The single most internationally read & referenced text in sports medicine exercise science & health & fitness this manual succinctly summarizes recommended procedures for exercise testing & exercise prescription in healthy & diseased individuals. This gold-standard text is a convenient one-stop resource for the knowledge skills & abilities (KSAs) that must be mastered by candidates for all ACSM certifications. Written by international experts in numerous fields the Eighth Edition is fully compatible with newly released physical activity guidelines from the United States Department of Health & Human Services & state-of-the-art research-based recommendations. A companion Website for instructors will offer a test generator an image bank Power Point slides & a Web CT/ Black Board-ready course cartridge. A student Website will offer the fully searchable text. ...

The flagship title of the certification suite from the American College of Sports Medicine ACSMs Guidelines for Exercise Testing & Prescription" is a handbook that delivers scientifically based standards on exercise testing & prescription to the certification candidate the professional & the student. The 9th edition focuses on evidence-based recommendations that reflect the latest research & clinical information. This manual is an essential resource for any health/fitness & clinical exercise professional physician nurse physician assistant physical & occupational therapist dietician & health care administrator. This manual gives succinct summaries of recommended procedures for exercise testing & exercise prescription in healthy & diseased patients." ...

ACSMs Resources for the Personal Trainer" provides a broad introduction to the field of personal training covering both basic science topics & practical application. It was originally designed to help people prepare for the ACSM Personal Training Certification Exam. It continues to serve that function but the market for it has expanded to practitioners in the field looking for an additional resource as well as in an academic setting where the book is a core text for personal training programs." ...

Every morning seven million listeners wake up with Steve Harvey & his top-rated radio show The Steve Harvey Morning Show." & while his Opening & Closing remarks provide daily reaffirmation & spiritual sustenance it's his advice on relationships that keep listeners hanging on to his every word. Whether he's doling out wisdom on why women need to enforce a "90-Day Probation Period" before they give their men sexual "benefits" the way Ford motor company won't give a worker medical & dental benefits until they've been on the job for 3 months or explaining to women why men would rather "fix it" than talk about it Harvey's advice is always spot-on & more often than not quite funny. But make no mistake Harvey knows relationships are among his listeners top concerns & he's committed to helping them "get their mind right" when it comes to finding a sound partner. Co-written with Denene Millner author of several relationship books & with liberal use of his own adventures in love & courtship Act Like a Lady Think Like a Man is an honest compelling & realistic examination of how men think about love & sex & what women need to know so that they can set realistic expectations of the men in their life." ...

In Badajoz during the Christmas of 1826 Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons is a prisoner of the Spanish incarcerated in the infamous fortress of Badajoz. As he plans his escape his thoughts return to the year 1812 when he was a cornet in Wellingtons Peninsula Army. He & the Sixth had survived Corunna to endure three more years of brutal fighting that would culminate in one of the most vital & vicious confrontations of the campaign
- the siege of Badajoz. While Hervey paces his prison cell & re-lives the bloodshed of battles past friends from expected quarters rush to his aid... As good on the details of the workings of a cavalry regiment in 1820 as ever Patrick OBrian was on the workings of an 1820 warship."
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When Ella Burton takes a job as a lowly cleaner at the glamorous Palace theatre in Swansea she is surprised by how quickly she takes to the job
- it's as if she was born for a life in the theatre. Unlike Kathleen who wants her name in lights it's backstage that Ella's heart lies running the show under the watchful eye of Anthony. It's not long before she realises that she has fallen in love & Ella begins to dream about a future that's far from everything she has ever known... But a tragic accident threatens to ruin everything she has worked for & it seems clear that Ella will have no choice but to accept the man that her father chose for her
- even if it breaks her heart. Will Ella be forced to put her family before her own happiness
- in the ultimate act of love? Iris Gower Wales' favourite bestselling storyteller begins a powerful & warm-hearted series set around Swansea's beautiful theatre.


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Klaus-Pierre is the love-child of a young Frenchwoman & a senior married German officer. Klaus-Pierre never knew his father who was killed before he was born & his mother was rejected by her family of patriots & resistance workers. Cared for by his German family Klaus-Pierre is loved & happy
- but as he grows up in a Europe where old enemies are learning to cooperate he tries to make his own ' Act of Peace' with his French relatives. The result is a horrifying confrontation between the two families when they meet accidentally in Provence. Meanwhile Klaus-Pierre is struggling with another quest to come to terms with his roots as he tries to find out just what kind of man his father really was...
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Boxing Day circa 1935. A snowed-in manor on the very edge of Dartmoor. A Christmas house-party. & overhead in the attic the dead body of Raymond Gentry gossip columnist & blackmailer shot through the heart. But the attic door is locked from the inside its sole window is traversed by thick iron bars & naturally there is no sign of a murderer or a murder weapon. Fortunately (though for the murderer unfortunately) one of the guests is the formidable Evadne Mount the bestselling author of countless classic whodunits. In fact were she not its presiding sleuth THE ACT OF ROGER MURGATROYD is exactly the type of whodunit she herself might have written. ...

Marine sniper Kyle Swanson & his beautiful girlfriend CIA agent Lauren Carson are on a mission in Pakistan when their world is turned inside out. Kyle is captured & thrown in prison. Lauren is accused of being a double agent. The one person they can trust to help is the man who sent them on the black operation -- Jim Hall a legendary CIA agent Kyles sniper mentor & Laurens boss & former lover. But Hall has gone rogue. He is selling Americas innermost secrets to a ruthless Pakistani warlord who wants to mould al- Qaeda into a legitimate political party & secure a nuclear arsenal. For Jim Hall his former protege Swanson is the final obstacle. Caught in the sights of a man he once idolized & who taught him how to shoot Swanson must prevent a global disaster -- from the streets of Washington to the Bavarian Alps the two snipers stalk each other in a deadly hunt that has only one possible outcome. ...

Acting in Musical Theatre" is the only complete course in approaching a role in a musical. It is the first to combine acting singing & dancing into a comprehensive guide combining what have previously been treated as three separate disciplines. This book contains fundamental skills for novice actors practical insights for professionals & even tips to help veteran musical performers refine their craft. Drawing on decades of experience in both acting & teaching the authors provide crucial advice on all elements of the profession including: fundamentals of acting applied to musical theatre; script score & character; analysis personalizing your performance; turning rehearsal into performance; acting styles in the musical theatre; & practical steps to a career. " Acting in Musical Theatre"s chapters divide into easy-to-reference units each containing related group & solo exercises making it the definitive textbook for students & practitioners alike." ...