This book addresses a growing demand to hear the authentic voices and understand the lived tourist experiences of people with disability. The latest volume in The Tourist Experience series challenges what is arguably an exclusionary, marginalising, discriminatory, and ableist (tourism) world. By drawing attention to the ‘dis/’ in ‘disabled’, the authors provoke the need to change binary thinking about people who live with disability so that they may be ‘able’ to assume the role of...

This book introduces the fundamental principles of accessible and inclusive sport venue management, with a focus on people with disability. It offers a social‑ecological analysis of how governments, businesses, the disability social movement, sports organisations, and their stakeholders can, and should, make sport more accessible and inclusive.Using a critical disability studies perspective, this book highlights recent global human rights initiatives, challenges, and ongoing resist...

By exploring past, current, and future intersections between leisure and health, this book considers research and academic thought to reveal and critique the nuanced ways that leisure impacts health as well as considering how health professions use leisure as a 'tool'. Aided by the diverse chapters, readers will be challenged to explore future intersections between leisure and health using an overarching eco (ecological/environmental), bio(biological), psycho (psychological), social (socio...

Research can be a challenging but rewarding activity. All degree-level students studying sport, and all effective professionals working in the sport sector need to have a sound understanding of research methods and how to critically interpret research findings. This broad-ranging, in-depth and practical textbook introduces research methods for students on sport-related degree courses, outlining the knowledge and practical skills needed to undertake meaningful research and to become a knowl...

A teen discovers there’s more to his childhood visions than he ever imagined in this “propulsive” (Publishers Weekly) young adult romantasy debut “for readers who like Percy Jackson or fast-paced, action-packed fantasies” (School Library Journal)—the first in a series!After a childhood haunted by disturbing hallucinations of the Shadow Man, Alexis Michaels’s only comfort is the blue amulet he’s had since before he can remember. Now, the visions ha...

From New York Times bestselling author Morgan Matson comes a “strongly plotted romantic comedy with plenty of…pitch-perfect drama to dig into” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about love, fate…and that one night that can change everything.Darcy believes in love at first sight.Even though it’s never happened to her, she’s spent her whole life waiting for that perfect, magical moment. But right now, her life is anything but perfect. In the a...

Alexis and his friends hone their elemental powers in this second book in the young adult romantasy Descent into Darkness series that’s perfect “for readers who like Percy Jackson or fast-paced, action-packed fantasies” (School Library Journal, on The Light That Blinds Us).Alexis, Demi, Blaise and Caeli lie in wait as the Haven prepares for the Battle of Stonehenge: a fight for light over darkness, good over evil. Mortem fast approaches, threateni...

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital.En otro tiempo había sido un chico malo... ahora era rico y poderoso Mitch Tyler había dejado atrás su oscuro pasado y se había convertido en un abogado de éxito. Con su fuerza y su inteligencia, era el único que podía proteger a Kathryn Ledger, la bella secretaria de su amigo Ric Donato . Por mucho que fingiera estar haciéndole un favor a su mejor amigo, lo cierto era que Mitch se estaba volviendo loco por ella. Pero tenía que ocult...

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital.El fruto prohibido sabe siempre más dulce…Elise mantenía bien ocultas sus cartas. Poca gente sabía que era también Blancaflor le Fay, la célebre cantante. Pero tenía un secreto aún mayor: su hija recién nacida era el resultado de una breve pero intensa aventura con Gawain, conde de Meaux.Obligado a casarse por su sentido del deber, Gawain regresó a Troyes para conocer a su prometida. ¿Pero entonces por qué no podía de...

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital.Su pequeño necesitaba una madre... y él necesitaba una mujer.La práctica y eficiente Cecilia Rankin no era de las que creían que los sueños podían hacerse realidad... pero eso era exactamente lo que parecía estar ocurriendo. Llevaba mucho tiempo soñando con su jefe y eso no había cambiado, pero de pronto había aparecido un bebé encantador.Fue entonces cuando Nick se enteró de que tenía que hacerse cargo ...

Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success!When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop...

Struggles for environmental justice involve communities mobilising against powerful forces which advocate ‘development’, driven increasingly by neoliberal imperatives. In doing so, communities face questions about their alliances with other groups, working with outsiders and issues of class, race, ethnicity, gender, worker/community and settler/indigenous relationships.Written by a wide range of international scholars and activists, contributors explore these dynamics and the oppor...