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Leisure and Consumption
Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 95.00The study of consumption has never seriously examined the role of leisure. This ambitious, agenda-setting study, provides the most in-depth examination of the relationship between the two to date, drawing on the serious leisure perspective and outlining a new conceptual framework for analyzing consumption for leisure. more...
The Committed Reader
Scarecrow Press 2012; US$ 39.99This book is a study of committed reading, an activity animated by three main motives: utilitarian, pleasurable, and self-fulfilling. They are examined within the frameworks of library and information science and the serious leisure perspective as manifested across life?s domains of work, leisure, and non-work obligation. more...
Connecting with Nature
National Science Teachers Association 2012; US$ 24.95Taking what he calls a nature-centered worldview, author Robert Stebbins blends activities, examples, and stories with his perspectives on the importance of dealing objectively yet compassionately with social and environmental problems. Even a quick glance through Connecting With Nature will make you wish you could give your students the... more...
Social Entrepreneurship For Dummies
Wiley 2010; US$ 24.99Discover how to bring social responsibility to your business In today's business world, your bottom line isn't measured by your company's financial performance alone. Social Entrepreneurship For Dummies shows you how to implement social responsibility to your business plan in order to increase your bottom line. This book helps any social entrepreneur... more...
Serious Leisure and Nature
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00Leisure activities undertaken in nature are immensely popular. This book examines the new serious leisure concept of nature challenge activity (NCA), exploring how NCA unfolds in an aesthetically appealing natural environment with implications for consumption and environmental sustainability. more...
A Dictionary of Nonprofit Terms and Concepts
Indiana University Press 2006; US$ 28.00This reference work defines more than 1,200 terms and concepts that have been found useful in past research and theory on the nonprofit sector. The entries reflect the importance of associations, citizen participation, philanthropy, voluntary action, nonprofit management, volunteer administration, leisure,... more...
Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of California
University of California Press 2012; US$ 29.95This user-friendly guide is the only complete resource that identifies and describes all the amphibians and reptiles?salamanders, frogs and toads, lizards, snakes, and tortoises and turtles?that live in California. The species are described in richly detailed accounts that include range maps, lifelike color paintings by Robert C. Stebbins, clear drawings... more...
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