The Lives and Times of Mal and Mel
Three Times Jamaican Olympians
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Sports have evolved into a firmly established social and cultural institution worldwide. One of its important characteristics is its multi-sidedness. It serves many functions to many inidividuals, groups and society as a whole at diffferent times. It arouses emotions, it wins allegiance, it ivites enthusiasms, and it invokes a fanatical devotion to it. Sports has been psychologically linked to war, compared withe arts, and has been shown to have similarities with work, save for the attitudes displayed toward the two. Given this multi-dimentional character and pervasivenes in modern society, we have been thinking as a matter of academic interest that there must be more serious scholarly philosophical study into the nature of sports. Surely there must be some principles in it which are at once regulatory and pertinent to other spheres of human activity. We had the good fortune of visiting one of the world's great libraries in quest of answers on the nature of sports, which we have been asking since our days as competitors. We would like to share the highlights of this little sporting expidition with you. To begin with, we are not reassured that the overwhelming majority of writing and commentary on sports have been reportorial and informational. Little coverage is sociological or philosophical.
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About the Book
A must read publication for twins, parents of twins, and other siblings who fail to get along with their partners. The account of their lives includes, escapades, some of which are delicately personal. Their triumphs and failures while competing, is intended to instill in young sportsmen and women the meaning of sports (beyond mere competing) which they hope will lead to a better way of life long after their sports careers have ended.
About the Author
The Lives and Times of Mel and Mal is a “must read” for parents who raised, or are raising twins, particularly identical twins. The book was written as the collective thoughts of two minds that think alike as it brings together their own experiences as identical twins. It is their fervent belief that opinions expressed through their physical and mental development, and backed by researchers can exert positive influences on other siblings whether they are twins or single individuals. Some of their childhood and early adult anecdotes mentioned are delicately personal, but the individuals, although not mentioned by names, looked back at these incidents with as much amusement as they did.