Through the Bottom of a Glass is the continuing story of Donald Jackson, the ex-telephone engineer pretending to be a private eye. There is still no sign of little girls, white rabbits or mad hatters but there is one big girl, a dead dog and a couple of rather annoyed managers.
In the early days of the 20th century, department store magnate JohnWanamaker famously said, "I know that half of my advertising doesn'twork. The problem is that I don't know which half." That remainedbasically true until Google transformed advertising with AdSense basedon new uses of data and analysis. The same might be said about healthcare and it's poised to go through a similar transformation as newtools, techniques, and data sources come on line. Soon we'll makepolicy and resource decisions based on much better understanding ofwhat leads to the best outcomes, and we'll make medical decisionsbased on a patient's specific biology. The result will be betterhealth at less cost. This paper explores how data analysis will help us structure thebusiness of health care more effectively around outcomes, and how itwill transform the practice of medicine by personalizing for eachspecific patient.
A dark, gritty, and inspiring fiction novel from new author Robert Colin Hill. The story is based around the main character of Tom Jackson and how he deals with the turmoils of life, growing up in the 1920s and 1930s and going off to war. Later in life, he meets Jim Moran who is a local reporter who wants to document Tom's story. Jim quickly realizes that Tom has had a very interesting life.
Much of the scholarship on twentieth-century Canadian literature has argued that English-Canadian fiction was plagued by backwardness and an inability to engage fully with the movement of modernism that was so prevalent in British and American fiction and poetry. Modern Realism in English-Canadian Fiction re-evaluates Canadian literary culture to posit that it has been misunderstood because it is a distinct genre, a regional form of the larger international modernist movement. Examining literary magazines, manifestos, archival documents, and major writers such as Frederick Philip Grove, Morley Callaghan, and Raymond Knister, Colin Hill identifies a 'modern realism' that crosses regions as well as urban and rural divides. A bold reading of the modern-realist aesthetic and an articulate challenge to several enduring and limiting myths about Canadian writing, Modern Realism in English- Canadian Fiction will stimulate important debate in literary circles everywhere.
A book without white rabbits, little girls or mad hatters. But it does feature a dead cat, a couple of prostitutes and a deranged car mechanic. So, there is something for everyone in this story about an ex telephone engineer pretending to be Sam Spade.
After finding himself in a coffin, on the way to Boot Hill, Clay Tulane wants answers. As he pieces together the story of how he got there with the help of local townsfolk Miss Winona and the boy Pocket, he finds himself drawn into a violent stuggle against local landowner, Marsden Rockwell, and his bunch of hired guns. Tulane has more personal reasons, however, for seeking a final confrontation with the notorious killer, Lonnie Spade. As tension mounts and battle lines are drawn, Tulane's search for the truth throws up as many questions as answers. What is the real reason Rockwell and his Bar Nothing outfit want to take over the neighbouring Pitchfork L, and is it connected with the mystery of the strange mesa known as Sawn-Off
Much of the received wisdom about the world of work emphasizes the marketization of the employment relationship; the decline of class-based forms of inequality, and the individualization of employment relations. Non-standard forms of employment, the delayering of organizational hierarchies, and the use of individual performance-based payment systems are all held up as examples of a new neo-liberal order in which employers and employees no longer feel a sense of obligation to each other. Drawing on a range of employee and employer surveys, including the authors own Working in Britain 2000 survey, this ambitious study presents a comprehensive examination of the conditions, attitudes, and experiences of British employees from the mid-1980s to the early years of this century. The authors' analyses provides a compelling critique of the received wisdom, while also providing an original, alternative account of recent developments in work and labour markets. Along the way, the book covers such topical issues as the changing nature of trade union membership, the consequences of Britain's 'long hours' culture', and the apparent inability of women to ask for pay rises. Significantly, the authors seek to reposition debates about the future of work by restoring the concepts of contracts and social class to the analysis of the employment relationship. Based on the ESRC funded Future of Work research programme this book is destined to shape our understanding of employment in Britain for the foreseeable future.
Wild birds are counted for a wide variety of reasons and by a bewildering array of methods. However, detailed descriptions of the techniques used and the rationale adopted are scattered in the literature, and the newcomer to bird census work or the experienced bird counter in search of a wider view, may well have difficulty in coming to grips with the subject as a whole. While not an end in itself, numerical and distributional census work is a fundamental part of many scientific and conservation studies, and one in which the application of given standards is vital if results are not to be distorted or applied in a misleading way. This book provides a concise guide to the various census techniques and to the opportunities and pitfalls which each entails. The common methods are described in detail, and illustrated through an abundance of diagrams showing examples of actual and theoretical census studies. Anyone with a bird census job to plan should be able to select the method best suited to the study at hand, and to apply it to best effect within the limits inherent in it and the constraints of the particular study. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the British Trust for Ornithology have for many years pioneered the collaboration of amateurs and professionals in various census studies. Three members of their staff, each with extensive field experience, now pool the knowledge of these investigations to lay the groundwork for sound census work in future years.
After finding himself in a coffin, on the way to Boot Hill, Clay Tulane wants answers. As he pieces together the story of how he got there with the help of local townsfolk Miss Winona and the boy Pocket, he finds himself drawn into a violent stuggle against local landowner, Marsden Rockwell, and his bunch of hired guns. Tulane has more personal reasons, however, for seeking a final confrontation with the notorious killer, Lonnie Spade. As tension mounts and battle lines are drawn, Tulane's search for the truth throws up as many questions as answers. What is the real reason Rockwell and his Bar Nothing outfit want to take over the neighbouring Pitchfork L, and is it connected with the mystery of the strange mesa known as Sawn-Off
The journey to presence The Secret of the Twelve Stones is an adventure story of a man who goes in search of buried treasure and instead finds himself. The theme is as old as literature is itself, but the content is a new approach to waking up to the magnificence of ourselves.The secret of the twelve stones is based on a true story, surrounding the practice of being present. It is a personal guide on the journey home, back to one's inner nature where we may discover that in fact we never left and here lie the hidden dimensions of our powers and total happiness. The backdrop is the jungles of the Amazon with a sprinkle of imagination, a little dar-ing, a taste of the mystical; it is potentially the true story of each of us. It is a book of sheer enjoyment while learning more about what makes us tickInspirational writer and speaker on the practice of being present, he has the unique ability to inspire the best in people. When people discover the present moment, not just as a theory, but as a practice of being here now, a gateway opens that leads directly into the reality of love, joy and inner freedom. All past suffering depression and trauma fall away, revealing the abundance and the excellence that is the basis of every human soul. Colin was born in New Zealand and came a long way from being a country boy, prepared by his father for a career of a farmer, through the battlefields of Vietnam, and the trauma of post-war confusionWhile struggling and fighting with life, he sought the answers to the eternal questions of humanity: the purpose of life, the reason for suffering, and the source of happiness. In his quest, he discovered many ways to expand awareness, and that wisdom is in simplicity and being here now. This led to the discovery of Breath Integration, the practice of being present.His educational background is business law, economics, personal management, and psychology. He, however, claims his greatest inspirations came from meditation, Qabalah studies, Zen, Taoism, yoga and the work of Gurdjieff. He is well known and respected for the contribution he made to rebirthing in 1985 worldwide through his bestselling book; Rebirthing Made Easy.Colin's teachings are simple, practical, compassionate, and very powerful in their transforming results. His main principle is of inner-observation and self-responsibility. No teacher can do it for us, except the `teacher' within. Colin is a friend who assists us to discover this teacher. Awarded `The Queen's Commendation for brave conduct, ' a civilian award, and is the author of ten books. -Marina Kitchatova
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