The Numbers Game by Chris Anderson & David Sally reveals football's astonishing hidden rules. Football has always been a numbers game: 4-4-2 the big number 9 & 3 points for a win. But what if up until now we've been focusing on the wrong numbers? What if the numbers that really matter the ones that hold the key to winning matches are actually 2.66 53.4 50/50 & 0 > 1? What if managers only make a 15 per cent difference? What if Chelsea should have bought Darren Bent? In this incisive myth-busting book Chris Anderson former goalkeeper turned football statistics guru & David Sally former baseball pitcher turned behavioural economist show that every shred of knowledge we can gather can help us to love football & understand it even more. You'll discover why stopping a goal is more valuable than scoring one why corners should be taken short & why it is better to improve your worst player than to buy a superstar. You'll never play or watch a game of football in quite the same way again. The Numbers Game is essential reading for football fans everywhere & will also appeal to readers who loved Moneyball & Freakonomics. At 17 Chris Anderson found himself playing in goal for a fourth division club in West Germany; today he's a professor in the Ivy League at Cornell University in Ithaca New York. An award winning social scientist & football analytics pioneer Anderson consults with leading clubs about how best to play the numbers game. David Sally is a former baseball pitcher & a professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in the US where he analyses the strategies & tactics people use when they play compete negotiate & make decisions. He is an adviser to clubs & other organizations in the global football industry. ...

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How to pass numerical reasoning tests is a fantastic 176 page guide that provides the reader with a wealth of sample test questions answers & explanations. The guide has been designed for anyone who is serious about passing numerical reasoning tests with high grades. It contains lots of sample test questions & essential tips on how to answer the questions. The author of this comprehensive guide David Isaacs is a masters degree qualified mathematician who has achieved the highest grades possible in GCSE A Level & Masters Degree level Mathematics. Contents of this book include:
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- Questions created by an expert in this field
- 176 pages of test questions & advice
- Mock tests to assess your progress This book is designed specifically for every graduate & jobseeker & will build your confidence to sit & pass timed numerical reasoning tests. Feared by many these tests often decide your fate. They are often used by employers to test your mathematical ability under pressure the pressure being the time limit to answer all questions. You will need to answer the questions quickly & correctly in order to progress onto the next stage of the application process which is usually an interview. This book seeks to make you the candidate fearless of such tests & able to operate under the pressure of being timed.





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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

Nuneaton Street by Street Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country. Reproduced in full colour this is an exciting examination of Nuneaton the famous streets & the famous faces & what they meant to the people of this area throughout the nineteenth & into the twentieth century. Looking beyond the exquisite exterior of these well-kept photos readers can see the historical context in which they are set & through the authors factual captions for every picture & carefully-selected choice of images the reader can achieve a reliable view of this towns history. There is something for everyone here whether they have lived in the area all their lives or whether they are just visiting this Warwickshire town. ...

' Matron smiled. It was the smile that one woman gives to another & not the chilly facial movement from Matrons of old. Do you think you would be able to work 9 to 3.30?" For a moment I couldn't think at all. There seemed something not quite right in being paid for so little labour'. At the end of the Second World War as husbands came back to Civvy Street their wives had the luxury of staying at home with the children. For a short while at least. Soon Evelyn realised she had to find part-time work to make ends meet & to her astonishment she was offered part-time hours at her old hospital. The day-to-day job hadn't changed much but she was now a nurse & mother. Whooping cough & measles could still kill a small child & the early '50s polio epidemic left the whole country in shock. But the nurses worked hard moaned incessantly about their aching feet & yet found things to laugh at just as they did from the start of their training. If old soldiers never die then neither do nurses." ...

Brussels 1915. It is a frosty April evening in occupied Belgium when a beautiful young woman finds herself on the run from the enemy. Also being pursued is Ned Scott a British army major who has been badly injured. The pair find themselves at a hospital run by the famous Edith Cavell who agrees to treat the major while offering them both refuge & a false identity
- she names the young girl Anna. However it seems no one is safe & as details of Anna's true identity emerge the enemy's net tightens. Meanwhile the major is torn between his desire to stand by brave Edith & the knowledge that he must escape. Closely watched wherever they go is there anyone these three people can trust? & will love have the power to overcome the horrors of war?
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This book the second in a series of four unique War Diaries produced in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum will tell a story that is rarely heard: the experiences of a nurse working close to the Western Front in the First World War. Incredibly Edith Appleton served in France for the whole of the conflict. Her bravery & dedication won her the Military OBE the Royal Red Cross & the Belgian Queen Elisabeth medal among others. Her diary details with compassion all the horrors of the war to end wars including the first use of poison gas & the terrible cost of battles such as Ypres but she also records what life was like for nurses & how she spent her time off-duty. There are moments of humour amongst the tragedy & even lyrical accounts of the natural beauty that still existed amidst all the destruction. ...

This book the second in a series of four unique War Diaries produced in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum tells a story that is rarely heard: the experiences of a nurse working close to the Western Front in the First World War. Incredibly Edith Appleton served in France for the whole of the conflict. Her bravery & dedication won her the Military OBE the Royal Red Cross & the Belgian Queen Elizabeth medal among others. Her diary details with compassion all the horrors of the 'war to end wars' including the first use of poison gas & the terrible cost of battles such as Ypres but she also records what life was like for nurses & how she spent her time off-duty. There are moments of humour amongst the tragedy & even lyrical accounts of the natural beauty that still existed amidst all the destruction. ...

Attractive clever & wilful Lily Knowles is desperate to leave home. So at twenty-one she escapes to London to train as a nurse where she gathers many admirers
- none more dashing than RAF officer Sandy Redfern with whom she falls in love. But the coming of war with the chaos of the Blitz brings upheavals & unforeseen entanglements. On hearing of Sandys reckless affair with a married woman a heartbroken Lily throws herself into her work. Then further changes in circumstances bring her to a busy RAF hospital in Hampshire where a faithful childhood sweetheart persuades her to become engaged to him. & then fate brings Sandy Redfern back into her life physically scarred by burns & inwardly embittered. What of their once passionate love & her present commitment? Can the past ever be recaptured?
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