This book develops a case for feminist gender training as a catalyst for disjuncture, rupture and change. Chapter 1 traces the historical development and current contours of the field of gender training. In Chapter 2, the key critiques of gender training are substantively engaged with from the perspective of reflexive practice, highlighting the need to work strategically within existing constraints. Questions of transformative change are addressed in Chapter 3, which reviews feminist appro...

Does tourism empower women working in and producing tourism? How are women using the transformations tourism brings to their advantage? How do women, despite prejudice and stereotypes, break free, resist and renegotiate gender norms at the personal and societal levels? When does tourism increase women's autonomy, agency and authority? The first of its kind this book delivers: A critical approach to gender and tourism development from different stakeholder perspectives, from INGOs, national...

Anxiety is a prevalent and often debilitating condition for individuals on the autism spectrum. This book promotes a multidisciplinary approach to intervention and treatment of the condition, providing professional understanding of the underlying causes and available treatments.With chapters co-authored by well-known advocates and pioneering researchers, contributors examine factors including sensory processing issues, sleep impairments and the crossover between the autonomic nervo...

In 1797 an extraordinary visionary died, leaving behind a grieving husband, a two-year-old daughter, and a newborn. The woman was Mary Wollstonecraft, her daughter Fanny Imlay, and her baby Mary Godwin, who, through many trials and tribulations, grew up to become the remarkable Mary Shelley, creator of one of the most important books in literature: Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus. While many books have examined both women's lives, their remarkable similarities, their passi...

Video Enhanced Reflective Practice (VERP), an application of Video Interaction Guidance, supports individuals or groups to reflect on and develop their professional communication, teaching or therapeutic skills with their clients through shared review of moments of attuned interaction in video clips of their day-to-day practice.This book brings together international researchers and practitioners from a range of professions to define VERP, present its theoretical basis and review t...

Fairy Tales are in our DNA. We think we know them. Read along to explore the familiar, the unique, and the undiscovered - reimagination of the Fairy Tale.Eight talented authors explore what these words mean to them in stories ranging from the silly to the sublime.Join us for the first exciting issue in a new quarterly speculative fiction magazine.Be sure to look for Issue 002: Apocalypse Edition, coming soon!

A Tormented Highlander . . .Duty-bound to seek revenge, Broderick MacConnaway, son of the Thane of Dunkeld, lives haunted by memories of his lost wife Aisling. Forming an alliance with the Lochlann family presents its own trials, but if the marriage allows him to fulfil his vengeance, then so be it. Even if the guilt over Aisling prevents him from ever loving again . . .The Lochlann Lass . . .With her uncle seeking to marry her off ...

★ Starred selection for CCBC's Best Books Ideal for Teachers 2023!Resurgence is an inspiring collection of contemporary Indigenous poetry, art, and narratives that guides K–12 educators in bridging existing curricula with Indigenous voices and pedagogies. In this first book in the Footbridge Series, we invite you to walk with us as we seek to:connect peoples and placeslink truth and reconciliation as ongoing processessymbo...

Leona MacConnoway is the daughter of the local gentry, a little spoiled and headstrong, but generous and loved by all who know her. When her mother's father passes away in faraway France, a messenger brings word that she must travel to his estate at the order of the new Lord du Mas. However, there is no word on when—or if—she will ever be allowed to return to the wilds of Scotland.Handsome Conn MacNeil has always known that his betrothal to Leona would lead to happily ever after, a...

A Determined Highlander . . .Duncan MacConnoway, son of a powerful thane and used to getting his way in life, is desperate to wed the woman of his dreams. Her uncle, the wily Earl of Lochlann, demands that he fulfill three tasks that even Hercules would struggle to finish. Their love is all that lights his way through this dark labyrinth, that if only he can hang onto it long enough . . .The wise woman . . .Alina du Mas can see things that no one else believes, so s...

The second issue of this vanguard edition delves into the apocalypse. With a dozen stories from some of today's best speculative writers, they will thrill and entertain you.“Deathball: Hunt For The Playoffs” by Charles Eugene Anderson.“And Then What?” by Denise E Dora.“More Precious Than Gold” by Wayne Faust.“The Working Class” by Rebecca Hodgkins.“King of Cats” by De Kenyon.“Last Song on the Titanic” by Mario Acevedo.“Flex Time” by Richard...

Will a Scottish beauty who can see the future, predict the doom of the Highlander she loves?A Gifted LassJoanna MacConnaway's future looks dark when her great-uncle passes, leaving Lochlann in the hands of a new leader. This handsome stranger, who has haunted Joanna's dreams, soon finds himself in mortal danger. Joanna chooses to help him, against her misgivings and sense of impending doom. Can she trust him? And is he worthy of the feeling...