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Sports Science

A complete introduction

by Simon Rea ...

Human beings have always sought ways to gain a competitive edge over their opponents, but sports science is a relatively young discipline. So what is it all about, and how can it help athletes perform better?Sports science is the application of scientific principles to explain sporting phenomena and provide a basis for improving the performance of teams and individuals. In this comprehensive yet ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Human beings have always sought ways to gain a competitive edge over their opponents, but sports science is a relatively young discipline. So what is it all about, and how can it help athletes perform better?Sports science is the application of scientific principles to explain sporting phenomena and provide a basis for improving the performance of teams and individuals. In this comprehensive yet
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Careers in Sports Science

by Simon Rea ...

This book is aimed at students who are currently studying sports science at undergraduate level or studying BTECs in sport or sport and exercise science. The purpose of the book is to answer the big question:What do you do with a sports science degree?It is common that students know that they want to work in sport and work with people but are not sure exactly what they can do. This can affect ... Read more

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This book is aimed at students who are currently studying sports science at undergraduate level or studying BTECs in sport or sport and exercise science. The purpose of the book is to answer the big question:What do you do with a sports science degree?It is common that students know that they want to work in sport and work with people but are not sure exactly what they can do. This can affect
... Read more
Optimising Female Athletic Performance

by Jess Pinchbeck, Candice Lingam-Willgoss, Simon Rea ...

Optimising Female Athletic Performance presents a comprehensive overview of the wide range of factors that underpin female athletic performance based on the most up to date research. This book draws from the disciplines of anatomy, physiology, psychology, and sociology to develop an integrated approach and illustrates how female athletes can be safely prepared for training and performance in a way ... Read more

$75.99 CAD

Optimising Female Athletic Performance presents a comprehensive overview of the wide range of factors that underpin female athletic performance based on the most up to date research. This book draws from the disciplines of anatomy, physiology, psychology, and sociology to develop an integrated approach and illustrates how female athletes can be safely prepared for training and performance in a way
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I Want to Eat My Brother

by Hélène Gaudy ...

Illustrated by Simone Rea ...

It's dinnertime at Oskar's house, and his parents have lots of luscious suggestions: chicken skewers? A peanut stew? Maybe he'd like a shrimp ragout?But Oskar would prefer something off the menu — he wants to eat his brother!With lush illustrations from Simone Rea, Hélène Gaudy's tale is a charming read-aloud packed to the gills with wordplay that's perfect for bedtime."An extremely silly book ... Read more

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It's dinnertime at Oskar's house, and his parents have lots of luscious suggestions: chicken skewers? A peanut stew? Maybe he'd like a shrimp ragout?But Oskar would prefer something off the menu — he wants to eat his brother!With lush illustrations from Simone Rea, Hélène Gaudy's tale is a charming read-aloud packed to the gills with wordplay that's perfect for bedtime."An extremely silly book
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Ozzy & Me

Life Lessons, Wild Stories, and Unexpected Epiphanies from Forty Years of Friendship with the Prince of Darkness

by Stephen Rea ...

Narrated by Simon Slater ...

Unabridged

9 hours 24 min

An entertaining, heartwarming memoir detailing the adventures and valuable life lessons learned from the author’s four decades of friendship with Ozzy Osbourne and the Osbourne family.Stephen Rea was born in Northern Ireland in 1969, the same year “The Troubles” began. Violence was everywhere. His grandmother was nearly killed when gunmen opened fire on the wrong house, leaving young Stephen to ... Read more

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An entertaining, heartwarming memoir detailing the adventures and valuable life lessons learned from the author’s four decades of friendship with Ozzy Osbourne and the Osbourne family.Stephen Rea was born in Northern Ireland in 1969, the same year “The Troubles” began. Violence was everywhere. His grandmother was nearly killed when gunmen opened fire on the wrong house, leaving young Stephen to
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I Want to Eat My Brother

by Hélène Gaudy ...

Narrated by Mark Sanderlin ...

Unabridged

4 min

It's dinnertime at Oskar's house, and his parents have lots of luscious suggestions: chicken skewers? A peanut stew? Maybe he'd like a shrimp ragout?But Oskar would prefer something off the menu—he wants to eat his brother!Hélène Gaudy's tale is a charming read-aloud packed to the gills with wordplay that's perfect for bedtime."An extremely silly book that is reminiscent of Maurice Sendak … Oskar ... Read more

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It's dinnertime at Oskar's house, and his parents have lots of luscious suggestions: chicken skewers? A peanut stew? Maybe he'd like a shrimp ragout?But Oskar would prefer something off the menu—he wants to eat his brother!Hélène Gaudy's tale is a charming read-aloud packed to the gills with wordplay that's perfect for bedtime."An extremely silly book that is reminiscent of Maurice Sendak … Oskar
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A Very Vexing Murder

Harriet Smith Investigates

by Lucy Andrew ...

Narrated by Fiona Hardingham ...

Unabridged

10 hours 19 min

Harriet Smith investigates...A murder most Austen.A witty debut whodunit that reimagines Harriet Smith, the gullible sidekick of Jane Austen’s Emma, as a spitfire con woman, hired to break off an engagement and uncover a murderer in the genteel village of Highbury.“Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure.” —Jane Austen, EMMAIs a killer lurking in the idyllic country ... Read more

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Harriet Smith investigates...A murder most Austen.A witty debut whodunit that reimagines Harriet Smith, the gullible sidekick of Jane Austen’s Emma, as a spitfire con woman, hired to break off an engagement and uncover a murderer in the genteel village of Highbury.“Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure.” —Jane Austen, EMMAIs a killer lurking in the idyllic country
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All at Sea

A death on the ocean, a secret below deck…

by Jonathan Whitelaw ...

Narrated by Jeff Harding ...

Unabridged

10 hours 47 min

A murder at sea, a killer below deck?BELOW DECK meets KNIVES OUT in this breathless voyage into murder and mayhem on the high seas…Howie Temple is down on his luck and desperate for cash. Once an action movie star, he now lives off a crumbling reputation. On his way to film a new reality TV show, which casts a team of c-list celebrities as crew aboard a luxury yacht, he meets fellow contestant, ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

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A murder at sea, a killer below deck?BELOW DECK meets KNIVES OUT in this breathless voyage into murder and mayhem on the high seas…Howie Temple is down on his luck and desperate for cash. Once an action movie star, he now lives off a crumbling reputation. On his way to film a new reality TV show, which casts a team of c-list celebrities as crew aboard a luxury yacht, he meets fellow contestant,
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The Cold House

by A.G. Slatter ...

Narrated by Karen Cass ...

Unabridged

3 hours 36 min

When Everly’s husband and young daughter die in a car crash. A lawyer appears on her doorstep and tells her her husband was not who he said he was and she is a very rich widow. She retreats to a lonely house in the countryside to recover. But there’s a well in the cellar, a spectacularly cold room, and one night, Everly wakes up with a foot hanging over the emptiness of the well and the echo of ... Read more

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When Everly’s husband and young daughter die in a car crash. A lawyer appears on her doorstep and tells her her husband was not who he said he was and she is a very rich widow. She retreats to a lonely house in the countryside to recover. But there’s a well in the cellar, a spectacularly cold room, and one night, Everly wakes up with a foot hanging over the emptiness of the well and the echo of
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Fires Which Burned Brightly

A Life in Progress

by Sebastian Faulks ...

Narrated by Sebastian Faulks ...

Unabridged

8 hours 30 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.‘The only dividend of the years’ vanishing, as far as I can see, is that it makes aspects of the past appear more interesting or humorous than they felt at the time.’**In Fires Which Burned Brightly, Faulks, a reluctant memoirist, offers readers a series of detailed snapshots from a life in progress. They include a post-war rural childhood – ‘cold mutton and wet washing ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

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**Brought to you by Penguin.‘The only dividend of the years’ vanishing, as far as I can see, is that it makes aspects of the past appear more interesting or humorous than they felt at the time.’**In Fires Which Burned Brightly, Faulks, a reluctant memoirist, offers readers a series of detailed snapshots from a life in progress. They include a post-war rural childhood – ‘cold mutton and wet washing
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Dangerous

by Essie Fox ...

Narrated by Joseph Kloska ...

Unabridged

10 hours 30 min

Living in exile in Venice, the disgraced Lord Byron revels in the freedoms of the city. But when he is associated with the deaths of local women, found with wounds to their throats, and then a novel called The Vampyre is published under his name, rumours begin to spread that Byron may be the murderer. . . As events escalate and tensions rise - and his own life is endangered, as well as those he ... Read more

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Living in exile in Venice, the disgraced Lord Byron revels in the freedoms of the city. But when he is associated with the deaths of local women, found with wounds to their throats, and then a novel called The Vampyre is published under his name, rumours begin to spread that Byron may be the murderer. . . As events escalate and tensions rise - and his own life is endangered, as well as those he
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The Gatsby Gambit

A Novel

by Claire Anderson Wheeler ...

Narrated by Erin Bennett ...

Unabridged

10 hours 54 min

**“A thoroughly enjoyable mystery story with all the tropes and pleasures of a golden age detective story . . . Well-written and pacy.”—The GuardianAmerica’s most beloved literary characters**A page-turning mysteryThe gilded opulence of the Roaring TwentiesAnd a clever young woman of unusual persistenceBe ready to re-think the world of GatsbyFreshly twen... ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

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**“A thoroughly enjoyable mystery story with all the tropes and pleasures of a golden age detective story . . . Well-written and pacy.”—The GuardianAmerica’s most beloved literary characters**A page-turning mysteryThe gilded opulence of the Roaring TwentiesAnd a clever young woman of unusual persistenceBe ready to re-think the world of GatsbyFreshly twen...
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