'You've got these twinkling eyes, all bright and dancey… They will love taking that from you.'Tia has been in care since she was three. She can't stand her foster mum, and her friends keep letting her down. But when she meets AJ, a charismatic older man, he seems like the answer to all her problems. At first, he is. But AJ has done this before, and after the gifts and compliments come the threats and abuse.When fourteen-year-old Katie moves to town, a chink of ligh...

Looking to increase the distance of your drives, improve the accuracy of your golf shots, lower your handicap or simply to better enjoy the game you love? You’ve heard (correctly) that fitter golfers generally play better but you don’t know what exercises to do or in what order?6 Weeks To Golf Fitness provides a series of step-by-step home exercise programs that will help improve every aspect of your golf game. Indeed, these fitness routines were designed specifically for ...

14 true stories explore how certainathletes, coaches, parents, fans,and politicians did or did not:Gain friends or be left lonelymake war or peacegrow personally or notwhile dancing to the musicof soccer in old Seattleand around the world.This book will take you to...

A Business Memoir including 236 insights into the mistakes pitfals and pratfalls of building a business

This fourth edition of Beyond the Zone System makes the science of photographic sensitometry both accessible and useful to interested photographers. It will appeal to any serious photographer interested in knowing how the materials and processes of black-and-white photography work. Instead of describing rote procedures to be followed blindly, this book provides the basis for understanding what needs to be done and why. This book relates theory to practice in a way that promotes a true part...

The nature of alcohol problems is very diverse and the strategies adopted for minimising these vary even more. Thinking in the study of alcohol problems in the 1970s and early 1980s had focused on the public health perspective, seeking not only to lessen alcohol problems by controlling the availability of alcohol, but also to promote moderate drinking practices and to preserve the positive advantages of alcohol use.Originally published in 1983, a detailed review of public health is...

A stark, fast-paced and fraught play about political upheaval and the media's relationship with civil violence and terrorism in modern Britain.A peaceful politician is slain on the streets of Vida's hometown. Reeling from the tragedy, Vida embarks on an increasingly dangerous mission to confront the rise in bigotry and fascism.But just as she feels most alone, she discovers there are others who feel the same as her – and now the deadly potential of their combined power is a...

One Londoner gambles on his own life in this lost classic by 'one of the great English Jewish novelists' ( Times), introduced by Iain Sinclair.'Terrific. Propulsive, funny and touching.' Sebastian Faulks'A fascinating snapshot of a lost London world, by a remarkable neglected writer.' Sarah WatersA wonderfully enduring novel . . . A great rediscovery.' William Boyd'Perfect . . . Capt...

After twenty-four years in the Evangelical movement, Phil Davis decided to leave his "first faith." It was not a decision he took lightly. Feeling sick of the institutional church, tired of the manipulative "voice of God" drummed into his head, and trusting that the real God was somewhere beyond the theology he was taught, the author deconstructed and then reconstructed his view of the Divine Presence. In "Leaving God for God," Davis takes us on his journey to de-program himself and open h...

In the 1980s the study of alcoholism was in a period of rapid change, this book, originally published in 1985, identifies and explores the three most controversial contemporary issues: changes at the basic explanatory level in our concept of harmful drinking; the undermining of our confidence that drinking behaviour can be effectively modified in the traditional context of ‘treatment’; and the changes in our concept of the effective prevention of harmful drinking.The authors of the...

Education has become dominated by testing, standards, interventions, strategies and political policy. Yet while elements such as these are important, Exploring Education and Childhood contends it is childhood - including its sociology and psychology - that is the vital holistic context for teaching and learning.Written by a team of specialists who bring both experience of classroom teaching, teacher training, and of rigorous research and scholarship, each chapter examines ...

Some of the cast and production team are interviewed about the making of the 1979 Mod film 'Quadrophenia'.Interviews with Phil Davis, Toyah Wilcox, Mark Wingett, Sean Barton, Franc Roddam, Bill Burbishly and Martin Stellman.Listen to find out about the casts feelings about the film, the huge buzz around the film and how the production team first became involved in making the film.