A Constraints-Led Approach to Coaching Basketball provides coaches with both the theoretical and practical understanding of how to apply modern skill-acquisition ideas to basketball coaching. To make sense of the theory, the book is complemented with numerous practical examples specifically for coaches working with novice, young adult, collegiate and professional players.This new volume provides numerous insights into how constraints can be purposefully manipulated...

Originally published in 1983, this is a detailed and hard-headed analysis of events in Poland from summer 1980 to December 1981, the period in which the efforts of Solidarity to achieve a free trade union and some degree of autonomy for working people were met with a final clampdown by the authorities. It was the first major academic study of the crisis and emphasizes the dichotomy between public and media opinion, and the views held by academics.The book deals with a key feature o...

Originally published in 1986, this book explains why the Polish military took power in December 1981. It examines how this was done, and with what consequences. The experience of the State of War in Poland in 1982–83 and the repression of Polish Society and the Solidarity movement was a major event in postwar European history. In the author’s opinion, it was more significant than superficially comparable events such as ‘normalisation’ in Hungary after 1956 or in Czechoslovakia under Husak....

George Macleod was not to know how a Christmas gift would start him asking questions that sent him on a journey of discovery.That gift was the catalyst for an investigation into what a coincidence could be? Was it psychic? Was it part of a greater consciousness? Was it rooted in the untapped areas of our brain? Or was it really all just coincidence?His investigation took him into the world of psychics, to study academic papers on the brain and its relation to the mind. Over...

Thick Air brings together a new body of work by Hungarian-born artist Eva Beresin in which she offers a radical and intimate exploration of her life. The paintings can be seen as the culmination of a decade in which Beresin's art has gained both speed and inventiveness. Her paintings of the carnivalesque are animated by a genuine interest in the intricacies of the soul. Grotesquely uneasy and playfully bold, the compositions capture her personal history as well as universal human ...

Maximalist recipes for whimsical, nostalgic bakes from TikTok fave @lilypcrumbsAlex George, a.k.a. Lily P Crumbs, brings her joyful, over-the-top baking style straight to your kitchen. Known for her viral quest to test every chocolate chip cookie recipe she could find, Alex draws inspiration from the beloved snacks of the 1990s and early 2000s?think Confetti Snacking Cake that practically throws its own party, Salted Malted Pretzel Blondies you'll "just have one" o...

This interdisciplinary collection draws on the insights of poets, academics, policy makers and practitioners to offer new ways of understanding and responding to the social, psychological and structural challenges facing Caribbean youth today.Using decolonial and social ecological frameworks, the chapters expose how power, knowledge and practice intersect in the lives of young people and propose transformative pathways for more holistic but contextually specific approaches to safeg...

Delicious, nostalgic treats from TikTok’s favorite baker, @LilyPCrumbs—big flavors that turn everyday treats into over-the-top, crowd-pleasing favorites.In the Mood to Bake brings TikTok favorite Alex George’s joyful, nostalgia-drenched baking style straight to readers’ kitchens. Known for her viral quest to test every chocolate chip cookie recipe she could find, George draws inspiration from the beloved snacks of the 1990s and early 2000s—treats like Phil...

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.This 1st volume contains the following 50 works...

NOW THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES—THE MASTERPIECE THAT BECAME A CULTURAL PHENOMENONHere is the first book in the landmark series that has redefined imaginative fiction and become a modern masterpiece.A GAME OF THRONESIn a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the North of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are m...

Addressing colonial legacies that dislodged Indigenous cultural values, identities, and linguistic connections, this book presents groundbreaking solutions for contemporary African education challenges.Bringing together contributors across Africa, including researchers, practitioners, and policy makers, this collection develops balanced approaches combining Eurocentric and Afrocentric leadership models. Aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals and the African Union Education S...

Billions in transformation capital. Decades of institutional knowledge. And a failure rate that should concern every boardroom and executive in America.The problem is the gap between what leaders decide in the boardroom and what happens on the ground. That gap widens with every new initiative, every new technology, every new wave of urgency.AI is that wave now. The organizations that get through it will be the ones that translate strategy into execution, no...