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A Fighting Life

My Seven Decades in Boxing

By: Lou Duva

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For more than seven decades, Lou Duva has been a mainstay in the boxing world. With his craggy face and the bulbous nose of a boxer with questionable defensive skills, Duva is one of the most enduring images of boxing, having climbed in and out of rings for championship fights on six different continents. In Lou Duva: A Fighting Life, you’ll hear firsthand the exhilarating story of how Duva balanced family life and his work with nineteen different world champions. The son of Italian immigrants who landed at Ellis Island and lived in Manhattan before moving the family to Paterson, New Jersey, Duva had the odds stacked against him. Rather than settling, Duva was able to claw his way out of poverty to reach the pinnacle of the boxing business, where he laid the foundation of Main Events Promotions—one of the most powerful boxing promotions companies in the sport. Lou Duva: A Fighting Life chronicles an amazing boxing career filled with ups and downs. From his training of champions including Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis to staging some of the biggest bouts in the history of boxing, including the classic match between Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns, to the notorious “Riot at the Garden,” Duva pulls no punches as he shares his Hall of Fame life for the first time. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. In addition to books on popular team sports, we also publish books for a wide variety of athletes and sports enthusiasts, including books on running, cycling, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, martial arts, golf, camping, hiking, aviation, boating, and so much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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Simon and Schuster

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1613218761

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9781613218761

Playing with the Big Boys

Basketball, American Imperialism, and Subaltern Discourse in the Philippines

By: Lou Antolihao

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Playing with the Big Boys

Basketball, American Imperialism, and Subaltern Discourse in the Philippines

By: Lou Antolihao

Basketball has a lock on the Filipino soul. From big arenas in Manila to makeshift hoops in small villages, basketball is played by Filipinos of all walks of life and is used to mark everything from summer breaks for students to religious festivals and many other occasions. Playing with the Big Boys traces the social history of basketball in the Philippines from an educational and "civilizing" tool in the early twentieth century to its status as national pastime since the country gained independence after World War II. While the phrase "playing with the big boys" describes the challenge of playing basketball against outsized opponents, it also describes the struggle for recognition that the Philippines, as a subaltern society, has had to contend with in its larger transnational relationships as a former U.S. colony. Lou Antolihao goes beyond the empire-colony dichotomy by covering Filipino basketball in a wider range of comparisons, such as that involving the growing influence of Asia in its region, particularly China and Japan. In this context, Antolihao shows how Philippines basketball has moved from a vehicle for Americanization to a force for globalization in which the United States, while still a key player, is challenged by other basketball-playing countries.

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280

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803278519

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9780803278516

The Study of Dress History

By: Lou Taylor

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The Study of Dress History

By: Lou Taylor

Over the past ten years the study of dress history has finally broken free of the shackles that have held it back, and is now benefiting from new, multidisciplinary approaches and practices, which draw on material culture, art history, ethnography, and cultural studies. This book focuses on the development of these new methods to be found within the field of dress history and dress studies, and assesses the current condition and future directions of the subject.

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304

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Manchester University Press

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0719040655

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9780719040658

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pro Wrestling

By: Lou Albano,Bert Randolph Sugar,Michael Benson

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pro Wrestling

By: Lou Albano,Bert Randolph Sugar,Michael Benson

Guidebook of basic information about the popular, entertainment-style wrestling form.

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438

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Alpha Reference

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0028639618

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9780028639611

Control and Optimization of Multiscale Process Systems

By: Panagiotis D. Christofides,Antonios Armaou,Yiming Lou,Amit Varshney

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Control and Optimization of Multiscale Process Systems

By: Panagiotis D. Christofides,Antonios Armaou,Yiming Lou,Amit Varshney

This book—the first of its kind—presents general methods for feedback controller synthesis and optimization of multiscale systems, illustrating their application to thin-film growth, sputtering processes, and catalytic systems of industrial interest. The authors demonstrate the advantages of the methods presented for control and optimization through extensive simulations. Included in the work are new techniques for feedback controller design and optimization of multiscale process systems that are not included in other books. The book also contains a rich collection of new research topics and references to significant recent work.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0817647937

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9780817647933

Switching in Electrical Transmission and Distribution Systems

By: René Smeets,Lou van der Sluis,Mirsad Kapetanovic,David F. Peelo,Anton Janssen

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Switching in Electrical Transmission and Distribution Systems

By: René Smeets,Lou van der Sluis,Mirsad Kapetanovic,David F. Peelo,Anton Janssen

Switching in Electrical Transmission and Distribution Systems presents the issues and technological solutions associated with switching in power systems, from medium to ultra-high voltage. The book systematically discusses the electrical aspects of switching, details the way load and fault currents are interrupted, the impact of fault currents, and compares switching equipment in particular circuit-breakers. The authors also explain all examples of practical switching phenomena by examining real measurements from switching tests. Other highlights include: up to date commentary on new developments in transmission and distribution technology such as ultra-high voltage systems, vacuum switchgear for high-voltage, generator circuit-breakers, distributed generation, DC-interruption, aspects of cable systems, disconnector switching, very fast transients, and circuit-breaker reliability studies. Key features: Summarises the issues and technological solutions associated with the switching of currents in transmission and distribution systems. Introduces and explains recent developments such as vacuum switchgear for transmission systems, SF6 environmental consequences and alternatives, and circuit-breaker testing. Provides practical guidance on how to deal with unacceptable switching transients. Details the worldwide IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) standards on switching equipment, illustrating current circuit-breaker applications. Features many figures and tables originating from full-power tests and established training courses, or from measurements in real networks. Focuses on practical and application issues relevant to practicing engineers. Essential reading for electrical engineers, utility engineers, power system application engineers, consultants and power systems asset managers, postgraduates and final year power system undergraduates.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118703626

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9781118703625

Book's by Lou Albano

A Fighting Life

A Fighting Life

Playing with the Big Boys

Playing with the Big Boys

The Study of Dress History

The Study of Dress History

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pro Wrestling

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pro Wrestling

Control and Optimization of Multiscale Process Systems

Control and Optimization of Multiscale Process Systems

Switching in Electrical Transmission and Distribution Systems

Switching in Electrical Transmission and Distribution Systems

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