Introduction to Defender's Play
Title | Introduction to Defender's Play PDF eBook |
Author | Edwin B. Kantar |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2003-02 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 9780879803223 |
Introduction to Defender's Play, written by one of the outstanding world bridge experts, will teach you the defender's skills you need to play winning bridge.
Play Practice
Title | Play Practice PDF eBook |
Author | Alan G. Launder |
Publisher | Human Kinetics |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0736097007 |
Offers an innovative approach to teaching and coaching sport that combines contemporary theory with the experience of practical and reflective work in real sport environments. It covers a wide range of team and individual sports, including archery, table tennis, flag football, skiing, cricket and track and field.
Defenders of the Unborn
Title | Defenders of the Unborn PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel K. Williams |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 401 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199391645 |
Provocative and insightful, Defenders of the Unborn is a must-read for anyone who craves a deeper understanding of a highly-charged issue"--Provided by publisher.
Introduction to Defense
Title | Introduction to Defense PDF eBook |
Author | Eddie Kantar |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019-11 |
Genre | Bridge whist |
ISBN | 9781771400558 |
The classic first book on defensive cardplay at bridge, covering the topic with clarity, skill and humor. More than fifty years after its first publication, this book has been revised and updated to bring it into line with modern methods of play and bridge education.
Beginning Bridge
Title | Beginning Bridge PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Seagram |
Publisher | Master Point Press |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 2008-06 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 9781897106334 |
Written for complete beginners, this book is based on material that Barbara Seagram uses in her own classes to introduce hundreds of new players to the game every year. The book will take readers to the point where they can enjoy a social game with friends or begin to explore their local bridge club.
Lean Logic
Title | Lean Logic PDF eBook |
Author | David Fleming |
Publisher | Chelsea Green Publishing |
Pages | 658 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1603586482 |
Lean Logic is David Fleming's masterpiece, the product of more than thirty years' work and a testament to the creative brilliance of one of Britain's most important intellectuals. A dictionary unlike any other, it leads readers through Fleming's stimulating exploration of fields as diverse as culture, history, science, art, logic, ethics, myth, economics, and anthropology, being made up of four hundred and four engaging essay-entries covering topics such as Boredom, Community, Debt, Growth, Harmless Lunatics, Land, Lean Thinking, Nanotechnology, Play, Religion, Spirit, Trust, and Utopia. The threads running through every entry are Fleming's deft and original analysis of how our present market-based economy is destroying the very foundations--ecological, economic, and cultural-- on which it depends, and his core focus: a compelling, grounded vision for a cohesive society that might weather the consequences. A society that provides a satisfying, culturally-rich context for lives well lived, in an economy not reliant on the impossible promise of eternal economic growth. A society worth living in. Worth fighting for. Worth contributing to. The beauty of the dictionary format is that it allows Fleming to draw connections without detracting from his in-depth exploration of each topic. Each entry carries intriguing links to other entries, inviting the enchanted reader to break free of the imposed order of a conventional book, starting where she will and following the links in the order of her choosing. In combination with Fleming's refreshing writing style and good-natured humor, it also creates a book perfectly suited to dipping in and out. The decades Fleming spent honing his life's work are evident in the lightness and mastery with which Lean Logic draws on an incredible wealth of cultural and historical learning--from Whitman to Whitefield, Dickens to Daly, Kropotkin to Kafka, Keats to Kuhn, Oakeshott to Ostrom, Jung to Jensen, Machiavelli to Mumford, Mauss to Mandelbrot, Leopold to Lakatos, Polanyi to Putnam, Nietzsche to Næss, Keynes to Kumar, Scruton to Shiva, Thoreau to Toynbee, Rabelais to Rogers, Shakespeare to Schumacher, Locke to Lovelock, Homer to Homer-Dixon--in demonstrating that many of the principles it commends have a track-record of success long pre-dating our current society. Fleming acknowledges, with honesty, the challenges ahead, but rather than inducing despair, Lean Logic is rare in its ability to inspire optimism in the creativity and intelligence of humans to nurse our ecology back to health; to rediscover the importance of place and play, of reciprocity and resilience, and of community and culture. ------ Recognizing that Lean Logic's sheer size and unusual structure could be daunting, Fleming's long-time collaborator Shaun Chamberlin has also selected and edited one of the potential pathways through the dictionary to create a second, stand-alone volume, Surviving the Future: Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy. The content, rare insights, and uniquely enjoyable writing style remain Fleming's, but presented at a more accessible paperback-length and in conventional read-it-front-to-back format.
People and Predators
Title | People and Predators PDF eBook |
Author | Defenders of Wildlife |
Publisher | Island Press |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2012-06-22 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1597269107 |
Carnivores provide innumerable ecological benefits and play a unique role in preserving and maintaining ecosystem services and function, but at the same time they can create serious problems for human populations. A key question for conservation biologists and wildlife managers is how to manage the world's carnivore populations to conserve this important natural resource while mitigating harmful impacts on humans. In People and Predators, leading scientists and researchers offer case studies of human-carnivore conflicts in a variety of landscapes, including rural, urban, and political. The book covers a diverse range of taxa, geographic regions, and conflict scenarios, with each chapter dealing with a specific facet of human-carnivore interactions and offering practical, concrete approaches to resolving the conflict under consideration. Chapters provide background on particular problems and describe how challenges have been met or what research or tools are still needed to resolve the conflicts. People and Predators will helps readers to better understand issues of carnivore conservation in the 21st century, and provides practical tools for resolving many of the problems that stand between us and a future in which carnivores fulfill their historic ecological roles.