The Mighty West

Author: Kerrie Soraghan
Publisher: Nero
ISBN: 1925435628
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
The Mighty West chronicles the Bulldogs' remarkable journey from cellar-dwellers to champions – a journey their fans shared every step of the way. In 2016 the Western Bulldogs stunned the AFL world by winning the premiership – the club's first in 62 years. It was an unprecedented rise to success, capped by a stunning grand final victory that left players and fans alike shedding tears of joy. Just two years earlier the Dogs had been in chaos, without a captain or a coach. But under the leadership of Luke Beveridge, Robert Murphy and Easton Wood, and boasting a team filled with talented youngsters, the club came together in spectacular fashion, overcoming serious injuries and storming to the flag from seventh on the ladder. The Mighty West chronicles the Bulldogs' remarkable journey from cellar-dwellers to champions – a journey their fans shared every step of the way. It's a story that goes beyond football, a tale of family and belonging, of western-suburbs tribalism, and of the romance of sport.

Modern Sports around the World

Author: David Asa Schwartz
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440868808
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 406

Book Description
Modern Sports around the World focuses on the history, geography, sociology, economics, and technological advancements of 50 sports played from India to Ireland. Sports have become an international spectacle that influences nations' foreign policy, world economies, and regional morale. Hundreds of billions of dollars are at stake as governments and multinational corporations rush to make sure they have a place at the table. And yet, sports come from humble beginnings. We are fascinated by who can run the fastest, lift the most weight, jump the highest, swim the farthest, and act with the most precision. The history of sports is the history of the world. Modern Sports around the World examines 50 of the world's most popular sports. Each chapter features one sport and details that sport's origins, global migration, economic forces, media influences, political environment, pop-culture inspirations, scandalous moments, and key individuals. Sports history is a tapestry of sociological variables; Modern Sports around the World weaves them together to create a unique history book that explains not only where humanity has been, but where it might be going.

The Mighty West

Author: Kerrie Soraghan
Publisher: Nero
ISBN: 9781863959254
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In 2016 the Western Bulldogs stunned the AFL world by winning the Premiership -- the club's first since 1954, and only its second ever. It was an unprecedented rise to success, capped by a stunning Grand Final victory that left players and fans alike shedding tears of joy. The Mighty West chronicles the experience of the team and of the fans -- a tale of family and belonging, western suburbs tribalism, and the romance of sport.

A Series of Plays in which it is Attempted to Delineate the Stronger Passions of the Mind: Each Passion Being the Subject of a Tragedy and a Comedy

Author: Joanna Baillie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 434

Book Description

Alphaherpesviruses

Author: Sandra Knowles Weller
Publisher: Caister Academic Press Limited
ISBN: 9781904455769
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Alphaherpesviruses are a fascinating group of DNA viruses that includes important human pathogens such as herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), HSV-2, and varicella-zoster virus (VZV): the causative agents of cold sores, genital ulcerous disease, and chickenpox/shingles, respectively. A key attribute of these viruses is their ability to establish lifelong latent infection in the peripheral nervous system of the host. Such persistence requires subversion of the host's immune system and intrinsic antiviral defense mechanisms. Understanding the mechanisms of the immune evasion and what triggers viral reactivation is a major challenge for today's researchers. This has prompted enormous research efforts into understanding the molecular and cellular biology of these viruses. This up-to-date and comprehensive volume aims to distill the most important research in this area providing a timely overview of the field. Topics covered include: transcriptional regulation, DNA replication, translational control, virus entry and capsid assembly, the role of microRNAs in infection and oncolytic vectors for cancer therapy. In addition there is coverage of virus-host interactions, including apoptosis, subversion of host protein quality control and DNA damage response pathways, autophagy, establishment and reactivation from latency, interferon responses, immunity and vaccine development. Essential reading for everyone working with alphaherpesviruses and of interest to all virologists working on latent infections.

Footy Town

Author: Paul Daffey
Publisher: Malarkey Publications Pty Limited
ISBN: 9780987434326
Category : Australian football
Languages : en
Pages : 389

Book Description
Footy Town is a collection of football yarns from around the nation; stories which celebrate footy at its most local: from New Norfolk to the Tiwi Islands, from Rockhampton to Kalgoorlie, from Edwardstown to Fitzroy, and all the way to Mangoplah Cookardinia United.Written with great love (and possible embellishment) by players, has-beens and fans, they tell of footy clubs and the people who have made them, whether in the suburbs or the bush.They paint a vivid picture of footy’s wonderful culture; a picture of mud and dust; of Dencorub and the clack of stops; of lumpy back pockets and racehorse half-forwards; of spiralling torps and once-upon-a-time drop kicks; of savs bubbling away forever.This is footy; this is Australia’s Game.

Chinese Cinema

Author: Chris Berry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415603232
Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A new title in the Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, this is a four-volume collection of landmark and cutting-edge research on Chinese cinema.

Crossword Solver

Author: Anne Stibbs
Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780747550754
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 423

Book Description
An aid to solving crosswords. It contains over 100,000 potential solutions, including plurals, comparative and superlative adjectives, and inflections of verbs. The list extends to first names, place names and technical terms, euphemisms and compound expressions, as well as abbreviations.

Type & Typo

Author:
Publisher: Omair Nazir
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 18

Book Description

Way to Go

Author: Matt Price
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781920731960
Category : Australian football teams
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Matt Price, senior journalist with The Australian, has written a hilarious account of his passionate following of his favorite sporting team. In Matt's case, that team is the underachieving Fremantle Dockers in the AFL, but his story could apply to any team, anywhere. Readers will celebrate with Matt when his team wins, suffer with him when they (frequently) lose, and groan with him when the team's star players do unbelievably inept things on the field and conspire to snatch a loss from the jaws of victory! In turn they will laugh out loud and be moved to tears as Matt recalls the triumphs and failures of his beloved team. Illustrated with over 50 photographs from the News Ltd library, Way To Go is a must-read for sports fans everywhere.