The long-overlooked story of a number of adventurous Britons who left their homeland before the First World War to inspire and shape the growth of modern football in continental Europe and South America. Drawn from widely different backgrounds, their motivations and contributions were diverse - helping to form legendary clubs now supported by millions across the globe; bringing revolutionary changes to the way football was taught and played, and laying the foundations on which the game wou...

The long-overlooked story of a number of adventurous Britons who left their homeland before World War I to inspire and shape the growth of modern soccer in continental Europe and South America. Drawn from widely different backgrounds, their motivations and contributions were diverse—helping to form legendary clubs now supported by millions across the globe; bringing revolutionary changes to the way soccer was taught and played; and laying the foundations on which the game would continue to...

The Stakes were High follows the amazing life of "Glorious" John Gully, the butcher's boy from Bristol who first achieved fame as a bare-knuckle fighter and champion of England. No other boxer in the history of sports has had such an amazingly varied career. He amassed a huge fortune first as a successful bookmaker, gambler, and racehorse owner—and later MP. This is the fascinating story of his life.

A selection of anecdotal short stories of humour and adventure, with plenty of twists.Baker's InflatablesFeeling doddery or frail and wary of falling? If you are, your worries are over.……….at first I was grateful for my undies to inflate and save me from a fall.But, before I knew it - I was aloft! If it wasn't for the spire of Christchurch,……..Must Get Out MoreIn those brief moments,...

Have you ever wondered what becomes of your teeth after the tooth fairy collects them? Junie goes on adventure which leads her to that answer.

This Handbook is the first volume to comprehensively analyse and problem-solve how to manage the decline of fossil fuels as the world tackles climate change and shifts towards a low-carbon energy transition. The overall findings are straight-forward and unsurprising: although fossil fuels have powered the industrialisation of many nations and improved the lives of hundreds of millions of people, another century dominated by fossil fuels would be disastrous. Fossil fuels and associated gree...

For many years, scholars have been moving away from the idea of a singular, secular, rationalistic, and mechanistic “Enlightenment project.” Historian Peter Reill has been one of those at the forefront of this development, demonstrating the need for a broader and more varied understanding of eighteenth-century conceptions of nature.Life Forms in the Thinking of the Long Eighteenth Century is a unique reappraisal of Enlightenment thought on nature, biology, and the organic ...

This book offers comprehensive coverage of current energy policy in Scotland focussing on non-fossil fuel energy options: renewables, nuclear power and energy efficiency. Covering issues of policy and practice, planning, legislation and regulation of a range of sustainable energy technologies in the context of devolved government, key experts explore these issues in terms of the ongoing Scottish independence debate, Brexit and further devolution in this vitally important and timely book.

Xend’rik. The dark continent. A land of once-proud empires that now lie in ruin. A land shrouded in mystery where monsters and dark powers stalk the jungles, where only the bravest and most foolhardy will venture.Now a band of war-weary soldiers must brave the depths of Xen’drik in search of an artifact that is the last hope to save one of their own.From the Paperback edition.

A band of war-weary soldiers have uncovered a plot that may tear the very fabric of reality forever. To save their own lives and to prevent a long-banished race of monsters from unleashing an army of horrors upon the waking world, they must reach the very heart of Dal Quor. To stop the cataclysm in time, they must fight their way to .From the Paperback edition.

Fishing! Painting! Racing to the ice-cream truck! Will the Greens ever slow down? Join them on three action-packed alligator adventures in this delightful--and delicious--new book, the second in the Mr. and Mrs. Green easy-reader series.With its simple sentence structure, bright illustrations, and silly, unexpected twists, this latest collection of zippy stories by acclaimed picture-book creator Keith Baker is perfect for beginning readers.

Mr. and Mrs. Green are back for another round of sweet and adventurous alligator escapades. This time they're trying their hand at detective work, entering a gumball-guessing contest, and (most daring of all!) participating in the town talent show. Happily for the Greens, luck is on their side. Luck and cookies--JUMBO cookies!With its snappy text and warm, bright illustrations, this third book in the Mr. and Mrs. Green series is sure to be an alligator-sized success with beginning ...