As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good idea, he believed), and other contentious matters of his era made him a wildly popular orator and critic of 19th-century American culture and public life. As a speaker dedicated to expanding intellectual horizons and celebrating the value of skepticism, Ingersoll spoke frequently on ...

First published serially in “St. Nicholas Magazine” from 1885 to 1886, “Little Lord Fauntleroy” was the first children’s book by the acclaimed English-American author Francis Hodgson Burnett, who would go on to write “A Little Princess” and “The Secret Garden”. “Little Lord Fauntleroy” is the story of seven-year-old Cedric Errol, who is living in poverty with his mother in New York after the death of his father, Captain Cedric Errol. Little Cedric suddenly inherits the title of “Lord ...

Astrology of the World II: Revolutions & History is the second in a trilogy of translations in traditional mundane astrology, from Latin and Arabic astrologers. This volume focuses on astrological views of history, Saturn-Jupiter conjunctions, and interpreting mundane ingresses. After an extensive Introduction with numerous charts and tables to help the modern reader, Part 1 provides short summaries and principles from medieval authors. Part 2 includes three works by Masha'allah (one from Arabic) on ingresses and conjunctional theory, as well as a lengthy ...

Annemarie Garrett had a clear plan for her future. Getting pregnant at eighteen by a man twice her age wasn't part of it. Neither was fighting to get her son's wealthy rancher father to provide for his child. Shifting directions at the unexpected fork in the road, she moves across Wyoming to secure a future for her son. But a gift of five hundred acres unwillingly given isn't the boon it seems. Annemarie knows nothing about ranching, and this barren tract of land is just a stone's throw from a man and his family who hate her and everything she represents. ...

My research interests lie in the taxonomy, biology, ecology and biodiversity of insects of agricultural and medical importance and in their biological control through the use of Insect natural enemies. I have been working on the taxonomy of Braconid parasitoids using modern techniques in taxonomy such as genitalic and karyological studies.I have conducted independent research work, published the outcome in journals of international repute namely Oriental Insects, Zootaxa, El-xavier and Insecta Mundi etc. My research papers have been indexed in Zoological ...

Once upon a time, there was a giant called Tiny. Now that might seem a strange name for a giant, for Tiny was indeed a giant. But at the top of the mountain and above the clouds, in the land where giants lived, Tiny was the smallest giant in the land. So all of the other giants called him 'Tiny'. Tiny is sick and tired of being called names. It makes him so mad when the other giants pick on him, in fact, it's starting to make him worried he's not really a giant at all! Then, one day, he ventures down through the clouds and finds something he'd never ...

You're worried.  You're anxious. You're sad. You're mad as hell. You're stuck. There's a problem that's causing you stress. You're struggling to figure out how you got here and more importantly, how to get out. When someone breaks your heart, or your child's in trouble, or you dread your job, or you can't pay the mortgage, or you're grieving, or a medical issue rocks your world you need more than vague positivity. Maybe it's more subtle. You can't quite name it, but something has you off your game. Something's ...

Apxai Book 1: Or The Evenings Of Southill (1806) is a novel written by Nicholas Salmon. The story is set in Southill, a small village in England, and follows the lives of its inhabitants. The novel is divided into several evenings, each of which focuses on a different character or group of characters.The main characters of the novel are the members of the Southill family, who are wealthy landowners in the village. The family consists of Sir William Southill, his wife Lady Southill, and their children, including their eldest son, Edward. The novel explores ...

Reflections on the Covid-19 Pandemicis a series of essays intended to offer comfort and hope to people who are afflicted by the pandemic. It avoids statistics, prognostications, and finger-pointing. Instead, it offers important insights culled from philosophy, theology, psychology, and poetry, which can inspire its readers to summon those inner strengths that enable them to cope with the various difficulties the pandemic poses, especially confinement and the anxiety that is its inevitable companion. The book emphasises the importance of the individual, but ...

Gli strumenti di qualità sono di estrema importanza per le organizzazioni, perché aiutano nell'esecuzione dei processi e nella riduzione dei costi, rendendo possibile l'aumento dei profitti senza intaccare la qualità del prodotto. Questo lavoro mira a ridurre la perdita di estratto utilizzando il ciclo PDCA insieme ad altri strumenti come l'analisi dei perché, 5W1H e l'albero delle perdite, per migliorare l'efficienza di una linea di produzione della birra in un birrificio situato nell'interno di BA. Come metodologia è stato ...