Describes the equipment, skills, and safety issues of rock climbing and rappeling; and includes a map of popular locations, a glossary, and an index.

For young athletes who want to learn how to improve their swimming skills and become an advanced swimmer.

The author explodes the myth that financialization, ineffectual regulation of banks, greed and globalization were the root causes of the global economic crisis. Rather, they are symptoms of a much deeper malaise which can be traced all the way back to the Great Crash of 1929, then on through to the 1970s: the time when a 'Global Minotaur' was born. Just as the Athenians maintained a steady flow of tributes to the Cretan beast, so the 'rest of the...