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The fascinating story of football in Eastern Europe after the collapse of the Berlin Wall
'Epic' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A blissful book, lovingly and stylishly written' DAILY TELEGRAPH

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A stunning collection of photographs from the World Hockey Association's seven-year stint, divided into sections featuring cities and teams. Includes photographs of all the major players.

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After Hurricane Higgins crashed out of snooker's top league, Jimmmy White has been the `People's Champion' even though he never quite made the top World spot, pipped at the post in 1995 by Stephen Hendry, after missing one single black. Aged 16, White was the youngest player to win the English Amateur Championship.

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Bestselling author and sports radio talk show host Michael Holley tells the epic, inside story of the rise and dominance of Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, and the New England Patriots.

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Empowers readers to unlock the highest levels of togetherness and performance

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Empowers readers to unlock the highest levels of togetherness and performance

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Utterly compelling and brutally honest self-portrait of a troubled Premier League star.

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Utterly compelling and brutally honest self-portrait of a troubled Premier League star.

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In the wake of the horrific double-murder suicide, four noted wrestling writers grapple with the life and death of Chris Benoit in this book by Steven Johnson, Heath McCoy, Irvin Muchnick, and Greg Oliver, all respected investigative journalists committed to looking at this terrible event with integrity and passion.

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The compelling history of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games - a cauldron of discord that forecast the horrors of the Second World War

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This book complements volume 3 of this series and, like the earlier volume, includes writings of masters of the martial arts to guide the student toward spiritual awareness and mental maturity. It places kumite in perspective, relating it to training as a whole.

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Kata, the formal exercises of karate training, were the essence of practice in Okinawa and China, and are the core training method even today.Detailed here in 1500 sequential photos are the five Heian and three Tekki kata, mastery of which is necessary to attain first dan.


Demonstrated by the author and Yoshiharu Osaka.

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The three kata in this volume are on the Japan Karate Association recommended list and are notable for the sticklike use of the arms--Jitte, the circular movements of hands and feet coordinated with breathing--Hangetsu, and easy, agile movements, combined into continuous techniques--Empi.

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Fully described and illustrated in this volume are the widely practiced Bassal and Kanku kata from the JFA recommended group. The student learns fast and slow techniques, the dynamics of strength, how to turn weakness into strength, changing directions, jumping and going to ground.

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Originally published: Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1987.

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This edge-of-your-seat, virtually unknown story by award-winning sports journalist Maggie Mertens tells how women broke into competitive running over the last century, getting faster and fiercer with every race and changing our understanding of gender and power in one of America's most popular pastimes-and beyond.

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Presents an examination of the pro wrestling, charting the meteoric rise and fall of one of the world's most lucrative entertainment industries. Analysing the four major North American promotions from standpoints of their business, storyline and characters, this work includes insight from The Rock, Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, and others.