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Barbarian Days
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Author : William Finnegan
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-08-06
Barbarian Days written by William Finnegan and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Winner of the Pulitzer Price and William Hill Sports Book of the Year: Barbarian Days is a deeply rendered self-portrait of a lifelong surfer looking for transcendence 'that recalls early James Salter' (Geoff Dyer, Observer) Surfing only looks like a sport. To devotees, it is something else entirely: a beautiful addiction, a mental and physical study, a passionate way of life. New Yorker writer William Finnegan first started surfing as a young boy in California and Hawaii. Barbarian Days is his immersive memoir of a life spent travelling the world chasing waves through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa and beyond. Finnegan describes the edgy yet enduring brotherhood forged among the swell of the surf; and recalling his own apprenticeship to the world's most famous and challenging waves, he considers the intense relationship formed between man, board and water. Barbarian Days is an old-school adventure story, a social history, an extraordinary exploration of one man's gradual mastering of an exacting and little-understood art. It is a memoir of dangerous obsession and enchantment. 'Reading this guy on the subject of waves and water is like reading Hemingway on bullfighting; William Burroughs on controlled substances; Updike on adultery. . . . a coming-of-age story, seen through the gloss resin coat of a surfboard' Sports Illustrated
Surfing And The Philosophy Of Sport
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Author : Daniel Brennan
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2021-02-03
Surfing And The Philosophy Of Sport written by Daniel Brennan and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-03 with Philosophy categories.
Surfing and the Philosophy of Sport uses the insights gained through an analysis of the sport of surfing to explore key questions and discourses within the philosophy of sport. As surfing has been practiced dynamically, since its beginnings as a traditional Polynesian pursuit to its current status as a counter-culture lifestyle and also a highly professionalized and commercialized sport that will be included in the Olympic Games, it presents a unique phenomenon from which to reconsider questions about the nature of sport and its role in a flourishing life and society. Daniel Brennan examines foundational issues about defining sport, sport's role in conceptualizing the good life, the aesthetic nature of sport, the place of technology in sport, the principles of Olympism and surfing’s embodiment of them, and issues of institutionalized sexism in sport and the effect that might have on athletic performance.
Kreka
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Author : Joan Silva
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999-12
Kreka written by Joan Silva and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-12 with Fiction categories.
The Smartphone Paradox
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Author : Alan J. Reid
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-08-21
The Smartphone Paradox written by Alan J. Reid and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-21 with Social Science categories.
The Smartphone Paradox is a critical examination of our everyday mobile technologies and the effects that they have on our thoughts and behaviors. Alan J. Reid presents a comprehensive view of smartphones: the research behind the uses and gratifications of smartphones, the obstacles they present, the opportunities they afford, and how everyone can achieve a healthy, technological balance. It includes interviews with smartphone users from a variety of backgrounds, and translates scholarly research into a conversational tone, making it easy to understand a synthesis of key findings and conclusions from a heavily-researched domain. All in all, through the lens of smartphone dependency, the book makes the argument for digital mindfulness in a device age that threatens our privacy, sociability, attention, and cognitive abilities.
Negotiating The Eu S 2030 Climate And Energy Framework
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Author : Oscar Fitch-Roy
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-05-15
Negotiating The Eu S 2030 Climate And Energy Framework written by Oscar Fitch-Roy and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-15 with Social Science categories.
In 2014, European heads of state selected new targets for the EU as part of the 2030 climate and energy framework. These targets will guide the ambition and nature of EU policy in this area until 2030 and are likely to have important implications for Europe’s transition to a low-carbon economy. This book exposes the role of civil society and business interest groups in setting the policymaking agenda and defining the range of options for the framework. Based on a unique sample of 32 in-depth interviews with Brussels policy elites, this book casts EU interest representation in a new light. In a novel application of the ‘multiple streams approach’, sequential chapters present the problems faced by policymakers, the range of policy options available to address them and the political constraints within which policy entrepreneurs attempted to attached policies to problems.
Tapping The Source
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Author : Kem Nunn
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-06-19
Tapping The Source written by Kem Nunn and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-19 with Fiction categories.
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST Kem Nunn’s “surf noir” classic is a thrilling plunge into the seedy underbelly of a Southern California beach town—the inspiration for the film Point Break. People go to Huntington Beach in search of the endless parties, the ultimate highs, and the perfect waves. Ike Tucker has come to look for his missing sister and for the three men who may have murdered her. In that place of gilded surfers and sun-bleached blonds, Ike’s search takes him on a journey through a twisted world of crazed Vietnam vets, sadistic surfers, drug dealers, and mysterious seducers. He looks into the shadows and finds parties that drift toward pointless violence, joyless vacations, and highs you may never come down from...and a sea of old hatreds and dreams gone bad. And if he’s not careful, his is a journey from which he will never return.
The British Study Edition Of The Urantia Papers Book Ereader Pdf
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Author : Edited by Tigran Aivazian
language : en
Publisher: Tigran Aivazian
Release Date : 2011-01-01
The British Study Edition Of The Urantia Papers Book Ereader Pdf written by Edited by Tigran Aivazian and has been published by Tigran Aivazian this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-01 with Religion categories.
The British Study Edition of the Urantia Papers is based on the standard SRT text, but uses the metric system and adds a critical apparatus of textual variants and study notes.
Cold New World
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Author : William Finnegan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998-09
Cold New World written by William Finnegan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-09 with Social Science categories.
Impressions Of Rome Florence And Turin Pdf
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Author : Elizabeth Missing Sewell
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2022-05-08
Impressions Of Rome Florence And Turin Pdf written by Elizabeth Missing Sewell and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-08 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1862.
Waves And Beaches
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Author : Kim McCoy
language : en
Publisher: Patagonia
Release Date : 2021-03-16
Waves And Beaches written by Kim McCoy and has been published by Patagonia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-16 with Nature categories.
The Bestselling Classic Updated for Surfers, Sailors, Oceanographers, Climate Activists, and Those Who Love the Sea First published in 1963 and updated in 1979, this classic was an essential handbook for anyone who studies, surfs, protects, or is fascinated by the ocean. The original author, Willard Bascom, was a master of the subject and included a wealth of information, based on theory and statistics, but also anecdotal observation and personal experience. It brought to the general public understanding of the awesome and complex power of the waves. This revision from Kim McCoy adds recent facts and anecdotes to update the book's relevance in the time of climate change. One of the most significant effects of global warming will be sea-level rise. What will this mean to waves and beaches, and what effects are we already seeing? New text and photos cover events such as the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, Hurricane Katrina flooding of 2005, and the 2011 earthquake and resulting devastation in Fukishima. As well as students, surfers, and the general public, this updated edition of a beloved classic is an essential handbook for climate scientists and ocean activists, providing clear explanations and detailed resources for the constant battle to preserve the shore.