Over the last fifty years, tourism has become firmly established as a development option around the world. Commensurate with this, the study of tourism's developmental role has also expanded significantly. There now exists a broad understanding of the policies and processes, opportunities and challenges that apply to tourism's potential contributions to development. As the tourism environment now faces numerous challenges and transformations, it is timely to reflect on contemporary underst...

Gender based violence (GBV) in travel and tourism is embedded within wider social structures of gender inequalities and discrimination. This book focuses on the multiple and interconnected manifestations of violence that women and girls encounter in tourism consumption and production, such as physical, sexual, emotional or socio-economic abuse. The book adopts a multidisciplinary perspective in its critical examination of the theoretical landscape of GBV, and its engagement with case studi...

Warm-water islands are a cohesive group of islands distinguished by their geography and remoteness, history as former colonial territories, and dependence on external stakeholders for their economic and social development. Warm-water island destinations also have a year-round tourism industry. These island tourism destinations are facing unprecedented adjustment challenges in the wake of increasing globalization and susceptibility to external shocks, and are in search of appropriate policy...

Emma Brimley, new teacher at Pettibone School for Young Ladies, believed no harm would result from her claim to be a widow. But when she arrives in Yorkshire, the innocent young lady is horrified to discover she’s expected to prepare her students for the intimacies of marriage. She can’t lose her post as a teacher. In desperation, she turns to the alluring—and annoying—neighboring artist. He might be a dandy and a reprobate, but “Lord Bedchambers” might also be the only one who can help he...

Nature isn't the only lethal force to strike New Orleans in 1965.In the tumultuous aftermath of Hurricane Betsy, a quieter disaster is unfolding in the city's darkened streets: two powerful crime organizations are locked in a deadly alliance, and notable figures across New Orleans are dying. To the local authorities, the killings seem random—until a pair of unlikely allies emerges to uncover the truth.Rob Chambers, a former lawyer turned government witness, thinks he's left...

Winner of the the 2021 Best Edited Collection Award from BAFTSSWinner of the 2021 British Fantasy Award in Best Non-FictionFinalist for the 2020 Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in Non-FictionRunner-Up for Book of the Year in the 19th Annual Rondo Halton Classic Horror Awards“But women were never out there making horror films, that’s why they are not written about – you can’t include what doesn’t...

This highly practical book is written specifically for midwives, having been developed from the best-selling "Clinical Effectiveness and Clinical Governance Made Easy, Fourth Edition". Requiring no prior knowledge, it provides a straightforward guide to the topics of clinical effectiveness and clinical governance, avoiding jargon but explaining rel

Four exciting Victorian Historical Romances in one box set. This set includes 3 novels of the Chambers Trilogy and one bonus Christmas novella. The titles include:THE EDUCATION OF MRS. BRIMLEY - A Victorian Striptease! A young innocent pretends to be a widow so as to teach at a finishing school remote to London. However upon arrival, she learns she was hired to teach bedroom etiquette, of which she knows nothing. Fortunately, the very man she has been warned not to...

William Chambers, the Duke of Bedford, inherited his title, but he also inherited a crumbling-down-around-him ancestral home along with his father’s gambling debts. The only way to avoid scandal and ruin is to marry money. He heads to Newport Beach, Rhode Island, where rich Americans maintain summer cottages, to marry—sight unseen—a reclusive American heiress nicknamed Frosty Franny.Francesca Winthrop is determined to marry for love, but her nouveau riche, social climbing mother wa...

“Irish rebellion, smuggled guns, and the assassination of American president James Garfield form a lively backdrop for this sweet, sexy, and smartly told Victorian romance.”---Publishers WeeklyAn innocent mistake at a diplomatic gathering leads British agent and reputed Irish rogue, Michael Rafferty, to mistake Lady Arianne Chambers as a traitor’s mistress instead of the acknowledged matchmaker, “Cupid’s Mistress.” She accuses him of being ...

The four most powerful African American women in politics share the story of their friendship and how it has changed politics in America.The lives of black women in American politics are remarkably absent from the shelves of bookstores and libraries. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics is a sweeping view of American history from the vantage points of four women who have lived and worked behind the scenes in politics for over thirty years—Donna B...

Journey with Donna as she shares some of her most difficult, life-changing experiences. And watch the transformations God brings about in her and her loved one’s lives in the process.Only God in His grace and mercy can take a life headed one way and totally transform it into a life going in a completely different direction, making it something beautiful.The collection is put together in the order in which each was written, including a Christmas story she wrote from a ‘What ...