Robert Ahola's Books

Growing Older

Tourism and Leisure Behaviour of Older Adults

By: Ian Robert Patterson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Growing Older

Tourism and Leisure Behaviour of Older Adults

By: Ian Robert Patterson

Drawing on the latest research this book examines the tourism and leisure needs of older people. Chapters review the particular behaviors, characteristics and special requirements of the senior market and provide examples of good practice and service provision. The book highlights how important an understanding of this emerging market is to tourism and leisure providers. It also suggests ways to effectively market to and provide for this expanding group in the future.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

238

Publisher

CABI

Published Date

ISBN 10

1845930657

ISBN 13

9781845930653

Personal Decisions in the Public Square

Beyond Problem Solving into a Positive Sociology

By: Robert A. Stebbins

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Personal Decisions in the Public Square

Beyond Problem Solving into a Positive Sociology

By: Robert A. Stebbins

This work looks into how, why, and when people pursue things in life that they desire, those that make their existence attractive and worth living. Robert A. Stebbins calls this "Positive Sociology," the study of what people do to organize their lives such that they become substantially rewarding, satisfying, and fulfilling. Western society has many challenges: crime, drug addiction, urban pollution, daily stress, domestic violence, and overpopulation. Significant levels of success in avoiding these problems brings a noticeable measure of tranquility, but it does not necessarily generate a positive life. Personal Decisions in the Public Square draws upon, in large part, the sociology of leisure, a "happy science." Among the basic concepts in the sociology of leisure are activity and human agency. The centrality of positive activity is one of its hallmarks and separates it from other social science specialties. Stebbins's positive sociology centers on conceptual roots found in the “serious leisure” perspective. This theoretical framework synthesizes three main forms of leisure (serious, casual, and project-based) while showing their distinctive features, similarities, and interrelationships. Positive sociology also considers two other domains of life: work and non-work obligations. This new approach focuses on the pursuit of "that which makes life worth living." Stebbins explores goals that are important to all people, such as negotiating the right work/family or obligation/leisure balance and the tricky relationship between money and happiness. Research scientists or the general public may find the ideas presented in this volume help them better understand and negotiate situations, by showing how to approach them in a positive way rather than as "problems" that need to be solved.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

183

Publisher

Transaction Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1412812291

ISBN 13

9781412812290

Leisure and the Motive to Volunteer: Theories of Serious, Casual, and Project-Based Leisure

By: Robert A. Stebbins

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Leisure and the Motive to Volunteer: Theories of Serious, Casual, and Project-Based Leisure

By: Robert A. Stebbins

Volunteering and its nonprofit organizations have commonly been analyzed in economic terms, with volunteering being referred to as "unpaid (productive) work". This economic definition has been around far longer than that of volunteering conceived of as leisure, which is discussed as the volitional definition. By means of a lengthy literature review, this book sets out the theoretical and empirical contributions of the serious leisure perspective to understanding volunteer motivation. This second approach began more than 40 years ago. It answers the key motivational question of why people engage in unpaid productive work, laborious or not. Since in this conception payment in cash or in kind is not an incentive to perform such work, what encourages people to volunteer? The serious leisure perspective, unlike mainstream economics, can shed considerable light on this question.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

131

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

113758517X

ISBN 13

9781137585172

Sport and the Social Significance of Pleasure

By: Richard Pringle,Robert E. Rinehart,Jayne Caudwell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sport and the Social Significance of Pleasure

By: Richard Pringle,Robert E. Rinehart,Jayne Caudwell

This innovative text's critical examination foregrounds the prime reason why so many people participate in or watch sport – pleasure. Although there has been a "turn" to emotions and affect within academia over the last two decades, it has been somewhat remiss that pleasure, as an integral aspect of human life, has not received greater attention from sociologists of sport, exercise and physical education. This book addresses this issue via an unabashed examination of sport and the moving body via a "pleasure lens." It provides new insights about the production of various identities, power relations and social issues, and the dialectical links between the socio-cultural and the body. Taking a wide-sweeping view of pleasure - dignified and debauched, distinguished and mundane – it examines topics as diverse as aging, health, fandom, running, extreme sports, biopolitics, consumerism, feminism, sex and sexuality. In drawing from diverse theoretical approaches and original empirical research, the text reveals the social and political significance of pleasure and provides a more rounded, dynamic and sensual account of sport.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

254

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317516583

ISBN 13

9781317516583

Functional Analytic Psychotherapy

Creating Intense and Curative Therapeutic Relationships

By: Robert J. Kohlenberg,Mavis Tsai

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Functional Analytic Psychotherapy

Creating Intense and Curative Therapeutic Relationships

By: Robert J. Kohlenberg,Mavis Tsai

Now in paperback, this classic book offers a powerful framework for clinicians seeking to rethink their approach to the therapeutic relationship. It begins with the theory behind Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP), explaining why clients’ unique needs may extend beyond well-mapped routes to change. From there, the authors present the clinical principles of FAP and their uses in treating diffuse, resistant problems.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

225

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

0387708553

ISBN 13

9780387708553

The Serious Leisure Perspective

An Introduction

By: Sam Elkington,Robert A. Stebbins

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Serious Leisure Perspective

An Introduction

By: Sam Elkington,Robert A. Stebbins

The "Serious Leisure Perspective" (SLP) is a theoretical framework that can help us understand the complexities of modern leisure as both an activity and an experience. Bringing together the study of serious leisure, casual leisure and project-based leisure, it is an essential component of the Leisure Studies curriculum and an invaluable tool for exploring the significance of leisure in contemporary society. This book is the first of offer a comprehensive introduction to the Serious Leisure Perspective, from fundamental principles and key concepts to in-depth and wide-ranging case studies of serious leisure pursuits. The book introduces the history of the SLP and its position alongside other social theories that attempt to explain the nature and function of leisure. It explores important themes such as consumption, gender relations, social capital and quality of life, and delves deeply into the leisure of amateurs, hobbyists, career volunteers and occupational devotees. Every chapter includes a range of useful pedagogical features, such as review questions and group exercises, to help the student to grasp the importance of understanding leisure as a way of understanding contemporary social life and society. Combining cutting-edge theory and method with an engaging and practical interface, this is an essential text for all Leisure Studies courses and illuminating reading for any student working in Tourism, Events, Sport, Recreation, Sociology or Cultural Studies.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

268

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317810406

ISBN 13

9781317810407

Phenomenology and the Extreme Sport Experience

By: Eric Brymer,Robert Schweitzer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Phenomenology and the Extreme Sport Experience

By: Eric Brymer,Robert Schweitzer

Understanding the motivations behind those who partake in extreme sports can be difficult for some. If the popular conception holds that the incentive behind extreme sports participation is entirely to do with risking one’s life, then this confusion will continue to exist. However, an in-depth examination of the phenomenology of the extreme sport experience yields a much more complex picture. This book revisits the definition of extreme sports as those activities where a mismanaged mistake or accident would most likely result in death. Extreme sports are not necessarily synonymous with risk and participation may not be about risk-taking. Participants report deep inner transformations that influence world views and meaningfulness, feelings of coming home and authentic integration as well as a freedom beyond the everyday. Phenomenologically, these experiences have been interpreted as transcendent of time, other, space and body. Extreme sport participation therefore points to a more potent, life-enhancing endeavour worthy of further investigation. This book adopts a broad hermeneutic phenomenological approach to critique the assumed relationship to risk-taking, the death wish and the concept of "No Fear" in extreme sports, and repositions the experience in a previously unexplored manner. This is valuable reading for students and academics interested in Sports Psychology, Social Psychology, Health Psychology, Tourism, Leisure Studies and the practical applications of phenomenology.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

332

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317340728

ISBN 13

9781317340720

The Idea of Leisure

First Principles

By: Robert A. Stebbins

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Idea of Leisure

First Principles

By: Robert A. Stebbins

A range of thinkers in philosophy, religion, and the social sciences have argued that thanks to science, technology, and the organization of society, the human condition has improved and will continue to do so. People are becoming progressively happier and enjoying an ever-improving quality of life, they say, mostly because they are putting their skills and reason to work. The Idea of Leisure is based on the assumption that leisure also fits into the social order, and it provides a singular vector by which to measure progress, even though it is rarely mentioned in writings about the idea of progress. Robert A. Stebbins believes that leisure fosters positive development in both the individual and community. Progress through free-time activity may sometimes be hard to grasp because of the all-too-common manifestations of deviant behavior from schoolyard bullying to date rape. Despite these examples, the vast majority of leisure activities often have profound, positive consequences for participants and society. Stebbins makes a solid case for linking leisure with progress. Although leisure has huge importance for humanity, observations about the idea of leisure as part of the idea of progress have been sporadic. It is no accident that the World Leisure Organization promotes the motto: "Leisure: integral to social, cultural, and economic development." Nor is it an accident that Article 24 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that: "Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay." For whole nations to find satisfaction and self-fulfillment based on leisure would be a true sign of progress. Stebbins' book offers original insight into this basic human requirement.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

199

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351481266

ISBN 13

9781351481267

Counselling

The Skills of Finding Solutions to Problems

By: Robert Manthei

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Counselling

The Skills of Finding Solutions to Problems

By: Robert Manthei

Developing the ideas of his best-selling textbook Counselling: The Skills of Problem-Solving, Robert Manthei shows how to define and solve problems. Step-by-step he explains how to work in a planned way to enhance the client's self-understanding and increase their ability to find solutions to other problems in the future. Counselling has proved itself an invaluable resource for counsellors at every stage of their career and for anyone using counselling skills as a part of their work. This new edition is completely revised and introduces: * a solution-focused model * new material on: cross-cultural counselling ethics self-evaluation professionalism advocacy and mediation stress supervision and retains: * a skills-based approach * the stage-by-stage model * examples * exercises.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

238

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1134717393

ISBN 13

9781134717392

The Psychology of Fatigue

Work, Effort and Control

By: Robert Hockey

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Psychology of Fatigue

Work, Effort and Control

By: Robert Hockey

Fatigue can have a major impact on an individual's performance and well-being, yet is poorly understood, even within the scientific community. There is no developed theory of its origins or functions, and different types of fatigue (mental, physical, sleepiness) are routinely confused. The widespread interpretation of fatigue as a negative consequence of work may be true only for externally imposed goals; meaningful or self-initiated work is rarely tiring and often invigorating. In the first book dedicated to the systematic treatment of fatigue for over sixty years, Robert Hockey examines its many aspects - social history, neuroscience, energetics, exercise physiology, sleep and clinical implications - and develops a new motivational control theory, in which fatigue is treated as an emotion having a fundamental adaptive role in the management of goals. He then uses this new perspective to explore the role of fatigue in relation to individual motivation, working life and well-being.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

289

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1107244234

ISBN 13

9781107244238

Adapted Physical Activity

By: Robert D. Steadward,E. Jane Watkinson,Garry D. Wheeler

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Adapted Physical Activity

By: Robert D. Steadward,E. Jane Watkinson,Garry D. Wheeler

This comprehensive textbook examines adapted physical activity from across the disciplinary spectrum. From the history of adapted physical education to current practices in rehabilitative medicine, from working with children with emotional disabilities to developing care plans for adults with movement limitations, this collection surveys issues and helps practitioners plan sensible, well-grounded programs. (Midwest).

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

701

Publisher

University of Alberta

Published Date

ISBN 10

0888643756

ISBN 13

9780888643759

The Eye for Innovation

Recognizing Possibilities and Managing the Creative Enterprise

By: Robert M. Price

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Eye for Innovation

Recognizing Possibilities and Managing the Creative Enterprise

By: Robert M. Price

Distilling a set of practical principles from his forty years of experience as a pioneer in the computer industry, the author shows that innovation can be learned and practiced by everyone, that it can offer solutions to everyday problems as well as high-profile ones, and that it provides opportunities to solve business problems while meeting a variety of human needs.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

351

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

030010877X

ISBN 13

9780300108774

On the Legacy of Lutheranism in Finland

Societal Perspectives

By: Kaius Sinnemäki,Anneli Portman,Jouni Tilli,Robert H. Nelson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

On the Legacy of Lutheranism in Finland

Societal Perspectives

By: Kaius Sinnemäki,Anneli Portman,Jouni Tilli,Robert H. Nelson

This volume analyses the societal legacy of Lutheranism in Finland by drawing on a multidisciplinary perspective from the social sciences and humanities. Involving researchers from a wide range of such fields has made it possible to provide fresh and fascinating perspectives on the relationship between Lutheranism and Finnish society. Overall the book argues that Lutheranism and secular Finnish society are deeply intertwined. This volume addresses different societal areas which have been significantly influenced by Lutheranism, but also demonstrate how Lutheranism and its institutions have themselves adapted to society. As part of an ongoing religious turn in humanities and social sciences research in Finland and other countries, this book argues that it is necessary to take religion into greater account to more fully understand current societies and cultures, as well as their futures.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

354

Publisher

BoD - Books on Demand

Published Date

ISBN 10

9518581355

ISBN 13

9789518581355

Child and Adolescent Therapy

Science and Art

By: Jeremy P. Shapiro,Robert D. Friedberg,Karen K. Bardenstein

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Child and Adolescent Therapy

Science and Art

By: Jeremy P. Shapiro,Robert D. Friedberg,Karen K. Bardenstein

This comprehensive guide to child therapy provides a thorough introduction to the principles and practice of psychotherapy with children and adolescents. It provides balanced coverage of child therapy theory, research, and practice. Adopting an integrated approach, the authors bring both the science of evidence-based practice and the art of therapy into each chapter.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

576

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

0471746800

ISBN 13

9780471746805

Recreation Programming

Designing Leisure Experiences

By: James Robert Rossman,Barbara Elwood Schlatter

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Recreation Programming

Designing Leisure Experiences

By: James Robert Rossman,Barbara Elwood Schlatter

Used in numerous universities throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, this book provides programming insights for educators, practitioners, and students. The book will present readers with the vital tools necessary in providing successful programs for their patrons.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

466

Publisher

Sagamore Publishing LLC

Published Date

ISBN 10

1571675736

ISBN 13

9781571675736

Leisure and Positive Psychology

Linking Activities with Positiveness

By: Robert A. Stebbins

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Leisure and Positive Psychology

Linking Activities with Positiveness

By: Robert A. Stebbins

This book explores, from a leisure studies perspective, the central role that leisure has to play in positive psychology, exploring themes such as flow, fulfilment, altruism, well-being, and interpersonal relationships.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

248

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

1137569948

ISBN 13

9781137569943

Work and Leisure in the Middle East

The Common Ground of Two Separate Worlds

By: Robert A. Stebbins

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Work and Leisure in the Middle East

The Common Ground of Two Separate Worlds

By: Robert A. Stebbins

Community involvement and leisure are rarely mentioned in mass media coverage of the Middle East and North Africa.Yet leisure and community involvement form a part of life in the region, and are becoming increasingly significant as modernization becomes pervasive. This work seeks to examine how the interconnection of work and leisure operates in a culture far removed from North American or European traditions.Robert A. Stebbins argues that the Middle East is a region in the throes of a developmental crisis, one of cultural underdevelopment. He indicates that while leisure and community involvement may be labeled as largely trivial activities, they in fact involve a nexus that crosses with the labor process. Discussing activities as diverse as theater and falconry, rotary clubs and brutal leisure?such as acts of terrorism and revolutionary violence?Stebbins offers a variety sufficient enough to confirm that cultural development through leisure, work, and community involvement has been possible.To provide the background for this argument, Stebbins explains what community involvement is, how it fosters cultural development, and offers a look at contemporary leisure and work in a changing economic climate. This is a unique look both at community involvement in the Middle East and how it has affected the cultural, political, and religious crisis. The book concludes by proposing that a new view of work and leisure may serve to override social divisions and traditional impediments to cultural development.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

223

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351471066

ISBN 13

9781351471060

Amateurs, Professionals, and Serious Leisure

By: Robert A. Stebbins

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Amateurs, Professionals, and Serious Leisure

By: Robert A. Stebbins

A synthesis of Stebbins' (sociology, U. of Calgary) previous published studies of professionals and dedicated amateurs in eight specific fields of entertainment, science, and sport. Having constructed a theoretical framework for behavior in each field, he presents a general theory of leisure. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

196

Publisher

McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published Date

ISBN 10

0773509011

ISBN 13

9780773509016

Nā Kahu

Portraits of Native Hawaiian Pastors at Home and Abroad, 1820–1900

By: Nancy J. Morris,Robert Benedetto

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Nā Kahu

Portraits of Native Hawaiian Pastors at Home and Abroad, 1820–1900

By: Nancy J. Morris,Robert Benedetto

Tracing the lives of some two hundred Native Hawaiian teachers, preachers, pastors, and missionaries, Nā Kahu provides new historical perspectives of the indigenous ministry in Hawai‘i. These Christian emissaries were affiliated first with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, and later with the Hawaiian Evangelical Association. By the mid-1850s literate and committed Hawaiians were sailing to far reaches of the Pacific to join worldwide missionary endeavors. Geographical locations ranged from remote mission stations in Hawai‘i, including the Hansen’s disease community at Kalaupapa; the Marquesan Islands; Micronesia; fur trade settlements in Northwest America; and the gold fields of California. In their reports and letters the pastors and missionaries pour out their hopes and discouragements, their psychological and physical pain, and details of their everyday lives. The first part of the book presents the biographies of nineteen young Hawaiians, studying as messengers of Christianity in the remote New England town of Cornwall, Connecticut, along with “heathen” from other lands. The second part—the core of the book—moves to Hawai‘i, tracing the careers of pastors and missionaries, as well as recognizing their intellectual and political endeavors. There is also a discussion of the educational institutions established to train an indigenous ministry and the gradual acceptance of ordained Hawaiians as equals to their western counterparts. Included in an appendix is the little-known story of Christian ali‘i, Hawaiian chiefs, both men and women, who contributed to the mission by lending their authority to the cause and by contributing land and labor for the construction of churches. The biographies reveal the views of pastors on events leading to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, which brought about great divisions between the haole and Hawaiian ministry. Many Hawaiian pastors who sided with the new Provisional Government and then the Republic, were expelled by their own congregations loyal to the monarchy. During the closing years of the century, alternate forms of Christianity emerged, and those pastors drawn to these syncretic faiths add their perspectives to the book. Perhaps the most illuminating biographies are those in which the pastors give voice to a faith that blends traditional Hawaiian values with an emerging ecumenical Christianity.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

320

Publisher

University of Hawaii Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0824877772

ISBN 13

9780824877774

The Residential Youth Care Worker in Action

A Collaborative, Competency-Based Approach

By: Robert Bertolino,Bob Bertolino,Kevin Thompson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Residential Youth Care Worker in Action

A Collaborative, Competency-Based Approach

By: Robert Bertolino,Bob Bertolino,Kevin Thompson

The Residential Youth Care Worker in Action offers a comprehensive, collaborative, and competency-based approach to assist youth care workers with psychotropic medications, psychiatric labels, crisis, staffing, and assessments. Emphasizing ideas that focus on the strengths and abilities of youth from the assessment phase of treatment through discharge, this guidebook will also help you take the views and actions of youths into consideration from a change-oriented perspective.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

261

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317789644

ISBN 13

9781317789642

Saving the World's Deciduous Forests

Ecological Perspectives from East Asia, North America, and Europe

By: Robert A. Askins

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Saving the World's Deciduous Forests

Ecological Perspectives from East Asia, North America, and Europe

By: Robert A. Askins

Deciduous forests have been remarkably resilient throughout their history, recovering from major shifts in climate and surviving periods of massive deforestation. But today the world’s great forests confront more ominous threats than ever before. This visionary book is the first to examine forests consisting of oaks, maples, hickories, beeches, chestnuts, birches and ecologically similar animals and plants on three continents—East Asia, Europe, and North America—to reveal their common origin back in time, the ecological patterns they share, and the approaches to conservation that have been attempted on their behalf. Although these forests face common problems, threats due to human activities vary. Different land use and agricultural practices on the three continents, as well as different attitudes about what is worth preserving, have led to strikingly different approaches to forest conservation. Robert Askins explores the strengths and weaknesses of conservation efforts across the continents and concludes that the ideal strategy for the future will blend the best ideas from each.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

326

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0300167407

ISBN 13

9780300167405

Serious Leisure and Individuality

By: Elie Cohen-Gewerc,Robert A. Stebbins

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Serious Leisure and Individuality

By: Elie Cohen-Gewerc,Robert A. Stebbins

What does it mean to be an individual and how can an individual exist within society? Serious Leisure and Individuality examines the circumstances in the modern world that make for individual distinctiveness, and the role of these conditions in personal and social life. "The individual," said Friedrich Nietzsche, "has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." Elie Cohen-Gewerc and Robert Stebbins explore the road to finding that privilege. They approach individuality by examining its relationship to freedom and being free, and by defining and elaborating on the concept of leisure space. They also look at individuality's place in community, citizenship, and globalization. The complex relationship between individuality and alienation is put under the microscope to highlight the negative side of being distinctive, which has adverse consequences for the individual and society. There are many studies on the modern individual that centre almost entirely on the person facing his local community and broader society. What is missing in the literature - and what Serious Leisure and Individuality provides - is a broad, comprehensive examination of individuality, particularly as it is rooted in leisure and the leisure-like areas of work.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

192

Publisher

McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published Date

ISBN 10

0773588485

ISBN 13

9780773588486

Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals

By: Robert J. Young

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals

By: Robert J. Young

Environmental enrichment is a simple and effective means of improving animal welfare in any species – companion, farm, laboratory and zoo. For many years, it has been a popular area of research, and has attracted the attention and concerns of animal keepers and carers, animal industry professionals, academics, students and pet owners all over the world. This book is the first to integrate scientific knowledge and principles to show how environmental enrichment can be used on different types of animal. Filling a major gap, it considers the history of animal keeping, legal issues and ethics, right through to a detailed exploration of whether environmental enrichment actually works, the methods involved, and how to design and manage programmes. The first book in a major new animal welfare series Draws together a large amount of research on different animals Provides detailed examples and case studies An invaluable reference tool for all those who work with or study animals in captivity This book is part of the UFAW/Wiley-Blackwell Animal Welfare Book Series. This major series of books produced in collaboration between UFAW (The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare), and Wiley-Blackwell provides an authoritative source of information on worldwide developments, current thinking and best practice in the field of animal welfare science and technology. For details of all of the titles in the series see www.wiley.com/go/ufaw.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

203

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

1118699556

ISBN 13

9781118699553

Historical Dictionary of Holocaust Cinema

By: Robert Charles Reimer,Carol J. Reimer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Historical Dictionary of Holocaust Cinema

By: Robert Charles Reimer,Carol J. Reimer

The Historical Dictionary of Holocaust Cinema examines the history of how the Holocaust is presented in film, including documentaries, feature films, and television productions. It contains a chronology of events needed to give the films and their reception a historical contex...

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

273

Publisher

Scarecrow Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0810867567

ISBN 13

9780810867567

Finding Ourselves Lost

Ministry in the Age of Overwhelm

By: Robert C. Dykstra

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Finding Ourselves Lost

Ministry in the Age of Overwhelm

By: Robert C. Dykstra

This book wrestles with quandaries of pastoral ministry in what psychotherapist Mary Pipher calls "the age of overwhelm." Drawing especially from the wisdom of Jesus' own teaching and healing ministries as portrayed in the Gospel of Luke, it offers an intimate narrative introduction to pastoral theology for guiding bewildering tasks of pastoral care and counseling. These essays encourage seminarians and ministers to embrace their role as agents of healing by exploring their own debilitating shame and daring to speak what in childhood could not be spoken; by revealing their discoveries to a trusted confidant so as to feel less loathsome or lonely; by attending to even minute individual differences, in self and others, that fuel social isolation; and by believing in those persons who first believed in them.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

173

Publisher

Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

153263482X

ISBN 13

9781532634826

Quirk's Quest: Into the Outlands

By: Robert Christie,Deborah Lang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Quirk's Quest: Into the Outlands

By: Robert Christie,Deborah Lang

Vividly illustrated and starring a cunningly designed cast of characters, Into the Outlands is a tale of adventure in a fully-imagined fantasy world ripe for exploration. This first book of Quirk s Quest includes an illustrated roster of the important characters, a guide to the intrepid Sxervian Frog Brigade, and mission map of the Outlands.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

129

Publisher

Macmillan

Published Date

ISBN 10

1626722331

ISBN 13

9781626722330

Measurement in Sport and Exercise Psychology

By: Gershon Tenenbaum,Robert C. Eklund,Akihito Kamata

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Measurement in Sport and Exercise Psychology

By: Gershon Tenenbaum,Robert C. Eklund,Akihito Kamata

Measurement in Sport and Exercise Psychology provides a complete analysis of the tools and methods used in sport and exercise psychology research. Each chapter of this accessible text presents key measurement variables and concepts, including their definitions; an evaluation of the measurement constructs and tools available; and an explanation of any controversies in each topic. The text includes access to an online resource that presents 14 measurement instruments in their entirety. This resource also contains additional web links to many other measurement instruments. Drawing on their experience as leading researchers in the field, editors Tenenbaum, Eklund, and Kamata have selected a team of recognized scholars to bring both breadth and depth to this essential resource. By thoroughly examining each measurement tool, Measurement in Sport and Exercise Psychology assists readers in determining strengths and limitations of each tool and discovering which tools are best suited to their research projects. Readers will also gain critical knowledge to expand the field by recognizing opportunities for new methods of measurement and evaluation. The text begins with a historical review of measurement in sport and exercise psychology followed by a comprehensive description of theories and measurement issues. It provides detailed information regarding ethical and cultural issues inherent in the selection of specific testing protocols as well as issues in interpreting meta-analysis. This is followed by discussion of the commonly used constructs and inventories in three areas: cognition, perception, and motivation measurement; emotion (affect) and coping measurement; and social and behavioral measurement. Recommendations for researchers and practitioners included at the end of each chapter provide starting points for considering ways to incorporate chapter content into research projects and professional practice. Tables located at the end of each chapter summarize key information for quick reference and provide online sources, when available, so that readers can access each measurement tool. Original source information is provided for those tools not available online. Measurement in Sport and Exercise Psychology assists readers in evaluating the effectiveness of specific measurement tools. As the most complete and up-to-date directory of tools and inventories in the field of sport and exercise, this text offers a thorough explanation of considerations, controversies, recommendations, and locations for accessing these measurement tools.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

724

Publisher

Human Kinetics

Published Date

ISBN 10

1492582697

ISBN 13

9781492582694

Trauma Impacts

The Repercussions of Individual and Collective Trauma

By: Jessica Stone,Robert J. Grant,Clair Mellenthin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Trauma Impacts

The Repercussions of Individual and Collective Trauma

By: Jessica Stone,Robert J. Grant,Clair Mellenthin

A systems-oriented look at how unhealed trauma can prevent optimal functioning—and what to do about it Trauma Impacts: Repercussions of Individual and Collective Trauma explores the many ways that traumatic experiences affect people from diverse backgrounds, as individuals and in groups. In chapters contributed by experts in their fields, this book offers a systemic overview of how trauma impacts all humans, then delves into the manifestations of trauma in specific populations like BIPOC communities, neurodivergent children, and those in helping professions. The book's third and final section looks at emerging modalities for working with trauma and implications for the future of trauma-focused therapy. Ideal for anyone who works closely with individuals who have experienced trauma—therapists, educators, social workers, and beyond—Trauma Impacts will benefit from a thorough understanding on how trauma continues to influence lives, even long after the fact. Trauma can interfere with meeting basic needs, forming healthy relationships, and finding fulfillment in the pursuit of individual and collective goals. When we conceptualize these impacts, we become empowered to help people process their traumatic experiences, integrate the pain they have experienced, and lead more satisfying lives. Understand the intersectional effects of trauma on individuals and systems Discover hope for healing through real-world voices and current research Consider how collective trauma manifests in the lives of individuals Gain insights that can help you work more effectively with clients

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

279

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

1394179235

ISBN 13

9781394179237

Business-to-Business Marketing

How to Understand and Succeed in Business Marketing in an Emerging Africa

By: Richard Afriyie Owusu,Robert Hinson,Ogechi Adeola,Nnamdi Oguji

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Business-to-Business Marketing

How to Understand and Succeed in Business Marketing in an Emerging Africa

By: Richard Afriyie Owusu,Robert Hinson,Ogechi Adeola,Nnamdi Oguji

Business-to-Business Marketing: An African Perspective: How to Understand and Succeed in Business Marketing in an Emerging Africa is a comprehensive application of the most current research results, concepts and frameworks to the African business-to-business (B-to-B) context. The chapters are designed to provide the reader with a thorough analysis of b-to-b. Important aspects like competitive strategy in B-to-B, marketing mix strategies, relationship management and collaboration, business services, big data analysis, and emerging issues in B-to-B are discussed with African examples and cases. As a result, the book is easy to read and pedagogical. It is suitable for courses at universities and other tertiary levels, undergraduate and graduate courses, MBA and professional B-to-B marketing programmes. Working managers will find it a useful reference for practical insights and as a useful resource to develop and implement successful strategies. The Authors Collectively the four authors have over 60 years of teaching and research in B-to-B marketing and management in and outside Africa. They have the managerial and consulting experience that has enabled them to combine theory with practice. Their experience and knowledge provide the needed background to uniquely integrate teaching and research with the realities of the African B-to-B market. Their command of and insight into the subject are unparalleled.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

400

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0429535414

ISBN 13

9780429535413

Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology

By: Robert S. Weinberg,Daniel Gould

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology

By: Robert S. Weinberg,Daniel Gould

Please note: This text was replaced with a seventh edition. This version is available only for courses using the sixth edition and will be discontinued at the end of the semester. As the leading text in sport and exercise psychology, Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Sixth Edition With Web Study Guide, provides a thorough introduction to key concepts in the field. This text offers both students and new practitioners a comprehensive view of sport and exercise psychology, drawing connections between research and practice and capturing the excitement of the world of sport and exercise. The internationally respected authors have incorporated feedback from teachers and students to create a text that builds on previous editions, making the material accessible to readers. In-depth learning aids have been refreshed, including chapter objectives and summaries, sidebars, key terms, key points, anecdotes, and discussion questions to help students think more critically about applying the material. Other updates to the sixth edition include the following: • More than 40 new video clips integrated into the web study guide to better demonstrate the core concepts addressed in the book • Additional emphasis on hot topics, including mindfulness, cultural diversity, ethics and professional issues, and transitions in sport • New ancillaries to help instructors teach their courses, including an image bank, chapter quizzes, and more than 122 instructor videos • Updated references, including more contemporary sources The text provides students with a unique learning experience—taking them on a journey through the origins and goals, key concepts, research development, and career options available in the field—in seven parts that may be studied in any sequence. Following an introduction to the field, the text then shifts focus to personal factors that affect performance and psychological development in sport, physical education, and exercise settings. Situational factors that influence behavior, group interaction and processes, and the use of psychological techniques to help people perform more effectively are covered, as well as the roles psychological factors play in health and exercise. The final section deals with topics of psychological development and well-being that are important to both society and sport and exercise psychology, including children’s psychological development through sport participation, aggression in sport, and moral development and good sporting behavior in sport and physical activity contexts. The updated web study guide serves as an important learning tool to support the educational journey. With more than 100 engaging activities, it works directly with the text in guiding students to complete the related activities for each chapter and apply knowledge gained from the text. The study guide activities require students to do the following: • Use actual sport and exercise psychology instruments to assess their skills. • Determine how to respond to real-life scenarios (with short answers or essays). • Review research studies and experiments. • Search the Internet for relevant information. • Apply and test their understanding of principles and concepts of sport and exercise psychology. Many of the study guide activities offer compelling audio and video clips that provide an interactive look at how sport psychology consultants communicate with athletes and coaches to improve athletic experiences. These clips feature esteemed experts from the field discussing course concepts that they have studied and refined during their professional careers. To further emphasize practical application, portfolio activities can be integrated through a full semester, turning course units into a unified whole that builds upon itself for greater understanding of the field. To aid instructors, instructor ancillaries have been updated and expanded. The instructor guide, test package, and presentation package are now supplemented with an image bank, gradable chapter quizzes, and instructor videos, all available at www.HumanKinetics.com/FoundationsOfSportAndExercisePsychology. The updated sixth edition of Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology continues to ensure that students are well equipped to enter the field of sport psychology and are prepared for the challenges they may encounter as well as the possibilities. This text offers an enhanced and varied learning package to assist students in understanding the sport psychology field.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

664

Publisher

Human Kinetics

Published Date

ISBN 10

1492584746

ISBN 13

9781492584742

Ancient African Religions

A History

By: Robert M. Baum

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ancient African Religions

A History

By: Robert M. Baum

This book examines the history of religions in Africa from the burial practices of the earliest humans to the rise of centralized theocratic kingdoms like ancient Egypt up to the rise of Islam in the Seventh Century.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

315

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

019774706X

ISBN 13

9780197747063

Treatment Strategies for Substance Abuse and Process Addictions

By: Robert L. Smith

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Treatment Strategies for Substance Abuse and Process Addictions

By: Robert L. Smith

This distinctive and timely text examines the most prevalent substance and process addictions and focuses on current research and evidence-based treatment strategies. Major substance addictions discussed include alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, methamphetamines, and prescription drugs. Complete chapters are also devoted to the most frequently cited process addictions, making this text unique. Behavioral addictions covered in this text include pathological gambling, sex disorders, disordered eating, work, exercise, shopping, and Internet/gaming. Each chapter contains a listing of student learning outcomes, a case study with reflective questions, techniques for assessment and diagnosis, inpatient and outpatient treatment approaches, and resources for further study. With its emphasis on treatment strategies, this text can be used by practitioners as well as by professors in the classroom in introductory courses in addictions or in subsequent courses that focus on treatment strategies. *Requests for digital versions from the ACA can be found on wiley.com. *To request print copies, please visit the ACA website here. *Reproduction requests for material from books published by ACA should be directed to publications@counseling.org

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

417

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

1119098297

ISBN 13

9781119098294

Serious Leisure

A Perspective for Our Time

By: Robert A. Stebbins

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Serious Leisure

A Perspective for Our Time

By: Robert A. Stebbins

Serious Leisure offers a comprehensive view and analysis of the current state of the sociology of leisure. Defining and differentiating the way people use their free time, Stebbins divides such activity into categories of serious, casual, and project-based leisure that he further separates into a variety of types and subtypes. Together they comprise what he calls "serious leisure." In this perspective, serious leisure constitutes systematic pursuit of an amateur, hobbyist, or volunteer activity sufficiently substantial and interesting in nature and requiring special skills, knowledge, and experience. Casual leisure, though immediately, intrinsically rewarding, is by contrast a relatively short-lived pleasurable activity, requiring little or no special training to enjoy it. Project-based leisure is a short-term, reasonably complicated, occasional creative undertaking carried out in free time. Stebbins sets out the basic concepts and propositions that make up the three forms, focusing on their essential elements. He takes stock of the serious leisure literature as well as that for casual and project-based leisure. Stebbins sees "serious leisure" realized by way of a set of foundational concepts--organization, community, history, lifestyle, and culture--and several of their component areas. He reviews the history and background of the concept of serious leisure and then adds historical commentary on, first, casual leisure and, then, project-based leisure. Finally, he examines the future and the importance of the serious leisure perspective in a globalizing world, and some of its critical links with other fields of knowledge and practice, notably the nonprofit sector and preventive medicine. Together with its original insights, Serious Leisure offers a single, handy, coherent, comprehensive resource. It will be of interest to sociologists, labor studies specialists, and economists.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

177

Publisher

Transaction Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1412809770

ISBN 13

9781412809771

Conducted Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) in Smart Grids

By: Robert Smolenski

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Conducted Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) in Smart Grids

By: Robert Smolenski

As power systems develop to incorporate renewable energy sources, the delivery systems may be disrupted by the changes involved. The grid’s technology and management must be developed to form Smart Grids between consumers, suppliers and producers. Conducted Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) in Smart Grids considers the specific side effects related to electromagnetic interference (EMI) generated by the application of these Smart Grids. Conducted Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) in Smart Grids presents specific EMI conducted phenomena as well as effective methods to filter and handle them once identified. After introduction to Smart Grids, the following sections cover dedicated methods for EMI reduction and potential avenues for future development including chapters dedicated to: •potential system services, •descriptions of the EMI spectra shaping methods, •methods of interference voltage compensation, and theoretical analysis of experimental results. By focusing on these key aspects, Conducted Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) in Smart Grids provides a concise and comprehensive coverage of an extensive subject matter. It constitutes a key resource for any industry practitioners, researchers or system designers with interest in Smart Grids, particularly their electromagnetic compatibility in the conducted EMI frequency range.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

175

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

1447129601

ISBN 13

9781447129608

Welfare Trends in the Scandinavian Countries

By: Robert Erikson,Erik Jorgen Hansen,Stein Ringen,Hannu Uusitalo

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Welfare Trends in the Scandinavian Countries

By: Robert Erikson,Erik Jorgen Hansen,Stein Ringen,Hannu Uusitalo

Discusses important aspects of the development of the welfare state in the Scandinavian countries and Iceland since the mid-1970s. It focuses on societal changes during a period of modest economic growth. Topics include labour market benefits, education and social mobility, class and inequality, income distribution and trajectories and health.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

311

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1315488272

ISBN 13

9781315488271

Adolescent Relationships and Drug Use

By: Michelle A. Miller-Day,Janet Alberts,Michael L. Hecht,Melanie R. Trost,Robert L. Krizek

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Adolescent Relationships and Drug Use

By: Michelle A. Miller-Day,Janet Alberts,Michael L. Hecht,Melanie R. Trost,Robert L. Krizek

An analysis of relationship influences on adolescent drug use, coming from research examining how family and friend relationships affect resistance to drugs. For scholars in communication, social psych, health psych, family studies

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

249

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1135663483

ISBN 13

9781135663483

Book's by Robert Ahola

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email