The first history of Italian football to be written in English Calcio is a mix of serious analysis & comic storytelling with vivid descriptions of games goals dives missed penalties riots & scandals in the richest & toughest league in the world. Calcio tells the story of Italian football from its origins in the 1890s to the present day. It takes us through a history of great players & teams of style passion & success but also of violence cynicism catenaccio tactics & corruption. We meet the personalities that have shaped this history
- from the Italian heroes to the foreigners that failed the model professionals to the mavericks. Calcio evokes the triumphs (the 1982 World Cup victory) & the tragedies (Meroni the Italian George Best killed by his number one fan) set against a backdrop of paranoia & intrigue in a country where the referee is seen as corrupt until proven otherwise. Calcio is no longer a game. It is sometimes difficult to define it as a sport. It is certainly big business & a fanatical civic religion. There is no moral code here. Winners are always right losers always wrong. This history of Italian football reveals all about the richest & toughest league in the world.
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On the steps outside an empty office in New York's financial district a woman lies dead. It's a bitterly cold winter & her coat & other items are missing which initially seems to point to a mugging gone wrong but Lt Eve Dallas soon discovers that the body was dumped at the newly-renovated property. Now she has to find out why. Marta Dickenson was an auditor so Eve has a host of suspects among those who were under her scrutiny not ruling out the fact Marta's sister-in-law is a famous judge. With the financial wizardry of Eve's husband Roarke at her disposal & the faithful Peabody by her side
- when not distracted by the upcoming premiere they're all to attend
- Eve starts the process of shifting through the motives of some powerful people to catch a killer...

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On the steps outside an empty office in New York's financial district a woman lies dead. It's a bitterly cold winter & her coat & other items are missing which initially seems to point to a mugging gone wrong but Lt Eve Dallas soon discovers that the body was dumped at the newly-renovated property. Now she has to find out why. Marta Dickenson was an auditor so Eve has a host of suspects among those who were under her scrutiny not ruling out the fact Marta's sister-in-law is a famous judge. With the financial wizardry of Eve's husband Roarke at her disposal & the faithful Peabody by her side
- when not distracted by the upcoming premiere they're all to attend
- Eve starts the process of shifting through the motives of some powerful people to catch a killer...

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Fun Farmyard Learning uses brightly illustrated farm animals to introduce Calculations. Parental notes explain the importance of each exercise & how to guide children through the new challenging concepts being introduced. * Pre-School activity book to introduce core areas of learning * Fun farmyard characters to make learning playful & stimulating * Parental notes to explain each exercise ...

Calculations in AS & A Level Chemistry fills a gap in the market & provides excellent coverage of the calculations needed at A Level. Chapters are clearly laid out with plenty of worked examples & there are helpful notes throughout." The Times Educational Supplement April 2001. * Suitable for use with all AS & A Level specifications it helps students to understand mathematical concepts specific to AS & A Level Chemistry. * Assumes only a basic knowledge of GCSE Chemistry to help bridge the gap between GCSE & AS/A Level. * Ideal as a self-study text to build students' knowledge & competence in completing calculations. * Uses simple language to clearly explain the basic principles. * Guides students through each exercise with help & hint boxes as they gradually progress through the text. * Covers variants of each type of calculation." ...

Jennifer Ouellette never took maths in the sixth form mostly because she
- like most of us
- assumed she wouldn't need it

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The mere thought of having to take a required calculus course is enough to make legions of students break out in a cold sweat. Others who have no intention of ever studying the subject have this notion that calculus is impossibly difficult unless you happen to be a direct descendant of Einstein. Well the good news is that you can master calculus. Its not nearly as tough as its mystique would lead you to think. Much of calculus is really just very advanced algebra geometry & trig. It builds upon & is a logical extension of those subjects. If you can do algebra geometry & trig you can do calculus. Calculus For Dummies is intended for three groups of readers: Students taking their first calculus course -- If youre enrolled in a calculus course & you find your textbook less than crystal clear this is the book for you. It covers the most important topics in the first year of calculus: differentiation integration & infinite series. Students who need to brush up on their calculus to prepare for other studies -- If youve had elementary calculus but its been a couple of years & you want to review the concepts to prepare for say some graduate program Calculus For Dummies will give you a thorough no-nonsense refresher course. Adults of all ages whod like a good introduction to the subject -- Non-student readers will find the books exposition clear & accessible. Calculus For Dummies takes calculus out of the ivory tower & brings it down to earth. This is a user-friendly math book. Whenever possible the author explains the calculus concepts by showing you connections between the calculus ideas & easier ideas from algebra & geometry. Then youll see how the calculus concepts work in concrete examples. All explanations are in plain English not math-speak. Calculus For Dummies covers the following topics & more: * Real-world examples of calculus * The two big ideas of calculus: differentiation & integration * Why calculus works * Pre-algebra & algebra review * Common functions & their graphs * Limits & continuity * Integration & approximating area * Sequences & series Dont buy the misconception. Sure calculus is difficult -- but its manageable doable. You made it through algebra geometry & trigonometry. Well calculus just picks up where they leave off -- its simply the next step in a logical progression. ...

In 1999 Amit Chaudhuri moved back to Calcutta the city in which he was born. It was a place he had loved in his youth & the place he had made his name writing about. But upon his return he discovered that the Calcutta of his imagination had receded & another had taken its place. Lyrical observant & profound Calcutta is a personal account of two years (2009-2011) spent in one of the least known
- yet greatest
- cities of our time by one of our leading novelists. Using the historic elections of 2011 as a fulcrum Chaudhuri looks back to the nineteenth century when the city burst with a new vitality & towards the twenty-first when
- utterly changed
- it seems to be on the verge of another turn. Along the way he evokes all that is most particular & extraordinary. From the homeless & the working class to the old declining haute bourgeois; from the new malls & hotels to old houses being destroyed by developers; from politicians on their way out to the citys fitful attempts to embrace globalisation Calcutta brings a multifarious universe to life.



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The new novel from Pulitzer Prize-winner Geraldine Brooks author of the Richard & Judy bestseller March Sunday Times bestseller Year of Wonders & People of the Book. Martha s Vineyard 1650s: Bethia Mayfield is a young girl growing up in the tiny settlement of Great Harbor amid a small band of pioneers & Puritans. Restless bright & curious but denied the education that her brothers receive she slips away as often as she can to explore the island s wild landscapes & observe its native Wampanoag inhabitants. At the age of twelve she encounters Caleb the young son of a chieftain & the children form a secret friendship that gradually draws each into the alien world of the other. Meanwhile Bethia s minister father is trying to convert the Wampanoag awakening the wrath of the tribe s shaman against whose magic he must test his own beliefs. & when he takes it upon himself to educate Caleb it will further divide the communities
- within a year the boy is learning Latin & Greek & leaves the island to study at Harvard. As Caleb makes the crossing into white culture Bethia finds herself pulled in the opposite direction. Trapped by the narrow strictures of her faith & her gender she seeks connections with Caleb s world that will challenge her beliefs & set her at odds with her community...
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Telfords plan to connect Loch Ness Loch Oich & Loch Lochy with each other & the sea was a huge undertaking which brought civil engineering to the Highlands on a heroic scale. Deep in the Highlands far from the canal network of England engineers forged their way through the Great Glen to construct the biggest canal of its day: twenty-two miles of artificial cutting & no fewer than twenty-eight locks. A.D. (Sandy) Camerons book has long been recognised as the authoritative work on the canal as well as a reliable & useful guide to the surrounding area. There are intriguing old plans not discovered until 1992 & a survey of the dramatic rise in pleasure-craft traffic during the last two decades. But the highlight of the recent past was undoubtedly the Tall Ships passing through the canal in stately procession in 1991. Impossible then not to feel the fascination of this beautiful waterway: a working piece of industrial history & a remarkable engineering achievement. This book is a fitting celebration of this remarkable feat of engineering. ...