The phenomenal Sunday Times" bestseller " Periodic Tales" by Hugh Andersey-Williams packed with fascinating stories & unexpected information about the building blocks of our universe. Everything in the universe is made from them including you. Like you the elements have personalities attitudes talents shortcomings stories rich with meaning. Here youll meet iron that rains from the heavens & noble gases that light the way to vice. Youll learn how lead can tell your future while zinc may one day line your coffin. Youll discover what connects the bones in your body with the Whitehouse in Washington the glow of a streetlamp with the salt on your dinner table. Unlocking their astonishing secrets & colourful pasts " Periodic Tales" is a voyage of wonder & discovery showing that their stories are our stories & their lives are inextricable from our own. " Science writing at its best. A fascinating & beautiful literary anthology bringing them to life as personalities. If only chemistry had been like this at school. A rich compilation of delicious tales". (Matt Ridley " Prospect"). "A love letter to the chemical elements. Aldersey-Williams is full of good stories & he knows how to tell them well". (" Sunday Telegraph"). " Great fun to read & an endless fund of unlikely & improbable anecdotes". (" Financial Times"). " The history science art literature & everyday applications of all the elements from aluminium to zinc". (" The Times"). Hugh Aldersey-Williams studied natural sciences at Cambridge. He is the author of several books exploring science design & architecture & has curated exhibitions at the Victoria & Albert Museum & the Wellcome Collection. He lives in Norfolk with his wife & son." ...

Rugby as with most other team sports is a game of technical finesse tactical boldness & refined & complex physical development. Periodization in Rugby" addresses one of the most crucial elements of the sport
- physical conditioning. Utilizing the revolutionary training techniques developed by Tudor Bompa
- the father of modern sports periodization
- this superb volume presents readers with proven training principles an overview of the fundamentals of rugby & an explanation of the physiological demands of the sport & how they impact on training. It also features short term & annual training plans with numerous drills & exercises to improve the skills of all players as well as expert tips on recovery & nutrition."


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Sports conditioning has advanced tremendously since the era when a no pain no gain" philosophy guided the training regimens of athletes. Dr. Tudor Bompa pioneered most of these breakthroughs proving long ago that its not only how much & how hard an athlete works but also when & what work is done that determines the athletes conditioning level. In " Periodization Training for Sports " Bompa demonstrates how to use periodized workouts in order to peak at optimal times by manipulating six different training phases: anatomical adaptation hypertrophy maximum strength conversion to power maintenance & transition. Coaches & athletes in 32 sports have at their fingertips a proven program that is sure to produce the best results. No more guessing about preseason conditioning in-season workloads or appropriate rest & recovery periods; now its simply a matter of identifying & implementing the information in this book. Presented in a useful format with plenty of ready-made training schedules " Periodization Training for Sports" is your best conditioning planner if you want to know what works why it works & when it works in the training room & on the practice field. Get in better shape next season & see the benefits of smarter workouts in competition." ...

Beck Hardin returns to his Texas hometown
- & his estranged father
- after the death of his wife leaves him with two children

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The story of Perkin Warbeck is one of the most compelling mysteries of English history. A young man suddenly emerged claiming to be Richard of York the younger of the Princes in the Tower. As such he tormented Henry VII for eight years. He tried three times to invade England & behaved like a prince. Officially however he was proclaimed to be Perkin Warbeck the son of a Flemish boatman. A diplomatic pawn he was used by the greatest European rulers of the age for their own purposes. All who dealt with him gave him the identity they wished him to have: either the Duke of York or a jumped-up lad from Flanders. It is possible that he was neither. It is also possible that by the end even he did not really know who he was. In Perkin Ann Wroe tells again a marvellous tale that is on the brink of being forgotten. She also dissects the official cover story. In doing so she delves into the secret corners of European history & produces a portrait of the late fifteenth century that is breathtaking in its detail. ...

Charlie is a freshman. & while he's not the biggest geek in the school he is by no means popular. Shy introspective intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward he is a wallflower caught between trying to live his life & trying to run from it. Charlie is attempting to navigate his way through uncharted territory: the world of first dates & mixed tapes family dramas & new friends; the world of sex drugs & The Rocky Horror Picture Show when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. But Charlie can't stay on the sideline forever. Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a deeply affecting coming-of-age story that will spirit you back to those wild & poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up. ...

Shy introspective intelligent beyond his years caught between trying to live his life & trying to run from it Charlie is attempting to navigate through the uncharted territory of high school. The world of first dates & mixed tapes family dramas & new friends. The world of sex drugs & music
- when all one requires to feel infinite is that perfect song on that perfect drive. Standing on the fringes of life Charlie has a unique perspective of the world around him but there comes a time to stop being a wallflower & see what it looks like from the dance floor. This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion has become a modern classic. Charlie's letters are singular & unique hilarious & devastating & through Charlie Stephen Chbosky has created a deeply affecting story that will spirit you back to those wild & poignant roller coaster days known as growing up.
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In the days before personal computers BASIC was the easy programming language to learn & serious programmers learned FORTRAN or COBOL to do real work." Today many people have discovered that Perl is both a great beginning programming language & one that enables them to write powerful programs with little effort. If you're interested in discovering how to program (or how others program) Perl For Dummies 4th Edition is for you. If you already know something about programming (but not about Perl) this book is also for you. If you're already an expert programmer you're still welcome to read this book; you can just skip the basic stuff (you never know what kind of new tips & tricks you'll pick up). This reference guide shows you how to use Perl under many different operating systems such as UNIX many flavors of Windows (Windows 95/98 Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows Me & Windows XP) & Macintosh OS 9 & OS X; in fact Perl runs on many more operating systems than these. Here's a sampling of what Perl For Dummies 4th Edition has to offer: Installing Perl on various platforms Nailing down the basics of building Perl programs Working with text & numbers Constructing lists & working with them Creating conditionals & loops Delving into more advanced features such as operators & functions Reading & writing files & directories Using subroutines for modularity Demystifying Web server programs Creating your own Internet clients The Perl programming language enables you to write fully working computer programs with just a few steps. It's particularly good at common programming tasks such as reading & writing text files but it also excels at reducing the work that programmers have to do. Perl For Dummies 4th Edition shows you how to do all of that & how to modify programs to your heart's content. After all one of the common phrases in the world of Perl programmers is " There's more than one way to do it."" ...

In Permanent Present Tense Suzanne Corkin tells the incredible story of the amnesiac Henry Gustave Molaison
- known only as H.M.
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This book could save you years of ill health! Vitamin B12 deficiency often caused by pernicious anaemia can be a devastating condition if left untreated leading to irreversible nerve damage & disability after years of exhaustion & mental fog. Its symptoms creep up on sufferers & are under-recognized by doctors; tests to confirm it & underlying pernicious anaemia are problematic. Martyn Hooper the founder of the Pernicious Anaemia Society now brings together vital information about the condition & real-life stories
- including his own & those of many members of the Society
- that will help sufferers & their friends & families recognize the condition & understand how best to tackle it. In particular the book draws on the findings of a survey of Society members that give new clarity to the complex issues involved.

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