Curling For Dummies
by Bob Weeks
List Price:
Our Price: $13.75
You Save: $11.24 (45%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $4.50 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Bob WeeksEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-10-02
ISBN: 0470838280
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: For Dummies
Book Reviews of Curling For Dummies
Book Review: Curling for Dummies
Summary: 5 Stars
A fun, easy to read book that covers the sport of curling from A to Z. No stone is left unturned (no pun intended!). From the history of the sport to it's debut in the Olympics, this book covers it all. Rules and strategy are covered, as well as customs and courtesies that are common among the sport. This book is an absolute must for all beginner curlers and anyone who wants to know more about the game without being overwhelmed.
Summary of Curling For Dummies
With the Winter 2006 Olympics bringing Canada our first gold medal in curling, the sport's popularity is at an all-time high in this country, and its international presence is growing. In the five years since the publication of the first edition of Curling For Dummies, Canadian attendance at curling tournaments and viewership of televised curling has skyrocketed. Twenty new nations have joined the World Curling Federation.Curling?s profile isn't the only thing that's changed since the first edition was published ? so too have the game's rules, equipment, and technique. Profiles of players, listings of television coverage and events, and memorable curling shots also need to be updated for the second edition. As the most comprehensive and up-to-date book available, Curling For Dummies will remain the ultimate curling book, for fans, players, and coaches.
Winter Sports Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Winter Sports Books
Scott's Last Expeditionby Steve Parker
Natural History Museum UK; Published: 2011-10-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.25
I Can Snowboard (Welcome Books: Sports)by Edana Eckart
Children's Press (CT); Published: 2003-03; Library Binding; Book
Price in other shops:
Born To Pullby Bob Cary
Scholastic Paperbacks; Published: 2003-02-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.47
Price in other shops:
Northwest Passages: v. 2by Bruce Calhoun
WW Norton & Co; Published: 1985-06-30; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $9.50
The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemicby Gay Salisbury, Laney Salisbury
W. W. Norton & Company; Published: 2005-02-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.10
Price in other shops:
Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarcticaby Sara Wheeler
Modern Library; Published: 1999-03-16; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.21
Price in other shops:
The Ice: A Journey to Antarctica (Cycle of Fire)by Stephen J. Pyne
University of Washington Press; Published: 1998-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $17.68
Price in other shops:
To the Arctic!: The Story of Northern Exploration from Earliest Timesby Jeannette Mirsky
University Of Chicago Press; Published: 1970-07-01; Hardcover; Book
Price in other shops:
Junior Iditarod Racers, F Exc Book Exc 10 Grade 6, 5pk: Harcourt School Publishers Storytown California (Rdg Prgm 08/ 09/ 10 Wt)Harcourt School Publishers; Published: 2007-08; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $23.75
Bad Wisdomby Bill Drummond, Mark Manning
Penguin UK; Published: 1996-10; Paperback; Book
Best price: $440.87
Similar Books and other products
The Roaring Game: The Sweeping Saga of Curlingby Doug Clark
Key Porter Books; Published: 2007-09-28; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $10.88
Price in other shops:
Usa Curling / Athletic America Sports Mens T-Shirt (Red, Sizes X-Small - XXX-Large)Idakoos; Apparel
Curling: The History, The Players, The Gameby Warren Hansen
Key Porter Books; Published: 2000-09-02; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.92
Price in other shops:
101 Curling Excusesby David Feldstein
101 Excuses; Published: 2011-05-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.99
The Roaring Game: A Sweeping Saga of Curlingby Doug Clark
Key Porter Books; Published: 2008-12-23; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.50
Price in other shops:
Between the Sheets: Creating Curling Championsby Guy H. Scholz, Cheryl L. Bernard
Hillsboro Press; Published: 2005-11-09; Paperback; Book
Best price: $76.70
Smart Curling: Perfect Your Game through Mental Trainingby Vera Pezer
Fifth House Publishers; Published: 2007-11-14; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.79
Price in other shops:
Curling, Etcetera: A Whole Bunch of Stuff About the Roaring Gameby Bob Weeks
Wiley; Published: 2008-10-14; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $10.87
Price in other shops:
Men With BroomsLions Gate; Release date: 2002-10-29; Published: 2002-10-01; DVD
Best price: $6.03
Price in other shops:
Curl to Winby Russ Howard
Harper; Published: 2010-09-14; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $13.37
Price in other shops: