Health Communication and Sport: Connections, Applications, and Opportunities aggregates sport and health communication into a collective resource that advances scholarly inquiry at the intersection of these two fields. Through bringing together a collaborative of scholars and practitioners who are doing work in areas ranging from mental health, to media, to youth sports, and social media, this volume evaluates health communication issues in sport contexts and inspires work that will answer...

From the bestselling author of The Search for the Green River Killer: A chilling true account of the dream husband who was every woman's nightmare.Randy Roth was handsome, hardworking, kind, and in top physical shape. But for all his charm and good looks, he was seemingly cursed with the ladies. His first marriage ended in divorce before the couple's fifth anniversary; his second wife plunged to her death during a hike; and his third wife left him after les...

Parish Clergy AwardIt's an exciting time to be reading the Bible. As we increasingly encounter readers with perspectives, experiences, and cultures different from our own, we can incorporate new ideas and approaches to interpreting Scripture. When diverse interpretations from various social locations are gathered together, we gain new vistas and a fuller image of the text.In Reading the Bible Around the World, a crosscultural team ...

Gray Love narrates stories about the most common themes – searching for and (perhaps) finding love. Forty-five men and women between ages 60 and 94 from diverse backgrounds talk about dating, starting or ending a relationship, embracing life alone or enjoying a partnered one. The longing for connection as old age encroaches is palpable here, with more and more senior singles searching online. Those who find new partners explore issues that most relationships encounter at any age, ...

29 der besten, fiesesten und bizarrsten apokalyptischen Kurzgeschichten rund um den Weltuntergang – und um das bisherige Überleben. Folgt uns zu Klimakatastrophen, Sintfluten, Dürren und kontinentalen Veränderungen, zu Epidemien, freigesetzten Zombie-Viren und dem Krieg gegen Ameisen. Lasst euch von Killer-Weizen überwuchern, von gemeinen Pilzen verzehren oder von leckerer Zuckerwatte ersticken. Schließlich stirbt man nur manchmal – oder eben doch nicht? Wenn ihr auf Nummer Sicher gehen wo...

From the bestselling author of The Search for the Green River Killer: a chilling true account of the dream husband who was every woman's nightmare.Randy Roth was handsome, hardworking, kind, and in top physical shape. But for all his charm and good looks, he was seemingly cursed with the ladies. His first marriage ended in divorce before the couple's fifth anniversary; his second wife plunged to her death during a hike; and his third wife left him after le...

One Health, the concept of combined veterinary and human health, has now expanded beyond emerging infectious diseases and zoonoses to incorporate a wider suite of health issues. Retaining its interdisciplinary focus which combines theory with practice, this new edition illustrates the contribution of One Health collaborations to real-world issues such as sanitation, economics, food security and vaccination programmes. It includes more non-infectious disease issues and climate change discus...

For thousands of years the immortal Gilgamesh has presided over the legendary Ur-Bar, witnessing history unfold from within its walls. Some days it is a rural tavern, others a fashionable wine shop. It may appear as a hidden speakeasy or take on the form of your neighborhood local. For most patrons it is simply a place to quench their thirst, but for a rare few the Ur-Bar is where they will meet their destiny.Join R.K. Nickel, Rachel Atwood, Kari Sperring, Jean Marie Ward, Gini Koc...

"Philip Roth était-il à lui seul un Complot contre l’Amérique ? Oui, assurément, si on accepte que la littérature soit ce cocktail explosif de mots qui vous saute à la figure et fait trembler tout un pays et ses élites bien-pensantes en même temps que les lignes de la page. La bêtise à front bas, les hypocrisies sociales, le politiquement correct, le rêve américain qu’il retournait comme un gant pour en révéler chaque déchirure : l’œuvre romanesque de Philip Roth peut être lue comme une en...

Jack Wheatcroft (1925-2016) had a transformative impact on five decades of Bucknell students (1952-1996). He served the institution with great generosity of a kind that was rare for a teacher so immersed in his writing. He founded the Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets, the Philip Roth Visiting Writers Residency, and the magnificent Stadler Center for Poetry. He over saw the restoration of Bucknell Hall for the Stadler Center and today it is one of the most beautiful and distinguishe...

The Handbook of Models for Human Aging is designed as the only comprehensive work available that covers the diversity of aging models currently available. For each animal model, it presents key aspects of biology, nutrition, factors affecting life span, methods of age determination, use in research, and disadvantages/advantes of use. Chapters on comparative models take a broad sweep of age-related diseases, from Alzheimer's to joint disease, cataracts, cancer, and obesity. In addition, the...

Seit Mitte der neunziger Jahre befindet sich Thomas David in einem kontinuierlichen Gespräch mit der Gegenwartsliteratur. Bedeutende englischsprachige Autoren wie John Banville, Don DeLillo, Patricia Highsmith, Kazuo Ishiguro, Ian McEwan, Toni Morrison, Muriel Spark, Graham Swift, Philip Roth und Zadie Smith hat er z.T. wiederholt zu ihren Arbeitsweisen und gesellschaftspolitischen Themen ihrer Zeit befragt. Herausgekommen ist ein Buch über das Wesentliche nicht nur beim Schreiben, sondern...