Believing whole-heartedly that ordinary women of the past were far more than just wives and mothers, author Lucy Whitfield has set out to discover and profile a collection of interesting women from across North Wiltshire. Digging much deeper than the usual suffrage-and-STEM criteria for interesting women's stories, these twenty case studies take in inspirational teachers, gutsy landladies, pioneering social workers, a war hero with her beloved hounds, mental health patients at the mercies of Victorian care, a herbalist accused of murder, a nun who was stoned ...

Discover car secrets from an automobile expert, Shahe Koulloukian. Follow him behind garage doors as he shares decades of important car wisdom and industry insights with a down-to-earth approach. Shahe has made it his personal crusade to change the perceptions about auto mechanics by educating car owners. This book will inform and entertain both car novices and experts about automobile safety, ownership, and maintenance using common sense and entertaining stories. Secrets you will learn in this book: •   Should you buy, lease ...

In the early period of predynastic Egyptian history, there was a teaching of the Osirian doctrine. This was a special teaching describing the philosophy of mastering and discovering one's true self. Pepi Mckenzie has uncovered the link between the Osirian doctrine and a contemporary American gang's philosophy. This book explains the link between the Osirian doctrine and one of Chicago's most prominent gangs. This revolutionary discovery teaches the ten steps to overcoming a chaotic gang lifestyle, promoting peace, and healing the criminal heart through self-discovery. ...

O autor apresenta a emergência de novas técnicas de controle e punição, exercidas por meio de monitoramentos telemáticos, efetuados sobre os designados criminosos. Problematiza-se a equação liberdade-segurança atravessada pela efetivação de direitos. O livro situa-se diante da consolidação do que Michel Foucault chamou de governamentalidade neoliberal, investigando as recentes estratégias de condução das condutas que estendem o controle penal para fora ...

Aprendizaje y Envejecimiento. Este binomio resulta complejo por entender que las personas cuando llegan a una edad determinada ya lo tienen todo aprendido. Obviamente, el Aprendizaje a lo Largo de la Vida nos responde que no es así. Además, el envejecimiento demográfico nos señala que las personas mayores llegan a esta etapa de la vida en las mejores condiciones. El Envejecimiento Activo se ha convertido en un marco político, cultural y social que invita a responder al desafío del aumento de población mayor ...

Only Human is a unique integration of engineering concepts with human spirituality—mind, body, and soul. Only Human reveals the driving mechanism behind our human nature - our internal Human Operating System (iHOS). Our iHOS defines the specifics of how our human nature operates. By better understanding our iHOS we open up to greater potential and opportunities to improve and better our life with:    • Improved communications    • Stronger relationships    • Better success and career    • ...

Biomass, translated into English for the first time, introduced the world to China’s development of bioenergy in the turn of the 21st century and proposed further development of bioenergy as well. Businessmen, scientists, and technicians alike who are interested in bioenergy will find a great deal of information within this book.

Atkins eloquently portrays the extreme hardships of Minnesota farmers during the grasshopper plagues of the 1870s. She examines local, state, and national relief efforts, which she reviews in the context of nineteenth-century social welfare philosophy.

Benny & Rose wanted more than anything to have their own family. This is their journey. In this gorgeous picture book Jules uses a story about a gingerbread couple as a metaphor to explain the difficult concept of donor conception to young children.