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Humanities & Social SciencesAugust 2000The British seaside
Holidays and esorts in the twentieth century
by Jeffrey Richards
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Biography & True StoriesSeptember 2024Bedsit land
The strange worlds of Soft Cell
by Patrick Clarke
A rich and revealing examination of the legendary pop duo Soft Cell. Soft Cell are not your average pop band. Marc Almond and Dave Ball may be best known for the string of hits they released in 1981, but the powerful first phase of their collaboration embraced a staggering array of sounds, influences and innovations that would change the face of music to come. In Bedsit land, Patrick Clarke plunges into the archives and interviews more than sixty contributors, including the band members themselves, to follow Soft Cell through the many strange and sprawling worlds that shaped their extraordinary career. They lead him from the faded camp glamour of the British seaside to the dizzying thrills of the New York club scene. From transgressive student performance art to the sleaze and squalor of pre-gentrified Soho. From the glitz of British showbiz to the drug-addled chaos of post-Franco Spain. He emerges on the other side with the most in-depth, innovative and entertaining account of the duo ever written.
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Business, Economics & LawMay 2017Mass Tourism in a Small World
by David Harrison, Richard Sharpley, Hazel Andrews, Julio Aramberri, Gregory Ashworth, Raoul Bianchi, Sue Bleasdale, Kelly Bricker, Jim Butcher, Erik Cohen, David T. Duvall, Martin Farr, John Heeley, Andrew Holden, Stanislav Ivanov, Heather Jeffrey, Gabriele Manella, Chris Ryan, Asterio Savelli, Hongdi Shen, John E Tunbridge, David Weaver, Paul F Wilkinson
This new book reviews all aspects of the phenomenon of mass tourism. It covers theoretical perspectives (including political economy, ethics, sustainability and environmentalism), the historical context, and the current challenges to domestic, intra-regional and international mass tourism. As tourism and tourist numbers continue to grow around the world, it becomes increasingly important that this subject is studied in depth and best practice applied in real-life situations. This book: - Is the first to address a range of theoretical issues relating to mass tourism; - Uses a wide selection of case studies to translate theory into practice, covering the historical rise and fall of UK seaside resorts, the increase in Chinese tourism, conflict between different mass tourism groups, destination transformation from mass to niche tourism, and specific problems facing cruise ships; - Is written by a range of international, established authors to give a global perspective on the subject. Finishing with a speculative chapter identifying potential future trends and challenges, this book forms an essential resource for all researchers and students within tourism studies. ; Section 1: Introduction1: Introduction: Mass Tourism in a Small WorldSection 2: Theoretical Approaches to Mass Tourism2: Mass Tourism Does Not Need Defending3: The Morality of Mass Tourism4: The Political Economy of Mass Tourism and its Contradictions5: A Theoretical Approach to Mass Tourism in Italy6: Sustainability and Mass Tourism: A Contradiction in Terms?7: Mass Tourism and the Environment: Issues and DilemmasSection 3: Historical Studies of Tourism Development8: The Dynamics of Tourism Development in Britain: The Profit Motive and that ‘Curious’ Alliance of Private Capital and the Local State9: From Holiday Camps to the All-inclusive: the ‘Butlinization’ of Tourism10: Decline Beside the Seaside: British Seaside Resorts and Declinism11: Mass Tourism and the US National Park Service System12: Transport and Tourism: The Perpetual LinkSection 4: Case Studies in Modern Mass Tourism13: Mass Tourism and China14: Mass Tourism in Thailand: The Chinese and Russians15: Mass Tourism in Bulgaria: The Force Awakens16: Mass Tourism in Mallorca: Examples from Calivià17: Tunisia: Mass Tourism in Crisis?18: From Blue to Grey? Malta’s Quest from Mass Beach to Niche Heritage Tourism19: Cruise Ship Tourism in the Caribbean: The Mess of Mass TourismSection 5: The Future20: Conclusion: Mass Tourism in the Future
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Business, Economics & LawDecember 2017Tour Operators and Operations
Development, Management and Responsibility
by Jacqueline Holland, David Leslie
With a focus on the creation and distribution of packaged holidays, this text covers the fundamentals of business and the relationship between tour operators and destinations. With particular reference to the sustainability of both parties, it reviews the impacts and influences of tour operations and practices on destinations within the overriding context of tour operator responsibility. It addresses the entirety of this key component of the tourism sector, and reflects the shift in recent years from traditional 'sun, sea and sand' holiday to more bespoke packages. Taking into account tour operators as a growing factor among the major emergent economies of the world, this book is: - The first textbook to provide such in-depth content of tour operators and operations. - Written by authors with industry, research and teaching experience. - A wealth of information regarding popular eco, nature and adventure trips, as well as myriad niche and special interest products. Full of international and highly topical case studies, exercises and discussion questions, Tour Operators and Operations: Development, Management and Responsibility is a fundamental text for students of tourism.
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Children's & YAMarch 2020Amelie Trott and the Earth Watchers
by Moyra Irving
This is the extraordinary story of how one small girl stopped a planetary catastrophe. It’s a very timely book, written for the child in us all, with a forceful message about the power of young people to transform the world - a theme currently demonstrated by brave young heroes like Greta Thunberg. And with magical synchronicity, the very week Greta began her lone vigil outside the Swedish government last year, over 1,000 miles (1,897 km) away in the fictional world of books, Amelie Trott took to Parliament Square, London - on a mission to avert the End of the World. It’s a family drama with an international feel - set mainly in England but with episodes in Washington DC and around the world.
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July 2021An Introduction to Economics
Concepts for Students of Agriculture and the Rural Sector
by Berkeley Hill
Updated and revised, this fifth edition incorporates recent developments in the environment in which agriculture operates. Issues that have gained prominence since the previous edition (2014) include climate change and agriculture's mitigating role, concern with animal welfare, the social contributions that agriculture makes, risks associated with globalization, and rising concern over sustainability. Important for UK and EU readers are the adjustments needed now that the UK is no longer a member of the European Union and the nature of the national policies developed to replace the EU's Common Agricultural Policy. Containing all the major economic principles with agriculture-specific examples, An Introduction to Economics, 5th Edition provides a rounded and up-to-date introduction to the subject. The inclusion of updated chapter-focused exercises, essay questions and suggestions for further reading make this textbook an invaluable learning tool. This book: Is updated to include new developments, such as Brexit, importance of climate change and animal welfare. Includes exercises and essay questions. Suggests further reading to supplement the text. This book is recommended for students of agriculture, economics and related sectors.
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Children's & YAApril 2022Spark
by Monika Rutka
A new place, a new home, new people... and sleeping demons of the past Elizabeth Parker leaves sunny Californian beaches for rainy England in the middle of the school year. What is more, she starts living with complete strangers and is to spend upcoming months with them. Lots of changes for a single teenager. From the very beginning Crosby seems like an ideal place for her. Is there a better place to hide than a small seaside town and a home which is like a safe island? The Shaws — Jon and Josephine — as well as their daughter Caroline do everything they can so that Lizzie could make herself at home. As for the son... Chase, to say the least, does not show such friendliness as his parents and sister. He is prejudiced and distrustful. Elizabeth also considers him as someone exceptionally irritating. Will Chase’s concerns about Elizabeth prove to be reasonable? What if Crosby is not the end of the world after all? Did Lizzie’s father have a reason to choose this house for her?
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Summer of Hopes and Dreams
by Sue McDonagh
The perfect uplifting escapist read ... Can “Dozy Rosie” spice up her life and prove she’s not boring? Rosie Bunting has spent her life caring for others, often at the expense of her own hopes and dreams. But when she overhears somebody describing her as “boring”, she decides it’s time for a change. Little does she realise that the outdoor pursuits weekend brochure handed to her at the local Art Café will kick start a summer that will see her abseiling down a Welsh cliff face in “eye watering” leggings, rediscovering her artistic side and unexpectedly inheriting an old fire engine. It also involves meeting hunky outdoor instructor, Gareth Merwyn-Jones although of course he’d never be interested in Dozy Rosie Bunting ... would he? One thing’s for certain: Rosie’s path to achieving her hopes and dreams might not be smooth, but it’s definitely not boring.
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Food & DrinkBeside the Seaside
by Carolyn Caldicott (author), Chris Caldicott (photographer)
In Beside the Seaside Carolyn Caldicott’s mouthwatering recipes for fish and shellfish, picnics and packed lunches, beachside barbecues, homemade ice-cream - and more - combine with Chris Caldicott’s magical photographs to evoke glowing memories of long, lazy bucket-and-spade days, of crabbing and rock-pooling, sandcastles, seagulls and sunsets.
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August 2018Plant mangroves on the seaside
by Xian Song
All the lecturers are great scientists such as OuYang Ziyuan--the member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jin Li--the member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Martin Blaser--the member of the United States medical school etc. This book series adapt from top scientists’ seminar contents, and reorganize into 8 beautiful, interesting, rigorous and imaginative picture books with vivid stories and exquisite paintings. This set would guide young readers to the frontier of science and technology, the natural ecology, environmental protection, human health and other latest scientific research.
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Tiny Peeble's Incredible Journey
by Gulsah Ozdemir Koryurek / Selin Saygili
The story begins at a most colourful seaside tells the naive struggle of a curious pebble to reach the sea. The curious pebble stone that lives in the shore's inner part has to pass all the beaches rolling to reach the sea. The journey, which begins under the baking-hot sun, continues with the colourful pebbles and the crabs walking in the moonlight. When the power of the small pebble is consumed, a small child who resembles itself lends a helping hand to it… And the small pebble lastly arrives the cool waters of the sea, meeting the fish whom it always dreamed of and finding itself in a natural process of transformation. Like every journey starts with determination, the small pebble reaches its goal and begins a brand new life.
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Picture booksJuly 2018Lasse Bear wants to go to the seaside
by Silke Weßner
Board book for children 2 years and up “A boat trip on the sea and a sunbath on the beach. Wouldn't that be wonderful? ” askes the bear his little feathered friend. Lasse Bear really wants to go to the sea. But it is a long way to go. But don't worry, Lasse Bear knows the way. Accompany the two friends on their adventurous journey. Together you have to conquer a mountain range, to swim across a lake and even ride a steam locomotive over a big bridge. But the trip is truely worth it, because at its end the sea is just wonderful. You can attend Lasse Bear on 24 colorful cardboard pages and use your finger to trace the perceivable path that leads him and his little friend to the sea. Great fun for little people!
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Children's & YAOctober 2008Joe and Sydney
Detectives of the Universe
by Diana Stimely
Joe is a 7- year old boy living with his parents. When his father breaks his leg, the family rent a cottage near the seaside while he recuperates. At first Joe wasn’t really looking forward to it very much as he’s left all his friends behind, but then something happens to change his mind completely, He meets Sydney. Now Sydney isn’t just another little boy, in fact he’s not a little boy at all. He is a lion. He is no ordinary lion either. For a start he is found living in a chest of drawers in Joe’s bedroom, which ordinary lions don’t usually do! Second, he is over seventy years old and ordinary lions don’t live that long. So Sydney is rather a special lion, with rather special powers, as Joe soon finds out. Together they embark on an adventure to try and fulfil a promise to someone Joe has never met.
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FictionKreta the Time Traveler
by Gülşah Ozdemir Koryürek - Selin Saygili
"Time Traveler Kreta" is a science-fiction children's book that tells the effects of our consumption habits on the climate crisis to children aged 8 and above, through the adventures of two alien friends, Kreta and Shiva. While the text is based on the climate crisis, topics such as sustainability, how the world works, time and space, exploration, scientific and technological progress are also covered. The adventurous Earth journey of Kreta and Shiva progresses in a fictional reality that emerges with the narration of scientific data about the climate crisis and ends with proposals for solutions. Kreta, an inquisitive and excited time traveller, want to embark on every adventure without thinking about the end and thus become an experienced time traveller. Once Kreta gains enough experience, they will find their profession and acquire new skills. On the other hand, their friend Shiva is a mature, somewhat lazy, poet alien cat who tries to rein in Kreta in every adventure. Kreta and Shiva travel to the planet Earth to meet humans, but they encounter strange creatures that are not human-like: dinosaurs! Yes, they find the Earth, but they are at the wrong time to meet people. They don't get along well with the dinosaurs and leave Earth, but Kreta is determined to find humans. When they try their luck once again, this time, they go to the 2070s of the world. Despite technological progress, they encounter a dark and hot planet where oxygen and water are scarce. In the world of the 2070s, among robots and other strange creatures, they finally find a human being: Omer. What they learn from Omer, an engineer specializing in climate research, surprises Kreta and Shiva. In the 2070s, the world is struggling with the effects of a big problem called climate change, and this problem cannot be solved. In the light of this information, a brand new task comes before Kreta and Shiva. This mission is to go back to the 2010s, the deadline when the climate crisis can be averted, and deliver a video message to the people. When Kreta and Shiva reach the world of the 2010s, they accidentally land in the middle of Omer's birthday party. Their aim is to deliver the video message to Omer, but during the party, they fail to do so, and they start following Omer. Both at the birthday party and while they follow Omer, Kreta and Shiva witness the culture of waste in the World of the 2010s: huge vehicles designed for people's tiny bodies, aeroplanes, plastic packaging used to present gifts, decorations, single-use plastic serving plates and glasses and vast amounts of waste food... Kreta and Shiva understand why they have been teleported to this date when problems of the 2070s could have been prevented. Kreta and Shiva eventually find Omer in an enormous hotel where his Youtuber mother is visiting for a launching event. They have funny moments when they introduce themselves to Omer. Yet, they manage to deliver the video to Omer and tell him about the problems that will happen in the future. However, when he watched the video, Omer realizes that the problem cannot be solved immediately. He thinks that he cannot persuade other people, either alone or as a child; he cannot change their consumption habits. He tries to ask his mother for her support, but he can't make his mother, who is always busy, listen to him. Kreta and Shiva decide to stay a little longer and help Omer, and they achieve their goals in the launching meeting of Omer's mother. They manage to show the video to thousands of people. The fact that most of the viewers are children is a great advantage because they understand the climate change problem best. Children do not remain silent to the call of the message and take action for the Earths future. The book's pedagogical structure and the scientific data on which it is based were established with experts in these fields. The reading of scientific data was done by the engineer members of the Sustainability Steps Association. The reading in the pedagogical context was carried out by PCG Teachers. The video mentioned in the story is embedded in the book via QR code and can be watched with English subtitles on Youtube.
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January 2009
My First Chinese Word-book
by Linda Gan
My First Chinese Word-Book is for children 4 to 8 yeas old,and includes 40 fun topics and dialogue scenarios at the zoo and amusement park,the seaside or a birthday party,in the living room,at school,and even in outer space!Young readers can learn 400 frequently used Chinese words through enjoyable and relaxing reading.
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FictionCancún
by Miguel Del Castillo
Set between the Barra da Tijuca and the Mexican seaside of Cancún, this touching bildungsroman is a mix of rarely-found honesty and fundamental themes such as religion and fatherhood. Right before entering his teenage years, Joel feels out of place among his school-mates and the kids of his neighborhood. It’s 1998 and the world seems everyday more threatening. He seeks refuge in a group of young kids from the Evangelical Church, while at the same time he starts having a hard time dealing with his dad, who just came back home after spending four mysterious years in Cancún.Decades later, after his father’s death, far away from any religious affiliation and about to have a son of his own, Joel decides to reach the Mexican seaside, alone. While trying to follow his father’s steps, what had to be an easy trip turns into a complex situation, that helps us better understand what made Joel who he has become today.With a clear and straight-forward prose, Miguel Del Castillo gives us the picture of a generation and a class forged into big isolated buildings, tax havens, in schools where violence is a daily issue and in the sparkling plastic feel of fast foods.One of the most surprising novels of the new generation of Brazilian writers.
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FictionPouraka
by Dianne Lynn Gardner
Pouraka is a magical sea cavern tucked under the rocky cliffs near Barnacle Bay. Cora, a Pouraka mermaid, is torn between her friends in the seaside town, and her true love Tas, a foreign merman whose clan fled when men invaded their waters. The two fall in love just when an unscrupulous oil rigger's son discovers the rich aquatic life Barnacle Bay harbors. He captures Tas and hauls him away, bound for an amusement park. Cora takes it upon herself to rescue him.
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RomanceSafe Harbour
by Cara Cooper
A British romance by Cara Cooper. Cassandra Waverley is thrilled with her beautiful harbourside restaurant. She's escaped a stressful job in the city and a personal meltdown which haunts her still. Just when she is relishing her seaside haven, dark, brooding Adam Hawthorne turns up, taking an unhealthy interest in her property and turning her world upside down. He's a serious threat, both to her business and to her heart. The more she learns about him the more she realises he's a man with mysteries in his own past. Throw in a wayward younger sister and a rescue kitten who needs a home and Cassandra has her work cut out for her. Will she ever find a safe harbour, and a love that will endure? A British romance by Cara Cooper. Cassandra Waverley is thrilled with her beautiful harbourside restaurant. She's escaped a stressful job in the city and a personal meltdown which haunts her still. Just when she is relishing her seaside haven, dark, brooding Adam Hawthorne turns up, taking an unhealthy interest in her property and turning her world upside down. He's a serious threat, both to her business and to her heart. The more she learns about him the more she realises he's a man with mysteries in his own past. Throw in a wayward younger sister and a rescue kitten who needs a home and Cassandra has her work cut out for her. Will she ever find a safe harbour, and a love that will endure?
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Teaching, Language & ReferenceApril 2014Get Around in English
The Fun Language Guide
by Martyn Ford & Peter Legon
Where the How to be British books get their laughs out of culture and national character, the new title reveals the comic potential of English language learning itself. Get Around… is presented as a spoof practice book for learners eager to communicate, to get to grips with real English in real everyday social situations: On the bus, at the hotel, by the seaside, under the weather…. . And there are sections of ‘Vital Vocabulary’ which recall that time-honoured sub-genre of travel writing, the humble phrase book.
