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UNISA996393099403316 |
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Blake Robert <1599-1657.> |
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A true relation of the late great sea fight [[electronic resource] ] : as it was sent in a letter to his excellency the Lord General Cromvvell, from Gen. Blake and Gen. Monck. Wherein is a list of what Dutch ships were taken and sunk, with the number of prisoners. Likewise the number of what men were slain and wounded on our side |
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London, : Printed by Henry Hills, and are to [sic] sold at his house in Py-Corner, and by Thomas Brewster at the three Bibles in Pauls Church-yard, 1653 |
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AlbemarleGeorge Monck, Duke of, <1608-1670.> |
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Anglo-Dutch War, 1652-1654 |
Naval battles - England |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Annotation on Thomason copy: "June 7th". |
Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
Wing has "to be sold" in imprint. |
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UNINA9910965064303321 |
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Teitelbaum Stanley H. |
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Athletes Who Indulge Their Dark Side : Sex, Drugs, and Cover-Ups / / Stanley H. Teitelbaum |
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Santa Barbara : , : Libraries Unlimited, , 2022 |
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London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2023 |
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9798400615641 |
9786612385858 |
9781282385856 |
1282385852 |
9780313377570 |
031337757X |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (196 p.) |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Steroids Scandal; 2 The Dangers of Invincibility; 3 Recent Gambling Scandals; 4 Athletes Who Flirt with Disaster; 5 Women Involved in Sports Scandals; 6 Murder Scandals; 7 Cover-Ups; Epilogue; Notes; Index |
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A leading psychologist explores the phenomenon of athletes across the sports world who engage in high-risk behavior that often destroys lives, bodies, and reputations. From sex and drugs to violence, gambling, and wholesale conspiracies, scandals are everywhere in sports. Each of these problems is its own issue, and every case is separate, but taken as a whole this criminal pathology is indicative of a widespread problem with athletes and responsibility. In this wide-ranging and deep-seeking investigation, psychologist Stanley H. Teitelbaum asks why elite athletes take enormous risks with their lives and careers. Teitelbaum analyzes and diagnoses this culturally resonant set of problems with an honest, critical eye, looking at |
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everything from baseball's steroid abusers to gambling scandals in the NBA to the steady stream of athletes arrested for domestic violence to the murder trials of O.J. Simpson and wrestler Chris Benoit. A concluding chapter holds sports commissioners and others to task for hiding behind a façade of ignorance and duplicitous naïveté in attempting to cover up or defuse brewing scandals. |
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