You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
El binomio Ocio-Innovación constituye el eje central de este libro que profundiza en el estudio de la innovación desde el prisma del ocio. Este enfoque radicalmente novedoso otorga al concepto de innovación nuevos significados y desvela las luces y sombras de un fenómeno cuyas potencialidades no se restringen al ámbito meramente económico sino que se despliegan también en el contexto social, cultural, urbano, etc. Las reflexiones teóricas y las buenas prácticas presentadas por diferentes expertos en torno temáticas diversas tales como las ciudades, los museos, el teatro, las audiencias televisivas o la inclusión social a través de la práctica deportiva evidencian la fuerza arrolladora que la innovación otorga al ocio como factor comprometido con el desarrollo social, responsable y sostenible.
A unique and personal insight into the ecology and evolution of pollinators, their relationships with flowers, and their conservation in a rapidly changing world. The pollination of flowers by insects, birds and other animals is a fundamentally important ecological function that supports both the natural world and human society. Without pollinators to facilitate the sexual reproduction of plants, the world would be a biologically poorer place in which to live, there would be an impact on food security, and human health would suffer. Written by one of the world’s leading pollination ecologists, this book provides an introduction to what pollinators are, how their interactions with flowers h...
En 1643 Marina de Austria arribaba a España acompañada de numeroso séquito. En tan colorido grupo destacaba la negrura de una sotana, la de su confesor, Juan Everardo Nithard. De esta forma entró en España el jusitia alemán. Atender las necesidades espirituales de la reina era su cometido, y a complirlo aplicó todoa su energía y conocimientos. No obstante, la muerte de Felipe IV, en 1665, iba a cambia el rumbo de la monarquía española y de su vida. Doña Mariana fue nombrada tutora de su hijo, el futuro Carlos II, labor en la que sería ayudada por una Junta de Gobierno. La inexperiencia de la reina, las graves dificultades por las que atravesaba la monarquía y la actitud de algun...
Exploring the spiritual dimensions of sport, this broad-ranging study takes a provocative look at the human aspects of the sport experience. It is a must-read for students of sport studies, sports coaching, and sport and health psychology.
A rollicking guided tour of one extraordinary summer, when some of the most pivotal and freakishly coincidental stories all collided and changed the way we think about modern sports The summer of 1984 was a watershed moment in the birth of modern sports when the nation watched Michael Jordan grow from college basketball player to professional athlete and star. That summer also saw ESPN's rise to media dominance as the country's premier sports network and the first modern, commercialized, profitable Olympics. Magic Johnson and Larry Bird's rivalry raged, Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe reigned in tennis, and Hulk Hogan and Vince McMahon made pro wrestling a business, while Donald Trump p...
This interdisciplinary text examines the sports-Christianity interface from Protestant and Catholic perspectives. In addition to a "systematic review of literature," field-pioneering contributors such as Michael Novak, Shirl Hoffman, Joseph Price and Robert Higgs address a wide range of topics from the sporting world, including biblical athletic metaphors, disability, evangelism, professionalism and celebrity, humility and pride, genetic enhancement technologies, stereotypes, sport as art and British and American historical analyses of sport and Christianity. Insightful chapters from Scott Kretchmar, one of the world’s leading philosophers of sport, and Father Kevin Lixey, the head of the ...
None