This dazzling guidebook, written by Central America travel expert Christopher P. Baker, covers all the main cities, towns, and regions of Costa Rica, helping travelers negotiate one of the world's leading destinations for eco-travel. Travel tips for San José, Nicoya, and Guanacaste are all fully revised and updated for this latest edition. The book outlines detailed city walks and regional drives, complete with maps and reservation information. Also included are features on geography (life...

The National Geographic Traveler guidebooks are in tune with the growing trend toward experiential travel. Each book provides inspiring photography, insider tips, and expert advice for a more authentic, enriching experience of the destination. These books serve a readership of active, discerning travelers, and supply information, historical context, and cultural interpretation not available online. Visitors to Cuba discover a sensual, sometimes surreal island country that embodies everythi...

Henry Fuseli (1741–1825) was one of the eighteenth century’s most provocative and inventive artists. He is best known for his painting The Nightmare, which created a new form of terrifying gothic imagery for the Romantic age. This engaging study of the artist’s career unveils Fuseli’s complexities, navigating contradictions between literary and painted works, sacred and secular themes, and traditional patronage versus the new era of competitive exhibitions and intense criticism. P...

The politics of austerity has seen governments across Europe cut back on welfare provision. As the State retreats, this edited collection explores secular and faith-based grassroots social action in Germany and the United Kingdom that has evolved in response to changing economic policy and expanding needs, from basic items such as food to more complex means to move out of poverty.Bringing together scholars from different disciplines and practitioners in several areas of social inte...

This book examines the language of the European Union's response to the threat of terrorism. Since its re-emergence in the wake of the September 11 attacks, the 'fight against terrorism' has come to represent a priority area of action for the EU. Drawing on interpretive approaches to international relations, the book outlines a discourse theory of identity and counter-terrorism policy, showing how the 'fight against terrorism' structures the EU's response through the prism of identity, dra...

The need to reimagine religion and belief is precipitated by their greater visibility in public life. Meanwhile, social policy responses often see them from a problem-based, rather than an asset-based, approach. However, with growing diversity of religion and belief in every sector comes the potential for new dialogues across previously impermeable policy and disciplinary silos.This volume brings together leading international authors to critically consider these challenges within ...

This chapbook comprises a selection of dark, gritty, horror-noir fan fiction. Original tales to appease the most ardent movie fanatics. There are plenty of Easter eggs and nods, and a broad and diverse selection of characters to sate the most devouring appetites.An ode to much-loved horror and cult fandom figures. Legacy Tales create fanfiction and original character content in the realms of horror, science fiction and fantasy. We strive to offer original insights and story arcs cr...

A Philosophy of Christian Materialism offers a new religious engagement with the public sphere via means of interdisciplinary analysis and empirical examples, developing what the authors call a Relational Christian Realism building upon interaction with contemporary Philosophy of Religion. The book argues that the current discourse on public religion is inadequate in addressing the issues now to be faced, including: material religious practice in the sphere of education; the growth of alte...

This book explores the hopeful possibility that emerging geographies of postsecularity are able to contribute significantly to the understanding of how common life may be shared, and how caring for the common goods of social justice, well-being, equality, solidarity and respect for difference may be imagined and practiced. Drawing on recent geographic theory to recalibrate ideas of the postsecular public sphere, the authors develop the case for postsecularity as a condition of being that i...

Scoprite l'essenza di Cuba con la guida "Cuba" di GUIDE TRAVELER. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, il vostro compagno di viaggio ideale per esplorare questa isola vibrante e piena di vita. Questa guida dettagliata vi porterà attraverso le strade colorate di L'Avana, lungo le spiagge di sabbia bianca e nelle profondità della storia e cultura cubana. Caratteristiche principali: - Informazioni culturali approfondite per immergervi completamente nello stile di vita cubano e nelle sue tradizioni. - Consigl...

Applied Sport Business Analytics provides a practical explanation of the use of data analytic metrics in sport, exploring selected techniques and tools as well as addressing fundamental applications of analytics within modern sports organizations. Current and aspiring sport managers will develop their understanding of how analytics can be used strategically to make data-informed decisions by selecting and translating data into evidence and meaningful metrics.The text begin...

Mehr Wissen. Besser Reisen. Die National Geographic-Experten begleiten Sie auf Ihrer Reise zu allen Highlights und unvergesslichen Erlebnissen. Mit übersichtlichen Detailkarten und 3D-Grafiken sind Sie immer auf dem richtigen Weg. Mit über 500 Adressen.Costa Rica ist grün: Ein Viertel steht unter Naturschutz und bewahrt Dschungel, faszinierende Pflanzen und Tiere, Vulkane, Nebelwälder und paradiesische Strände. Der National Geographic Reiseführer zeigt Ihnen das Beste: Sehenswürdigk...