At the heart of Born to Run lies a mysterious tribe of Mexican Indians, the Tarahumara, who live quietly in canyons and are reputed to be the best distance runners in the world; in 1993, one of them, aged 57, came first in a prestigious 100-mile race wearing a toga and sandals. A small group of the world's top ultra-runners (and the awe-inspiring author) make the treacherous journey into the canyons to try to learn the tribe's secrets and then take them on over a course 50 miles long. With incredible energy and smart observation, McDougall tells this story while asking what the secrets are to being an incredible runner. Travelling to labs at Harvard, Nike, and elsewhere, he comes across an incredible cast of characters, including the woman who recently broke the world record for 100 miles and for her encore ran a 2:50 marathon in a bikini, pausing to down a beer at the 20 mile mark.
A must-have for diehard fans and the perfect introduction for anyone just getting into skateboard culture, this definitive compilation profiles 1,000 boards from old-school classics to famed iconic boards as well as the latest innovations hitting the streets. Covering over seventy years of brands and designers, this is the skateboard bible to inspire both the experienced as well as a rising generation of new thrashers. Broken down into categories based on deck shape and neck size as well as individual brands, uses, and skill levels, the book profiles the full range of board types: old-school, short boards, longboards, cruisers, street, freestyle, slalom, park, vert, pool, off-road, and more. Every type of board is included, from well-known brands to the obscure: Alien Workshop, Almost, Antihero, Baker, Birdhouse, Blind, Chocolate, DGK, Element, Enjoi, Flip, Girl, Globe, Habitat, Krooked, Plan B, Powell Peralta, Primitive, Punked, Real, Santa Cruz, Sector 9, Supreme, Toy Machine, Zero, and Zoo York to name just a few.
Les Jeux Olympiques d'été retrouvent Paris pour la 33e olympiade !
Plongez dans l'aventure Paris 2024 avec le Programme Officiel.
Un seul programme, mais :
2 Unes
2 sens de lecture
2 langues au même niveau (français & anglais)
1 dépliant de 8 pages : Il sera une Fois Paris 2024
Au sommaire :
Une section olympique et une section paralympique, avec un coeur de magazine commun.
La rétro des JO de Paris à Paris,
L'histoire des jeux paralvmpiques,
Paris 2024 :
- la cérémonie d'ouverture
- les jeux de la parité
- le marathon pour tous
- les quatre sports additionnels
- les torches olympique et paralympique et leur relais
- le village olympique
- les volontaires
- l'olympiade culturelle
- les lieux de célébrations.
Les stars olympiques et paralympiques à suivre,
Les sports olympiques et paralympiques (règles & épreuves),
Les sites de compétition...
From effortless forehands to red-carpet fame-and everything in between-Federer tells the story of a life like no other, in a way only Assouline can. The first visual biography on Roger Federer-produced over two years in close collaboration with the tennis legend himself and his wife, Mirka-offers readers a sweeping look into Roger's private moments, personality, and record-breaking career. Featuring never-before-published photographs and memorabilia from his childhood as well as snaps from Roger's and Mirka's own camera rolls, the book also includes handwritten insights from Roger that intimately capture his journey on and off the court.
Les âmes de la pelote (pilota arimak) ce sont ces artisans qui créent et permettent à ce sport multiséculaire de se perpétuer. Polina Jourdain-Gobycheva est entrée dans l'intimité des ateliers pour nous raconter l'histoire de ces hommes et de ces matériaux. D'une branche de châtaigner à une chistera, d'un tronc de hêtre à une pala, d'un noyau de latex à une pelote... La haute précision de ses compositions, la maitrise de ses chromies et l'humanité qui s'en dégagent nécessitaient que nous travaillions avec un imprimeur de renommée internationale. Les textes d'Yves Carlier, qui explicitent le travail des artisans, sont remarquables de précision.
Immerse yourself in the unparalleled greatness of the Olympic Games with The Last Heroes: 100 Moments of Olympics Legend. This book, authored by French journalists Olivier Margot and Étienne Bonamy, captures the emotional and suspenseful scenes that make the Games so riveting, from Jesse Owens' triumph at the 1936 Berlin Games to Derek Redmond's inspiring finish with his father's help in 1992. This visually stunning volume, brimming with photography, celebrates the hundred most significant moments in Summer Olympics history. Available in both the Classic Collection and a limited run of 100 Special Edition Ultimate Collection copies, each featuring a custom-designed plaque of the inaugural modern Olympic Games medal, this book is a definitive tribute to the spirit of the Games.
¿Quién aprende, qué aprende, cómo y dónde se desarrollan dichas actividades ? Éstas son algunas cuestiones fundamentales que preocupan a los que se dedican a la enseñanza/aprendizaje de una lengua extranjera. El propósito de esta reflexión es poner al alcance de los docentes y los alumnos unos aspectos de suma trascendencia en el proceso didáctico de una lengua extranjera.
Envision the city as an infinite playground.
Created in collaboration with Red Bull, Urban Playgrounds explores some of the world's most thrilling places for urban sports. From Venice, Barcelona, and Los Angeles, to Brasilia, Istanbul, Cairo, Lagos, or Jarkarta, this book reveals an exhilarating marriage between space and sports in global cities.
Born from a need to challenge boundaries and reclaim the right to the city, from a desire for self-expression and entertainment, urban sports reimagine the city as a playground. Be it freestyling on a skateboard, riding a BMX, or stretching the human body in parkour, urban athletes demonstrate the possibilities.
Enter the world of sports fashion and exercise in style. Here are the giants of sports and the brands who have clothed them. Puma. Nike. Adidas. Hugo Boss. Ralph Lauren. Chanel. Prada. These and many others reveal the secrets of glamorous sportswear in a sleek and streamlined book. Power and style merge with competition and performance as sports speaks to fashion, and vice versa.
"The present publication gathers communications from the Lille symposium selected for their quality and originality. Seventeen countries were represented, among which the United States, China, Australia, Qatar and numerous countries from Central and Eastern Europe. Aside from the conferences, many ideas and opinions were shared, a recurrent question being the very definition of sport tourism. This book will be of great interest to everyone interested by sport tourism and local sustainable development studied with a multidisciplinary approach."
This sociological research analyses the body's health field through the changes that have occurred in individuals' lifestyles with the advent of digital technology. The paradigm shift has created new models that are connected to physical and sporting practices and fitness culture. Achille Ardigò's correlational paradigm enabled us to understand the relationship between the use of digital applications, bodily health and well-being, highlighting the emergence of phenomena such as self-tracking, quantified-self and gamification.
The body, according to the values of digital culture, has been transformed into an instrument of public self-assertion, thus inaugurating new symbolic scenarios. If the healthy body constitutes an aim of desire, individuals are directed towards the cultural construction of health and physical efficiency within the physical and digital spaces of sport.
In the digital era, health prevention is affirmed in a perspective presenting itself with narcissistic traits that outline the idea of an increasingly perfect body image, exposed to digital platforms and social networks.
Check out the rules, history, players and events for over 250 of the world's greatest sports: from basketball to bobsleigh, karate to korfball, and synchronised swimming to ski jumping.
Stay ahead in the world of sport with the latest facts and figures from leading experts and governing bodies. And pick up the techniques and tactics of the world's best competitors.
Plus get in training early with the special fact-filled feature on the Olympic Games.
The main goal of this 3 volumes work is to study the methods of governance of sport and the purposes pursued in 35 countries, as well as to glance towards structures which participate in sport structuring and in its evolution under the crossed light of History, Sociology and Economy.
The main goal of this 3 volumes work is to study the methods of governance of sport and the purposes pursued in 35 countries, as well as to glance towards structures which participate in sport structuring and in its evolution under the crossed light of History, Sociology and Economy. The two first volumes give a realistic survey of the contrasted situation between the former Eastern and Western countries, both being deeply influenced by their more or less ancient past. The third volume gives examples of the sport governance in eight countries through the world (Lebanon, China, Brazil, etc). It is also offering a perspective of what is developing today in the sports sphere or around this field: the emergence and development of sport for disabled, the role of the European Olympic Committees, the development of laws or, at least, rules concerning media rights and question about responsible management in sport event.
Sport competitions, at a national, European and global level, have evolved into major political concerns, economic investment, social importance and media coverage. The focus of this edition is to stress some critical reflexions regarding security policies before and during Sport Events in our contemporary era of generalized insecurity.
This work presents the main contributions and considerations of young European research workers and journalists on the question of discrimination in sport. Taking a multidisciplinary approach to the social sciences, the authors show how the media and those working in media can act as a relay, through their coverage of sports, for initiatives on the fight against discrimination. They also illustrate in detail not only the reality of discrimination in sport and the controversy surrounding this issue in the member states of the Council of Europe, but also the strength of research incipient in this field.
The Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) hopes to contribute in this way to the development of European research on education through sport involving researchers from different countries in order to better understand the phenomenon of discrimination.
L'UNESCO est activement engagée dans la promotion du sport et de l'activité physique en tant qu'opportunité pour l'enseignement des valeurs, à la fois dans les écoles et, plus généralement, au sein de la société. L'égalité, l'inclusion, le respect et l'équité sont des valeurs fondamentales dérivées de la pratique sportive.
Le livre photo Le Pouvoir des Valeurs du Sport est une publication bilingue (anglais - français) qui recueille les 15 meilleures contributions issues du concours photo de l'UNESCO sur les valeurs du sport, sélectionnées parmi plus de 300 photos envoyées par des photographes de 76 pays.
On the occasion of the Olympic Games held in Brazil this year, Matador pays tribute to the epic of the Olympics with a unique issue which surveys their recent history, from Athens 1896 until today.
The volume includes portraits of heroes, myths and living legends, the most astounding records, the transformations of the cities that have hosted the games, the architecture of the stadiums, controversies, fallen and forgotten idols, monographs and more.
It is an exceptional issue which includes works by a range of artists, experts and thinkers, from journalists Santiago Segurola and Jose Maria Ezquiaza to painter Eduardo Arroyo.
Ce livre est une étude minutieuse des règlements qui ont régi les tournois olympiques depuis la création des Jeux lors du congrès international de La Sorbonne en 1894 jusqu'au congrès de Berlin en 1930. Il montre les grandes phases de développement du mouvement olympique durant ses premières décennies, explique les transformations structurelles au niveau des pouvoirs sportifs, analyse les différents types de tournois, et surtout, rétablit la vérité historique au sujet du problème de l'amateurisme.
