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2 Books in 1! Grab a pencil to put your skills to the test! Improve
Your Memory, Concentration, Creativity, Reasoning, and
Problem-Solving Skills Esteemed puzzle master David Millar along
with American Mensa(R), the smartest brand in the world, bring you
logic and problem-solving puzzles in the form of both word and
number challenges. The range of puzzle types include: Mazes Sudoku
Story logic Blank-filling puzzles Riddles And more! The hours of
brain-training fun will help you improve your memory and exercise
those mind-muscles. This book can be used and appreciated by anyone
who wants to keep their mind sharp and in tip-top shape--something
absolutely everyone will benefit from.
Mensa is a huge international organization with hundreds of
thousands of members worldwide; it is the oldest and largest
High-IQ society, and very well-respected. We have the exclusive
right to publish these books with American Mensa. Each of our books
will be branded with Mensa's name and logo, and they will help
promote the books. This new series will be upbeat, fun, and more
attractive than older Mensa publications, along the lines of Mental
Floss' series.
It's time we all stopped whining and learned a thing or two from The Toughest Cyclists Ever. Including:
Stephen Roche, whose cure for exhaustion was to go up a gear and fight harder, all the way to the ambulance. Eddy Merckx, who hurt himself so badly in breaking the Hour record that, he estimated, he shortened his career by a year. Beryl Burton, who crushed her (male) rival's morale with the offer of a piece of liquorice, before speeding past to victory. Nicole Cooke and Edwig Van Hooydonck, who rejected dope and became legends.
The Hardmen tells the stories - the good bits, anyway - of the 40 most heroic Cyclists ever. Their bravery, their panache and their Perfect Amount of Dumb.
It reminds us that suffering on a bike liberates us from our daily lives, and that, in the words of Lance Armstrong 'pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever'; proof that even assholes can be insightful.
This volume is an invaluable one-stop reference book for anyone wanting a brief and accurate account of the life and work of those who created science from its beginnings to the present day. The alphabetically organized, illustrated biographical dictionary has been thoroughly revised and updated, covering over 1,500 key scientists (157 more than in the previous edition) from 40 countries. Physics, chemistry, biology, geology, astronomy, mathematics, medicine, meteorology and technology are all represented and special attention is paid to pioneer women whose achievements and example opened the way to scientific careers for others. This new edition includes recent Nobel laureates, as well as winners of the Fields Medal, the mathematician's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Illustrated with around 150 portraits, diagrams, maps and tables, and with special panel features, this book is an accessible guide to the world's prominent scientific personalities. David Millar has carried out research into the flow of polar ice sheets at the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, and in Antarctica. He has also written on a range of science and technology topics, and edited a study of the politics of the Antarctic. His professional career has been spent in the oil industry, principally in the marketing of geoscience software. He lives in France. John Millar graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, and has a doctorate from Imperial College, London. He worked for BP developing new geophysical methods for use in oil exploration and production. In 1994 he co-founded GroundFlow Ltd., which has developed electrokinetic surveying and logging as a new technique for imaging and mapping fluids in subsurface porous rocks.
This volume is an invaluable one-stop reference book for anyone wanting a brief and accurate account of the life and work of those who created science from its beginnings to the present day. The alphabetically organized, illustrated biographical dictionary has been thoroughly revised and updated, covering over 1,500 key scientists (157 more than in the previous edition) from 40 countries. Physics, chemistry, biology, geology, astronomy, mathematics, medicine, meteorology and technology are all represented and special attention is paid to pioneer women whose achievements and example opened the way to scientific careers for others. This new edition includes recent Nobel laureates, as well as winners of the Fields Medal, the mathematician's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Illustrated with around 150 portraits, diagrams, maps and tables, and with special panel features, this book is an accessible guide to the world's prominent scientific personalities. David Millar has carried out research into the flow of polar ice sheets at the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, and in Antarctica. He has also written on a range of science and technology topics, and edited a study of the politics of the Antarctic. His professional career has been spent in the oil industry, principally in the marketing of geoscience software. He lives in France. John Millar graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, and has a doctorate from Imperial College, London. He worked for BP developing new geophysical methods for use in oil exploration and production. In 1994 he co-founded GroundFlow Ltd., which has developed electrokinetic surveying and logging as a new technique for imaging and mapping fluids in subsurface porous rocks.
What is it really like to be a racer? What is it like to be swept
along at 60kmh in the middle of the pack? What happens to the body
during a high-speed chute? What tactics must teams employ to win
the day, the jersey, the grand tour? What sacrifices must a cyclist
make to reach the highest levels? What is it like on the bus? In
the hotels? What camaraderie is built in the confines of a team?
What rivalries? How does it feel to be constantly on the road, away
from loved ones, tasting one more calorie-counted hotel breakfast?
David Millar offers us a unique insight into the mind of a
professional cyclist during his last year before retirement. Over
the course of a season on the World Tour, Millar puts us in touch
with the sights, smells and sounds of the sport. This is a book
about youth and age, fresh-faced excitement and hard-earned
experience. It is a love letter to cycling. 'Cycling has always
been about a great deal more than its winners, and The Racer is
quite a ride' Spectator
Scottish devolution brought high hopes for an open political
culture. But how far have these been fulfilled? Open Scotland?
argues that in the field of political communication the old,
established ways of the British state still remain firmly in place.
Westminster and Whitehall still cast long shadows over Edinburgh.
This book offers the first full-scale coverage of how media,
politicians and lobbyists interact in the new Scotland. Based on
their exceptional first-hand access to the key players, Philip
Schlesinger, David Miller and William Dinan have written an inside
account of the struggles to establish the rules of the game for
covering politics. They have talked to the journalists of
Scotland's political media pack who are at the heart of the new
political system and who have a decisive impact on the image of the
Scottish Parliament and government. They have observed and
interviewed the professional lobbyists and reveal their strategies
for achieving a respectable image in Scottish public life. And they
have analysed some of the key rows and the failures of news
management inside Scotland's government. Open Scotland? offers an
insight to the world of lobbyists, journalists and spin doctors,
revealing the motivations behind the news stories in Scottish
politics today.
Ever wondered how to carry out business planning, deal with
customers, analyse business requirements, design IT systems and
manage finance and property? This handbook will provide you with
systems for dealing with all of these potential problem areas in a
logical and systematic manner. Conforming to UK National Management
Standards and meeting the requirements of NVQ Management Levels 3,
4 and 5, information Technology manager David Miller has brought
together checklists aimed at anyone managing customers, projects
and staff. From professionals with a good knowledge of the
processes involved, to students starting out, 'The IT Manager's
Handbook' is a valuable resource accessible to non-IT
organisations, colleges, businesses and other organisations. This
is a fully portable, readily available and comprehensive source of
reference material to help you meet the increasing demands placed
on today's IT Manager.
When two plainclothes policemen arrested champion cyclist David
Millar in a restaurant near Biarritz in 2004 for doping, it marked
the beginning of a two-year exile from cycling and the end of
everything else: his multimillion dollar contract with one of the
biggest teams in the sport, his opulent lifestyle, the support of
his teammates and closest friends, and the gold medal he'd won
months before at the world championships. This candid memoir
follows a young and idealistic cyclist from the early-morning
streets of Hong Kong to the highest echelons of the sport in France
where, overcome by peer pressure and the stress of remaining at the
top, he started using the red blood cell-boosting substance EPO.
Millar, reinstated to the sport and now an ardent critic of doping,
paints an intriguing and frenetic portrait of professional cycling
and of the pressures and seediness lurking beneath the surface. As
pulse-pounding and suspenseful as a thriller, this piercing, moving
memoir shines a light into the dark corners of cycling and, by
extension, all of world-class sport.
The SUNDAY TIMES bestselling memoir from the Tour de France cyclist
who lifts the lid on his drug use and return to sport. By his
eighteenth birthday David Millar was living and racing in France,
sleeping in rented rooms, tipped to be the next English-speaking
Tour winner. A year later he'd realised the dream and signed a
professional contract. He perhaps lived the high life a little too
enthusiastically - he broke his heel in a fall from a roof after
too much drink, and before long the pressure to succeed had tipped
over into doping. Here, in a full and frank autobiography, David
Millar recounts the story from the inside: he doped because
'cycling's drug culture was like white noise', and because of peer
pressure. 'I doped for money and glory in order to guarantee the
continuation of my status.' Five years on from his arrest, Millar
is clean and reflective, and holds nothing back in this account of
his dark years.
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