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Outdoor Recreation Policy - Pleasure and Preservation (Hardcover, New): John D. Hutcheson, Francis P. Noe, Robert E. Snow Outdoor Recreation Policy - Pleasure and Preservation (Hardcover, New)
John D. Hutcheson, Francis P. Noe, Robert E. Snow
R2,545 Discovery Miles 25 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This edited anthology, another fine work from Greenwood Press, should be of acute interest to those responsible for managing or studying outdoor recreation in the US. Unlike most works on this subject, which are written by those active in the field, the contributors to this book are largely political scientists. Their perspectives about policy relevant to the recreational use of public lands are new and make a significant contribution. . . . The 19 contributors examine important topics such as planning for recreational uses of natural resources, citizen participation in outdoor recreation policy making, the measurement of service provision and data needs, bureaucratic value structures, and economic/financial concerns. . . . A must for any collection addressing natural resources management. Choice This book includes chapters by some of the leading analysts in outdoor recreation research. Experts in the fields of natural resource management, geography, economics, political science, forestry, and leisure sociology address current issues in outdoor recreation policy. The underlying themes of all chapters are the preservation/use dilemma inherent in outdoor recreation policy and the management of natural resources. Extremely comprehensive and current, the volume focuses on the economic, social, attitudinal, and demographic considerations pertinent in today's outdoor recreation policy formulation. The first section of the book defines the dimensions of the preservation/use dilemma as well as key concepts in outdoor recreation research. The next two sections focus upon the measurement of the benefits of recreational resources and the financing of maintenance and management of natural resource areas. Another section includes chapters on the assessment of public preferences and the outdoor recreation demands/needs of various constituencies. The fifth section of the book includes chapters which focus upon federal agencies' approaches to the implementation of recreation resource policies. The final section includes chapters which describe management techniques that may be utilized in attempting to balance the demands of preservation and use. Accessible to a wide audience, the book makes valuable reading for policymakers, administrators, and scholars in the areas of recreation and natural resources.

Prophet Idrees (A.S) (Paperback): Seema Suhana Prophet Idrees (A.S) (Paperback)
Seema Suhana
R298 Discovery Miles 2 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Modern Regime - II (Hardcover, New, ed.): Hippolyte Adolphe Taine The Modern Regime - II (Hardcover, New, ed.)
Hippolyte Adolphe Taine; Translated by John Durand
R1,270 Discovery Miles 12 700 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Prophet Sheesh (A.S) (Paperback): Seema Suhana Prophet Sheesh (A.S) (Paperback)
Seema Suhana
R297 Discovery Miles 2 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Boys Together - English Public Schools 1800-1864 (Hardcover): John Chandos Boys Together - English Public Schools 1800-1864 (Hardcover)
John Chandos
R1,933 Discovery Miles 19 330 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Although English public schools project an image of clean, polite, and uniformed boys living together in collective worship of God, team games, and academic standards, the early years of these schools had a reality that was far different. The public school that existed before the Clarendon Commission reforms of 1862-64 was a jungle inhabited by a warlike tribe of self-governing boys, into whose social, sporting, and moral lives the masters were not admitted. Boys were chiefly educated by street fighting, poaching, and rioting, and, according to the political enemies of the schools, acquiring a taste for liquor and "a passion for female society of the most degraded kind." In this engrossing book, John Chandos examines the public schools in the last half century before their reform. Using journals, letters, and autobiographies of the time, he provides revealing anecdotes about all aspects of public school life-from academics and sports to vice, discipline, fagging, and religion. Chandos not only illuminates the harsh treatment boys experienced but also shows why parents continued to commit their sons to this system. Parents were persuaded-the fathers usually from personal experience-that the public schools gave a realistic preparation for the wicked and treacherous world that lay ahead, and that a boy who had weathered the ordeal of a public school was a confirmed survivor. Boys Together is essential reading for students of life and values in nineteenth-century England; it is also enthralling entertainment for the general reader.

Marjorie Barstow and the Alexander Technique - Critical Thinking in Performing Arts Pedagogy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Amanda... Marjorie Barstow and the Alexander Technique - Critical Thinking in Performing Arts Pedagogy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Amanda Cole
R2,543 Discovery Miles 25 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book focuses on the teaching and philosophy of the pioneering performing arts teacher and educator Marjorie Barstow. She is one of the best and brightest exponents of the Alexander Technique (AT), an approach to awareness and movement widely deployed and valued in the performing arts and outside artistic circles. By comparing her approach to the educational philosophy of John Dewey, this book resurrects Marjorie Barstow's name, and gives her pedagogy and legacy the attention it deserves.

The History of Witchcraft and Demonology (Hardcover, New edition): Montague Summers The History of Witchcraft and Demonology (Hardcover, New edition)
Montague Summers
R4,629 Discovery Miles 46 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Originally published between 1920-70, the aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up to date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings: "Prehistory and Historical Ethnography" set of 12: 0-415-15611-4 (u800); "Greek Civilization" set of 7: 0-415-15612-2 (u450); "Roman Civilization" set of 6: 0-415-15613-0 (u400); "Eastern Civilizations" set of 10: 0-415-15614-9 (u650); "Judaeo-Christian Civilization" set of 4: 0-415-15615-7: (u250); "European Civilization" set of 11: 0-415-15616-5 (u700).

Remembering Detroit's Olympia Stadium (Hardcover): Robert Wimmer Remembering Detroit's Olympia Stadium (Hardcover)
Robert Wimmer
R719 R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Save R81 (11%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Heart of Dart-ness - Bullseyes, Boozers and Modern Britain (Paperback): Ned Boulting Heart of Dart-ness - Bullseyes, Boozers and Modern Britain (Paperback)
Ned Boulting 1
R263 Discovery Miles 2 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In Heart of Dart-ness, TV's Ned Boulting sets out to answer the forty-something year old question: What exactly is darts? Is it a sport, a freak show, a side-show, a pantomime, a riot or a party? From Purfleet to Minehead, Milton Keynes to Frankfurt, Ned embarks on a journey back to the beginning of the modern game. He tracks down some of the household names who graced childhood television screens and are still among us; names such as Andy Fordham, whose fifty bottles of Pils a day habit led to his near death on the oche, Cliff Lazarenko, whose prodigious drinking was the stuff of legend even among his not exactly abstemious peer-group, Phil Taylor, the greatest of all time, as well as the Europeans, Michael van Gerwen, and Raymond van Barneveld. Is it entertainment, or exploitation? To answer that question, as well as every other, he learns that all roads lead to the Heart of Dart-ness, and the biggest character the game has ever produced, Eric Bristow. Perhaps darts is after all, just exactly what it sets out to be; an anti-sport sport, a two-fingered salute to the establishment, a piss-up in a brewery, the ultimate escape. The best night out.

Football Murals - A Celebration of Soccer's Greatest Street Art (Hardcover): Andy Brassell Football Murals - A Celebration of Soccer's Greatest Street Art (Hardcover)
Andy Brassell
R548 Discovery Miles 5 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

WATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF 2022 - SPORT 'This book is a work of art about football's works of art... Loved it.' - Kevin Day, broadcaster 'A beautiful showcase of such a distinctive part of the game's culture... impossible not to get lost in the book' - Miguel Delaney, The Independent 'Gorgeous to behold... Unmissable' - Danny Kelly, TalkSPORT radio presenter 'I absolutely love this book' - Jules Breach, football presenter On high-rise buildings, street corners and stadium walls in countries around the world, eye-catching murals pay tribute to footballing greats. From Messi and Ronaldo to Rapinoe and Cruyff, these striking displays are remarkable testaments to the awe and affection fans feel for these football legends and cult heroes. Join renowned football writer and broadcaster Andy Brassell as he explores this fascinating phenomenon. Offering a fresh, highly visual perspective on the global game, Football Murals is the first book to celebrate these towering works of art. Beckenbauer and Cruyff, Rooney and Ronaldinho, Totti and Salah, Zlatan and Zidane - being honoured with a mural cements a player's place in a club's heritage and links them to the heart of the community. This richly illustrated book showcases the most impressive examples, explores their inspirational qualities and examines what they say about these icons and their sport. Written and curated by respected football writer Andy Brassell, this ground-breaking book features more than 100 murals from around the world, capturing the scale, grandeur and wit of this powerful and popular art form. Through a series of short essays and extended captions, Andy shares the players' stories, discusses the cultural politics and explains just why these men and women have been immortalised in mural form. Covering such diverse topics as Home Town Glory, Football Fame and The Cult of the Coach, Football Murals addresses the issues important to fans worldwide. It spans Marcus Rashford's inspirational mural in a Manchester suburb, the George Best tribute on the East Belfast estate where he was born, the 15-foot depiction of Megan Rapinoe in St Paul, Minnesota, and the Naples 'shrine' to Diego Maradona.

Campfollowing - A History of the Military Wife (Hardcover, New): Betty L. Alt, Bonnie D Stone Campfollowing - A History of the Military Wife (Hardcover, New)
Betty L. Alt, Bonnie D Stone
R2,044 Discovery Miles 20 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

We know that a supportive family is the key to a person's success. It is fascinating to read a history of military wives that begins to give them the credit they deserve for service to their country and their families.

"Patricia Schroeder U.S. Representative, Colorado"

"Campfollowing" opens an important page in history for the military and for the role of women in the military. The women described in this book were not only devoted wives and mothers who brought a few of the comforts of home to forlorn military outposts, but they were also nurses who cared for the sick and wounded, as well as soldiers who fought bravely next to their soldier-husbands. They served their country with great love, dignity, and honor, and they deserve this long overdue recognition. I believe this book will be both an inspiration and a model for present military spouses as they follow their loved ones throughout the world or wait patiently at home for them when they are apart. "Timothy E. Wirth U.S. Senator, Colorado"

Campfollowers themselves, Betty Alt and Bonnie Stone have collected published and unpublished memoirs, diaries, and letters and have conducted personal interviews to present this comprehensive history of the military wife from the Revolutionary War through the post-Vietnam years. The first work to concentrate on the unique hardships and rewards known to these women, this book considers both the traditional and modern roles of the military wife, with particular attention to her place as second in line to her husband's career and the military establishment's reluctant acceptance of her as integral to the success of its mission.

Resilience and flexibility, loneliness and companionship, and danger and loyalty are all components of the military wife's life described in these revealing pages. The chapters are organized chronologically, outlining the experience during peacetime and war, stateside and overseas. Throughout, the focus remains on the strength of this sisterhood as it copes with separation and fear by fostering its sense of community, and faces the indifference of the military by constantly asserting its identity. This look at the many different facets of life as a military wife, described from a personal perspective within a historical framework, is a thoughtful analysis, a complete chronicle, and a true adventure with all its joys and perils.

Catholic Teacher Preparation - Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Preparing for Mission (Hardcover): Richard Rymarz,... Catholic Teacher Preparation - Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Preparing for Mission (Hardcover)
Richard Rymarz, Leonardo Franchi; Edited by Teresa O'Doherty, Judith Harford, Thomas O'Donoghue
R2,623 Discovery Miles 26 230 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The expectations of the Catholic Church and the demands of the state are a precarious balancing act that have been apparent throughout the history of Catholic education. It is a relationship that is under scrutiny, even in the contemporary context. Drawing on the works and lives of key figures in the history of teacher preparation in Catholic education internationally, this important text illuminates the contributions they made and the challenges they faced. In providing this rich historical synthesis, the authors invite further reflection on the most appropriate methods of teacher preparation for contemporary Catholic schools and on possible contributions to wider teacher preparation from cogitating the history of the Catholic tradition. This book addresses teacher preparation for Catholic schools at both the 'pre-service' and 'in-service' levels by looking at the Church and its relationship with the state. The former will allow opportunities for a deep study of the role of 'faith' in Teacher Preparation, while the latter focuses on how a distinctive faith-based model of education can be in dialogue with the expectations of civil society. By using this multi-layered framework, the book offers exciting and innovative opportunities to inform contemporary practice from international examples, proving an invaluable text for researchers in the fields of comparative education, theology and the sociology of religion.

Teacher Preparation in South Africa - History, Policy and Future Directions (Hardcover): Linda Chisholm Teacher Preparation in South Africa - History, Policy and Future Directions (Hardcover)
Linda Chisholm
R2,861 Discovery Miles 28 610 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

South Africa's transition to democracy has seen massive changes in the field of teacher education aimed at integrating its previously raced and gendered character. This book provides a comprehensive historical overview and relational understanding of the patterns of teacher preparation supporting South Africa's unequal formal education system. It shows how emerging patterns, policies and pedagogies were deeply entangled with the country's position within a broader international and colonial order as well as with dominant national political and economic social frameworks. Using rich archival and oral evidence, this book illuminates how successive policies restricted and enabled access to different institutions, while differentiated curricula prepared teachers to teach students intended to play different roles in a society marked by class, race and gender division. It explores the location and control of teacher provision for black and white teachers provided by mission societies and the state in colleges and universities. Post-apartheid governments sought to reverse entrenched racial legacies in education through closure of the colleges and incorporation of teacher preparation into universities, altered admission criteria and new curricula. These have resulted in new tensions which have arisen in relation to a world of competing pressures on universities and teachers. By shedding new light on these tensions from a historical perspective, this book will prove an invaluable resource for education leaders and researchers in the field of global and comparative education.

Japan Occupied - Survival of Academic Freedom (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023): Ruriko Kumano Japan Occupied - Survival of Academic Freedom (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
Ruriko Kumano
R3,312 Discovery Miles 33 120 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book documents Japan's psychological deterioration caused by its defeat in August 1945. Also, Japan's traumatic transformation from authoritarianism to democracy is detailed. The study exposes an ideological war between the Soviet Union and the USA within American-occupied Japan, which triggered violent polarization among the Japanese. Under General MacArthur's tutorage, the defeated Japanese were expected to become a peace-loving people, but the Cold War derailed Japan's progress toward freedom and democracy. The "Red Purge," instituted by MacArthur's Headquarters (GHQ) from 1949 to 1950, triggered the devastating side effects on Japan's academic freedom and freedom of speech. Stanford University Professor Dr. Walter C. Eells (1886-1962) served at the GHQ as an influential education adviser and became the most vocal advocate of the Red Purge. Japanese Marxist historians have constructed the popular postwar narrative of the Red Purge, blaming the GHQ for every failure. The vast archival materials, including the GHQ papers, Eells papers, and Japanese-language documents, revealed that the Red Purge was a serious propaganda battle between the Americans and the Soviets in a war-torn Japan. This propaganda war engendered the violently polarized political climate, in which the conservative Japanese government behaved according to the dictates of US Cold War policy. By revealing feverish tensions within the GHQ regarding communist influences in Japanese universities, this study sheds bright new light on the Red Purge and its lasting impact on Japan's political future.

Two Treatises of Government (Paperback): John Locke Two Treatises of Government (Paperback)
John Locke
R519 Discovery Miles 5 190 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Informal Economy and Employment in Brazil - Latin America, Modernization, and Social Changes (Hardcover): D. Coletto The Informal Economy and Employment in Brazil - Latin America, Modernization, and Social Changes (Hardcover)
D. Coletto
R1,415 Discovery Miles 14 150 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The informal economy did not disappear, nor did it decrease. Despite early predictions of its eventual demise, it has not only grown worldwide, but also emerged in new forms and unexpected places. This book presents some in-depth cases regarding specific informal economic activities in Brazil. Using an ethnographic approach, the Author shows the social and economic processes that allow the informal economy to be reproduced, revealing the complex and heterogeneous relations between the formal and the informal parts of economy. Throughout detailed descriptions of informality in action, the book provides interesting starting-points to investigate the renewed dilemmas of the informal economy and its linkages with globalization processes.

American Educational History Journal - Volume 38, Number 1 & 3 (Hardcover): J. Wesley Null American Educational History Journal - Volume 38, Number 1 & 3 (Hardcover)
J. Wesley Null
R2,985 Discovery Miles 29 850 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The American Educational History Journal is a peer-reviewed national research journal devoted to the examination of educational topics using perspectives from a variety of disciplines. The editors of AEHJ encourage communication between scholars from numerous disciplines, nationalities, institutions, and backgrounds. Authors come from a variety of disciplines including political science, curriculum, history, philosophy, teacher education, and educational leadership. Acceptance for publication in AEHJ requires that each author present a well-articulated argument that deals substantively with questions of educational history.

Fifty Years of Thunderbolt Tradition - An Athletic History of Pius X High School (Hardcover): Jim Hansen Fifty Years of Thunderbolt Tradition - An Athletic History of Pius X High School (Hardcover)
Jim Hansen
R704 Discovery Miles 7 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

No other high school in Nebraska evokes as much pride, passion, inspiration, and devotion as Pius X High School. The school that was started in 1956 and remains today Nebraska's largest co-educational parochial school, is a beacon for success and leadership. Thunderbolt athletics has been a bench mark for programs to follow, and only those privileged few student athletes who have had the opportunity to don the Pius X uniform can begin to understand why that is so. Pius X's undeniably rich tradition and success over the past fifty years are enough to separate it from other schools: 54 state titles in both boy and girl sports, 12 all sports awards, nine state football championships, and countless academic all state athletes. Coaches such as Aldrich, Kelley, Aylward, Moore, and Forycki, as well as many others, have set the standard of excellence, and have created the feelings of honor and utmost pride associated with Pius X and being a Thunderbolt. Travel back with us as we take a look at Past great athletes and teams and why they make Pius X such a special and magical place. This is a must read for all past and present Thunderbolt athletes, and for Pius X fans and foes alike. Now read the stories and accounts of past Pius X athletes as they attempt to define the significance of being a part of the storied tradition that is a Pius X Thunderbolt.

The Great Depression - A Captivating Guide to the Worldwide Economic Depression that Began in the United States, Including the... The Great Depression - A Captivating Guide to the Worldwide Economic Depression that Began in the United States, Including the Wall Street Crash, FDR's New deal, Hitler's Rise and More (Hardcover)
Captivating History
R660 R589 Discovery Miles 5 890 Save R71 (11%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Democracy at the Ballpark - Sport, Spectatorship, and Politics (Hardcover): Thomas David Bunting Democracy at the Ballpark - Sport, Spectatorship, and Politics (Hardcover)
Thomas David Bunting
R1,987 Discovery Miles 19 870 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Nero - A Captivating Guide to the Last Emperor of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty and How He Ruled the Roman Empire (Hardcover):... Nero - A Captivating Guide to the Last Emperor of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty and How He Ruled the Roman Empire (Hardcover)
Captivating History
R649 R578 Discovery Miles 5 780 Save R71 (11%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
American Midwives - 1860 to the Present (Hardcover): Judt Barrett Litoff American Midwives - 1860 to the Present (Hardcover)
Judt Barrett Litoff
R2,047 Discovery Miles 20 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Dutch East India Company - A Captivating Guide to the First True Multinational Corporation and Its Impact on the Dutch War... The Dutch East India Company - A Captivating Guide to the First True Multinational Corporation and Its Impact on the Dutch War of Independence from Spain (Hardcover)
Captivating History
R652 R581 Discovery Miles 5 810 Save R71 (11%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Panini UK Football Sticker Collections 1978-1985 (Paperback): Panini Panini UK Football Sticker Collections 1978-1985 (Paperback)
Panini
R989 Discovery Miles 9 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SPORTS BOOK OF 2022 A football fan's dream come true - every complete UK PANINI sticker album 1978-1985 reproduced together for the very first time. 'This book delivers a thousand memories'. Mark Lawrenson 'Swapsies', 'Got, Got, Need' and 'Shinies'... This landmark illustrated book is a fantastic feast of nostalgia for any football fan of a certain age. PANINI albums were a must-have if you were a football-mad kid growing up in the late 70s and 80s, when player stickers were bought, bartered and collected in a treasured rite of passage. This book will bring back all those 'I had that one', 'I'd forgotten about him' and 'look at that haircut!' memories as well as providing in-depth details on all the players and teams of the era. Licensed by PANINI, this is a comprehensive collection of PANINI'S UK domestic football albums from 1978 to 1985 inclusive. Covering all English First Division and Scottish Premier teams, it features not only all the great teams and players of the era, but the one-season wonders and the also-rans as well. Inside the book: - Nearly 5,000 images of iconic PANINI stickers, album covers and sticker packet designs. - Hundreds of clubs including Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Celtic, Rangers, Manchester City, Spurs, Newcastle United, Dundee United, Nottingham Forest, Sunderland, Aston Villa, Aberdeen and West Ham United. - Photographs and pen portraits of the great players of the day, such as Bryan Robson, Glenn Hoddle, Kevin Keegan, Ossie Ardiles, Ian Rush and John Barnes, plus World Cup winners in the twilight of their careers and young stars in the making, like Peter Beardsley, Chris Waddle, Mark Hughes and Gary Lineker.

Freedom - The Complete Story of Independence of India (Paperback): Kalyan Kumar Freedom - The Complete Story of Independence of India (Paperback)
Kalyan Kumar
R1,044 Discovery Miles 10 440 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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