|
|
|
 Free Download Anita Bean, "Sports Supplements: Which nutritional supplements really work Ed 2" English | ISBN: 1472909666 | 2015 | 160 pages | AZW3 | 3 MB More and more people incorporate sports supplements into their training regime and diet, but there isn't a lot of good information out there to help them make informed decisions. What should you take? What shouldn't you take? What will actually benefit you?
 Free Download Simone Becker, "Sport zur Gesundheitsförderung oder treiben nur Gesunde Sport?: Eine empirische Längsschnittanalyse" Deutsch | 2011 | pages: 305 | ISBN: 3531178148 | PDF | 1,2 mb Auch auf Grund der gestiegenen Lebenserwartung und der damit einhergehenden Erhöhung der Krankheitskosten steigt die Bedeutung der Sportaktivität zur Gesundheitsförderung ständig. Die Sportaktivität ist insbesondere in westlichen Industriegesellschaften ein gesellschaftlich akzeptiertes Mittel zur Gesundheitsbeeinflussung, und auch weltweit existieren wenig Zusammenhänge, die in den verschiedenen Gesellschaftsordnungen so unkritisch akzeptiert werden, wie die Auffassung, dass Sport gesund ist. Da sich jedoch auf der Grundlage der meisten Studien keine kausalen Aussagen zur komplexen Wechselwirkung von Sport und Gesundheit treffen lassen, stellt sich die Frage, ob Sportler gesünder sind, weil sie Sport treiben, oder ob Gesunde einfach mehr Sport treiben.  Free Download Sport in Ancient Times By Nigel B. Crowther 2007 | 208 Pages | ISBN: 0275987396 | PDF | 5 MB Crowther offers a fascinating look at the role of sport as practiced in several important civilizations in the ancient world. He not only probes the games themselves, but explores the ways in which athletics figured into cultural arenas that extended beyond physical prowess to military associations, rituals, status, and politics. Sport in Ancient Times has four distinct parts: the Prehistoric Age, historic Greece, ancient Italy, and the Byzantine Empire. Beginning with the earliest civilizations, Crowther examines the military and recreational aspects of sports in prehistoric Egypt, with brief references to other river-valley cultures in Sumeria, Mesopotamia, and Persia. He looks at the rituals of Cretan bull-leaping and boxing in the Bronze Age, the high status of sports in Mycenaean Greece, and the funeral games in the Trojan War as described by the epic poet Homer.In what he terms the historic period, Crowther examines the significance of the ancient Olympic Games, the events of Greek athletics, and the attitude of other civilizations (notably Rome) towards them. He attempts to discover to what extent the Romans believed in the famous ideal of Juvenal, a sound mind in a sound body, and discusses the significance of the famous Baths not only for sport, but also for culture and society. He likewise explores the Roman emphasis on spectator sports and the use of gladiatorial contests and chariot racing for political purposes (the concept of bread and games). The section on the Byzantine Empire focuses, notably, on chariot racing and the riots at sporting contests-riots reminiscent of crowd violence in modern sports such as soccer.Crowther closes with perspectives that bring to life some of the issues revealed in previous chapters. These include a comparison of the social status and significance of a famous Olympic athlete (Milo), a Roman gladiator (Hermes), and a Byzantine chariot racer (Porphyrius). He also addresses the changing role of women in sports in antiquity. Women were prominent in sport in Egypt, for example, but almost entirely absent from the ancient Olympic Games. The final chapter discusses team sports and ball games. Although these were comparatively rare in the ancient world, one may see in those that did exist the forerunners of modern football and hockey.  Free Download David Tod, "Sport Psychology: The Basics Ed 2" English | ISBN: 0367694417 | 2022 | 212 pages | AZW3 | 3 MB Sport Psychology: The Basics provides an accessible introduction to the fundamental ideas at the heart of Sport Psychology today. This new revised and updated second edition examines the links between sport participants' behaviours, their personality, and their environment to identify the factors which affect performance. Exploring theory and practice, it uses case studies to illustrate how key areas of theory are applied within a sport psychologist's practice, answering such questions as:
 Free Download S. E. Schlosser, "Spooky New Orleans: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore" English | ISBN: 1493019201 | 2016 | 192 pages | EPUB | 2 MB Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences under the New Orleans skies. Whether read around the campfire on a dark and stormy night or from the backseat of the family van on the way to grandma's, this is a collection to treasure.
 Free Download Paul G. Hoffman, "Spooky Massachusetts: Tales Of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, And Other Local Lore" English | 2008 | pages: 200 | ISBN: 0762748524 | EPUB | 9,3 mb What better locale to consider for spooky happenings than the home of the Salem witch trials? From mysteries at sea to ghosts and unexplained footprints, you'll shiver your way through these mesmerizing tales. Set in the state's historic towns, charming old islands, and sparsely populated backwoods, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection are great for the whole family.  Free Download Celia Brackenridge, "Spoilsports: Understanding and Preventing Sexual Exploitation in Sport" English | 2001 | pages: 303 | ISBN: 0419257705, 0419257802 | PDF | 1,0 mb Sexual exploitation in sport is a problem that has beset both male and female athletes privately for decades but which has only recently emerged as a public issue. Spoilsports is the first comprehensive review of this issue, integrating pioneering academic research, theoretical perspectives, and practical guidelines for performers, coaches, administrators and policy-makers.  Free Download Split: A Counterculture Childhood By Lisa Michaels 1998 | 307 Pages | ISBN: 0395837391 | EPUB | 3 MB In Split, Lisa Michaels offers a strikingly textured portrait of her days of communes and road trips, of antiwar protests and rallies --- and of what came after, for her parents and herself --- as the radicalism of the 1960s and '70s gave way to conservative times. As a young child, Michaels visited her father in prison, where he was serving a two-year sentence for his part in an antiwar protest. In the early '70s, she toured the country with her mother and stepfather in a customized mail truck, complete with oriental rugs and a wood stove, until the family settled in a small northern California town. Her father later moved to the Bay Area, where he worked in auto plants and served as a labor organizer. By the age of eight Michaels was a veteran leaflet-folder, and she consecrated her father's second marriage in a Berkeley park by reading from Quotations from Chairman Mao. Not surprisingly, Michaels grew up craving conformity --- giving her mother makeovers and arranging their secondhand furniture in inspired ways --- but she also came to share the values her parents held dear: independence, frankness, and unsparing self-examination. In the buttoned-up world of UCLA during the Reagan years, she went through a hippie revival phase, wearing batik dresses and Chairman Mao pins, a throwback amid the campus's Greek revivalists and young Republicans. Against that traditional backdrop her parents' longtime activism took on new meaning, and at twenty-two, much in the spirit of her upbringing, Michaels embarked on a trip through Asia. Observant, luminous, and wry, Split captures both the vulnerability and heady freedom of a counterculture childhood. It is a powerful blend of social reflection and personal reminiscence, a memoir that paints a clear-eyed and unforgettable picture of the ways in which the legacy of the '60s impacted one remarkable family.
 Free Download Bill Simpson - Spitfire Dive-Bombers Versus the V2: Fighter Command's Battle with Hitler's Mobile Missiles Pen & Sword | 2007 | ISBN: 1844155714 | English | 280 pages | PDF | 143.19 MB On 8 September 1944 the first of over 1,000 V2 missiles aimed at southern England exploded in west London. It had been launched from a wooded street corner in Den Haag in the Netherlands. Fighter Command was responsible for defending Britain from air attack and thus Air Marshal Roderic Hill countered the threat by using six squadrons of Spitfires from 12 Group bases in Norfolk to discover and then dive-bomb the mobile V2 launch sites scattered throughout the Dutch towns and countryside. This was no easy task as the missiles were well camouflaged and often positioned adjacent to dwellings occupied by civilians.  Free Download Spirituality for the Skeptic: The Thoughtful Love of Life By Robert C. Solomon 2002 | 176 Pages | ISBN: 0195134672 | PDF | 4 MB Is it possible to be spiritual and yet not believe in the supernatural? Can a person be spiritual without belonging to a religious group or organization? In this book, philosopher Robert Solomon offers challenging answers to these questions as he explodes commonly held myths about what is means to be spiritual in today's pluralistic world. Based on Solomon's own struggles to reconcile philosophy with religion, Spirituality for the Skeptic offers a model of a vibrant, fulfilling spirituality that embraces the complexities of human existence and acknowledges the joys and tragedies of life. Solomon has forged an enlightened new path that synthesizes spirituality with emotions, intellect, science, and common sense. His new paradigm, "naturalized" spirituality, establishes as its cornerstone the "thoughtful love of life"--a passionate concern for the here-and-now, and not the by-and-by. Being spiritual doesn't mean being holed up as a recluse, spending hours in meditation and contemplation, Solomon argues. It demands involvement and emotional engagement with others in the struggle to find meaning in our lives. As such, this modern-day spirituality encompasses a passionate enthusiasm for the world, the transformation of self, cosmic trust and rationality, coming to terms with fate, and viewing life as a gift, all of which are explored in depth throughout this book. Spirituality for the Skeptic answers the need for a non-institutional, non-dogmatic spirituality that leads to personal fulfillment and satisfaction. By examining the ideas of great thinkers from Socrates and Nietzsche to Buddha to Kafka, Solomon arrives at a practical vision of spirituality that should appeal to many seekers looking to make sense of the human condition. |
: 