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Una sorprendente combinación de pasión deportiva y talento literario: un libro ágil, fascinante y repleto de detalles para disfrutar.El deporte ha sido tema literario de todos los tiempos, desde los juegos funebres de Patroclo en la Iliada, pasando por los torneos del Cantar de Mio Cid, a la obra de autores contemporaneos de todo el mundo.En El deporte en la literatura se cuenta como esta ha narrado la evolucion del deporte desde Grecia y Roma a nuestros dias,en una sociedad profundamente deportivizada. A veces el riquisimo lenguaje del deporte sirve como termino de comparacion para la literatura, y otras es el argumento conductor de una obra.No hay una unica acepcion del deporte, sino que son variadas y hasta opuestas en ocasiones: el deporte ha sido instrumentalizado politicamente por algunos regimenes; algunos lo sienten como una religion; para otros es solo ejercicio fisico que a veces se convierte en obsesivo; otros consideran su practica secundaria y viven el espectaculo con pasion y hasta con fanatismo. En fin, puede ser un negocio y hasta un arte.El deporte es tambien poesia y lo es desde el cantor de los Juegos Olimpicos de Grecia, Pindaro, hasta Alberti, Celaya o Luis Alberto de Cuenca.

Uninspirador testimoniosobre laslecciones quenoshandejado losgriegossobreelarte decorrer.¿Por qué corremos? Todo el esfuerzo y el dolor, ¿con qué fin? ¿A qué obedece este amor por la tonificación muscular, la velocidad y el sudor? Los deportistas de la Grecia clasica fueron los primeros en plantearse estas preguntas, los primeros en suspender la guerra, el trabajo o la politica para disfrutar de celebraciones publicas de las proezas atleticas, como en los celebres Juegos Olimpicos. Inventaron el deporte y tambien fueron los primeros en comprender como la actividad fisica se relaciona con nuestro bienestar mental.Despues de toda una vida entre libros y gramaticas, tratando de ver el mundo como un instruido griego de la antiguedad, Andrea Marcolongo empezo a entrenar y se propuso aprender a correr como ellos. Lo hizo acompañada por el primer manual deportivo de la historia, Deartegymnastica, de Filostrato, y motivada por un loco proposito final: correr un maraton. Mejor dicho, correr los 41,8 kilometros que separan Maraton de Atenas, como hizo el soldado Filipides hace dos mil quinientos años, antes de caer al suelo extenuado. En el proceso, Marcolongo profundizo en su comprension de la antigua civilizacion a la que ha dedicado decadas de estudio y descubrio mas sobre si misma de lo que jamas hubiera soñado.Sobre la autora y su obra la critica ha dicho: Marcolongo es la Montaigne de la actualidad. Andre AcimanMarcolongo no pontifica sobre los griegos ni sobre como deberiamos vivir de forma mas sana. Mas bien, relata como supero desafios en su propia vida y tomo las riendas de unas decisiones que desconocia.Cultura alfemminile

A fun and entertaining look at the top 100 soccer players to have played for the US Mens National Team! In 100 American Soccer Legends, the soccer fan will find an elite list of the best players in American soccer history, from Harry Keough, Pat McBride, and Steve Pecher to Clint Dempsey and Christian Pulisic. Each players background, stats, and contribution to the game is examined in detail. The US has some of the best athletes in the world, but though its athletes have dominated in the Olympics and in other sports, it has yet to win a World Cup in mens soccer. Learn more about this athletic frontier and what the upcoming players need to bring to the game to finally win a world championship. If you are a fan of US soccer, then this is the book for you.

This is a time travelers guide to the history of soccer, tracing its originsfrom a humble beginning to an established sport beloved worldwide. It is a story that spans five thousand years, from ancient Egypt to MesoAmerica, from the Greek Empire to Chinese Dynasties, and from the Roman Empire to medieval Britain.From the Middle Ages onwards, Britain and Ireland unfurl their lineage, from the lesser-known trapball and stoolball to the lamentably extinct camping and knappan. All forms find a voice in this book, as do hockey and hurling, baseball and bowling, tennis and golf. Primarily a narrative of British and Irish ball games, esteemed foreigners are welcomed: baggataway, knattleikur, soule, kolven, calcio. Many games come to life, revealing their motivations and their complex inner world. Still, soccer is firmly center stage. This is, after all, its picaresque journey. As the games sweep across history, the social, religious, and political contexts are threaded throughout, and this book is peppered with news snippets, anecdotes, comedy, and intrigue, which give the centuries life. Crammed with eccentric sports ephemera, untold tales, and unearthed acts, The Game That Would Be King is the most comprehensive work on the early history of ball games ever written.

Finally a book that truly captures the inspiring and uniquely gifted women from a largely forgotten golfing age. A wonderful read from start to finish Iona Stephen, Sky Sports presenter, commentator and host From the moment women began hosting championships of their own in 1893, one of golfs burning questions became whether any woman would ever approach the mythical ideal of playing perfect golf. It took three decades of striving at a time when Suffragettes were stubbornly fighting for womens rights before Joyce Wethered and Glenna Collett delivered an unequivocal answer to that question. From their first meeting at Troon in 1925, through a decade highlighted by their breathtaking match at St Andrews, the Englishwoman and the American brought out in one another golf so sublime that rare was the player, man or woman, who could perform as brilliantly. The rivalry between Wethered and Collett generated such widespread interest and respect that it paved the way for the birth of a womens professional tour. Matchless tells the story of these two incomparable golfers women who personified the ambitions of their age.

Eve Muirhead got her fairy tale career conclusion an Olympic gold medal to complete the set. The Perthshire farmers daughter, multi-talented in sport, inherited her fathers love of, and talent for, the roaring game of curling. The road from child prodigy to best in the world wasnt a straight line, however. This is the story of hidden adversity, sporting escapism, inner doubt and external pressure. Teammates and coaches changed but the resolve of Britains Ice Queen to fight for her golden ending at a fourth and final Winter Olympics refused to melt. Eve Muirhead changed her sport and will now change perceptions of what it took to become a leader, a role model and a national icon as one of Scotlands most successful ever athletes. This is her story.

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