Bücher von Chris Cooper

Step into 'It's Time to Change,' a transformative guide meticulously crafted to ignite the spark of inspiration within you, opening the door to a life of profound positive change. Beyond the mere words on the pages, this guide offers practical insights coupled with thought-provoking questions and introspective exercises designed to guide your journey of self-discovery.Unearth the extraordinary potential for human change as you navigate empowering insights. This isn't just a guide; it's an invitation to embark on a journey of self-discovery and unprecedented personal growth. Each page acts as a stepping stone toward lasting positive change, equipping you with tools and unwavering support to shape a life resonating with purpose, fulfilment, and enduring well-being. It's about turning the chapters of your life, embracing the inherent strength within, and proclaiming that the time for change is now.

The study of tourism and indeed the tourism industry is changing constantly. Contemporary Tourism: an international approach presents a new and refreshing approach to the study of tourism, considering issues such as the changing world order, destination marketing, tourism ethics and pro-poor tourism. In particular, it highlights the ongoing threats from terrorism and health scares faced by the tourism industry today, and discusses the related security and risk management strategies, illustrating the potential implications for the patterns and flow of tourism in the future. Divided into five sections, each chapter has a thorough learning structure including chapter objectives, examples, discussion points, self review questions, checklists and case studies. Cases will be both thematic and destination-based and always international. They will be used to emphasise the relationship between general principles and the practice of tourism looking at areas such as business and special interest tourism and the role of technology.The five sections will cover: Contemporary Tourism Systems; The Contemporary Tourist; The Contemporary Tourist Destination; Tourism Futures; Teaching and Studying Contemporary Tourism. The text will also provide an annotated, authoritative and thorough set of resources to guide the reader through the topic area including online resource sites for both students and lecturers.

An up-to-date and internationally focused textbook that looks at the tourism industry in the twenty-first century. Essential reading for students of Tourism.

A deadly blaze, an unexpected blizzard, and a pack of bloodthirsty brutes…Life’s looking grim for Oliver Crum and his family.When a mysterious locomotive rolls into town, it brings with it a new supernatural threat that will force Oliver to confront his deepest fears and return to the mysterious village hidden in the woods. But he soon finds that the people of Briarwood are facing their own murderous adversaries.As death and destruction descend upon them, the townspeople of the old and new worlds must join forces if either of them are to survive.Rejoin Oliver and all the characters you know and love as they fight for their lives and each other in an epic adventure that will change them forever.

Behind the walls of an unassuming house lies a macabre exhibit where spirits speak and the dead refuse to stay dead.When Oliver Crum stumbles upon an odd attraction in a neighboring city, he witnesses a grim display of blood and bone too terrifying to believe.But something about this show is familiar.As Oliver uncovers the truth behind the display, he comes face to face with the same dark magic that terrorized him a year prior. And when murder and chaos befall the curators running the mysterious exhibit, Oliver must join this unlikely group of allies to defeat the evil forces hellbent on harnessing their own unique abilities against them.The adventure will thrust Oliver into a secret society of magical misfits hiding in plain sight and change his understanding of the world forever, if he survives.Oliver Crum and the Grim Menagerie continues in the spirit of the Briarwood Witch with new colorful characters and an expanded world full of eerie discoveries that'll leave readers hooked from beginning to end.

The town of Christchurch has everything: rustic houses, quaint people, and a briar patch that consumes anyone who ventures too close.After a meltdown at work, Oliver Crum needs an escape, and Christchurch seems to be the perfect destination, at first. His aunt provides free room and board in exchange for his help at the local bakery, and the picturesque town appears picked from the cover of a magazine.But as Oliver learns the ins and outs of the bakery business, no amount of kneading or mixing can prepare him for the mysterious murders that rock the sleepy village.As the townsfolk point fingers in his direction, Oliver must fight to clear his name by uncovering the murderous culprit and the secrets that live in the woods at the edge of town. And underneath the facade of the carefully manicured lawns and prim and proper people of Christchurch, Oliver discovers a dark history that goes back centuries-a supernatural legacy that's back for blood.Oliver Crum and the Briarwood Witch is a quirky supernatural mystery with twists and turns that'll leave readers flipping pages from beginning to nail-biting conclusion.

After losing his partner in a tragic car crash, Jamie Lawson is lost. With little more than TV and his Australian cattle dog to keep him company, an unexpected reprieve comes in the form of an inheritance from an uncle whom he barely knows. As Jamie settles the estate of his late uncle, the author of an unfinished horror trilogy, he discovers the strange circumstances surrounding his uncle’s suicide. Now, Jamie must uncover the truth behind his uncle's mysterious passing while attempting to rebuild a life of his own. And as he soon discovers—it may not be his own life that he’s rebuilding. Jamie expected to find the obscure possessions of a reclusive author behind the walls of Turner House, but he never expected to come face to face with his uncle's nightmarish creations.

Presents a different approach to the study of tourism, considering issues such as the changing world order, destination marketing, tourism ethics and pro-poor tourism. This book highlights the ongoing threats from terrorism and health scares faced by the tourism industry, and discusses the related security and risk management strategies.