Lovers of curling are passionate about the game. More than 1 million Canadians curl at 1,000 clubs nationwide, and television ratings for curling events are often higher than for Hockey Night in Canada. Russ Howard, one of the biggest names in elite curling, shows you how to put everything you can into your game. Howard has won the Brier championship a record-breaking 107 times; he?s a multiple World Championship winner and was named ?Curler of the Century? by Sweep magazine. He is also a 2006 Olympic gold-medal winner as a member of Canada?s famous ?Team Gushue.? With three decades of experience, Russ has a unique ability to blend the mental and physical sides of curling, and a huge talent for strategy and acing near-impossible shots. Curl to Win is his best advice for improving both your skill level and your understanding of the game. He gives you tips on creating a game plan, choosing the best shot, and the arts of sweeping and delivery. Special attention is given to nutrition and exercise, areas too often neglected by casual curlers. Fully illustrated with step-by-step photographs and diagrams, Curl to Win is the essential guide for all curlers?from novice to elite.

Curl to Win

Sports & Outdoors

Howard, Russ

Winter Sports

Collins

The author, three-time world champion and first skater to perform a quadruple jump in world competition, looks back on his life and the hard work that has enabled him to reach his full potential as a skater

Kurt: Forcing the Edge

Browning, Kurt

STEVENS, NEIL

Biographies & Memoirs

Harpercollins

Now world-leading fitness trainer Simon Waterson – who trained Halle Berry – brings you seven focussed circuit-training programmes tailored for specific needs – prepare your body for a skiing holiday, build up serious strength, tone up all over, get great abs, burn fat fast and more!
Circuit training is the system used by anyone who needs to build serious levels of fitness – athletes, soldiers, climbers and explorers. This book will give you the body you’ve always dreamed of.
Following on from Commando Workout, which used a four-week programme to build fitness, 30 Minute a Day Body Challenge contains six 30-minute circuits based on military training techniques. The workouts target: • lower body • upper body • cardio • abs • plyometric (speed, strength and endurance) • the ultimate circuit challenge.
Celebrity trainer and ex-Commando Simon Waterson then provides seven four-week programmes combining the circuits in different ways so you can achieve very specific results: • fat loss • ab attack • total toning • serious strength • ski and trek workout • ball sport skill • active pregnancy.
Simon’s real-life Commando experiences form a backdrop to the programme, which will also increase mental endurance, give you a sense of personal challenge and achievement, increase speed, power, agility and reaction times and improve muscle tone and endurance.

30-Minute-a-Day Body Challenge

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Waterson, Simon

Diets & Weight Loss

Thorsons

The survival of the white continent’s most famous inhabitants is the subject of this beautiful book. The beauty of Antarctic and the enchanting secrets of its penguin population is brought to life with a delightful series of photographs by the Big Cat Diaries team of Jonathan and Angela Scott. • White/Band 10 books have more complex sentences and figurative language. • Text type - A non-chronological report. • A poster on pages 30 and 31 advertises the highlights and attractions of the magical land of Antarctica, providing opportunities for speaking, listening and writing activities. • Curriculum links - Geography: Where in the world is Barnaby Bear? Passport to the World.

Antarctica: Land of the Penguins: White/Band 10 (Collins Big Cat)

Children's Books

SCOTT, Jonathan

Scott, Angela

Animals

Collins Educational

The beautiful aurorae, or northern lights, are the stuff of legends. The ancient stories of the Sami people warn that if you mock the lights they will seize you, and their mythical appeal continues to capture the hearts and imagination of people across the globe.
Aurora explores the visual beauty, ancient myths and science of the northern lights and challenges the popular theory of how the lights are formed. Plasma physicist Melanie Windridge explains this extraordinary and evocative phenomenon, a scientific marvel unlike any other in which the powers of astronomy, geology, magnetism and atomic physics combine to create one of the wonders of the natural world.
As Melanie travels in search of the perfect aurora, she uncovers the scientific realities of this plasmic phenomenon full of natural power. She combines the science behind the lights with a fascinating travelogue as she pursues the aurora across the northern hemisphere – from the Arctic Circle to Scotland.

Aurora: In Search of the Northern Lights

Science & Math

Windridge, Dr Melanie

Astronomy & Space Science

William Collins

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

This book celebrates the Arctic, exploring the natural history that has so inspired generations.
Early travellers to the Arctic brought back tales of amazing creatures and of the endurance required of visitors, the Arctic becoming a land of inspiration and imagination. Adventurers test themselves against it. Its wildlife still amazes – when film and television show Earth’s natural wonders it is always the polar regions that draw the biggest audiences. But today the Arctic is in retreat. Humanity’s relentless exploitation of the Earth’s resources in the pursuit of progress has, it seems, altered the climate and threatens the ice and ice-living organisms. It is a cliché that the loss of a species diminishes us, but it is true nonetheless. Even to people who have never seen a Polar Bear its loss will be immeasurable as the bear is iconic, both defining and reflecting the Arctic.
This Traveller’s Guide is designed to give visitors a handy identification guide to the wildlife they might see as they travel around, including stunning photography and detailed descriptions of each species.

Wildlife of the Arctic (Traveller’s Guide)

Sale, Richard

Biological Sciences

Inspire: Life Lessons from the Wilderness

Inspire: Life Lessons from the Wilderness - From the Sunday Times Bestselling Author

Fogle, Ben

Religion & Spirituality

The latest adventure from bestselling author Ben Fogle explores what we can learn from nature about living well and living wild. What can rowing across the Atlantic teach us about boredom and about patience? Can coming down from Everest take more resilience than climbing up in the first place? How can the isolation of the South Pole highlight what's most important? And how can we tap into the same reflective state in our daily lives? Writing during the unprecedented period of the coronavirus pandemic and drawing on a wealth of personal stories, Ben reflects on the significance of nature to all our lives and shows us how we can benefit from living a little more wild. Drawing on his greatest adventures, he shares what his time spent in the wilderness has taught him about life. Ranging across seas, icecaps, jungles and deserts, Ben's stories are filled with wonder and struggle, with animals, adventure, wilderness, friendships, unexpected acts of kindness and heroism, and are bursting with inspiration directly from nature. Ben's epic stories reveal a new side to his adventures and show how everyone can find meaning in the wilderness, even if it's just outside their front door. Full of exciting adventures and practical guidance, this primer on positivity is a story about overcoming obstacles, surpassing your expectations and inspiring your journey of adventure.

*Buy this heartwarming and feel good cosy novel for a slice of escapism at the turn of a page!*\n‘Up there with the best of them…A big, fat five stars from me’ Sue Moorcroft 
‘An irresistible slice of escapism’ Phillipa Ashley\nIt’s time to pack your bags and head to the breathtaking, snow-covered peaks of the Swiss Alps for velvety hot chocolates, delicious cheeses and a gorgeous love story…\nFood technician Mina has always believed that chocolate will solve everything – and it’s just what she needs when her latest relationship mishap goes viral! 
So with her bags packed and a new determination to sort her life out, Minna decides to drown her sorrows with the best hot chocolate in the world at her godmother’s cosy Swiss chalet. Chocolate: yes. Romance: no. Until she has a run in on an Alpine train with a mysterious but oh-so-gorgeous stranger…

The Little Swiss Ski Chalet (Romantic Escapes, Book 7)

Literature & Fiction

Caplin, Julie

Genre Fiction

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