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Second (and last)in the series of The Tirrell Gang. A based-on-a-true-story epic of the authors parental grandparent's lives. The grandfather, from his very young oulaw years as Hasten Homer Tirrell to his final years as Reverend Acey Lykens. The grandmother Mary, the pious wife left behind, and Lillie, the wife's best friend who had waited for years for the opportunity to be with him. This series follows each of their lives. Acey and Lillie's...

In illuminating the powerful and often poorly recognized legacy of the British women writers who spurred a marketplace revolution in their earlier years only to find unanticipated barriers to acceptance in later life, Looser opens up new scholarly territory in the burgeoning field of feminist age studies.

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Skye, a self-centered, spoiled 11-year-old girl, has her cozy world turned upside down when she comes in contact with fairies.

Five travellers meet on a train: a teacher, a technologist, an educational researcher and two children. As they travel across the continent towards the Future of Learning conference, they exchange their stories. This book explores the ways in which new technology can support storytelling skills in learners. Written in the form of discussions between teachers, learners and researchers, it is an accessible introduction to issues in educational s...

The most luxurious book of the year: LIVING IN LUXURY offers an insider's look into the spectacularly oppulent world of exclusive real estate. Twenty fabulous residences are featured, from Venetian palazzo and French country house to downtown loft and city pied-à-terre, from Moroccan oasis and Hawaiian paradise to Florida oceanfront estate and Bahamian island home. Complete with a foreword by Donald J. Trump this book reveals how a luxury prop...

The computer interpretation of line drawings is a classic problem in artificial intelligence and has inspired the development of some fundamental AI tools, including constraint propagation, probabilistic relaxation, tractable constraints, and (most recently) local simplification of optimisation problems. Based on the author’s considerable research experience, this book looks at line drawing interpretation and constraint satisfaction, coverin...

Charley Webb, journalist and mother, has spent years building an emotional wall against critics, snooty neighbours and her disapproving family. When she receives a letter from Jill Rohmer, a woman serving time on death row for the murders of three children, her wall begins to crumble. Jill wants Charley to write her biography to share the many hidden truths about the case. When Charley delves into Jill's background, she starts receiving anonym...

Ein Mädchen, Jahrgang 1961, wird arglos hineingeboren in die DDR und versucht, sich darin einzurichten. Ihr Ehrgeiz läßt sie alles ausprobieren, was die Gesellschaft an weiblicher Gleichberechtigung verspricht: Abitur, Studium, Hochzeit, zwei Kinder, ein Streßberuf. Alles scheint gutzugehen, das innere Unbehagen beachtet sie nicht weiter. Dem wachsenden Druck, der immer deutlicher werdenden Schieflage in der Gesellschaft begegnet sie, indem si...

This A-Z compendium will be of interest to Kent locals and visitors alike.

Since the 1990s scholars have focused heavily on the perpetrators of the Holocaust, and have presented a complex and diverse picture of perpetrators. This book provides a unique overview of the current state of research on perpetrators. The overall focus is on the key question that it still disputed: How do ordinary people become mass murderers?

Mothers average 14 to 15 months without menstruation after childbirth when they breastfeed according to the Seven Standards of Ecological Breastfeeding. The author analyzes the research and focuses on the seven mothering behaviors that define ecological breastfeeding. This form of baby care is the gold standard of going for the green. It is eminently healthy for mother and baby and will save parents many times the small cost of this life-chang...

Addresses the most common complaints that an emergency physician may encounter in infants and neonates.

25 Bible stories, with activities to encourage interaction. Illustrated by Diana Mayo, in a padded format perfect for young children. Ages: 18 months+.

Surgery continues to be the most effective treatment of solid tumors in terms of recovery, while its combination with other treatments improves the survival curves especially in the advanced forms of the disease. The aim of my task first of all has been to provide readers with both the current and constantly evolving pathophysiologic knowledge required for building the foundation of a specific education enabling surgeons to meet the fundamenta...

The often complex problems of the trauma patient present many challenges to front line emergency staff. Multiple injuries involving many systems of the body require careful and timely prioritisation and intervention in the emergency department. Trauma Care provides emergency nurses with a practical guide to the systematic assessment and management of trauma patients, equipping them with the clinical knowledge and practical skills necessary to ...

This unique volume presents an up-to-date review of one of the world's major health problems ¿ diseases caused by the four dengue viruses. It begins with an insightful story of the origin of dengue disease outbreaks, including the emergence of severe and fatal dengue hemorrhagic fever. The nature, structure and biology of the four dengue viruses are described, and a major portion of the book is focused on the epidemiology of dengue as a mosqui...

Lorsque des immigrants arrivent dans un pays, ils sont confrontés à un marché du travail peu connu qui a ses propres exigences. Avoir une bonne maîtrise de la langue du pays hôte et une bonne connaissance des procédures de recherche d'emploi et du fonctionnement du marché du travail sont autant d'atouts qu'ils n'ont pas forcément. Avec le temps, les immigrants peuvent acquérir ces compétences et, en principe, les performances des immigrés dans...

Empire building and modernity dominate the history of the nineteenth century. Like their counterparts in Europe, the French and Ottoman empires employed urban infrastructure and city expansion to impose modernity and empire upon diverse social and political landscapes. elik examines Algeria and Tunisia under French colonial rule and the cities of the Ottoman Arab provinces of Syria, Beirut, Aleppo, Baghdad, Basra, Mosul, Hijaz, Yemen, and Trip...

The legacy of defeat in war reverberates through private and collective memory and remains a sub-text in international relations and political discourse. This book examines the manner in which a series of military defeats have been understood and remembered by individuals and societies in the era of modern industrialised warfare.