Who makes sport policy and why do we need it? What is the purpose of sport development programmes? Sport Policy and Development answers these questions and more by closely examining the complex relationships between modern sport, sport policy and development and other aspects of the wider society. These important issues are explored via detailed case studies of key aspects of sport policy and sport development activity, including: school sport and physical educationsocial inclusionhealthelite...

Investments, global warming and crossing the road – risk is a factor embedded in our everyday lives but do we really understand what it means, how it is quantified and how decisions are made? In six chapters Ben Ale explains the concepts, methods and procedures for risk analysis and in doing so provides an introductory understanding of risk perception, assessment and management. Aided by over seventy illustrations, the author casts light on the often overlooked basics of this fascinati...

The stunningly successful, poignant coming of age story about a boy growing up on an Indian reservation, now in paperback. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie's YA debut, received seven starred reviews, landing on numerous bestseller lists, and winning the 2007 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

Want to learn how to create great user experiences on today's Web? In this book, UI experts Bill Scott and Theresa Neil present more than 75 design patterns for building web interfaces that provide rich interaction. Distilled from the authors' years of experience at Sabre, Yahoo!, and Netflix, these best practices are grouped into six key principles to help you take advantage of the web technologies available today. With an entire section devoted to each design principle, Designing Web Interf...

The world's most infamous hacker offers an insider's view of the low-tech threats to high-tech security. Kevin Mitnick's exploits as a cyber-desperado and fugitive form one of the most exhaustive FBI manhunts in history and have spawned dozens of articles, books, films, and documentaries. Since his release from federal prison, in 1998, Mitnick has turned his life around and established himself as one of the most sought-after computer security experts worldwide.

Now, in "The Art of Deception",...

With project management becoming an increasingly global endeavour, a comprehensive and international student text that reflects this reality such as this one is essential.

Going beyond the usual how-to guide, Lean Six Sigma Secrets for the CIO supplies proven tips and valuable case studies that illustrate how to combine Six Sigma rigorous quality principles with Lean methods for uncovering and eliminating waste in IT processes. Using these methods, the text explains how to take an approach that is all about improving IT performance, productivity, and security much as it is about cutting costs. Savvy IT veterans describe how to use Lean Six Sigma with IT governa...

WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2008'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy' Laura Silverman, Daily MailThe ruins of Pompeii, buried by an explosion of Vesuvius in 79 CE, offer the best evidence we have of everyday life in the Roman empire. This remarkable book rises to the challenge of making sense of those remains, as well as exploding many myths: the very date of the eruption, probab...

En este título te presentamos a algunos de los mejores escritores argentinos y uruguayos de relatos del siglo XX:

Sábado de gloria – Mario Benedetti

Emma Sunz – Jorge Luis Borges

Casa tomada – Julio Cortázar

El libro de los abrazos – Eduardo Galeano

Después de este destierro – Daniel Moyano

Desagravio – Ricardo Piglia

La colección Libros Blancos para niveles avanzados (B2-C2) contiene los textos originales de los mejores escritores de relatos en español. Cada libro presenta ...

Vitale organisaties leert je hoe je organisaties kunt analyseren en hoe je kunt vaststellen aan welke voorwaarden voldaan moet zijn om een organisatie vitaal te maken en te houden.

Organisaties zijn levende systemen, die in een zeker evenwicht moeten zijn met de omgeving en met de medewerkers die er in werken. Het is de taak van de manager om een goed evenwicht in die dynamiek te vinden en de menselijke energie optimaal te activeren

Vitale organisaties bouwt voort op de eleme...