A History of the World Cup: 1930-2006
by Clemente Angelo Lisi
Foreword by Brian Quinn
ISBN: 9780810859050
$35.00 Paperback
In A History of the World Cup: 1930-2006, reporter Clemente Lisi chronicles the international soccer--or football--phenomenon, providing vivid accounts of individual games. The book also highlights the players and coaches who left their mark on the competition over the past six decades, including Diego Maradona, Juste Fontaine, Franz Beckenbauer, Mario Kempes, Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, and, of course, Pelé.
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Origins and Development of Musical Instruments
by Jeremy Montagu
ISBN: 9780810856578
$75.00 Hardcover
Pub Date: November
Origins and Development of Musical Instruments describes the creation, use, and development of musical instruments from the Old Stone Age to the present day. Instrument collector and expert Jeremy Montagu speculates on how these instruments originated in the earliest days of humanity and relates how they moved from one culture to another through history, all the while changing and developing until they became the instruments we know today.
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Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry
by Francesca Sterlacci & Joanne Arbuckle
ISBN: 9780810854543
$99.00 Hardcover
Pub Date: December
Today, fashion is one of the biggest businesses in the world, with hundreds of billions of dollars in turnover and employing tens of millions of workers. This reference examines the origins and history of this billion-dollar industry through a list of acronyms and abbreviations, a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced entries on designers, models, couture houses, significant articles of apparel and fabrics, trade unions, and the international trade organizations.
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John Steinbeck and His Contemporaries
edited by Stephen K. George & Barbara A. Heavilin
ISBN: 9780810860100
$45.00 Hardcover
Pub Date: October
In March 2006, scholars from around the world gathered in Sun Valley, Idaho, for a conference devoted to not only John Steinbeck but also to the authors whose work influenced, informed, or illuminated his writings. This volume represents the many unique papers delivered at that conference. This collection includes studies on authors who influenced Steinbeck's work, discussions of writers whose works are in dialogue with Steinbeck, and examinations of Steinbeck's contemporaries.
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Opening Pitch
Professional Baseball's Inaugural Season, 1871
by Warren N. Wilbert
ISBN: 9780810860209
$29.95 Paperback
Pub Date: December
In Opening Pitch, Warren Wilbert chronicles the events leading up to the sport's first official season. Highlighting the key players both on and off the field, Wilbert provides a fascinating history of the sport's highs and lows, culminating in the historic season when baseball officially evolved from amateur athletics to the professional sport that all of America embraced.
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