Touring Paris & provincial France in a handsome borrowed car Philip Dean Yale dropout has an affair with a young French woman named Anne-Marie. Their liaison is imagined with candour & sensitivity by an unnamed narrator whose fantasies become compellingly & hauntingly real. A Sport & A Pastime has been hailed as a watershed in American fiction of the 1960s: remarkable for its eroticism its luminous prose & its ability to blur the boundaries of reality & dreamlife daytime & nightime soul & flesh. 'A tour de force in erotic realism a romantic cliffhanger an opaline vision of Americans in France' New York Times ' Salter is the contemporary writer most admired & envied by other writers.. .he can when he wants break your heart with a sentence' Washington Post ...

This is a comprehensive & accessible text on exercise & sport psychology for students on sport science/sport & exercise science degrees. It adopts an integrated thematic approach & covers all the required theory concepts & research accompanied by case studies to illustrate the applied nature of the material being covered. The book is split into two major sections covering exercise psychology & sport psychology & each chapter supports students as they progress from clear introductory material to more advanced discussions. ...

This is the rock climbing instructional book. Until now instructional books for climbers have taken a largely negative approach concentrating on how to reduce the inherent risks of the sport & mentioning only in passing the equally important skills required to get to the top. This book represents a watershed in the genre coming from a coaching perspective. Sport Climbing+" is packed with inspirational photos humorous illustrations & two lifetimes worth of learning how to succeed at the toughest of all sports. The book takes a practical approach focussing on the improvements that climbers can make immediately without embarking on lengthy training programs. Written in a highly accessible jargon-free style this book is as beneficial to the novice indoor climber wanting to get on rock as it is to the experienced climber wanting to move onto the next level." ...

Show jumping gymnastics surfing tennis & swimming
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Each postcard
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Ed Hawkins grew up around gambling. Instead of going to school he followed his father a horseracing journalist around the courses of the UK. The frantic betting ring was his maths class & the press box thick with the fug of cigarette smoke & expletives his English lesson. While dad filed copy late on in to the night from some obscure racing outpost the young Hawkins trawled the empty bookmaker pitches searching for the errant fiver. From an early age he learnt that bookies never gave anything away. So when he found himself out of work after taking a misguided gamble on his career he took another: by deciding to wager his way around the globe. Initially gambling his way across Australia meeting triumph & disaster
- selling possessions when cash got tight in Melbourne after a disastrous night in one of the largest casinos in the world
- with witty self-deprecation Hawkins returns home relatively unscathed. However the life of the Ordinary Joe soon has him twitching for the road again. Setting himself three challenges to see if he can get that life-changing win the fun never runs out
- unlike the funds. He embarrasses himself playing poker with Hollywoods finest at the World Series in Las Vegas challenges world champion Phil Taylor to a game of darts wastes dollars on rooster fighting with Britney Spears babysitter in Louisiana & fleeces pensioners on planes. Hawkins tries anything to stay afloat culminating in a trip to a Glasgow bingo hall to try to land the odds that stare back at him in the mirror after being diagnosed with a rare illness.


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A colourful action-packed sticker book full of sportsmen to prepare for their big athletic events using the 250 sticker accessories provided. With a rugby match tennis game Grand Prix race & many more sporting events to complete each character can be kitted out with the appropriate sportswear & equipment. The simple text contains fascinating facts about the clothes & equipment for each sport written with the consultation of a sports expert. ...

A colourful action-packed sticker book full of sportsmen to prepare for their big athletic events using the 250 sticker accessories provided. With a rugby match tennis game Grand Prix race & many more sporting events to complete each character can be kitted out with the appropriate sportswear & equipment. The simple text contains fascinating facts about the clothes & equipment for each sport written with the consultation of a sports expert. ...

The competitive athlete whether amateur or professional presents specific challenges to the massage therapist. To treat these individuals the therapist should have a background in sport specific activities be aware of the effects of training & understand injury types & rehabilitation applications. This text describes patterns for sport activities (like running throwing impact & repetitive use) & provides guidelines for applying massage to specific sports. Because athletes depend on highly coordinated neuromuscular activity assessment & massage applications that address these physiologic mechanisms are covered in depth. ...

Updated with the latest cutting-edge research findings the Fourth Edition helps readers make the bridge between nutrition & exercise concepts & their practical applications. The book provides a strong foundation in the science of exercise nutrition & bioenergetics & offers valuable insights into how the principles work in the real world of physical activity & sports medicine. Case Studies & Personal Health & Exercise Nutrition activities engage readers in practical nutritional assessment problems. ...