Winter Sports

Skiing into Modernity is the story of how skiing moved from Europe's Scandinavian periphery to the mountains of central Europe, where it came to de...

Every summer in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Nick Baumgartner went to work pouring concrete, taking on the harsh physical conditions of the construc...

The 1:50,000 snow sports maps from swisstopo are an essential accessory for every ski or snowshoe tour, whether during the planning stage at home o...

A huge number of people ski, and this fun little book looks at all aspects of what makes it so appealing. For some, it's a serene communication wit...

Talented athletes across all sports don't always go on to fulfil their true potential. The ratio of those that do, compared to those that don't is...

How did a small Canadian regional league come to dominate a North American continental sport? Joining the Clubs: The Business of the National Hocke...

There is only one sport, outside of actual combat disciplines, where two participants can square off in old fashioned, bare-knuckle pugilism withou...

An electric memoir that follows a young woman from chasing Olympic dreams on the ice rink, through addiction and prison, to finally discovering her...

Taking us from the beginning of our story to the present day, A Cold Spell examines how ice has shaped our thoughts, actions and societies and wha...