In the world of private security, you never know what kind of chaos is waiting around the corner. Security Confidential is a compilation of insider stories from across Canada that answers the question, “What really happens when security professionals don the uniform?” From midnight-shift foolery to celebrity encounters, macabre discoveries, and unbelievable emergencies no one saw coming, this collection dives into the wild, weird, and outrageous incidents that occur with amazing frequency ...

Ecological Dynamics Approach to Football is the first book to apply insights from research in ecological dynamics to the sport of football.Ecological dynamics is a theoretical framework that draws on ecological psychology, complexity sciences, and dynamical systems concepts in examining interactions among constraints and the emergence of movement and performance behaviours.This book shows how an ecological dynamics approach can be used to design better practices fo...

Avoid retirement and stay alive is the simple message behind this potentially life-changing book. the authors' basic premise is that retirement is notion to be banished from all sensible conversation and promotes the idea that no one should retire and no one should want to retire. Quite apart from the economic reality that our respective Governments can't possible afford the retirement we all expected when we started our working lives.Instead they say we should look at rearranging our live...

Nonlinear Pedagogy is a powerful paradigm for understanding human movement and for designing effective teaching, coaching and training programmes in sport, exercise and physical education (PE). It addresses the inherent complexity in learning movement skills, viewing the learner, the learning environment and the teacher or coach as a complex interacting system. The constraints of individual practice tasks provide the platform for functional movement behaviours to emerge during practice and...

For the last 25 years, a constraints-based framework has helped to inform the way that many sport scientists seek to understand performance, learning design and the development of expertise and talent in sport. The Constraints-Led Approach: Principles for Sports Coaching and Practice Design provides students and practitioners with the theoretical knowledge required to implement constraints-led approaches in their work.Seeking to bridge the divide between theory and practic...

Dynamics of Skill Acquisition, Second Edition, provides an analysis of the processes underlying human skill acquisition. As the first text to outline the multidisciplinary ecological dynamics framework for understanding movement behavior, this heavily updated edition stays on the cutting edge, with principles of nonlinear pedagogy and methodologies from the constraints-led approach.Students and practitioners across a variety of professions—including coaches, physical educa...

The Athletic Skills Model offers an alternative to dominant talent development theories in the form of holistic broad-based movement education, focusing on health and wellbeing. It places the emphasis on ‘physical intelligence’ – including attributes such as agility, flexibility and stability – through adaptable and varied training programmes, creating a skilled athlete before introducing sport specialization.The book sets out the scientific underpinnings of the ASM before...

A series of meticulously planned bank robberies ends in murder, and detective Alex Cross must pit his wits against the bizarre and sadistic mastermind behind the crimes.Although torn between dedication to his job and commitment to his family, Cross cannot ignore the case, despite the risks he knows will come with hunting down a killer - and the heartbreaking cost.James Patterson's bestseller takes us from deep inside the crazy world of a psychopath's masquerade right to the...

Academy-Award winner Athol Fugard, one of theatre's most acclaimed playwrights, finds humor and heartbreak in the friendship of Harold, a 17-year old white boy in 1950's South Africa, and the two middle aged black servants who raised him. Racism unexpectedly shatters Harold's childhood and friendships in this absorbing, affecting coming of age play.The play, initially banned from production in South Africa, is a Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding New Play.An L.A. Theat...

Bloomsbury presents A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders, read by George Saunders, Phylicia Rashad, Nick Offerman, Glenn Close, Keith David, Rainn Wilson, BD Wong and Renée Elise Goldsberry.THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERPICKED BY THE SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT, IRISH TIMES, SPECTATOR, TLS, NEW STATESMAN AND EVENING STANDARD AS A BOOK OF 2021'A masterclass from a warm and engagingly enthusiastic companion' Guardian Summer Reading Picks 2021...

Reading the story can change how you think. Building a plan can change what happens next.The Pride, Property & Power Action Workbook is the official practical companion to Keith Manning Jr.'s memoir and ownership blueprint, Pride, Property & Power. Designed to help readers turn reflection into action, this guided workbook provides the space, questions, calculations, and planning tools needed to create a personal path toward stability, property own...

In-depth and practical textbook resource on chemical engineering processes, ranging from fundamentals to advanced aspectsPractical Process Design for Chemical Engineers presents an extensive overview of the fundamental and advanced aspects of chemical engineering processes. Spanning 20 chapters, the book delves into various processes, equipment, and methodologies essential for modern chemical engineering, from basic principles to specific applications such...