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The Inflatable Volunteer

Author : Steve Aylett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781933293943
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (939 download)

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Download or read book The Inflatable Volunteer written by Steve Aylett and published by . This book was released on 2010-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the constant apocalypse nobody cares if your skull is made of wood or your friends are flying ants. Corrosive phantoms are two-a-penny in such a high-res environment. Minotaur Babs improves the shining hour by snogging horses and has a style pedal attached to his arm so he can punch people in the manner of various celebrities. A basement of whispering apes is the source of all wisdom. Bob is propelled through a hull door with only a parachute between him and the slamming palm of god. Placid vampires suggest shapeless and impractical management policies. But how much of the narrator's vortical tale is designed to annoy Eddie and waste his time?A volley of poetic stand-up, this intense splurge contains some of the most unnerving excuses in print, all a-scramble with phosphene electricity and casual resentment. You will emerge from this revised edition glowing like a dashboard saint.

Volunteering As Leisure/leisure As Volunteering

Author : Robert A. Stebbins
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 9780851999210
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Volunteering As Leisure/leisure As Volunteering written by Robert A. Stebbins and published by CABI. This book was released on 2004-04-07 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volunteerism is a topic of increasing importance in this age of budget cuts, declining employment and amid the threat posed by other competing leisure pursuits. There are both social and economic benefits of volunteering. As we are becoming more reliant on volunteers, there is a need for a better understanding of why people take up volunteering, and how to recruit, manage, motivate, and support volunteers most effectively. In order for organisations that host volunteers to achieve the most from their volunteers, they must understand how to give them the best "leisure" experience. This book examines critical aspects of contemporary volunteerism, from the perspective of a variety of volunteering contexts. It will appeal to academic researchers and students in disciplines such as leisure, recreation, tourism, management and sociology as well as practitioners in the voluntary sector (including volunteers), National and Local Government and those organising special events that depend on voluntary support.

The Inflatable Volunteer

Author : Steve Aylett
Publisher : Gollancz
ISBN 13 : 9780575402652
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Inflatable Volunteer written by Steve Aylett and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2000 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It¿s a world where grave fillers throng the pavements, where ants are plotting to slash and burn us before we do anything to them, where it doesn¿t pay to have too many dealings with John Satan. Anything can happen. And does. All the time. In such a world a mayor who campaigns on the ¿Wooden skulls don¿t work for long¿ ticket is bound to go far. So Eddie, our narrator, and Minotaur Babs climb aboard the bandwagon. And the fun begins . . . ¿Macabre, twisted, violent, surreal, yet lifted by moments of lyricism, The Inflatable Volunteer is a unique read . . . the actual act of reading this book is more akin to unscrewing your head, and gently bathing your brain in warm chaos . . . a psychedelic treat¿ SFX Magazine

The Changing Face of Volunteering in Hospice and Palliative Care

Author : Ros Scott
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019109241X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Changing Face of Volunteering in Hospice and Palliative Care written by Ros Scott and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volunteers have a long been involved in supporting the delivery of palliative care. Indeed in some countries, the range and quality of hospice and palliative care services depends on the involvement of volunteers. Hospice and palliative care services and volunteering are changing. As society develops, so too does volunteering. Volunteers have growing expectations of organizations, and increasingly seek roles that meet their needs and aspirations, rather than fitting in with organizational approaches. As hospice and palliative care services experience increasing and changing demands for their services due to aging populations with complex healthcare needs, we need to recognize that volunteers have a vital role to play in supporting the delivery of services of the future. The Changing Face of Volunteering in Hospice and Palliative Care explores the complex phenomenon that is volunteering in hospice and palliative care in different countries. It considers how and why volunteering is changing, through the contributions of authors from Western and Eastern Europe, North America, Australia, Africa, and India. It reflects on the influence of culture and organisational contexts, in addition to management approaches, legislative, and political influences, highlighting factors that contribute to the success of volunteering. Contributing to knowledge and understanding in the field of volunteering in hospice and palliative care internationally, this book highlights the factors that contribute to the success of volunteering models, allowing readers to see possibilities for change and find new ideas for innovative practice in their own setting.

Charity and Poverty in Advanced Welfare States

Author : Cameron Parsell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000449963
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Charity and Poverty in Advanced Welfare States written by Cameron Parsell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book conceptualises the role of charity to people who are poor in wealthy countries and outlines a set of practical and conceptual ideas for how it could be reimagined. Despite professionalised welfare states and strong economies, in many advanced industrialised nations, charity continues to play a major role in the lives of people who are poor. Extending what we know about how neoliberalism drives a decayed welfare state that outsources welfare provisioning to charities and community initiatives, this book asks how can we understand and conceptualise society’s willingness to engage in charitable acts towards the poor, and how can charity be reimagined to contribute to justice in an unjust society? Through interrogating multiple data sources, including government datasets, survey datasets, media analyses, and ethnographic data, this book shows that charity is not well-suited to addressing the material dimension of poverty. It argues the need for a revised model of charity with the capacity to contribute to social solidarity that bridges social divisions and is inclusive of the poor. Presenting a model for reimaging charity which enables reciprocity and active contributions from recipients and providers, this book shows how power imbalances flowing from the unidirectional provision of charity can be reduced, allowing opportunities for reciprocal care that foster both well-being and solidarity. This book will be of interest to all scholars and students of social policy, public policy, social welfare, sociology, and social work.

Volunteering and Society in the 21st Century

Author : C. Rochester
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230279430
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Volunteering and Society in the 21st Century written by C. Rochester and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expectations about the contribution that volunteering can make are at a new high. This book aims to meet this interest by bringing together in one volume what is known about the phenomenon of volunteering; the principles and practice of involving volunteers, and the enduring challenges for volunteering in today's world.

All That Glisters

Author : Joanna Hill
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1035843412
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book All That Glisters written by Joanna Hill and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-06-21 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once again Alistair Devenish is involved in a cross-Channel chase following the heist of valuable bronzes from a church outside Milan. Sold at auction, these have vanished before the new owner could pick them up. A whisper tells him that they have been taken abroad perhaps via a yacht berthed in Monaco, Alistair picks up the chase. He must interview people in Milan but the chief suspect has vanished. The old curate at the church is feeble and frail; does he know more than he is letting on? Alistair’s exotic French fiancée, Isabelle, arrives in Monaco for the weekend. Out for a walk in the harbour, she mistakenly goes on board the huge yacht which Al has spoken so much about. The yacht leaves, she panics and hides on board; in the same space, is an Italian secret police man who has stumbled on a few of the bronzes; both their phones die after a few scrambled words; what to do? Alistair learns in Milan that the old curate, together with a young man, have left for Genoa to rendezvous with the yacht, taking sacks of apparently heavy goods. He races to the Port at Genoa and with the Italian maritime police they pursue the yacht to sea. Finally, caught out at sea and held to account, the bronzes on board are recovered but are they the bronzes? Not what they seem; one of them leaks a substance; what is it?

Eye-Tracking

Author : Kathy Conklin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108244084
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Eye-Tracking written by Kathy Conklin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eye-tracking is quickly becoming a valuable tool in applied linguistics research as it provides a 'real-time', direct measure of cognitive processing effort. This book provides a straightforward introduction to the technology and how it might be used in language research. With a strong focus on the practicalities of designing eye-tracking studies that achieve the standard of other well-established experimental techniques, it provides valuable information about building and designing studies, touching on common challenges and problems, as well as solutions. Importantly, the book looks at the use of eye-tracking in a wide variety of applied contexts including reading, listening and multi-modal input, writing, testing, corpus linguistics, translation, stylistics, and computer-mediated communication. Each chapter finishes with a simple checklist to help researchers use eye-tracking in a wide variety of language studies. Discussion is grounded in concrete examples, which will allow users coming to the technology for the first time to gain the knowledge and confidence to use it to produce high quality research.

Follow for Now

Author : Roy Christopher
Publisher : Roy Christopher
ISBN 13 : 0977697703
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (776 download)

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Download or read book Follow for Now written by Roy Christopher and published by Roy Christopher. This book was released on 2007 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Description: Follow for Now: Interviews with Friends and Heroes is an anthology of forty-three interviews with minds of all kinds. Spanning over seven years, Follow for Now includes interviews with such luminaries as Bruce Sterling, Douglas Rushkoff, DJ Spooky, Philip K. Dick, Aesop Rock, Erik Davis, Howard Bloom, David X. Cohen, Richard Saul Wurman, N. Katherine Hayles, Manuel De Landa, Rudy Rucker, Milemarker, Steve Aylett, Doug Stanhope, Paul Roberts, Shepard Fairey, Tod Swank, dalek, Eric Zimmerman, Steven Johnson, Mark Dery, Geert Lovink, Brenda Laurel, and many, many more. Follow for Now is an eclectic, independently-minded snapshot of the intellectual landscape at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It also includes an extensive bibliography, a full index, and weighs in at nearly 400 pages.

Highway Safety Literature

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Highway Safety Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Handbook of English Linguistics

Author : Bas Aarts
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119540607
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book The Handbook of English Linguistics written by Bas Aarts and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-04-17 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second edition of this popular Handbook bringing together stimulating discussions of core English linguistics topics in a single, authoritative volume—includes numerous new and thoroughly updated chapters The second edition of the popular Handbook of English Linguistics brings together stimulating discussions of the core topics in English linguistics in a single, authoritative volume. Written by an international team of experts, the chapters cover syntax, methodology, phonetics and phonology, lexis and morphology, variation, stylistics, and discourse, and also provide discussions of theoretical and descriptive research in the field. The revised edition includes new and updated chapters on English Corpus Linguistics, experimental approaches, complements and adjuncts, English phonology and morphology, lexicography, and more. In-depth yet accessible chapters introduce key areas of English linguistics, discuss relevant research, and suggest future research directions. An important academic contribution to the field, this book: Presents thirty-two in-depth, yet accessible, chapters that discuss new research findings across the field, written by both established and emerging scholars from around the world Builds upon the very successful first edition, published in 2006 Incorporates new trends in English linguistics, including digital research methods and theoretical advances in all subfields Suggests future research directions The Handbook of English Linguistics, 2nd Edition is an essential reference work for researchers and students working in the field of English language and linguistics.

Worldwide Volunteering

Author :
Publisher : How To Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9781857039108
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Worldwide Volunteering written by and published by How To Books Ltd. This book was released on 2004 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates the enormous range of opportunites that exist around the world. There is something for everyone. - from the Foreword by Richard Branson

Green Volunteers

Author : Erin McCloskey
Publisher : Vacation Work Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Green Volunteers written by Erin McCloskey and published by Vacation Work Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voluntary work, conservation, Physical resources, Environmental protection

Volunteer Vacations

Author : Bill McMillon
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1569765278
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book Volunteer Vacations written by Bill McMillon and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the increasing number of people looking for ways to make a difference while on vacation, this fully updated edition is filled with in-depth information to get them ready for their adventure, including contacts, locations, costs, dates, project details, and profiles of 150 select organizations that run thousands of programs in the United States and around the world. Including new details about long-term projects and organizations specifically tailored for families, seniors, and people with disabilities, this definitive sourcebook provides a wealth of opportunities for anyone interested in taking a truly meaningful vacation and provides new anecdotes about all kinds of jobs and the positive impact they had on volunteers' lives.

Green Volunteers

Author : Fabio Ausenda
Publisher : Vacation Work Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Green Volunteers written by Fabio Ausenda and published by Vacation Work Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Moore V. Chicago Park District

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.W/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moore V. Chicago Park District written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Charity Boy

Author : Richard Paul
Publisher : Field Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charity Boy written by Richard Paul and published by Field Books. This book was released on with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet William, a man who, for reasons unknown (possibly a midlife crisis fueled by too many documentaries about poverty), decides he needs to save the world – one charity event at a time. His wife, Sarah, is a woman of remarkable patience and good humor, but even she starts to wonder if her husband's enthusiasm for helping others has gone a bit overboard. This story isn't about grand heroism or life-changing philanthropy. It's about the small, often messy moments that make up the human experience. It's about the importance of setting boundaries, even when your heart is in the right place. And it's about learning to laugh at yourself, especially when you've accidentally signed up for a marathon despite not being able to run a mile without gasping for air.