Many people 'ski themselves into shape' when the season begins, & can barely make it down the mountain without gasping for air. Others risk injury; while many wander aimlessly wondering what exercises will get them in better shape when they hit the snow. This title takes the guesswork out of your ski conditioning programme. ...

Features 25 projects, beginning with simple T-shirts & shrugs & then moving on to advanced jumpers, cardigans & skirts. This book

Includes:: a section covering skills necessary to create a garment, removing the guesswork from customising patterns. It provides tips & tricks for each project.

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From bizarre tales of triumph to incredible facts about Olympic athletes, this is an informative, interactive & hilarious guide to the Olympics
- what they're all about & what made them what they are today. Packed with funny illustrations, inspirational ideas & amazing activities, this is a brilliant guide to the Olympics past & present.
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Teaches students how to recognize, evaluate, & correct fit for over 100 figure variations. This book

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Presents ergonomic information required to engineer workplaces, machinery, offices, computers, lighting, & more to fit the humans who use them. This book delineates true human engineering, as opposed to trying to select or train people to do things with ill-designed equipment. ...

Explores the brain's remarkable capacity to adapt to its current visual environment. This work describes how visual experience alters the adult brain, fitting the mind to the world, & ensuring the efficient coding of sensory signals. It demonstrates how this plasticity affects every aspect of our visual experience. ...

Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald (Klaus Kinski) is an opera-loving entrepreneur who dreams of building an opera house in the middle of the Peruvian jungle. To finance his project he attempts to persuade the rubber business to extend into the jungle, & concocts a plan which involves moving his steamship over a mountain to a parallel waterway. In making his film of the visionary's adventures, director Werner Herzog famously refused to use special effects & insisted instead on actually transporting a steamship over the mountains. ...

The Great Gatsby (1925) is a classic of modern American literature & is often seen as the quintessential novel of 'the jazz age'. This guide sets " The Great Gatsby" in its historical, intellectual & cultural contexts, offering analyses of its themes, style & structure. It

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