Author: United States. Department of the InteriorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Outdoor recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Book for the Hour of Recreation
Author: María de San José SalazarPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226734625
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
María de San José Salazar (1548-1603) took the veil as a Discalced ("barefoot") Carmelite nun in 1571, becoming one of Teresa of Avila's most important collaborators in religious reform and serving as prioress of the Seville and Lisbon convents. Within the parameters of the strict Catholic Reformation in Spain, María fiercely defended women's rights to define their own spiritual experience and to teach, inspire, and lead other women in reforming their church. María wrote this book as a defense of the Discalced practice of setting aside two hours each day for conversation, music, and staging of religious plays. Casting the book in the form of a dialogue, María demonstrates through fictional conversations among a group of nuns during their hours of recreation how women could serve as very effective spiritual teachers for each other. The book includes one of the first biographical portraits of Teresa and Maria's personal account of the troubled founding of the Discalced convent at Seville, as well as her tribulations as an Inquisitional suspect. Rich in allusions to women's affective relationships in the early modern convent, Book for the Hour of Recreation also serves as an example of how a woman might write when relatively free of clerical censorship and expectations. A detailed introduction and notes by Alison Weber provide historical and biographical context for Amanda Powell's fluid translation.
Recreation and Parks
Author: Betty Van der SmissenPublisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 9780736045629
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Gaining an understanding of the recreation and parks profession is crucial to success in the field and to effective leadership within the field. Recreation and Parks: The Profession is a one-of-a-kind resource that delineates the components that make this complex field a profession. Written by well-known recreation authority Betty van der Smissen, this book: defines the marks of the recreation and parks profession and identifies the steps involved in becoming a professional in the field; profiles 62 professional organizations within the profession; outlines a comparative history of 15 categories of the recreation and parks field in the United States and Canada; and presents a classic-to-contemporary bibliography of resources that showcases an inclusive body of knowledge on the profession. Part I describes recreation and parks as a profession and provides students with steps to lay a solid foundation to become a professional. Part II grounds readers with a comparative historical overview of the recreation and parks field from the 1500s to the present day. The author divides the field into 15 categories and offers suggestions on how to use the time line. Part III profiles 62 professional organizations. Each profile includes the organization's mission, goals, structure, history, publications, services, and professional credentialing information. In addition, it lists the organization's Web sites, contact information, and other vital information that students use in completing course work, in applying for internships, and in researching various aspects of the profession. Part IV contains a bibliography of selected resources on recreation and parks, from classic to the present. Recreation and Parks: The Profession is a unique resource for students, professors, and professionals in recreation and parks. The text brings together the important aspects of the field as a profession.
Thrillcraft
Author: George WuerthnerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781933392660
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Thrillcraft: The Environmental Consequences of Motorized Recreation exposes the lasting damage done to our land, water, and air from the growing plague of jet skis, quads, dirt bikes, dune buggies, snowmobiles, and other motorized recreational craft that are penetrating the last bastions of wild America. The increase in thrillcraft use is responsible for wildlife habitat fragmentation, disturbance of sensitive wildlife, soil erosion, spread of invasive weeds, loss of silence, as well as water and air pollution. With more than one hundred shocking color photographs, Thrillcraft vividly documents the destruction caused by these machines on American public lands. Essays by activists, policy experts, scientists, and others support the photographs, explain the harm done by these machines, and critique the cultural foundation of this phenomenon. Thrillcraft bears witness to the mindless destruction of our collective natural heritage and offers a vision for a future when the howl of the wind or wolf can again be heard more often than the howl of a machine.
The Recreation Imperative
Author: United States. Department of the InteriorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Outdoor recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Extending the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum to Nonfederal Lands in the Northeast
Author: The Standing Rock Reservation - the Recreation Development Potential; an Atlas of Sites
Author: United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Planning Support GroupPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dakota Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
The Recreation
Author: Wayside Thoughts, by a Christian Pilgrim [i.e. J. G. Faithfull]; the Recreation of Weary Days. The Solace of Suffering Rights. 1860-62
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Author: James Grantham FAITHFULLPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Recreation Benefits of Water Quality Improvement
Author: Clark Shepard BinkleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Outdoor recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
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