Cultural & Social Aspects
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Baofeng Radio for Beginners
$16.99 Add to cartConfused by all the jargon surrounding Baofeng radios?
Worried about the legal implications?
Struggling to choose the right model?
Introducing “Baofeng Radio for Beginners, ” your comprehensive guide to
- Author: Venturewise Publications
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: June 19 2025
- ISBN10: 9798349429972
- Language: English
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The Moscow Playbook: How Russia Used, Abused, and Transformed Sports in the Hunt for Power
$30.00 Add to cartAn eye-opening account of how Russia’s leaders have used sports as a political tool to solidify their global power
“Victories in sport do more to cement the nation than a hundred political slogans.”- Author: Berglund, Bruce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 20 2026
- ISBN10: 1637277482
- Language: English
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Big Fan: Two Friends, 82,490 Miles, and the Wild, Wonderful Sports We Love
$35.00 Read moreNew York Times bestselling authors Mike Schur and Joe Posnanski travel the world in a hilarious and heartwarming celebration of fans and the things they love: baseball, basketball, chess, darts, footb… [more below]
- Author: Schur, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217045112
- Language: English
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Leveling the Ice: Confronting Racism in Hockey
$28.95 Add to cartA deep dive into the institutional racism and prejudice in the sport of hockey that persists across all levels – and how it will impact the future of the sport
While professional sports leagues claim- Author: Sandor, Steven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 080702046X
- Language: English
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Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture
$24.95 Add to cart“An informative read from first page to last”–Midwest Book Review
Get in the Game unfolds the many ways that sports shape culture, bringing people together in shared emotional and physical experience- Author: The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1962098036
- Language: English
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Rethinking Fandom: How to Beat the Sports-Industrial Complex at Its Own Game
$17.95 Add to cartA fundamental reevaluation of how to be a sports fan by an acclaimed baseball writer.
Sports fandom isn’t what it used to be. Owners and executives increasingly count on the blind loyalty of their fans
- Author: Calcaterra, Craig
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1953368239
- Language: English
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Losing Big: America’s Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
$18.00 Add to cartInside America’s preventable sports-gambling debacle
In 2018, the United States Supreme Court opened the floodgates for states to legalize betting on sports. Eager for revenue, almost forty states hav- Author: Cohen, Jonathan D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 9798987053706
- Language: English
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The Fast Track: Inside the Surging Business of Women’s Sports
$30.00 Add to cart“No one cares about women’s sports” is a familiar refrain from vocal skeptics, but as The Fact Track shows, a series of watershed moments reflect the increasing popularity of and support for women’s s… [more below]
- Author: McManus, Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: February 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1439925089
- Language: English
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The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World
$25.48 Add to cartRiveting and inspiring first-person stories of how “taking a knee” triggered a political awakening among athletes of all ages and levels, from the celebrated sportswriter
“With profiles of courage tha- Author: Zirin, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1620977850
- Language: English
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Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete
$19.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “An explosive and absorbing discussion of race, politics, and the history of American sports.”–Ebony
From Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali and Arthur Ashe, African American… [more below]- Author: Rhoden, William C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 24 2007
- ISBN10: 0307353141
- Language: English
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Always an Athlete
$24.95 Add to cartAlways an Athlete is a comprehensive study of the ways in which athletes climb what author Jenn? Blackburn terms “The Mountain”–the journey from youth sports, through high school and college sports, … [more below]
- Author: Blackburn, Jenne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1621908593
- Language: English
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Break Point: Two Minnesota Athletes and the Road to Title IX
$19.95 Read moreHow two teenage girls in Minnesota jump-started a revolution in high school athletics
Peggy Brenden, a senior, played tennis. Toni St. Pierre, a junior, was a cross country runner and skier. All thes- Author: Brenden, Sheri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: December 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1517914582
- Language: English
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It Was Always a Choice: Picking Up the Baton of Athlete Activism
$23.00 Read moreThe recent flashpoint of Colin Kaepernick taking a knee renews a long tradition of athlete-activists speaking out against racism, injustice, and oppression. Like Kaepernick, Jackie Robinson, Paul Robe
- Author: Steele, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: July 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1439921733
- Language: English
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Fit Nation: The Gains and Pains of America’s Exercise Obsession
$29.00 Read moreHow is it that Americans are more obsessed with exercise than ever, and yet also unhealthier? Fit Nation explains how we got here and imagines how we might create a more inclusive, stronger future.
I- Author: Petrzela, Natalia Mehlman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 022665110X
- Language: English
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Mornings with Madden
$28.00 Add to cartAn intimate and freewheeling portrait of John Madden through the NFL legend’s own words
John Madden is synonymous with football. He was the television face and voice of the nation’s most popular spor- Author: Bunger, Stan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1637276540
- Language: English
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Locker Room Talk: A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside
$39.95 Add to cartWhile sportswriters rushed into Major League Baseball locker rooms to talk with players, MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn barred the lone woman from entering along with them. That reporter, 26-year-old Sp
- Author: Ludtke, Melissa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 374
- Publish Date: August 16 2024
- ISBN10: 197883778X
- Language: English
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We Matter: Athletes and Activism
$16.95 Read more“Thomas interviews athletes, coaches, and sports personalities as he covers topics related to activism from the sporting realm and how it is perceived in America. A necessary read.” —Library Journal
- Author: Thomas, Etan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 06 2018
- ISBN10: 1617755915
- Language: English
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Who Am I After Sports?: An Athlete’s Roadmap to Discover New Purpose and Live Fulfilled
$14.99 Add to cartMany athletes grow up wanting to be a star – Michael Jordan, Mia Hamm, Michael Phelps, Cheryl Miller, Hussain Bolt, or Lionel Messi. As they journey through sports, their athletic identity strengthens
- Author: Stinson, Darryll
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 1647464803
- Language: English
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Latinos and Latinas in American Sport: Stories Beyond Peloteros
$39.95 Add to cartLatinos and Latinas in American Sport: Stories Beyond Peloteros expands upon the significance of sport in U.S. Latino communities by looking at sports as diverse as drag racing and community softball,… [more below]
- Series: Sport in the American West
- Author: Iber, Jorge
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1682830403
- Language: English
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Sprawlball: A Visual Tour of the New Era of the NBA
$25.00 Read moreFrom the leading expert in the exploding field of basketball analytics, a stunning infographic decoding of the modern NBA: who shoots where, how well, and why. Says Nate Silver: “If you want to unders… [more below]
- Author: Goldsberry, Kirk
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 30 2019
- ISBN10: 1328767515
- Language: English
