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A Night at the Gardens

Class, Gender, and Respectability in 1930s Toronto

by Russell Field ...

When Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens opened in 1931, manager Conn Smythe envisioned an arena that would project an aura of middle-class respectability. In A Night at the Gardens, Russell Field shares how this new arena anticipated spectators by examining varying spectator behaviours, who the spectators were, and what the experience of spectating was like.Drawing on archival records, the book explores ... Read more

$17.99 USD

When Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens opened in 1931, manager Conn Smythe envisioned an arena that would project an aura of middle-class respectability. In A Night at the Gardens, Russell Field shares how this new arena anticipated spectators by examining varying spectator behaviours, who the spectators were, and what the experience of spectating was like.Drawing on archival records, the book explores
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Winters of Discontent

The Winter Olympics and a Half Century of Protest and Resistance

by Russell Field, Adam Berg, Christine O’Bonsawin, Jules Boykoff, Sven D. Wolfe, Liv Yoon, Jan O. Tangen, Bieke Gils, Keiko Ikeda0, Tyrel Eskelson1 ...

Series series Sport and Society
Every four years, the Winter Olympics become a focal point for activism and resistance. But in the modern era, mere bids to host the Games have sparked fierce opposition from groups motivated by local or global concerns. Russell Field edits a collection that charts the evolution of protest around the Winter Games and illuminates the issues at the heart of anti-Olympic activism.The essays ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Every four years, the Winter Olympics become a focal point for activism and resistance. But in the modern era, mere bids to host the Games have sparked fierce opposition from groups motivated by local or global concerns. Russell Field edits a collection that charts the evolution of protest around the Winter Games and illuminates the issues at the heart of anti-Olympic activism.The essays
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Breadfruit

Three Global Journeys of a Bountiful Tree

by Russell Fielding ...

Series series Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
Honorable Mention, 2026 Gordon K. and Sybil Lewis Book Award, Caribbean Studies AssociationBreadfruit trees are staples of the tropics, bearing cantaloupe-sized green-skinned fruits whose taste and texture resemble potatoes. More than three thousand years ago, breadfruit fueled the Pacific voyages of discovery that settled islands throughout Oceania. In the late eighteenth century, the British ... Read more

$26.99 USD

Honorable Mention, 2026 Gordon K. and Sybil Lewis Book Award, Caribbean Studies AssociationBreadfruit trees are staples of the tropics, bearing cantaloupe-sized green-skinned fruits whose taste and texture resemble potatoes. More than three thousand years ago, breadfruit fueled the Pacific voyages of discovery that settled islands throughout Oceania. In the late eighteenth century, the British
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The Wake of the Whale

Hunter Societies in the Caribbean and North Atlantic

by Russell Fielding ...

Despite declining stocks worldwide and increasing health risks, artisanal whaling remains a cultural practice tied to nature’s rhythms. The Wake of the Whale presents the art, history, and challenge of whaling in the Caribbean and North Atlantic, based on a decade of award-winning fieldwork.Sightings of pilot whales in the frigid Nordic waters have drawn residents of the Faroe Islands to their ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Despite declining stocks worldwide and increasing health risks, artisanal whaling remains a cultural practice tied to nature’s rhythms. The Wake of the Whale presents the art, history, and challenge of whaling in the Caribbean and North Atlantic, based on a decade of award-winning fieldwork.Sightings of pilot whales in the frigid Nordic waters have drawn residents of the Faroe Islands to their
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Decolonizing Sport

by Janice Forsyth, Christine O’Bonsawin, Russell Field, Murray G. Phillips ...

Decolonizing Sport tells the stories of sport colonizing Indigenous Peoples and of Indigenous Peoples using sport to decolonize. Spanning several lands — Turtle Island, the US, Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand and Kenya — the authors demonstrate the two sharp edges of sport in the history of colonialism. Colonizers used sport, their own and Indigenous recreational activities they appropriated, as ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Decolonizing Sport tells the stories of sport colonizing Indigenous Peoples and of Indigenous Peoples using sport to decolonize. Spanning several lands — Turtle Island, the US, Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand and Kenya — the authors demonstrate the two sharp edges of sport in the history of colonialism. Colonizers used sport, their own and Indigenous recreational activities they appropriated, as
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The History and Politics of Sport-for-Development

Activists, Ideologues and Reformers

by Simon C. Darnell, Russell Field, Bruce Kidd ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book focuses on the major social and political forces that have shaped the ways in which sport has been understood, organized, and contested in an effort to engender social change.Integrating the history of international development with the history of modern sport, the authors examine the underpinnings of sport-for-development from the mid-19th through the early 21st centuries. Including ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This book focuses on the major social and political forces that have shaped the ways in which sport has been understood, organized, and contested in an effort to engender social change.Integrating the history of international development with the history of modern sport, the authors examine the underpinnings of sport-for-development from the mid-19th through the early 21st centuries. Including
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Kingdom of Villains

by Ella Fields ...

Narrated by Elizabeth Russell, Kerr Lordygan ...

Unabridged

12 hours 29 min

A dark fae prince with a beastly secret. A faerie princess with a curiosity for things better left alone. A bond that will turn enemies to lovers. A love that might cost them their lives…I’d known exactly who he was—the Unseelie prince. But I hadn’t known just what he was.I’d been fooled.The creature I’d formed a tentative friendship with in my family’s dungeon was not the gentle, intriguing ... Read more

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A dark fae prince with a beastly secret. A faerie princess with a curiosity for things better left alone. A bond that will turn enemies to lovers. A love that might cost them their lives…I’d known exactly who he was—the Unseelie prince. But I hadn’t known just what he was.I’d been fooled.The creature I’d formed a tentative friendship with in my family’s dungeon was not the gentle, intriguing
... Read more
Four New Pocket Gophers of the Genus Cratogeomys from Jalisco, Mexico

Enriched edition. Unveiling the Hidden World of New Jalisco Gophers

by Robert J. Russell, Chloe Fields ...

In "Four New Pocket Gophers of the Genus Cratogeomys from Jalisco, Mexico," Robert J. Russell delves into a meticulous examination of four newly identified species of pocket gophers endemic to the Jalisco region. Through detailed morphological analysis and a rigorous taxonomic approach, Russell contributes significantly to the field of mammalogy, employing a clear, technical literary style that is ... Read more

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In "Four New Pocket Gophers of the Genus Cratogeomys from Jalisco, Mexico," Robert J. Russell delves into a meticulous examination of four newly identified species of pocket gophers endemic to the Jalisco region. Through detailed morphological analysis and a rigorous taxonomic approach, Russell contributes significantly to the field of mammalogy, employing a clear, technical literary style that is
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Relationship Communication: Two Manuscript-ways to Improve Relationship Communication, How to Effectively Communicate About Serious Issues and Improve Communication in a Relationship

by David L Lewis, Marvin L Wiese ...

Narrated by Shawntay Fields and Russell Newton ...

Unabridged

6 hours 6 min

How to Communicate About Serious Issues in a Relationship and Understanding the True Meaning of Perfect Relationships and MarriageCommunication is the foundation of any good relationship. Strong relationship intimacy may not be possible without effective communication between spouses. Even the relationship that is falling apart can be saved when communication is applied effectively. In the history ... Read more

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How to Communicate About Serious Issues in a Relationship and Understanding the True Meaning of Perfect Relationships and MarriageCommunication is the foundation of any good relationship. Strong relationship intimacy may not be possible without effective communication between spouses. Even the relationship that is falling apart can be saved when communication is applied effectively. In the history
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Children of God

A Novel

by Mary Doria Russell ...

Narrated by Anna Fields ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Sparrow Series
Unabridged

17 hours 52 min

In Children of God, Mary Doria Russell further establishes herself as one of the most innovative, entertaining and philosophically provocative novelists writing today.The only member of the original mission to the planet Rakhat to return to Earth, Father Emilio Sandoz has barely begun to recover from his ordeal when the So-ciety of Jesus calls upon him for help in preparing for another mission to ... Read more

$27.99 USD

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In Children of God, Mary Doria Russell further establishes herself as one of the most innovative, entertaining and philosophically provocative novelists writing today.The only member of the original mission to the planet Rakhat to return to Earth, Father Emilio Sandoz has barely begun to recover from his ordeal when the So-ciety of Jesus calls upon him for help in preparing for another mission to
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Dorothy L. Sayers: Lord Peter Wimsey, Montague Egg & more

A BBC Radio Classic Crime Collection

by Dorothy L. Sayers ...

Narrated by Gary Bond, William Eedle, Simon Russell Beale, Emma Fielding, Stephen Critchlow, Geoffrey Beevers, Richard Hurndall, Sheila Mitchell, John Cater, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

6 hours 16 min

Crime classics featuring the gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey and amateur sleuth Montague Egg, plus a bonus short story and two programmes about the iconic Dorothy L. SayersOne of the four Golden Age ‘Queens of Crime’, Dorothy L. Sayers is best known as the creator of Lord Peter Wimsey. Included here are dramatisations of three of her classic Wimsey novels, with full casts including Gary Bond ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Crime classics featuring the gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey and amateur sleuth Montague Egg, plus a bonus short story and two programmes about the iconic Dorothy L. SayersOne of the four Golden Age ‘Queens of Crime’, Dorothy L. Sayers is best known as the creator of Lord Peter Wimsey. Included here are dramatisations of three of her classic Wimsey novels, with full casts including Gary Bond
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Forty Years of Sport and Social Change, 1968-2008

To Remember is to Resist

Edited by Russell Field, Bruce Kidd ...

Series series Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
1968 was a year of protest in civil society (Prague, Paris, Chicago) and a year of protest in sport. After a world-wide campaign, the anti-apartheid movement succeeded in barring South Africa from the Olympic Games, while US athletes from the Olympic Project for Human Rights used the medals podium to decry the racism of North America. Meanwhile, students in Mexico demonstrated against social ... Read more

$70.99 USD

1968 was a year of protest in civil society (Prague, Paris, Chicago) and a year of protest in sport. After a world-wide campaign, the anti-apartheid movement succeeded in barring South Africa from the Olympic Games, while US athletes from the Olympic Project for Human Rights used the medals podium to decry the racism of North America. Meanwhile, students in Mexico demonstrated against social
... Read more

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