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	The Encyclopedia of World Sports John F. Wukovits 0531117774 Sept 2000 Hardcover ·



	The 2005 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Peter Palmer (Editor) 140272568X February 2005 Paperback ·
From Booklist Numbers, names, facts. What good would a baseball encyclopedia be without them? In his foreword, ESPN baseball correspondent Peter Gammons says, "In baseball, statistics and numbers matter. They really matter." This is why The 2005 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia contains more than 1,700 pages of statistics and numbers covering 16,213 major league baseball players from 134 years of baseball. There are 16 sections of the encyclopedia covering the batter register, the pitcher register, the managers, team rosters, the historical record from 1871 to 2004, the All-Star games, big league ballparks, and other topics. Most sections are arranged alphabetically by player or team name or chronologically by date, and most begin with a two- to four-page section description complete with the historical significance of the topic,...


	The Encyclopedia of Yacht Designers Lucia Del Sol Knight (Editor), Daniel Bruce MacNaughton (Editor) 0393048764 October 31, 2005 Hardcover ·
Book Description A complete, international reference book of yacht designers from the early 1800s to the present day.This long-awaited volume is a majestic guide and a tribute to the world's great yacht designers. Ten years in preparation, and with an expert editorial board giving it direction, The Encyclopedia of Yacht Designers defines the field with fascinating entries by eighty experts and over 800 photographs and drawings. In these pages such legendary figures from the past as William Fife, L. Francis Herreshoff, and John Alden share space with contemporary designers such as Jon Bannenberg, Germán Frers, and Ron Holland. They are joined by over five hundred others who have contributed to the colorful history of yachting, producing some of the most beautiful and swift vessels, whether sail or power. 800 duotone photographs. ...


	Encyclopedia Of Traditional British Rural Sports Tony Collins 041535224X Sept 2005 Hardcover ·
Book Description The Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports provides a social, economic, and political study of both field sports and those other activities and customs labelled as rural sports from the earliest of times to the present day in all of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The book brings together several distinct types of traditional rural sports with particular emphasis on the social history and traditional aspects. It contains several hundred entries focusing on individual sports and other providing analysis of key concepts, themes, and terminologies.


	ESPN Sports Almanac 2006: The Definitive Sports Reference Book Gerry Brown (Editor) 1933060042 December 2005 Paperback ·
Book Description The #1 bestselling sports almanac is the ultimate resource for sports professionals and fans everywhere ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports, once again brings you the surest way to find answers to all of your sports questions. From record holders to champions, auto racing to the Iditarod, ballparks, business news, and Who’s Who to the dearly departed athletes of the last twelve months, no other book delivers so much vital information at such a rapid clip: -Hundreds of photographs -Thousands of tables -Expert commentary from ESPN’s most popular personalities, including Chris Berman, Dan Patrick, Linda Cohn, and Stuart Scott -Insightful statistics from ESPN’s award-winning "Inside the Numbers" team -Popular opinion and surveys uncovered by ESPN’s "SportsNation" polls -And, of course,...


	The 2006 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Gary Gillette (Editor) 1402736258 February 2006 Paperback ·
Book Description From ESPN, the sports experts, comes the most informative baseball compilation ever created—and the next best thing to watching the home team win! A baseball lover’s ultimate guide, based on a remarkable database compiled by the award-winning godfather of statistical baseball analysis, Pete Palmer, and edited by respected baseball historian and commentator Gary Gillette. Featuring totally revised and up-to-date statistics, this all-star encyclopedia is the most complete and accurate baseball database ever compiled. Brought to fans at an unbeatable price, it’s brimming with illuminating essays and information. There’s comprehensive year-by-year and team-by-team batting and pitching statistics for all players in major league history; all-time leaders in 150 categories;...


	International Encyclopedia for Women and Sports Berkshire Reference Works 0028649516 Nov 2000 Hardcover ·



	The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding: The Bible of Bodybuilding Arnold Schwarzenegger 0684857219 November 1999 Paperback ·
Book Review Arnold Schwarzenegger hasn't competed as a bodybuilder since he won the Mr. Olympia title in 1980, but he remains the sport's No. 1 icon. He hosts an annual bodybuilding contest in Columbus, Ohio, and allows a column to be ghost-written under his name in a muscle magazine. Today's bodybuilders may have bigger muscles than Arnold ever did, but everyone inside and outside the iron game gives him credit for exponentially broadening the popularity of physique training. With this updated Encyclopedia (it was originally published in 1985), Schwarzenegger wraps his huge arms around the entire sport. He hits the history of bodybuilding, the champions (he's quite generous in his praise of predecessors, contemporaries, and successors alike), the training systems. Some of the information is more bodybuilding lore than science; for...


	International Encyclopedia for Women and Sports Berkshire Reference Works 0028649524 Nov 2000 Hardcover ·



	The Weightlifting Encyclopedia: A Guide to World Class Performance Arthur J. Drechsler, Arthur J. Drechsler 0965917924 January 1998 Paperback ·
From Independent Publisher Having been an international-level athlete, coach and judge, Arthur Drechsler brings a wealth of experience and love to this book. Is it possible that too much love and experience went into this book? At over 400,000 words it's tempting to think so,but the book's depth of coverage isn't a fault. It's the text's development and execution that are suspect here. The book is "encyclopedic," but only in the sense that it attempts to cover every aspect of the sport of Olympic-style weightlifting (It does not run through an alphabetized list of concepts and terms.).The editors at A is A, in their zeal to publish an "instant classic" (their own Words), failed to reign in Drechsler's prose (a good copyeditor should have lost 10,000 words) or focus Drechsler on one task (he could have written an encyclopedia and a...


	ESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of College Football from 1869 to the Present Michael McCambridge (Editor) 1401337031 October 2005 Hardcover ·
Book Description The most comprehensive reference book ever assembled on the history of college football From South Bend, Indiana, to Lincoln, Nebraska, Palo Alto, California, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Tallahassee, Florida, college football attracts the most dedicated fans in all of sports. This book is their Bible -- a rich and exhaustive reference guide to the game’s history, tradition, and lore. Based on three years of research by the nation’s foremost college football experts, the book features: -Capsule histories for each of the Division 1-A programs, the Ivy League schools, and the historically black colleges -Year-by-year schedules and scores for each school -Statistical leaders from each school -Fight-song lyrics -Box scores for every bowl game ever played -Weekly AP and UPI polls dating back to 1936 -A...


	International Encyclopedia for Women and Sports Berkshire Reference Works 0028649532 Nov 2000 Hardcover ·



	The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2006 Michael L. Neft 0312350015 February 2006 Paperback ·
Book Review Statistics are to baseball as nails are to carpentry: they define, inform, and hold the game together. When the teams fly south for spring training, fans, eager to sort through and argue over the numbers, flock to the sports shelves for the statistics. The Sports Encyclopedia has what baseball aficionados want. From 1901 through 1997, the reference supplies updated and revised lifetime numbers for every player, plus seasonal summaries of each team's performance. In addition, there are details of every playoff and World Series game ever played, profiles of every no-hitter since 1901, updated stats on RBIs, on-base percentages, and fielding, plus classic baseball legends and intriguing trivia. As salaries and sports politics get murky, it's refreshing to surround yourself with pages and pages of solid, quantitative...


	Ken Schultz's Fishing Encyclopedia Ken Schultz 0028620577 November 1, 1999 Hardcover ·
Book Review Heftier than most trophy trout, Ken Schultz's thoroughly comprehensive reference may be too big to fit into your fly box, but it'll take you more places than a marlin fighting a hook. Schultz knows what he's talking about; a staffer at Field & Stream for more than 25 years, he's held seven world fishing records at one time or another and was recently inducted into the Fishing Hall of Fame. Somewhere along the way, he put down his rod long enough to reel in more than 100 expert contributors from around the world to help compile what should be the definitive reference on all things angling for some time. More than 2,200 entries cover the whole ocean--plus rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds--of sportfishing with topics ranging from technique and equipment to the fish themselves. You want the ABCs of sonar? It's here. Unsure...


	International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports Karen Christensen 0028649540 Jan 2001 Hardcover ·
From Library Journal A monumental undertaking, this encyclopedia covers women's sports worldwide and throughout history. In addition to 441 articles, it includes a list of contributors (with affiliations), a list of articles by subject, a statement of purpose, bibliographies after nearly all articles, appendixes about the Olympics, and a 38-page index. Articles on sports include the expected ("Tennis"), the less popular ("Broomball, "Double Dutch," "Falconry"), and those from outside the United States ("Camogie," "Korfball"). There are 130 articles on athletes ("Pat Summitt," "Kornelia Ender"), 62 articles on countries ("China"), 19 on health issues ("Osteoporosis"), and 66 on social/cultural issues ("Femininity," "Ethics"). The international perspective continues in articles on events ("African Games") and organizations. Photographs...


	Rules of the Game Diagram Group 0312119402 Dec 1994 Paperback ·
Review "...an extraordinarily detailed, authoritative book that is likely to occupy a prominent place in every library where sport is taken seriously."--Jonathan Yardley, Sports Illustrated


	The Encyclopedia of Chicago James R. Grossman (Editor) 0226310159 October 2004 Hardcover ·
From Booklist Starred Review Developed over the last 10 years by the Newberry Library with the cooperation of the Chicago Historical Society, the monumental Encyclopedia of Chicago will be the definitive historical reference source on Chicago for years to come. Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the John D and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the City of Chicago, the state of Illinois, and three major Chicago corporations helped ensure a very reasonable price. Some 633 experts from across the U.S. wrote the more than 1,400 entries. The encyclopedia is enhanced with numerous photos, engravings, and maps.Entries treat such topics as Acting, ensemble; Agrarian movements; Annexation; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Literary images of Chicago; Machine politics; and much, much more. Besides encompassing...


	The Encyclopedia of Surfing Matt Warshaw, William Finnegan (Foreword) 0151005796 October 6, 2003 Hardcover ·
Book Review What's that sound coming from the beach? That's the rustle of pages turning, as would-be immortals look themselves up in The Encyclopedia of Surfing, surfing's first comprehensive reference book. The Encyclopedia of Surfing chronicles nearly every bit of wave-riding--its history, places, mythology, champions, tragedies, in-jokes, and minutiae. Author Matt Warshaw, former editor of Surfer magazine, and his fellow researchers took three years to put together this prodigious tome. The most surprising thing about the book is its terrific readability. Though the 1,500 entries are organized in typical encyclopedic style, one after the other alphabetically, none of them--not a single one--is completely boring. Not even the one on the technicalities of fin placement. In fact, the book is a trap, leading unsuspecting readers on a...


	Eagles Encyclopedia Ray Didinger 1592134491 September 2005 Hardcover ·
Book Description In the City of Brotherly Love, no team tugs at the hearts and weighs on the minds of fans more than the Philadelphia Eagles. But, much more than a local obsession, the Eagles are also one of football's most storied franchises. Amply illustrated with 200 photos of the players, coaches, fans, and the stadiums in which the team has played, The Eagles Encyclopedia recounts the greatest moments in the team's history, and brings to life the men who helped create modern football. Fans will read about: * Bert Bell's 1933 purchase of the Frankford Yellow Jackets, the city's first NFL franchise* The Philadelphia-Pittsburgh "Steagles"during WWII, which produced the team's first winning season* The 1960 NFL title victory over the Packers and the 1980 Super Bowl game* The sterling careers of Hall of Famers like Chuck Bednarik and...


	Encyclopedia of Muscle & Strength Jim Stoppani 0736057714 April 30, 2006 Paperback ·
Book Description Finally, a research-based book that covers all facets of optimizing the development of muscle and strength. Encyclopedia of Muscle & Strength is a comprehensive training guide and reference that provides definitions of key terms and concepts, evaluations of equipment options—including the top innovations, explanations of the role and importance of each muscle group, presentations of the best exercises for adding strength and mass, and descriptions and examples of many types of workouts and programs and their effects. Choose from 277 exercises presented for 11 different muscle groups and the whole body. Proper technique for each exercise is tailored to the type of resistance used, be it free weights, weight machines, or body weight. Plus, each training program is rated according to workout duration, the...


	The Sports Encyclopedia Richard M. Cohen 031230479X Feb 2004 Paperback ·
Book Description The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2004 covers the history of every player, every team, and every season from 1902 through 2003, with detailed statistics and text summaries, as well as full coverage of this year's exciting pennant race. · Which team became the first in history to come back from a 3-1 deficit to win the World Series? · Who was the only player to hit a pinch-hit World Series home run? · Who became the first to manage five straight pennant winners, and in what years did he do it? · What 1970s team won a pennant with only one player hitting more than twenty homers, no player driving in eighty runs, no player stealing even ten bases, no player hitting .300, and only one pitcher winning more than fifteen games? The answers to these and thousands of...


	The Sports Encyclopedia David S. Neft 0312337868 Feb 2005 Paperback ·
Book Description The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2005 covers the history of every player, every team, and every season from 1902 through 2005, with detailed statistics and text summaries, as well as full coverage of this year’s exciting pennant race. -Which team became the first in history to come back from a 3–1 deficit to win the World Series? -Who was the only player to pinch-hit a World Series homerun? -Who became the first to manage five straight pennant winners, and in what years did he do it? -What 1970s team won a pennant with only one player hitting more than twenty homers, no player driving in eighty runs, no player stealing even ten bases, no player hitting .300, and only one pitcher winning more than fifteen games? The answers to these and thousands of other baseball questions...


	Encyclopedia of Dog Breeds: Profiles of More than 150 Breeds D. Caroline Coile 0764157000 April 2005 Hardcover ·
From Booklist In this volume, readers will find information to help them make sound decisions as they consider bringing a purebred dog into their lives. More than 150 breed descriptions are grouped along American Kennel Club divisions: the sporting group, the hound group, the working group, and so on. Each breed entry includes a lovely color photograph that, thanks to the size of the book itself, is large enough to offer bright, clear images. Breed descriptions are organized into subsections entitled "History," "Temperament," "Upkeep," "Health," and "Form and Function." An "Illustrated Standard" sidebar consists of helpful black-and-white line drawings that highlight some of the distinguishing elements of the breed standard as defined by the AKC. Another sidebar, "At a Glance," lists characteristics for each breed, including energy...


	Indiana University Basketball Encyclopedia Dick Van Arsdale (Foreword), Jason Hiner 1582616558 December 2004 Hardcover ·
Book Description The tradition of college basketball excellence that reigns at Indiana University can only be matched by a handful of other elite programs, while the fierce devotion of IU basketball fans has been selling out arenas and inspiring generation after generation of Hoosier fans for over a century. The Indiana University Basketball Encyclopedia captures the glory, the tradition, and the championships, from the team’s inaugural games in the winter of 1901 all the way through the 2003-04 season. The most comprehensive book ever written about IU basketball, this encyclopedia covers every season and every game the Hoosiers have played throughout their illustrious history, including all of the program’s Big Ten Conference championships and NCAA championships. It is a must-have for the library of every devoted IU...


	Encyclopedia of the Horse Elizabeth Peplow (Editor) 0760711577 December 1998 Hardcover ·
Book Description The history, development, and changing role of the horse. Principal horse and pony breeds of the world. Equestrian sports from dressage and show jumping to harness racing and rodeo. Learning to ride. Horse care and general management. More than 300 color photographs.