Gower is one of Britain’s most captivating walking destinations, where limestone cliffs, hidden coves and sweeping sandy beaches meet rolling farmland and flower-rich commons. From the dramatic headlands of Rhossili and Worm’s Head to the views of salt marshes of the Loughor Estuary and Bristol Channel, the Gower Peninsula offers a remarkable variety of landscapes within a compact and easily explored area of South Wales.This comprehensive guidebook, Walking in ...

Learn about the College Planning process without having to read hundreds of pages!In this ebook, Concise Guide to College Planning, a former higher education professional discusses college admissions in eleven succinct chapters including "5 Steps to Getting Into College" along with other information on early awareness, time management, volunteerism, college applicant rights, recommendation letters, essays, and military-friendly options. This guide also features sections on college ...

Discover the rugged beauty of the Brecon Beacons National Park, where sweeping valleys, dramatic ridges, cascading waterfalls and open mountain summits await. From classic Pen y Fan ridges to dramatic Waterfall Country, Fforest Fawr's glacial valleys and the wild Black Mountains, W alking in the Brecon Beacons (Bannau Brycheiniog) offers walkers of all abilities the opportunity to explore this national park at their own leisure.

Experience Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) with ease and confidence with this collection of 15 short walks covering the very best of Wales' national park. Designed to be completed in under three hours, these routes guide you through cascading waterfalls, peaceful river valleys, rolling foothills and iconic peaks, offering adventures suitable for families, casual walkers and anyone keen to explore Wales' striking landscapes without long distances or steep climbs.

"A moving tribute."—ANNE HOLMAN, The King's English BookshopFor thousands of years, Great Salt Lake has played a surprisingly central role in the lives of humans and animals throughout the American West and across entire continents. Once a destination for wellness seekers, the lake’s alarming disappearance is already affecting skiing, tourism, and the region’s economic future. As humans continue to divert its waters for agriculture and mine its marshlands fo...

Your skincare routine is not failing because you are not trying hard enough. It is failing because it was never designed to address what is actually happening to your skin.The Aesthetic Code is the no-hype, science-first guide to peptide-based skincare — the compounds that actually communicate with your cells to stimulate collagen production, reduce inflammation, and promote repair.Inside:• Why most an...

This book is essential reading if you are considering making an application for secondary initial teacher education or preparing to begin your programme. It introduces you to a range of perspectives on teaching and teacher education and guides you through the application process to ensure you choose the training route that’s right for you to achieve a successful outcome.Key chapters cover pathways into secondary teaching, professional learning, developing as a subject specialist, c...

The Book of Sty is a collage of intended wit usurped from the far reaches of a distended mind. Many of its exhortations are frothed in foliage spewed from battles with epileptic seizures. The Book of Sty will, at no time, supersede your intelligence, but it will challenge your imagination as you struggle to read between the lines. Provocative quips, beliefs, prayers, travels, dream stills, and apparitions are all there, waiting for the reader to reach beyond yesterday, thinking of everyday...

These are the proceedings of an international meeting hosted by the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the dedication of the UKIRT, the United Kingdom InfraRed Telescope.The volume comprises 31 professional level papers. The first part of the book has 10 thorough reviews of the conception, design and build of the telescope, as well as accounts of some its key instruments such as IRCAM (the common-user infrared camera), CGS4 (the fourth Cooled Grati...

With contributions from popular Bible teachers, including David Platt, John Piper, D. A. Carson, Andy Davis, Mack Stiles, Michael Oh, and Stephen Um, this collection of biblical expositions explores how God's love for us is meant to drive Christians out into the world on mission for him. Addressing "hot topics" that are actively discussed today—such as whether or not people without Christ are really lost and the Christian's responsibility to fight for social justice—this ...

I told everyone she is my baby. I lied.My life changes forever when my little girl appears in a basket on my doorstep, her long lashes fluttering, only a few hours old. She’s so tiny and precious; my heart is hers in an instant.My husband Tom and I have always longed for a child, so we agree not to tell the authorities. We won’t risk them taking her away. And I know if they find out my history, they’d never let me keep her…I’m so gr...

Learn basic and advanced uses of WebPagetest, the performance measurement tool for optimizing websites. This practical guide shows users new to this tool how run tests and interpret results, and helps experienced users gain a better and more thorough understanding of hidden features in WebPagetest that make testing easier.Written by WebPagetest power users and performance experts, this book will help web developers and frontend engineers solve the problem of slow sites. Topics incl...