'It's just a house, it can't do or say anything. It's just a house.' But whatever she tells herself, Jess knows there is something sinister lurking in her Gran's house. Why does she hear children's voices calling to her, and what is the secret of the mysterious painting in the house next door? With the help of her friend Rosie, she decides to find out. Born in January 1981 and raised in a small town in West Sussex, Kirsty King qualified as a pharmacy technician in 2001. Apart from writing, her other interest is music: she is a keen musician and plays many ...

Lucia: Her Problem is a novel written by Amanda Minnie Douglas. The book is set in the early 20th century and follows the story of Lucia, a young woman who is struggling to find her place in the world. Lucia is a talented artist, but her passion for painting is constantly at odds with the expectations of her family and society. Her mother wants her to marry well and settle down, while her father believes that art is a frivolous pursuit.As Lucia navigates these conflicting pressures, she also grapples with her own insecurities and self-doubt. She is haunted ...

Most books on the American musical are little more than exercises in nostalgia. The specially commissioned essays that make up Approaches to the American Musical take a different view of the form, going beyond the common assertion that musicals are simply escapist.

Este libro presenta un estudio de casos en dos escuelas primarias sobre el Modelo 1 a 1 (una netbook por niño y por maestro) en Uruguay, llamado Plan CEIBAL. Ambas escuelas se eligieron por ser consideradas escuelas "objetivo" a la vez que "ejemplares", ya que lograron mejores resultados de implementación que la media nacional. El estudio responde a la pregunta "¿Qué factores favorecen que en ciertas escuelas el Plan CEIBAL esté obteniendo resultados en su implementación mejores que el promedio?". Estos factores se ...

Fertility Behaviour of Rural Women in Pakistan illustrates an anthropological perspective of all social and cultural factors which affect the ideas, attitudes and beliefs of rural women that underpin their fertility behaviour and eventually the process of fertility decline. The principal objective of the research was to explore the relationship between social norms, individual beliefs and fertility. The main argument, which emerged from this study, is that the large family has immense social and cultural significance for variety of reasons related to ...

The History of Wargrave, Berks (1885) is a book written by Herbert J. Reid. The book provides a detailed account of the history of Wargrave, a village in Berkshire, England. The book covers the period from the earliest known settlement in the area to the present day. It includes information on the village's geography, topography, and natural history, as well as its historical events, such as the Norman Conquest, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. The book also includes information on the village's notable residents, such as the poet Alexander Pope ...

The American Revolutionary War was just a little over one year old, when, shortly after midnight on the 27th of August 1776, the British Army began an attack in force on a small number of picket guards stationed in advance of the right wing of the American Army just south of Brooklyn, New York. Thus began what is generally known as the Battle of Long Island, arguably the largest battle of an extended and sanguinary conflict that was to last six more years. Retreating precipitously, the terrified pickets sent word of the attack to George Washington's main ...

Cette recherche découle du besoin immédiat d'organiser et de contrôler rigoureusement toutes les informations importantes traitées par l'Unidad Empresarial de Base de Ferrocarriles de Ciego de Ávila (UEB FCA), située dans la municipalité de Morón, dans le but d'améliorer la gestion de l'information relative au contrôle interne de cette entreprise, qui est d'une importance vitale pour accroître l'efficacité et la qualité de ses services. Aujourd'hui, le modèle économique ...

O processo de plasma MSG foi desenvolvido para atender à crescente demanda industrial por altas taxas de fusão e velocidades de junção. No entanto, ainda não foi esclarecido como os dois arcos, que queimam juntos, se influenciam mutuamente. O desafio aqui é medir o fluxo de corrente dentro da coluna de plasma, que tem uma temperatura de mais de 13.000 K. A coluna de plasma é aquecida a uma temperatura de mais de 13.000 K. Esta é a temperatura na coluna de plasma onde o fluxo de corrente é medido. ...