The Complete Idiot's Guide to Women in Sports

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Women in Sports
Author: Randi Druzin
Publisher: Alpha Books
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2001
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780130899408

From Gertrude Ederle's historic swim across the English Channel to Billie Jean King's victory over Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Women in Sports traces the opposition women athletes faced throughout history and catalogues their incredible achievements. This fun, fact-filled guide includes loads of fascinating quotes and trivia to test your knowledge, as well as complete "rules of the game" for each sport. -- The history of women's participation in Olympic games, from the first female spectators who were thrown off cliffs in ancient Greece, to the amazing female feats from the 2000 Summer games in Sydney, Australia. -- Groundbreaking champions, such as Babe Didrikson, Wilma Rudolph, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Gertrude Ederlem Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova, and Manon Rheaume. -- Modern day superstars, including Tara Lupinsky, Mia Hamm, and Anna Kournikova. -- Emerging women's sports, such as boxing and race car driving.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Sports History & Trivia

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Sports History & Trivia
Author: Mike McGovern
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2001-09-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780028639635

For the sports fan, this guide offers fascinating facts and tidbits on baseball, football, basketball, hockey, the Olympic Games, tennis, figure skating, soccer, and more. It contains special sections on women's sports, young people's sports, and the Special Olympics, and includes listings of winners of the World Series, the Super Bowl, the Stanley Cup, and other major competetions.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Men and Women

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Men and Women
Author: Lillian Glass
Publisher:
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2015-05-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781929873166

Why is it that some women expect men to "just know" what they want? Or, why is it that some men find it difficult to express their feelings, leaving the females in their lives confused? Here's the book that helps readers communicate their feelings and finally understand what the men and women in their personal lives, as well as in the workplace, are thinking and why they act the way they do. This fascinating book discusses the differences in the way the opposite sex communicates including body language and conversational styles and shows readers how they can overcome communication barriers and improve their relationships. Couples learn how to become sensitive to each other's emotions and figure out what their mate is really trying to communicate.In this book you will learn how to enjoy more meaningful exchanges with the men and women in your lifehow to get past the anger to have truly meaningful conversationstape into the most effective use of your voice and body languageavoid 'hot button' words and phrases that inflame anger and hurtdirectly state your needs and wants and effectively express your feelings

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pleasing Your Man

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pleasing Your Man
Author: Eve Salinger
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2005-07-05
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1440696470

A happy husband makes for a happy marriage. This authoritative book helps women explore the age-old wisdom regarding pleasing husbands in all aspects of married life, which can then be used to benefit the reader in return. It’s filled with plain talk about sex and relationships in a lively, straightforward tone. • Features sections on how to flirt, be a girlfriend and not a mother, set the stage, anticipate his needs, tune into what men really like, (and need) and important sex secrets • Down-to-earth, accessible tone • While marriage-oriented, the advice in this book applies to any committed, long- term relationship

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Knowledge Management

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Knowledge Management
Author: Melissie Clemmons Rumizen
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780028641775

Discusses management models and concepts, strategies for sharing knowledge, and ways to implement the concept within a company.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Football

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Football
Author: Joe Theismann
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2003-02-05
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0786548363

From high school games to the NFL, this guide features the basics of offense and defense, players, rules, strategies, and even what to wear. New coverage for this edition includes how the draft works, new technology on the field, and XFL, arena league, expansion teams, and NFL Europe

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Body Language

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Body Language
Author: Peter A. Andersen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Body language
ISBN: 9781592572489

While no one questions that the human body gives off important signals - signals that provide a key to our emotions and sensations - finding an easy-to-understand and up-to-date source of information on the subject of body language is difficult. Enter The Complete Idiot's Guide to Body Language, the first new comprehensive book for the general public on the subject of body language to be published in years. Packed full of information, The Complete Idiot s Guide to Body Languageprovides all the information anyone would ever want to know about this fascinating topic.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Mary Magdalene

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Mary Magdalene
Author: Lesa Bellevie
Publisher: Alpha Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9781592573455

Who was Mary Magdalene, really? Mary Magdalene plays a prominent role in the Bible, but who was she, really? How did her identity change from an intimate friend of Christ to a prostitute? The Complete Idiot's Guide to Mary Magdaleneexplores the woman she was, who she might have been, what we know for a fact, and how the persona of Mary of Magdalene has been interpreted and reinterpreted over the last 2,000 years. " Offers a balanced, easy-to-follow look at a very controversial subject " Includes scriptural references throughout and a quick look-up appendix to track mentions of Mary Magdalene, as well as resources and a chronology

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Rock Climbing

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Rock Climbing
Author: Stefani Jackenthal
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2000
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780028631141

Provides instructions on climbing real rocks and fiberglass walls, presents advice on buying and renting supplies, and includes essential safety tips

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Functional Training Illustrated

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Functional Training Illustrated
Author: Frances Sharpe
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 648
Release: 2009-12-01
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1101151994

Lengthen spine, tuck pelvis under, bend knees . . . and shovel that driveway! The goal of functional training is getting the various muscle groups to work together for real-life activities, such as snow shoveling. The guide includes: • A functional fitness self-assessment • More than 120 exercises for different levels, using either props or one's own body weight • More than 300 photographs demonstrating proper movements • Warm-up and cool-down exercises • Sample workout plans for personalized results. • An appealing, practical approach to exercise, with more than 120 highly–illustrated exercises.