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Head in the game

Sociocultural analyses of brain trauma in sport

Edited by Stephen Townsend, Murray G. Phillips, Gary Osmond, Rebecca Olive ...

Series series Globalizing Sport Studies
Head in the game brings together international scholars from multiple humanities, social science, and scientific disciplines to critically examine one of the most vexing issues in global sport: concussion. It argues that science and medicine alone cannot solve the concussion crisis: sociocultural factors must also be considered. This edited collection draws attention to the ways that social, ... Read more

$148.99 CAD

Head in the game brings together international scholars from multiple humanities, social science, and scientific disciplines to critically examine one of the most vexing issues in global sport: concussion. It argues that science and medicine alone cannot solve the concussion crisis: sociocultural factors must also be considered. This edited collection draws attention to the ways that social,
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A Boy Arrives

by Stephen Meek ...

Illustrated by Sally Townsend ...

For Grimwood Streep, life at Dunnydark Hall has lost some of its sparkle. The cook produces nothing but mulligatawny soup for breakfast, lunch and tea. His butler needs dusting, and he hasn’t had a visitor since 1977. But things are about to change. One sunny morning, a boy arrives, and life will never be the same again. A Boy Arrives is a gentle, funny and touching story to delight children and ... Read more

$8.23 CAD

For Grimwood Streep, life at Dunnydark Hall has lost some of its sparkle. The cook produces nothing but mulligatawny soup for breakfast, lunch and tea. His butler needs dusting, and he hasn’t had a visitor since 1977. But things are about to change. One sunny morning, a boy arrives, and life will never be the same again. A Boy Arrives is a gentle, funny and touching story to delight children and
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Trekking in the Himalaya

by Kev Reynolds, Chris Townsend, Bob Gibbons, Stephen Goodwin, Steve Berry, Steve Razzetti, Bart Jordans, SiÃ¢n Pritchard-Jones ...

Trek through the Himalaya and experience the full sweep of the world's greatest mountain range, from the glaciers of the Karakoram and the sacred kora around Mount Kailash in Tibet to the Everest and K2 base camps, the Annapurna and Manaslu Circuits, and the remote kingdom of Bhutan. Spanning 2,400km across Pakistan, India, Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan, the Himalayas offer a lifetime of trekking ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

Trek through the Himalaya and experience the full sweep of the world's greatest mountain range, from the glaciers of the Karakoram and the sacred kora around Mount Kailash in Tibet to the Everest and K2 base camps, the Annapurna and Manaslu Circuits, and the remote kingdom of Bhutan. Spanning 2,400km across Pakistan, India, Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan, the Himalayas offer a lifetime of trekking
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A Treasury of Civil War Fiction

by Stephen Crane, Ambrose Bierce, Cyrus Townsend Brady, George W. Peck, G. A. Henty ...

Series Book 4 - Civil War
This volume, the fourth in a nine-volume series about the Civil War, provides a fictional view of the War. It includes works by authors famous at the time of these writings and by some who are less well known today. Included are:“The Red Badge of Courage,” by Stephen Crane“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” by Ambrose Bierce“Woven with the Ship,” by Cyrus Townsend Brady“How Private George W. Peck ... Read more

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This volume, the fourth in a nine-volume series about the Civil War, provides a fictional view of the War. It includes works by authors famous at the time of these writings and by some who are less well known today. Included are:“The Red Badge of Courage,” by Stephen Crane“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” by Ambrose Bierce“Woven with the Ship,” by Cyrus Townsend Brady“How Private George W. Peck
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Cognition, Information Processing, and Psychophysics

Basic Issues

Edited by Hans-Georg Geissler, Stephen W. Link, James T. Townsend ...

Series series Scientific Psychology Series
The plan for this volume emerged during the international Leipzig conference commemorating the centenary of the death of Gustav Fechner. The contributors suggested that while many features of modern psychological theory were anticipated by Fechner, many new theoretical approaches owe much more to him than often is realized. As such, they decided to honor Fechner by evaluating his own contribution ... Read more

$229.48 CAD

The plan for this volume emerged during the international Leipzig conference commemorating the centenary of the death of Gustav Fechner. The contributors suggested that while many features of modern psychological theory were anticipated by Fechner, many new theoretical approaches owe much more to him than often is realized. As such, they decided to honor Fechner by evaluating his own contribution
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Cell Biology

A Short Course

by Stephen R. Bolsover, Andrea Townsend-Nicholson, Greg FitzHarris, Elizabeth A. Shephard, Jeremy S. Hyams, Sandip Patel ...

Series series Short Course
An accessible and straightforward intro to cell biologyIn the newly revised Fourth Edition of Cell Biology: A Short Course, a distinguished team of researchers delivers a concise and accessible introduction to modern cell biology, integrating knowledge from genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, and microscopy. The book places a strong emphasis on drawing connections between basic ... Read more

$104.99 CAD

An accessible and straightforward intro to cell biologyIn the newly revised Fourth Edition of Cell Biology: A Short Course, a distinguished team of researchers delivers a concise and accessible introduction to modern cell biology, integrating knowledge from genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, and microscopy. The book places a strong emphasis on drawing connections between basic
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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4

by Sue Townsend ...

Narrated by Stephen Mangan, Stephen Mangan ...

Series series Adrian Mole
Abridged

3 hours 7 min

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first publication of Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole, Penguin Audiobooks are re-releasing the audiobook edition of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 in downloadable audio. This classic of comic fiction is hilariously read by Stephen Mangan, who played Adrian Mole in the The Cappuccino Years and also starred in The Green Wing as the hapless Guy Secretan ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first publication of Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole, Penguin Audiobooks are re-releasing the audiobook edition of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 in downloadable audio. This classic of comic fiction is hilariously read by Stephen Mangan, who played Adrian Mole in the The Cappuccino Years and also starred in The Green Wing as the hapless Guy Secretan
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Mathematical Modeling in Experimental Nutrition: Vitamins, Proteins, Methods

by Steve Taylor, Stephen P. Coburn, Douglas W. Townsend ...

Series Book 40 - Advances in Food and Nutrition Research
This book developed from a series of conferences to facilitate the application of mathematical modeling to experimental nutrition. As nutrition science moves from prevention of gross deficiencies to identifying requirements for optimum long term health, more sophisticated methods of nutritional assessment will be needed. Collection and evaluation of kinetic data may be one such method.This books ... Read more

$156.99 CAD

This book developed from a series of conferences to facilitate the application of mathematical modeling to experimental nutrition. As nutrition science moves from prevention of gross deficiencies to identifying requirements for optimum long term health, more sophisticated methods of nutritional assessment will be needed. Collection and evaluation of kinetic data may be one such method.This books
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Radio Beckett

Five Full Cast BBC Audio Plays by Nobel Prize winning writer Samuel Beckett

by Samuel Beckett ...

Narrated by Stephen Rea, Ian Mckellen, Ron Cook, Monica Dolan, Louise Brealey, Brian Protheroe, Stephen Dillane, Stanley Townsend, Nick Underwood, Carl Prekopp ...

Unabridged

1 hour 59 min

Broadcaster Matthew Sweet presents a sequence of radio plays by Samuel Beckett, with star casts including Stephen Rea and Ian McKellenSamuel Beckett captured the pathos and irony of modern life like no other dramatist. In the decade following the success of Waiting for Godot (1952), he wrote some of his most absorbing work for radio, among them this sequence of short pieces. Suffused with the same ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Broadcaster Matthew Sweet presents a sequence of radio plays by Samuel Beckett, with star casts including Stephen Rea and Ian McKellenSamuel Beckett captured the pathos and irony of modern life like no other dramatist. In the decade following the success of Waiting for Godot (1952), he wrote some of his most absorbing work for radio, among them this sequence of short pieces. Suffused with the same
... Read more

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The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole

by Sue Townsend ...

Narrated by Nicholas Barnes ...

Series series Adrian Mole Series
Unabridged

5 hours 34 min

The troubled teenager continues to struggle valiantly against the slings and arrows of growing up and his own family's attempts to scar him for life. In between the ups and downs of his relationship with the divine Pandora and worrying that his genius is going unrecognized, Adrian Mole chronicles the pains and pleasures of a misspent adolescence ... Read more

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The troubled teenager continues to struggle valiantly against the slings and arrows of growing up and his own family's attempts to scar him for life. In between the ups and downs of his relationship with the divine Pandora and worrying that his genius is going unrecognized, Adrian Mole chronicles the pains and pleasures of a misspent adolescence
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The Bohemians

Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers Who Reinvented American Literature

by Ben Tarnoff ...

Narrated by Jim Frangione ...

Unabridged

9 hours 18 min

The unforgettable story of the birth of modern America and the western writers who gave voice to its emerging identityThe Bohemians begins in 1860s San Francisco. The Gold Rush has ended; the Civil War threatens to tear apart the country. The bards of the moment are the Bohemians: a young Mark Twain, fleeing the draft and seeking adventure; literary golden boy Bret Harte; struggling gay poet ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

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The unforgettable story of the birth of modern America and the western writers who gave voice to its emerging identityThe Bohemians begins in 1860s San Francisco. The Gold Rush has ended; the Civil War threatens to tear apart the country. The bards of the moment are the Bohemians: a young Mark Twain, fleeing the draft and seeking adventure; literary golden boy Bret Harte; struggling gay poet
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Higher

A Historic Race to the Sky and the Making of a City

by Neal Bascomb ...

Narrated by Richard M. Davidson ...

Unabridged

11 hours 12 min

This riveting, true account of the 1929 race to build New York City's tallest skyscraper evokes the glory of an exciting time long past. In the spirit of the Roaring Twenties, two men competed to erect a structure that would reach to the skies. Behind it all were two brilliant architects-men with a common past, but very different visions for the future. Higher is every bit as fascinating as the ... Read more

$35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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This riveting, true account of the 1929 race to build New York City's tallest skyscraper evokes the glory of an exciting time long past. In the spirit of the Roaring Twenties, two men competed to erect a structure that would reach to the skies. Behind it all were two brilliant architects-men with a common past, but very different visions for the future. Higher is every bit as fascinating as the
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