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Physical Geography of the Global Environment, 2nd Edition
Harm J. De Blij , Peter O. Muller , and H. J. de Blij Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 047111636X |
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This book addresses critical environmental and natural issues against a background critical of the environmental working of our planet. Throughout, the authors' effective writing style and presentation of material capitalize on the theme of the interaction of humans in the environment.
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Surf Flex: Flexibility, Yoga, and Conditioning Exercises for Surfers
Paul Frediani Manufacturer: Hatherleigh Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1578260787 Release Date: 2001-08-30 |
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Surfing is one of the fastest growing recreational sports in the United States. More than 5 million men and women regularly pick up a surfboard and hit the waves. Surf Flex is the first book to address the fitness and conditioning requirements of this popular sport. Perhaps no other sport requires more agility and flexibility than surfing. Wiping out is no fun and a solid flexibility program will help prevent injuries, and keep you surfing longer and stronger. So before you hit the water, try the exercises in Surf Flex. It's guaranteed to keep your Wednesdays big and your summers endless. Whether you are a beginning or advanced surfer, Surf Flex will get you in top form to ride the waves. With contributions by leading surfers from around the world, Surf Flex includes sections on: yoga-based pre- and post-surfing stretches, cardio and strength conditioning, balance and coordination training, swimming, injury prevention and more.Customer Reviews:
YOUR SOURCE FOR SURF TRAINING.......2004-05-26
Saved my life!.......2004-03-17
As a 31 year old surfer, I knew that I wasn't getting any younger, I also wasn't getting any better at surfing. I needed a lift, one that could help on days I couldn't get to, or it wasn't worth going in the water.This is it. Paul Frediani has written quite possibly the most important single book for surfers, ever published.
The book is a comprehensive training guide on flexibilty, strength, suppleness and balance, written exclusively with surfers in mind. With contributions from top surfers and watersports experts, it is also full of inspiring titbits.
The book is broken into four main training disciplines
, Flex time, the Surf Flex workout, Cardio Conditioning and the Wahine(womens)Workout.
The Flex time ection is a basic yoga guide and a guide to stretching and flexibility exercises. The exercises are accompanied by clear photos, and are a good starting point. (I would heartilty recommend "Yoga-Learn Yoga_Beginners Class 1" video, available from amazon as an excellent beginning companion.)
Cardio conditioning is a section of beach, pool and dry land workouts to get your heart pumping and your body working. I heartily agree with Frediani that all surfers need to swim at least a mile. This will help you het there.
The Wahine workout,(wahine is Hawaiian for women) is specifically designed to help women build their upper body strength and to avoid knee injuries specific to women. Highly commendable, and yes, some of the exercises are good for blokes too.
The piece de resistance is the superb Surf Flex section. This is a section designed exclusively to meet the needs of surfers. You need a Swiss ball to make the most of this section,(imagine a space hopper with no ears.)You can get them from any good sports shop, or Argos, for about $25. Money well spent! You carry out different moves, whilst balanced on the ball, such as sit-ups, knee tucks, and even pratice balancing on the ball, sitting, kneeling and then standing. This all works on the core muscles and improves your neuromuscular system, (your balance in other words.) It is superb.
This will improve your surfing, no question, but it may be more important than that...
Feb 2003 I was surfing with friends in North Devon, and after a good day of surfing, we were coming in to the end of our second session. It was a pretty big day, easily overhead, and with strong offshores. Tired but happy I decided to get out back for one last blast when I was caught in a rip and dragged into the impact zone. Try as I might I couldn't escape. To make matters worse my leash ripped off and I was left stranded with 6 footers dumping on my head and no board. I am convinced that it is only the fact that I had been following this training regime that I am alive to talk about it. The strength, determination, and cardiovascular power I needed that day came as a result of this book. The doctors actually said that if it were not for the fact that I was extremely fit I WOULD have died. Now that is an endorsement!
Pretty poor.......2004-03-11
Flexibility & Balance.......2003-12-23
Pretty good, but no revelations.......2003-11-19
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Surf Flex : Flexibility Yoga and Conditioning Exercises for Surfers (Sports Flex Ser.)
Paul Frediani Manufacturer: Hatherleigh Company, Limited, The ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000KWDH94 |
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Body Language Secrets: A Guide During Courtship & Dating
R. Don Steele Manufacturer: Steel Balls Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0962067164 |
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Sexual signals help you find, meet, talk with and date Mister or Ms Right using secrets of nonverbal communication. Forty photographs clearly show what to watch out for. The essence of courtship and dating conversations is to communicate, with and without words, "This is who I am. I hope you like me. Show and tell me about yourself so I can discover if I like you."Women, learn how you can easily get noticed, then interest and attract the right type of man, a man you can trust. The way he stands or sits, touches or does not touch himself lets you know if he is telling the truth. The brutally honest chapter is titled Courtship Tactics For Women. Men, learn how you can tell from across the room if she's interested in you just by her posture and gestures. During conversation, find out if she's leading you on or if she's sincerely interested in you. The brutally honest chapter is titled Courtship Tactics For Men.
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Great Book for Body Language.......2007-10-15
Insightful.......2007-09-22
Life Changing. Buy all three of his books.......2007-03-18
Excellent resource!.......2007-02-03
A must read!!.......2007-01-12
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Who's to Blame?: Escape the Victim Trap and Gain Personal Power in Your Relationships
Carmen Renee Berry , and Mark W. Baker Manufacturer: Pinon Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0891099158 |
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Giving readers the handle they need on the dynamics of victimization, blame and healing, this book enable them to see beyond the guilt, anger, fear, or grief to the sense of powerlessness victims feel. And they'll be given tools to set appropriate boundarCustomer Reviews:
This book will help YOU get CONTROL of your FEELINGS!.......1999-04-05
Create the Relationship You Want.......1998-07-16
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NOW Who Do We Blame?: Political Cartoons by Tom Toles
Tom Toles Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0740755587 |
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It's been a decade since political cartoonist Tom Toles collected his panels in book form. He's had a busy decade and plenty of time to further sharpen both his wit, commentary, and pen. NOW Who Do We Blame? presents an editorial master at the top of his game, in all of his whimsical, sometimes scathing, and always insightful glory.
Toles, editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post, includes his favorite frames from the past several years. His subjects include the 9/11 Commission, the 2004 presidential election, terrorism, the Middle East conflict, Yasser Arafat, Afghanistan, Iraq, and of course President George W. Bush. The collection title, in fact, comes from a panel showing Bush at his desk, covered with miniatures of the "GOP White House," "GOP Senate," "GOP House," and "GOP Supreme Court." "Now who do we blame?" asks the puzzled Commander in Chief.
Such is the humor, satire, and intelligence of one of the most accomplished and widely read political cartoonists working today. Toles, who draws himself as the artist working in the lower right corner of his panels, takes on every issue and every powerbroker that crosses the national screen.
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Sheer Genius, the People's Poet Cartoonist Laureate.......2006-06-02
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Who Cut the Cheese?: A Cutting Edge Way of Surviving Change by Shifting the Blame
Mason Brown Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0743212355 |
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Who Cut the Cheese? uses a delightful little fable to encapsulate the fundamental rule of modern American management and the new economy: "Survive change by shifting blame."
The fable revolves around two malevolent rats and two spiteful "Punypeople" who find themselves trapped together in a maze, fighting over a dwindling supply of constantly moving cheese. Some characters adapt readily to this treacherous, shifting environment -- blaming the weak and overpowering the helpless. Others perish in horror, praying for death. Read this book and live!
Written for all ages, the story can be understood by even the youngest reader: The "maze"is a metaphor for life, and the "cheese" is a metaphor for whatever you desire in life -- be it worldly goods, spiritual well-being, or unspeakable sexual encounters too deviant even for the Internet.
The more advanced reader will also understand the secondary message of the book: "Resistance is futile." As soon as change happens, we must accept it immediately or suffer the consequences. This heavy-handed lesson is designed to engender unquestioning obedience to authority, and makes the book an ideal gift for subordinates.
Large companies would be well advised to give this book to each and every one of their employees, especially if they are considering a restructuring to bolster shareholder value. Extremely short, even including illustrations, the story takes less than an hour to read, but its unsettling conclusions on the nature of humanity should last a lifetime!
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This long overdue parody of the Number One "New York Times" bestseller "Who Moved My Cheese?" is a frank and hilarious look at how we bite, kick, and scream our way through life.Customer Reviews:
Gross.......2006-03-20
A Sophisticated Demolition of Corporate Values.......2005-05-12
Crass, ugly. Don't spend your hard earned cash on this book........2004-11-10
useless toilet humor.......2003-11-26
unless you are a fan of fart jokes and toilet humor, which i haven't found funny since the age of 9, don't buy this book. there's simply not much there.
Brilliant!.......2001-10-12
This book took some of the pain away (though not the recurring nightmares).
As for some reviewers charges of "crudeness" and ethnic stereotyping, I found Brown's coarser jokes to be a refreshingly politically incorrect tonic. It's also what I would expect from the managing editor of National Lampoon. Funny and edgy.
I also liked the parallels to "Heart of Darkness," and the progression into madness and death, but maybe that's reading too much into a parody book with a fart pun for a title.
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Who is to Blame? a Novel in Two Parts. Russian Classics Series,
Alexander Herzen Manufacturer: Progress Publishers Moscow ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000LF90EG |
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WHO'S TO BLAME (Sweet Valley High)
Francine Pascal Manufacturer: Sweet Valley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0553285556 Release Date: 1990-06-01 |
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daddy? daddy come home!!.......2007-04-20
Just an average Sweet Valley High book.......2002-05-27
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Workplace Bullying: What do we know, who is to blame and what can we do?
Charlotte Rayner , Helge Hoel , and Cary L. Cooper Manufacturer: CRC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0415240638 |
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Workplace bullying is an area that has attracted significant press attention throughout the last decade. A variety of well publicized surveys have revealed that this is an issue endemic in working life in Britain; and, at a conservative estimate, over half the working population can expect to experience bullying at work (either directly by being bullied, or through witnessing it) at some stage in their careers. This is now seen to be a disturbing event, with something like a fifth of witnesses and a quarter of direct targets leaving their organizations. This serious damage to individuals has been accorded little direct research in Britain, although it has resulted in court cases brought under health and safety and equal opportunities legislation. The recognition of the problem and the emergence of court cases, have both served to focus employers on the need to deal with the issue. The recent strike vote at Ford in Dagenham, asking the employer to enforce existing anti-harassment policies, highlights the fact that having paper policies is not enough. Workplace Bullying is derived from the largest survey ever carried out on workplace bullying, supported by the CBI, TUC, Federation of Small Businesses, IPD, and the HSE among others. This study covered 5,500 people, but the book goes beyond it to explore all the issues associated with what is becoming a major issue in organizations.
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Who Is to Blame?: A Novel in Two Parts
Alexander Herzen Manufacturer: Cornell Univ Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0801492866 |
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BACK IN PRINT!"Herzen's novel played a significant part in the intellectual ferment of the 1840s. It is an important book in social and moral terms, and wonderfully expressive of Herzen's personality."--Isaiah Berlin
Alexander Herzen was one of the major figures in Russian intellectual life in the nineteenth century. Who Is to Blame? was his first novel. A revealing document and a noteworthy contribution to Russian literature in its own right, it establishes the origins of Herzen's spiritual quest and the outlines of his emerging social and political beliefs, and it foreshadows his mature philosophical views.
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The Cold War--who is to blame? (Random House historical issues series)
Brian Tierney Manufacturer: Random House ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007DW07Q |
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Accounting for British Steel: A financial analysis of the failure of the British Steel Corporation 1967-1980, and who was to blame
R. A Bryer Manufacturer: Gower ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 056600531X |
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Baby Who Got All the Blame
Manufacturer: Modern Curriculum Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0813610729 |
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