Santa Cruz, California

Author: Sheila O'Hare
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738520810
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
Located on Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz's mild climate and natural resources have drawn entrepreneurs and visionaries, as well as tourists, since its earliest days. Over time, Santa Cruz city and county became home to a classic seaside amusement park, luxury hotels and beachside mansions, cottage cities and revival camps. Captains of industry, inventors, movie stars, and mountain men all made their homes here. Captured in over 200 photographs is a visual history of this notable California city. Santa Cruz County was created in 1850 as one of the new State of California's original counties. Santa Cruz received its city charter in 1876 and developed quickly. The photographic history presented here highlights the shift from pioneer Santa Cruz to its numerous pre-tourism industries, up to the tourist trade of the 20th century. It features many rarely seen images of the boardwalk and beach, early silent-movie making, the therapeutic baths and sanitariums, earthquakes and floods, and the early era of tourism.

Sticky Wicket

Author: Pam Lewis
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
ISBN: 9780711227590
Category : Gardening to attract wildlife
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
Increasing numbers of gardeners want to modify their gardening habits to benefit the local wildlife. This is a guide to how it can be done. Pam Lewis's initial plan for Sticky Wicket, her garden in Dorset, was to take a painterly approach to combining colours in the flower borders. But, as the years passed, she realized that what she really wanted was to strike a balance between her desire for a beautiful garden and the needs of the insects, birds and small mammals that shared it with her. Pam's garden is now a feast for the eye and one for local wildlife too. This book, an account of the process, is full of valuable information for those who want to learn from her experiences.

Close of Play

Author: Walcott William Walcott
Publisher: Black Rose Books Ltd.
ISBN: 1551647184
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 343

Book Description
In this allegorical excursion, William Walcott explores the intersections between United States politics and the game of cricket in a book reminiscent of C. L. R. James's classic Beyond a Boundary. In Close of Play, Walcott highlights the careers of former US president Barack Obama and the Trinidadian cricket and cultural phenom Brian Lara-one of the greatest batsmen of all time, who Obama once called "e;the Michael Jordan of cricket."e; Readers are invited to explore the parallel poetics of politics and sport through the life and words of these luminaries, both of whom promised to deliver far-reaching social change yet found themselves "e;on the back foot."e; In his analysis, Walcott delves into matters of Caribbean and American identity, political leadership, oratory, and the blending of cricket vocabulary into political commentary. He also challenges us to understand the sociological links between international sport, socio-economic inequality, and racial politics. This book is a fascinating journey into the world of global sociopolitical life and the curiosities of language embedded in cricket and political play, both of which constitute enormous sectors within a multibillion dollar "e;sticky wicket"e; of transnational capitalism.

Beyond the Concept of Sport

Author: W Robert Griffiths
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1035845121
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 550

Book Description
Beyond the Concept of Sport challenges tired assumptions about athletics to unveil sports’ underestimated yet far-reaching social impact and philosophical significance. While governments downplay its influence, author Robert Griffiths recognizes that sports – especially cricket – deeply channels the human spirit for participants and fans alike. He eschews cliches to deliver fresh insight into sports’ resonance. This is no dry academic tome, but rather a lively examination blending scholarship with accessibility. Griffiths brings iconoclastic yet sage opinions to unpacking how athletic pursuits shape culture and consciousness. He illuminates the under-appreciated role sports play in forging identity, purpose, inspiration, escapism and more for millions globally. Grappling with issues often overlooked when discussing athletics, Griffiths’ unconventional analysis explores fandom, nationalism, arts, business, and the very meaning woven through sports’ rituals. Written with passionate intellect, wry wit, and a distaste for the dull, Beyond the Concept of Sport cries out to be read by both die-hard fans and curious sceptics. After all, few human realms spark such fervour and unity across the world’s divides like that of sports. This book captures that emotional impact while elevating sports as a subject worthy of serious yet spirited consideration.

Sports Talk

Author: Colin McNairn
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525501542
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 249

Book Description
It’s game on in uncovering the many sports-inspired terms, expressions, sayings and images that populate our everyday language! That’s the challenge that this book takes on, using a playbook for each sport. It kicks off with an opening run through the game of football, then it’s out of the gate with wire-to-wire coverage of horse racing. After going for the fences and covering all the bases in the sport of baseball, the ball is kept rolling, despite many a sticky wicket, through the long-running game of cricket. A blow-by-blow account of the sweet science of boxing is followed by play-by-play accounts of 35 more sports that have been added to the roster. At the finish line, the top three sports, are scored on their relative contributions to everyday language, and declared win, place and show. The discussion is enlivened by lots of sports humour and anecdotes along with quotations from sports personalities some of which may sound quite familiar, much like déjà vu all over again.

Sticky Wicket

Author: Malcolm Speed
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 0732293391
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 26

Book Description
Malcolm Speed speaks candidly about cricket's perennial corruption problem, the 2010 Pakistani betting scandals and John Howard's nomination to the ICC Presidency.

Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and Australianisms

Author: V.S. Matyushenkov
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 145003246X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 580

Book Description
The Dictionary Of Americanisms, Canadianisms, Briticisms and Australianisms is a complete, modern, and comprehensive dictionary featuring a large word list of more than 20000 entries. The purpose of this book is to provide a generous sampling of words and expressions of the various spheres of life in the USA, Great Britain, Australia and Canada during the last centuries. The dictionary also features a collection of slang and colloquial expressions in these four countries in the twentieth century. It has a clear, easy-to-use format and is ideal for students, schools, libraries, tourists and anyone who is interested in varieties of English spoken in major English-speaking countries.

Rain Stops Play

Author: Andrew Hignell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136338969
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 267

Book Description
A geographical history of cricket in England and Wales in a global context.

STICKY WICKET

Author: BOOKS BOXER
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781909732858
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description

Cricket Old & New

Author: Archibald Campbell MacLaren
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cricket
Languages : en
Pages : 284

Book Description