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Aaron Alexander, host of The Align Podcast, delivers the first book to make easy performance trend that is taking top athletes, fitness junkies and longevity medicine practitioners by storm. The Align Method is a way to level up your fitness while age-proofing your body, using movement techniques inspired by yoga, martial arts, chiropractics and more. In 30 days of mindful alignment, readers gain massive long-term health benefits, toned muscles, a faster metabolism, reduced anxiety, better sexual performance and increased energy. This 30-day plan centres on 5 daily optimisations that can easily be integrated into a workout, mindfulness practice, or just daily life: *floor sitting * hanging * hip-hinging * spine stacking * nose breathing These small adjustments can help reinforce messages of strength and well-being at a cellular and a hormonal level, guaranteeing increased physical health. Longevity medicine and exercise is a growing trend with audiences that range from fitness enthusia...

Drawing on traditional Vedic Astrology as well as his own research and winning experience, Simon Chokoisky outlines 5 powerful techniques for predicting the outcome of any competition between two opponents with 70-80 percent accuracy. He explains how sports betting offers black-and-white outcomes and you do not have to be an advanced astrologer to understand the principles in this book or to apply them to daily life. Using examples from his bets in the World Cup and baseball, the author shows how to judge the favorite and determine the underdog's chances by looking into the body, mind, and soul of a team and its players. He details how to use the planets to determine the physical strength of each side and whose motivation, mental toughness, and drive to win is strongest as well as the more subtle spiritual nature of each team-who is luckier and who has fate on their side. He details how he used these simple principles to win hundreds of bets and how he now uses them to fund charita...

Mathematically rich and engaging tasks offer excellent opportunities for students to learn what mathematics is and how one does it. Such tasks, however, can often be the most difficult to implement effectively during instruction. Research shows that tasks that promote thinking, reasoning, and problem solving often decline during execution due to a variety of classroom factors. The result is students apply previously learned rules and procedures without learning the connection to meaning and understanding and opportunities for thinking and reasoning are lost. This book, a collection of carefully selected articles from past issues of NCTM journals, includes activities for teachers to use with their students to promote the understanding of the mathematical content. Articles are arranged into content strands and ordered within a strand to promote the development of important areas of mathematics. These key areas are all highlighted in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM)...

Again to Carthageis the "breath taking, pulse-quickening, stunning "sequel to Once a Runnerthat "will have you standing up and cheering, and pulling on your running shoes" (Chicago Sun-Times). Originally self-published in 1978, Once a Runnerbecame a cult classic, emerging after three decades to become a New York Times bestseller. Now, in Again to Carthage, hero Quenton Cassidy returns. The former Olympian has become a successful attorney in south Florida, where his life centers on work, friends, skin diving, and boating trips to the Bahamas. But when he loses his best friend to the Vietnam War and two relatives to life's vicissitudes, Cassidy realizes that an important part of his life was left unfinished. After reconnecting with his friend and former coach Bruce Denton, Cassidy returns to the world of competitive running in a desperate, all-out attempt to make one last Olympic team. Perfectly capturing the intensity, relentlessness, and occasional lunacy of a s...

This 120-page Bull Terrier Journal features: 120 wide-ruled lined pages6 x 9 inches in size - big enough for your writings about your dog and also small enough to take with yousmooth white-color paper, perfect for ink, gel pens, pencils or even colored pencilsa black matte-finish cover for an elegant, professional look and feel This (As A Matter Of Fact The World Does Revolve Around My Bull Terrier) journal can be used for writing poetry, jotting down your brilliant ideas, recording your accomplishments with your dog, and more. Use it as a diary or gratitude journal, a travel journal or to record your food intake or progress toward your fitness or dog training goals. The simple lined pages allow you to use it however you wish. Our dog journals to write in offer a wide variety of journals, so keep one by your bedside as a dream journal, one in your car to record mileage and expenses, one by your computer for login names and passwords, and one in your purse or backpack to jot down random...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy. Product details Format Paperback | 374 pages Dimensions 152 x 229 ...

How far would you go to bury the truth? While searching for a missing hill walker, Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team uncovers a body - just not the one they were looking for. Still dealing with the fallout from their last case, DCI Jack Logan and his team venture south from Inverness to investigate a brutal, gangland-style execution in the wilds of the Highland countryside. As the victim's dark secrets are gradually revealed, Jack uncovers the rot lurking beneath the stunning scenery, making himself the target of a criminal more dangerous than any he has faced before.If he isn't careful, it won't just be a murder he's dealing with in Glencoe. It'll be a massacre. 'Blood and Treachery' is the fourth book by bestselling author, JD Kirk, and perfect for fans of Tartan Noir. 'A breath of fresh air in the crime fiction genre.' – L.J. Ross Product details ...

A novel set within the Zombie Apocalypse! mythos created by Stephen Jones for his bestselling trilogy, Washington DC is sent during the second half of Zombie Apocalypse! Fightback, when the zombies' intelligence is increasing and they have formed themselves into a society, and an army. New York and Los Angeles have fallen to the walking dead and there has been no news out of Chicago, but Washington DC is still holding out and the South is still free. Time is running out, though, for the battalions defending Capitol Hill . . . As the most powerful symbols of American democracy begin to fall, the President and her advisors must be protected at all costs. But what if there are people in her own government who are prepared to do a deal with the living-dead invaders to retain power at any cost? Meanwhile, 'Zombie King' Thomas Moreby is making his own plans to rule the United States as his control increases across the country. Moreby claims to have 'foreseen' his vict...

As a child in Russia, Vladimir Nabokov enjoyed conjuring: "I loved doing simple tricks--turning water into wine, that kind of thing." In this engrossing book Michael Wood explores the blend of arrogance and mischief that makes Nabokov such a fascinating and elusive master of fiction. Wood argues that Nabokov is neither the aesthete he liked to pretend to be nor the heavy-handed moralist recent critics make him. Major works like Pnin, Lolita, Pale Fire and Ada appear in a new light, but there are also chapters on earlier works, like the Real Life of Sebastian Knight; on selected short stories; and on the translation of Eugene Onegin, as well as detailed discussions of Nabokov's ideas of literature, memory, pity, and pain. The book comes fully to terms with Nabokov's blend of playfulness and seriousness, delving into the real delight of reading him and the odd disquiet that lurks beneath that pleasure. Wood's speculations spin outward to illuminate the ambiguities...

Felix Guattari: Thought, Friendship, and Visionary Cartography, by Franco Berardi 'Bifo', originates in the author's close personal acquaintance with Felix Guattari's writings and political engagement in the context of Berardi Bifo's activism in Italian autonomist politics and his ongoing collaboration with Guattari in the 1970s and 1980s. This biography gains distinction from its keen insight into Guattari's political practice and from a precise understanding of how this practice relates to the theoretical and conceptual aspects of Guattari's writings, alone and with Gilles Deleuze. Thanks to an approach at once personal and theoretically well informed, Bifo's biography provides a clear and accessible introduction to Guattari's works. This edition also includes a critical introduction and a 2005 interview with Bifo on a range of topics relating Guattari's works to the current political conjuncture. ...

Jeder kann zum Null-Tarif schlecht gedeihende und kränkelnde Pflanzen retten. Eine Behandlung von einer Sekunde lässt Pflanzen wieder sprießen und regt Samen zum Turbo-Wachstum an. Die simple Reaktivierung des pflanzlichen Ur-Wachstums-Codes macht dies erstmals möglich. Biologisch gesehen wird die aktuelle Wachstums-Software gelöscht und die Ur-Wachstums-Software angeknipst. Die Evolution hat dieses geniale Ur-Zeit-Wachstums-Prinzip vor Jahrmillionen erdacht und nutzt es bis heute nur im Notfall als Reserve-Programm, das auch der Mensch für zukünftige, noch üppigere Ernten nutzen kann. Dieses Buch beschreibt weltweit ersmals diese in der Praxis erforschte Technologie und erklärt sie dem Leser Schritt für Schritt. Wir können nicht verhungern, außer man will es. Das Buch schreibt wie das in jedem Garten und auf Feldern geht. Product details Format ...

COOPERATIVE GROUP PROBLEM SOLVING IN PHYSICS is a teaching guide designed for use in any introductory algebra- or calculus-based physics courses. Built on a solid foundation of research from cognitive psychology, education, and physics education, this book enables instructors to integrate group problem solving into their classroom. Clear and concise directions guide instructors in the manipulation of classroom setup, content, and structure of the course. The techniques, tested and refined over a decade by many professors and thousands of students, successfully lead students to a better understanding of physics. The authors offer specific preparation techniques and teaching tools, along with real, context-rich problems designed to encourage students to develop an organized, logical, problem-solving strategy. COOPERATIVE GROUP PROBLEM SOLVING can be used as the major focus of your course or as a supplement in combination with other teaching tools. Pr...

Winner of the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award for Business and Economics Winner of the IndieReader Discovery Award for Top Business Book Winner of the Eric Hoffer Award "Clear, practical, thorough and right on the mark. It's a must-read for people who are new to giving presentations as well as experienced presenters who want to get even better. This book belongs on everyone's bookshelf." Jim Lecinski Associate Professor of Marketing, Northwestern University; former Vice-President of US Sales and Service, Google, Inc. How to Wash a Chicken is not a book about public speaking (or chickens), it's a comprehensive playbook for business leaders and people on their way up to give the best presentations of their lives, and embark on a circle of presentation success. All too often, the best intentions and most innovative ideas get lost in a poorly executed presentation. Author Tim Calkins understands the power of a compelling presentation and the difficulty in ac...

Mehr Sicherheit für die Akutsituation Vom "Diensthabenden Radiologen" wird im akuten Notfall erwartet, schnell und kompetent die richtigen diagnostischen Maßnahmen vorzunehmen. Er muss Fragen nach Indikation, geeignetem Gerät, radiologischen Zeichen, Befunden, Differenzialdiagnosen, Klassifikationen und letztlich der Diagnose sicher beantworten und das in sehr kurzer Zeit. Dieses Buch soll Ärzten in Weiterbildung in der Radiologie und in anderen Fachrichtungen, die im Dienst mit radiologischen Bildern konfrontiert werden, helfen, diese Anforderungen gut zu erfüllen. Das Überlebenshandbuch für den radiologischen Not- und Bereitschaftsdienst: - konzentriert auf die wichtigsten radiologischen Fragestellungen - strukturiert nach anatomischen Regionen - umfassend bebildert, übersichtlich und kompakt - mit Tipps zur Befundinterpretation bei suboptimalem Bildmaterial - ergänzt durch konkrete klinische Informationen, wie z.B. Klassifikationen - aus der Praxis für die Praxis ...

Anguished English is the impossibly funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our common language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed-Up Metaphors . . . from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers . . . it's a collection that will leave you roaring with delight and laughter. Help wanteds: Wanted: Unmarried girls to pick fresh fruit and produce at night.Two-Headed Headlines:Grandmother of eight makes hole in one!Doctor testifies in horse suit.Modern-Day Malapropisms:I suffer from a deviant septum. Product details Format Hardback | 117 pages Publication date 01 Dec 1987 ...

Last year was only the beginning... The legends are true. The treasures are real. The search continues. For best friends Evan and Charlie the danger still remains. After completing their first year of college the two are back for more adventure in this second installment of the 13 TREASURES series. Product details Format Paperback | 228 pages Dimensions 133 x 203 x 12mm | 240g ...

The Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 contains the world's most comprehensive collection of records and briefs brought before the nation's highest court by leading legal practitioners - many who later became judges and associates of the court. It includes transcripts, applications for review, motions, petitions, supplements and other official papers of the most-studied and talked-about cases, including many that resulted in landmark decisions. This collection serves the needs of students and researchers in American legal history, politics, society and government, as well as practicing attorneys. This book contains copies of all known US Supreme Court filings related to this case including any transcripts of record, briefs, petitions, motions, jurisdictional statements, and memorandum filed. This book does not contain the Court's opinion. The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this ...

Mother and son created this book many years ago when Joshua was three-and-a-half-years-old, to help Joshua understand his Grandfather's deteriorating memory from Alzheimer's disease. This heartfelt story tells the tale of a granddad and his grandson who love one another dearly and maintain a close relationship as Alzheimer's disease gradually progresses in the granddad. Joshua Green is a student at Temple University in the Doctor of Podiatric Medicine program, published in scientific research involving spores, and a self-taught artist. Cheryl Green, Joshua's mother, is an Associate Professor of Nursing at Southern Connecticut State University and an off-shift-nurse-leader at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Product details Format Paperback | 28 pages ...

Dating by Persuasion is the ultimate source for obtaining tools based on research that will allow you to better understand the psychology of attraction, how to become more attractive (inside and out) for the woman that you want, and how to maintain this attraction. This book is written by a health psychology professional. Product details Format Paperback | 58 pages Dimensions 152 x 229 x 3mm | 91g ...

The "Wu Family Shrines" pictorial carvings from Han dynasty China (206 BCE-220 CE) are among the earliest works of Chinese art examined in an international arena. Since the eleventh century, the carvings have been identified by scholars as one of the most valuable and authentic materials for the study of antiquity. This important book presents essays by archaeologists, art and architectural historians, curators, and historians that reexamine the carvings, adding to our understanding of the long cultural history behind them and to our knowledge of Han practices. The authors offer a thorough analysis of surviving physical and visual sources, invoking fresh perspectives from new disciplines. Essays address the ideals, practices, and problems of the "Wu Family Shrines" and Han China; Han funerary art and architecture in Shandong and other regions; architectural functions and carved meanings; Qing Dynasty Reception of the Wu Family Shrines; and more. ...

Trading is a chaotic, complex, and loosely-structured game played by the smartest minds and most expensive computers in the world. It is the ultimate puzzle. Few can trade at an elite level for an extended period. The game is constantly changing and the rules, mechanics, and probabilities are difficult to observe and forever in flux. Just when you think you've got a plan: BAM. You get punched in the mouth. Trading attracts intelligent, driven individuals who see enormous financial rewards and few barriers to entry. But no amount of intelligence or skill is enough if you are irrational, undisciplined, or overconfident. The best analysis is useless if you keep reaching for the self-destruct button. How do you survive and excel in this high-stakes competition? How do you become an Alpha Trader? The answer is mindset, methodology, and math. ALPHA TRADER is not a behavioral economics textbook and it is not a boring, theoretical deep dive into trading psychology. It's a practical gu...

Welfare reform was a spectacular success in New York under Mayor Giuliani despite the city's history of liberal social programs and its huge, entrenched welfare system. The city reduced the numbers on welfare from 1,120,000 to 460,000 by changing the organizational culture, protecting against fraud, insisting on "work first," adapting information technology, and contracting for job placement. The organizational culture was transformed by bold leadership that changed the welfare agency's mission and goals, overcame internal resistance, and prevailed over politicians who had a vested interest in the status quo and the media that were opposed to welfare reform. Welfare fraud was largely eliminated by dropping from the rolls those who were working and could not appear for in-person interviews, by fingerprinting recipients to catch those enrolled under multiple identities and those receiving welfare checks from other jurisdictions, by uncovering hidden income, by enrollin...

After being separated from her pack and left for dead, Riley, a fearless American bulldog, teams up with an unexpected ally on her quest to find the final path home. Together they face the harshness of the wilderness, the rage of the "deaders," and the murderous intent of the "two-leggers." Sometimes, man is far from a dog's best friend. Product details Format CD-Audio Dimensions 133 x 165 x 6mm | 82g ...