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  • Tourism management in warm-water island destinations

    • Authors: Michelle McLeod (2018)

  • "Warm-water island destinations face unprecedented adjustment challenges in the wake of the increasing process of globalization, and are in search of appropriate policy responses. It is critical for these islands to understand how these challenges affect tourism performance and impact their residents. This book provides a platform for emerging systemic perspectives of the various aspects of island tourism concerning these global challenges with the view that strategies for the management and development of tourism in island environments can be improved. Several chapters focus on Cuba and the potential impacts of its reinsertion in the tourism landscape of the Western Hemisphere" --
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  • Sustainable island tourism : competitiveness, and quality-of-life

    • Authors: Patrizia Modica (2016)

  • Tourism continues to grow, and as the industry develops, it is important for researchers and practitioners to fully understand and examine issues such as sustainability, competiveness, and stakeholder quality of life in tourism centres around the world. Focusing on the unique perspective of island tourism destinations, this book outlines impacts on, and potential strategies for protecting, the natural environment, local economy, and local culture. Presenting an interdisciplinary integrated approach, this important collection of new research: - Is the first book to provide coverage on sustainable tourism best practice in island destinations; - Focuses on the unique perspective of islands as destinations, exploring the interplays of competitiveness and quality of life; - Includes a...
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  • Tour guiding research : insights, issues and implications

    • Authors: Betty Weiler (2015)

  • This book provides an authoritative, state-of-the-art review of tour guiding scholarship and research and aims to foster best practice and to stimulate further study and research on tour guiding across a range of disciplines. It explores how tour guiding theory and practice has evolved over time and what factors have contributed to this. The volume consolidates, synthesises and adds to the knowledge base and foreshadows how current and future trends and issues might impact on tour guiding research and practice in the 21st century. The studies reviewed in this book cover a wide range of contexts in which guided tours are conducted, ranging from city streets to heritage and wildlife tourism attractions, from high-end tourist lodging establishments to national park campgrounds, and fro...
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  • Playing Piano: A Learning Manual

    • Authors: Jeffie Betz (2012)

  • On grand pianos, the middle pedal is a sostenuto pedal. This pedal keeps raised any damper already raised at the moment the pedal is depressed. This makes it possible to sustain selected notes (by depressing the sostenuto pedal before those notes are released) while the player's hands are free to play additional notes (which aren't sustained). This can be useful for musical passages with pedal points and otherwise tricky or impossible situations.
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  • Vocal technique : a physiologic approach

    • Authors: Jan E. Bickel (2017)

  • This text provides the essential information regarding anatomic and physiologic functions connected with the speaking and singing process so that singers will learn to develop their technique fully and thus, maintain optimal technical skill and vocal health throughout a long singing and/or teaching career.The technical aspects of singing are discussed in detail, giving the singer the tools to apply this technique to a wide variety of repertoire and languages.
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  • From Vocal Poetry to Song : Towards a Theory of Song Objects

    • Authors: Jean Nicolas De Surmont (2017)

  • In his book he takes up the issue of vocal poetry in addition to examining the theoretic aspects of song objects. Rather than offering an autonomous model of analysis, De Surmont extends the research fields and suggests responses to debates that have involved everyone interested in vocal poetic forms.
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  • Contemporary club management.

    • Authors: Joe Perdue (2013)

  • Contemporary Club ManagementThis club management reference text provides readers with a thorough analysis of the complex world of private club management
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  • Garde manger : cold kitchen fundamentals

    • Authors: Edward G. Leonard (2012)

  • ACF's Cold Kitchen Fundamentals covers all aspects of the garde manger, from simple salad prep, to dressing and sauce making, to appetizers, soups and sandwiches, to charcuterie, cheese making, and ice carving. Each chapter is rich with photos, chef's tips, and recipes and each unit includes learning activities and benchmark formulas that encourage specific learning outcomes. Offering unique coverage of competition and food technology, the book helps students understand the underlying principals of the cold kitchen and develop the skills needed to produce their own signature sauces, salads, and more!