A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Industry
A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Industry (The Cultural Histories) edited by Mike Huggins
English | August 31, 2022 | ISBN: 135002404X | True PDF | 280 pages | 8.4 MB
A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Industry covers the period 1800 to 1920. Over this period, sport become increasingly global, some sports were radically altered, sports clubs proliferated, and new team games - such as baseball, basketball and the various forms of football - were created, codified, commercialized, and professionalized. Yet this was also an age of cultural and political tensions, when issues around the role of women, social class, ethnicity and race, imperial relationships, nation-building, and amateur and professional approaches were all shaping sport. At the same time, increasing urbanization, population, real wages and leisure time drove demand for sport ever higher, and the institutionalization and regulation of sport accelerated.

A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Enlightenment (The Cultural Histories Series)
A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Enlightenment (The Cultural Histories Series) by Rebekka von Mallinckrodt
English | August 31st, 2022 | ISBN: 135002399X | 256 pages | True EPUB | 8.00 MB
A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Enlightenment covers the period 1650 to 1800, a period often seen as a time of decline in sporting practice and literature. In fact, a rich sporting culture existed and sports were practised by both men and women at all levels of society. The Enlightenment called into question many of the earlier notions of religion, gender, and rank which had previously shaped sporting activities and also initiated the commercialization, professionalization and associativity which were to define modern sport.

Why It's OK to Not Be Monogamous
Why It's OK to Not Be Monogamous
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032449780 | 183 Pages | PDF (True) | 6 MB
The downsides of monogamy are felt by most people engaged in long-term relationships, including restrictions on self-discovery, limits on friendship, sexual boredom, and a circumscribed understanding of intimacy. Yet, a "happily ever after" monogamy is assumed to be the ideal form of romantic love in many modern societies: a relationship that is morally ideal and will bring the most happiness to its two partners.

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Wait for Me
An Na, "Wait for Me"
English | ISBN: 1481442430 | 2017 | 208 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
A teen pretends to be a perfect daughter, but her reality is far darker, in this penetrating look at identity and finding yourself amidst parents' dreams for you, by Printz Award-winning novelist An Na.

Upshift Turning Pressure into Performance and Crisis into Creativity
Ben Ramalingam, "Upshift: Turning Pressure into Performance and Crisis into Creativity"
English | ISBN: 1250792959 | 2023 | EPUB | 320 pages | 2 MB
With over two decades' experience both observing and interpreting how people channel disaster into opportunity in the most extreme circumstances and environments on Earth, Ben Ramalingam has a unique vantage point from which to identify the key principles that can enable anyone to use stress as an opportunity for change.