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BSL Mini TOPICS for TOTS: Greetings & Manners, Colours, Weather, Minibeasts, Happy Birthday: British Sign Language Vocabulary (Let’s Sign Early Years)
Colourful illustrations with pictures and signs to educate the senses and stimulate hand and mind coordination. A simple and enjoyable route to learning.
In addition to the clear needs of individuals who are deaf or partially hearing, sign language is also used in communication with children and adults with a wide range of special needs such as:
• Learning disability
• Down Syndrome
• Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
• Additional speech, language & communication needs
• To benefit development through Baby Signing
• English as a second languageBeing able to identify and name everyday objects and events can enhance young children’s self esteem and sense of achievement.
Learn how to greet people, the names of colours, what’s the weather like today, is that a bee or a wasp? And how to sign ‘Happy Birthday’ to your friends and family.
This book is also available as a Kindle ebook. Tablets and touch-screen technology can be particularly beneficial to reluctant readers and are an important way to engage key groups of young children where literacy is a concern.
The same Colour, Weather and Minibeast topics are also separately available as Kindle ebooks in Flashcard format, one sign per page for easy mobile reference for smart phone and tablets – low-cost and easy to carry and refer to on the go with appeal to learners of all ages and abilities.
This printed book provides a collection of their contents with some extras.
The key-word vocabulary enables constructions in both British Sign Language (BSL) and Sign Supported English (SSE). Ideal for young children who are deaf or have special educational needs (SEN) in addition to all sign language learners and baby signers.
Includes: Basic Handshape Key and Fingerspelling Alphabet.
Each topic is colour-coded for easy reference and begins with a summary page of the signs, making a useful reminder page to go back to and test what you have learned.
Additional pictorial graphics based on the Mulberry Symbols with kind permission.
Some signs, particularly those for colours, have a number of regional variations and the illustrations show more than one option..
The most commonly used versions of signs have been chosen but regional variations need to be checked with your local BSL community and face to face contact with native sign language users is recommended as the best way to learn.
Supported by the Let’s Sign BSL publications.
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Barbie: All Dolled Up: Celebrating 50 Years of Barbie
As the world’s most famous doll celebrates her 50th birthday, this fully illustrated, interactive book commemorates five decades of Barbie history in fabulous style “Barbie: All Dolled Up” is a vibrant, interactive celebration of Barbie’s 50th anniversary. Fully illustrated, this unique book features rare artwork and memorabilia throughout: original 1960s packaging, old Barbie comic books, designers’ sketches and much, much more will be reproduced both as flat art and as 3-d pieces, for a tactile presentation which truly brings Barbie to life. The book will be broken into chapters according to key eras in Barbie’s development – 1959-60s, the Mod Era of ’67-’70, the big, bold ’80s, the Totally Hair ’90s, up to the present day. The narrative combines historical detail with personal memories of Barbie through quotes from mums & daughters, celebrities, designers and more. Fully licensed by Mattel: “Barbie: All Dolled Up” piggybacks a year of events and marketing initiatives being staged for the 50th Anniversary. Media event: The anniversary year has already acres of coverage in the fashion press (“Elle”, “Vogue”, “Glamour” etc) and national newspapers (“Guardian”, “Telegraph”, “Independent”, “Metro” etc). Remarkably large audience: From 5 to 50, Barbie bridges the generations. Interactive features and rare artwork: Original ’60s packaging, old Barbie comic books, designers’ sketches and much more will be reproduced both as flat art and 3-d pieces, for a tactile presentation of the rarest Barbie ephemera. High profile names: Noted celebrities and fashion designers including Diane Von Furstenburg, Anna Sui, Vera Wang and Badgley Mischka have contributed quotes on Barbie and her influence for use in the book. Huge collectible market: Limited edition Barbie dolls sell for hundreds of pounds, and collectors websites and magazines abound.Read more
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Fascinating Facts to Blow Your Curious Mind: An awesome collection of the wildest trivia about everything on Earth … and beyond!
Did you know that the reason you can never find the end of a rainbow is because they are actually full circles?
Or that our fingers shrivel up when they get wet because our bodies are adapting to give us a better grip in the water?
Fascinating Facts to Blow Your Curious Mind features unlikely and hilarious trivia on everything from history and animals to the ocean and space, as well as a special section on little-known knowledge which one day just might save your life.
Inside, you can also find answers to such key questions as:
Are we all related?
What is more dangerous, a koala or a crocodile?
Did the Pope cause the Black Death?
Why was ‘New York’ once known as ‘New Orange’?
Should you use spiderwebs as a bandage?
How much bamboo would it take to cover the Taj Mahal?Read more
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Squishmallows Official Collectors’ Guide: The Perfect Gift For Fans Of The #1 Plush Property
This authorised book is the perfect gift for fans of the #1 plush property
Based on the bestselling squishy toy, this adorable collector’s guide is the perfect gift for any Squishmallows fan!
They’re lovable, they’re squishy―they’re Squishmallows! This OFFICIAL Collector’s Guide is packed with quirky tidbits, top-ten lists, bios & stats, and a “rarity factor” for Squishmallows’ collectible characters. Filled with hundreds of colorful photos and unique art styles. Avid fans, new collectors, young or old, Squishmallows: The Collector’s Guide is perfect for just about anyone!
Squishmallows are plush toys that are here to fill your hearts with love and affection. Since 2017, the versatile Squishmallows have grown into an international phenomenon and offer comfort, support, and warmth as friends, couch companions, bedtime buddies, and travel teammates. With more than 500 Squishmallows characters to collect, young fans can aspire to be like their favorite characters. Each Squishmallow has its own unique name and storyline to add to the fun.
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There’s a Bear in Your Book: A soothing bedtime story from Tom Fletcher (Who’s in Your Book?)
Help Sleepy Bear get ready for bed in this interactive story from bestselling author Tom Fletcher – now available as a board book!
OH, LOOK! A bear has wandered into your book!
And – what’s that noise? He’s yawning! He looks like he’s ready for bed.
Can you help him drift off to sleep?This warm, gentle adventure combines interactive fun with a night-time routine to help little ones wind down before they go to bed – and is now available as a board book.
Who’s in Your Book?
Interactive adventures for big imaginationsAlso in this series:
There’s a Monster in Your Book: makes reading interactive and fun
There’s a Dragon in Your Book: explores empathy and responsibility
There’s an Alien in Your Book: explores acceptance and inclusion
There’s an Elf in Your Book: explores following instructions and good/bad behaviour
There’s a Superhero in Your Book: explores the power of kindness
There’s a Witch in Your Book: makes tidying up fun
There’s a Unicorn in Your Book: explores soothing your worries through sharing themRead more
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Variable Valve Timings: Memoirs of a car tragic
‘What defines the car-saddo condition is not being able to recall a time when the toy-car-era of your life actually ended. Because for us sufferers, it never does.’
Nobody knows cars like Chris Harris does. He calls it ‘unhinged geekery’, but the rest of the world call it infectious enthusiasm, adrenalin fuelled escapism and rigorous journalistic integrity.
And then there are his famous skills at the wheel, from city cars to rally cars, not forgetting the Guinness World Record 3.4km sideways in an electric car.
And now for the first time, Harris takes us down the road of his life-long obssession with the automobile – along surprising diversions, around hazards and obstructions, down the fast lane collecting Gs and back to the lock-up to prep the stock.
From the six-year-old who could recite the stats from What Car? magazine to the YouTube car guru whose honest reviews got him banned by Ferrari. From the Scalextric track of his childhood, to podiums as a racing driver out in the world. From behind his garage doors to the floodlit Top Gear studio.
Variable Valve Timings brings you an incredibly engaging story of adventure and petrolhead joy, told with wit, warmth and disarming honesty. This book is a true one-off, just like Chris.
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Help I S*xted My Boss: A hilarious guide to avoiding life’s awkward moments
‘Funny, filthy and fantastic. Cackled from start to finish’ – Rylan Clark
How do you ask your mate for that £50 back?
When is OK to trump in front of your partner?
And what should you do if you’ve accidentally sexted your boss?William and Jordan are from very different worlds.
William’s an etiquette expert, with his tongue firmly in his teacup and unparalleled knowledge of table linen. Jordan’s a TV and radio presenter, the patron saint of Burnley and an expert in all things common. Together they’ve entertained millions of listeners worldwide with their hit podcast Help I Sexted My Boss.
Now, they’ve pooled all of their wisdom on how to get through life’s most awkward moments.
From candlelight suppers to picky teas, first dates to flatmate dramas, Help I Sexted My Boss is full of both useful and useless advice. This is your indispensable guide to navigating the trepidation and challenges of modern life.
‘Hilarious lads.. and weirdly useful. This generation’s Ant and Dec. If one of them was really posh. Great read’ – Vicky Pattison
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Better Betting with a Decent Feller: A Social History of Bookmaking
Today, branches of chains such as William Hill and Ladbrokes are familiar sights in high streets across Britain, and betting takes place on all sorts of events – from horse-racing to general elections, from football-match results to the likelihood of snow falling on Christmas Day. Yet until 1961 street bookmakers were illegal, and old prejudices are slow to fade away. A stigma is still attached to bookmaking, and for many people bookmakers remain a disreputable and shady lot. This book sets out to examine why this is the case. Social historian Carl Chinn was himself a bookmaker, like his father and grandfather before him, and therefore brings his own unique perspective to this lively and highly readable account of the profession’s history, from its origins among the sharpsters who hoodwinked punters at racecourses, to the illegal street bookies who offered the working class a tantalising escape from poverty, to the growth of leisure empires such as Coral and William Hill post-legalisation, to gambling on the internet and betting on ‘virtual’ horse races.Read more
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The Insanity of Gambling 2 – Consequences
Another journey into the nightmare world of gambling madness, told from the mindset of an addict from the early 70’s to the modern day explosion.Read more
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HMS to HMP: 33 Years of Gambling Addiction
This is my story, warts and all, to share my journey and battle with a 33 year long gambling addiction.
I wish it was a story, I wish I had exaggerated and falsified parts of it, but unfortunately, it is my life, I have lived it, and those around me have lived it and experienced every bit of hurt.
From the age of 9, my life was dominated and I was controlled by gambling. My teenage years and young adulthood seen the beginning of behaviors that would cause hurt and anguish for those I loved. I joined the Navy at 18 and could have had an amazing career had it not been for my addict. I had many opportunities to change and ask for help but I ignored them as my addicts ego was huge. This ego would win along with my addict to take me to what I believed would be my lowest point by being sent to prison in 2018 but this wouldn’t be the end of the hurt.
This book covers my childhood, young adulthood, 13 years in the Royal Navy and my pathway to prison. There are stories of addiction, domestic arguments, emotional abuse and even an episode of physical violence.
For the addict reading this, I try to explain the thought processes, the feelings and the emotions that drove my behavior, as well as identifying areas that you, yourself could identify and work on to avoid these same behaviors.
For the affected others, I hope that by sharing my thought processes, and explaining the way I manipulated others, that this will help you to recognise the signs in your loved ones, to assist you in getting them the help they need, or if needs be, to leave and protect yourself, before you are broken by the addict inside of them.
I mention my ‘addict’ as we are two completely different people; my addict is horrible, he manipulates, lies, commits fraud and will hurt anyone without a second thought to protect his love of gambling and his addiction. I wouldn’t want to spend a single day in his company and I despise his behavior. I don’t look to blame him solely or to use him as an excuse as I’m a grown adult who made bad decisions, but they were dominated by his influence and the gambling industry who have very little in the way of morals, who even today, continue to prey on the vulnerable addicts amongst us.
The real Andy or ‘Drew’ as I have now been affectionately known as, is a completely different person; he is loving, caring, empathetic, intelligent, thoughtful, honest and he has a real desire to use his understanding of his addicts behavior to help others avoid hitting the same depths that he did.
For those of you thinking, it’s not a big deal and an easy addiction to control and break, the chances are you are the lucky one as you have not been touched by it; if you touch it, you will get burnt. ‘Just stop’ is not possible.
If you have been, then you will know the truth. A gambling addiction is like all others, it is relentless, cruel and shows no mercy; it is hard to spot and easy to hide.
I was a manipulative monster who would lie, cheat and take everything and anything I needed to feed it; it will destroy loved ones, relationships, careers and ultimately, it takes lives through suicide.
It is not though, impossible to understand it, to identify the trauma or behaviors that allow it to flourish and to take back control. Recovery is possible; it will be hard, it will take time and there will be many hurdles to overcome but it is worth it.
There is always hope, help and a way out if you choose to ask for and accept the help available. I could never achieve abstinence alone, let alone recovery.
My support network is huge, the people involved care and my peers are my idols. I am now in recovery and thriving thanks to all of these people and the help they have given me.Jonny, you are a legend and Dave, all I can say is, we all need to ‘be more Dave’.
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Gambling Apocalypse: KAIJI, Volume 1
“If the contestants in The Hunger Games had been forced to kill each other by playing rock-paper-scissors instead of with bows and arrows, they might have earned a place at the gaming tables of (Kaiji).” ―The Hollywood Reporter
Ne’er-do-well Kaiji Itou’s shiftless existence is suddenly rattled by a visit from the yakuza. Burdened by debt and resentment, Kaiji is coerced into gambling for his worthless life. As the stakes grow higher and the rules become increasingly more bizarre, Kaiji must finally take the future into his own hands! Legendary mangaka Nobuyuki Fukumoto finally makes his English-language debut. The inspiration for the infamous anime by the same name and the Netflix live-action film Animal World takes readers into the dark side of Japan’s post-bubble economic society by thrusting them into a world of debt, debauchery, and delusion.
Nobuyuki Fukomoto made his manga debut in 1980 and has penned more than one-hundred and fifty volumes over his illustrious career. In 1998 he was presented the Kodansha Manga Award’s Comic of the Year for his work on Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji.
Known to incorporate both elements of gambling and finance in his works, Fukumoto’s most memorable titles tend to focus on the consequences of Japan’s economic culture. Kaiji was recognized by the publishing world for how it rendered a changing social landscape after Japan’s economic bubble had burst. Outside of Kaiji, Fukumoto is best known for his other international best-sellers, which include: Akagi (Take Shobo), Gin and Kin (Futabasha) and Kurosawa: The Strongest Man (Shogakukan).
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Gambling: Know the score
Perfectly constructed adverts draw people in with dreams of riches in a world already full of temptation. Gambling (know the score) looks at both sides of the gambling world in an easy-to-understand format. The book explores all avenues of gambling, including the surprising downside of winning.Rather than simply arguing against gambling, it covers the case both for and against to give the reader the information to make an informed choice.
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Gambling with Armageddon: Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus comes the first effort to set the Cuban Missile Crisis, with its potential for nuclear holocaust, in a wider historical narrative of the Cold War–how such a crisis arose and why, at the very last possible moment, it never happened.“Fresh and thrilling…. A fascinating work of history that is very relevant to today’s politics.” –Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of The Code Breaker
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Martin J. Sherwin introduces a dramatic new view of how luck and leadership avoided a nuclear holocaust during the October 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Set within the sweep of the Cold War and its nuclear history, every chapter of this gripping narrative of the origins and resolution of history’s most dangerous thirteen days offers lessons and a warning for our time. Gambling with Armageddon presents a riveting, page turning account of the crisis as well as an original exploration of the evolving place of nuclear weapons in the Post-World War II world.
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Overcoming Gambling Addiction, 2nd Edition: A self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques
Take control of your habit and your life!
Struggling with a gambling habit? If you feel that a ‘flutter’ has evolved into something out of your control, this indispensable book is for you.
This self-help manual uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques, aspects of which were pioneered by clinical psychologist Professor Alex Blaszczynski, and now used all over the world, to help with gambling addiction. It will help you to understand how your own gambling problem has developed and what is keeping it going; also, crucially, how to develop the motivation to stop and control any future urges to gamble again.
This fully revised and updated new edition takes into account the growth of sport betting and the increased ease of online gambling, as well improvements in clinical interventions.
Specifically, you will learn:
· Who is put at risk by gambling, with support given to friends and families
· Step-by-step recovery techniquesOVERCOMING self-help guides use clinically proven techniques to treat long-standing and disabling conditions, both psychological and physical. Many guides in the Overcoming series are recommended under the Reading Well Books on Prescription scheme.
Series Editor: Professor Peter Cooper
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Gambling Addiction Monster: Innovative Recovery Solutions for Casino Slots Addicts and Compulsive Gamblers to Recover from Gambling Addiction (Gambling Addiction Recovery)
Finally Overcome Your Gambling Addiction: Slay Your GAM and Fulfill Your Desire to Win Even If You’ve Tried Before
Are you tired of the internal battle to stop gambling? Have you had enough of always letting yourself down? Are you over the financial stress?
If so, Holly Anne Ellison’s Gambling Addiction Monster will provide the solutions you’ve been looking for to finally overcome your compulsive gambling and begin your own recovery journey so you can start enjoying your life again.
If you want to be free of your gambling addiction and live happily without the constant stress, guilt and shame, then keep reading.
Imagine how you would feel if you could be free of your gambling addiction. Imagine what you could achieve with that newfound freedom and the money you will save. Imagine how it would feel to wake up every day, after a good night’s sleep, knowing that you aren’t going to let yourself down again and blow all your money on NOTHING. Imagine how good it would feel to be able to believe in yourself again and trust your own judgment.
Holly Anne Ellison is a recovered gambling addict. After spending decades wasting both time and money as an addicted slots player, she is sharing the concepts she discovered that finally were the game-changers in her own recovery. In her book Gambling Addiction Monster, she will show you how to finally slay your GAM and fulfill your desire to win so that you can permanently be free to live the life you deserve.
In Gambling Addiction Monster, you will discover:
- How to be a real winner
- 2 Game-changing concepts that will make all the difference
- Ideas to calm your urges
- the WHY behind your gambling addiction
- 3 Ways you will stop gambling
- Why you are stuck in the never-ending gambling cycle
- How to enjoy inner peace
- How to relieve your financial stress by easily and legitimately making hundreds of extra dollars from home
- Practical steps to implement right away
- And so much more
Although primarily meant for women, the information contained within will be helpful to anybody who’s struggling to overcome a gambling addiction, even if you’ve tried and relapsed before.
If it’s finally time to slay your GAM and fulfill your desire to win, then scroll up and get your copy today.
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Sports Betting Notebook: Games Gambling Logbook, Betting Writing Record Book/ Journal For Tennis, Football, Soccer Or Any Sport
This notebook is pre-written record pages for any betting game you want! You can record and keep track of all of your bets.
This Logbook is designed and written:
- Pick
- Wager
- Odds
- To Win
- Event Date
- Event Time
- Notes
You can write 5 times betting on each page.
Book features:
- 110 log pages
- Premium matte cover design
- Perfectly Sized at 6” x 9”
- Flexible Paperback
- Printed on high quality
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Gambling Addiction in Women: Four Weeks to Freedom: A Practical Guide to Recovery Revised 2020 Edition
Lived experiences of all kinds can be hugely valuable for increasing our self-awareness and so avoiding endlessly repeating our mistakes. However, lived experience is only of value if we know how to take wisdom from our experiences and this book can help you do just that. The author, Liz Karter, is a leading UK therapist specialising in gambling addiction in women. You might have come across one of her frequent TV and radio appearances as consultant therapist. Since 2001, Liz has helped hundreds of women successfully stop addictive gambling patterns and go forward into rewarding lives free from further addiction problems.Two and a half years ago Liz wrote the first edition of ‘Four Weeks to Freedom’ and was honoured to receive hugely positive feedback from women who had used it to help overcome gambling addiction. Giving conference talks and book launch presentations in countries throughout Europe and the Middle East, it became apparent that ‘Four Weeks to Freedom’ resonated with women worldwide. Interestingly, and not altogether surprisingly, it resonated not just with women who had an addiction to gambling. Women the world over, who had never had an addiction of any kind, were also keen share that they could empathise with the underlying causes of gambling addiction and bought ‘Four Weeks to Freedom’ for just that very reason alone. This is because the causes are about so much more than money, fantasising about the odds of winning and chasing losses. Those things are the consequences of the addiction, once all money has been lost and panic has set in.The causes of gambling addiction in women are something that any woman can recognise all too easily: feeling overwhelmed by the demands and expectations of the modern world. And, equally overwhelming, the unrealistically high expectations we have of ourselves as women. Women are in some ways in the most wonderfully fortunate position that we have ever been in because in theory we can have and do and be anything we want. What so many women find in practice is that although in theory we can do anything, in reality the idea that we can do everything and remain happy and healthy is a fantasy. There is a painfully high price to pay for that dream. Exhausted, and often resentful, from striving to be the perfect partner, parent, daughter, friend and employee, and all the time presenting an Instagram ready image, creates ever increasing levels of stress, anxiety and depression. For the women Liz Karter has treated for gambling addiction, the absorption and escapism offered by gambling on slot machines or online is their self- medication, as she describes in detail throughout this book. The focus on the slot machine or computer screen numbs thoughts and feelings about lives they can no longer manage so that they can keep going. Until of course the addiction brings them to collapse. Taking wisdom from those experiences is essential for creating a lifelong rewarding recovery from addiction to gambling. As well as being packed full of practical strategies to stop gambling ‘Four Weeks to Freedom’ will help you understand why you became addicted to gambling and what you need to do to protect yourself from the risk of relapse. ‘Four Weeks to Freedom’ can help you to stop gambling and become a much wiser, happier and healthier woman.Read more
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Gambling Apocalypse: KAIJI, Volume 3
Having escaped the Espoir, Kaiji returned home with debts over than six-million yen still hanging over his head. The life-threatening experience has motivated him to change his ways. But real opportunities for advancement in the mid-nineties are hard to come by. Japan’s financial bubble has burst as the country’s economy has recently collapsed.
Kaiji, now working part-time at a convenience store, resents society for his lack of prospects. So, when approached with an opportunity to make some big money quick, Kaiji decides he’d rather take his chances than toil away at dead-end job for the next fifteen years.
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Gambling Apocalypse: KAIJI, Volume 4: Gambling Apocalypse 4
Having survived the games at the Starside Hotel, Kaiji is invited to join another game for a chance at even more cash! But while the previous game was physically challenging, this game, E-Card, is socially twisted. At its core it is a card game similar to rock-paper-scissors, but like the cards played – slave, citizen, emperor – the power balance is not in the favor of the challenger.Read more
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Plus Size Pregnancy: What the evidence really says about higher BMI and birth
Have you been told that your pregnancy is high risk simply because you have a higher BMI? Have you been advised that you need extra tests and interventions, or that you have no choice about where you give birth? Do you feel pressured or scared into following this advice? Are you wondering whether higher BMI actually makes a difference and whether guidelines about higher BMI and birth are truly evidence based?If your answer to any of these questions is “yes” then take a deep breath and read on, because this book is going to help you take back control.
In Plus Size Pregnancy, trusted researcher and bestselling author Dr Sara Wickham guides you through the evidence about higher BMI and birth, exposing the myths and assumptions, the broader issues, and the science behind what we do and don’t know.
• Discover the eye-opening truth about why BMI is a poor measure of health, and why your size or shape has far less impact on your health than you might think.
• Access real data relating to the potential risks of having a higher BMI during pregnancy, birth and beyond.
• Learn from reliable, clear explanations of the evidence relating to the tests and interventions commonly recommended.
• Arm yourself with tips on how to advocate for yourself and your baby.
• Find out the surprising advantages of being larger and learn why some women with a higher BMI might have better outcomes.This inspiring, science-filled book will help you to empower yourself, providing you with the evidence you need to make informed decisions about your pregnancy, birth and beyond.
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Most Secret War (Penguin World War II Collection)
Reginald Jones was nothing less than a genius. And his appointment to the Intelligence Section of Britain’s Air Ministry in 1939 led to some of the most astonishing scientific and technological breakthroughs of the Second World War.
In Most Secret War he details how Britain stealthily stole the war from under the Germans’ noses by outsmarting their intelligence at every turn. He tells of the ‘battle of the beams’; detecting and defeating flying bombs; using chaff to confuse radar; and many other ingenious ideas and devices.
Jones was the man with the plan to save Britain and his story makes for riveting reading.Read more
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A Brief History of Witchcraft and the Occult: A Beginner’s Journey from the Surreal to the Scientific, From Crystals and Tarot to Science and Philosophy
Journey back with this brief and introductory history to the real origin of witchcraft and the occult—and find out why they’ve been feared and misunderstood for thousands of years.
From ancient Egyptian healers and Celtic druids to the Salem witch trial victims and modern-day Wiccans, witches have always been misunderstood. Because of that, they’ve been feared, persecuted, and blamed for everything from failing crops and miscarriages to wars and famines.
But what’s the true story behind caricatures like the Sanderson Sisters and the Wicked Witch of the West? When and where did witchcraft begin, and how has it evolved over time? Which practices and traditions have survived from the ancient world? And why do people really fear witches?
To find the answers, we have to journey back almost to the beginning of history, to a time when magic and those who practiced it were respected members of society. Over time, that would change. By tracing that evolution, we can learn more not only about witchcraft and the occult, but about why our society is both intrigued by and afraid of it.
In this fascinating book, you’ll learn about the various ways magic has been used in both the ancient and modern world, including:
- How ancient Egyptians used magic for healing and protection…but also vengeance
- Why magicians in ancient Mesopotamia held the keys to civilization
- How a secret occult society led to the Western fascination with mystical, forbidden knowledge
- The real story behind the Salem witch trials and the European witch hunts
- How 19th-century women used seances and ouija boards to advocate for their rights
- The pagan practices that led to the modern-day Wicca movement
- Why crystals and tarot cards have remained popular for thousands of years
- Why witches are still feared and misunderstood today
And much more!
Whether you’re a history buff, modern-day magic practitioner, or just curious about the history of witchcraft, this book will give you a clearer picture of how magic has been practiced, understood, and misunderstood from ancient to modern times.
Fun and easy to read, it’s a great introduction to the role witchcraft has played in cultures around the world, the real historical figures who helped shape present-day perspectives on witches, and the circumstances that have led to witches and the occult being shunned.
Reading this book will help you:
- Understand the role witchcraft played in ancient civilizations
- Learn which elements of witchcraft and the occult are still around today
- Dispel dangerous myths about witches and the occult
- Improve your knowledge and take your study deeper
Ready to uncover the true story behind our modern fascination with witches? Want to find out what magic and the occult is really all about? Scroll up and click the “Add to Cart” button to begin your journey
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The MIND Diet: A Scientific Approach to Enhancing Brain Function and Helping Prevent Alzheimer’s and Dementia (MIND Diet Books)
Improve brain health with this easy-to-follow guide to the new breakthrough diet that’s shown to keep your mind sharp as you age.Enjoying a high quality of life as you get older means taking care of your brain as much as your body. And research suggests that what you eat today will help (or hurt) your cognitive abilities later.
The MIND Diet explains the science behind mental fitness in an approachable and understandable way. More importantly, this helpful guide presents an easy-to-follow program for keeping your mind sharp by eating the right foods and avoiding brain-harming ones.
Packed with dishes that are not only delicious but also help improve memory, concentration and mental acuity, The MIND Diet’s healthy recipes include:
• Brussels Sprouts Frittata
• Sweet Potato Lentil Soup
• Pistachio Mint Couscous
• Guacamole-Stuffed Tomatoes
• Apricot-Glazed Salmon
• Tango Fish Tacos
• Banana Chocolate Cookies
• Roasted Chicken with FennelRead more
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The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology and the Scientific Revolution
UPDATED 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH 2020 PREFACE
An examination of the Scientific Revolution that shows how the mechanistic world view of modern science has sanctioned the exploitation of nature, unrestrained commercial expansion, and a new socioeconomic order that subordinates women.
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Happy Hormones, Happy You
Hormonal dysfunction is a common problem at the root cause of many health conditions – but you have the power to make your hormones happy! In ‘Happy Hormones, Happy you’, Dr Milli Raizada, shares her expert medical knowledge from over a decade of clinical practice and her personal hormone health journey, bringing the science to life in this candid, accessible, and relevant book. If you suffer with hormonal problems, are approaching your perimenopause or menopause, this book is for you. You’ll get to know and understand your hormones and feel empowered with the tools and insights to change your life and hormone health for the better. It’s time to enjoy the hormone happy life you deserve!Read more
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Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis, 2e
See how energy therapies can normalize physiology and restore your patients’ health! Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis, 2nd Edition provides a deeper understanding of energy and energy flow in the human body. Using well-established scientific research, this book documents the presence of energy fields, discerns how those fields are generated, and determines how they are altered by disease, disorder, or injury.It then describes how therapeutic applications can restore natural energy flows within the body. Written by recognized energy medicine expert Dr. James Oschman – who is also a physiologist, cellular biologist, and biophysicist – this resource shows how the science of energetics may be used in healing diseases that conventional medicine has difficulty treating.
- Easy-to-understand coverage simplifies the theory of energy medicine and the science behind it, providing detailed, coherent explanations for a complex subject.
- Well-established scientific research shows why and how energy medicine works.
- Multi-disciplinary approach covers energy medicine as it applies to various healthcare disciplines, from acupuncture to osteopathy to therapeutic touch and energy psychology.
- NEW! Additional views of the Living Matrix in this edition increase the number to 10 views, more accurately showing physiological and regulatory processes – the web of factors that determine our health.
- NEW Basic Physics and Biophysics chapters introduce and simplify the concepts of electricity, magnetism, electromagnetism, and resonance.
- NEW chapters on medical devices and inflammation bring to light the connection between energy medicine and inflammation, showing effective energy techniques such as devices that use energy fields and hands-on techniques in combating disease.
- UPDATED research on acupuncture and related therapies showcases exciting new work from prestigious laboratories in the U.S. and abroad on the anatomy and biophysics of the acupuncture meridian system.
- NEW Sciences of the Subconscious and Intuition and The Energetic Blueprint of Life and Health chapters cover the important topics of energy psychology and epigenetics.
- NEW Regulatory Energetics chapter includes topics such as communication, control, regulation, coordination, integration, feedback, and energy flow – all crucial to understanding living systems and the healing process.
- NEW Energy Medicine in Daily Life chapter includes examples of simple energy medicine tools that can sustain health, happiness and longevity, and why and how they are so effective.
- NEW evidence from quantum physics describes the latest implications of quantum principles and quantum mechanics as related to devices and therapies in energy medicine.
- NEW content on the mechanisms involved in intuition and the unconscious mind emphasizes the emerging topics of trauma energetics and energy psychology, along with the importance of intuition in therapeutics.
- NEW chapters on the history of developments in electrobiology and electrophysiology discuss neuroscience applications in diagnosis and therapeutics, linking the new inflammation model of disease with energy medicine.
- NEW historical content covers the individuals who have created the field of energy medicine, with descriptions of their techniques and references to their literature.
- NEW Appendix I summarizes the regulations governing devices used in the practice of energy medicine.
- NEW Appendix II lists legal, ethical, and other CAM resources available to energy practitioners.
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The New IPA: Scientific Guide to Hop Aroma and Flavor
In the NEW IPA, Scott Janish scours through hundreds of academic studies, collecting and translating the relevant hop science into one easily digestible book. Through experiments, lab tests, discussions with researchers, and interviews with renowned and award-winning commercial brewers, the NEW IPA will get you to think differently about brewing processes and ingredient selection that define today’s hop-forward beers. It’s a must-have book for those that love to brew hoppy hazy beer and a scientific guide for those who want to push the limits of hop flavor and aroma!Read more
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Rethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience
“A first-class intellectual adventure.” —Brian Greene, author of Until the End of Time
Illuminating his groundbreaking theory of consciousness, known as the attention schema theory, Michael S. A. Graziano traces the evolution of the mind over millions of years, with examples from the natural world, to show how neurons first allowed animals to develop simple forms of attention and then to construct awareness of the external world and of the self. His theory has fascinating implications for the future: it may point the way to engineers for building consciousness artificially, and even someday taking the natural consciousness of a person and uploading it into a machine for a digital afterlife.
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How it All Works: All scientific laws and phenomena illustrated & demonstrated
In this beautiful and unique combination of art and science, this stunningly detailed book examines how the rules of science govern the the world around us, from the rooms in our houses to the planet, the solar system and the universe itself!
The Universe is inconceivably complex. Its component parts though follow a set of unbreakable laws that have somehow been coded into their very fabric since the beginning of time. These laws play out in different ways at different scales, giving rise to the familiar phenomena of everyday life – as well as the unfamiliar abstract goings-on outside our experience and awareness. Understanding these laws may seem a daunting task, until now.
How it All Works illustrates simply how the most interesting and complex named scientific laws and phenomena affect everyone’s daily lives. Using hyper-detailed scene illustrations from the incredible award-winning artist Adam Dant, we start small, with the illustrated science inside your kitchen, before expanding outwards to encompass your garden, street, city, continent, planet, solar system, galaxy and eventually the whole universe.
With tiny details pulled out from visually stunning and intricate scene, learn how:
- Kirchhoff’s Law affects how you charge your phone,
- Newton’s Law of Cooling helps you make your coffee just the right temperature to drink,
- How the rules of antimatter are used in hospitals for medical imaging,
- How Cassie’s law keeps ducks dry,
- How glaciation shapes the ladscapes around us,
- How thermohaline circulation dictates our weather, and
- How quantum tunnelling influences the nuclear fusion in our sun, and Wien’s Law determines its colour.
This book will astound and inform in equal measure, with each principle drawn into the scene and explained with clarity by leading science writer Brian Clegg.
With a reference section at the back as well as profiles of the key figures who have helped shape our understanding of these key principles, from Lynn Margulis and Richard Feynman to Marie Curie, Michael Faraday,Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein, this beautiful and unique visual examination of the rules of science is an must-have book for anyone who wants to understand the physics, chemistry and biology of the world around us!
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Laboratory Life – The Construction of Scientific Facts
This highly original work presents laboratory science in a deliberately skeptical way: as an anthropological approach to the culture of the scientist. Drawing on recent work in literary criticism, the authors study how the social world of the laboratory produces papers and other “texts,”‘ and how the scientific vision of reality becomes that set of statements considered, for the time being, too expensive to change. The book is based on field work done by Bruno Latour in Roger Guillemin’s laboratory at the Salk Institute and provides an important link between the sociology of modern sciences and laboratory studies in the history of science.
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Strength Training for Speed: Scientific Principles and Practical Application
In the sporting world, everyone wants to be faster. This book demonstrates how to structure an evidence-based, progressive strength training program that will accelerate you toward your speed goals with maximum power and efficiency.
Speed is integral to the successful performance of individuals and teams in most sports: knowledge of the ways in which high-performance athletes train to develop this quality is key.
Strength Training for Speed is a one-stop resource for coaches and athletes looking to enhance sprinting performance through effective strength training methods. The latest scientific research is used to underpin training solutions presented within this book, including strength programs followed by international level athletes.
The scope of applicable content will be of particular interest to coaches, athletes, and students. Boasting a comprehensive video library and a series of example periodised plans, readers will learn how to devise effective strength training programs for any athlete―from the recreational to elite performer. Learn all about:
- How to elicit key physiological adaptations necessary for improving strength, power and ultimately speed
- The biomechanics of sprinting during the acceleration and maximum velocity phases
- The associations of strength qualities with performance during different sprint phases
- How to design individual strength training sessions
- The periodisation of strength training for speed development
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Homo Sapiens Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution Rewriting Our Origins
An expert palaeoarchaeologist reveals how our understanding of the evolution of our species has been transformed by momentous discoveries and technological advancements.Who are we? How do scientists define Homo sapiens, and how does our species differ from the extinct hominins that came before us? This illuminating book explores how the latest scientific advances, especially in genetics, are revolutionizing our understanding of human evolution. Paul Pettitt reveals the extraordinary story of how our ancestors adapted to unforgiving and relentlessly changing climates, leading to remarkable innovations in art, technology and society that we are only now beginning to comprehend.
Drawing on twenty-five years of experience in the field, Paul Pettitt immerses readers in the caves and rockshelters that provide evidence of our African origins, dispersals to the far reaches of Eurasia, Australasia and ultimately the Americas. Popular accounts of the evolution of Homo sapiens emphasize biomolecular research, notably genetics, but this book also draws from the wealth of information from specific excavations and artefacts, including the author’s own investigations into the origins of art and how it evolved over its first 25,000 years. He focuses in particular on behaviour, using archaeological evidence to bring an intimate perspective on lives as they were lived in the almost unimaginably distant past.
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Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being
An electrifying introduction to complexity theory, the science of how complex systems behave, that explains the interconnectedness of all things and that Deepak Chopra says, “will change the way you understand yourself and the universe.”
Nothing in the universe is more complex than life. Throughout the skies, in oceans, and across lands, life is endlessly on the move. In its myriad forms—from cells to human beings, social structures, and ecosystems—life is open-ended, evolving, unpredictable, yet adaptive and self-sustaining. Complexity theory addresses the mysteries that animate science, philosophy, and metaphysics: how this teeming array of existence, from the infinitesimal to the infinite, is in fact a seamless living whole and what our place, as conscious beings, is within it. Physician, scientist, and philosopher Neil Theise makes accessible this “theory of being,” one of the pillars of modern science, and its holistic view of human existence. He notes the surprising underlying connections within a universe that is itself one vast complex system—between ant colonies and the growth of forests, cancer and economic bubbles, murmurations of starlings and crowds walking down the street.
The implications of complexity theory are profound, providing insight into everything from the permeable boundaries of our bodies to the nature of consciousness. Notes on Complexity is an invitation to trade our limited, individualistic view for the expansive perspective of a universe that is dynamic, cohesive, and alive—a whole greater than the sum of its parts. Theise takes us to the exhilarating frontiers of human knowledge and in the process restores wonder and meaning to our experience of the everyday.
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A Certain Scientific Railgun Vol. 14
Academy City’s newest corrections facility offers a dark bargain: The Jailbreak Challenge. It’s said that anyone who runs the dangerous gauntlet of security systems, rescues their target from imprisonment, and escapes with both their lives intact is entitled to an impressive prize: One billion yen. Cash. Deep in the trials of the Challenge, Mikoto, Kuroko, Uiharu, and Saten find themselves up against desperate odds — as well as every force in Academy City with an eye for the prize.Read more
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Daniel H. Pink The Surprising Truth 3 Books Collection Set (When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing ,Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, To Sell is Human )
Daniel H. Pink The Surprising Truth 3 Books Collection Set ( When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing ,Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Persuading, Convincing, and Influencing Others ). Description:- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Forget everything you thought you knew about how to motivate people – at work, at school, at home. It is wrong. As Daniel H. Pink explains in his paradigm-shattering book Drive, the secret to high performance and satisfaction in today’s world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and the world. To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Persuading, Convincing, and Influencing Others Parents sell their kids on going to bed. Spouses sell their partners on mowing the lawn. We sell our bosses on giving us more money and more time off. And in astonishing numbers we go online to sell ourselves on Facebook, Twitter and online dating profiles. When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing Drawing on a rich trove of research from psychology, biology and economics, Pink reveals how best to live, work and succeed. How can we use the hidden patterns of the day to build the ideal schedule? Why do certain breaks dramatically improve student test scores? How can we turn a stumbling beginning into a fresh start? When should you have your first coffee of the day? Why is singing in time with other people as good for us as exercise? And what is the ideal time to quit a job, switch careers, or get married?Read more
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Scientists: Inspiring tales of the world’s brightest scientific minds (DK Explorers)
Meet the people who changed the world of science and technology, biology, chemistry, and physics!
Read the stories of the brainiest people who ever lived and the scientific discoveries they made. Each page illustrated a famous scientist’s life and what made their contribution to this fascinating field so important.
Scientists is an exciting book perfect for children ages 7-9 years. Inside you will find:
– Features the stories of more than 50 scientists such as Isaac Newton both famous and lesser-known
– Comprehensive coverage of the most important scientific advancements of all time
– Stories of scientists from all over the world specialising in different areas of science
– Engaging STEAM information inline with the national curriculumThe biggest scientific breakthroughs in history have something in common: super smart people who kept looking for the answers to some of the world’s most interesting questions! The pages of this science book are filled with the stories of famous scientists such as physicists Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Stephen Hawking, biologist Marie Curie, palaeontologist Mary Anning and lesser-known trailblazers such as Chika Kuroda, who became Japan’s first female Bachelor of Science.
Filled with great detail and following a storytelling format, this is a thrilling book that will capture the imagination of young children and encourage them to explore the world of science. Beautiful descriptions of the scientists’ lives are brought to life through stunning watercolour illustrations and fantastic photography highlights the detail of their discoveries.
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The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How A Scientific Revolution Is Rewriting Their Story
There is a little Neanderthal in all of us. Although they have been extinct for 40,000 years, our genetic inheritance means that they are not entirely gone. Since the publication of the first Neanderthal genome in 2010, our understanding of the Neanderthals – and our connection to them – has changed dramatically. Once stereotyped as simple and brutish, recent discoveries by archaeologists and geneticists have painted a different picture of Neanderthals, and one more familiar to us: they buried their dead, cared for the sick, and even painted cave walls. We can now delve into their DNA to trace their evolution in Europe and movements across Asia, and piece together how they lived and died in amazing detail.This fully updated edition presents cutting-edge research on our fascinating hominin relatives: their interbreeding with humans and other species including the recently discovered Denisovans, their social behaviours such as smiling to indicate friendliness, and the genes they have passed down to us that could be affecting our health. By confronting our differences and similarities to the Neanderthals, this book addresses the biggest question of all: what it means to be human.
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HUMAN ANATOMY FOR KIDS: Discover the human body – book for children and teens (SCIENCE BOOKS FOR KIDS)
HUMAN ANATOMY FOR KIDS
Discover the human body and how it works !
Fully illustrated – Easy to read.- Explore the cells, the skeleton, the muscles and the different organs.
- Discover how the eyes or the heart work, what the role of the liver is, and how neurons communicate with each other.
- Learn the names of the different bones and the components of our blood.
- Discover the reproductive system, the respiratory system, and much more!
For children from 8 years old
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Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus
**A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 and FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2023**
*Shortlisted for the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2023*From the author of Spillover, the book that predicted the pandemic, Breathless is the story of Covid-19 and its fierce journey through the human population, as seen by the scientists tasked with fighting it.
Bestelling author David Quammen draws on countless interviews with experts, including leading virologists, to take us inside the global race to understand SARS-CoV-2, it’s ever-changing nature and capacity to kill. In doing so, he explains how new viruses emerge when we disrupt ecosystems and suggests why the coronavirus may be here to stay.
By peering over the shoulders of the brilliant scientists leading the chase, Breathless uncovers the warnings from infectious diseases experts that went unheeded; and which clues are the most compelling in the hunt for the virus’ origin.
‘A viral howdunnit that is pacy and unafraid to educate readers’ Observer
‘A luminous, passionate account of the defining crisis of our time’ New York Times
‘A classic…a masterpiece’ Stanley Prusiner, Nobel Prize Winner
‘As close to authoritative history as we have… It reads like a real-time thriller’ Chicago Tribune
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The Scientific Revolution: A Captivating Guide to the Emergence of Modern Science During the Early Modern Period, Including Stories of Thinkers Such as … and René Descartes…
If you want to discover the captivating history of the Scientific Revolution, then keep reading…
Free History BONUS Inside!
Ancient cultures have been looking up at the stars for thousands of years, wondering about their place in the universe. What were those glowing spots in the black cover of night? Just how far away was the moon? These and other questions hounded humanity through the millennia until, finally, relative economic stability allowed for a number of people to examine their world more closely. Slowly, knowledge and understanding accumulated generation by generation until the conditions were ideal enough for a revolution to occur in thinking, experimentation, worldview, and natural philosophy.
It was the Scientific Revolution, the time period when Western theologians had more and better tools to measure and make sense of the things around them. With careful measurements, precise data collection, and an unwavering sense of curiosity, humankind stepped into the future. The truly magnificent feature of this time period, besides, of course, the scientific discoveries themselves, was the kinship between philosophers, scientists, and experimental hobbyists throughout Europe. Hundreds, if not thousands, of letters between great intellectuals such as Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Robert Hooke, and Tycho Brahe have been preserved, demonstrating how these men (and a few women) worked in cooperation with one another in order to better their own research.
In The Scientific Revolution: A Captivating Guide to the Emergence of Modern Science During the Early Modern Period, Including Stories of Thinkers Such as Isaac Newton and René Descartes, you will discover topics such as
- Science: A Definition and Brief Prehistory
- The Early Western Sciences
- Paracelsus
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- Luigi Anguillara
- Andreas Vesalius
- Ignazio Danti
- Tycho and Sophia Brahe
- Paul Wittich
- Sethus Calvisius
- Joseph Goedenhuyze
- Giordano Bruno
- Conrad Gessner
- Johannes Kepler
- Daniel Sennert
- Galileo Galilei
- William Harvey
- René Descartes
- Robert Boyle
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
- Isaac Newton
- Robert Hooke
- Maria Sibylla Merian
- Maria Winckelmann-Kirch
- William and Caroline Herschel
- Mary Somerville
- And much, much more!
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Performance Nutrition
Performance Nutrition provides an overview of how nutrition can be used to maximize human performance. Starting with the end in mind, each chapter takes the reader from the science through to the practical application, making the science of sports nutrition accessible. The book shows how nutrition can be used to: reduce the risk of injury and illness for athletes; maximize strength gains in the gym; adapt effectively to endurance training; minimise the negative effects of concurrent training; improve competition performance (whether for football or for the Tour de France), and finally, lose weight safely and effectively to maximize performance.Read more
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Lancashire Turf Wars: A Football History
Lancashire has had a major role to play in English football from its earliest days to the present. The county’s leading clubs were largely responsible for the introduction of professionalism in the 1880s, after Preston North End admitted paying their players, and the world’s first Football League was divided between teams from the North West and the Midlands. Preston’s ‘Invincibles’ triumphed in that first competition before adding the FA Cup that two different Blackburn clubs had already won – and soon the great clubs of Merseyside and Manchester were winning their first trophies. As the turf wars developed, Blackpool, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Bury and Oldham all made their mark in the top division; clubs such as Rochdale and Wigan fought the good fight in rugby hotbeds; and more recently Fleetwood and Morecambe have carried the name of their towns further afield. This is the story of these great rivals, their triumphs, scandals and tragedies, and the great players who have kept the red rose to the fore at home and abroad.Read more
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The Christmas Cup: An Xmas football story for kids aged 9-13 (The Football Boys)
Everyone loves Christmas. Everyone except Jed.The festive season is fast approaching, but he has nothing to look forward to, the house is cold, and he can’t afford any presents.
There is one good thing; his football team are taking part in the Christmas Cup, a knockout tournament that will test them to the limit. They’re determined to win, but the odds are against them.
Will the Ferndale Foxes overcome the challenges that face them at every turn? And will Jed find a way to buy his mum a gift? Or will it all end in misery and disappointment?
The Christmas Cup is part of ‘The Football Boys’ series, action-packed books for football and soccer-mad kids aged 9-13!
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Playmaker: My Life and the Love of Football
The first full autobiography from former footballer and England manager Glenn Hoddle who was one of the most celebrated footballers of his generation. A wonderfully talented No. 10 – he formed part of the great Spurs teams of the early 1980s and cut his teeth in the blood and thunder of an England team that prioritised aggression over creativity. Often seen as a player ‘out of time’, Glenn was a playmaker in the purest sense. A creator and a goal scorer, he rose through the Tottenham youth academy – playing under Keith Burkinshaw and crossing paths with the likes of club legends Bill Nicholson and Danny Blanchflower – before going on to play in Monaco under the tutelage of Arsène Wenger. In Playmaker, he looks back on his rise as a prodigious young footballer and talks at length about his career that took him from cleaning the cockerel at White Hart Lane to managing the England football team at a World Cup. From scoring in an FA Cup final to winning the league in France; from revitalising Chelsea in the early 1990s, to managing the fall-out after David Beckham’s infamous sending off at the 1998 World Cup; from surviving a near fatal cardiac arrest at the age of 61, to continuing to work within the game he loves – Playmaker is a life lead through football, and an autobiography of one of the game’s most admired, thoughtful and respected personalities.Read more
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Mr. Men: Winter Sports
Little Miss Somersault loves snow. She loves sledging, throwing snowballs and making snowmen, but most of all she loves skiing. So this year, Little Miss Somersault went on holiday to the mountains where she decided to hold a skiing competition. However, some of the Mr Men are not as good at skiing as Little Miss Somersault.
How will Mr Clumsy fare in the downhill race and the ski jump trick event?!
Mr Men and Little Miss Celebrations introduce children to all the exciting occasions that people celebrate including birthdays, Christmas, Halloween, Easter, sporting events … and even a trip to the moon.
These colourful adventures will delight children of 2 years and upwards. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience.
Have you collected all the Mr Men and Little Miss Celebrations?
Mr Christmas
Little Miss Christmas
Mr Men A Christmas Carol
Mr Men The Night Before Christmas
Mr Men 12 Days of Christmas
Mr Men A Christmas Pantomine
Mr Men A White Christmas
Mr Men Meet Father Christmas
Mr Men The Christmas Tree
Mr Men The Christmas Party
Mr Men: All Aboard for Christmas
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Young Athletes’ Ultimate Guide to Mental Toughness: Turn failure into fuel, loss into victory, and setbacks into comebacks. 5 Simple Steps to Build Resilience, Confidence, and…
Written by former Navy SEAL and professional athlete Chad Metcalf, with a forward written by a two-time World Series winner, this life-changing manual is the proven system for building resilience and confidence… so you can win not only in sports, but also in life!
Turn your setbacks into breakthroughs – level up your game, build self-confidence, and start winning!
Do you ever feel like you’re just not good enough? Like no matter how hard you train, you always fall short of your goals?
Maybe you’re tired of feeling anxious before big games or choking under pressure.
Perhaps you’re getting frustrated with your lack of progress despite putting in hours of practice… or you’re just looking for that extra edge to take your game to the next level.
Whatever your situation may be, they all boil down to one thing: you need to cultivate mental strength.
All successful athletes in any sport swear by the critical role of mental toughness in achieving success. In fact, professional boxing legend Muhammad Ali once said, “Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.”
Because without mental toughness, the greatest sporting figures wouldn’t have reached the pinnacle of their game. But more interestingly, mental toughness can be used in other areas of your life, too!
Despite its importance, however, not many people pay attention to building a tough mentality. They don’t realize that it can make all the difference in their performance, whether it’s on the field, in the classroom, or at work.
But you don’t have to be one of them. You can choose to get ahead… with the help of this transformative guidebook.
Inside, you will discover:
- How to use mental toughness as a superpower in any situation – unlock your full potential and push through any challenge
- The importance of assessing your skills, strengths, and weaknesses – know what you’re capable of and be able to pinpoint the areas needing improvement
- Why you need to seek out and gain knowledge from various sources and translate your learnings into action – knowledge is power, no matter where you are!
- Surefire ways to develop your skills with deliberate practice – ever wondered why other professional athletes spend most of their time training?
- The secret to developing two mindsets: training and competition (each is equally important and critical to achieving your goals and embarking on this journey to success)
- Effective strategies to use failure as an opportunity for growth – be comfortable with failing, as it is all part of the ultimate game plan!
- The parallels between sports and real life… and how you can utilize mental toughness to not just survive but thrive and succeed
And much more!
You might think you don’t have what it takes to be mentally tough or that mental toughness is only for elite athletes, but that’s just not true.
Sure, many have failed at acquiring this crucial skill, but it doesn’t have to be you. You have this book to walk you through every step of the process.
So… shall we start training?
Remember, mental toughness isn’t just something you’re born with – you have to cultivate and nurture it. Scroll up and click “Add to Cart” right now.
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Range Rover Sport 2005-2013: The Complete Story
When the Range Rover Sport was launched in 2005, it was aimed at a new group of customers who in many cases would never have considered a Land Rover product before. These customers wanted and could afford a luxurious vehicle that was expensive to run; but they also wanted a very personalized vehicle that did not have the rather grand and conservative connotations of the full-size Range Rover. Brasher and more glamorous than its older sibling, the Sport was soon adopted by celebrities and others who expected to be noticed. Range Rover Sport – The Complete Story is the first book devoted specifically to the first-generation Range Rover Sport. It tells the story behind the development and launch of the vehicle; it explains the market reaction, including contemporary press reviews; provides details of each model with technical specification tables and colour and trip options; lists production figures and VIN identification and dating; details prices and sales figures for the UK, USA and Canada and finally, includes a useful chapter on buying and owning.Read more
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