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The Yellow Rose

A Novel of the Texas Revolution

by Carl R. Brush, Bob Stewart ...

Historically, the term "yellow rose" referred to an attractive mulatto woman. Also historically, the original "Yellow Rose of Texas" was for sure one Emily West, and her story is intertwined in song and legend with the Texas Revolution of 1836. That series of battles, led by Sam Houston, made Texas a Republic, its own country until it joined the union in 1845. The Yellow Rose is set during the ... Read more

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Historically, the term "yellow rose" referred to an attractive mulatto woman. Also historically, the original "Yellow Rose of Texas" was for sure one Emily West, and her story is intertwined in song and legend with the Texas Revolution of 1836. That series of battles, led by Sam Houston, made Texas a Republic, its own country until it joined the union in 1845. The Yellow Rose is set during the
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The Value of Sport

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by Bob Stewart, Aaron C.T. Smith ...

Series series Sport Business Insights
This concise and thought-provoking book examines the myths and realities surrounding the value of sport. It asks a fundamental question: what is it about sport that leads to grand claims about its supposed capacity to do so many good things for society?Examining the evidence from sport around the world, at all levels, the book challenges the commonly held, uncritical assumptions about the value of ... Read more

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This concise and thought-provoking book examines the myths and realities surrounding the value of sport. It asks a fundamental question: what is it about sport that leads to grand claims about its supposed capacity to do so many good things for society?Examining the evidence from sport around the world, at all levels, the book challenges the commonly held, uncritical assumptions about the value of
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Australia's Game

The History of Australian Football

by Matthew Nicholson, Bob Stewart, Greg de Moore, Rob Hess ...

Shortlisted for the Australian Society for Sports History (ASSH) Biennial Book PrizeUnlike every other sport that has captured the nation’s interest, Australian football is not a copy, a clone, or a hand-me-down of European culture. Rather, it is a game with special qualities, which arose from a distinctive series of events in the fledgling colony of Victoria, grew rapidly, and is now the most ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the Australian Society for Sports History (ASSH) Biennial Book PrizeUnlike every other sport that has captured the nation’s interest, Australian football is not a copy, a clone, or a hand-me-down of European culture. Rather, it is a game with special qualities, which arose from a distinctive series of events in the fledgling colony of Victoria, grew rapidly, and is now the most
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Banneker

An American Story

by Bob Stewart ...

What if you were a renowned astronomer, mathematician, engineer, musician, and surveyor with an extraordinary memory? What if you were admired by Benjamin Franklin, needed by President Washington, and resented by Thomas Jefferson? Now, what if you were a free black? How would you navigate through the narrow straights of Colonial America?After the war of Independence, the South is threatening ... Read more

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What if you were a renowned astronomer, mathematician, engineer, musician, and surveyor with an extraordinary memory? What if you were admired by Benjamin Franklin, needed by President Washington, and resented by Thomas Jefferson? Now, what if you were a free black? How would you navigate through the narrow straights of Colonial America?After the war of Independence, the South is threatening
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Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs and Substances

Issues, Influences and Impacts

by Aaron Smith, Bob Stewart, Kate Westberg, Constantino Stavros ...

In the pursuit of more muscle, enhanced strength, sustained endurance and idealised physiques, an increasing number of elite athletes, recreational sport enthusiasts and body-conscious gym-users are turning to performance and image enhancing drugs and substances (PIEDS). In many instances, such use occurs with little regard for the health, social and economic consequences.This book presents a ... Read more

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In the pursuit of more muscle, enhanced strength, sustained endurance and idealised physiques, an increasing number of elite athletes, recreational sport enthusiasts and body-conscious gym-users are turning to performance and image enhancing drugs and substances (PIEDS). In many instances, such use occurs with little regard for the health, social and economic consequences.This book presents a
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Sport Funding and Finance

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by Bob Stewart ...

Series series Sport Management Series
Sport Funding and Finance provides a complete introduction to the macro-level and micro-level aspects of sport finance. It describes the evolution of sport from a kitchen-table operation into the sophisticated, boardroom-driven global financial industry that it is today. It uses the professional sports leagues of the US and Europe as an international benchmark, and explains why the financial ... Read more

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Sport Funding and Finance provides a complete introduction to the macro-level and micro-level aspects of sport finance. It describes the evolution of sport from a kitchen-table operation into the sophisticated, boardroom-driven global financial industry that it is today. It uses the professional sports leagues of the US and Europe as an international benchmark, and explains why the financial
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Revenge Redeemed: A True Story of God's Grace

by Bob Stewart ...

Does God’s command to love your enemy include forgiving the drunk driver who killed your only child?It’s Christmas Eve, but Frank and Elizabeth Morris have no reason to celebrate. Joy, peace on earth, and good will toward men have been replaced by heartbreak, hatred, and bitterness. Their beloved only child, eighteen-year-old Ted, has just died from injuries sustained in a horrific automobile ... Read more

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Does God’s command to love your enemy include forgiving the drunk driver who killed your only child?It’s Christmas Eve, but Frank and Elizabeth Morris have no reason to celebrate. Joy, peace on earth, and good will toward men have been replaced by heartbreak, hatred, and bitterness. Their beloved only child, eighteen-year-old Ted, has just died from injuries sustained in a horrific automobile
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Rethinking Drug Use in Sport

Why the war will never be won

by Bob Stewart, Aaron Smith ...

Series series Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Drug free sport is an unattainable aspiration. In this critical, paradigm-shifting reappraisal of contemporary drug policy in sport, Bob Stewart and Aaron Smith argue that drug use in sport is an inexorable consequence of the nature, structure and culture of sport itself. By de-mythologising and de-moralising the assumptions that prop up current drug management controls, and re-emphasising the ... Read more

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Drug free sport is an unattainable aspiration. In this critical, paradigm-shifting reappraisal of contemporary drug policy in sport, Bob Stewart and Aaron Smith argue that drug use in sport is an inexorable consequence of the nature, structure and culture of sport itself. By de-mythologising and de-moralising the assumptions that prop up current drug management controls, and re-emphasising the
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Australian Sport - Better by Design?

The Evolution of Australian Sport Policy

by Bob Stewart, Matthew Nicholson, Aaron Smith, Hans Westerbeek ...

Australians have invested an enormous amount of emotional and physical capital in their sporting systems and structures. While Australian sport has many times been dissected from a historical and cultural perspective, there is little detailed analysis of sport's relationship with government. The book focuses on sport policy, and examines the ways in which government has affected the development of ... Read more

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Australians have invested an enormous amount of emotional and physical capital in their sporting systems and structures. While Australian sport has many times been dissected from a historical and cultural perspective, there is little detailed analysis of sport's relationship with government. The book focuses on sport policy, and examines the ways in which government has affected the development of
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Step By Step

A Memoir of Hope, Friendship, Perserverance and Living the American Dream

by Bertie Bowman ...

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From sharecropper's son in Depression-era South Carolina to hearing coordinator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bowman shares his inspiring life story. Born in Summerton, S.C., in 1931, young Bertie was raised by his stepmother and strict father to do his share of the farm work, in the spirit of molding a man's character by "hard work, determination, and keeping your word," as taught ... Read more

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From sharecropper's son in Depression-era South Carolina to hearing coordinator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bowman shares his inspiring life story. Born in Summerton, S.C., in 1931, young Bertie was raised by his stepmother and strict father to do his share of the farm work, in the spirit of molding a man's character by "hard work, determination, and keeping your word," as taught
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1939: THE WORLD CATCHES FIRE

THE SECOND WORLD WAR :A SEVEN-VOLUME SERIES-VOLUME ONE

by Quentin Drummond Anderson ...

Narrated by Colonel Bob Stewart DSO ...

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1939: The World Catches Fire The Second World War: A Seven-Volume Series, Volume One Quentin Drummond AndersonThe last summer ended on a September morning. By nightfall, the world had changed beyond retrieval.In the opening volume of his landmark seven-volume narrative history of the Second World War, Quentin Drummond Anderson — author of War Beneath the Waves, The Fearless Fifteen, and Warriors ... Read more

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1939: The World Catches Fire The Second World War: A Seven-Volume Series, Volume One Quentin Drummond AndersonThe last summer ended on a September morning. By nightfall, the world had changed beyond retrieval.In the opening volume of his landmark seven-volume narrative history of the Second World War, Quentin Drummond Anderson — author of War Beneath the Waves, The Fearless Fifteen, and Warriors
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1940: THE YEAR OF FALLING NATIONS

The Second World War: A Seven-Volume Series — Volume Two

by Quentin Drummond Anderson ...

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1940: THE YEAR OF FALLING NATIONSThe Second World War: A Seven-Volume Series — Volume TwoQuentin Drummond AndersonThe year the world stood on the edge of darkness — and one nation refused to surrender.At the beginning of 1940, Europe waited in an uneasy silence. Within months that silence would be shattered. Hitler’s armies would unleash a new form of warfare, nations would collapse in weeks, and ... Read more

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1940: THE YEAR OF FALLING NATIONSThe Second World War: A Seven-Volume Series — Volume TwoQuentin Drummond AndersonThe year the world stood on the edge of darkness — and one nation refused to surrender.At the beginning of 1940, Europe waited in an uneasy silence. Within months that silence would be shattered. Hitler’s armies would unleash a new form of warfare, nations would collapse in weeks, and
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