Women in Sports Books


Outstanding Women Athletes: Who They Are and How They Influenced Sports In America Best Price: $49.00 DescriptionA unique combination of history, biography, bibliography, and statistics, the widely...	Sporting Females Sporting Females is an important piece of historical research and sociological work. Using...	The Michelle Wie Way: Inside Michelle Wie's Power-Swing Technique Best Price: $1.42 When Michelle Wie became the youngest player to qualify for the LPGA at age 12, she turned heads...	Kicking Up Dirt: A True Story of Determination, Deafness, and Daring At nineteen, Ashley Fiolek is already the top female competitor in a tough men's sport:...	Taking the Field: Women, Men, and Sports (Sport and Culture Series, V. 4) In the past, when sport simply excluded girls, the equation of males with active athletic power...



Bird at the Buzzer: UConn, Notre Dame, and a Women's Basketball Classic On March 6, 2001, the top two women?s college basketball teams in the nation, UConn and Notre...	Playing With the Boys : Why Separate is Not Equal in Sports Athletic contests help define what we mean in America by "success." By keeping women...	The Girls Of Summer: The U.S. Women's Soccer Team and How It Changed The World Best Price: $0.32 Good things come to those who wait; that's what we're always told. The NY Times'...	From Barbie® to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games Best Price: $7.97 This collection is truly thought-provoking and insightful. It dares to tackle one of...	Reel Women: The World Of Women Who Fish Best Price: $19.98 REEL WOMEN gives a history of women in the world of fishing. The book begins with Dame Juliana...



Built to Win: The Female Athlete As Cultural Icon (Sport and Culture Series, V. 5) The sculpted speed of Marion Jones. The grit and agility of Mia Hamm. The slam-dunk style of...	Playing With the Boys: Why Separate is Not Equal in Sports Best Price: $4.50 Hooray for McDonagh and Pompano, they clearly have done their homework. They articulate the...	Their Day in the Sun: Women of the 1932 Olympics Best Price: $115.66 The 1932 Olympic games took place in Los Angeles in the depths of the Great Depression; that...	Mad Seasons: The Story of the First Women's Professional Basketball League, 1978-1981 Best Price: $12.64 What would you say about a league that survived for three tumultuous seasons due to players who...	Breaking Into the Current: Boatwomen of the Grand Canyon Best Price: $7.83 A few years back on my first trip through the Grand Canyon I was lucky enough to be in a group...

Golf: A Women's History Best Price: $89.13 Chapter titles are Origins, They Called it Golfe, Issette Pearson and the Ladies Golf Union,...	Lady Magic: The Autobiography of Nancy Lieberman-Cline Best Price: $6.31 NANCY LIEBERMAN TELLS ABOUT HER LIFE IN BASKETBALL AND A BIT OF HER PRIVATE LIFE. SHE ALWAYS WAS...	Kim Zmeskal: Determination to Win: A Biography Best Price: $10.99 Kim Zmeskal was a gymnast I knew about but not a whole lot about. After reading Kim Zmeskal...	A Century of Women's Basketball: From Frailty to Final Four Best Price: $74.94	A Kind of Grace: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Female Athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee is one of the world's most successful athletes, and has dominated the...

Still Kicking It took just 1.28 seconds to make history. On August 30, 2003, Katie Hnida became the first...	When Women Played Hardball Best Price: $8.00 The years between 1943 and 1954 marked the magical era of the All-American Girls Professional...	Mr. Hogan, the Man I Knew: An LPGA Player Looks Back on an Amazing Friendship and Lessons She Learned from Golf's Greatest Legend Best Price: $6.68 Ben Hogan is known as the greatest ball striker of all time, and he was also one of the most...	Making Her Mark : Firsts and Milestones in Women's Sports Best Price: $0.56 The Los Angeles Times recently ran an Op Ed piece on the negative legacy of Title Nine. Enestine...	Women in Golf: The Players, the History, and the Future of the Sport Best Price: $19.95 Despite the thirst for more information about women's golf, very little exists about its...

Icons of Women's Sport [2 volumes] (Greenwood Icons) Best Price: $173.00 Icons of Women's Sport identifies and examines the individuals who have impacted history,...	Venus to the Hoop: A Gold Medal Year in Women's Basketball Best Price: $7.91 Venus to the Hoop is a motivation to every kind of athlete. If you have ever played basketball...	Women On Ice: Feminist Responses to the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan Spectacle Best Price: $12.00 this collection of scholarly essays examines skating as a field by focusing on the events...	Reel Women: The World Of Women Who Fish Best Price: $19.98 REEL WOMEN gives a history of women in the world of fishing. The book begins with Dame Juliana...	Built to Win: The Female Athlete As Cultural Icon (Sport and Culture Series, V. 5) The sculpted speed of Marion Jones. The grit and agility of Mia Hamm. The slam-dunk style of...

Playing With the Boys: Why Separate is Not Equal in Sports Best Price: $4.50 Hooray for McDonagh and Pompano, they clearly have done their homework. They articulate the...	Their Day in the Sun: Women of the 1932 Olympics Best Price: $115.66 The 1932 Olympic games took place in Los Angeles in the depths of the Great Depression; that...	Mad Seasons: The Story of the First Women's Professional Basketball League, 1978-1981 Best Price: $12.64 What would you say about a league that survived for three tumultuous seasons due to players who...	Breaking Into the Current: Boatwomen of the Grand Canyon Best Price: $7.83 A few years back on my first trip through the Grand Canyon I was lucky enough to be in a group...	Golf: A Women's History Best Price: $89.13 Chapter titles are Origins, They Called it Golfe, Issette Pearson and the Ladies Golf Union,...

Lady Magic: The Autobiography of Nancy Lieberman-Cline Best Price: $6.31 NANCY LIEBERMAN TELLS ABOUT HER LIFE IN BASKETBALL AND A BIT OF HER PRIVATE LIFE. SHE ALWAYS WAS...	Kim Zmeskal: Determination to Win: A Biography Best Price: $10.99 Kim Zmeskal was a gymnast I knew about but not a whole lot about. After reading Kim Zmeskal...	Drawn to the Rhythm: A Passionate Life Reclaimed Best Price: $3.66 Sara Hall is a strong, loving women with a poetic gift for prose. She is simply lovely to read...	On the Line Best Price: $1.96 On The Line by Serena Williams with Daniel Paisner Serena Williams' book, ON THE LINE, is...	Ladies Of The Court: Grace & Disgrace on the Women's Tennis Tour Best Price: $2.00 The author of Short Circuit furnishes a close-up look inside the women's professional...

The Woman Runner: Free to Be the Complete Athlete	The Great Swim Best Price: $3.99 I greatly enjoyed this book for a number of reasons. As a swimmer it was very elucidating,...	Women and Horses Best Price: $14.99	Football for Women (And Men Who Want to Learn the Game : Understanding the Game) Best Price: $25.17 This book is very straight forward and understandable for some one that knows nothing about...	A Woman's Guide to Self Defense Best Price: $8.99 I am 16 years old and have learned that highschool is sometimes one of the most dangerous places...

Canyon Solitude: A Woman's Solo River Journey Through the Grand Canyon (Adventura Books) Best Price: $7.35 Some travel stories are about going many places, seeing a variety of things. Canyon Solitude is...	Run Like a Girl: How Strong Women Make Happy Lives Best Price: $5.36 Given the choice between exercise and cocktails after a long day, I've always opted for the...	Kathy Smith's Lift Weights to Lose Weight Best Price: $4.92 When I bought this book I didn't know the diffence between a rep. and a set. I have enjoyed...	Still Kicking: My Journey As the First Woman to Play Division I College Football Best Price: $11.99 Before my review, I've got several problems with the "statements" of the previous...	The Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend Best Price: $3.20 Jeff Leen has done an outstanding job of bringing the legend of Mildred Burke to life. This...

Winning Soccer for Girls	Superwomen: 100 Women-100 Sports Best Price: $41.90 I gave this book to my 12-year-old niece for her birthday, and she was awed by it. The photos...	Feminism and Sporting Bodies: Essays on Theory and Practice	Strong Women, Deep Closets: Lesbians and Homophobia in Sport Best Price: $8.42 This is an excellent book that explores the deep roots of homophobia in women's sports and...	Women's Basketball: A Bibliography of the Guides Published for the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport and Its Predecessors, 1901-1985

Athletries: The Untold History of Ancient Greek Women Athletes Best Price: $17.58 Dr. E. Gary Stickel, the Archaeologist whom the London Times called "The real-life Indiana...	Women's Soccer: The Passionate Game Best Price: $8.34 In one generation, women's international soccer has taken its place on the world sports...	Women's 1998 College Hockey Guide Best Price: $14.00 Tom Keegan has assembled an outstanding book. With one daughter currently playing women's...	Gold Medal Ice Hockey for Women and Girls Best Price: $13.21 Tricia and Katie have written this based more towards the beginner type player. There are many...	The 1989-1990 National Directory of College Athletics (Women's Edition) Best Price: $12.00

Chamique She has been called the best woman basketball player ever, the player with the power to decide...	Changing Course: A Woman's Guide to Choosing the Cruising Life Yes, this is a quick read. Started reading and couldn't put it down because I've been...	Solo: On Her Own Adventure (Seal Women's Travel) Best Price: $4.90 Never hike alone. How many times have I been admonished not to hike solo? This advice has come...	The Great Swim The dramatic story of the four courageous female swimmers who captivated the world in the summer...	Run Like a Girl: How Strong Women Make Happy Lives Run Like A Girl is about the impact that participating in sports has on women—how the...

Powerboating: A Woman's Guide Best Price: $4.93 For the past decade, women have been the fastest-growing segment of the powerboating population....	Developing a Successful Women's Track & Field Program Best Price: $3.77 This book offers good solid advice in how to deal with adolescent women. I was very pleased...	More Than a Game: One Woman's Fight for Gender Equity in sport Contrary to rumors on campus and in the local press, Cynthia Pemberton did not set out in 1992...	The Goddess and the American Girl: The Story of Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills Best Price: $12.28 Better known and more admired in the 1920s and '30s than any politician, movie star, or...	Crashing the Old Boys' Network: The Tragedies and Triumphs of Girls and Women in Sports Best Price: $86.94 Crashing the Old Boys' Network is the first book to examine the intense, and sometimes...

She Got Game: My Personal Odyssey Best Price: $6.31 This autobiography is one of the best, if not the best, that I've read. It's amazing how...	The Origins And History of the All-american Girls Professional Baseball League Best Price: $60.05 A thoroughly entertaining and engrossing read about an enterprise that predicted the soon to...	The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary Best Price: $49.95 Here's your copy, pilgrim, of the book that lists the players and all of the stuff of...	Women in Sport: Issues and Controversies The issues that impact on the emergence of girls and women into the mainstream of American sport...	The Illustrated History of Women's Golf Best Price: $90.52 This lavish tribute spans the last 100 years of women's golf.

Women in Baseball Best Price: $21.50 All little girls that want to play little league will be inspired by this fabulous writing on...	Born to Win: The Authorized Biography of Althea Gibson Best Price: $20.87 On Althea Gibson, America's first African American tennis champion: "I am grateful to...	Sports Nutrition for Women: A Practical Guide for Active Women (Nutrition & Fitness) Best Price: $18.55 Women who exercise regularly may be prone to health-related problems that could be prevented or...	The Origins and History of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Best Price: $39.95 This in-depth treatment of the organization and operation of the All-American Girls Professional...	Women, Media and Sport: Challenging Gender Values Best Price: $56.09 While much of this book is overly academic in its most negative definition (tedious minutae),...

Sharp Spear, Crystal Mirror: Martial Arts in Women's Lives Best Price: $10.30 As a female student of the martial arts, I found this book very inspiring. Our lives as girls...	Silver Era, Golden Moments : A Celebration of Ivy League Women's Athletics Best Price: $0.01 Incorporating history and photographs with reminiscences of athletes and coaches, Silver Era,...	Grace & Glory: A Century of Women in the Olympics Best Price: $1.90 At the first Olympic Games in Athens women w ere barred from competing but, as Grace & Glory...	Beyond the Limits: A Woman's Triumph on Everest Best Price: $51.40 The book Beyond the Limits may actually be the only book that I have read that can act both as a...	Golf: The Woman's Game Best Price: $4.98 This book has easily accessible information, really interesting stories, fabulous archival...

Babe: The Life and Legend of Babe Didrikson Zaharias (Women in American History) Best Price: $18.95 As a former student of Dr. Susan Cayleff, I found the book to be a wonderful and informative...	Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America (Sport and Society) Best Price: $21.50 Fields has written an important book that tackles the question of why girls and women remain...	The Boxer's Heart: How I Fell in Love with the Ring Best Price: $5.00 Those of us who thought we knew fighting from the inside out better re-examine our armchairs....	Game Face: What Does a Female Athlete Look Like? Best Price: $6.95 Gameface is a terrific, fun, and interesting book for people of all ages. I am 39 and loved...	The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book: Comprehensive Hitting, Fielding and Pitching Statistics Best Price: $28.99 For a dozen years during the 1940s and 1950s more than 600 women played professional baseball in...

A League of My Own: Memoir of a Pitcher for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Best Price: $25.05 My sincere thanks to this author. I was facinated by the movie, A League of Their Own. I...	Lloyd on Lloyd Best Price: $44.60 Through all her trials and tribulation chris has always emerged as winner. One quote which sums...	Mountaineering Women: Stories by Early Climbers Best Price: $16.54	Fighting Back: Taekwondo for Women Best Price: $10.84 I am not out to ever write bad reviews. I do not have enough money to buy books that are not...

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