Next month my new book When Fitness Went Global: The Rise of Physical Culture in the Nineteenth Century is published with Bloomsbury. It has been ten years in the making, and, in truth, a lifetime in the thinking. I began the project trying to understand why my obsession with lifting and movement felt so personal,… Continue reading How Fitness Conquered the World (and What It Still Teaches Us)
Academic Books are notoriously expensive. That isn't because the authors demand huge royalties... we don't, but rather because they are often sold in small numbers. I am thus thrilled that my publisher, Bloomsbury, have taken a decision to publish a paperback copy of my last book, Indian Club Swinging and the Birth of Global Fitness which… Continue reading My Indian Club Swinging Book is Now Affordable!
Just a quick word of thanks to everyone who voted in Common Ground Network's Publisher Prize. My book, The History of Physical Culture won the prize thanks, in no small part, to the votes from people who read my work every week on this website. I began this website in 2014 and, scarily, am nearly… Continue reading Now an Award Winning Website!
I rarely, if ever, delve into self-promotion but every moment is an opportunity for change and all that. Recently, Common Ground Publishers informed me that my book, The History of Physical Culture, has been nominated for an internal publisher's prize. I've already detailed the book, and its contents, in a previous post. As a quick… Continue reading Self Promotion Time: Please Vote for My Book!
