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The climbing community needs this sort of thing like oxygen at the moment. Everyones so tired of short snippets online and much of this important historical information will be forgotten. Anthony has done a real service to British climbing with this wonderfully detailed, expansive and inspiring book. Neil GreshamFollowing the Olympics, climbing is one of the fastest growing sports in the UK. There are now some 5 million climbers in the UK and over 450 indoor climbing walls. Reflecting this growing interest in the sport, rock-climbing has become a growth area for publication in the last decade. Recently many famous climbers have published autobiographies or ghost-written biographies. There has been a notable increase in books published by lesser known, amateur climbers: e.g. Anna Fleming Time on Rock (Canongate, 2022).The Climb situates itself in this context. It is literary in tone and in some of its references, but it is a work written from inside the lifeworld of climbing. It communicates the feeling of rock-climbing and the sometimes wild and chaotic character of the world of rock-climbers with an unmatched immediacy through a story about the development of rock-climbing from the 1950s to the present. It weaves together a detailed history of the leading rock-climbers and the development of climbing as a practice, with personal reminiscence, connecting both to wider social changes. The Climb tells a unique story in a distinctive voice.

Venha conhecer a Irmã Amália e sua turma de jovens. Já faz um tempinho, né? 1993! Mas não houve irmã como Irmã Amália. De repente, todos aqueles jovens poderiam se tornar padres e freiras, ou simples

A fun and entertaining look at the top 100 soccer players to have played for the US Mens National Team! In 100 American Soccer Legends, the soccer fan will find an elite list of the best players in American soccer history, from Harry Keough, Pat McBride, and Steve Pecher to Clint Dempsey and Christian Pulisic. Each players background, stats, and contribution to the game is examined in detail. The US has some of the best athletes in the world, but though its athletes have dominated in the Olympics and in other sports, it has yet to win a World Cup in mens soccer. Learn more about this athletic frontier and what the upcoming players need to bring to the game to finally win a world championship. If you are a fan of US soccer, then this is the book for you.

This is a time travelers guide to the history of soccer, tracing its originsfrom a humble beginning to an established sport beloved worldwide. It is a story that spans five thousand years, from ancient Egypt to MesoAmerica, from the Greek Empire to Chinese Dynasties, and from the Roman Empire to medieval Britain.From the Middle Ages onwards, Britain and Ireland unfurl their lineage, from the lesser-known trapball and stoolball to the lamentably extinct camping and knappan. All forms find a voice in this book, as do hockey and hurling, baseball and bowling, tennis and golf. Primarily a narrative of British and Irish ball games, esteemed foreigners are welcomed: baggataway, knattleikur, soule, kolven, calcio. Many games come to life, revealing their motivations and their complex inner world. Still, soccer is firmly center stage. This is, after all, its picaresque journey. As the games sweep across history, the social, religious, and political contexts are threaded throughout, and this book is peppered with news snippets, anecdotes, comedy, and intrigue, which give the centuries life. Crammed with eccentric sports ephemera, untold tales, and unearthed acts, The Game That Would Be King is the most comprehensive work on the early history of ball games ever written.