Before smartphones. Before social media. There was the weekend.It was a time when plans were made on landlines, directions were scribbled on scraps of paper and Friday night could somehow become Monday morning.A time of motorway service stations at midnight, crumpled club flyers, ringing ears, £20 notes that disappeared far too quickly and friendships forged beneath lasers and strobe lights.For six friends, the weekend is everything.Set betw...

Kobudo, the famous armed Okinawan fighting art that utilizes common farming implements in combat, and Te, the ancient Okinawan art of armed and unarmed combat, are two of the world's most widely practiced yet least-understood martial arts.This book studies the individual Kobudo and Te systems as they are practiced in Okinawa today and discusses their various histories and the lives of the masters who have most influenced them. Spiritualism in the Okinawan arts is a...

Are you, or a loved one struggling with grief, relationships, difficult people, finding purpose, or thinking life is too hard? Would you like to experience more joy, peace, and fulfillment instead? When we suffer—and we all do—we can become wise or wounded. This book will make you wise. The way we think influences our life more than anything that happens to us. Our thoughts can be extremely powerful, which is why they are so important. While we don't always have control over the events of ...

What really happens when an ordinary person takes on one of the most extraordinary physical and mental challenges of their life? This is not a guide written by a personal trainer, a celebrity, or a superhuman athlete—this is the raw, unfiltered story of someone who's been there, done it (twice), and lived to tell the tale with sore knees and a medal to prove it.From those dark early morning training runs through snow, sleet, and soul-searching doubt, to the euphoric chaos of race d...

Three Goalkeepers and Seven Goals turns the clock back to 1982 for the most memorable match in Leicester City history - a quarter-final FA Cup tie with Shrewsbury Town that stands without parallel for twists and drama. Told through the eyes of fictional reporter Bob Johnson, the story brings to life that extraordinary game, as a capacity crowd wedged into the atmospheric Filbert Street witnesses Leicester stage a spectacular 5-2 comeback using three goalkeepers. Set in an era of macho news...

London is drowning in blood. The Russian mafia is tightening its grip on the city, leaving the Metropolitan Police struggling to keep control. But for DI Ray Bailey and DI Dennis Carter, this isn't just another case—it's war. As seasoned cops, they know the system doesn't always work. To bring the Russians down, they turn to the one man ruthless enough to fight back—Billy Anderson, the last of the old-school London gangsters with his own score to settle. Together, they wage a brutal campai...

The easy money that flowed through the banking system prior to 2008 fueled a boom in buy-outs. Now it is gone, how will the private equity industry reinvent itself? A series of interviews with some of the most respected and innovative firms, give rare insights to the strategies that will drive this secretive sector over the next economic cycle.

Driving Intelligencetakes a critical and captivating tour of autonomous driving, a phenomenon at the intersection of data-driven platforms, artificial (general) intelligence and the mind. The journey extends from Europe to key areas such as Japan, China, and the US, recognizing the global impact of AI & autonomous driving on high-tech and automotive sectors.The significance of ‘Driving Intelligence’ resonates beyond specialized circles, encompassing a spectrum of perspecti...

In this collection of essays, the four branches of radical cognitive science—embodied, embedded, enactive and ecological—will dialogue with performance, with particular focus on post-cognitivist approaches to understanding the embodied mind-in-society; de-emphasising the computational and representational metaphors; and embracing new conceptualisations grounded on the dynamic interactions of "brain, body and world". In our collection, radical cognitive science reaches out to areas of schol...

In a time of declining mainline Protestant church attendance, Bouman reminds us that the Holy Spirit is still very much at work in our communities and in the world. God continues to make all things new, and calls us to join this mission of reconciliation, restoration, and renewal. Each chapter of this book contains Bible references and questions for individual and group reflection, study, and action.

The 10th anniversary of the classic, best-selling running book, Your Pace or Mine?, from the co-author of Running Made Easy, with a foreword by running legend Kathrine Switzer.Lisa Jackson is a surprising cheerleader for the joys of running. Formerly a committed fitness-phobe, she became a marathon runner at 31, and ran her first 56-mile ultramarathon aged 41. And unlike many runners, Lisa's not afraid to finish last - in fact, she's done so in 20 of the 90-plus m...

A TIMES CRIME CLUB ★STAR PICK★ and AMAZON and KINDLE BESTSELLER!‘Fantastic. Excellent. Incredible. I could not put this one down for the life of me.’ ★★★★★ Reader Review‘A stunner! Without a doubt, one of the best crime novels of the year!’ – No.1 international bestseller Jeffery DeaverIn search of a new life, seventeen-year-old Adriana Clark’s family move...