The Ephemeral Islands - A Natural History of the Bahamas

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The Ephemeral Islands - A Natural History of the Bahamas
David Campbell
Manufacturer: MacMillan & Co LTD
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B0000EH0ZI

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The Ephemeral Islands: A Natural History of the Bahamas (First Edition with Dustjacket, Very good)
David G. Campbell
Manufacturer: Macmillan
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000T9XL44

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The Double-Goal Coach is filled with powerful coaching tools based on Jim Thompson's Positive Coaching Alliance. These strategies reflect the "best-practices" of elite coaches and the latest research in sports psychology.Hundreds of workshops have shaped these tools for maximum effectiveness and ease of use. The lessons and activities can be used in the very next practice to make sports fun and to get the best from players.

The Double-Goal Coach provides the framework for coaches and parents to transform youth sports so sports can transform youth -- allowing young athletes to enjoy sports while learning valuable life lessons.

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Should be on every youth coach's reading list!.......2006-12-08

The premise of the book is that winning is not a bad thing. It's not necessarily the only thing however. Thompson uses real life examples from youth through professional, where focusing on the positive, correcting the negative, and focus on improving have helped teams be successful.

It is our job as youth coaches to make sure we are building solid citizens, teaching them life lessons through sports, and helping them become the best athlete they can be. Winning happens to be a great side effect of this approach!

The book is great for coaches and parents alike!

Another hit by Thompson.......2003-09-26

This book covers some of the same topics as Thompson's classic, Positive Coaching. However, it has some new ideas in it, and also has some lessons learned since Positive Coaching was written. It also has a handbook-type approach - it gives you example talks, helps you plan a practice and also shows you ways to help you acquire Positive Coaching skills. I have found all of Jim Thompson's books enjoyable and enlightening.

The Double Goal Coach - Winning With Character.......2003-08-21

Discussions of character in sports hinge on two sometimes competing beliefs. One holds that sports build character, the other that sports reveal it.

The case can be made that both ideas are valid. Character is regularly revealed in the way that players, coaches, parents and leaders of youth sports organizations (YSOs) conduct themselves on and off the field.

The "Sports Builds Character" belief is a trickier proposition. Who is to question that sports provides a wonderful setting for the development of poise, confidence, determination, resilience, self-sacrifice, courage? The list goes on, and it is not a coincidence that a strong involvement in sports was the common feature of those who tried to take back the plane on 9/11. Yet every Positive Life Skill associated with sports has a counterpart that can be learned equally well. And often more easily. If you can learn fair play and sportsmanship, you can also learn to cheat. If you can learn about commitment, you can also learn to quit on yourself and your teammates. Accountability and accepting responsibility: making excuses. Again, the list goes on.

Many of the adults involved in sports simply assume, based on their own experience, that the positive side of these character traits will emerge. In fact, without a concerted effort to use sports to teach positive Life Lessons, you might as well be flipping a coin.

Attention to these issues is a major focus of "The Double Goal Coach", the latest book by Jim Thompson. The author is founder of the Positive Coaching Alliance ..., an organization based at Stanford University which seeks "to transform the culture of youth sports so that sports can transform youth."

Like many books on the state of youth sports, Thompson chronicles the excesses. What sets the book apart are solutions to these problems based on research in the fields of education and sports psychology as well as lessons in organizational culture drawn from the business world. Theory then becomes practice through the presentation of many practical tools for establishing and maintaining a positive culture for youth sports. Coaches, parents and the leaders of YSO's will find things here that can be put to immediate use.

What is a Double Goal Coach? He or she is a coach who wants to win. Thompson makes clear that the Positive Coaching message is not anti-competitive or about "happy talk". This is not an invitation to go out and kick a ball around with Barney. Indeed, at a time when real competitions at Field Day have been reduced to (at most) a 50 yard dash, Thompson sees the competitive sports experience as an increasingly important, and rare, opportunity for the development of positive character traits - the second, and more important, goal of the Double Goal Coach. Because it's the character traits that will endure long after the ball's gone into the closet.

There are three elements to Double Goal Coaching. The first seeks to redefine winning, changing the definition from one based only on results (the "win at all costs" model, or waac - which so often becomes wacko!) to a "mastery approach" based on effort, learning, and a positive view of the value of mistakes. The essential difference in the approaches has to do with control. Results are so much in the control of others; with a mastery approach, control belongs to the athlete. What's interesting, though, is the research that shows that a mastery approach actually produces better performance than one where the focus is primarily on the scoreboard.

Next comes the concept of Honoring the Game. This is largely a proactive view of sportsmanship issues, based on what you do rather than what you don't do. Honoring the game involves developing and demonstrating respect for Rules, Opponents, Officials, Teammates, and one's Self (ROOTS).

The third element of the Double Goal model involves "Filling the Emotional Tank", motivation through encouragement and positive reinforcement. Again, the book provides a number of useful tools for coaches.

There is also a section of the book for Sports Parents. Thompson promotes the notion of the "Second Goal Parent", whose primary task is to be unconditionally supportive of their child, whose focus is on those Life Lessons and positive character traits, who recognize that their child's participation in sports belongs to the child, and who leave coaching to the coaches.

Thompson advocates a "systems approach" to developing positive cultures for youth sports, and his organization provides an integrated set of workshops for coaches, parents and leaders of YSOs. Where that's not in place, "The Double Goal Coach" will give the individual coach many ways create a more enjoyable environment for his or her team, and one where the players are much more likely to reach their potential as athletes. That a Double Goal approach will also be much more enjoyable and rewarding for the coach is no insignificant bonus.

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The Double-Goal Coach: Positive Coaching Tools for Honoring the Game and Developing Winners in Sports and Life (Harperresource Book)
Jim Thompson
Manufacturer: Collins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEMGB8

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City Maps cover the world's great cities in a full-colour, easy-to-use format. Downtown and metropolitan maps are provided for each city as well as public transport routes, walking tours and a complete index of streets and sights. Plastic-coated for extra durability.

Around Vancouver
Central Vancouver
Greater Vancouver
Gulf Islands
West Side & Kitsilano
Stanley Park
Granville Island
Unique Lonely Planet Walking Tour
Index of all Streets & Sights
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Not what I expected.......2002-10-02

The map is ok. Laminated and colorfull, but too small. I was looking for more details.

Excellent brochure sized city map.......2001-08-11

First, I must say that this item was not what I expected. I thought I had ordered a guide book, not a map! Having said that, I will not be returning the item because it is an excellent value and an item which I'm sure I will get much use out of on my first trip to Vancouver.

The map is actually 7 maps in one brochure-sized, laminated, accordian-folded sheet -- much easier to reference than maps in a guidebook. The maps include not just the main city center but the outlying areas of interest. It even has a suggested walking tour described in words and graphically represented on the map. Best of all - Lonely Planet has pointed out on the map not just the main touristy attractions but smaller recommended ones - like "Little Sister's Book & Art Emporium" and "Kitsilano's Cyber Cafe".

Highly recommended.

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7 true accounts of Ghosts and Haunted homes

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Alex En La Casa de Los Fantasmas
Norbert Landa , and Hanne Turk
Manufacturer: Everest Pub
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Andanzas de Carlos Trejo, un cazafantasmas mexicano: conocido gracias a un libro sobre supuestas experiencias sobrenaturales, hoy es uno de los escritores ... : An article from: Contenido

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Andanzas de Carlos Trejo, un cazafantasmas mexicano: conocido gracias a un libro sobre supuestas experiencias sobrenaturales, hoy es uno de los escritores ... : An article from: Contenido
Rosa Ana Calvillo
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000GEIT8K
Release Date: 2006-06-19

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This digital document is an article from Contenido, published by Thomson Gale on June 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1137 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Andanzas de Carlos Trejo, un cazafantasmas mexicano: conocido gracias a un libro sobre supuestas experiencias sobrenaturales, hoy es uno de los escritores más vendidos en México, aunque no falta quien lo acuse de urdir esas increíbles historias en las que, asegura, < >.(Entrevista)
Author: Rosa Ana Calvillo
Publication: Contenido (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Issue: 516 Page: 80(4)

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Arquitectura Vegetal: La Casa Deshabitada Y El Fantasma Del Deseo (Libros de la espiral)

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Arquitectura Vegetal: La Casa Deshabitada Y El Fantasma Del Deseo (Libros de la espiral)
Lourdes Andrade
Manufacturer: Artes De Mexico
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Cuentos y cuentas de la izquierda: los proyectos fantasma de Movimiento por la Paz en Nicaragua.(corrupción socialista en administración de ayuda humanitaria ... en Nicaragua): An article from: Epoca

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Cuentos y cuentas de la izquierda: los proyectos fantasma de Movimiento por la Paz en Nicaragua.(corrupción socialista en administración de ayuda humanitaria ... en Nicaragua): An article from: Epoca
Eugenia Viñes
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000R8W7ZQ
Release Date: 2007-09-21

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This digital document is an article from Epoca, published by Thomson Gale on April 20, 2007. The length of the article is 3217 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Cuentos y cuentas de la izquierda: los proyectos fantasma de Movimiento por la Paz en Nicaragua.(corrupción socialista en administración de ayuda humanitaria española en Nicaragua)
Author: Eugenia Viñes
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 20, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Issue: 1146 Page: 16(8)

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El fantasma de la República: ante la crisis intencionada del modelo de Estado: historiadores, intelectuales y periodistas se pronuncian sobre un tema considerado ... Rey Juan Carlos) : An article from: Epoca

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El fantasma de la República: ante la crisis intencionada del modelo de Estado: historiadores, intelectuales y periodistas se pronuncian sobre un tema considerado ... Rey Juan Carlos) : An article from: Epoca
Miguel Gil
Manufacturer: Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000B7W4UQ
Release Date: 2005-09-01

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This digital document is an article from Epoca, published by Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA) on August 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1671 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: El fantasma de la República: ante la crisis intencionada del modelo de Estado: historiadores, intelectuales y periodistas se pronuncian sobre un tema considerado tabú durante mucho tiempo.(el republicanismo en España y reinado del Rey Juan Carlos)
Author: Miguel Gil
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2005
Publisher: Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA)
Issue: 1064 Page: 36(4)

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