This book presents journeys of sixteen Indigenous Australian athletes from their first touch of a‘footy’ to the highest levels of Australian football and rugby league, conceptualized as a processof learning. The authors challenge simplistic explanations of Indigenous success in Australianfootball and rugby league, centered on the notion of the ‘natural athlete’. The book tracesthe development of Indigenous sporting expertise as a lifelong process of learning...

Dave Stewart's life is in a fog. He is successful, he is intelligent and fit but whatever is shackling him will take an almost catastrophic event to break him free. He is like everyone he knows moving through life thinking he has a plan and the plan is working as the sphere around him continues to evolve. Life, events and the people he loves are leaving him behind. He is being 'zeroed out' willfully unaware of the consequences. His innate sense of martyrdom will be his best asset as he is ...

Most interviews are lost long before the first question is asked.In this sharp, psychologically astute guide, the author dismantles the myth that interviews are simple tests of qualifications and reveals what they truly are: controlled conversations shaped by perception, status, timing, and subtle power. Blending strategy, behavioral insight, and real-world tactics, this book teaches candidates how to quietly direct the rhythm of an interview, build instant authority, and avoid the...

Dave Stewart is not a man given to grand illusions, yet he finds himself drawn into one.It begins with a quiet rupture: a wealthy mentor, long revered, turning away from the country that shaped him, siphoning his fortune toward an improbable vision. What first appears as personal ambition soon reveals itself as something more: a deliberate unmaking, a rejection not only of borders, but of consequence.Dave follows, though not without hesitation.As the venture deepens...

Death is the ultimate transformative experience. For Jewish communities, the ways this is dealt with—shaped by millennia of custom and belief—do more than routinely follow a set of prescribed practices; they provide an opening to a series of traditions compelling in their profound beauty and power. In Jewish Rites of Death, Rick Light presents both a practical, informative guide to these practices and a compendium in which local volunteers who bring the blessings of these traditions to...

Why do some students make the most of college, while others struggle and look back on years of missed deadlines and missed opportunities? What choices can students make, and what can teachers and university leaders do, to improve more students’ experiences and help them achieve the most from their time and money? Most important, how is the increasing diversity on campus—cultural, racial, and religious—affecting education? What can students and faculty do to benefit from differences, and ev...

This is not another backpacking gear book. Backpacking the Light Way is for both beginner and advanced backpackers who want to pack more efficiently, carry less weight, still be fully prepared for contingencies, and have more fun in the backcountry. It will benefit instructors and guides by giving them methods to teach their clients, and it will help them refine their risk assessment and trip planning techniques.This book presents field-tested, proven methodologies includi...

This book introduces the fundamentals of sport sociology and social issues in sport for students of physical education (PE) and coaching. It provides an accessible, jargon-free foundation for understanding the relationships between sport, education, and wider society that puts into context the reader's applied studies in PE and coaching.Drawing on cutting-edge research, this book examines core topics in the study of sport and society, including the origins of sport, sport education...

Sport coaching has grown significantly as an area of research interest with an expanding number of sport coaching programs offered. The past decade or so has also seen significant interest in games-based approaches to coaching and teaching games. On a global level, Game Sense is one of the most recognized athlete-centred approaches for team sports, probably close behind Teaching Games for Understanding.Game Sense for Coaching and Teaching provides an understanding of how an Austral...

The influence of professional, adult sport on youth sport is now a global concern. Children are involved in high-stakes competitive sport at national and international levels at an increasingly young age. In addition, the use of sport as a medium for positive youth development by governments and within the community has fuelled ambitious targets for young people’s participation in sport at all levels. In this important study of ethical issues in and around youth sport, leading internationa...

This comprehensive reference book on pleural diseases offers the latest insights into both basic and clinical science. Building on the highly respected previous editions, it features an expanded basic science section to deepen understanding of the physiological and pathophysiological mechanisms underlying pleural diseases. The clinical sections are presented in a consistent format, covering definitions, epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentations, investigations, treatment...

From the smoking volcanoes of South America to the great snowy ranges of the Himalaya, The White Ladder follows a cast of extraordinary characters—conquistadors and captains, scientists and surveyors, alpinists and adventurers—up the slopes of the world's highest peaks.A masterpiece of edge-of-your-seat narrative history, The White Ladder describes the epic rise of mountaineering's world altitude record, a story of ever higher climbs by figures great and small of ...