Foundations of Therapeutic Recreation, Second Edition, introduces students to the many career possibilities in the field of therapeutic recreation. Drawing on the combined wisdom and expertise of editors Terry Long and Terry Robertson, as well as 20 contributing authors who represent a broad spectrum of experiences within the discipline, the text provides the foundational concepts that are essential for understanding the profession.One of the more significant updates to th...

Dr. James Carter: The Rise and Fall of a Surgeon's Life Struggling with AddictionsDr. James Carter was once at the top of his field—a highly respected surgeon with a loving family, a successful career, and a seemingly perfect life. But beneath the surface, a dark secret lurked. By day, he performed life-saving surgeries; by night, he battled a dangerous addiction to drugs and gambling that slowly eroded everything he had worked for. As his double life spirals out of control, the st...

1916: the Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong, and the wind in the leaves in the trees. Where has the mud, blood and blasted landscape of No Man's Land gone?2015: Madison, Wisconsin. Cop Monica Jansson is exploring the burned-out home of a reclusive (some said mad, others dangerous) scientist when she finds a curious gadget - a box containing some wiring, a three-way switch and a...potato. It is t...

**THE EXTRAORDINARY FINAL INSTALMENT OF THE BESTSELLING LONG EARTH SERIES'Intricately described . . . gently immersive'** Guardian'Enthralling and thought-provoking in equal measure' Daily Mail'A love letter to science-fiction itself' SFX2070-71. Nearly six decades after Step Day and in the Long Earth, the new Next post-human society continues to evolve.

A generation after the events of The Long Earth, mankind has spread across the new worlds opened up by Stepping. Where Joshua and Lobsang once pioneered, now fleets of airships link the stepwise Americas with trade and culture. Mankind is shaping the Long Earth - but in turn the Long Earth is shaping mankind ... A new 'America', called Valhalla, is emerging more than a million steps from Datum Earth, with core American values restated in the plentiful environment of the Long Earth...

**THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER'Imaginative, sense-of-wonder at its best . . . thrilling stuff from the masters' Independent on Sunday'A thrilling and ceaselessly entertaining ride'** SFX2040-2045: In the years after a cataclysmic eruption there is massive economic dislocation as populations flee to myriad Long Earth worlds.Sally, Joshua, and Lobsang are all involved in...

THE SUNDAY TIMES **TOP TEN BESTSELLER'Rich in an awe-inspiring sense of wonder'** Independent'A hymn to the joys of unfettered world-building' *Guardian2045-2059.* After the cataclysmic upheavals of Step Day and the Yellowstone eruption humanity is spreading further into the Long Earth, and society, on a battered Datum Earth and beyond, continues to evolve.Now an elderly and...

1916: the Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong, and the wind in the leaves in the trees. Where has the mud, blood and blasted landscape of No Man's Land gone?2015: Madison, Wisconsin. Cop Monica Jansson is exploring the burned-out home of a reclusive - some said mad, others dangerous - scientist when she finds a curious gadget: a box containing some wiring, a three-way switch and a...potato. It is ...

Take a trip through the imaginations of 18 visionary writers as they explore the future of trucking in this new science fiction anthology! There's something for every genre fiction fan in this follow-up to the hit "18 wheels of Horror - a Trailer Full of Trucking Terrors."From the back cover: An alien fuel additive shows just how fast a big rig can go... A disembodied driver wages war on self-driving trucks... A haul through time takes an unexpected turn... Reality shatters for a t...

2070-71. Nearly six decades after Step Day and in the Long Earth, the new Next post-human society continues to evolve.For Joshua Valienté, now in his late sixties, it is time to take one last solo journey into the High Meggers: an adventure that turns into a disaster. Alone and facing death, his only hope of salvation lies with a group of trolls. But as Joshua confronts his mortality, the Long Earth receives a signal from the stars. A signal that is picked up by radio astro...

Rejoignez-nousLes mots pleuvaient du ciel dans toute la Longue Terre, partout où il y avait des oreilles pour entendre, des yeux pour voir et des esprits pour comprendre.Cinquante-cinq ans après le Jour du Passage, l’Invitation résonne auprès de tous les êtres conscients. Mais qui en est à l’origine ? Faut-il y répondre ? Et comment ?Comment ? Ceux qui se nomment les Suivants déchiffrent sous le message extraterrestre les plans d’une machine à l’éch...

Exactly one hundred years before the Brooklyn Dodgers won the 1955 World Series, the Brooklyn Excelsiors were playing on the same grounds where the Dodgers would begin their long history. Brooklyn and its teams played a prominent role in the early history of the game and reigned as champions of baseball's first organized league through most of the 1860s.The early years of organized baseball (1855-1884) in Brooklyn when it was the center of the baseball universe is the focus of this...