Vocational subjects & skills Books

In a hilarious new look at the world of American business, the author of "The Dilbert Principle" builds on the popular comic strip to profile the "Weasel Zone," a gray area between moral behavior and unethical - if not felonious - activities.

A comprehensive coursebook and companion website package for years 9 and 10 economics and civics and citizenship students.

Comprehensive coverage of the NCEA achievement standards content requirements - both internal and external and clearly linked to NCEA Level 2 Economics Achievement Standards 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5. 'Basics' is the first section of the book. It provides an introduction to key economic concepts a...

Parents are increasingly anxious about their children's future financial security. The job market is very competitive, and we watch young people leave the education system carrying a burden of debt before they even join the workforce. At a family level, there are other stresses. Life is more freneti...

Today, many manufacturers of plant-based "neuroceuticals" claim their products can offer powerful benefits in brain function. However, the US government does not require these manufacturers to demonstrate their products' effectiveness, leaving it difficult for consumers and health professionals to m...

"Getting into the Game: Sports Programs for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder" will help families, clinicians and coaches support children with autism in taking their first steps into sport and recreation. Participation in individual and team sports plays an important part in children's development...

"Yoga Sequencing: Designing Transformative Yoga Classes" presents the essential principles and methods for planning and sequencing yoga classes. Addressing one of the most popular topics in the yoga profession, this book offers sixty-seven model sequences of yoga poses ("asanas") that cover the broa...

Game Sense is an exciting and innovative approach to coaching and physical education that places the game at the heart of the session. It encourages the player to develop skills in a realistic context, to become more tactically aware, to make better decisions, and to have more fun. Game Sense is a c...

An essential component of good practice in physical education is ensuring inclusivity for all pupils, regardless of need, ability or background. Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, Equity and Inclusion in Physical Education fully explores the theoretical and practical issues faced by phy...

Debates in Physical Education Teaching explores major issues physical education teachers encounter in their daily professional lives. It engages with established and contemporary debates, promotes and supports critical reflection and aims to stimulate both novice and experienced teachers to reach in...

Designed to follow the latest CIE IGCSE syllabus, this revision guide will provide revision material which is presented in a clear, concise, but not too condensed format, appropriate for international students aged 14-16. They may be used for study and homework throughout the year but are predominan...

Teaching Exercise to Children is for all those individuals who prescribe exercise programmes to children of ages 10-16, in schools, gyms and after-school clubs. The only book on the market to combine both current theoretical and practical aspects, its content is linked to the Health and Fitness Nati...

Children can delve into the fascinating facts and rules behind some of their favourite sports in the popular for the love of sports series. This series is an exciting glimpse into the wide world of sports. All titles feature superstars, equipment, rules, and the history behind everyone's favourite s...

There is a beginning and an ending to everything that is alive. In between is a lifetime. Every lifetime is different; for people, plants, animals, and even the tiniest insects. Ages 4+.

"Conducting & Reading Research in Kinesiology" is designed for the first course in research techniques. Students who will be doing research and students who will be consumers of the research of others are the targeted users of "Conducting & Reading Research in Kinesiology." The new edition offers re...

The Annual Editions series is designed to provide convenient, inexpensive access to a wide range of current articles from some of the most respected magazines, newspapers, and journals published today. Annual Editions are updated on a regular basis through a continuous monitoring of over 300 periodi...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally impor...

Random determinism is a radical and new way of looking at the universe and especially how man relates and fits into the universal example. But first what must be done before we can hope to approach the subject as a concept we have to examine man and how he views himself, in especially how man sees h...

Jack James is an ordinary kid. At the age of 10 his mom encouraged him to start his own business. He decided to write a book to encourage other kids who are thinking about starting a business. Jack's book is written from one kid to another. In How to Let Your Parents Raise a Millionaire Jack tells ...

Readers get a view behind the gilded doors which will reveal the inner workings of pyramid and Ponzi schemes, telemarketing scams, identity theft, creative accounting, phishing, and other large-scale frauds and scams that impact not only big money investors but cost ordinary working citizens as well...

In the midst --and in the troubled wake--of the Great Recession, we have witnessed an extraordinary and unprecedented global cooperation among nations committed to collectively discussing, debating, and instituting the best possible economic measures that would restore worldwide growth and prosperit...

Readers examine some of the most fundamental and relevant economic phenomena, processes, practices, and institutions in terms easily comprehensible to high school readers at any level in this explicating volume. Dispelling any sense of theoretical mystery or intimidating conceptual abstraction, thes...

In the popular mind, the Great Recession was caused by misguided investment banking practices, a burst real estate bubble, and plummeting housing values. All of this is accurate, yet it fails to highlight another underlying, insidious cause of the economic collapseconsumer credit and debt. In the ye...