Sport is increasingly being described as a complex system. This inherent complexity cannot be understood by examining components in isolation; rather, the system as a whole should represent the unit of analysis. Systems thinking is the answer to understanding this complexity and is gaining traction in sport. Systems thinking provides a philosophy and a set of associated methods which can be used to understand and optimise the behaviour of complex systems, such as those inherent within spor...

All NEW to eBook - the start of 'The Family Feud' series from MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER Rosie Clarke!Can they survive the war and all that it brings?1940, Stretton Village, CambridgeshireThe start of the war and the tragic loss of their beloved father marks the end of an era for the Searles family as their children embark on their adult livesEldest sister Frances is about to marry her childhood sweetheart. But with Marcus Danby now a fight...

Start reading this emotional instalment in MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING author Rosie Clarke's The Family Feud series! Perfect for fans of Lizzie Lane and Fenella J. Miller ❤️With the war finally over, the Searles family are left shell shocked and broken.1946, Stretton Village – CambridgeshireFrances is finally about to see her dreams realized as Marcus finally returns from the war. But the threat of her father-in-law and a much-changed Marc...

You're a cool, confident, clever and caring person. Yet, bad relationships seem to be a theme in your life. I get you. I was there once too. I'm here to help single and fabulous women navigate through dating in the most effective way possible. Think of me as a non-judgemental and honest friend.Now you may already have quite a few family members and friends supporting you through your journey of finding love. I'm going let you in on a universal secret: Our friends and family lie to ...

The systems thinking philosophy has become popular in human factors and ergonomics and safety science. These methods are being used to understand and resolve complex societal problems in areas such as transport safety, workplace safety, medication error, disaster management, child abuse, financial crises, terrorism, climate change and public health and wellbeing. This handbook presents practical step-by-step guidance for practitioners and researchers wishing to use these methods to tackle ...

About 50% of American adults are single. Our happily married friends just don’t understand why.They seem to have acquired what I like to call “single-girl amnesia” where they forget the years they spent struggling to find love. I will never forget this journey. Have you blown a month’s salary on perfecting your personal profile in hopes of finding a match via chat? Are you over even the free online dating sites? Have you spent years trying to get over an ex; still triggered by flas...

Una heroína conmovedora en el corazón del Oeste americano.Una historia que ha cautivado a más de un millón de lectores«Impactante, alentador y absolutamente inolvidable.»Bonnie Garmus, autora de Lecciones de químicaTraducida a más de treinta idiomas, Como si fuera un río se ha convertido en un fenómeno internacional que ha cautivado el corazón de más de un...

Brought to you by Penguin.*Narrated by Gemma Whelan***A WORLD HALF IN DARKNESS. A SECRET SHE MUST BRING TO LIGHT.The world has stopped turning.**One half suffers an endless frozen night; the other, nothing but burning sun.Only in a slim twilit region between them can life survive.In an isolationist Britain, scientist Ellen Hopper receives a letter from a dying man.It...

Eight bestselling authors. A dazzling new collection of original haunted tales. This is your indispensable companion to the long, dark nights this winter.THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'You won't find a more thrilling winter read this year, or a better line up of writers who have mastered the gothic and ghostly.' SARA COLLINS, Costa Award-winning author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton'Fro...

Governments and road safety agencies around the world have either introduced or are considering 'safe system' strategies, a long overdue acknowledgement that different elements of the road system contribute to road safety outcomes. Human factors approaches have a leading role here in both conceptualising the road system as a complex sociotechnical system and in providing practical approaches to support true systems-based countermeasures. This book illustrates the potential for integrating ...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Cornish Summer, written by Catherine Alliott and read by Gemma Whelan.Flora's been in love with her husband for twenty years.The trouble is, he's been married to someone else for the past fifteen.Now she's been invited to spend the summer in the shady lanes and sandy coves of Cornwall. It should be blissful.There's just one small snag: she'...

How can we design transport environments that cater to the situation awareness needs of different end-users? This book answers this question by showcasing how state-of-the-art human factors theory and methods can be used to understand how situation awareness differs across drivers, cyclists, motorcyclists, and pedestrians and creates new designs that cater to these diverse situation awareness needs.Written by experts in the field and based on a major program of work funded by the A...