The local youth club are putting an under-elevens squad together
- & Dal Chris Abs & Jason are determined to be picked. They know
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Dal Chris Abs & Jason have made the squad for the local youth club under-lls football team. & after their first match (not as successful as theyd have liked) they are determined to prove that theyve got what it takes to be winners. Rushton Reds for the Cup! Chris is a striker
- but can he put the ball in the back of the net when Rushton Reds meet Evington Eagles their chief rivals in a big Cup game? He & his team-mates
- Dal Jason & Abs
- all want to lift the trophy. But Evington Eagles are the Cup-holders & wont be easy to beat.


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At last football has its answer to Freakonomics The Tipping Point & The Undercover Economist. Why do England lose? " Why do Germany & Brazil Win?" " How have Spain conquered the World?" " Penalties
- what are they good for?" " What is the price on achieving success & the true cost of failure?" These are questions every football fan has asked. Soccernomics (previously published as Why England Lose) answers them. Written with an economist's brain & a football writer's skill it applies high-powered analytical tools to everyday football topics. Soccernomics isn't in the first place about money. It's about looking at data in new ways. It's about revealing counterintuitive truths about football. It explains all manner of things about the game which newspapers just can't see. It all adds up to a new way of looking at football beyond cliches about " The Magic of the FA Cup" " England's Shock Defeat" & " Newcastle's New South American Star". No training in economics is needed to read Soccernomics but the reader will come out of it with a better understanding not just of football but of how economists think & what they know."
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Music is so ubiquitous that it can be easy to overlook the powerful influence it exerts in so many areas of our lives
- from birth
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If you want to know what anthropology is look at what anthropologists do. This Very Short Introduction to Social & Cultural Anthropology combines an accessible account of some of the disciplines guiding principles & methodology with abundant examples & illustrations of anthropologists at work. Peter Just & John Monaghan begin by discussing anthropologys most important contributions to modern thought: its investigation of culture as a distinctively human characteristic its doctrine of cultural relativism & its methodology of fieldwork & ethnography. They then examine specific ways in which social & cultural anthropology have advanced our understanding of human society & culture drawing on examples from their own fieldwork. The book ends with an assessment of anthropologys present position & a look forward to its likely future. ...

Every baby is a unique individual from the moment of birth with their own likes & dislikes strengths & sensitivities. One baby might find bright light disturbing another may not be troubled by light at all but might find being undressed distressing. Similarly babies differ in what they find soothing & comforting. Only by being finely tuned to a babys unique communications can an adult fully understand that baby & provide appropriate care. The Social Baby" is based on evidence about the development of communication in infants collected in research institutes around the world. By using picture sequences from video footage this book provides captivating illustrations of key aspects of infant experience. Together with an accessible text these illustrations provide a window into the rich & complex social world of babies. The knowledge & understanding gained from " The Social Baby" will help all those concerned with the care of young infants to relate more sensitively & responsively to the babies who depend on them. It will also enrich their own experience & enhance their enjoyment." ...

In asking where we came from what we are & where we are going Edward O. Wilson directly addresses three fundamental questions of religion philosophy & science. Refashioning the story of human evolution he draws on his remarkable knowledge of biology & social behaviour to show that group selection not kin selection is the primary driving force of human evolution. He proves that history makes no sense without prehistory & prehistory makes no sense without biology. Demonstrating that the sources of morality religion & the creative arts are fundamentally biological in nature Wilson presents us with the clearest explanation ever produced as to the origin of the human condition & why it resulted in our domination of the Earths biosphere. ...

A general & systematic account of the role of knowledge in society aimed to stimulate both critical discussion & empirical investigations. This book is concerned with the sociology of everything that passes for knowledge in society. It focuses particularly on that common-sense knowledge which constitutes the reality of everyday life for the ordinary member of society. The authors are concerned to present an analysis of knowledge in everyday life in the context of a theory of society as a dialectical process between objective & subjective reality. Their development of a theory of institutions legitimations & socializations has implications beyond the discipline of sociology & their humanistic approach has considerable relevance for other social scientists historians philosophers & anthropologists. ...

The first book to reveal & dissect the technical aspect of many social engineering maneuvers From elicitation pretexting influence & manipulation all aspects of social engineering are picked apart discussed & explained by using real world examples personal experience & the science behind them to unraveled the mystery in social engineering. Kevin Mitnick-one of the most famous social engineers in the world-popularized the term social engineering." He explained that it is much easier to trick someone into revealing a password for a system than to exert the effort of hacking into the system. Mitnick claims that this social engineering tactic was the single-most effective method in his arsenal. This indispensable book examines a variety of maneuvers that are aimed at deceiving unsuspecting victims while it also addresses ways to prevent social engineering threats. * Examines social engineering the science of influencing a target to perform a desired task or divulge information * Arms you with invaluable information about the many methods of trickery that hackers use in order to gather information with the intent of executing identity theft fraud or gaining computer system access * Reveals vital steps for preventing social engineering threats Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking does its part to prepare you against nefarious hackers-now you can do your part by putting to good use the critical information within its pages." ...

Acclaimed as a magisterial classic work A Social History of English Cricket is an encyclopaedic survey of the game from its humble origins all the way to modern floodlit finishes. But it is also the story of English culture mirrored in a sport that has always been a complex repository of our manners hierarchies & politics. Derek Birley's survey of the impact on cricket of two world wars Empire & 'the English caste system' will contends Ian Wooldridge 'teach an intelligent child of twelve more about their heritage than he or she will ever pick up at school.' In just under 400 pages Birley takes us through a rich historical tapestry: how the game was snatched from rustic obscurity by gentlemanly gamblers; became the height of late eighteenth century metropolitan fashion; was turned into both symbol & synonym for British imperialism; & its more recent struggle to dislodge the discomforting social values preserved in the game from its imperial heyday. Superbly witty & humorous peopled by larger-than-life characters from Denis Compton to Ian Botham & wholly forswearing nostalgia A Social History of English Cricket is a tour-de-force by one of the great writers on cricket. ...