Esports have rapidly expanded from a pastime undertaken by casual players to one of the largest segments of the entertainment industry, in which hundreds of millions of people play and compete daily. Esports Business Management With HKPropel Access is one of the first textbooks to present an all-encompassing look into the world of esports business, will teach both aspiring students and sports professionals about the business of this rapidly expanding industry. Written by esports e...

Esports have rapidly expanded from a pastime undertaken by casual players to one of the largest segments of the entertainment industry—one in which hundreds of millions of people play and compete daily.Esports Business Management, Second Edition, presents an all-encompassing look into the world of esports business. This updated and enhanced text will inform both aspiring students and esports professionals about this growing industry. Written by renowned esports academics a...

Step once more inside the Tomb of Dracula for more superior supernatural stories of the Seventies! First, the debut of Hannibal King — a detective with a vampiric secret! Then, Dracula is drawn into a struggle to control the powerful statue of the Chimera! Flash back to Dracula’s first meeting with Blade the Vampire Hunter — and when Quincy Harker learns that the Lord of Darkness still lives, it’s time for a savage showdown that explores their full bitter rivalry! But who else has targeted...

More urgent than ever, David G. Gil's guiding text gives social workers the knowledge and confidence they need to change unjust realities. Clarifying the meaning, sources, and dynamics of injustice, exploitation, and oppression and certifying the place of the social worker in combating these conditions, Gil promotes social-change strategies rooted in the nonviolent philosophies of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.. He shares suggestions for transition policies intended to alleviate...

Water is not only a source of life and culture. It is also a source of power, conflicting interests and identity battles. Rights to materially access, culturally organize and politically control water resources are poorly understood by mainstream scientific approaches and hardly addressed by current normative frameworks. These issues become even more challenging when law and policy-makers and dominant power groups try to grasp, contain and handle them in multicultural societies. The strugg...

Winner of The Information Resources KM and IM Award 2024The range of roles in healthcare knowledge and library services are many and varied. From ‘traditional’ librarian roles to those that break new ground – including clinical, embedded and outreach librarians and knowledge managers – they are a vital ongoing support for this important sector.This work brings together health information practitioners and researchers with a variety of experience ac...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In today’s fast‐paced, achievement‐driven world, we are constantly bombarded with messages telling us that happiness lies just around the corner—if only we acquire more, achieve more, or reach the next milestone. Yet, many of us have experienced a perplexing emptiness even after achieving our dreams: a sense that something essential remains missing. Contentment: Embracing Inner Fulfillment and Joy is a transformative guide that...

Crime research has grown substantially over the past decade, with a rise in evidence-informed approaches to criminal justice, statistics-driven decision-making and predictive analytics. The fuel that has driven this growth is data – and one of its most pressing challenges is the lack of research on the use and interpretation of data sources.This accessible, engaging book closes that gap for researchers, practitioners and students. International researchers and crime analysts discus...

This open access book addresses the epistemological and ontological significance as well as the scope of new mechanism. In particular, this book addresses the issues of what is "new" about new mechanism, the epistemological and ontological reasons underlying the adoption of mechanistic instead of other modelling strategies as well as the possibility of mechanistic explanation to accommodate a non-trivial notion of emergence. Arguably, new mechanism has been particularly successful in makin...

Ending therapy in an appropriate and meaningful way is especially important in work with children and adolescents, yet the topic is often overlooked in clinical training. From leading child clinicians, this much-needed book examines the termination process/m-/both for brief and longer-term encounters/m-/and offers practical guidance illustrated with vivid case material. Tools are provided for helping children and families understand termination and work through associated feelings of loss ...

From author David Nicoll comes a fun series that introduces the lovable character of BEAN. BEAN allows children to join him on adventurous journeys with colorful pictures and simple words. In this latest installment, kids will have a blast as they join BEAN At The Fair! Being a father of three, author David Nicoll has made BEAN books fun and exciting, which will certainly encourage young children to read along. So come and join BEAN on one of his many adventures.

David Nicolls lovable character is back for another round of fun and adventure! This time, kids are invited to prepare their farm boots, straw hats and overalls and join BEAN on the FARM! Ride a horse, milk the cows and do other exciting stuff on the farm with BEAN today! Being a father of three, author David Nicoll has made BEAN books fun and exciting, which will certainly encourage young children to read along. So come and join BEAN on one of his many adventures.