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Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports | 
 enlarge | Creators: Douglas Booth, Holly Thorpe
Publisher: Berkshire Publishing Group
Category: Book
List Price: $125.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1242927
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 450
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 0977015955
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.046003
EAN: 9780977015955
ASIN: 0977015955
Publication Date: March 31, 2007
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Product Description
Over the last decade "extreme" has become a popular adjective to describe and range of physical pursuits and activities such as bungee jumping, dirt biking, skysurfing and street luge. Yet, nowithstanding its widespread usage, "extreme" remains largely a term to differentiate individualistic, adventure-type sports from traditional team sports such as baseball and hockey. The "Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports" offers an in-depth dissection of this new and emerging phenomenon, and its characteristics, philosophy, ideology, functions, history and future.
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Impressively organized August 6, 2007
Collaboratively compiled and deftly co-edited by Douglas Booth and Holly Thorpe (both of whom are faculty members with the Department of Sports and Leisure Studies at the University of Waikato, New Zealand), the "Berkshire Encyclopedia Of Extreme Sports" is impressively organized and includes 42 articles on contemporary extreme sports by knowledgeable contributors including scholars and athletes. There are also 19 essays dealing with the social, political, and media context of extreme sports, 35 biographies of leading extreme sports athletes, as well as 73 sidebars (many written by athletes recounting their own exploits). The "Berkshire Encyclopedia Of Extreme Sports" is enhanced with the inclusion of a comprehensive index, extensive cross-references, and a topical reader's guide. In addition to being an essential acquisition for both school and community library Sports & Athletics reference collections, the "Berkshire Encyclopedia Of Extreme Sports" is especially recommended for students and non-specialist readers of any age who have an interest in any or all of those sports and athletic activities which have come to be called 'extreme'.
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