national identity in South Africa. He analyzes the effect of the 30-year sport boycott but concludes that sport will never unite South Africans except in the most fleeting and superficial manner.

Australian Beach Cultures - The History of Sun, Sand and Surf (Paperback): Douglas Booth Australian Beach Cultures - The History of Sun, Sand and Surf (Paperback)
Douglas Booth
R2,034 Discovery Miles 20 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Australians are surrounded by beaches. But this enclosure is more than a geographical fact for the inhabitants of an island continent; the beach is an integral part of the cultural envelope. This work analyzes the history of the beach as an integral aspect of Australian culture.

Christopher and His Kind (DVD): Imogen Poots, Matt Smith, Toby Jones, Douglas Booth, Lindsay Duncan, Will Kemp, Tom Wlaschiha,... Christopher and His Kind (DVD)
Imogen Poots, Matt Smith, Toby Jones, Douglas Booth, Lindsay Duncan, … 1
R436 R315 Discovery Miles 3 150 Save R121 (28%) Ships in 15 - 30 working days

BBC drama based on the life of writer Christopher Isherwood (Matt Smith). Feeling suppressed by the restrictive society of 1930s England, Christopher moves to Germany so he can experience Berlin's gay subculture. He meets and falls in love with German street cleaner Heinz (Douglas Booth), but the outbreak of World War Two brings chaos into their lives, and soon Christopher has to fight to protect Heinz from the Nazis.

Transformers: Season 1 (DVD): Peter Cullen, Corey Burton, Chris Latta, Frank Welker, Walter Edmiston, Don Messick, Hal Rayle Transformers: Season 1 (DVD)
Peter Cullen, Corey Burton, Chris Latta, Frank Welker, Walter Edmiston, …
R307 R229 Discovery Miles 2 290 Save R78 (25%) Ships in 15 - 30 working days

All 16 episodes from Season 1 of the animated adventure series in which the struggle for supremacy of the Earth continues against the evil Decepticons. Episodes are: 'More Than Meets the Eye (1)', 'More Than Meets the Eye (2)', 'More Than Meets the Eye (3)', 'Transport to Oblivion', 'Roll For It', 'Divide and Conquer', 'Fire in the Sky', 'S.O.S. Dinobots', 'Fire on the Mountain', 'War of the Dinobots', 'The Ultimate Doom: 1 - Brainwash', 'The Ultimate Doom: 2 - Search, 'The Ultimate Doom: 3 - Revival', 'Countdown to Extinction', 'A Plague of Insecticons' and 'Heavy Metal War'.

Bondi Beach - Representations of an Iconic Australian (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021): Douglas Booth Bondi Beach - Representations of an Iconic Australian (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Douglas Booth
R2,658 Discovery Miles 26 580 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Bondi Beach is a history of an iconic place. It is a big history of geological origins, management by Aboriginal people, environmental despoliation by white Australians, and the formation of beach cultures. It is also a local history of the name Bondi, the origins of the Big Rock at Ben Buckler, the motives of early land holders, the tragedy known as Black Sunday, the hostilities between lifesavers and surfers, and the hullabaloos around the Pavilion. Pointing to a myriad of representations, author Douglas Booth shows that there is little agreement about the meaning of Bondi. Booth resolves these representations with a fresh narrative that presents the beach's perspective of a place under siege. Booth's creative narrative conveys important lessons about our engagement with the physical world.

Romeo and Juliet (Blu-ray disc): Hailee Steinfeld, Stellan Skarsgård, Douglas Booth, Damian Lewis, Paul Giamatti, Ed Westwick,... Romeo and Juliet (Blu-ray disc)
Hailee Steinfeld, Stellan Skarsgård, Douglas Booth, Damian Lewis, Paul Giamatti, … 1
R309 Discovery Miles 3 090 Ships in 15 - 30 working days

Big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare's play starring Douglas Booth, Hailee Steinfeld, Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti. The Montague and Capulet families are embroiled in a long-running feud. When Romeo Montague (Booth) attends a Capulet ball in disguise, he falls in love with the beautiful Juliet (Steinfeld), the daughter of his enemy. Although already engaged to a man she does not love, Juliet vows to marry Romeo. They ask the kindly Friar Laurence (Giamatti) to perform the ceremony in secret but bloodshed and tragedy threaten the couple's future together.

Great Expectations (DVD): Ray Winstone, Gillian Anderson, David Suchet, Douglas Booth Great Expectations (DVD)
Ray Winstone, Gillian Anderson, David Suchet, Douglas Booth 1
R436 R225 Discovery Miles 2 250 Save R211 (48%) Ships in 15 - 30 working days

On a cold winter's day, orphan Pip has a terrifying encounter with an escaped convict. Pip's innocent act of kindness towards this man is to have far reaching consequences for them both.

Meanwhile, Miss Havisham, the reclusive owner of the grand and dilapidated Satis House, has requested Pip's presence as a playmate to her beautiful but cold-hearted daughter, Estella. Then Pip's life is suddenly transformed by the generosity of a secret benefactor. Pip abandons his loving home on the marshes for the life of a London gentleman, hoping to win Estella's hand. But the encounters of his childhood are to haunt him and shape the man he becomes.

Sarah Phelps' gripping adaptation brings out the very best of Dickens' masterpiece - part thriller, part mystery, with a powerful love story at its heart.

Romeo and Juliet (DVD): Hailee Steinfeld, Stellan Skarsgård, Douglas Booth, Damian Lewis, Paul Giamatti, Ed Westwick, Natascha... Romeo and Juliet (DVD)
Hailee Steinfeld, Stellan Skarsgård, Douglas Booth, Damian Lewis, Paul Giamatti, … 1
R436 R264 Discovery Miles 2 640 Save R172 (39%) Ships in 15 - 30 working days

Big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare's play starring Douglas Booth, Hailee Steinfeld, Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti. The Montague and Capulet families are embroiled in a long-running feud. When Romeo Montague (Booth) attends a Capulet ball in disguise, he falls in love with the beautiful Juliet (Steinfeld), the daughter of his enemy. Although already engaged to a man she does not love, Juliet vows to marry Romeo. They ask the kindly Friar Laurence (Giamatti) to perform the ceremony in secret but bloodshed and tragedy threaten the couple's future together.

Mary Shelley (DVD): Elle Fanning, Douglas Booth, Maisie Williams Mary Shelley (DVD)
Elle Fanning, Douglas Booth, Maisie Williams 1
R271 Discovery Miles 2 710 Ships in 15 - 30 working days

The tempestuous romance that inspired one of Gothic literature’s most influential works is brought to life in Mary Shelley, a luscious and moving period drama starring Elle Fanning as the radical young writer.

When 16 year old Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin runs away with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, her family are horrified. Young and passionately in love, at first she relishes life amongst the radical Romantics. But as time goes on, Percy’s betrayals and indiscretions begin to test their relationship. One day, on a trip to Lord Byron’s mansion in Geneva, Mary is challenged to write a ghost story. Drawing on her experiences of heartbreak and the dark side of humanity, she creates ‘Frankenstein’, a work that will shape the literary world for centuries.

With a strong ensemble cast, this rousing and exquisite biopic balances sumptuous period detail with a timely feminist message. Directed by Saudi Arabia’s first female filmmaker, Haifaa al-Mansour, it’s a vivid tribute to Shelley’s passion, courage and craft – and a reminder of her enduring relevance today.

Noah (Blu-ray disc): Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Douglas Booth, Anthony Hopkins, Ray Winstone,... Noah (Blu-ray disc)
Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Douglas Booth, … 1
R271 Discovery Miles 2 710 Ships in 15 - 30 working days

Biblical epic directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Hopkins. The film tells the story of Noah (Crowe), the last of the pre-flood Patriarchs. Considered a madman by many, Noah has visions of an apocalyptic flood that will wash over the earth and wipe out the sinful from existence. Instructed by these visions to build a vessel that will enable Noah, his family and two of every living creature to live through the deluge and begin the planet's repopulation, he begins construction on an ark. However, his project attracts the attention of his nemesis Tubal-cain (Ray Winstone) and his followers who threaten Noah's family and the ongoing construction of the vessel. The supporting cast includes Emma Watson, Douglas Booth, Nick Nolte and Frank Langella.

From Time to Time (DVD): Maggie Smith, Dominic West, Timothy Spall, Carice Van Houten, Eliza Bennett, Hugh Bonneville, Alex... From Time to Time (DVD)
Maggie Smith, Dominic West, Timothy Spall, Carice Van Houten, Eliza Bennett, … 1
R399 R192 Discovery Miles 1 920 Save R207 (52%) Ships in 15 - 30 working days

Fantasy drama which sees a young evacuee stumbling into another time after he is sent to stay in the countryside. 13-year-old Tolly (Alex Etel) is sent to stay with his grandmother (Maggie Smith), but after discovering his ancestors' spirits are still very much alive in the heart of the home, he is pulled back in time with them to the midst of the Napoleonic wars. There, he discovers all sorts of family secrets of the past and present, and begins to learn the true importance that his family holds. The supporting cast includes Dominic West and Timothy Spall.

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