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For anyone who's ever considered a career as a warrior-for-hire—or who just wants to learn more about the lifestyle—How to…
Become a Mercenary is the ultimate guide to all the history, training, and equipment information you'll ever need! Mercenaries—who are often trained as part of the best Special Forces, including American Delta Force, British SAS, French Foreign Legion, Marines, SBS, SEALs, and many others—perform one of the most dangerous and feared jobs in the world. Their task is to go into remote locations and remove their targets by any means necessary. They are &“hired hands,&” and have no remorse for their actions. Now, along with Soldier of Fortune magazine, Barry Davies teaches you the training and knowledge that goes into being a mercenary, as well as the history of the profession and how it has evolved. How to Become a Mercenary will teach you everything you&’ve ever needed to know about becoming a mercenary, and also how to excel at it with information on weapons, escape plans, and overall safety. You will learn: • Where and how to find work • How to understand and apply the most modern tactics • What languages to master • Which weapons are preferred • How to disappear after you&’ve completed your job It&’s always been about the money, but in this book, you will learn all the skills that you must acquire before you take your first job. Just remember: Article 47 of the Geneva Convention states that &“a mercenary shall not have the right to be a combatant or a prisoner of war.&” Getting caught is not an option, and in this manual, you will learn how to avoid that at all costs.Moon Yellowstone & Grand Teton: Hike, Camp, See Wildlife (Travel Guide)
By Becky Lomax. 2018
Forge your way through forests, across mountain peaks, past geysers, and more with Moon Yellowstone & Grand Teton. Inside you'll…
find:Flexible Itineraries: Adventure-packed ideas ranging from one day in each national park to a week-long road trip covering bothThe Best Hikes in Yellowstone & Grand Teton: Detailed descriptions, individual trail maps, mileage and elevation gains, and backpacking optionsExperience the Outdoors: Marvel at the steam-spewing Old Faithful geyser or take a horseback ride to panoramic lakeside views. Hike through alpine forests to rushing waterfalls and catch a glimpse of wild bison, elk, wolves, or bears. Bask in the colorful radiance of Grand Prismatic Spring or stroll the boardwalks along Mammoth Hot Springs. Climb to Inspiration Point for breathtaking views of Jackson Hole and Jenny Lake, explore the quirky nearby towns, or discover the best spots to hit the slopes during the winter seasonHow to Get There: Up-to-date information on gateway towns, park entrances, park fees, and toursWhere to Stay: Campgrounds, resorts, and more both inside and outside the parkPlanning Tips: When to go, what to pack, safety information, and how to avoid the crowds, with full-color photos and detailed maps throughoutExpertise and Know-How: Explore both national parks with outdoors expert and former park guide Becky Lomax Helpful background on the indigenous culture, landscape, plants and animals, and history of the regionFind your adventure in Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks with Moon.Visiting more of North America's national parks? Try Moon Glacier National Park or Moon USA National Parks.New Guinea: Nature and Culture of Earth's Grandest Island
By Bruce M. Beehler, Tim Laman. 2020
An enthralling exploration of the biologically richest island on Earth, featuring more than 200 spectacular color images by award-winning National…
Geographic photographer Tim LamanIn this beautiful book, Bruce Beehler, a renowned author and expert on New Guinea, and award-winning National Geographic photographer Tim Laman take the reader on an unforgettable journey through the natural and cultural wonders of the world's grandest island. Skillfully combining a wealth of information, a descriptive and story-filled narrative, and more than 200 stunning color photographs, the book unlocks New Guinea's remarkable secrets like never before.Lying between the Equator and Australia's north coast, and surrounded by the richest coral reefs on Earth, New Guinea is the world's largest, highest, and most environmentally complex tropical island—home to rainforests with showy rhododendrons, strange and colorful orchids, tree-kangaroos, spiny anteaters, ingenious bowerbirds, and spectacular birds of paradise. New Guinea is also home to more than a thousand traditional human societies, each with its own language and lifestyle, and many of these tribes still live in isolated villages and serve as stewards of the rainforests they inhabit.Accessible and authoritative, New Guinea provides a comprehensive introduction to the island's environment, animals, plants, and traditional rainforest cultures. Individual chapters cover the island's history of exploration; geology; climate and weather; biogeography; plantlife; insects, spiders, and other invertebrates; freshwater fishes; snakes, lizards, and frogs; birdlife; mammals; paleontology; paleoanthropology; cultural and linguistic diversity; surrounding islands and reefs; the pristine forest of the Foja Mountains; village life; and future sustainability.Complete with informative illustrations and a large, detailed map, New Guinea offers an enchanting account of the island's unequalled natural and cultural treasures.In the midst of the climate crisis and the threat of the sixth extinction, we can no longer claim to…
be the masters of nature. Rather, we need to unlearn our species’ arrogance for the sake of all animals, human and non-human. Rethinking our being-in-the-world as Homo sapiens, this monograph argues, starts precisely from the way we relate to our closer companion species. The authors gathered here endeavour to find multiple exit strategies from the anthropocentric paradigms that have bound the human and social sciences. Part I investigates the unexplored margins of human history by re-reading historical events, literary texts, and scientific findings from an animal’s perspective, rather than a human’s. Part II explores different forms of human-animal relationships, putting the emphasis on the institutions, spaces, and discourses that frame our interactions with animals. Part III engages with processes of "translation" that aim to render animals’ experience and perception into human words and visual language.Counselling Athletes: Applying Reversal Theory
By John Kerr. 2001
Reversal theory is an innovative psychological theory exploring human motivation, emotion and personality. This is the first book in the…
field to examine how reversal theory can be used by practitioners in applied sport psychology in their counselling work with athletes. Counselling Athletes explores the key elements of reversal theory, and comprehensively demonstrates how reversal theory can improve understanding in the following key areas:* athletes' motivational states when performing* athletes' motivational characteristics* identifying performance problems* athletes' experiences of stress* intervention strategies* eating disorders* exercise addiction.Each chapter includes real-life case study material from elite performers in sport, as well as guides to further reading and questions for discussion.Counselling Athletes is essential reading for all practising sport psychologists and coaches, and for any student of sport psychology.Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training, Adaptation and Learning: Adaptation And Learning
By Steven R. Lindsay. 2000
Twenty-five years of study and experience went into the making of this one-of-a-kind reference. Veterinarians, animal scientists, dog owners, trainers,…
consultants, and counsellors will find this book a benchmark reference and handbook concerning positive, humane management and control of dogs. Reflecting the author's extensive work with dogs, this book promises thorough explanations of topics, and proven behavioural strategies that have been designed, tested, and used by the author. More than 50 figures and tables illustrate this unique and significant contribution to dog behaviour, training, and learning.Paris at the turn of the century - Art Nouveau, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec and the Folies Bergere. This was the atmosphere…
which nurtured the artistic development of the remarkable dancer and choreographer Ida Rubinstein.This long-awaited biography gives us a unique insight into the life of a remarkable woman, responsible for a fascinating chapter of our artistic heritage. She was a chameleon, a diva, who lived many lives, overcoming the anti-Semitism of her times to enchant and captivate the highest of societies.Untrained as a dancer, Ida Rubinstein's charisma attracted collaborators such as Debussy, Stravinsky, Ravel, Cocteau, Bakst, and Benois.`Race', Sport and British Society
By Ben Carrington, Ian McDonald. 2001
Contrary to the popular belief that sport is an arena largely free from the corrosive effects of racism, this book…
argues that racism is evident throughout British sport. From playing fields and boardrooms of sports organisations, to the offices of sports policy makers and the media, this book breaks new ground in showing how discourses of 'race' and nation continue to pervade our sporting life.Looking at a range of sports, including football, rugby league and cricket, this book covers key topics such as:* British nationalism and nationalist ideology* racial science and the images of Asian and black physicality* sport, racism and the law* black feminism and the issues of race, gender and sport* the role of the media in perpetuating and challenging racial stereotypes.Challenging the prevailing liberal view that sport is one area of society where 'good race-relations' are developed, this book offers a wealth of research material, and a strong theoretical perspective on contemporary British sport. It will therefore be of vital interest to sociologists, sports studies students, sport policy-makers and anyone with an interest in contemporary British sport.Understanding Strength and Conditioning as Sport Coaching: Bridging the Biophysical, Pedagogical and Sociocultural Foundations of Practice
By Lisette Burrows, Brian Gearity, Tania Cassidy, Phil Handcock. 2020
Contemporary strength and conditioning coaching is, for the most part, informed by the exercise sciences, with little engagement being made…
with sociocultural and pedagogical perspectives which have emerged in sports coaching research over the last two decades. In Understanding Strength and Conditioning as Sport Coaching: Bridging the Biophysical, Pedagogical and Sociocultural Foundations of Practice, the authors – whose expertise span strength and conditioning, sports coaching and pedagogy – help students and coaches to integrate perspectives from these disciplines to enhance their strength and conditioning coaching practice. The book encourages readers to add moral, ethical and political considerations to the technical aspects of their coaching practice. It discusses and applies concepts to a full range of strength and conditioning settings, including elite performance, young athletes, ageing athletes and returning to play following injury. Featuring an eResource, and structured around rich, narrative pedagogical cases reflecting the issues faced by practising strength and conditioning coaches, the book offers a thoroughly engaging introduction to pedagogical and sociocultural concepts and literature in a strength and conditioning context. This is a vital book for students of strength and conditioning, and an important resource for practising strength and conditioning coaches and sport science staff.Urban Deer Havens
By Clark E. Adams, Cassandra LaFleur Villarreal. 2020
Urban Deer Havens consists of a thorough examination of selected cervid (deer) species that are known to inhabit urban communities…
in the United States. The deer species that are included in this presentation consisted of white-tailed (Odocoileus virginianus), Key deer (O. v. clavium), moose (Alces alces), elk (Cervus elaphus), mule (Odocoileus hemionus), and black-tailed deer (O. h. columbianus). This book is the first attempt to examine the similarities and differences in those factors that allow the selected cervids to exist and thrive in urban habitats. This information has never been collected, collated, reviewed, and published under one cover document. Yet, all five are known to inhabit urban communities within their geographic range. The lack of information concerning several important examples of urban cervids in conjunction with a proliferation of information on white-tailed deer only is an incomplete and biased presentation. This book is the first comprehensive source of information on urban deer management, which includes a broad assemblage of urban cervids. The overall objective of this book is to provide a more holistic examination of urban cervids. For example, it examines the similarities and differences of the environmental impacts, management strategies, and human dimensions considerations concerning urban cervids in general, and using specific examples. Urban Deer Havens features four chapters that include: Urban deer census techniques and population dynamics Comprehensive tables that review urban community deer management plans National and state-wide estimates the five selected cervids Laws and regulations concerning urban deer Lethal and nonlethal management options for managing deer Steps for managing urban deer populations Examples of urban deer management effortsMaster Pongo: A Gorilla Conquers Europe (Animalibus: Of Animals and Cultures #17)
By Mustafa Haikal. 2020
In the summer of 1876, Berlin anxiously awaited the arrival of what was billed as "the most gigantic ape known…
to zoology." Described by European explorers only a few decades earlier, gorillas had rarely been seen outside of Africa, and emerging theories of evolution only increased the public’s desire to see this "monster with human features." However, when he arrived, the so-called monster turned out to be a juvenile male less than thirty-two inches tall. Known as M’Pungu (Master Pongo), or simply Pongo, the gorilla was put on display in the Unter den Linden Aquarium in the center of Berlin. Expecting the horrid creature described by the news outlets of the time, the crowds who flocked to see Pongo were at first surprised and then charmed by the little ape. He quickly became one of the largest attractions in the city, and his handlers exploited him for financial gain and allowed doctors and scientists to study him closely. Throughout his time in Europe, Pongo was treated like a person in many respects. He drank beer, ate meat, slept at the home of the head of the aquarium, and "visited" London and Hamburg. But this new lifestyle and foreign environment weren’t healthy for the little gorilla. Pongo fell ill frequently and died of "consumption" in November 1877, less than a year and a half after being brought to Europe.An irresistible read, illustrated with contemporaneous drawings, this critical retelling of the expedition that brought Pongo to Berlin and of his short life in Europe sheds important light on human-animal interactions and science at a time in Western society when the theory of evolution was first gaining ground.Arts, Entertainment and Tourism
By Howard Hughes. 2001
'Arts, Entertainment and Tourism' is a pioneering text that, by focusing on the consumer, investigates the relationship between these 3…
industries and how this relationship can be developed to its best competitive advantage. Issue-led, this text draws on appropriate disciplines rather than using one single approach, to examine issues in arts and entertainment within the framework of cultural tourism.Written to meet the needs of students studying on management courses in the arts, tourism and leisure, 'Arts, Entertainment and Tourism':* Describes the general arts and tourism background* Identifies a framework for analysis that acknowledges differing levels of interest in the arts and entertainment* Discusses the arts and entertainment that feature (past and present) in tourism * Examines the reasons why the arts, entertainment and tourism have an interest in each other and how they go about developing the relationship* Examines the relationship: are there tourists in audiences and do the arts and entertainment attract tourists to a destination?* Evaluates the wider effects (good and bad) on both the arts and tourism* Discusses the direction of future developments by arts and tourism organizations and for future researchFreeing the Female Body: Inspirational Icons (Sport in the Global Society #No. 20)
By Fan Hong, J. A. Mangan. 2001
This collection records the bravery of these forgotten inspirational figures whose determination challenged and overcame convention, custom and prejudice to…
free women from the ranks of the sexualized, controlled and oppressed.College Fight Songs II: A Supplementary Anthology
By William E Studwell, Bruce R Schueneman. 2001
Come join the band! College Fight Songs II is a supplement to the original College Fight Songs, providing 97 additional…
song texts and interesting historical information. Together they are a unique anthology of college fight songs from across the country.College Fight Songs II: A Supplementary Anthology is a second-round knockout that finishes the job started by the first edition. This rollicking continuation of the original collection will give you even more to shout about, again bringing together complete lyrics, historical annotations, and musical scores of the songs of over 50 more colleges and universities!Full of spirited music and lyrics that will put a spring in the step of incoming freshmen and music historians alike, College Fight Songs II is for you! You'll uncover plenty of behind-the-scenes info about the songs and the people who inspired them, and of course you'll find: complete musical scores full lyrics basic historical background concerning the songs and their institutions information regarding the songwriters and college nicknamesSo let&’s “Hail West Virginia,” stay “Ever True to Brown,” “Fight for LSU,” and shout out “The Buckeye Battle Cry!” College Fight Songs II will keep you in the game!A Step-by-Step Guide to SPSS for Sport and Exercise Studies: A Step-by-Step Guide for Students
By Nikos Ntoumanis. 2001
SPSS is the international standard software package for data analysis in the social sciences. This book is the only SPSS…
guide designed specifically for students in the fields of sport, exercise and kinesiology. It Includes sport specific cases and data throughout.Sport in the City: The Role of Sport in Economic and Social Regeneration
By Chris Gratton, Ian P. Henry. 2001
Cities now seek to attract major sporting events and activities to re-image themselves, and frequently invest in community sports development…
to fund economic growth and regeneration. Including a range of case-studies from global (the Sydney Olympics) to local (urban school sports), this book looks closely at how sport has been used in contemporary cities across the world, and evaluates policies, strategies and managment.Five key areas are examined:* sport and urban economic regeneration* sports events: bidding* planning and organization* Urban Sports tourism* Sport and urban community development* Urban politics and sports policy.Sport in the City therefore represents an essential resource for urban policy makers and the sports policy community. It will be invaluable reading for sports studies students and urban geographers.The Changing Wildlife of Great Britain and Ireland (Systematics Association Special Volumes Ser.)
By David L. Hawksworth. 2001
Periodic comprehensive overviews of the status of the diverse organisms that make up wildlife are essential to determining trends, threats…
and future prospects. Just over 25 years ago, leading authorities on different kinds of wildlife came together to prepare an assessment of their status of a wide range of organisms in Great Britain and Ireland iAmateurism in Sport: An Analysis and Defence (Sport in the Global Society #No. 1)
By Lincoln Allison. 2001
We often decry "amateurism", yet one can do things "for the love of it" rather than for money. It can…
also show that an economic system which has more voluntary, unpaid activity is a more efficient system. This work examines amateurism's rationale, its history, ethics and economics.Biogeography of the West Indies: Patterns and Perspectives, Second Edition
By Charles A. Woods, Florence E. Sergile. 2001
As a review of the status of biogeography in the West Indies in the 1980s, the first edition of Biogeography…
of the West Indies: Past, Present, and Future provided a synthesis of our current knowledge of the systematics and distribution of major plant and animal groups in the Caribbean basin. The totally new and revised Second Edition, BiogeographyThe Routledge Handbook of Sport in Asia (Routledge International Handbooks)
By Fan Hong, Lu Zhouxiang. 2021
This is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview of the history, development and contemporary significance of sport in…
Asia. It addresses a wide range of issues central to sport in the context of Asian culture, politics, economy and society. The book explores diverse topics, including the history of traditional Asian sport; the rise of modern sport in Asia; the Olympic Movement in Asia; mega sport events in Asia; sport governance and policy; gender, class and ethnicity in Asian sport, and Asia’s sporting heroes and heroines. With contributions from 74 leading international scholars, it offers a new perspective on understanding Asian sport and society, telling the story of how sport in this mega-region is coming together and reshaping the world in the process. It also provides readers with a wide lens through which to better contextualise the relationships between Asia and the world within the global sport community. The Routledge Handbook of Sport in Asia is a vital resource for students and scholars studying the history, politics, sociology, culture and policy of sport in Asia, as well as sport management, sport history, sport sociology, and sport policy and politics. It is also valuable reading for those working in international sport organisations.