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This audiobook covers comprehensively all the information that an RYA Instructor needs to know, both on and off the water. As well as detailing the instructing and coaching qualifications that are available, and explaining how sailors learn, this audiobook details how to teach and coach the theoretical aspects and practical sessions of the RYA National Sailing Scheme.

War is loud. But what happens when it goes quiet? I Saw the Silence is a haunting and hopeful memoir from humanitarian storyteller Paolo Sebastiano Sivillica. Set in the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo, this book chronicles Paolo’s journey as a witness not to bullets or explosions, but to what comes after: trauma, silence, and survival. Through deeply personal reflections and composite stories of survivors, the memoir explores invisible wounds left by decades of conflict.

A story of extraordinary talent, devastating loss, and ultimate triumph. Highly promising basketball player Chris Washburn was selected third overall in the 1986 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors. But a chance encounter with famed basketball player Len Bias introduced him to crack cocaine. Soon, the overwhelming temptations of fame, fortune, and drugs derailed his promising career. And by 1989, after failing his third drug test, Chris was banned from the NBA. His life then spiraled into addiction, homelessness, incarceration, and near-death experiences.

The University of Southern California received thousands of angry calls in 2001, after hiring former NFL coach, Pete Carroll, to resurrect the moribund program. “He’s a failure” and “RIP: USC Football” were common refrains on campus, among wealthy boosters, and throughout Los Angeles. By the end of the decade, however, Carroll had turned USC into a legendary juggernaut with multiple Heisman Winners and National Championships. In MEN OF TROY, New York Times bestselling author Monte Burke provides the definitive account of this singular dynasty.

Almost all environmental books treat the environmental crisis as though humans are in charge of nature, rather than part of it. The Earth and I is the first book to put all preconceived notions aside and to ask, naïvely: Who are we really? What is our relationship to the earth? How is it possible that we, out of all the millions of species, have come to destroy our common home? The answers are surprising and have far-reaching implications for those searching for solutions.

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A new era of college football demands a new kind of leader. Scholar-Warrior: Manhood, Mission, and the Making of a Leader is a powerful, truth-telling manifesto for the modern student-athlete—and the coaches, mentors, and institutions responsible for their development. In a time when Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL), the transfer portal, and revenue sharing dominate headlines, the mental, emotional, and moral development of young athletes often gets pushed aside. But real leadership doesn’t begin with contracts or endorsements. It begins with character. Written by Dr. Sherman J.

This handy book for the leisure user is a quick-reference guide to radio procedures (including Urgency, Safety, and Distress messaging); installing and maintaining a VHF radio; the licensing requirements, and GMDSS including Navtex.

All of life is profoundly shaped by the daily, monthly, and yearly cycles of our planet, and all creatures have internal timekeeping systems that rely on cues from the surrounding environment. With modern technology, we are changing our environments—and by proxy, the ecosystems around us—to override these innate rhythms of life. But at what cost? Life in Sync reveals how Earth’s rotations shape our biology, what human sleep cycles looked like before the advent of artificial light, and why technology can’t free us from the constraints of our circadian clocks.

Kannst du in der heutigen Welt ein echter Mann sein ohne toxisch zu wirken? Diese Grundfrage und viele weitere Punkte um dieses brandaktuelle Thema wird in Werde wieder Mann gezielt analysiert und beleuchtet.

In The Joy of Poker, Jason Su breaks down why the traditional tenets of mindset coaching and sports psychology are not only ineffective at dealing with these issues, but in most cases are the actual cause of them.

Rivers are the great natural arteries that run through our lives. We have navigated them, dammed them and worshipped at them. From the ancient ecosystems of Egypt to the sinking cities of Shanghai and London, what we do with our rivers tells us about who has power and what we value. Now, when a passion for wild swimming is flourishing but the Amazon is on fire and some of our major river systems are dying, it has never been clearer that rivers are intertwined with humanity at our best and our worst.

Birds, like most of us, are social creatures. In groups they can do things they'd never be able to do alone. Be that evading predators or raising young, together birds collaborate, cooperate and connect. But every group has its conflicts, and living together can come with a cost. Competing for food, mates and nests, life in a group can be hard and sometimes dangerous. From nest hijacking and thievery to seduction, dancing and secret relationships, The Social Lives of Birds discovers the various ways birds socialise.

The Grind Line is one of the most successful units in hockey history, and without peer among so-called fourth lines, for those who insist on numbering them. Kris Draper, flanked by Kirk Maltby and Joe Kocur, and later Darren McCarty, deserve their rightful place in Detroit shoulder-to-shoulder with the Production Line, the most famous forward unit in National Hockey League history: Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay alongside Sid Abel, and later Alex Delvecchio, four men whose numbers hang from the rafters at Little Caesers Arena.

Mythopedia is a fun, fact-filled A-Z treasury of myths inspired by natural events. Bringing together fifty legends from antiquity to the present, this delightfully entertaining book takes you around the world to explore sunken kingdoms and lost cities, accursed mountains and treacherous terrains, and lethal lakes and singing sand dunes, explaining the historical background and latest science underlying each tale.

The Human Place in Nature offers a science-based bottom-up approach to our own conscious worldview by seeing it through the eyes of others. It emphasizes the role of context in evolution and the way animals internalize and engage with the contextual properties of their world that are meaningful for them. The core argument is that a context, which is subjective and comprised of the perceptual capacities, offers new insights into the evolution of mind.

This is a modern-day adventure based on a true story in America's last great wilderness, Alaska. It is a tale about a hunting expedition that quickly goes sideways. Two friends find themselves battling for survival among bear attacks, failing equipment, and deadly weather. These two not only survive, but thrive with cool heads, trust in each other, and a positive outlook.

You may worry that previous hiking guides felt too advanced or didn't touch on all the scenarios new hikers face. That's why this book was crafted with a mix of expertise and beginner-friendly guidance, ensuring that each piece of advice is actionable and practical for your first hikes.

They say what you don’t know can’t hurt you. But in this raw and powerful memoir, when Phil’s seemingly perfect life begins to unravel, he realizes there are secrets locked in his subconscious that, like a huge elephant surfacing beneath him, insist on forging their own path. After his unconventional brother, Holly, dies in a boating accident in San Francisco Bay, Phil is haunted by flashbacks and disturbing dreams, hinting at a buried trauma. As the memories claw their way to the surface, Phil's world starts to crumble.

L'écoute de Mike Davis nous donne un regard neuf et approfondi. De ces écoutes qui nous rendent comme un peu plus armés sur les questions de notre temps. En reprenant les travaux de Kropotkine, penseur anarchiste et géographe émérite, Mike Davis dévoile une historiographie de la conscience écologique et détricote bien des idées reçues. Il nous livre ici ses dernières conclusions inédites, fruit d'une analyse méticuleuse et originale, iconoclaste autant que reconnue. L'écoute de Mike Davis nous apporte un regard neuf et approfondi sur les enjeux mondiaux.