I Was Superblue

The singular sensation of holiday camps has captured the imagination of a worldwide audience, spreading their unbridled merrymaking beyond the UK. Now, anyone who has been bitten by the camp bug can get the true story on these popular holiday centres and get the best value for their money. The work f a veteran performer and entertainments manager, I was Superblue delivers hilarious camp stories and outrageous cautionary tales. Crowd-pleasing and always fun, it serves up the scoop on donning a coat, putting on shows, delighting families, and keeping the razzle dazzle alive and well. In one lively gathering of wisdom and tips, holidaymakers and guests will have the run of show of this dynamic world and will learn what it really takes to create a superlative sense of fun. Readers will discover: A history of holiday camps How to demand best value for money on holiday What quality entertainment they should be getting How to demand the holiday of a lifetime averytime!!!

Think about the last time you went to a circus and all the amazing tricks that you saw. Did you ever say to yourself, "How did they do that?" or "How is that humanly possible?" There is a little secret. The performers of Dunning Family Circus, like many others, are not human. They are supernatural. They are also members of NACOS or the North American Council of Supernaturals. This is an organization put in place to govern, maintain, and uphold the laws designed for all magical beings. There are three branches of NACOS--the warriors, the council, and the Grand Council. Kailie Dunning is in charge of the DFC chapter of warriors consisting of vampires, werewolves, fae, Nephilim, and a witch. Shortly after the show is set up and ready, Kailie, who performs in the circus with Tivo, her magical unicorn, is told of missing girls in Ybor City, Florida. Her new team of warriors decide to go out together one night, only to find one of their own has gone missing. Can this group of powerful individuals put clues together to find the missing girls and solve the case before opening day of the circus?

Ghosts, clairvoyants, UFO-hunters and the paranormal collide . . . Isis, the daughter of a charlatan psychic, can see ghosts - including that of her dead little sister, Angel. Gray is the son of a UFO-chasing conspiracy theorist. The two became friends over the summer, when they fought a deadly ghost together. So why is Gray now ignoring Isis at school? On a field-trip to a local mine, the pupils are 'accidentally' coated in dust, which has very odd side-effects . . . Could this be related to the ley lines and standing stones which have been calling to Isis with strange, ghostly voices? The secretive and powerful Organisation know the truth, but can Isis and Gray find out what's really happening, and save a life, with the help of two ghosts?

"In this dazzling book, Chidester moves effortlessly and insightfully between the serious and solemn and the playful and humorous. The case studies are so very fresh and interesting, and he brings a wonderfully nuanced eye to the material."—Edward T. Linenthal, author of The Unfinished Bombing "Chidester's analysis of popular religion and culture is the most extensive and penetrating that exists."—Wade Clark Roof, author of Spiritual Marketplace "This book is impressively wide-ranging in the scope of its discussion, adding a global dimension for a vantage point that makes it quite unique."—Bruce Forbes, coeditor of Religion and Popular Culture in America

Viktoras Kulvinskas wrote a new introduction for the re-issue of this classic on a natural and holistic, living foods lifestyle Readers will find a new paradigm in nutrition that promotes a living foods diet as the key to preserving youthfulness, reversing the aging process and extending the life-span. Learn about numerous alternative therapies such as physiognomy, iridology, zone and color therapy, massage, medicinal herbs, acupressure, and yoga. And discover the benefits of wheatgrass therapy and water fasts for rejuvenation, healing from chronic ailments, purification, and heightened awareness. Recipes for health-promoting cooked, sprouted, and fermented foods are included. Contains almost 300 medical journal references.

Institute a proactive reputational management framework that matches individual behaviour to organizational values The Business Ethics Twin-Track is a practical guide to reputational risk management. A deep exploration of the concept of reputation, the ways in which it can suffer, and the consequences when it does, the book outlines an ethics controls framework that can mitigate risk and improve business performance. Readers will learn how to identify and manage weaknesses, and how to institute a system of governance that embeds proper, ethical conduct into the corporate culture. A clear set of controls and procedures provides actionable instruction that can be customised to suit the organisational structure, and discussion of historical and international ethics provides the context for implementation. Case studies illustrate the real-world applications, while interviews with executives from a variety of sectors provide important practical insights into some of the key issues discussed in the book. The law regulates behaviour in health and safety and financial crime, but otherwise, conduct is largely determined by the culture, ethics and values of an organisation. Effective reputation management is complex, and often difficult to achieve, as much of the available information on the topic is more theoretical than practical. This book bridges the gap by providing the tools that will help managers to: Implement a modern ethics control framework, encompassing codes, officers, reporting lines and training Consider the role of the media and social media in reputational damage to individuals and organisations Analyse the key controls in responsibility and governance frameworks from around the world Determine the causes and controls of conduct risk, including incompetence, negligence and criminality Today's fast-paced media environment means corporate reputations can be obliterated in moments, and damage limitation is often too little, too late. Adopting the measures set out in this book will embed ethics into the culture, and match people's behaviours to the organisation's values.

The singular sensation of holiday camps has captured the imagination of a worldwide audience, spreading their unbridled merrymaking beyond the UK. Now, anyone who has been bitten by the camp bug can get the true story on these popular holiday centres and get the best value for their money. The work f a veteran performer and entertainments manager, I was Superblue delivers hilarious camp stories and outrageous cautionary tales. Crowd-pleasing and always fun, it serves up the scoop on donning a ‘coat’, putting on shows, delighting families, and keeping the razzle dazzle alive and well. In one lively gathering of wisdom and tips, holidaymakers and guests will have the “run of show” of this dynamic world and will learn what it really takes to create a superlative sense of fun. Readers will discover: A history of holiday camps How to demand best value for money on holiday What quality entertainment they should be getting How to demand the holiday of a lifetime averytime!!!

A collection of essays which present a balanced survey between theoretical discussions on the one hand and case-study research on the other. This volume is an ethnographic study of material cultures.