Best Selling Books by Nick Baker

Angry words screamed or shouted at someone can be harmful and cause damage to a person just as much as if they''d been punched in the face. But words can be soothing, especially when sung aloud with music. Join Nick and learn how singing and music are a healing force in the world.

Bernard the Bogeyman sounds deliciously frightening but also kind of sad in his lonely stance. The reader can''t help feeling for him, nursing his wounds in his run-down shed. Once again, Nick Baker and Sadie Giraud give us a fun, skilfully rhymed, beautifully illustrated story-poem that will please both children and adults.

Part of the Counselling Primer series, this book sets standards to experiential theory and practice for those wanting a synopsis. It includes an essay resource with referencing for further reading.

The Swimming Triangle: A Holistic Approach to Competitive Swimming is a unique, innovative, and essential guide to achieving superior mental, technical, and physical fitness in one of the world''s greatest sports. Whether you''re a coach or a swimmer, former Olympic coach Nick Baker''s wholly integrated approach can help you maximize your true potential. In this book Coach Baker offers proven, results- oriented methods for gaining-and keeping-a competitive edge, including: 75 winning mental concepts to use in training and competition 75 elite-level technical concepts A complete breakdown of all starts, strokes, turns, and finishes More than 100 stroke errors to avoid 100 progressive stroke drills 30 sample practices for novice-, junior-, and senior-level swimmers Intensive dry-land training circuits More than 100 strength and flexibility exercises

A photographic celebration and investigation into the anomaly that is black and white colouration in wild animals. In this beautiful book Dr John Feltwell explores the nature of black and white in mammals, birds, reptiles and invertebrates as well as the remarkable albino and black forms of animals.The scientific community is still undecided on what evolutionary trick has caused some animals to develop rigid black and white colour patterns (as in pied birds) and random patterns in others (such as zebra). Our understanding of genetic mutations such as albinism and melanism is better understood but there has never yet been a book that looks at the many animals that display black and white colouration and why they do so.

A practical guide for kids aged 7-11, this book focuses on projects you can do close to wherever you live. It teaches how to make a bird table, create a nesting box, make a rain gauge, a home for bees, track invertebrates, create a bug trap and preserve a spider''s web.

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Don''t be fooled! A swimmer doesn''t need the "whole package" to realize their ultimate swimming goal. Take Hakeem, for example. He only learned to swim at the age of 13 and lacked the skills and physical stamina to compete in any race longer than a 50, but that didn''t prevent him from earning a swimming scholarship and becoming a top sprinter in college. Why? Because he made the best of what he had, never got discouraged, or doubted himself. Sadly, many swimmers hesitate or fail to give their all believing they don''t have what it takes to succeed. But that''s a costly mistake because a strong belief in oneself (no matter the odds) and a take-charge attitude can bridge the gap between the impossible and the possible.

This is the most comprehensive account of Singapore''s wild animals ever produced in one volume. Almost all terrestrial vertebrates currently occurring are described and illustrated in brilliant habitat photographs taken in Singapore: 38 mammals, 87 reptiles, 25 frogs and toads, and 30 freshwater fishes. There are additional chapters on how and where to find wildlife in Singapore, as well as checklists of all species ever recorded in the country, including those extinct, introduced, or of indeterminate status.