Dean Karnazes 
Road to Sparta 

As Featured in the Guinness Book of Records, this is the thrilling, inspiring story of Dave Cornthwaite”s epic journey down-under by a most unusual form of transport. Tired of the nine-to-five, Dave …

Analyzing the key players and political moments in women’s professional tennis since 1968, this book explores the historical lineage of social activism within women’s tennis and the issues, expressio …

Both strength training and weight training are recognized by the American College of Sports Medicine as vital to a high quality of life. They are also of tremendous benefit to young, healthy adults …

This book offers different insights into the study of the Olympic movement in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It seeks to capture how political and cultural nation-state building an …

The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Sustainable Development is a comprehensive and powerful survey of the ways in which sport engages with its social, environmental, and ethical responsibilities. I …

Action sports have undergone dramatic growth, commercialization, and institutionalization over recent decades. This book uncovers the social, political, economic and organizational dynamics of their …

This collection of essays is the third iteration in a series of publications dealing with Olympic studies that initially developed out of the tripartite relationship between Western University (Canad …

The American Football Revolution: How Britain Fell In Love With The NFL is the remarkable story of how the USA”s biggest sport converted a sceptical soccer-mad nation. In 1982, an esoteric new TV ch …

A Love Letter to Football is the story of how the beautiful game, from the litter-strewn pitches of the grassroots to packed stadiums at the top of the sport, can help carry us through our darkest da …

La Vie Jamais Raconté is the story of sporting suffragette Alice Milliat, and a captivating exploration of a forgotten pioneer of women”s sport. In an era when women”s sport is gaining well-deser …