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This informative text focuses on the role of sport in U.S. and Canadian societies. The approach is sociological, analytical, and critical.
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GREAT.......2007-06-13
LOVE THE BOOK, GOT IT IN NO TIME!
Praise for Cowtails and Cobras.......2002-10-31
I think this is the definitive book for "adventure ed". It is well laid out and easy to use. All the activities list not only instructions but when and how you might use them in a curriculum. It also has innovative ideas about how to use metaphors that can be adapted to a variety of situations. Karl Rohnke is, in my opinion, on the cutting edge of experential education and his first book is staple in any experiental ed library.
Praise for Cowtails and Cobras.......2002-10-31
I think this is the definitive book for "adventure ed". It is well laid out and easy to use. All the activities list not only instructions but when and how you might use them in a curriculum. It also has innovative ideas about how to use metaphors that can be adapted to a variety of situations. Karl Ronche is, in my opinion, on the cutting edge of experential education and his first book is staple in any experiental ed library.
a versatile and comprehensive toolbox of activities.......1999-07-13
I have used this book at outdoor education centres, camps and in a variety of classroom applications. It provides lots of neat ideas that integrate easily into traditional curricula. I especially appreciate the philosophy and clear instructions. Definitely a staple on my reference shelf.
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Before titanium drivers, before oversized heads and bubble shafts, before electronic systems to tell you how far you are from the pin, golf was much the same game it is today. The lessons Harvey Penick taught in the pre-gadget days still stand. The golf swing is basically the same, and Penick could teach it better than anybody. For most of his life, he never intended to publish his Little Red Book, a notebook of golf wisdom and anecdotes that he compiled with the idea that he'd pass it on to his son. But, for the sake of history, it's a good thing that he changed his mind. Contained in its 175 pages is just about all you need to know about golf from a technical standpoint, along with Penick's priceless memories of working with famous pros, teaching absolute nobodies to get the ball in the air, and finding a horde of bat guano and hauling it across town in a pickup truck to fertilize his golf course. This book makes you feel good about playing golf, that you're part of something steeped in ritual and mystery and tradition, and that the game was played perfectly well before perimeter-weighted, graphite-shafted irons came along.
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THE CLASSIC BOOK OF GOLF WISDOM FROM THE GAME'S GREATEST TEACHER
The Little Red Book has become required reading for all players and fans of the game of golf, from beginners to seasoned pros. The legendary Harvey Penick, who began his golfing career as a caddie in Austria, Texas, at the age of eight, worked with an amazing array of champions over the course of nearly a century, dispensing invaluable wisdom to golfers of every level. Penick simplifies the technical jargon of other instructional books and communicates the very essence of the game, and his Little Red Book is full of inspiration and homespun wisdom that reflects at once his great love of golf as well as his great talent for teaching.
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There is a lot...........2007-06-13
It's a good book, but you have to read it more one time to discover in some cases what Harvey is trying to say you. The book has a lot of pearls.
Well worth it.......2007-03-09
Harvey's little book is well worth it. I am new to golf, but I found the metaphors and stories to be very helpful. It is not as direct as many golf books, but it is wise. I found good information on the swing, bunker play, practice, and many others. Penick has firm opinions on many golf matters, but these are generated by a lifetime of golf and observation. If you have been whacking away on the driving range, this book could really help. It helped me to stay focused on fundamentals. John
Harvey Penick's Little Red Book.......2007-03-08
One of the best teaching books available. Great Humble man that I got to meet.
son-in-law.......2007-02-21
hard to buy for son-in-law keeps this book handy for re-reading chapters. was happy he is enjoying it hope it helps his golf game.
I don't know what all the fuss is about.......2007-01-17
This is a very famous book, and so I looked forward to reading it with a lot of hope that it would help my game. I found it to be pretty close to useless, and would certainly never recommend it to anyone. It does, however, do a good job of exalting Harvey Penick, which may have been his purpose in publishing it.
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This text integrates the traditional presentation of history and philosophy with the expanding career opportunities now available within this dynamic field. The text covers the nature, scope, philosophy, history, and scientific foundations of physical education and sport. Preparation for a diversity of careers in the field is emphasized, including areas such as teaching, coaching, exercise leadership, athletic training, sport management, and sport media. Issues, challenges, and the future of physical education and sport are also addressed.
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Basic Biomechanics provides an introduction to biomechanics using the latest findings from the research literature to support and exemplify the concepts presented. Quantitative as well as qualitative examples of problems illustrate biomechanical principles. Quantitative aspects are presented in a manageable, progressive fashion to make biomechanical principles accessible to all students, regardless of their mathematical skills.
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An exciting journey of science discovery is as near as your own backyard. Just one small square is alive with creepers and crawlers, lifters and leapers, singers, buzzers, climbers, builders, and recyclers. Backyard invites children ages 7 and up to become nature lovers by looking, listening, touching, and smelling the world from the ground up! From the unique One Small Square series of science acitivity books. . .where children can explore exotic and familiar ecosystems in detail, one small square at a time.
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Great for the US.......2007-09-18
This is a beautiful book and my 8 year old daughter refers to it occasionally, but I think that because so many of the animals in it are never seen in Sydney, Australia my children aren't really into this book. It hasn't inspired them to get into the garden and look around.
Excellent for getting kids interested in being outdoors.......2007-03-21
My son is 4 and loves all worms and bugs. This book is carried with us everywhere. He knows the names of the bugs and the earthworms habits. I love it that he is interested in something that will expand his mind, make him aware of his environment and keeps him away from the TV! He is still a little too young for squaring off a part of the yard but that could be next year. The illustrations are excellent, it creates a forum for conversation, love of nature and science. Too often our children are caught up in brands and being sold from TV brands and characters that are shallow and offer little to our children. How wonderful to fuel interest in something outdoors and interactive with the world we live in.
Wonderful!.......2007-01-20
This book (and others in the series) is a real treasure. Your kids, and you, are guaranteed to enjoy and make use of this great little book.
...a treasure-trove for the young explorer........1999-08-24
My three children have thoroughly enjoyed the beautiful illustrations, dynamic fact-filled text, and activities given in this book. We love the whole One Small Square series, but because this book has helped solve some mysteries in our own backyard, this one is our favorite! It also served as a great companion to several curricular themes and field trips during the school year.
Wonderful book for this summer when "there's nothing to do!".......1999-04-26
We read this book over and over! My son learns something new every time. The illustrations are numerous and detailed. "Backyard" provides a great springboard for further exploration of the world.
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Physical Examination of the Spine and Extremities
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This essential book provides a reliable, ready reference so the athletic trainer can intelligently and accurately recognize the nature and severity of athletic injuries to all areas of the body. Its practical organization allows students to more easily understand how athletic injuries occur and provides a basis for an accurate, comprehensive evaluation. Easy-to-understand illustrations of functional anatomy, athletic injuries, and assessment sequences enhance the written material so the reader can see actual assessment techniques.
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Accomplishes its goal.......2000-01-06
I bought the first edition of this book when it was first published. Since then others have tried to duplicate.
The purpose is to be text on injury assessment. Most books on athletic training training had previously been all encopassing - trying to say everything. As info expanded, this book focussed just on what the title states. More realistic and geared for athletic trainers than other medical texts.
1st edition was a great review for those of us already inthe profession.
Athletic Training Student.......2000-01-03
Although this book was relatively thorough, it was very boring to read. I dreaded having to read the thing even though the subject matter was interesting to me. The few pictures in the book were old and were not helpful. This book is not good for any type of visual learner. If you are a professor looking for a good text for an injury assessment class, keep looking!
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In this collection of natural-history essays, biologist Joan Maloof embarks on a series of lively, fact-filled expeditions into forests of the eastern United States. Through Maloof's engaging, conversational style, each essay offers a lesson in stewardship as it explores the interwoven connections between a tree species and the animals and insects whose lives depend on it--and who, in turn, work to ensure the tree's survival.
Never really at home in a laboratory, Maloof took to the woods early in her career. Her enthusiasm for firsthand observation in the wild spills over into her writing, whether the subject is the composition of forest air, the eagle's preference for nesting in loblolly pines, the growth rings of the bald cypress, or the gray squirrel's fondness for weevil-infested acorns. With a storyteller's instinct for intriguing particulars, Maloof expands our notions about what a tree "is" through her many asides--about the six species of leafhoppers who eat only sycamore leaves or the midges who live inside holly berries and somehow prevent them from turning red.
As a scientist, Maloof accepts that trees have a spiritual dimension that cannot be quantified. As an unrepentant tree hugger, she finds support in the scientific case for biodiversity. As an activist, she can't help but wonder how much time is left for our forests.
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A life changing book!.......2006-08-17
This is one of those books you read and it can change your life. It's an intellectually beautiful read by a biologist who has spent her life studying the relationship of trees, forests, organisms, insects and animals and explains their connections simply. I think it's an important book such as Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring". It should be in everyone's library and read over and over.
Tiia-Mai Barrett, Seattle, WA
Spread the word.......2005-12-21
This is the type of book you savor, that you close your eyes at the end and feel you've received a special gift. I'm buying copies for my friends and family.
A series of lively, scientific essays on connections between tree species and the animals and insects which use it .......2005-11-08
Biologist Joan Maloof's ventures into the forests of the Eastern United states provide a series of lively, scientific essays on connections between tree species and the animals and insects which use it in Teaching The Trees: Lessons From The Forest. In leaving lab for direct environmental observation, Maloff's firsthand observations are lively and personal as well as scientific, exploring some of her favorite trees and their importance.
A plea to keep the trees.......2005-10-11
In this slender volume of short essays, gracefully accompanied by the illustrations of 19th century naturalist and artist John Abbot, Maloof makes her impassioned plea for the lives of trees and forests by introducing them to us one by one.
Local rambles in Maryland provide the settings for her meditations on the lives and strategies of common species like beech, oak, maple, pine, and sycamore and under story trees like dogwood and holly, as well as bald cypress, walnut, redcedar, sweetgum and more. She breathes in the special qualities of "old-growth" air and mourns the lack of "grandfather trees," but most fascinating are the tales of interwoven life in the trees.
Many of these have to do with insects. Black locusts produce extra nectar, which feeds the ants and ladybugs that protect the tree from other insects. Except aphids, which the ants protect in exchange for their "honeydew," a euphemism for aphid urine. Ladybugs eat aphids, but there are still plenty of them and that honeydew is also the substance found all over your car when you park it under a tree, that stuff you probably call sap.
Exploring the teeming life of a tree (without the sycamore alone nine other species would be lost) Maloof, a biologist, distills numerous studies and traces the relationships among the insects, lizards, fungi, mammals, birds and people who obtain benefit from the tree. With a winning combination of science and poetry, Maloof makes her case for compassion and wonder.
--Portsmouth Herald
An environmental awakening........2005-09-08
When I was young, my neighbor told me that when she was a child in early 20th century Philadelphia, she thought that a tree was a particular kind of plant and that was that. Imagine her amazement the first time she left the city and discovered that there were what seemed to be an infinite variety of trees!
Joan Maloof takes the reader to the next level. She explains that far from each tree being merely a unique organism, that each tree is an entire ecosystem; indeed, that each tree is an interdependent universe of organisms that depend on each other in the most unimaginably wonderful and intricate ways.
I have spent my entire life in a rural area surrounded by trees, yet reading this book awakened a new curiosity, a new appreciation, a need to explore and learn that I never felt before.
Anyone will be enriched by reading "Teaching the Trees", but for the young person steeped in consumer culture who thinks that trees are for shade or lumber and that "bugs" are pests, it could be a life-changing experience, leading to an appreciation of the wonders of the forest, and perhaps a lifetime of study and enjoyment of the miracles of nature.
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This inside look at the athletic recruiting process reveals exactly how the athletic recruiting game is played by coaches, prospects, parents, administrators, admissions officers, and even college presidents in the Ivy League and NESCAC. This book tells how Trinity College became better than Harvard, Princeton, and Yale in squash by recruiting around the world to capture the national title; why a Brown lacrosse coach left the Ivy League recruiting rat race to seek a more sane lifestyle at Bates; and how the admission deans at Princeton, Brown, and Dartmouth view the whole athletic recruiting process. A compelling combination of profiles, stories, and excerpts of interviews reveals why Ivy League coaches have to work so much harder than their Division I peers to identify qualified student athletes.
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Excellent, but will need updating in 2007.......2006-11-10
An excellent book for high school students and their parents interested in Ivy League and even NESCAC schools and how sports recruiting at those schools works. I learned about "likely letters", "supports" and other details that are otherwise difficult to learn, even from the coaches.
My only reservation is that with Harvard's recent decision to stop early admissions, and I assume others will follow, the book will need updating to reflect the changes in sports recruiting due to this.
An invaluable resource.......2006-03-03
If you have a high school aged son or daughter who hopes to be an Ivy League athlete, this book is a must read.
My daughter, after reading Chris' book, learned what motivates the coaches and how to approach them in a straight-forward and ethical way. At the same time she was able to take control of the process and ultimately achieve her desired outcome, a scholarship offer from Stanford and a "Likely Letter" from her first choice, Dartmouth. She couldn't have done this without this resource.
Provides Insight for the Prospective Ivy Athlete (& their parents).......2005-10-07
I have a high school senior son who is looking to participate in college sports after graduation and I was looking for a book that would help provide some understanding of the whole Ivy recruiting process. This book provided great insight into the Ivy recruiting process from both the college coaches and administrators perspective. It provides the insight though true experiences of athletes, coaches and administrators. It also sheds light on the conflicts within the Ivy League about the process.
A must read for all parents of high school athletes.......2005-01-20
A great learning tool for anyone connected with a high school athlete looking to play sports in college. Unfortunately, I read this too late to help. Just witnessed first hand a scenario whereby a "solid commitment" did not materialize at an Ivy - putting a student athlete in a very precarious spot. To the reviewer claiming that Lincoln was "creating a controversy and scandal that does not exist", I can personally tell you that Lincoln is right on the mark. I have already re-read the book and advocate that all who are ever thinking about entering the recruiting process should take detailed notes.
Playing the Game.......2005-01-18
I enjoyed reading this book and thought it was well written. The author received fantastic access to Ivy League coaches, told good stories, is a good writer, and provides a lot of information that will be both useful and informative to parents of aspiring Ivy athletes.
However, while this book is about Ivy League athletic recruiting, it is not really a step by step guide on how to get recruited (at the Ivy level or for any college really), nor is that it's intention. The book will not teach you how to contact coaches, what questions to ask, how to evaluate a school or program, how to rate your ability, or how to put yourself in a better position to be recruited, It is largely about the Academic Index, the scale the Ivy league uses to recruit athletes, how the scale can be manipulated, and how coaches are fiercely battling eachother and other NCAA schools for many of the same recruits.
The most troubling aspect of this book is that I feel it is trying to take a controversy that doesn't even exist and that no one is talking about and turn it into a gigantic recruiting scandal going on at the Ivy Level.
The first half of the book is used to make us feel like there is a huge problem at the Ivy League with teams recruiting dumb athletes, and other non-athletes getting passed over for Ivy admission slots. There is a lot of emphasis placed on football, basketball, and hockey recruiting and how by and large the male athletes in this sport perform at a lower academic level than their non-athletic counterparts. We are made to believe that Ivy schools exist solely for education and that athletics should play no part in that and that the dumb jocks at the Ivy League are giving the schools a bad name and reputation. The second half of the book is partly spent on explaining how successful some of the student-athletes are academically both in college and how successful they are after college and we are made to feel that participating at the college level in a competitive athletic environment while trying to take rigorous academic courses is an incredible learning experience and offers life skills. According to the book, the Harvard women's basketball team has produced more doctors than any other team in the country and 100% of the teams athletes have been offered athletic scholarships (which are not offered at the Ivy League) to other D1 institutions. The fact is that all Ivy athletes are extremely hard working, athletically gifted, and usually very strong academically and while some athletes that are recruited have lower academic records than other applicants, most student-athletes are academic achievers (a trait built into the Academic Index) and contribute to the growth and exposure of the University. The fact that Ivy athletes often finish lower than other Ivy students is purely a product of having 3,000 academic achievers in one place and only one student can be the top student and the rest will all be below them no matter what. Not to mention the 30+ hours a week athletes spend practicing and playing their sport.
In the past year, we have witnessed a college player shoot his own teammate and have the coach try to cover it up, we have seen Rape allegations, players being paid with money, cars, and fake jobs, schools that recruit players with criminal records and 25 arrests, coaches taking tests for players and forging grades. The most controversial thing Lincoln digs up in his 250 pages is an athlete who gave a verbal agreement to go to Dartmouth and at the last minute decided to attend Harvard instead, an event frowned upon by Ivy coaches or at least the one's on the losing end of the decision.
The last part of the book is spent in an exhaustive story about the Trinity College squash coach recruiting foreign players so he can win national championships. Trinity isn't an Ivy school.
The book concludes with this "Even if the Ivy League offers no athletic scholarships, the league can take a lesson from the top academic institutions that do, including Duke, Stanford, Notre Dame, Southern Methodist, and Michigan. - Michigan coincidently, is the same school that forfeited 112 games over 5 seasons because of the alleged cash payments made to Chris Webber and other Michigan players during the "Fab 5 era". If Michigan is a reflection of the academic and recruiting model that Lincoln thinks the Ivy League should live up to, I think they should stick to what they are doing now!
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