Alan Gibbons – författare

Den bråkige Shane kommer som nyinflyttad till Peters skola och visar sig snabbt vara en riktigt bra målvakt. Peter hjälper honom att komma med i traktens fotbollslag för juniorer, men Shanes häftiga humör gör att han lätt får utbrott på planen. Peter och hans vänner försöker hjälpa honom, men allt kring Shane är trassligt och snart är hans framtid i laget hotad ...

En lättläst fotbollsberättelse av Alan Gibbons, som tidigare skrivit PROFFSDRÖMMAR (2018) och HEMMAPLAN (2020) i samma genre. Boken innehåller fakta om berömda målvakter och fotbollshistoria med fokus på målvaktsrollen, samt ett kort arbetsmaterial på slutet.

“Tools alone aren''t enough to reduce dynamic and leakage power in complex chip designs - a well-planned methodology is needed. Following in the footsteps of the successful Reuse Methodology Manual (RMM), authors from ARM and Synopsys have written this Low Power Methodology Manual (LPMM) to describe [such] [a] low-power methodology with a practical, step-by-step approach.”

Richard Goering, Software Editor, EE Times

“Excellent compendium of low-power techniques and guidelines with balanced content spanning theory and practical implementation. The LPMM is a very welcome addition to the field of low power SoC implementation that has for many years operated in a largely ad-hoc fashion.”

Sujeeth Joseph, Chief Architect - Semiconductor and Systems Solutions Unit, Wipro Technologies

“The LPMM enables broader adoption of aggressive power management techniques based on extensive experience and silicon example with real data that every SOC designer can use to meet the difficulties faced in managing the power issues in deep submicron designs.”

Anil Mankar, Sr VP Worldwide Core Engineering and Chief Development Officer, Conexant Systems Inc.

“Managing power, at 90nm and below, introduces significant challenges to design flow. The LPMM is a timely and immediately useful book that shows how combination of tools, IP and methodology can be used together to address power management.”

Nick Salter, Head of Chip Integration, CSR plc.

Set in the East End of London in 1936, this is the story of an unlikely friendship between a Jewish and a Gentile boy during the upsurge of fascist violence ledby Oswald Moseley and his Blackshirts. Jimmy and Benny are adversaries in a boxing match before they become friends. Jimmy lives in a tenament with his newly widowed mother; Benny comes from a large Orthodox Jewish family. The discovery that Jimmy''s mother''s new friend Mr Searleis a Blackshirt has a profound effect on their relationship and places Jimmy in an agonizing dilemna. A vivid and compelling story that raises issues that have many parallels today.

John and Gerry have always been friends, brought together by their passion for football. Then Gerry''s dad loses his job and everything turns sour. The two boys had always steered clear of the gangs at school, but Gerry gets drawn in and now he and John find themselves standing on opposite sides. Set in a tough inner city Liverpool estate, this story is about friendships, rivalries and survival played out at school and on the football fields.

Kev''s a loner, a hard case. When his mum and dad split up, he goes off the rails. He''s looking for trouble - but he never means it to go that far . . . the fire, the shed, that old man. After the fire Kev is moved to a new school to build a new life, but his terrible secret is found out. The only way Kev knows how to deal with it is through another fire. But this time perhaps it''s Kev''s life that will go up in flames.Alan Gibbons writes with compassion and intuitive understanding about one boy''s battle to survive against the odds.

Winner of the Angus Book Award, THE EDGE is crackly with tension. How will this mother and son escape their abuser and start a new life? We''ve got to go. Now. It''s early morning and Danny''s mother is at his bedside, urging him to get up. They''re on the run from Chris, his mother''s boyfriend, a violent man who beats them both up, and won''t let them go. Chris pursues Danny and his mother from London to the north, where they take refuge with Danny''s grandparents. But even there, nothing is safe. Danny is conspicuous as the only mixed-race boy in their small community, and with the ever-present threat of discovery, he has to learn how to live continually on the edge. A tense and chilling story with terrific drama, THE EDGE shows the depth of character and the understanding of the predicaments of children today that gives Alan Gibbons his special quality.

Set in a Northern town, where right-wingers are determined to stir up hatred and racial prejudice, CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE is about six teenagers whose lives are woven together by a series of shocking and tragic events. A British Muslim brother and sister, two Irish brothers who take different sides, and two lads out looking for trouble: all of them get caught in the crossfire. Inspired by the Oldham riots and the events of September 11th, this is a book that needed to be written. It is a chilling account of what is happening in Britain today, but as always Alan Gibbons writes with humour and understanding and is utterly on the wavelength of his many readers.