From Michelle Akers to Megan Rapinoe, bold and inspiring profiles of the pioneers, champions and future heroines of women's soccer around the world.Women’s soccer has come a long way—from its origins as a matchmaking custom in the Scottish Highlands through countrywide bans, cast-off men’s uniforms, and practices in parking lots, to a global sport attracting hundreds of millions of viewers.This is the history of the game told through the players themselves,...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked widespread debate among teachers and school leaders. Questions about its impact on education continue to grow. How will we distinguish between student-authored work and AI-generated content? Will AI diminish creativity and critical thinking? How will it change teaching and learning in schools?These are important questions, but AI is already becoming part of everyday education. In Artificial Intelligence in the Primary Cl...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked a huge debate among teachers and school leaders. Many questions arise about the trajectory of this new technology and where it will take us. How will we differentiate between student-authored work and AI-generated content? Will it lead to a loss of creativity and critical thinking skills? What impact will it have on the dynamics of learning and teaching within schools? These are all crucial topics for discussion, yet AI has already become part of ou...

Everyday Violence in the Irish Civil War presents an innovative study of violence perpetrated by and against non-combatants during the Irish Civil War, 1922–3. Drawing from victim accounts of wartime injury as recorded in compensation claims, Dr Gemma Clark sheds new light on hundreds of previously neglected episodes of violence and intimidation - ranging from arson, boycott and animal maiming to assault, murder and sexual violence - that transpired amongst soldiers, civilians and revoluti...

From Michelle Akers to Megan Rapinoe, bold and inspiring profiles of the pioneers, champions and future heroines of women's soccer around the world.Women's soccer has come a long way. The first organized games on record -- which took place three hundred years ago in the Scottish Highlands -- were exhibition matches, where single women played against married women while available men looked on, seeking a potential mate.Today, champions like Mia Hamm, Abby Wa...

*The first book to cover events management from a research angle *Includes a number of case studies to provide a well-rounded approach to the subject *Addresses key concepts, theories and discussions around subjects such as consumer behaviour, authenticity and new technology

A good girl looking to get a little dirty.TaylorI’m on a quest to prevent my revirginization.My dry spell has become a drought, and I’m this close to buying batteries in bulk at the wholesale store.But fortune smiles upon my neglected lady parts when I meet a man who looks like a model for a gym commercial, acts like he might have a few manners, and kisses like he can’t get enough of me.I wouldn’t have thought it wo...

Winner of the Academics Stand Against Poverty Book of the Year Anthology Award 2025The subdiscipline of economic geography has a long and varied history, and recent work has pushed the field to diversify even further. This collection takes this agenda forward by showcasing inspiring, critical and plural perspectives for contemporary economic geographies.Highlighting the contributions of global scholars, the thirty chapters showcase fresh ways of approaching economic geograp...

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...

***COMING SOON: the second novel from Booker-longlisted Sophie Mackintosh**Blue Ticket, a chilling new novel about freedom, fate and motherhood - out 7 May 2020*****The Water CureBritish Vogue 'Star of the Future' for 2020Independent Best Books of the Decade**Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh, read by Han...

**“A gripping, sinister fable!” —Margaret Atwood, via TwitterONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR:NPR • GLAMOUR •GOOD HOUSEKEEPING • LIT HUB • THRILLIST**King has tenderly staked out a territory for his wife and three daughters, Grace, Lia, and Sky. Here on his island, women are protected from the chaos and violence of men on the mainland. The cult-like rituals and therapies they endure fortify them from the spreading toxicity of a degrading world.But when King ...

‘WOW! I absolutely loved this book and stayed up way too late to finish it!’ NetGalley Reviewer, 5 StarsYou trust her with your home, your husband, your baby… but she is about to destroy it all.Sophy Pemberton is struggling to cope with the pressures of becoming a new mother. Her nine-month-old son never settles in her arms and the unrelenting tiredness from late night feeds is all consuming.So, when Liv Granger