This atlas with over 250 illustrations and videos is a modern basic work on palpation for physiotherapists. Members of the medical-therapeutic sector face the daily challenge of having to transfer theoretical knowledge into practice. The Atlas of Palpation addresses this process through its multimedia design. Evidence-based technical texts, the most modern illustrations and practical teaching videos illustrating structures and examination procedures address both students and therapists wor...

This volume examines crucial questions about human sexuality through the lens of BDSM: What is sexuality? What makes an experience sexual or not? What role do communities play in shaping sexual identities? How are BDSM communities similar to and different from other kinds of sexuality and identity-based communities? This book presents a thoughtful study of BDSM experiences in diverse communities across geographic boundaries to examine crucial questions about human sexuality. Featuring cutt...

Eric loves nothing more than the escape of being on stage in his persona of Miss Sassy Frass, but events from five years ago won't let him enjoy the present. After losing the limelight he's come to rely on, this bratty drag queen struggles to find another way to forget his pain.Matt didn't expect his fiancee to up and desert him when he left Boston to help his mother through her chemotherapy treatments. Nor did he expect to lose all of his friends as a result of the breakup. Reconn...

This scientifically grounded and comprehensive practical book details all aspects of medical exercise therapy. It combines theoretical foundations, proven training methods, and their implementation in evidence-based practice, supplemented by concise summaries.From head to toe, all body areas are covered, including various body systems and their clinical pictures. With this book, you will learn to create tailored training plans and competently advise your patients in physiotherapy o...

Written for anyone interested in coastal geomorphology, this is the complete guide to the processes at work on our coastlines and the resulting features seen in coastal systems across the world. Accessible to students from a range of disciplines, the quantitative approach of this book helps to build a solid understanding of wave and current processes that shape coastlines. From sandy beaches to coral reefs, the major coastal features are related to contemporary processes and to sea-level c...

Leisure, Plantations, and the Making of New South investigates the social, architectural, and environmental history of sporting plantations in the South Carolina lowcountry and the Red Hills region of southeast Georgia and northern Florida. Although plantations figure prominently in histories of the post-emancipation South, historians have paid little attention to the redevelopment of plantations for non-agricultural use. By examining the two largest concentrations of sporting plantations ...