{"product_id":"coffee-table-book-of-lacrosse-paperback","title":"Coffee Table Book of: Lacrosse (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCoffee Table Book of: Lacrosse is a large-format coffee table book of lacrosse, printed edge to edge in colour, one picture to a page and the widest carried across two: the stick and its pocket, the ball and the goal, traditional wooden sticks and modern heads, the kit, practice and play, the players anonymous in plain kit, and the field from dawn to night and through the seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen practice: a field in spring beneath trees in blossom, shooting strings across a pocket, two players standing well apart, a painted line running to a far goal, a bucket of balls at sunset, a player winding up to shoot, the centre mark seen from above, a line painter at a fresh line and a player bending to scoop a ground ball.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen snow, night and storm: a light snow round a goal, a lit field far off under a full moon, a light pole at blue hour, a bare-headed player of the women's game in a pleated kilt, her stick upright beside her, a storm sky over grass lit gold by low sun, the last walk off the field at dusk with a stick over one shoulder and autumn trees beyond a goal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen stringing and the old pocket: a head with its mesh half laced, a coil of cord beside a pair of scissors, a head and a shaft lying apart, a traditional and a modern stick side by side, low mist at a summer dawn, a goal in light rain and the leather and twine pocket of an old stick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen water and hills, and the kit laid out: a field beside a misty river at dawn, two helmets on the grass, long tree shadows in late summer light, rolling hills at evening, a worn head with darkened mesh beside a new one, a ball come to rest in the net, frost under a pale winter sky and a folded jersey and shorts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShort notes run through the book, on the stick and its pocket, the ball, the goal and the kit, the women's game and the way the game is played: the goal mouth measures six feet by six feet, cradling keeps the ball in the pocket on the run, a long shaft extends a defender's reach, and the women's game is played under its own rules.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted in full colour on heavy 150gsm coated paper at 216 x 279 mm (8.5 x 11 inches), as a paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cedar Pine Editions","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":68150254207280,"sku":"9671456004938","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9671456004938.jpg?v=1792646340","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/coffee-table-book-of-lacrosse-paperback","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}