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To-Do List
From Buying Milk to Finding a Soul Mate, What Our Lists Reveal About Us
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
What Do Your Lists Say About You?
More and more, we are a nation of list-makers, from grocery lists, New Year's resolutions, and things to do before we die to DVDs to rent and people we've kissed. In To-Do List (based on the popular blog of the same name, todolistblog.com) Sasha Cagen celebrates...
by George M. Marsden
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2006
Many American's today are taking note of the surprisingly strong political force that is the religious right. Controversial decisions by the government are met with hundreds of lobbyists, millions of dollars of advertising spending, and a powerful grassroots response. How has the fundamentalist movement...
Heaven
Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
“Wonderful…. A smart and accessible take on the ultimate question: What is Heaven? Lisa’s book is a good place to begin to find an answer.”
— Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Lion
“A rare combination of journalism, memoir, and historical research … this smart...
Ireland - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
The island of Ireland is famous for its timeless beauty, the variety of its landscape, its quiet towns and lively cities, the poetic and literary genius of so many of its citizens, its music and folklore, and its colorful and bloody history.What is also true is that the Irish people have in many ways...
The Backwash Squeeze and Other Improbable Feats
A Bridge Odyessey
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
There is one card game that towers above all others as the most intelligent, intricate, and psychologically absorbing ever to be invented. It has a rich history. It's played and loved by some of the world's most famous and influential people. And it's not the one that's currently on television twenty-four...
Fail Better
Why Baseball Matters
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Fail Better uses the sport of baseball as the entry point for a philosophical examination of the beneficial lessons that failure can offer humanity.
Unlike many philosophers, Kingwell's style is open and readily understandable. He has a gift for explaining difficult concepts in a way that any...
The Most Memorable Games in Giants History
The Oral History of a Legendary Team
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2010
With extensive reporting and engrossing storytelling, Jim Baker and
Bernard Corbett give us the scenes of one of the NFL's most successful
and popular franchises. Interviews with Giants legends who participated
in these historic moments put us behind closed doors in the
commissioner's office during...
The Title
The Story of the First Division
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Some folk will tell you the FA Premier League is the greatest show on earth. They may even have a point. But to build something so successful, so popular, so inescapable, you've got to have mighty strong foundations.
Prior to 1992, the old First Division was England's premier prize. Its rich...
Asia and the Future of Football
The Role of the Asian Football Confederation
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015
Football is the most popular sport in the world. Globalisation and commercialisation of the game, however, have created new conflicts and challenges. This book explores the role of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) within the rising significance of football in Asia, drawing on three key theoretical...
Sports-Talk Radio in America
Its Context and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
An inside look at the hosts, hot spots, and history of sports-talk radio
Sports-Talk Radio in America looks at major-, medium-, and small-market stations across the United States that feature an all-sports format, with a focus on the unique personalities and programming strategies that make...
Pigskin
The Early Years of Pro Football
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 1997
If the National Football League is now a mammoth billion-dollar enterprise, it was certainly born into more humble circumstances. Indeed, it began in 1920 in an automobile showroom in Canton, Ohio, when a car dealer called together some owners of teams, mostly in the Midwest, to form a league. Unlike...
If Harry Potter Ran General Electric
Leadership Wisdom from the World of the Wizards
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2006
However important the magic of wands, brooms, cauldrons, potions, and spells might be to the vivid story telling of [the Harry Potter] books, it is merely incidental to their philosophy of life…. I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard someone in a business context say something like “I...
Full Frontal Feminism
A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
The #1 must-read book for a new generation of feminists who refuse to accept anything less than equality and justice for all women
Now in its updated second edition, Full Frontal Feminism embodies the forward-looking messages that bestselling author Jessica Valenti propagated as founder of...
Age of Icons
Exploring Philanthrocapitalism in the Contemporary World
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
Celebrities are increasingly front and centre in public debates on everything from solving world poverty to halting genocide, confronting obesity, and finding spiritual contentment. Bono, Bill Gates, Al Gore, Bob Geldof, Oprah, Madonna, and Angelina Jolie are just some of the entertainers, politicians,...