This book provides essential guidance for professionals and pre-qualifying students on how to gather and generate evidence of the impact of projects in the community.Including case studies from diverse community settings, it provides easy to implement, practical ideas and examples of methods to demonstrate the impact of community work.Considering not only evaluation, but also the complex processes of evidence gathering, it will help all those involved with work in the commu...

Written by community workers from diverse contexts, this highly accessible guide equips practitioners and students working in a range of community settings to make the best use of theory in their work. The book focuses on the hope, excitement and possibilities that contemporary theory brings to practice and is essential reading for all those concerned with social justice, inclusion and equality.Drawing on voices from across the world, influential thinking, both old and new, is appl...

With easy-to-read text and illustrations Jeanette shows the training steps required to work the horse in balance without force or discomfort. There are tips to increase the equine athelete's muscle tone and fitness. This book is an essential tool for Pony Club and Equestrian Coaches and will appeal to riders of all ages. Jeanette draws from a wealth of experience: She in an internationally qualified coach and assessor, with vast competitive riding and training experience in Europe and the ...

Cross Country Made Easy - A Comprehensive Guide for the Cross Country Rider is for all who are involved with horses. It is a handy tool for all ages and is an essential tool for Pony Club and equestrian coaches. We learn how to plan and build courses, jumping exercises, and a variety of training ideas to use at home or at Pony Club. Jeanette has drawn from her own eventing and competitive career. Her accolades include qualifying for Badminton Horse Trials and com...

Show Jumping Made Easy offers a range of training ideas, and jump exercises to use when training at home. With sound information on planning and building courses, you will learn how the horse jumps and how to ride between and over fences in a balanced style. This comprehensive guide will help improve your show jumping.Filled with illustrations, this book is an ideal tool for Pony Club and equestrian coaches, and will appeal to all ages.Jeanette has...

Living With a Passion is filled with the author's life-changing experiences and the fun she's had in the presence of horses. We are taken on a journey from post war London where her passion for horses began at a young age. Growing up surrounded by bombsites she recalls the beauty of the milkman's horse and of the fascination she felt as it moved with energetic strides and shining coat. This was to be the beginning of her life long passion that would span over the decades and take her from ...

This anthology, designed for use in undergraduate courses in environmental ethics, includes new and classic readings by leading writers in the field, full-length case studies, and many short discussion cases. Introductions and discussion questions are provided for all the essays, with each chapter introduced by a summary of the issues and appropriate philosophic, historical and scientific background. Exploring ethical theory, environmental ethics, science and the environmental movement, Ea...

It was a summer not soon to be forgotten. Fourteen-year-old Kelvin Reynolds and his ten-year-old brother Isaac were out hunting one boiling hot afternoon. They had embarked on a quest to kill a muskrat, and that is when began a misadventure that would hold the time-space continuum in its balance and affect the entire world as we know it. "Don't be left so out! Buy this book and be the envy of your peers!" —Miniver Cheevy "America finally has its national epic myth. What a monumental achiev...

In the insightful treatise "How to Form a Library, 2nd ed," Henry B. Wheatley articulates the principles and practices essential for the establishment and organization of personal libraries. This revised edition showcases Wheatley's enduring belief in the transformative power of books and the importance of thoughtful curation. The work is imbued with a practical, yet elegant prose style, reflecting the Victorian intellectual zeitgeist, where the diffusion of knowledge through literature wa...

Geological Records of Tsunamis and Other Extreme Waves provides a systematic compendium with concise chapters on the concept and history of paleotsunami research, sediment types and sediment sources, field methods, sedimentary and geomorphological characteristics, as well as dating and modeling approaches. By contrasting tsunami deposits with those of competing mechanisms in the coastal zone such as storm waves and surges, and by embedding this field of research into the wider context of t...

What was once a small, southern, predominantly white denomination has become America's largest evangelical denomination. Yet with the Southern Baptist Convention's growth have come the challenges of increasing fragmentation, theological controversy, and sweeping cultural change. These challenges have caused leaders and members to ask: What does it mean to be a Southern Baptist in the twenty-first century? How can a fresh consensus be established from within? What are the core biblical conv...

The historic election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States had a significant impact on both America and the world at large. By voting an African American into the highest office, those who elected Obama did not necessarily look past race, but rather didn’t let race prevent them for casting their ballots in his favor. In addition to reflecting the changing political climate, Obama’s presidency also spurred a cultural shift, notably in music, television, and film.In...