* Clear links between Resistant Materials lessons & industry give students a valuable insight into how the skills they learn are applied in real life. * Plenty of thought-provoking activities develop designing & making skills. * Full teaching support helps you make the most of the resources in the classroom. * A wealth of photocopiable sheets with focused practical tasks & extra information
- ideal for homework!
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Skills-based Learning in Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder" equips carers with the skills & knowledge needed to support & encourage those suffering from an eating disorder & to help them to break free from the traps that prevent recovery. Through a co-ordinated approach this book offers information alongside detailed techniques & strategies which aim to improve professionals & home carers ability to build continuity & consistency of support for their loved ones. The authors use evidence based research & personal experience as well as practical support skills to advise the reader on a number of difficult areas in caring for someone with an eating disorder these include: Working towards positive change through good communications skills; Developing problem solving skills; Building resilience; & Managing difficult behaviour. This book is essential reading for both professionals & families involved in the care & support of anyone with an eating disorder. It will enable the reader to use the skills information & insight gained to help change eating disorder symptoms." ...

The Know the Game Skills series is the perfect introduction to a sport for every budding player. Each book aims to teach young players the basic skills of the game they need to start enjoying the sport
- by giving plenty of simple practice drills & showing how the star players do it. Football: Defending aims to teach the basic skills needed to stop opponents scoring goals. It teaches the young player how to: tackle & pressure opponents control & pass the ball head the ball clear play as a defensive unit clear the ball from danger areas set up a counter attack. Clearly illustrated & written by a professional coach this book will give every player all the skills & confidence they need to enjoy football
- from the playground kickabout to competitive matches.

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The Know the Game Skills series is the perfect introduction to a sport for every budding player. Each book aims to teach young players the basic skills of the game they need to start enjoying the sport
- by giving plenty of simple practice drills & showing how the star players do it. Football: Goalkeeping aims to teach the basic skills needed to become a great goalkeeper. It teaches the young player how to: control the area & narrow angles handle the ball block shots clear the ball by punching or kicking come off the goal line set up counter attacks. Clearly illustrated & written by a professional coach this book will give every player all the skills & confidence they need to enjoy football
- from the playground kickabout to competitive matches.

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Two of the UKs most exciting nature writers. A thoughtful adventure in learning simple skills that help connect people to nature. Guardian Skimming Stones & Other Ways of Being in the Wild is a book of simple skills that can help us to interact with nature achieve a deeper connection with it & even step inside another dimension. Rob Cowen & Leo Critchley teach us for example making & flying a kite making an elder whistle damming a stream & building a den
- & at the same time teach us about life. Their techniques are intended to be not only of practical value but also techniques for meditation. They help us to live in the moment recover ancient insights & rhythms & encourage nature to reveal to us her secrets & treasures. They write that.. .there are forces deep in everyones subconscious that find a pure expression in the simplest of activities. This book explains why we should be taking the time to do them. It is born out of a wish to share our passion for our landscape & the contemplative reflective pleasures & joys that were well-known to our grandparents but which are in danger of being lost & forgotten. They will help us get back to a place where we all belong. Skimming Stones was awarded the Robert Deakin Grant from the Authors Foundation by the Society of Authors. Essential reading. Daily Express At its simplest their book gives advice on connecting with nature through twelve activities...but Skimming Stones delves deeper. Each section draws the reader lyrically into deeper philosophical waters...I was simply carried along by the authors sense of awe & their quiet belief that our lives can be enriched through a deeper connection with nature. 4* BBC Wildlife Skimming stones teaches you how to get back to nature and: * Skim a stone * Find a fossil * Forage for food * Make a kite * Carve an elder whistle * Track an animal * Build a den * Light a fire * Build an igloo * Catch a fish * Dam a stream * Walk in the wild
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The corpse of a young woman is found bludgeoned frozen & burnt to death. Then the post-mortem reveals that she recently gave birth. & evidence suggests the baby may still be alive. Detective Kate Farrer must find the missing newborn if it's going to have any chance of surviving. & catch the dead woman's murderer before her own personal demons overwhelm her... ...

On a cold January morning a nightmare awaits in a small Sussex village. A deranged young man goes on the rampage shooting everyone in his path before taking his own life. It is a senseless tragic event but sadly not an unfamiliar one. At least that's what everyone thinks. Only Julia Trent
- believed to be the sole survivor
- knows that there was a second man involved. But after being shot & badly injured her account of the massacre is ignored. But she cannot let it rest there. Together with Craig Walker the journalist son of one of the victims Julia sets out to find the truth. As they peel back the layers of a dark & dangerous conspiracy they discover the slaughter didn't begin on that bitter day in January. & worst of all it won't end there.

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The streets of Philadelphia are blistering in the summer heat the homicide rate is soaring & the nights belong to the mad. Detectives Kevin Byrne & Jessica Balzano are prowling the streets with a growing sense of unease. Where next will evil rear its ugly head? When a series of seemingly unrelated crimes shatter the restless silence of the city their worst fears are confirmed. A beautiful secretary is slashed to death in a grimy motel shower. A street hustler brutally murdered with a chainsaw. Piece by piece a strange & sickening puzzle presents itself: someone is meticulously recreating Hollywood's most well-known & horrifying murder scenes capturing them on film & inserting the clips into videos
- for an unsuspecting public to find. While Kevin Byrne begins furtive investigations of his own Jessica Balzano goes undercover to work the steaming back alleys of Philadelphia entering a violent world of underground film pornography & seedy nightclubs hidden to all but the initiated. Discovering that none of The Actor's victims are as innocent as they appear to be the two detectives arrive at a terrifying reality: They are not just chasing a homicide suspect. They are stalking evil itself.. .
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Graffiti & tattoos are now firmly entrenched as mainstream art forms. Over the past few decades these raw products of street culture have converged into a distinctive visual aesthetic documented for the first time in this compelling & inspirational book. Famed graffiti tattoo artist Kaves & tattoo historian Billy Burke introduce one by one the masters of graffiti tattoo art their personal stories & their diverse handiwork. Each chapter contains an in-depth profile a personal statement & fascinating photos of studios & clients. Readers will learn about the skin graffiti" process view brilliant "flash" drawings (design sketches for patrons to choose from) & come away with a new understanding of & appreciation for an art form that transforms the human body into the ultimate canvas for self-expression." ...

Maleeka suffers every day from the taunts of the other kids in her class. If theyre not getting at her about her embarrassing home-made clothes or her good grades at school its about her dark black skin
- a deeper shade than any of theirs. When a new teacher whose face is blotched with a startling white patch starts at their school Maleeka can see there is bound to be trouble for her too. But the new teachers attitude surprises Maleeka. Miss Saunders loves the skin shes in. Can Maleeka too? A deeply involving novel that will draw readers into Maleekas world & let them see it through her eyes.
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