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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Vladislav Tretiak, Valeri Kharlamov, Mark Howe, Robbie Ftorek, Ivan Hlinka, Anatoli Firsov, Boris Mikhailov, Aleksandr Maltsev, Vaclav Nedomansky, Henry Boucha, Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov, Jaroslav Holik, Erich Kuhnhackl, Vladimir Martinec, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Ji?i Hole?ek, Alexander Yakushev, Vladimir Dzurilla, Heikki Riihiranta, Frantisek Pospisil, Alexander Ragulin, Valeri Vasiliev, Victor Kuzkin, Timothy Sheehy, Gennadiy Tsygankov, Lasse Oksanen, Bohuslav S?astny, Vitaly Davydov, Esa Peltonen, Frank Sanders, Rudi Hiti, Wally Olds, Mike Curran, Josef ?erny, Craig Sarner, Seppo Lindstrom, Keith Christiansen, Urpo Ylonen, Jorma Valtonen, Bruce Mcintosh, Tom Mellor, Richard Farda, Kevin Ahearn, Jorma Peltonen, Matti Keinonen, Ji?i Kochta, Pekka Marjamaki, Matti Murto, Jorma Vehmanen, Juha...

David Clayton

From Argentina to Zaire, George Burley to Ally MacLeod and Bertie Vogts to Jock Stein – "The DVD Book of Scotland" is the ideal companion for any passionate member of the Tartan Army. Packed with mini-biographies of the greatest players and managers Scotland have ever had as well as songs, tournaments and events from more than a 100 years of international football - it's hard to imagine a better source of information on the national team. Whether it’s a rendition of "Flower of Scotland" you're after, or perhaps Kenny Dalglish's incredible record while representing his country, a complete record of results against England or the history of Hampden Park, "The DVD Book of Scotland" is essential reading for all Scots as the boys begin their bid for yet another World Cup appearance in 2010. From the great and the good, to the not-so-great and not-that-good, this is the complete guide to Scotland's proud history in international football.

Book Description Sport and dance command the passions and devotion of countless athletes, dancers and fans worldwide. Although conventionally thought to reside within separate social realms, these two embodied cultural forms are revealed in this benchmark volume to share a vital capacity to constitute and express identities through their practiced movements and scripted forms. Thus, the work of choreographers and coaches along with the performances of dancers and athletes offer not merely entertainment and aesthetic accomplishment but also powerful means for celebrating existing social arrangements and cultural ideals or, alternately, for imagining and advocating new ones. Drawing on a wide selection of sport and dance activities from around the world, this book elucidates the ways in which embodied performances both mirror and reshape social life. It traces, for example, how football, salsa and tango can each be employed to articulate or rewrite national and gender...

MIke McGuire

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Timothy Thompson

On Friday evening, February 22 1980, the USA Olympic hockey team defeated the vaunted soviet union 4 to 3 in the semi final match at lake placid, New York. It was the single greatest upset in the history of sports. In the book, magician's on ice, author timothy j. Thompson describes in detail the origins of the great soviet hockey dynasty. He traces the roots of hockey in Russia, examines the soviet philosophy with regard to the sport, discusses their unique training methods, and provides the reader with background information on the two patriarchs of soviet hockey. The second half of the book takes the reader though each game the soviets played in the 1954 world championships. You will read about unprecedented offensive firepower, spectacular goal tending, and tremendous victories. There are 10 wonderful photographs included for the readers' enjoyment, along with a full and comprehensive index that makes it quite easy to find out interesting tidbits of info at the drop of a hat. The...

Frankland, Robert, Parker, Tim, Riches, Adam

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Ken Rappoport

Presents a biography of the Philadelphia Flyers' hockey player whose combination of power and skill makes him one of the most dominant players in the league.

From its myth of the frozen northern pond, to its establishment as a new sport in New Zealand, Now is the Winter examines all aspects of hockey. This collection celebrates hockey while acknowledging that there is more to it than a lone figure skating on an outdoor rink.

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Tom Schettino

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