Explore a classic Alpine adventure across three countries on a long-distance trek that links the Bavarian heartland with Italy’s iconic lagoon city.From Munich’s Marienplatz to the Piazza San Marco in Venice, the Dream Way (Der Traumpfad) traverses some of the most stunning high-mountain scenery in the eastern Alps, with varied landscapes ranging from the Karwendel and Zillertal Alps to the dramatic Dolomites.Trekking Munich to Venice: The Traumpfad, ‘D...

Experience the wild Atlantic coastline of Galicia on the Camino dos Faros, a spectacular 200km long-distance walking route linking Malpica with Finisterre along Spain’s dramatic Costa da Morte. This waymarked trail weaves between historic lighthouses, rugged cliffs, sweeping beaches and traditional fishing villages.This comprehensive guidebook is your essential companion to walking the Camino dos Faros, offering detailed stage-by-stage route descriptions, mapping a...

The Adaptive Agile Maverick Doctrine: Leading through Permanent VolatilityMost leadership models were built for a world that no longer exists. They assume certainty is achievable through enough analysis, enough planning, enough discipline. Dr. John Hayes argues that this assumption is now the single greatest liability in modern leadership, and that organizations clinging to it are already losing to competitors who adapted earlier.The Adaptive Agile Maverick...

With a clear organizing framework, based on a process model of change, and vast breadth of coverage, John Hayes' best-selling textbook covers all stages of change management.This 7th edition equips you with the practical tools, and knowledge of recent academic research and thinking, to manage change in all types of organizations. It embeds learning with a range of pedagogical tools, including experiential learning exercises, research reports, in-text examples and c...

Discover the Sendero Histórico (GR1), a captivating long-distance trail that traverses northern Spain from the dramatic Puerto de Tarna on the edge of the Picos de Europa National Park to the sunlit Mediterranean coast at Sant Martí d’Empúries. Stretching over 1250km, this remarkable route leads fit, experienced walkers through six provinces, unveiling centuries of Spanish history and some of the country’s most magnificent scenery.Ideal for confident trekkers, the ...

A respected equine vet and farrier have joined forces to produce this manual for trainee and working farriers. This fully updated new edition for 2022, starts with a brief history of farriery, then looks at the legalities of the job and how to control equines for trimming and shoeing. The authors describe the care and maintenance of the forge and farriery tools, as well as the anatomy and function of the horse, especially the lower limbs, the principles of foot balance, and the practice of...

The Ruta Via de la Plata follows an ancient Roman road 930km through the heart of western Spain, from Seville to the coastal city of Gijón. Passing through seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites and the vast open landscapes of the meseta and dehesa, it is one of Europe's great cycle routes. A pilgrimage variant, the Camino Sanabrés, branches off at Zamora to reach Santiago de Compostela.Covering both the main route and the Camino Sanabrés variant in full, this Cicerone ...

Maurice O'Connor Drury was among Wittgenstein's first students after his return to Cambridge in 1929. The subsequent course of Drury's life and thought was to be enormously influenced by his teacher, from his decision to become a doctor to his later work in psychiatry.The Selected Writings of Maurice O'Connor Drury brings together the best of his lectures, conversations, and letters on philosophy, religion and medicine. Central to the collection is the Danger of Words

It's time to change the face of poverty, to live our faith authentically, and to get involved with the people who need help. It's time to sub-merge ourselves, to go deep--beneath the surface of shallow living--and make a difference in our world! Follow author John Hayes as he lives out his faith on some of the toughest streets and poorest ghettos in the world. Learn what real compassion looks like in the trenches. Discover why people of faith cannot ignore the poor and how the St. Francis ...

In this age of e-business, there is an increasing over-reliance on electronic communication and insufficient attention paid to the management of face-to-face relationships. In this fascinating text, John Hayes addresses this significant workplace issue by examining the nature of interpersonal skill: the goal-directed behaviours used in face-to-face interactions in order to achieve desired outcomes. He argues that interpersonal competence is a key managerial skill which can distinguish the ...

The work of considering, imagining, and theorizing the U.S. South in regional, national, and global contexts is an intellectual project that has been going on for some time. Scholars in history, literature, and other disciplines have developed an advanced understanding of the historical, social, and cultural forces that have helped to shape the U.S. South. However, most of the debates on these subjects have taken place within specific academic disciplines, with few attempts to cross-engage...

In his captivating study of faith and class, John Hayes examines the ways folk religion in the early twentieth century allowed the South’s poor — both white and black — to listen, borrow, and learn from each other about what it meant to live as Christians in a world of severe struggle. Beneath the well-documented religious forms of the New South, people caught in the region’s poverty crafted a distinct folk Christianity that spoke from the margins of capitalist development, giving voice to...