From award-winning author David Freed, Fangs Out is the second installment in the pulse-pounding Cordell Logan series.Moments before he is executed, the man who killed Hub Walker’s daughter makes a troubling allegation: that the real murderer was Walker’s close friend, an important US defense contractor. Walker—famed Vietnam War veteran and hero-pilot—is looking to hire someone willing to hunt down information that will refute the claim and help restore hi...

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...

Rebecca—the love of his life—was dead: killed by a drunk driver just days before the Yule holiday. Life for the man who loved her now held nothing—no profession, no possessions, not even the will to keep breathing. He dropped out and set out to walk hundreds of miles to the American Southwest. Why the Southwest? Because, in the desert, a man can completely disappear. The Universe, however, has a way of interfering with the best of intentions and helps this man find healing in the form of a...

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 ...

A leading scientist argues that we must consider deploying climate engineering technology to slow the pace of global warming.Climate engineering—which could slow the pace of global warming by injecting reflective particles into the upper atmosphere—has emerged in recent years as an extremely controversial technology. And for good reason: it carries unknown risks and it may undermine commitments to conserving energy. Some critics also view it as an immoral human bre...

Motor Learning in Practice explores the fundamental processes of motor learning and skill acquisition in sport, and explains how a constraints-led approach can be used to design more effective learning environments for sports practice and performance. Drawing on ecological psychology, the book examines the interaction of personal, environmental and task-specific constraints in the development of motor skills, and then demonstrates how an understanding of those constraints can be a...

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...

Life on the Plains, like elsewhere, is often brutal. Predators prowl and feed with seeming impunity—but not always. This is a small tale of survival, not of the fittest nor of the quickest, but of the smartest.

Athletes are dependent upon a constant supply of accurate and reliable information from the environment whilst performing complex movements.Visual Perception and Action in Sport examines the information which is perceived by the human visual system and the way it is utilised to support actions in sport. It focuses attention on the rich diversity of sport-related studies drawn together from a number of theoretical approaches. Divided into three sections, this book covers:

Halloween is always a reason to party at The Painted Door, with costumed patrons and staff, decorations, and abundant food and drink. In the fourth installment of award-winning author David H. Keith's acclaimed Tales from The Painted Door series, Mike and Shelly, two of The Door's regulars, will never forget this particular Halloween.

In the realm of the enigmatic, where the boundaries of reality blur, lies "Eleven Possible Cases (Unabridged)." This captivating anthology weaves together a tapestry of extraordinary tales that defy explanation. From the haunting whispers of a cursed mansion to the chilling encounter with a spectral hitchhiker, each case unravels a labyrinth of mystery and intrigue. Prepare to embark on a journey into the unknown, where the ordinary gives way to the extraordinary, and the impossible become...

In this action-packed Star Trek adventure, Commander Sonya Gomez of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers must solve a deadly mystery on a hostile alien world, where a critical mining mission turns into a fight for survival.Assigned to the crystal-rich planet of Sarindar, Gomez is tasked with leading a troubled engineering project for the reclusive Nalori, whose resistance and mistrust threaten to derail progress. As tensions rise and morale falters, she works ...