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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell's modern fable on the way power corrupts is as apt as
ever in the twenty-first century. Educational edition of this
much-loved classic from Longman.
From the vantage point of many in the West, Africa remains a
continent of woe a place stalked by ethnic conflict, corrupt
dictatorships, religious strife, war and famine. But today, at
last, the flawed mythology that treats Africa as a homogenous
disaster area is being challenged by investors, economists, fund
managers and academics. Age is not often associated with speed; but
Africa, the cradle of civilisation, now has more of the world s
fastest-growing economies than any other. After a generation of
relative stagnation in the late 20th Century, many in Africa have
begun the long-awaited period of catch-up with the developed world.
The bottom billion is becoming the fastest billion. This book, the
work of a group of African economists and highly respected analysts
from Renaissance Capital, the leading emerging markets investment
bank, aims to accelerate the world s realisation that Africa has no
intention of allowing the coming decades to add up to an Asian
Century . Africa s day has arrived. Proceeds from the sale of this
book will be donated to Ashesi University, Ghana. www.ashesi.edu.gh
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More than just little gray cells is required to fathom the motives
behind murder and mayhem on the tranquil campus of a small New
England college. Cliff Collier, corporate marketing executive
turned amateur sleuth, finds the key in Greek mytholog
This is a collection of nine short stories by one of Britain's
best-loved writers. This edition is part of a series of pre- and
post-1914 works chosen especially for 14-18 year olds. The series
features fiction, anthologies, poetry, plays and non-fiction.
i. The first book that takes a comprehensive approach to training
and optimizing performance for the alpine ski racing athlete. ii.
Authored from a multi-disciplinary perspective makes this book a
unique resource iii. Accessibly written ensuring athletes, coaches,
and researchers alike can all use this book to better educate and
improve their understanding of how to properly prepare/succeed at
this most challenging sport.
i. The first book that takes a comprehensive approach to training
and optimizing performance for the alpine ski racing athlete. ii.
Authored from a multi-disciplinary perspective makes this book a
unique resource iii. Accessibly written ensuring athletes, coaches,
and researchers alike can all use this book to better educate and
improve their understanding of how to properly prepare/succeed at
this most challenging sport.
In this practical and fascinating follow-up to their
behind-the-scenes look at America's most powerful and influential
class, authors Jim Taylor, Stephen Kraus, and Doug Harrison reveal
insights and indispensable techniques to help salespeople and
marketers hone in on wealthy customers, pique their interest, and
earn their trust--and repeated business. The New Elite leveraged
unprecedented research to reveal what motivates the wealthy class,
how they think, where they shop, and how they really spend their
money. Now, based on studies of elite companies such as Lexus,
Chanel, Neiman Marcus, Four Seasons, Cartier, and Louis Vuitton,
Selling to the New Elite explains what the truly rich want from
brands, what they expect from the marketplace, and how their
changing purchasing patterns could mean big business for you.
Including eye-opening stories from mutually satisfying interactions
between salespeople and affluent buyers, the book showcases the
best practices that have led to hundreds of successful sales and
incorporates exercises that allow you to apply the information in
your own context. By helping readers win over the wealthiest
customers, this one-of-a-kind guide offers the key to becoming rich
yourself.
Jim Taylor explores how to harness the four forces that can control
our "life-inertia" and propel our lives in the direction of our OWN
choosing: values, self-esteem, ownership, and emotions. Many people
think of inertia as an object at rest will stay at rest unless a
force is exerted on it, like a boulder in a field. And people can
think of their lives in the same way: static and unmoving. But we
aren't "stuck" in one place, as so many express when they are
dissatisfied with their lives. Rather, our lives are moving swiftly
and inexorably along a path driven by powerful forces-both past and
present-that is highly resistant to a change in direction. As a
result, small forces, such as a modest insight or a brief "aha!"
moment, aren't enough to catalyze significant change in how we
think, what we feel, or how we act on or react to our world. In
fact, meaningful change can only occur when forces are applied that
are greater than the forces that are already propelling our lives.
Seeing our lives from this dynamic perspective is the foundation
for understanding what it takes to bring meaningful and
long-lasting positive change to our lives. Jim Taylor explores the
four forces (values, self-esteem, ownership, and emotions) that
propel our "life-inertia," which shows itself through the lens with
which we view the world, the emotional reactions we have, the
actions that we take, and the relationships that we create. He then
explains how to harness those to our own benefit, so that we may
steer our lives in the direction of our own choosing, rather than
allowing our past inertia or outside forces to dictate the
direction our lives take. By letting our values guide us, building
our self-esteem, taking ownership of our decisions and actions, and
using our emotions as positive fuel, we can break free from our
past inertia, take control of our lives, and chart a future of
meaning, happiness, success, and connection with confidence,
commitment, and courage.
Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, this tale is linked in its
poignancy and humour to Lord the the Flies. This edition is part of
a series of pre- and post-1914 works chosen especially for 14-18
year olds. The series features fiction, anthologies, poetry, plays
and non-fiction.
The aim of Comprehensive Applied Sport Psychology (CASP) is to
challenge our field to look beyond its current status and propel
applied sport psychology and mental training forward and outward
with a broad and multi-layered examination of everything
psychological, emotionally, and socially that the athletic
community contends with in pursuit of athletic success and that
sport psychologists and mental trainers do in their professional
capacities. Comprehensive Applied Sport Psychology is the first
professional book aimed at offering a truly expansive and deep
exploration of just about everything that applied sport
psychologists, consultants and mental trainers do in their work.
CASP plumbs the depths of the athletic mind including attitudes,
psychological and emotional obstacles, mental "muscles" and mental
"tools," quality of sport training, the health and well-being of
athletes, and other areas that are essential to athletic success.
This new volume examines not only the many ways that consultants
impact athletes, but also explores their work with coaches, teams,
parents, and interdisciplinary groups such as sports medicine team
and sports management. The book is grounded in both the latest
theory and research, thus making it a valuable part of graduate
training in applied sport psychology, as well as a practical
resource for consultants who work directly with athletes, coaches,
teams, and parents. The goal of CASP, in collaboration with dozens
of the leading minds in the field, is to create the definitive
guide to what applied sport psychology and mental training are and
do.
Sports are an amazing environment in which to raise children. The
benefits they gain from athletic participation are many, including
physical, personal, and social. Yet, there is also a dark side to
today's youth sports culture, as an emphasis on winning has made
what was once fun become a burden for many young athletes. As a
result, parents can't always be certain their children's athletic
involvement will be safe and enjoyable. In Raising Young Athletes:
Parenting Your Children to Victory in Sports and Life, Dr. Jim
Taylor-an internationally-recognized authority on sport psychology,
child development, and parenting-offers a guiding hand to help
parents ensure their children's sports participation encourages
positive attitudes and promotes healthy developments as they move
toward adulthood. The role of parents in shaping their children's
sports experience has never been more important, and Dr. Taylor
shows parents how to send the right messages to their young
athletes with clear and practical advice. Whether playing sports
just for fun or with aspirations to play professionally, Raising
Young Athletes helps parents steer their children toward a healthy,
positive experience. As such, their participation will become an
impactful part of their lives that will prepare them to be
victorious both in sports and in life.
The Economics of Regional Policy presents an extensive overview of
this important area of economics. It reprints the most important
work by leading scholars in the field.After making the case in
favour of regional policies, the book explores the topic of
economic disparities between regions including divergent economic
growth, the effects of regional migration and wages, and the
persistence of disparities in unemployment. It then explores the
different regional policy instruments that have been introduced in
the United Kingdom and in the United States and Canada and examines
their implications. A separate section is devoted to the particular
case of the European Union. The final section offers an evaluation
of regional policies and their effects on economic efficiency. This
book makes an important contribution to the literature on regional
policy and will be a valuable resource to students, academics and
policymakers.
Sports are an amazing environment in which to raise children. The
benefits they gain from athletic participation are many, including
physical, personal, and social. Yet, there is also a dark side to
today's youth sports culture, as an emphasis on winning has made
what was once fun become a burden for many young athletes. As a
result, parents can't always be certain their children's athletic
involvement will be safe and enjoyable. In Raising Young Athletes:
Parenting Your Children to Victory in Sports and Life, Dr. Jim
Taylor-an internationally-recognized authority on sport psychology,
child development, and parenting-offers a guiding hand to help
parents ensure their children's sports participation encourages
positive attitudes and promotes healthy developments as they move
toward adulthood. The role of parents in shaping their children's
sports experience has never been more important, and Dr. Taylor
shows parents how to send the right messages to their young
athletes with clear and practical advice. Whether playing sports
just for fun or with aspirations to play professionally, Raising
Young Athletes helps parents steer their children toward a healthy,
positive experience. As such, their participation will become an
impactful part of their lives that will prepare them to be
victorious both in sports and in life.
Few of us go through life without experiencing some sort of crisis,
whether health, financial, relationship, career, or personal
safety. Crises happen and they are often out of our control. But
the one thing we can control is how we respond to them. Yet, our
natural instincts often hinder us as we confront today's crises
that are complex, amorphous, and not readily solvable. Changing our
reaction to a crisis is an immense challenge, yet with powerful
lessons provided in these pages, anyone can turn crises into
opportunities for reflection, positive action, and growth. . A
crisis mentality can overwhelm you when bad things happen. Turning
crises into opportunities empowers you to overcome the darkness
that can engulf you in troubled times and allow you to seek the
light that can guide you through hard times. Exploring the
essential psychological, emotional, and interpersonal factors that
most impact your reaction to a crisis, Jim Taylor provides you with
deep insights and practical tools that help you move from a crisis
mentality of fear, pessimism, and panic that controls you to an
opportunity mindset of calm, confidence, and courage that you
control in a crisis. He offers compelling examples, both recent and
historical, well-known and unfamiliar, to bring these issues to
life. Illustrations from government, large and small business, and
ordinary people will highlight who responded well and who did not.
Break free from the crisis mentality and embrace an opportunity
mindset with nine strategies that will not only help you to
survive, but actually thrive, when bad things happen.
The aim of Comprehensive Applied Sport Psychology (CASP) is to
challenge our field to look beyond its current status and propel
applied sport psychology and mental training forward and outward
with a broad and multi-layered examination of everything
psychological, emotionally, and socially that the athletic
community contends with in pursuit of athletic success and that
sport psychologists and mental trainers do in their professional
capacities. Comprehensive Applied Sport Psychology is the first
professional book aimed at offering a truly expansive and deep
exploration of just about everything that applied sport
psychologists, consultants and mental trainers do in their work.
CASP plumbs the depths of the athletic mind including attitudes,
psychological and emotional obstacles, mental "muscles" and mental
"tools," quality of sport training, the health and well-being of
athletes, and other areas that are essential to athletic success.
This new volume examines not only the many ways that consultants
impact athletes, but also explores their work with coaches, teams,
parents, and interdisciplinary groups such as sports medicine team
and sports management. The book is grounded in both the latest
theory and research, thus making it a valuable part of graduate
training in applied sport psychology, as well as a practical
resource for consultants who work directly with athletes, coaches,
teams, and parents. The goal of CASP, in collaboration with dozens
of the leading minds in the field, is to create the definitive
guide to what applied sport psychology and mental training are and
do.
Much too often, the mental aspect of sport performance is
overlooked. While all top athletes are in outstanding physical
condition and technically exceptional, mental preparation is often
what separates the best from the rest. This is just as true for
young athletes as it is for pros and Olympians. And even though
relatively few athletes will ever reach the top of their sport, the
attitudes and life lessons learned from mental training-such as
motivation, confidence, focus, perseverance, and resilience-will
serve them well in all aspects of their lives. In Train Your Mind
for Athletic Success: Mental Preparation to Achieve Your Sports
Goals, Dr. Jim Taylor uses his own elite athletic experience and
decades of working with some of the world's best athletes to
provide competitors of every ability with insights, practical
exercises, and tools they can use to be mentally prepared when it
really counts. His Prime Sport System explores the attitudes that
lay the foundation for athletic success, the mental obstacles that
can hold athletes back, the preparations they must take, the mental
muscles they should strengthen, and the mental tools they need to
fine tune their competitive performances. Most importantly, Dr.
Taylor shows athletes practical strategies they can use to become
mentally strong so they can perform their best when it matters
most. Train Your Mind for Athletic Success goes well beyond the
typical mental skills that are discussed in other mental training
books. Readers will not only learn why mental preparation is so
important to athletic success, but also where they personally are
in each area thanks to brief mental assessments in each section of
the book. In addition, each chapter includes exercises to show
athletes how to incorporate mental training directly into their
overall sport training regimen. The most comprehensive and in-depth
book on mental preparation for athletes available, Train Your Mind
for Athletic Success is an essential read for athletes, coaches,
and parents.
Buddy movie taken to extremes. New York firefighters Chuck Levine
(Adam Sandler) and Larry Valentine (Kevin James) live different
lives. Whilst Chuck is a self-confessed lothario out for a good
time, Larry is a widower struggling to keep a regular home life for
the sake of his two young children. With Larry refusing to take up
life as a single parent and deal with his loss, he forgets to
change the primary beneficiary of his pension from his wife to his
children before the cut-off date, which would financially protect
them in the event of a work injury. The only solution is to get
married again, but Larry decides there's no other woman he could
trust enough with his children's future. During a routine search of
a burning house, Larry saves Chuck's life in an accident and Chuck
is forever indebted to his best mate as they awake in hospital.
Evaluating his predicament whilst in his sick bed, Larry finds an
article about a same-sex domestic partnership and realises Chuck
could pay his debt quicker than anticipated! After wearing Chuck
down, they eventually get hitched in a bizarre Las Vegas wedding
chapel and just when they settle in to a scene of same-sex domestic
bliss for the sake of the kids, they soon realise that their gay
union is going to be under serious scrutiny from surprise inspector
Clinton Fitzer (Steve Buscemi), who is always ready to catch out
straight guys cheating the system.
Assessment in Applied Sport Psychology is a comprehensive resource
that offers both students and professionals the opportunity to hone
their skills to help their clients, starting with the initial
consultation and lasting through a long-term relationship. In this
text, Jim Taylor and a team of sport psychology experts help
practitioners gain a deep understanding of assessment in order to
build trusting relationships and effective intervention plans that
address the needs and goals of their clients. Part I of Assessment
in Applied Sport Psychology covers topics such as the importance of
assessment, the appropriateness of qualitative and quantitative
assessment, ethical issues that can arise from assessment, and the
impact of diversity in the use of assessment. Part II introduces
readers to six ways that consultants can assess athletes: mental
health screening, personality tests, sport-specific objective
measures, interviewing, observation, and applied psychophysiology.
Chapters in this section explain the strengths and weaknesses of
each approach-for example, when traditional pencil-and-paper and
observation approaches may be more appropriate than
interviewing-and offer consultants a more complete toolbox of
assessments to use when working with athletes. Part III addresses
special issues, such as career transition, talent identification,
and sport injury and rehabilitation. One chapter is devoted to the
hot-button issue of sport-related concussions. Tables at the end of
most chapters in parts II and III contain invaluable information
about each of the assessment tools described, including its
purpose, publication details, and how to obtain it. Chapters also
contain sidebars that provide sample scenarios, recommended
approaches, and exercises to use with clients. Assessment in
Applied Sport Psychology works toward two main goals. The first is
to help consultants gain a complete understanding of their clients
through the use of a broad range of assessment tools. The second is
to show consultants how to ethically and effectively use
assessments to develop a comprehensive understanding of their
clients, thus enabling them to assist their clients in achieving
their competitive and personal goals.
In this fascinating collection Canada's most entertaining
sportswriter revisits the glories of a career following sporting
events and personalities that spanned five decades. Name any
memorable event--from Canada-Russia 1972 to Rick Hansen's Man in
Motion tour--or any famous name from Wayne Gretzky to Muhammad Ali
to the San Diego Chicken, and Jim Taylor was there giving his
insightful, witty and often sceptical take on the subject.
As Taylor writes, "when sport makes instant millionaires out of
kids who can hit a ball or a puck with a stick or stuff a leather
balloon through a fishnet, what's not to laugh?"
Here are tales of good guys and jerks, journeymen and giants
playing games for a living with the world peering into the fishbowl
and bigger, stronger, faster challengers coming at them every year.
Here too are the true originals, such as boxing legend Archie "The
Mongoose" Moore, whose storied career defied age and logic; Sam
Snead, the barefoot hillbilly who learned to play golf by hitting
rocks with a stick and went on to win 135 tournaments; Willie
O'Ree, the black New Brunswicker who broke the NHL's colour bar;
tragic Percy Williams, the pint-sized sprinter who won double gold
at the Amsterdam Olympics and later shot himself; and plenty of
lesser-known heroes like the local legend Joe Johnson, who
introduced a generation of BC kids to the love of soccer.
Both a retrospective of memorable goings-on in the sports world of
the last fifty years and a first-rate read, "And to Think I Got in
Free " stands as proof that in the right hands sports writing can
be great writing.
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