New Releases by Mike Smith

Explore the Peak District''s secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.

Exam Board: OCR Level: A-Level Subject: Chemistry First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: Summer 2016 With My Revision Notes: OCR A Level Chemistry A you can: - Manage your own revision with step-by-step support from experienced teacher and examiner Mike Smith - Apply biological terms accurately with the help of definitions and key words - Plan and pace your revision with the revision planner - Test understanding with questions throughout the book - Get exam ready with last minute quick quizzes available on the Hodder Education website

Pour une soirée, un barbecue ou à la terrasse d’un café, la bière est consommée dans tous les pays du monde. Mais que savons-nous vraiment de la bière ? C’est environ 7000 ans avant JC que la bière a été créée. De la brasserie artisanale à l’explosion de

Exam Board: SQA Level: National 5 Subject: Maths First Teaching: September 2013 First Exam: Summer 2014 Practise for your SQA exams with three specially commissioned Hodder Gibson Practice Exam Papers with fully worked answers. - Practise with model papers written and checked by experienced markers and examiners - Worked answers show how solutions are arrived at and where marks are gained - Get extra advice with study-skills guidance sections - Avoid common mistakes with examiner tips - A revision grid allows students to revise by topic

Are you ready to shake off all of the feelings of mediocrity? Are you looking for a mid-life renaissance in your personal life and career? Are you looking for a way to build a life path filled with joy? Lovin'' Each Day shares Mike Smith''s path to a joyful and fulfilling life. Learn what he discovered through trial and error about making positive changes to improve his physical, emotional, and spiritual health, and to build a remarkably happy personal life and successful career. In this book you will: Gain Tools and Insights about Health, Family, Work, Passion and Balance Learn How to Turn Around Negative Thoughts, Beliefs and Patterns Discover What May Be Keeping You from Having a Healthier Happier Life Learn How to Live a Life Filled with Happiness and Unbridled Passion Discover New Ways to Create the Life You Truly Want to Live "A little gem! Read this book and you''ll realize it''s never too late to feel alive and pursue what you love." - Dr. Joe Vitale, Multiple Bestselling Author and Featured Teacher from the movie, The Secret "What you''ll gain from reading this book is the importance of living a life with passion. Don''t just exist; live!" - Lissa Coffey, Bestselling Author of What''s Your Dosha, Baby? Discover the Vedic Way for Compatibility in Life and Love"

Exam Board: OCR Level: A-level Subject: Chemistry First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2017 Written by experienced author Mike Smith, this Student Guide for Chemistry: - Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined in the AS and A-level specifications - Consolidates understanding with tips and knowledge check questions - Provides opportunities to improve exam technique with sample answers to exam-style questions - Develops independent learning and research skills - Provides the content for generating individual revision notes

Exam Board: OCR Level: A-level Subject: Chemistry First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: Summer 2017 Written by experienced author Mike Smith, this Student Guide for Chemistry: -Identifies the key content you need to know with a concise summary of topics examined in the A-level specifications -Enables you to measure your understanding with exam tips and knowledge check questions, with answers at the end of the guide -Helps you to improve your exam technique with sample answers to exam-style questions -Develops your independent learning skills with content you can use for further study and research.

Everyone who has ever owned a dog has had the unique experience of feeling like your dog was communicating with you beyond words. ''What If Your Dog Could Talk?'' examines what happens when struggling abstract painter Dave Taylor has an experience that transcend a simple non-verbal communication. It forever changes who he is and the meaning of his life. ''What If Your Dog Could Talk?'' is a romance, a mystery, and an examination of the powerful bond between man and dog. Though parts may be considered controversial I hope that you enjoy it for the insight it offers and in the spirit for which it was written. Mike Smith Author

Exam Board: OCR Level: AS/A-level Subject: Chemistry First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: Summer 2016 Written by experienced author Mike Smith, this Student Guide for Chemistry: - Helps identify what you need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined in the AS and A-level specifications - Consolidates understanding with tips and knowledge check questions - Provides opportunities to improve exam technique with sample answers to exam-style questions - Develops independent learning and research skills - Provides the content for generating individual revision notes

With My Revision Notes you can: -Manage your own revision with step-by-step support from experienced teacher Mike Smith -Apply chemical terms accurately with the help of definitions and key words -Plan and pace your revision with the revision planner -Test understanding with questions throughout -Get exam ready with last minute quick quizzes available on the Hodder Education website

A New York Times Best Seller A full-color, lushly illustrated graphic novel that recounts the many-layered past and present of beer through dynamic pairings of pictures and meticulously researched insight into the history of the world''s favorite brew. The History of Beer Comes to Life! We drink it. We love it. But how much do we really know about beer? Starting from around 7000 BC, beer has emerged as a major element driving humankind’s development, a role it has continued to play through today’s craft brewing explosion. With The Comic Book Story of Beer, the first-ever nonfiction graphic novel focused on this most favored beverage, you can follow along from the very beginning, as authors Jonathan Hennessey and Mike Smith team up with illustrator Aaron McConnell to present the key figures, events, and, yes, beers that shaped and frequently made history. No boring, old historical text here, McConnell’s versatile art style—moving from period-accurate renderings to cartoony diagrams to historical caricatures and back—finds an equal and effective partner in the pithy, informative text of Hennessey and Smith presented in captions and word balloons on each page. The end result is a filling mixture of words and pictures sure to please the beer aficionado and comics geek alike.

Exam Board: OCR Level: A-level Subject: Chemistry First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2017 This is an OCR endorsed resource Stretch and challenge your students'' knowledge and understanding of Chemistry, build their mathematical and practical skills, and provide plenty of assessment guidance with this OCR Year 2 Student Book. - Build understanding with a summary of prior knowledge and diagnostic questions at the start of each chapter to help bring students up to speed - Support practical assessment with Practical Skill summaries that help develop your students'' knowledge and skills - Test understanding and provide plenty of practice to assess progression, with Test Yourself Questions and multiple choice questions - Provide mathematical support with examples of method integrated throughout and a dedicated ''Maths in Chemistry'' chapter - Develop understanding with free online access to Test yourself Answers, an Extended Glossary, Learning Outcomes and Topic Summaries

NFL head coach Mike Smith lead one of the most remarkable turnarounds in NFL history. In the season prior to his arrival in 2008, the Atlanta Falcons had a 4–12 record and the franchise had never before achieved back-to-back winning seasons. Under Smith’s leadership, the Falcons earned an 11–5 record in his first season and would go on to become perennial playoff and Super Bowl contenders earning Smith AP Coach of year in 2008 and voted Coach of Year by his peers in 2008, 2010 and 2012. You Win in the Locker Room First draws on the extraordinary experiences of Coach Mike Smith and Jon Gordon—consultant to numerous college and professional teams—to explore the seven powerful principles that any business, school, organization, or sports team can adopt to revitalize their organization. Step by step, the authors outline a strategy for building a thriving organization and provide a practical framework that give leaders the tools they need to create a great culture, lead with the right mindset, create strong relationships, improve teamwork, execute at a higher level, and avoid the pitfalls that sabotage far too many leaders and organizations. In addition to sharing what went right with the Falcons, Smith also transparently shares what went wrong his last two seasons and provides invaluable lessons leaders can take away from his victories, success, failures and mistakes. Whether it’s an executive leadership team of a Fortune 500 company, a sports team, an emergency room team, military team, or a school team successful leaders coach their team and develop, mentor, encourage, and guide them. This not only improves the team, it improves the leaders and their relationships, connections, and organization. You Win in the Locker Room First offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at one of the most pressure packed leadership jobs on the planet and what leaders can learn from these experiences in order to build their own winning team.

Exam Board: OCR Level: A-level Subject: Chemistry First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2016 This is an OCR endorsed resource Stretch and challenge your students'' knowledge and understanding of Chemistry, build their mathematical and practical skills, and provide plenty of assessment guidance with this OCR Year 1 Student Book. - Build understanding with a summary of prior knowledge and diagnostic questions at the start of each chapter to help bring students up to speed - Support practical assessment with Practical Skill summaries that help develop your students'' knowledge and skills - Test understanding and provide plenty of practice to assess progression, with Test Yourself Questions and multiple choice questions - Provide mathematical support with examples of method integrated throughout and a dedicated ''Maths in Chemistry'' chapter - Develop understanding with free online access to Test yourself Answers, an Extended Glossary, Learning Outcomes and Topic Summaries OCR A Level Chemistry Student Book 1 includes AS Level

The fascinating history of Chapel-en-le-Firth illustrated through old and modern pictures in a fully updated edition.

Part history, part guidebook, part prediction for the future,?this book?tells the story of the companies, individuals, and innovations driving the revolution of online ads. Far from the catchy television spots and sleek magazine spreads are the comparatively modest ads that pop up on websites and in Internet searches. But don''t be fooled - online advertising is exploding. Growing at a compound annual rate near 20%, it is now the second-largest advertising channel in the United States. Targeted takes listeners behind the scenes - examining the growth of digital advertising, its enormous potential, and the technologies that are changing the game forever. You will also learn about several key aspects such as: keyword micro-markets, ad serving systems, aggregated virtual audiences, new business models, and much more! Leading the way is real-time bidding, which offers advertisers unprecedented precision in targeting ads and measuring their effectiveness.?This book is sweeping in scope and stripped of technical complexity. Targeted is an essential resource for anyone interested in finding and connecting with customers in the vast and shifting Internet universe.

In the Western World the average life span is approximately 80 years old. However, when people get to that age they are usually hit with a multitude of health problems and encounter frailties both physically and mentally. They experience this state of "old age" unfortunately in most cases mainly because of the nutritional and lifestyle habits they have practice throughout their lives. They''ve succumbed to the propaganda of having a Western diet, Western lifestyle and have been conditioned by the media that 80 years of age is old. However, there are people who are located in the remotest parts of the world who consider 80 years old to be a young age! They are living past the age of 100 years old in strong health, are active and alert and are in full possession of their mental faculties. In fact, with these people, being active and alert centenarians with a keen enjoyment of life are the norm. What are their secrets and the keys to their longevity and fountain of youth? Well, it all begins with their practice of healthy habits which include diet, exercise and attitude. In his book entitled Healthy Habits: How to Live 100 Plus Years and Avoid Dying Before Your Time author Mike Smith explores and examines the diet and lifestyles of the various groups of people throughout the world who have for centuries practiced longevity principles that have enabled them to consistently live past 100 years of age. The people who fit this criteria and will be explored and examined are the people of Bama who are located in the West Central Guangxi Province of South China, the Hunzas of Pakistan, the Okinawans of Japan, the people from the small Greek island of Symi, the Abkhazians of Russia, the Campodimele people of Central Italy, the Vilcabamba Indians of Ecuador and the Titikaka Indians of Peru. You will be shown how to effectively incorporate the healthy habits of these centenarians in your daily life so you too can enjoy the fruits of living a long, healthy, active and prosperous life.

A collection of memoirs and anecdotes from one man''s lifetime of messing around in boats.

Exam Board: SQA Level: National 5 Subject: Lifeskills Maths First Teaching: September 2013 First Exam: Summer 2014 Get your best grade with the SQA endorsed guide to National 5 Lifeskills Maths. This book contains all the advice and support you need to revise successfully for your National 5 exam. It combines an overview of the course syllabus with advice from a top expert on how to improve exam performance, so you have the best chance of success. - Refresh your knowledge with complete course notes - Prepare for the exam with top tips and hints on revision technique - Get your best grade with advice on how to gain those vital extra marks

In April 1914, Burnley Football Club won the FA Cup, beating Liverpool in the Final at the Crystal Palace in front of His Majesty, King George V. It was the first time that the reigning monarch had attended a Cup Final and presented the trophy to the winners. The Road To Glory travels back in time to see how Burnley progressed in the FA Cup from 1885, through 30 years of failure, ending in victory in 1914. Mike Smith''s book draws on match reports of the pre-WW1 period, football programmes and other archive sources, and is generously illustrated throughout with photographs of the period. The Road To Glory takes the reader on a journey back to the days when the FA Cup was the greatest football competition in the world.

New author Mike Smith hits the ground running with this engaging book on the topic of leadership. Having spent a lifetime in education, Smith has his own particular views on what leadership means and what it looks like. Smith provides a wonderful and oddly interesting blend of lessons on leadership that tie into readings from The Bible with an extra kicker of Cowboy Logic that wraps up each section. The mix of these three approaches is a refreshing change from the traditional textbook and case-study type of most leadership books. If you are looking for an enjoyable, practical, and useful book on leadership, you have come to right place.

Written by a former senior examiner, Mike Smith, this OCR(A) A2 Chemistry Student Unit Guide is the essential study companion for Unit F325: Equilibria, Energetics and Elements.This full-colour book includes all you need to know to prepare for your unit exam: clear guidance on the content of the unit, with topic summaries, knowledge check questions and a quick-reference index examiner''s advice throughout, so you will know what to expect in the exam and will be able to demonstrate the skills required exam-style questions, with graded student responses, so you can see clearly what is required to get a better grade

Every day, the bus driver finishes his cup of tea, puts on his jacket and sets off on his route. Every day, the man with the big red tie gets on at the roundabout, the lady with the pram gets on at the library and the noisy children get on at Clover Drive. But what if one day the driver turned down a new and exciting road, and picked up new and exciting people? So many people that the bus simply wouldn''t be big enough? Well, they would only be one solution!

EMTs can find themselves in critical situations that require advanced cardiac life support (ACLS). Although EMTs are not trained to provide advanced-level skills, there is much they can do to improve the quality of management, and thus the patient''s chance for survival by understanding ACLS and facilitating its administration by ALS providers. Teamwork is the cornerstone of ACLS care. Advanced life support can only function on a foundation of solid, ongoing basic life support practices. As such, an understanding of the principles of advanced life support will enhance the ability of EMTs to work in collaboration to increase the survival rates of patients. Most importantly, better teamwork will improve care not only during cardiac arrests, but also during all emergency calls.

Written by a senior examiner, Mike Smith, this OCR(A) AS Chemistry Student Unit Guide is the essential study companion for Unit F322: Chains, Energy and Resources. This full-colour book includes all you need to know to prepare for your unit exam: clear guidance on the content of the unit, with topic summaries, knowledge check questions and a quick-reference index examiner''s advice throughout, so you will know what to expect in the exam and will be able to demonstrate the skills required exam-style questions, with graded student responses, so you can see clearly what is required to get a better grade

Written by a former senior examiner, Mike Smith, this OCR(A) AS Chemistry Student Unit Guide is the essential study companion for Unit F321: Atoms, Bonds and Groups. This full-colour book includes all you need to know to prepare for your unit exam: clear guidance on the content of the unit, with topic summaries, knowledge check questions and a quick-reference index examiner''s advice throughout, so you will know what to expect in the exam and will be able to demonstrate the skills required exam-style questions, with graded student responses, so you can see clearly what is required to get a better grade

Nancy Caroline''s Emergency Care in the Streets, Seventh Edition is the next step in the evolution of the premier paramedic education program. This legendary paramedic textbook was first developed by Dr. Nancy Caroline in the early 1970s and transformed paramedic education. Today, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons is proud to continue this legacy and set the new gold standard for the paramedics of tomorrow. The Seventh Edition reflects the collective experience of its top-flight author team and decades of street wisdom. This fully updated edition covers every competency statement of the National EMS Education Standards for paramedics with clarity and precision in a concise format that ensures student comprehension and encourages critical thinking. This edition emphasizes the ideal that becoming a paramedic is a continual pursuit of growth and excellence throughout an entire career. Concepts of team leadership and professionalism are woven throughout the chapters, challenging students to become more compassionate, conscientious health care professionals as well as superior clinicians.

Get the best grades with My Revision Notes: OCR (A) A2 Chemistry. Manage your own revision with step-by-step support from senior examiner and author Mike Smith Use specific examples and advice to improve your knowledge of chemical applications and processes Get the top marks by applying chemical terms accurately with the help of definitions and key words Improve your exam skills with the help of self-testing and exam-style questions and answers My Revision Notes will help you prepare for the big day: Plan and pace your revision with My Revision PlannerUse the concise notes to revise the essential informationUse the examiner''s tips and summaries to clarify key pointsAvoid making typical mistakes with expert adviceTest yourself with end-of-topic questions and answers and tick off each topic as you complete itPractise your exam skills on exam questions then check your answers onlineGet exam-ready with last-minute quick quizzes at www.therevisionbutton.co.uk/myrevisionnotes

Get the best grades with My Revision Notes: OCR (A) AS Chemistry. Manage your own revision with step-by-step support from senior examiner and author Mike Smith Use specific examples and advice to improve your knowledge of chemical applications and processes Get the top marks by applying chemical terms accurately with the help of definitions and key words Improve your exam skills with the help of self-testing and exam-style questions and answers My Revision Notes will help you prepare for the big day: Plan and pace your revision with My Revision PlannerUse the concise notes to revise the essential informationUse the examiner''s tips and summaries to clarify key pointsAvoid making typical mistakes with expert adviceTest yourself with end-of-topic questions and answers and tick off each topic as you complete itPractise your exam skills on exam questions then check your answers onlineGet exam-ready with last-minute quick quizzes at www.therevisionbutton.co.uk/myrevisionnotes