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Forgiveness is one of the most powerful and liberating actions a person can take. Whether it is forgiving others, or yourself - for past deeds or mistakes - forgiveness can open people up to a life of happiness, fulfilment, and newfound accomplishment. And yet, so many people struggle to generate forgiveness. Whether it is a partner who cheated, a friend who dishonoured themselves, or personal guilt that has haunted you for many years - forg...

Does unhelpful thinking influence your sporting performance, or the athletes you work with? Athletes of all levels experience barriers to performance beyond the physical challenges they face. These can range from, performance anxiety, overthinking, and lack of concentration, to issues of motivation or difficulties when dealing with team members. ACT - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - is a modern and effective psychological approach base...

In England & Wales, every criminal case starts in a magistrates' court, and most end there. Last year, the 14, 000 magistrates dealt with almost 1.4 million cases. But, what exactly does a magistrate do, who are they, and how are they recruited and trained? Are they out-of-touch and unrepresentative, or still fit for purpose with a role to play in today's increasingly sophisticated and complex judicial system? The Secret Magistrate takes the r...

Linda Dearsley was Doris Stokes' ghost. Well, more accurately, she was the ghost-writer for Doris Stokes and worked with her for 10 years to produce 7 books, detailing the great lady's life. In Voices Everywhere, Linda shines a light on her time working with Doris, right from the very early days when Doris was doing private readings in her Fulham flat, to filling the London Palladium and Barbican night after night, to subsequent fame outside t...

This short, no-nonsense book is a must-read for anyone looking to understand whether they have a dependency on alcohol. Alcohol dependency - where alcohol has a hold over someone's behaviour - affects people from all walks of life. It can impact an individual's health, wealth, relationships, life fulfilment, and so much more. In The Honest Truth, we explore how to evaluate whether someone has a dependency on alcohol through the ACR: the Alcoho...

It's Just a Ball is a book for anyone who lives and loves soccer. Founded on the author's unique set of experiences, it is a personal exploration of the beautiful game - delivered through a series of personal accounts, broader stories, studies, and interviews - capturing the unique journeys of players, coaches, and people from around the world who have found success in unconventional ways. Throughout it all, one key message emerges: the import...

It started with a question, "What are the fundamentals of soccer?"Whilst there are hundreds of books that look into the specific principles of coaches like Jurgen Klopp, Pep Guardiola, and Marco Bielsa, there is no core, distilled text on the key principles of the game.Until now.Join best-selling author and coach - Peter Prickett - as he puts soccer under the microscope and breaks it down into its constituent parts. By addressing the two prima...

Does unhelpful thinking influence your sporting performance, or the athletes you work with? Athletes of all levels experience barriers to performance beyond the physical challenges they face. These can range from, performance anxiety, overthinking, and lack of concentration, to issues of motivation or difficulties when dealing with team members. ACT - Acceptance and Commitment Training/Therapy - is a modern and effective psychological approach...

Do you coach footballers and want to build a practical, possession-based soccer curriculum? You've come to the right place!Through The Thirds - from leading youth coach Tony Mee - offers a practical methodology for football coaches working with 12+ year-old footballers, who want to see their teams play with technique, confidence, and tactical intelligence.Based around a real-world training programme - which has been developed and delivered by ...

Have you been through a divorce, or are you going through one? Do you find that anger, resentment, bitterness, or guilt is blocking your path towards a better tomorrow?Often, the key obstruction to moving forward with life after a break-up is an inability or unwillingness to forgive. Why should you forgive your former partner, or even possibly yourself? Wouldn't that pardon the behaviour that brought about the end? No! Forgiveness is not about...

In 2011, Google published research that brought a new term - "Zero Moment of Truth" - to the world's attention. It derived from a study that found how, on average, consumers need 10.4 interactions from various sources to develop their buying knowledge before they make a purchasing decision.Additional research, looking at B2B sales, has found that the number of interactions - or touches between seller and buyer - needed to secure a sale is some...

The Italian-American family is a unique and wonderful cultural entity. From the bond between generations, to collective responses to adversity, to its overwhelming love of food - the family is central to Italian-America.Sharing stories of her extended Italian-American family in this personal memoir, Marcia Brennan shows how cultural histories can be deeply interwoven with the magic of blessings, curses, and other forms of creation. From the ri...

Whether we hail from Napoli or New York, Bari or Boston, Poughkeepsie or Palermo, there is a special quality that binds us - Italiani nel Mondo - together.And that agent is Italianità, the essence of being Italian.We are all Italian, but trying to define exactly what that means - what makes us all part of one global family - well, that can be a little tougher.In this book, William Giovinazzo explores the culture and history of Italians and Ita...

In July 2018, Israel's Knesset approved the Nation-State Bill, a controversial piece of legislation, both at home and abroad, which declared Israel a sovereign state for the Jewish people. It followed US President Donald Trump's 2017 decision to relocate the United States embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Both events provoked consternation and scorn from many countries, and offer the latest twists in the Israeli-Palestinian saga: two peoples...

This comprehensive volume presents the biographies of 1, 000 women who were active in the British decorative arts over the last few centuries. Some of these women are known today, some are not, yet all made valuable contributions in areas such as stained glass, metalwork, pottery, woodcarving, illustration, bookbinding and decoration, sculpture, decorative embroidery, decorative jewellery, and illumination.This volume is the largest of its kin...

Togetherness is a powerful state of connection between individuals that can lead to amazing triumphs. In sport, teams win matches, but teams with togetherness win championships and make history.If you want the individuals on your team to develop their skills and reach their potential, get them 'together'. The key to this, is to understand your players' group memberships and how to harness them, to create a unique team identity that is special ...

On the 25th of January 2020, the Chinese Year of the Rat begins. But, this is no regular Year of the Rat, (also known as the Year of the White Rat, or the Golden Rat), it could literally mark the dawn of a glorious new era. In 2020, a Rat year and a new decade join forces and unite for the next 12 months - an event so rare, it's only happened once before in over 100 years. The powerful energies of both East and West converge to mark 2020 as th...

Planet Tennis. A world of high-profile tournaments, legendary competitors, up-and-coming youngsters, and fuzzy yellow balls.The Art of Tennis II is a brand-new collection of soulful and reflective tennis writing, providing 120 tennis narratives that deliver passionate insights, magical on-court moments, and a fresh perspective on the sport.Starting at Wimbledon 2018, and following the women's and men's tours over the next 12 months, join Domin...

Close your eyes and picture a sunrise.For the majority of people, the ability to visualize images - such as a sunrise - seems straightforward, and can be accomplished 'on demand'. But, for potentially some 2% of the population, conjuring up an image in one's mind's eye is not possible, attempts to visualize images just bring up darkness.Although identified back in the 19th century, Aphantasia remained under the radar for more than a century, a...

3v3 football training is gaining serious momentum in the world of coaching. Indeed, at the end of 2019, the German FA stands on the brink of building its next youth player development programme around it.As players develop, they need to become truly confident with the ball, and the best way to achieve mastery is by maximising their touches on the ball. So, how can we offer lots of interactions with the ball and learn the key principles of the ...