This book explores seriousness in practice in the unique sports context of contemporary women's flat track roller derby. The author presents a stimulating argument for a sociology of seriousness as a productive contribution to understandings of gender, organization and the mid-ranges of agency betwe[...]
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Zombie Roller Derby Chicks From Hell is set in a New Jersey Seaside town. During a local roller derby bout a man comes in looking very sick. A violent shove sends one of the derby girls into the crowd and in contact with the fan who will set the town on fire and fill it with rabid flesh eating zombi[...]
Roller derby is a unique, fast-paced, female-dominated sport that is taking the world by storm. It originated in the USA in the 1930s but it is the revival that began in 2001 that has inspired this new book. Roller derby has become one of the world's fastest-growing new sports and there are now more[...]
Build the coolest car with these jaw-dropping designs. Learn techniques for increasing speed and making your own decals. This handy manual includes patterns for a Stock Car, Army Jeep and more, totaling 34 designs altogether. With Pinewood Derby Designs & Patterns, parents and children can build the[...]
The annual Pinewood Derby attracts over a million participants nationwide. The pinewood derby is intended to be a fun activity that promotes creativity, teamwork, problem solving and healthy competition. "Getting Started in the Pinewood Derby" will take the fear out of participating in an inaugural [...]
Flat track roller derby is one of the country's fastest growing sports. What started as a single league in Austin, Texas, a couple of decades ago has grown into an international phenomenon, with nearly two thousand leagues around the world. Rollergirls captures the spirit of the game, which is poise[...]
This cartoon collection presents a comical perspective highlighting the humorous side of Roller Derby. Hard hitting-full contact and fast-paced is the name of the game. Yet for those rough and tumble athletes who skate the track, I found that big hearts and a great sense of humor prevailed. This col[...]
Edition: Edition 4 2008 Scale: 4 inches to 1 mile (6cm to 1km) Rational Scale: 1:15840 Size: 149 x 215 mm (5.9 x 8.5 inches)[...]
Brand new series written just for boys about an under-10s, 7-a-side football team. Includes non-fiction facts and quizzes and great illustrations. Reading age 7-8. Interest age 7-11.[...]
On Wednesday 4 June 1913, fledgling newsreel cameras captured just over two-and-a-half minutes of never-to-be-forgotten British social and sporting history.The 250,000 people thronging Epsom Downs carried with them a quartet of combustible elements: a fanatical,publicity-hungry suffragette; a scapeg[...]
Derby Porcelain 1748-1848, An Illustrated Guide , is certain to supercede the author's earlier Derby Porcelain as the standard reference book on the subject. It contains much new information and hitherto unpublished illustrations. This is a comprehensive study of the Nottingham Road Derby factory, i[...]