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Cricket Ball - Gary (university Of Birmingham Cox - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

Cricket Ball - Gary (university Of Birmingham Cox - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

No object encapsulates the subtle, mysterious richness of cricket as much as its most famous character, the cricket ball: the swinging, bouncing, spinning heart of the glorious game. Gary Cox tells us the life story of the ball in its many guises: new ball, old ball, live ball, dead ball, no-ball, lost ball, swing ball and dot ball. He untangles the complexities of spin bowling (with a little help from Shane Warne), the tricks and cheats involved in ball tampering (including a look at the 2018 Australian scandal) and explores the multi-coloured future of a rapidly changing game. A kaleidoscopic look at the ball through the lenses of everything from philosophy and science to history, politics and biography and the myriad facts and figures of the vast cricket universe, Cox brings you a brimming biography of this legendary leathern orb and the heroes, fools and villains it has created along the way.

DKK 433.00
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Motion Analysis of Soccer Ball - Ying Li - Bog - Springer Verlag, Singapore - Plusbog.dk

Motion Analysis of Soccer Ball - Ying Li - Bog - Springer Verlag, Singapore - Plusbog.dk

The intelligent sports analysis of a soccer ball (also known as football, football ball, or association football ball) requires accurately simulating its motion and finding the best design parameters. Employing classic mechanics, this book establishes a fundamental framework for the soccer ball multi-body dynamics modeling, virtual prototype simulation and optimization design. It presents 3D virtual prototypes to predict the soccer ball trajectory for soccer players and trainers. Five typical case studies have addressed in the kinematics and dynamics simulations of soccer ball projectile motion, free kick, and corner kick in the virtual environment. The research on multi-body dynamics models provides a useful method for engineers and scientists to investigate the spatial kinematics and dynamics performances of various balls, such as soccer ball, gulf ball, American football, etc. The book is significant to guide undergraduate and graduate students from multi-disciplines to study system dynamics and optimization design.

DKK 434.00
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Small Ball in the Big Leagues - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Small Ball in the Big Leagues - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The typical baseball fan yearns for one of two things: a strikeout or a home run. But most of the game takes place in between these electrifying moments, and this book discusses the importance of "small ball" to baseball. It examines the multitude of times small ball activities have secured victories through aggressive base running, sacrifice hits, squeeze bunts, stolen bases, productive outs and hit-and-run plays, as well as games in which aggressive small ball activity led to defeat. The book covers the most important small ball players, managers and teams.

DKK 429.00
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Finding the Hidden Ball Trick - Bill Deane - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Finding the Hidden Ball Trick - Bill Deane - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

The dying art of the hidden-ball trick dates back to the early days of pro baseball, with seven successful executions documented in 1876 alone. This ruse occurs when a baseman conceals the ball instead of returning it to the pitcher. When the runner steps off the base, he is summarily tagged out with the hidden ball. The trick has been used some 264 times with success, a rarity roughly in the class of the no-hitter. The hidden-ball trick has produced many hilarious stories throughout the years, and even enjoyed a renaissance of sorts in 2013 when it was employed twice late in the season. In Finding the Hidden-Ball Trick: The Colorful History of Baseball’s Oldest Ruse, every known execution of the hidden-ball trick in the major leagues is documented, compiled from decades of research. This book recounts how the hidden-ball trick has completed triple plays, ended games, resulted in two arrests, cost a Hall of Famer a managing job, and even occurred in a World Series. Stories include how Fred Merkle gained revenge on Johnny Evers, how Gary Carter was caught to end a game—on his birthday—and how Lou Boudreau was nabbed the day after saying the play was obsolete. In addition to a complete chronological listing of every documented ruse, Finding the Hidden-Ball Trick also includes descriptions of tricks that went awry and a list of unsubstantiated accounts. This unique compilation of baseball stories will be of interest to baseball scholars and fans alike.

DKK 503.00
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Base Ball 10 - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Base Ball 10 - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Offering the best in original research and analysis, Base Ball is an annually published book series that promotes the study of baseball''s early history, from its protoball roots to 1920, and its rise to prominence within American popular culture. This volume, number 10, brings together 14 articles on a wide range of topics, including the role of physicians in spreading early baseball; the game''s financial revolution of 1866, when teams began charging a 25-cent admission price; the prejudice that greeted Japan''s Waseda University team during its American tour in 1905; the Addie Joss benefit game and its place in baseball lore; the 1867 western tour of the National Base Ball Club; and entrenched ideas about class and early baseball, with a focus on the supposedly blue-collar Pennsylvania Base Ball Club.

DKK 429.00
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Imagining America - Alan M. Ball - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Imagining America - Alan M. Ball - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

In Imagining America, historian Alan M. Ball explores American influence in two newborn Russian states: the young Soviet Union and the modern Russian Republic. Ball deftly illustrates how in each era Russians have approached the United States with a conflicting mix of ideas—as a land to admire from afar, to shun at all costs, to emulate as quickly as possible, or to surpass on the way to a superior society. Drawing on a wide variety of sources including contemporary journals, newspapers, films, and popular songs, Ball traces the shifting Russian perceptions of American cultural, social, and political life. As he clearly demonstrates, throughout their history Russian imaginations featured a United States that political figures and intellectuals might embrace, exploit, or attack, but could not ignore.

DKK 518.00
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Foucault, Power, and Education - Stephen J. Ball - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Foucault, Power, and Education - Stephen J. Ball - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Foucault, Power, and Education invites internationally renowned scholar Stephen J. Ball to reflect on the importance and influence of Foucault on his work in educational policy. By focusing on some of the ways Foucault has been placed in relation to educational questions or questions about education, Ball highlights the relationships between Foucault’s concepts and methods, and educational research and analysis. An introductory chapter offers a brief explanation of some of Foucault’s key concerns, while additional chapters explore ways in which Ball himself has sought to apply Foucault’s ideas in addressing contemporary educational issues. In this intensely personal and reflective text, Ball offers an interpretation of his Foucault—That is, his own particular reading of the Foucauldian toolbox. Ideal for courses in education policy and education studies, this valuable teaching resource is essential reading for any education scholar looking for a starting point into the literature and ideas of Foucault.

DKK 454.00
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Against the Wind - Donya Ball - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Against the Wind - Donya Ball - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

The transition to mid and top-level educational leadership is often full of unexpected turbulence, confusing conversations, and mind-boggling navigational challenges that can send the best leader into a tailspin. In her book, Against the Wind: Leadership at 36,000 Feet Dr. Donya Ball helps administrators learn to face these challenges with courage and resilience. In this book, several experienced top-level leaders join Dr. Ball in sharing their experiences, lessons, and advice. With hope, wisdom, and humor, they share strategies for preventing problems, developing charisma, and facing rejection with courage and resilience.

DKK 565.00
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Reappraising Political Theory - Terence Ball - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Reappraising Political Theory - Terence Ball - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Machiavelli, Hobbes, Rousseay, Mill and Marx, and Foucault - what really links these and other `classic'' political theorists? Not, argues Terence Ball, their common status as `dead, white, European males'', but instead the exciting and compelling way in which they can speak to us today.Professor Ball begins by setting out his liberating view of the way we should approach `classic'' texts. Using an approach that is both `problem-driven'' and methodologically `pluralist'', Ball offers new readings - and reappraisals - of key authors and classic works in political theory. Throughout he argues that the importance of the great texts lies in their repeated reinterpretation in the light of problems that arise for present-day readers.This tour de force, always entertaining and eclectic, focuses on the core problems surrounding many of the major thinkers. Was Machiavelli really amoral? Why did language matter so much to Hobbes - and why should it matter to us? Are the roots of the totalitarian state to be found in Rousseau? Were the utilitarians sexist in their view of the franchise?Written in a lively and accessible style, the book will provoke debate among students and scholars alike. Throughout, Terence Ball shows just how exciting and important political theory can be.

DKK 595.00
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Reappraising Political Theory - Terence Ball - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Reappraising Political Theory - Terence Ball - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Machiavelli, Hobbes, Rousseau, Mill, and Marx, and Foucault - what really links these and other `classic'' political theorists? Not, argues Terence Ball, their common status as `dead, white, European males'', but instead the exciting and compelling way in which they can speak to us today.Professor Ball begins by setting out his liberating view of the way we should approach `classic'' texts. Using an approach that is both `problem-driven'' and methodologically `pluralist'', Ball offers new readings - and reappraisals - of key authors and classic works in political theory. Throughout he argues that the importance of the great texts lies in their repeated reinterpretation in the light of problems that arise for present-day readers.This tour-de-force, always entertaining and eclectic, focuses on the core problems surrounding many of the major thinkers. Was Machiavelli really amoral? Why did language matter so much to Hobbes - and why should it matter to us? Are the roots of the totalitarian state to be found in Rousseau? Were the utilitarians sexist in their view of the franchise?Written in lively and accessible styly, the book will provoke debate among students and scholars alike. Throughout, Terence Ball shows just how exciting and important political theory can be.

DKK 676.00
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Ball Don't Lie - Yago Colas - Bog - Temple University Press,U.S. - Plusbog.dk

Ball Don't Lie - Yago Colas - Bog - Temple University Press,U.S. - Plusbog.dk

Pro basketball player Rasheed Wallace often exclaimed the pragmatic truth “Ball don’t lie!” during a game. It is a protest against a referee’s bad calls. But the slogan, which originated in pickup games, brings the reality of a racialized urban playground into mainstream American popular culture. In Ball Don’t Lie!, Yago Colás traces the various forms of power at work in the intersections between basketball and language from the game’s invention to the present day. He critiques existing popular myths concerning the history of basketball, contextualizes them, and presents an alternative history of the sport inspired by innovations. Colás emphasizes the creative prerogative of players and the ways in which their innovations shape—and are shaped by—broader cultural and social phenomena. Ball Don't Lie! shows that basketball cannot be reduced to a single, fixed or timeless essence but instead is a continually evolving exhibition of physical culture that flexibly adapts to and sparks changes in American society.

DKK 668.00
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Farrow and Ball How to Redecorate - Farrow & Ball - Bog - Octopus Publishing Group - Plusbog.dk

Farrow and Ball How to Redecorate - Farrow & Ball - Bog - Octopus Publishing Group - Plusbog.dk

''Beautifully photographed spaces, from urban apartments to stately country houses, illustrate the ways paint can change a room''s feel, with lots of practical, easy-to-follow tips. If you''ve ever deliberated between shades of white, or wondered where the firm''s famous colour names came from, you''ll find the answers here.'' - Elle Decoration Following in the footsteps of the bestselling How to Decorate , Joa Studholme and the Farrow & Ball creative team are back with How to Redecorate - for the way we live now in a world full of colour.Packed with stylish and easy-to-follow decorating advice, How to Redecorate answers common questions, including which white to use with which colour, how to select a neutral palette and what exactly are the three different ways to decorate? Accompanied by a wealth of inspirational new images, the book also features an section on Farrow & Ball''s famous colour names and the stories behind them, as well as guidance on how to create a beautiful working space within the home. How to Redecorate reflects the seismic shift in the way we decorate our homes that has taken place over the last decade, showcasing a wide range of living spaces and featuring everything from compact city apartments to roomier country residences.

DKK 390.00
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The Only Way Out - Katherine Brewer Ball - Bog - Duke University Press - Plusbog.dk

The Only Way Out - Katherine Brewer Ball - Bog - Duke University Press - Plusbog.dk

In The Only Way Out , Katherine Brewer Ball explores the American fascination with the escape story. Brewer Ball argues that escape is a key site for exploring American conceptions of freedom and constraint. Stories of escape are never told just once but become mythic in their episodic iterations, revealing the fantasies and desires of society, the storyteller, and the listener. While white escape narratives have typically been laden with Enlightenment fantasies of redemption where freedom is available to any individual willing to seize it, Brewer Ball explores how Black and queer escape offer forms of radical possibility. Drawing on Black studies, queer theory, and performance studies, she examines a range of works, from nineteenth-century American literature to contemporary queer of color art and writing by contemporary American artists including Wilmer Wilson IV, Tourmaline, Tony Kushner, Junot Díaz, Glenn Ligon, Toshi Reagon, and Sharon Hayes. Throughout, escape emerges as a story not of individuality but of collectivity and entanglement.

DKK 766.00
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Behavioural Public Policy in Australia - Sarah Ball - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Behavioural Public Policy in Australia - Sarah Ball - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Using rich ethnographic data and first-hand experience, Ball presents a detailed account of Australia’s attempts to incorporate behavioural insights into its public policy. Ball identifies three competing interpretations of behavioural public policy, and how these interpretations have influenced the use of this approach in practice. The first sees the process as an opportunity to introduce more rigorous evidence. The second interpretation focuses on increasing compliance, cost savings and cutting red tape. The last focuses on the opportunity to better involve citizens in policy design. These interpretations demonstrate different ‘solutions’ to a series of dilemmas that the Australian Public Service, and others, have confronted in the last 50 years, including growing politicisation, technocracy and a disconnect from the needs of citizens. Ball offers a detailed account of how these priorities have shaped how behavioural insights have been implemented in policy-making, as well as reflecting on the challenges facing policy work more broadly. An essential read for practitioners and scholars of policy-making, especially in Australia.

DKK 429.00
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George Ball, Vietnam, and the Rethinking of Containment - David L. Dileo - Bog - The University of North Carolina Press - Plusbog.dk

George Ball, Vietnam, and the Rethinking of Containment - David L. Dileo - Bog - The University of North Carolina Press - Plusbog.dk

During his tenure as undersecretary of state from 1961 to 1966, George Ball was the only presidential adviser who systematically opposed American military intervention in Southeast Asia. In George Ball, Vietnam, and the Rethinking of Containment David DiLeo profiles Ball''s opposition to the United States'' role in Vietnam and evaluates the impact of this dissent on the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations.At the height of the Cold War, Ball questioned the validity of the domino theory and was virtually alone in challenging the idea that containment was an attainable or even desirable goal of American foreign policy. He asserted that the nation''s foreign policy must respect material as well as moral limitations, and he was skeptical of the use of military power as a political instrument. American intervention in Vietnam, he believed, was the inevitable and tragic consequence of the uncritical globalism that had marked the thinking of policymakers since World War II.DiLeo analyzes Ball''s contention that Presidents Kennedy and Johnson exaggerated the global significance of the Vietnam conflict by perceiving it as a struggle of the Free World against a monolithic communism. He examines Ball''s repeated warnings about the futility of strategic bombing and his sobering assertions about the possibility of Chinese and Soviet intervention, assesses the influence of his bold declarations that the United States would be defeated, and traces his frustrated quest to find another advisor within the Johnson administration to confirm these judgments.Proving a comprehensive picture of Ball''s actions and motivations, DiLeo draws upon personal papers of key participants in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, Ball''s office telephone transcripts and personal archive, National Security Council memorandums, and more than forty personal interviews. The result is a fascinating book that illuminates why Ball is generally recognized as one of the most original and insightful strategists of the past quarter-century.Originally published in 1991.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

DKK 478.00
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