Tag: Boys

Playing Ball with the Boys The Rise of Women in the World of Men’s Sports


Free Download Betsy Ross, "Playing Ball with the Boys: The Rise of Women in the World of Men’s Sports"
English | ISBN: 1578604605 | 2010 | 240 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Female sideline reporters are the fastest-growing trend in broadcasts of professional and college football: names like Suzy Kolber, Erin Andrews, and Andrea Kremer are now as well known as any of the men in the booth. But even more has been going on. In recent years women have garnered spots as sports columnists and reporters, talk-show hosts, and even coaches and team administrators. Yet there has never been a book about this phenomenon. Former ESPN news anchor Betsy Ross fills this gap with Playing Ball with the Boys, a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at the emerging role that women play in sports broadcasting and reporting, as well as in the business of sports. The book features interviews with the legendary women’s sports activist Billie Jean King, as well as Women’s Professional Soccer League leader Tonya Antonucci and ESPN College Basketball Analyst Rebecca Lobo. Prominent women working in the media are also featured in the book, including WFAN’s Ann Ligouri, CBS’ Lesley Visser, ESPN’s Pam Ward, USA Today’s Christine Brennan and Sports Illustrated’s Selena Roberts.

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The Simple Guide to Parenting Boys with ADHD


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English | October 11, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0DJY8TZKP | 137 pages | EPUB | 1.34 Mb
The Simple Guide to Parenting Boys with ADHDoffers practical, compassionate advice for parents navigating the unique challenges of raising a boy with ADHD. This essential guide combines expert insights with real-world strategies, empowering parents to create a nurturing environment where their child can thrive.

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Bishkek Boys Neighbourhood Youth and Urban Change in Kyrgyzstan’s Capital


Free Download Philipp Schröder, "Bishkek Boys: Neighbourhood Youth and Urban Change in Kyrgyzstan’s Capital "
English | ISBN: 1785337262 | 2017 | 258 pages | PDF | 9 MB
In this pioneering ethnographic study of identity and integration, author Philipp Schröder explores urban change in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek from the vantage point of the male youth living in one neighbourhood. Touching on topics including authority, violence, social and imaginary geographies, interethnic relations, friendship, and competing notions of belonging to the city, Bishkek Boys offers unique insights into how post-Socialist economic liberalization, rural-urban migration and ethnic nationalism have reshaped social relations among young males who come of age in this Central Asian urban environment.

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Boys, Bass and Bother Popular Dance and Identity in UK Drum ‘n’ Bass Club Culture


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English | ISBN: 1137375108 | 2018 | 256 pages | EPUB | 1374 KB
This book uses ethnographic research to examine the role of dance in the construction of identity in the distinctly British electronic dance music club culture of drum ‘n’ bass. Dancing is revealed as the central way in which drum ‘n’ bass clubbers construct and perform their identities, which are informed, although not defined, by the club culture’s histories. The intertextual and intercultural development of drum ‘n’ bass musical and clubbing culture is shown to be represented in the dancing body, prompting a challenge to the discourse of cultural appropriation. Popular representations of identities are embodied by drum ‘n’ bass clubbers through affective transmission via the popular screen, and in this process are re-valued in their embodiment. Using a socially orientated understanding of intertextuality, the popular dancing body is shown to be heterocorporeal: containing traces of prior meaning and logic yet replete with new meaning and significance.

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The Boys of Riverside A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0CPTF436N | 2024 | 7 hours and 35 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 218 MB
Author: Thomas Fuller
Narrator: Thomas Fuller

The incredible story of an all-deaf high school football team’s triumphant climb from underdog to undefeated, their inspirational brotherhood, a fascinating portrait of deafness in America, and the indefatigable head coach who spearheaded the team, by New York Times reporter and San Francisco Bureau Chief, Thomas Fuller. In November 2021, an obscure email from the California Department of Education landed in New York Times reporter, Thomas Fuller’s, inbox. The football team at the California School for the Deaf in Riverside, a state-run school with only 168 high school students, was having an undefeated season. After years of covering wildfires, war, pandemic, and mass shootings, Fuller was captivated by the story about this deaf football team. It was uplifting. During the pandemic’s gloom, it was a happy story.

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Rebels with a Cause Reimagining Boys, Ourselves, and Our Culture [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0CPTCL8Z2 | 2024 | 8 hours and 16 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 241 MB
Author: Niobe Way
Narrator: Niobe Way

From NYU professor of developmental psychology Niobe Way, an in-depth exploration about what boys and young men teach us about themselves, us, and the toxic culture we have created, one in which we value money over people, toys over human connection, and academic achievement over kindness. Based on her longitudinal and mixed-method research over thirty-five years, Rebels with a Cause is a true call to action to change the culture so that we stop the vicious cycle of violence and blame. Dr. Niobe Way has spent her career researching social and emotional development and finds that boys and young men desperately want and need the same thing as everyone else: close friendships. Yet they and we grow up in a stereotyped "boy" culture, one that devalues and mocks those relationships, rather than recognizing that they’re necessary for human survival.

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The Boys of Riverside A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory


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English | August 6, 2024 | ISBN: 0385549873 | 256 pages | EPUB | 22 Mb
The incredible story of an all-deaf high school football team’s triumphant climb from underdog to undefeated, their inspirational brotherhood, a fascinating portrait of deafness in America, and the indefatigable head coach who spearheaded the team, by New York Times reporter and San Francisco Bureau Chief, Thomas Fuller.

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The Beefy Boys


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by Beefy Boys

English | August 15, 2024 | ISBN: 1837832331 | 224 pages | EPUB | 72 Mb

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