The summer season theatre scene in Great Yarmouth and Brokencliff on Sea continues in this fourth novel by Tony Gareth Smith. Meet the stars that made the seaside come alive in the summer and the landladies that provided accommodation. The year is 1972 * A galvanised bucket was found at the scene of the crime - just who did survive the Golden Sands fire? * Will the landladies of GAGGA be persuaded to use wholesaler "Murdell and Pocock"? * Cupid has been busy firing arrows, but just who was...

Player Development: The Holistic Method provides the first holistic, evidence-based performance development method in sport. Focusing on the world’s largest sport, soccer, this book weaves together the interconnected layers driving player performance development to define a novel training method.In performance sport, narratives defining success or failure are steeped with stories of chance. The reality is that player performance and athlete development leading to career su...

Eudaimonia: Perspectives for Music Learning asserts the fertile applications of eudaimonia—an Aristotelian concept of human flourishing intended to explain the nature of a life well lived—for work in music learning and teaching in the 21st century. Drawing insights from within and beyond the field of music education, contributors reflect on what the "good life" means in music, highlighting issues at the core of the human experience and the heart of schooling and other educational ...

Music has been a vital part of leisure activity across time and cultures. Contemporary commodification, commercialization, and consumerism, however, have created a chasm between conceptualizations of music making and numerous realities in our world. From a broad range of perspectives and approaches, this handbook explores avocational involvement with music as an integral part of the human condition. The chapters in The Oxford Handbook of Music Making and Leisure present myriad way...

The Intellect Handbook of Popular Music Methodologies provides a comprehensive overview of methodological approaches within the field of popular music studies. Alongside contributions from key thinkers already established in popular music studies, the strength of the collection lies in its inclusion of many new and emerging writers in the field. Therefore, the collection incorporates a wide range of practitioners, pedagogues and academics from an extensive range of disciplines and...

The inventor of the equals sign (=), Robert Recorde (1510?-1558) was the first English-writing mathematics educator: this book celebrates his work

Collins IGCSE® Biology provides complete coverage of the latest Cambridge IGCSE® syllabus for Biology and is packed full of questions, in depth content, practical investigative skills features and more.Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International EducationFirst teaching: 2014 First examination: 2016This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.Ensure complete and comprehensive coverage of the latest Cambridge IGCSE® Biology syl...

The crew of the Liberator have a new mission. Their target is on Straxis, a planet also known as Battleground 9, a training ground for thousands of Federation troops. Has Blake finally picked a battle he cannot possibly win?

Collins Cambridge IGCSE® Combined Science provides full coverage of all core and extended topics in the new syllabus in one book. Carefully developed features including Science in Context, questions, Science Links and more allowing students to build firm scientific knowledge, develop practical skills and approach exams with confidence.Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International EducationFirst teaching: 2017 First examination: 2019This title is endorsed by Cambridge...

Encounter with God is Scripture Union's daily Bible reading guide designed to lead you to a deeper understanding about what God is saying to you and to his world today. You'll find its thorough and energetic investigation of the whole Bible inspiring and stimulating. And you'll discover that its biblical exposition is complemented by pastoral warmth from a strong field of writers and contributors. As well as daily content, feature articles provide insights into Christian spirituality, tack...

The author is a drummer with experience in a variety of musical genres and contexts, with emphasis on rock and related styles. This auto ethnographic Element presents the author's philosophy of playing drum kit. The text explains how playing drum kit matters to this musician and may resonate with others to whom making music matters in similar ways. The Element contains audio files of music in which the author plays drum kit in the ensemble settings described. There are photos of the author...

Punk Pedagogies: Music, Culture and Learning brings together a collection of international authors to explore the possibilities, practices and implications that emerge from the union of punk and pedagogy. The punk ethos—a notoriously evasive and multifaceted beast—offers unique applications in music education and beyond, and this volume presents a breadth of interdisciplinary perspectives to challenge current thinking on how, why and where the subculture influences teaching and le...