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...

An invaluable resource, this book discusses the human factors that affect control operations and their implications for staff. It covers competencies for control room work, training and training needs analysis, development and maintenance of procedures, communication processes within and outside the control room, manning of the control room, automation and allocation of function, supervision of staff, and shift patterns. The author also examines control room layout. SCADA assessment, alarm...

A witch. A cop. A spell. Did her magic net her the wrong man? Or the right one?Yasmin has been in love with Tristan Goodman since she took the job at his family’s witchcraft shop several years ago. He’s never really noticed her, not the way she wants. One little love spell can’t cause that much trouble, can it? But when Yasmin winds up in the middle of a gang war, and in the arms of LA Detective Luke Salzone, she realizes she might have been wishing on the wrong st...

Complete and utter humiliation—that was what Jaynie felt as she stood in the doorway watching her fiancé playing out his ménage fantasies with his best friend and the cute neighbor from across the street. Bad enough that the cute and sexy neighbor is the woman her fiancé clearly wants her to be, but now she finds the man she loves in bed with the woman. To add fuel to the flame, he later tells her that she couldn't be a real woman if she tried.Humiliated and hurt, she's hiding out a...

“Fans of the crime caper will rejoice” that Linwood Barclay is back with the hilarious follow-up to his “riotously funny and irreverent”* debut, in which paranoid pop Zack Walker plotted to transplant his city-savvy wife and two teenage kids to the tranquillity of the burbs–where planned communities prevail and fathers rest easy. Well, not quite…and now the Walkers have moved home only to find themselves living in the precarious crosshairs of urban sprawl once again, and Zack can’t help bu...

Learn the basics of fungal biology, foraging, and identification in this in-depth illustrated introduction from the beloved scientist, mushroom enthusiast, and social media star behind Fascinated By Fungi.In Dr. Fun Guy’s Passport to Kingdom Fungi, Dr. Gordon Walker brings his scientific knowledge and love for everything fungi to the page. The first section of this book is written in a comprehensive question-and-answer format. Starting with “What are fungi...

Max loses his hat out by the pond. When he returns he finds that Mrs. Duck has made it into a nest.

AN INDIE NEXT PICK!13 SCARY STORIES. 13 AUTHORS OF COLOR. 13 TIMES WE SURVIVED... THE FIRST KILL.The White Guy Dies First includes thirteen scary stories by all-star contributors and this time, the white guy dies first.Killer clowns, a hungry hedge maze, and rich kids who got bored. Friendly cannibals, impossible slashers, and the dead who don’t stay dead....A museum curator who des...

Five of J.D. Walker's best-selling M/M romance stories that end with every man getting his guy! Contains the stories:A-dork-able: Alister Redgrave hopes to find the love of his life one day, despite his dorkiness. Jaiden Greyson, the new Assistant CFO, fits the bill, except, Alister makes a fool of himself repeatedly in front of the man. That doesn't stop Jaiden, though, who wants to get to know the klutzy guy better. A jealous coworker makes things difficult, but ...

TannerWhen you’re staring down the barrel of half a century’s existence on this planet, you tend to think about things…Like…maybe I should think about retiring? And I guess I could start crossing things off my bucket list? And should I get my colon checked?Something I wasn’t intending to start assessing too closely at this stage of my life—or ever, really—is my sporadic, complicated, and rather inconvenient attraction to men.Some people do y...

Max can't find his friends on his birthday. Then he discovers they were throwing a surprise party for him!

It's hot and the kids want to play in their pool. But there's not enough water to fill it up until a rainstorm.