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"His ability to overcome adversity and pain, even in the face of death, is what makes Grant truly unique." – Edwin Moses, Olympic Gold Medallist
He was told he would never cycle again. But South African ultra-endurance cyclist Grant Lottering doesn’t take no for an answer.
In 2013, Lottering’s heart stopped after a gruesome accident in the Italian Alps. Doctors said he would never ride again. Since then, he has completed many gruelling rides through some of the toughest terrain on the planet. The first South African to complete a solo, non-stop 420-kilometre ultra-endurance ride through the northern French Alps in under 24 hours, Lottering has endured numerous rides previously thought to be impossible, while raising millions for charities.
Grant Lottering is a highly regarded motivational speaker and ambassador for Laureus Sport for Good. His story – proving that the human body can achieve the near impossible if you have the right mindset – is an inspiration to millions.
"Perseverance, resilience and determination personified". – Bryan Habana
Reinforce and review pupils' knowledge throughout the Progress in
Geography: Key Stage 3 course with this write-in Workbook. - Extend
learning beyond lessons: every double-page spread in the Student
Book has a corresponding Workbook page about the lesson content -
Check and consolidate understanding: Workbook activities ensure
that pupils have grasped the key concepts and skills in each lesson
- Set meaningful homework tasks: the Workbook exercises are perfect
for independent study, enabling students to continue learning at
home
Embodying the aims of the new curriculum for Wales, and forming
part of the Humanities Area of Learning and Experience, Curriculum
for Wales: Geography for 11-14 years will help you plan your
curriculum, offering 18 chapters packed full of geographical
resources, including maps, charts, diagrams and data. >>
Build students' curiosity about the world around them - how it
developed, what it is like now, and what it could be like in the
future by helping you develop an enquiry-based approach to
learning. >> Explore geography at a local, national and
global scale and foster students' sense of cynefin with a focus on
Wales and its place on the wider world. >> Develop core
geographical skills with fieldwork enquiries embedded into the
context of topics, encouraging students to investigate their local
area. >> Support teachers in planning and assessment with
suggested learning objectives. >> Help students to consider
topics in the context of their own lives and the local area in
which they live with regular 'My place' activities. >>
Encourage students to think about the impact of human actions in
their local area, on Wales and the world, to develop ethical
informed citizens. >> Choose from crucial content areas
including: weather and climate; ecosystems; landscapes and national
parks; rural and urban places; sport and culture; climate change;
disease; global consumers and more.
From the personal-finance duo Fortune magazine called "funny, smart, cynical, opinionated" comes savvy financial advice for today's street-smart young investors. The Motley Fool has made investing fun and easy for millions of people. Now, it custom designs its wit and wisdom for today's money-savvy teens. The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens helps teens stand out from the ho-hum mutual-fund crowd, build a portfolio of stocks they can actually care about, and take advantage of the investor's best friend -- time -- to watch their profits multiply. - Strike a blow for financial independence. The Fool shows you how to:
- Question authority when it comes to managing your money
- Save cash (for investing, for college...and, yes, even for having fun!)
- Dodge the spending and saving pitfalls that trap so many adults
- Get started investing -- online and off -- with just a few dollars
- Discover up-and-coming businesses that could become future blue chips
Warning: this is not your parents' money guide! From identifying companies that are both cool and profitable to building a portfolio that makes tracking investments exciting, The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens shows young investors the way to financial freedom.
Motivate pupils to develop their geographical skills, knowledge and
understanding as they become engaged and accomplished geographers,
ready for the demands of GCSE. Specifically designed to provide a
solid foundation for the 2016 GCSE specifications, this Student
Book takes an enquiry-based approach to learning within each unit
and lesson. - Easily and cost-effectively implement a new KS3
scheme of work: this coherent single-book course covers the latest
National Curriculum content, providing 150 ready-made lessons that
can be used flexibly for a two or three-year KS3 - Build and
improve the geographical knowledge and skills that pupils need:
every double-page spread represents a lesson, with rich
geographical data and place contexts for pupils to interpret,
analyse andevaluate - Lay firm foundations for GCSE: key
vocabulary, command words and concepts are introduced gradually,
preparing pupils for the content and question types they will
encounter at GCSE, with a particular focus on analysis and
evaluation questions - Effectively assess, measure and demonstrate
progress: formative assessments throughout each lesson and
summative end-of-unit reviews include questions that show whether
pupils are 'working towards', 'meeting' or 'exceeding' expectations
- Encourage pupils to check and drive their own progress: learning
objectives and end-of-unit learning outcomes help pupils reflect on
their learning and make connections between key concepts and skills
throughout the course
In Conspiracy: Legends, David Gardner delves into the world of
celebrity to investigate legendary stories that continue to
fascinate and intrigue to this day. If people famously remember
where they were when JFK was assassinated, many also recall where
they were and what they were doing when Elvis, Princess Diana and
John Lennon died. As for Marilyn Monroe, the candle flickered out
long ago, but only now can the truth be told about how and why she
died. After combing through thousands of recently declassified FBI
files, interviewing key witnesses, crime analysts and forensic
experts during years of research, investigative writer David
Gardner has unearthed new information that will transform the way
we look at these iconic tragedies as well as include new insights
on the conspiracy theories that surround the deaths of Bob Marley,
Kurt Cobain and even the Queen. For the first time, Conspiracy:
Legends provides many of the answers that have been so elusive for
so long, while explaining what it was about these enduring legends
that made them so memorable.
Adolf Hitler was one of six children born to his mother, and one of
eight born to his father from two of his three marriages. Alois
Hitler, né Schicklgruber, was an official of the Austrian customs
service, and the combination of an imperial uniform and a severe
drinking habit seems to have ensured that Hitler's father was a
drunken bully given to beating his children if they were not
instantly obedient. Alois had two children, Alois junior and
Angela, by his second wife, and six by his third, Hitler's mother
Clara, of whom four, all boys, died at birth or in infancy. Young
Adolf was therefore left with a half-brother, Alois, and
half-sister, Angela, and a full sister, Paula, who died in 1960.
When Hitler killed himself in April 1945, all his siblings were
still living and some had children of their own. So, what happened
to them? The answer is that no one was really certain until David
Gardner published this book in 2001, having patiently and
steadfastly tracked down Hitler's living relations to the USA, and
made contact with some of them. Now revised and updated, this is a
fascinating study of a little-known side of Hitler's history, as
well as a riveting account of how the author traced and contacted
the survivors of a bloodline that most of the world probably hoped
had become extinct.
Highly Commended in the GA Publishers' Awards 2021: "This
comprehensive resource has been designed to work alongside Progress
in Geography and uses the same format and recognisable layout. It
can also be used as a standalone text and is packed full of
resources, well-framed activities, support and practice to help
students to develop key geographical skills and think critically
about what they're learning. The judges also felt it could be a
useful reference for non-specialists and trainee teachers." This
book is designed to help students build up and apply geographical
skills throughout KS3. A wide range of skills are introduced in
Unit 1, and then revisited and progressed in different contexts in
Units 2-15 as part of a learning journey to becoming a geographer.
These skills are progressed as an integral component of an enquiry
process. The book provides a firm foundation for the geographical
skills required at GCSE level and beyond. A wide range of
geographical data is provided including satellite images and a
large number of OS maps at a variety of scales, often linked to
other data, such as ground and aerial photos. Progress in Geography
Skills: Key Stage 3 can be used independently or alongside the
Progress in Geography: Key Stage 3 Student book. Each page has a
specific learning objective and skills focus, such as: - Conducting
geographical enquiries; considering different points of view and
making decisions - Drawing field sketches, linked to OS maps and
locating places using lines of latitude and longitude on an atlas
or grid references on OS maps - Understanding and drawing a wide
variety of graphs - Analysis and presentation of statistical data -
Comparing ground level photographs with Ordnance Survey maps and
being able to identify coastal, glacial and river landforms on OS
maps - Using newspapers to investigate issues, and detect bias -
Using websites, including online GiS, as part of enquiries and
investigating data
A Lincoln Legacy: The History of the U.S. District Court for the
Western District of Michigan by David Gardner Chardavoyne with Hugh
W. Brenneman, Jr. provides the first and only comprehensive
examination of the history of the United States federal courts in
the Western District of Michigan. The federal courts were
established by the U.S. Constitution to adjudicate disputes
involving federal laws, disputes between litigants from different
states involving state and federal laws, and to punish violations
of criminal laws passed by Congress. During the Civil War, Abraham
Lincoln signed legislation creating two federal districts in the
state of Michigan: the Eastern and Western Districts-the latter of
which is headquartered in Grand Rapids and which now encompasses
the western half of the Lower Peninsula and all of the Upper
Peninsula. With the rapid expansion of legislation passed by
Congress, the increasing mobility of society, and the growth of
interstate commerce, the federal courts have assumed an important
and sometimes dominant role in major litigation today. In A Lincoln
Legacy, Chardavoyne tracks the history of these courts over eleven
chapters, from their creation by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 to
2020. He discusses the changes in society that drove the evolving
federal litigation and some significant cases heard in the Western
District. Additionally, fifteen appendices are included in the
book, listing of all the federal circuit and district judges in the
Western District; commissioners; magistrate judges and bankruptcy
judges; U.S. Attorneys; clerks of the courts; U.S. Marshals; and
more. Chardavoyne also identifies auxiliary offices and
organizations revolving around the federal court that play a major
role in its activities (e.g., the U.S. Attorney's Office, the
Federal Public Defender's Office, the Federal Bar Association,
etc.). A Lincoln Legacy provides a thorough examination of the
history of the federal courts of Western Michigan. It will appeal
to those learning and practicing law, as well as those with an
interest in Michigan history.
A full-color guide to the entire field of clinical endocrinology
and its scientific underpinnings - updated with the latest
breakthroughs and developments Greenspan's Basic & Clinical
Endocrinology delivers a succinct, leading-edge overview of the
underlying molecular biology of the endocrine system and the latest
perspectives on the diagnosis and treatment of specific diseases
and disorders. Featuring an enhanced design that includes hundreds
of full-color illustrations and clinical photographs, Greenspan's
is a true must-have during traditional or integrated courses in
endocrinology, endocrinology rotation, or exam prep in internal
medicine and endocrinology and as reference for disease management.
Greenspan's provides clinically relevant coverage of metabolic bone
disease, pancreatic hormones and diabetes mellitus, hypoglycemia,
obesity, geriatric endocrinology, and many other diseases and
disorders. Supporting this essential material is a handy appendix
of normal hormone reference ranges across the lifespan. Here's why
Greenspan's is an essential tool for learning how to manage
endocrine patients: * The Tenth Edition is enhanced by updated
content throughout each chapter * NEW CHAPTERS on Transgender
Endocrinology and Disorders of Sexual Determination and
Differentiation * Important chapter on Evidence-Based Endocrinology
and Clinical Epidemiology * Concise, balanced coverage of both
scientific and clinical principles that guide patient management *
The best source for current concepts in endocrine pathophysiology
to aid clinical decision making * The most practical, current
insights into diagnostic testing * More than 270 full-color
illustrations and clinical photographs If you are in need of a
well-illustrated, completely up-to-date guide to the entire field
of clinical endocrinology, this trusted classic belongs on your
desk or computer.
This book examines establishing, maintaining and developing self-access language learning (SALL). While much of the book presents practical ideas dealing with issues related to SALL, they are supported by references to relevant literature and research. This link between theory and practice makes the debate about SALL accessible and makes the book a useful resource for those establishing and running self-access learning facilities, from pre-service teacher trainees to experienced teachers and from managers of self-access centers to administrators.
Investigative journalist David Gardner turns his uncompromising
gaze on the many conspiracy theories connected with the COVID
pandemic. With first-hand reporting and detailed investigations
into the people who originated these COVID theories - some of them
plausible, some driven by an agenda, and some plainly mad - he
answers the questions that everyone has been asking for nearly two
years since the pandemic began, and left us doubting our leaders as
never before. When COVID-19 struck early in 2020, first in China
and inexorably through the rest of the world, it quickly became the
subject of the most virulent outbreak of conspiracy theories we
have ever seen. The pandemic quickly became an infodemic. The
President of the United States championed bleach as a cure, the
Chinese government blamed the Americans, and the American
government blamed the Chinese - a Cold War over a cold virus. David
Icke said that COVID does not exist. People blamed 5G phone
networks, genetically modified crops, Bill Gates, Corona beer,
aliens, bats and pangolins . . . Yet these theorists are not all
the obsessive cultists and paranoid mavericks with whom the
conspiracy-theory label is often associated. They are your parents,
your next-door neighbour, your boss at work. The question marks
over the origins of COVID-19, the dangers of the virus. The world
has been changed for ever by the events of the past two years. It
is crucial that history offers an accurate account of what
happened. This book will play a key role in revealing what - and
what not - to believe.
A collection of 18 pieces on a wide range of topics including
growing up in 1950s Mexico, physical abuse, an emotional encounter
with two paraplegic WWII vets, a forgotten journal, small town life
in North Dakota, a humorous way of compensating for a lack of
drawing ability, and more.
The Commandments of Lacrosse is a training book with 50 rules to
follow to help make yourself a better teammate and player in the
game of Lacrosse. These rules apply to both the men's and women's
game and expand from young or beginning players to professionals.
This Lacrosse book makes a great gift to coaches, players and
family members looking to learn more about the game, improve their
skills or relive their love for lacrosse.
After reading the first three chapters of the Execution Factor, you
will come the the conlusion that this should be a mandatory read
for anyone looking to get into Internet marketing...Almost like an
entrance exam. With so many shiny objects out there these days, Ben
Jacques has found the right way to get people on all levels to take
action. This is the extra punch you need to get that most recent
idea floating inyour head out into the real world market.
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