Welcome to the Sport and Exercise Catalogue 2012
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Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Volume Two: Celebrating the Games
The Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is an authoritative and comprehensive account of the world’s greatest sporting and cultural event. It tells the complete story of the 2012 Games from inception, through the successful bidding process and the planning and preparation phase...
To Be Published September 14th 2013 by Routledge
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Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Volume Two: Celebrating the Games
The Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is an authoritative and comprehensive account of the world’s greatest sporting and cultural event. It tells the complete story of the 2012 Games from inception, through the successful bidding process and the planning and preparation phase...
To Be Published September 14th 2013 by Routledge
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Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Volume One: Making the Games
The Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is an authoritative and comprehensive account of the world’s greatest sporting and cultural event. It tells the complete story of the 2012 Games from inception, through the successful bidding process and the planning and preparation phase...
Published October 2nd 2012 by Routledge
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Sport, Culture and Society
An Introduction, 2nd Edition
It is impossible to fully understand contemporary society and culture without acknowledging the place of sport. Sport is part of our social and cultural fabric, possessing a social and commercial power that makes it a potent force in the world, for good and for bad. Sport has helped to start wars...
Published March 20th 2012 by Routledge
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Nutrition and Metabolism in Sports, Exercise and Health
A key determinant of successful athletic performance is the high-level energy transformation which begins with combustion of the food that we eat. By developing a sound understanding of good nutrition we can improve athletic performance, help maintain good health and prevent disease. This clear and...
Published February 23rd 2012 by Routledge
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Events Management
An Introduction
Contemporary events management is a diverse and challenging field. This major new introductory textbook is the first to fully explore the multi-disciplinary nature of events management and to provide all the practical skills and professional knowledge students need to succeed in the events industry...
Published February 9th 2012 by Routledge
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Sport Management
Principles and Applications, 3rd Edition
Now available in a fully revised and updated third edition, Sport Management: Principles and Applications examines the nature of the sport industry and the role of the state, non-profit and professional sectors in sport. It focuses on core management principles and their application in a sporting...
Published February 9th 2012 by Routledge
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Routledge Handbook of Sport Management
Series: Routledge International Handbooks
The Routledge Handbook of Sport Management is the most up-to-date and comprehensive guide to theory and practice in sport management ever published. It provides students and scholars with a broad ranging survey of current thinking in contemporary sport management, exploring best practice in core...
Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge
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Sports Law
4th Edition
Long established as the market leading textbook on sports law, this much-anticipated new edition offers a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the legal issues surrounding and governing sport internationally. Locating the legal regulation of sport within an explicit socio-economic context...
Published December 6th 2011 by Routledge
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Sports Biomechanics
Reducing Injury Risk and Improving Sports Performance, 2nd Edition
When working with sports men and women, the biomechanist is faced with two apparently incompatible goals: reducing injury risk and improving sports performance. Now in a fully updated and revised edition, Sports Biomechanics introduces the fundamental principles that underpin our understanding of...
Published November 2nd 2011 by Routledge
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Understanding the Olympics
The Olympic Games is unquestionably the greatest sporting event on earth, with television audiences measured in billions of viewers. By what process did the Olympics evolve into this multi-national phenomenon? How can an understanding of the Olympic Games help us to better understand international...
Published July 4th 2011 by Routledge