Introduction to Intercollegiate Athletics
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Intercollegiate athletics continue to bedevil American higher education. At once tied closely with...

Atlas of Untamed Places: An Extraordinary Journey Through Our Wild World
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In a world that has increasingly become tamed by human activity, the true wild holds a growing...

Finding Ourselves at the Movies: Philosophy for a New Generation
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Academic philosophy may have lost its audience, but the traditional subjects of philosophy-love,...
Football, Community and Social Inclusion
Daniel Parnell and David Richardson
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This special issue addresses the complex reality of English community football organisations,...

Locating the Sacred: Theoretical Approaches to the Emplacement of Religion
Claudia Moser and Cecelia Feldman
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Ritual happens in distinct places - in temples, in caves, along pilgrimage routes - and religious...

Slow Philosophy: Reading Against the Institution
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In an age of internet scrolling and skimming, where concentration and attention are fast becoming...

Social Theory, Sport, Leisure
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Ken Roberts' Social Theory, Sport and Leisure offers a clear, compact primer in social theory for...
The Millennial City: Trends, Implications, and Prospects for Urban Planning and Policy
Markus Moos, Deirdre Pfeiffer and Tara Vinodrai
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Millennials have captured our imaginaries in recent years. The conventional wisdom is that this...

The Origin of Modern Shinto in Japan: The Vanquished Gods of Izumo
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Yijiang Zhong analyses the formation of Shinto as a complex and diverse religious tradition in early...

Pocket World in Figures: 2017
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* More than 200,000 copies sold worldwide each year* For more than 25 years, Pocket World in Figures...