Author: Brenda Elsey
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349950068
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The essays in this volume use football to create a dialogue between history and other disciplines, including art criticism, philosophy, and political science. The study of football provides fertile ground for interdisciplinary initiatives and this volume explores the disciplinary boundaries that are shifting “beneath our feet.” Traditional disciplines in the humanities and social sciences have come to embrace diverse research methodologies and the increased scholarly attention to football over the past decade reflects both the startling popularity of the sport and the trends in historical scholarship that have been termed the “cultural,” “interpretive,” or “linguistic” turns. This volume includes work on gender, sexuality, and ethnicity, which have challenged disciplinary fault-lines.
Football Magic
Author: Sean Stellato
Publisher: Mascot Books
ISBN: 9781643073828
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
This was supposed to be the last time Buddy would have to move for a while. At least, that's what his dad had promised when they first arrived in Salem, Massachusetts, a town still deeply rooted in its bewitching history. Buddy doesn't ask for much: become starting quarterback, make friends, always try my hardest, dream big, repeat. He just hopes that maybe he can help the school's team make it to league championships. But when he discovers an old football and a mysterious spell book, things in Salem get downright magical. Being the new kid isn't easy, but will Buddy finally learn what it means to belong to a team?
Publisher: Mascot Books
ISBN: 9781643073828
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
This was supposed to be the last time Buddy would have to move for a while. At least, that's what his dad had promised when they first arrived in Salem, Massachusetts, a town still deeply rooted in its bewitching history. Buddy doesn't ask for much: become starting quarterback, make friends, always try my hardest, dream big, repeat. He just hopes that maybe he can help the school's team make it to league championships. But when he discovers an old football and a mysterious spell book, things in Salem get downright magical. Being the new kid isn't easy, but will Buddy finally learn what it means to belong to a team?
Football Magic
Author: Sean Stellato
Publisher: Mascot Books
ISBN: 9781645436911
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Buddy and Gianna are riding high after winning the league championship at school. Even better, Buddy's dad decided to keep the family in Salem, so that Buddy and his sister can stay with their new friends after adjusting to life in a new town in Massachusetts. What could go wrong? When Buddy and Gianna discover something magical, it leads them on a mysterious adventure through historic Salem and Marblehead. Things seem to be going great--until the wicked Kurtin Drapes and his raven reveal some dreadful plans. With the clock ticking and time running out, will they be able to outwit Drapes? Can Buddy and Gianna do the impossible, or will the magical ball lose its luster forever?
Publisher: Mascot Books
ISBN: 9781645436911
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Buddy and Gianna are riding high after winning the league championship at school. Even better, Buddy's dad decided to keep the family in Salem, so that Buddy and his sister can stay with their new friends after adjusting to life in a new town in Massachusetts. What could go wrong? When Buddy and Gianna discover something magical, it leads them on a mysterious adventure through historic Salem and Marblehead. Things seem to be going great--until the wicked Kurtin Drapes and his raven reveal some dreadful plans. With the clock ticking and time running out, will they be able to outwit Drapes? Can Buddy and Gianna do the impossible, or will the magical ball lose its luster forever?
The Magic Football Book
Author: The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery Martin Smith
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781530018901
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Hall Park Magpies are rubbish. They are bottom of the league, cannot score goals and have not managed to win this season. But they have a new player: football boy wonder Charlie Fry. Bullied out of Hall Park Rovers by evil Chell Di Santos, the budding football superstar - who has a magic gift so he never misses - now faces his biggest challenge yet. With Charlie in their team and a mysterious book that keeps predicting unlikely victories, the future is suddenly looking a lot brighter for Magpies. Can Charlie save his new team? Will the book's magic last long enough to escape relegation? Or will his enemies finally finish Charlie's career for good? ** The Magic Football Book is the third part of The Charlie Fry Series, the follow-up to the best-selling Football Boy Wonder and Demon Football Manager.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781530018901
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Hall Park Magpies are rubbish. They are bottom of the league, cannot score goals and have not managed to win this season. But they have a new player: football boy wonder Charlie Fry. Bullied out of Hall Park Rovers by evil Chell Di Santos, the budding football superstar - who has a magic gift so he never misses - now faces his biggest challenge yet. With Charlie in their team and a mysterious book that keeps predicting unlikely victories, the future is suddenly looking a lot brighter for Magpies. Can Charlie save his new team? Will the book's magic last long enough to escape relegation? Or will his enemies finally finish Charlie's career for good? ** The Magic Football Book is the third part of The Charlie Fry Series, the follow-up to the best-selling Football Boy Wonder and Demon Football Manager.
Frankie vs. The Cowboy's Crew (Frankie's Magic Soccer Ball #3)
Author: Frank Lampard
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545666171
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
Frankie and his soccer team travel to fantastic lands to play some of the wildest soccer matches ever! Frankie and his team love playing soccer. They play every chance they get. And now that they have their magic soccer ball, they're facing teamsthey never imagined!When they're transported back to the Wild West, Frankie's team will have to go head-to-head with some crabby cowboys. Will they be able to win the penalty shoot out at high noon?
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545666171
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
Frankie and his soccer team travel to fantastic lands to play some of the wildest soccer matches ever! Frankie and his team love playing soccer. They play every chance they get. And now that they have their magic soccer ball, they're facing teamsthey never imagined!When they're transported back to the Wild West, Frankie's team will have to go head-to-head with some crabby cowboys. Will they be able to win the penalty shoot out at high noon?
Life Is Magic
Author: Jon Dorenbos
Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1982101253
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
“Jon Dorenbos is a magical person. Life Is Magic shows how we can all choose happiness in the face of overwhelming odds.” —Ellen DeGeneres An extraordinary and empowering story of resilience, forgiveness, and living a life of purpose in the face of unfathomable obstacles. You may know him as an NFL All-Pro or as a world-class magician who made the finals of America’s Got Talent, but Jon Dorenbos says that what he does is not who he is. He is someone who coached himself, at the most tender of ages, to turn tragedy to triumph. One morning in August 1992, when Jon was twelve years old and living a seemingly idyllic childhood in suburban Seattle, he woke up for baseball camp. His dad waved goodbye. Later that day, Jon heard the news: his father had murdered his mother in the family’s three-car garage. In an instant, his life had shattered. He’d essentially been orphaned. Thrust into foster care while his father stood trial for murder, Jon struggled. Left to himself, he discovered an unlikely escape performing magic tricks. If you found a way to alter your reality, after your dad—your hero—killed your mom, wouldn’t you cling to it too? Then came football, which provided a release for all of his pent-up anger. Together, magic and football saved him, leading to fourteen NFL seasons on the gridiron and raucous sleight of hand performances to packed houses across the globe. In 2017, he was diagnosed with a life-threatening heart condition leaving him with a choice. To either break down or—as he’d by now long taught himself—bounce back. “Life Is Magic shows how we can all choose happiness in the face of overwhelming odds” (Ellen DeGeneres) and provides a roadmap for overcoming even the darkest of times. Jon’s story is poignant and powerful, told by a charismatic and optimistic man who has overcome life-or-death challenges with grace, persistence, a childlike sense of wonder…and jaw-dropping card tricks.
Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1982101253
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
“Jon Dorenbos is a magical person. Life Is Magic shows how we can all choose happiness in the face of overwhelming odds.” —Ellen DeGeneres An extraordinary and empowering story of resilience, forgiveness, and living a life of purpose in the face of unfathomable obstacles. You may know him as an NFL All-Pro or as a world-class magician who made the finals of America’s Got Talent, but Jon Dorenbos says that what he does is not who he is. He is someone who coached himself, at the most tender of ages, to turn tragedy to triumph. One morning in August 1992, when Jon was twelve years old and living a seemingly idyllic childhood in suburban Seattle, he woke up for baseball camp. His dad waved goodbye. Later that day, Jon heard the news: his father had murdered his mother in the family’s three-car garage. In an instant, his life had shattered. He’d essentially been orphaned. Thrust into foster care while his father stood trial for murder, Jon struggled. Left to himself, he discovered an unlikely escape performing magic tricks. If you found a way to alter your reality, after your dad—your hero—killed your mom, wouldn’t you cling to it too? Then came football, which provided a release for all of his pent-up anger. Together, magic and football saved him, leading to fourteen NFL seasons on the gridiron and raucous sleight of hand performances to packed houses across the globe. In 2017, he was diagnosed with a life-threatening heart condition leaving him with a choice. To either break down or—as he’d by now long taught himself—bounce back. “Life Is Magic shows how we can all choose happiness in the face of overwhelming odds” (Ellen DeGeneres) and provides a roadmap for overcoming even the darkest of times. Jon’s story is poignant and powerful, told by a charismatic and optimistic man who has overcome life-or-death challenges with grace, persistence, a childlike sense of wonder…and jaw-dropping card tricks.
Rough Magic
Author: Lowell Cohn
Publisher: Harpercollins
ISBN: 9780060170431
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
The story of legendary the Bill Walsh--the thoughtful, articulate coach who led the San Francisco 49ers to three Super Bowl wins and was voted coach of the decade in the 80s--portrays the growth of his team and their incredible 1992 season.
Publisher: Harpercollins
ISBN: 9780060170431
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
The story of legendary the Bill Walsh--the thoughtful, articulate coach who led the San Francisco 49ers to three Super Bowl wins and was voted coach of the decade in the 80s--portrays the growth of his team and their incredible 1992 season.
Football and the Boundaries of History
Author: Brenda Elsey
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349950068
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The essays in this volume use football to create a dialogue between history and other disciplines, including art criticism, philosophy, and political science. The study of football provides fertile ground for interdisciplinary initiatives and this volume explores the disciplinary boundaries that are shifting “beneath our feet.” Traditional disciplines in the humanities and social sciences have come to embrace diverse research methodologies and the increased scholarly attention to football over the past decade reflects both the startling popularity of the sport and the trends in historical scholarship that have been termed the “cultural,” “interpretive,” or “linguistic” turns. This volume includes work on gender, sexuality, and ethnicity, which have challenged disciplinary fault-lines.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349950068
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The essays in this volume use football to create a dialogue between history and other disciplines, including art criticism, philosophy, and political science. The study of football provides fertile ground for interdisciplinary initiatives and this volume explores the disciplinary boundaries that are shifting “beneath our feet.” Traditional disciplines in the humanities and social sciences have come to embrace diverse research methodologies and the increased scholarly attention to football over the past decade reflects both the startling popularity of the sport and the trends in historical scholarship that have been termed the “cultural,” “interpretive,” or “linguistic” turns. This volume includes work on gender, sexuality, and ethnicity, which have challenged disciplinary fault-lines.
Everyday Magic
Author: Ten Speed Press Staff
Publisher: Russ Reeder
ISBN: 000000281X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher: Russ Reeder
ISBN: 000000281X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Africa’s Elite Football
Author: Chuka Onwumechili
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429639600
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This book explores various aspects of intranational elite football in Africa, drawing on the expertise of notable scholars from across the world. Africa’s Elite Football focuses on an area largely ignored by current scholarship on African football, where interest has focused on international migration. In exploring the intranational, the book is written in two parts. The first is a general focus on the continent, and the second is an examination of country cases. The general focus of the book is on the nature of elite tier leagues, the relationship between politics and football, the media, youth academies, intranational migration and fans. Notably, chapters on topics such as intranational migration present groundbreaking scholarship in this area. Currently, football discourses on migration focus on international migration of footballers, yet the majority of migration in African football is intranational. Thus, by addressing the intranational, this book brings attention to an area that is underrepresented in the current academic discourse. The second part of the book, which focuses on country cases, covers Botswana, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The topics explored in those cases include religiosity, health, women’s football, media and management. The coverage of health-related issues is particularly important given that several books on African football rarely broach such a topic. With its unique approach to African football, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of sports history, African studies, politics in sports and African sports.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429639600
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This book explores various aspects of intranational elite football in Africa, drawing on the expertise of notable scholars from across the world. Africa’s Elite Football focuses on an area largely ignored by current scholarship on African football, where interest has focused on international migration. In exploring the intranational, the book is written in two parts. The first is a general focus on the continent, and the second is an examination of country cases. The general focus of the book is on the nature of elite tier leagues, the relationship between politics and football, the media, youth academies, intranational migration and fans. Notably, chapters on topics such as intranational migration present groundbreaking scholarship in this area. Currently, football discourses on migration focus on international migration of footballers, yet the majority of migration in African football is intranational. Thus, by addressing the intranational, this book brings attention to an area that is underrepresented in the current academic discourse. The second part of the book, which focuses on country cases, covers Botswana, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The topics explored in those cases include religiosity, health, women’s football, media and management. The coverage of health-related issues is particularly important given that several books on African football rarely broach such a topic. With its unique approach to African football, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of sports history, African studies, politics in sports and African sports.
Mane (Ultimate Football Heroes) - Collect Them All!
Author: Matt & Tom Oldfield
Publisher: Dino Books
ISBN: 178946157X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Meet Sadio Mané - Ultimate Football Hero Sadio Mané is one of Liverpool FC's 'Fab Four'. Along with Mo Salah, Roberto Firmino and Xherdan Shakiri, Sadio's goals have helped make Liverpool the deadliest attacking team in the Premier League. Since he moved to the Premier League, Sadio has been setting the bar to new heights - from scoring the fastest hat-trick in history to becoming the most expensive African footballer ever. There is no stopping the Fab Four, and the sky is the limit for Sadio Mané. Ultimate Football Heroes is a series of biographies telling the life stories of the biggest and best footballers in the world and their incredible journeys from childhood fan to superstar professional player. Written in fast-paced, action-packed style these books are perfect for all the family to collect and share.
Publisher: Dino Books
ISBN: 178946157X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Meet Sadio Mané - Ultimate Football Hero Sadio Mané is one of Liverpool FC's 'Fab Four'. Along with Mo Salah, Roberto Firmino and Xherdan Shakiri, Sadio's goals have helped make Liverpool the deadliest attacking team in the Premier League. Since he moved to the Premier League, Sadio has been setting the bar to new heights - from scoring the fastest hat-trick in history to becoming the most expensive African footballer ever. There is no stopping the Fab Four, and the sky is the limit for Sadio Mané. Ultimate Football Heroes is a series of biographies telling the life stories of the biggest and best footballers in the world and their incredible journeys from childhood fan to superstar professional player. Written in fast-paced, action-packed style these books are perfect for all the family to collect and share.