Sports & Recreation - a genre of audiobooks on the website knigi-audio.com/en/. Page - 1
Pleasure Cycling - Henry Clyde
Pleasure Cycling - Henry Clyde
- Author: Henry Clyde
- Genre: Health & Fitness / Sports & Recreation
"In this little book, the writer, looking back to his own days of inexperience in cycling, has endeavored to furnish some useful information and advice to those who intend joining the army of wheelmen, or who, in their first season on the road, are...
Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring - Professor Louis Hoffman
Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring - Professor Louis Hoffman
- Author: Professor Louis Hoffman
- Genre: Performing Arts / Sports & Recreation
This "how-to" book covers everything for the 1800's illusionist, from stage presence & dress, program and stage arrangement, to how to do tricks with cards, coins, watches, rings, handkerchiefs, dominoes and dice, cups and balls, hats, and other...
The Birth of Professional Rugby League in Australia: A selection from the Sydney Morning Herald (1907-08) - SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
The Birth of Professional Rugby League in Australia: A selection from the Sydney Morning Herald (1907-08) - SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
- Author: SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
- Genre: Sports & Recreation
In early 1907 the world of Australian rugby was rocked by the news that a professional New Zealand All Blacks team was set to tour the northern counties of Engliand, where professional rugby had been a reality for more than a decade. The...
How to Camp Out - John Mead GOULD
How to Camp Out - John Mead GOULD
- Author: John Mead GOULD
- Genre: Sports & Recreation
Advice on camp gear, clothing, cooking, hiking, and other topics. Much of the book remains good and sensible advice today, but modern readers may be amused by Maj. Gould's few remarks on ladies, who "must be cared for more tenderly than men." -...
Guides to Belle Vue Zoological Gardens 1891-1917 - Various
Guides to Belle Vue Zoological Gardens 1891-1917 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Sports & Recreation
Guides to the Belle Vue Zoological Gardens from the Chetham's Library Virtual Belle Vue Collection. The Belle Vue gardens opened in 1836 as a place of genteel entertainment for the middle classes of industrial Manchester, but soon became one the...
A Scientific and Practical Treatise on American Football for Schools and Colleges - Henry L. WILLIAMS
A Scientific and Practical Treatise on American Football for Schools and Colleges - Henry L. WILLIAMS
- Author: Henry L. WILLIAMS
- Genre: Sports & Recreation
Ever wondered how football has changed over the years? Look no further! This selection of rules, positions, and explanations of how football was played in the late 1800s is sure to leave you with a greater knowledge of the evolution of the sport....
Diversions in Sicily - Henry Festing JONES
Diversions in Sicily - Henry Festing JONES
- Author: Henry Festing JONES
- Genre: Sports & Recreation / Travel & Geography
Samuel Butler's biographer dedicates his urbane account of the culture and entertainments of rural Sicily to the unborn son of his guide to them. (Summary by R. S. Steinberg)...
The Compleat Angler - Izaak WALTON
The Compleat Angler - Izaak WALTON
- Author: Izaak WALTON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Sports & Recreation
The Compleat Angler is a celebration of the art and spirit of fishing in prose and verse. Walton did not profess to be an expert with the fly, but in the use of the live worm, the grasshopper and the frog "Piscator" could speak as a master. There...
Bert's Treatise of Hawkes and Hawking - Edmund BERT
Bert's Treatise of Hawkes and Hawking - Edmund BERT
- Author: Edmund BERT
- Genre: Animals / Sports & Recreation
An approved Treatise of Hawkes and Hawking. Divided into three Bookes. The first teacheth, How to make a short-winged Hawke good, with good conditions. The second, How to reclaime a Hawke from any ill condition. The third teacheth. Cures for all...
Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69 - Edward WHYMPER
Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69 - Edward WHYMPER
- Author: Edward WHYMPER
- Genre: Sports & Recreation / Travel & Geography / Memoirs
Scrambles Amongst the Alps is one the great classics (some would say the greatest) of early mountaineering literature, and Edward Whymper (1840-1911) one of the leading figures of the early years of Alpine climbing. He is best known, of course, for...
Short Works on Sports Collection 01 - Various
Short Works on Sports Collection 01 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Sports Fiction / Sports & Recreation
A miscellany of poetry and short works of fact and fiction on the topic of sports from North America, Great Britain and Australasia. The collection includes pieces on baseball, cricket, lacrosse, cycling, athletics, fishing, polo, fencing, marbles...
The Ascent of Denali - Hudson STUCK
The Ascent of Denali - Hudson STUCK
- Author: Hudson STUCK
- Genre: Sports & Recreation / Modern (20th C) / Exploration
The story of the First Ascent of Denali by Hudson Stuck, Harry Karstens, Walter Harper and Robert Tatum in 1913, recorded in celebration of the restoration of the mountain's original name. ( summary by Fritz)...
Association Football and How to Play It - John CAMERON
Association Football and How to Play It - John CAMERON
- Author: John CAMERON
- Genre: Sports & Recreation
An overview of the positions, tactics, and history of association football written by one of the game's early stars. John Cameron was a most interesting figure who played for both Everton and Tottenham, was a P.O.W. during the First World War and a...
American Big-Game Hunting - Undefined
American Big-Game Hunting - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: Animals / Sports & Recreation
The first book published by The Boone and Crockett Club founded by Theodore Roosevelt and George Grinnell, who declared in their Editors Note: "Hunting big game in the wilderness is, above all things, a sport for a vigorous and masterful people. The...
Woodcraft - NESSMUK
Woodcraft - NESSMUK
- Author: NESSMUK
- Genre: Nature / Sports & Recreation / Travel & Geography
George Washington Sears, who many know better by his pen name "Nessmuk", was an outdoor writer during the last half of the 19th century, writing most often for the magazine "Field and Forest", the predecessor of today's "Field and Stream"....
Amid the High Hills - Sir Hugh Fraser
Amid the High Hills - Sir Hugh Fraser
- Author: Sir Hugh Fraser
- Genre: Sports & Recreation
A regular contributor to magazines and periodicals on outdoor pursuits, in this work, Fraser discusses salmon fishing, deer stalking, fauna in the forest, high hills and more. - Summary by Lynne Thompson...
Base-Ball: How to Become a Player - John Montgomery Ward
Base-Ball: How to Become a Player - John Montgomery Ward
- Author: John Montgomery Ward
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Sports & Recreation
Base-Ball: How to Become a Player is a brief history of the game of baseball, with an explanation of the rules and positions. During the audio, reference is made to the "cuts" -- pictures of players, the baseball field, and balls. You can find these...
Greek Athletics - Frederick Adam WRIGHT
Greek Athletics - Frederick Adam WRIGHT
- Author: Frederick Adam WRIGHT
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Sports & Recreation / Antiquity
The history of Greek athletics as it pertains to the Olympics. Describes various activities such as boxing, wrestling, etc. and accounts from witnesses, the Iliad, etc. as they pertain to famous Greeks and events. He discusses Greek views of...
With Swag and Billy: A Guide to Walking Trips in Tourist Districts of New South Wales - Henry J. Tompkins
With Swag and Billy: A Guide to Walking Trips in Tourist Districts of New South Wales - Henry J. Tompkins
- Author: Henry J. Tompkins
- Genre: Sports & Recreation
A guide to hikes around Sydney, Australia, from the early years of the twentieth century. In 1895, Henry J. Tompkins and William Mogford Hamlet, two friends with literary inclinations and a taste for romantic scenery, formed the Warragamba Walking...
