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Classic Guide to Athletics by Shearman Montague
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Athletic contests in running, walking, jumping, and throwing are among the oldest of all sports and their roots are prehistoric. Athletics events were depicted in the Ancient Egyptian tombs in Saqqara, with illustrations of running at the Heb Sed festival and high jumping appearing in tombs from as earl ...Show more
Classic Guide to Boxing by American Sports Publishing
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Since the arenas of ancient Rome to modern-day bouts, a boxer’s success has been measured by his balance, strength and recovery. One of the things that The Classic Guide to Boxing teaches us is that boxing is not just a sport but a science. Judging distance, position, arm movement and fist shape all con ...Show more
Classic Guide to Breadmaking by Graham Sylvester
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Freshly baked bread is an incredibly evocative aroma, feeding in to a shared understanding of this versatile food which has been an important staple in our diet since the dawn of agriculture. There are probably few people in who, were the question put to them directly, would not say that they consider b ...Show more
Classic Guide to Cocktails by Thomas Jerry
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Written in 1876, The Bar-Tenders Guide; or How to Mix All Kinds of Plain and Fancy Drinks is the definitive guide to cocktails. Jerry Thomas, described as the 'father of American mixology', provides the reader with clear and engaging instructions on how to mix a range of popular and more obscure cocktai ...Show more
Classic Guide to Dating by Wehman Henry
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Have you ever wondered how to know you are really in love? How to woo your beloved with a handkerchief? How about how to write a foolproof love letter? The Classic Guide to Dating is full of practical advice for the young lover (or would-be lover), guiding him or her through every stage of courtship, ma ...Show more
Classic Guide to Fly Fishing by Cholmondeley Pennell Henry
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The nineteenth-century American hermit and writer Theodore Gordon wrote 'it is impossible to grow weary of a sport that is never the same on any two days of the year'. It is this enthusiasm for the sport that Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell conveys in this comprehensive guide to fishing, one of its very firs ...Show more
Classic Guide to Football by Alcock Cw
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The beautiful game as we know it today was founded at the end of the nineteenth century. The history of football as a sport in England can be traced back to at least the eighth century, but the laws of the modern game were first standardised between 1848 and 1886. Charles William Alcock has been describ ...Show more
Classic Guide to Golf by Hutchinson Horace
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While the modern game of golf originated in fifteenth-century Scotland, the game's ancient origins are unclear and much debated. The first written record of golf is King James II's banning of the game in 1457, as an unwelcome distraction from learning archery. The world's oldest golf tournament still in ...Show more
Classic Guide to Polo by Dale Tf
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'Polo is perhaps the most ancient of games.' Often called the 'Sport of Kings', the fast and furious game of polo has a long and varied history. Originating in Persia, the popularity of the game spread to North Africa, China and the Indian subcontinent, where it was picked up by the British. Polo is now ...Show more
Classic Guide to Rowing by Lehmann Rc
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Rowing can be traced back to as early as 1430 BC, with oarsmanship mentioned in Egyptian funeral inscriptions and Virgil, including rowing as a funeral game in the Aeneid. Rowing as a sport can be traced back to the early eighteenth century where teams competed against each other on the River Thames. Th ...Show more
Classic Guide to Rugby by Gent D R
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A sport popular in over 100 countries around the world, rugby is said to have originated when William Webb Ellis 'with fine disregard for the rules of football as played in his time at Rugby school, first took the ball in his arms and ran with it, thus originating the distinctive feature of the Rugby ga ...Show more
Classic Guide to Sailing by Knight E F
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Throughout history, sailing has been instrumental in the development of civilization, affording humanity greater mobility than travel over land, whether for trade, transport or warfare, and the capacity for fishing. Sailing has contributed to many great explorations in the world. In 1889, Knight sailed ...Show more