Improve your performance & achieve your goals Become fitter & stronger relieve stress & anxiety & recover from injury faster & more effectively Whatever your sport or level of fitness this Practical Guide by sports psychologist Dr Arnold Le Unes will help you to perform better & enjoy exercise making it a habit Full of proven expert techniques case studies & practical tips to help you train your mind & improve your heath Sport Psychology will help you to feel better & smash your exercise goals ...

The need to support refugees has never been more urgent but how can everyone working with them provide consistently effective care? Written for a range of professionals including therapists teachers social workers housing support workers & healthcare professionals this essential guide offers a holistic person-centred framework to ensure that all those working with refugees to provide them with excellent support Informed by the authors' direct work with refugees the book starts with a comprehensive introduction to understanding the underlying issues that lead to the complex needs of an asylum seeking client group Using an easy-to-follow 'what?' 'why?' & 'how?' structure within the four key phases of refugee experience It also shows professionals how to sensitively address trauma loss & separation with clients who are adjusting to a foreign culture & language using three core principles (therapeutic relationship bearing witness & psycho-education) Informed & accessible this guide will help you create a safe welcoming environment for asylum seekers in all stages of their journey to improve their psychosocial wellbeing & mental health ...

This book shows you how to tie 75 bends hitches knots bindings loops mats plaits rings & slings in over 500 step-by-step photographs It is an essential handbook explaining how to tie a wide variety of knots with advice on how each one can be used It

Includes:: guidance & information on materials types of rope breaking strengths terms & techniques You can learn how to master knots such as the sheet bend the rolling hitch the square knot the clove hitch tied in a bight the double munter friction hitch the sheepshank the Alpine butterfly & the Spanish bowline Each knot is accompanied by fascinating historical details Knots have been around since our Neolithic ancestors first tied reef knots & clove hitches thousands of years ago This book is a practical guide to tying 75 knots from the simple overhand or thumb knot & the single hitch to the more challenging double constrictor knot & alternate ring hitching Each knot is identified by category
- general purpose angling & fishing boating & sailing caving & climbing & outdoor pursuits Different cords & ropes are discussed & advice is included on cutting & sealing ropes tools & materials & rope care Whether you are an eager beginner or a lifelong devotee of the art of knot tying this book will prove an indispensable guide


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This Practical Guide is full of expert practical advice which teaches you to use the latest techniques to achieve a healthy state of mind & body 224 pages Furness-Smith Patricia ...

The fourth edition of this popular title provides a practical & comprehensive reference for all those concerned in drafting & interpreting wills & in giving effect to their provisions The commentary is supported throughout by an extensive range of specimen clauses & model wills are provided in a separate appendix All precedent material is included on the accompanying CD-Rom enabling practitioners to adapt precedents for their own use Fully updated A Practitioner's Guide to Wills now covers the Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule & Law of Succession Act) 2011 Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 Trusts (Capital & Income) Act 2013 & the Inheritance & Trustees Powers Act 2014 the latter making major changes to the intestacy rules family provision legislation & trustees' statutory powers of maintenance & advancement It examines the impact of these legislative changes as well developments in taxation affecting wills notably the new relevant property trust regime & its impact on pilot settlements the new residence nil rate band the reduced rate of IHT for gifts to charity & the new rules on trusts for disabled beneficiaries The impact of the new residence nil rate band on planning & drafting is considered together with the role that nil rate band gifts & discretionary trusts might still have to play in financial planning The chapter on construction of wills has been rewritten following the Supreme Court's decision in Marley v Rawlings & subsequent cases including Reading v Reading are considered The chapter on testamentary capacity has been revised in the light of developments since the Mental Capacity Act 2005 including Simon v Byford which considered the extent to which dementia affects testamentary capacity Other recent cases discussed include the Court of Appeal decisions in Ilott v Mitson & its implications for testators who wish to exclude close family members from benefit ...

While used for centuries in Sufi circles the prayer known as ' The Most Elevated Cycle' or ' The Prayer of Protection' had never before been available in English This book provides a lucid English translation of this beautiful & powerful prayer written by the great Sufi master Muhyi al-Din Ibn ' Arabi as well as a transliteration for those unable to read Arabic but who wish to recite it in its original language It also delves into the prayer's contemporary life & historical transmission & gives details of generations of well-known scholars & Sufi masters who transmitted the prayer providing an intimate insight into Islamic history ...

Claiming the courtesan's child It's been more than three months but Oliver Gregory still remembers the exquisite night he shared with a beautiful woman in Paris Discovering her working at the discreet London gentlemen's club he part-owns comes as a shockeven more so when he realises she's pregnant! Oliver knows the pain of being an outcast & will do all in his power to ensure his child is not born illegitimate Cecilia will return to his bedas his wife! The Society of Wicked Gentlemen The hour is late & the stakes are high ...

This biographical film provides insight into the life of renowned British author DH Lawrence (Ian Mc Kellen) best known for his sexually explicit novel LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER In addition to exploring Lawrence's youth PRIEST OF LOVE examines important events in Lawrence's personal & professional career including his tempestuous relationship with his wife & sometime collaborator Frieda (Janet Suzman); his battle against censorship (LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER was banned in England for years); & his bisexuality ...

Book-smart & more than a little naive Robert Sapolsky left the comforts of college in the US for a research project studying a troop of baboons in Kenya Whether he's relating his adventures with his neighbours Masai tribesmen or his experiences learning how to sneak up & dart suspicious baboons Sapolsky combines irreverence & humour with the best credentials in his field A Primate's Memoir is the culmination of over two decades of experience & research
- an exhilarating hilarious & daring memoir & an astonishing masterpiece of the people & nature of Africa
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A Primer of Ecological Statistics Second Edition explains fundamental material in probability theory experimental design & parameter estimation for ecologists & environmental scientists The book emphasizes a general introduction to probability theory & provides a detailed discussion of specific designs & analyses that are typically encountered in ecology & environmental science Appropriate for use as either a st&-alone or supplementary text for upper-division undergraduate or graduate courses in ecological & environmental statistics ecology environmental science environmental studies or experimental design the Primer also serves as a resource for environmental professionals who need to use & interpret statistics daily but have little or no formal training in the subject The book is divided into four parts Part I discusses the fundamentals of probability & statistical thinking It introduces the logic & language of probability (Chapter 1) explains common statistical distributions used in ecology (Chapter 2) & important measures of central tendency & spread (Chapter 3) explains P-values hypothesis testing & statistical errors (Chapter 4) & introduces frequentist Bayesian & Monte Carlo methods of analysis (Chapter 5) Part II discusses how to successfully design & execute field experiments & sampling studies Topics include design strategies (Chapter 6) a 'bestiary' of experimental designs (Chapter 7) & transformations & data management (Chapter 8) Part III discusses specific analyses & covers the material that is the main core of most statistics texts Topics include regression (Chapter 9) analysis of variance (Chapter 10) categorical data analysis (Chapter 11) & multivariate analysis (Chapter 12) Part IV-new to this edition-discusses two central topics in estimating important ecological metrics Topics include quantification of biological diversity (Chapter 13) & estimating occupancy detection probability & population sizes from marked & unmarked populations (Chapter 14) The book

Includes:: a comprehensive glossary a mathematical appendix on matrix algebra & extensively annotated tables & figures Footnotes introduce advanced & ancillary material some are purely historical others cover mathematicalstatistical proofs or details & still others address current topics in the ecological literature Data files & code used for some of the examples as well as errata are available online

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