Professor Whats-a-ma-call-it and his wife, Mrs. Whats-a-ma-call-it, are on a whirlwind tour of London. While they are there, the professor loses his Ring of Destiny, something that sets off a series of events making their visit a wonderful adventure. Along the way, they encounter the princess-to-be, who is about to be married; a kindly and helpful cobbler; and an orphanage full of children who need their help. The couple calls on Grandmama, the professors grandmother; technical wizard Baby Z, the Whats-a-ma-call-its four-year-old son; and Miss V, their accomplished six-year-old daughter. Together, the family will do all they can to show compassion to those who are in needand then make it to the royal wedding in time! In this childrens story, Professor and Mrs. Whats-a-ma-call-it find themselves on an unexpected adventure in London as they work to help others.
In this controversial book, the founder of S.O.S.--Secular Organizations for Sobriety, or "Save Our Selves"--describes his "sobriety priority" approach to abstinence and attacks programs that promote "controlled drinking" for alcoholics and that insist alcoholism is a behavioral problem rather than a physiological and genetic one.
Until now, virtually all therapy for alcoholics and other chemical-dependent individuals has been religious in nature. Traditional support groups imply that recovery is simply not possible without reliance on a supernatural "Higher Power."The need for a secular alternative to recovery from alcoholism or drug addiction is answered in How To Stay Sober. This book can help non-religious alcoholics maintain philosophical integrity while achieving the goal of lifelong sobriety.James Christopher, a longtime sober alcoholic, offers new insights and suggestions for developing coping skills and regaining self-esteem through self-reliance. He notes that current research indicates that there is no such thing as an "alcoholic personality" - that addiction is the result of physiology, not psychology. It is only by making sobriety the number one priority in life, Christopher states, that an alcoholic or addict can achieve recovery.Christopher has spearheaded a large grassroots secular sobriety movement across the United States, and this book offers concrete guidelines for forming these groups in any community. The book also provides an important weekly diary for the recovering alcoholic to use in the crucial first year of sobriety.Sobriety must be prioritized daily - no matter what - to remain under personal control. It is only through this conscious choice, Christopher states, that an alcoholic can get back on track and begin anew the creative, fulfilling learning process of life.Recommending self-reliance and self-respect without substituting dependence on religious dogma or a "higher power" for countering an addiction to alcohol or drugs, Christopher focuses on the practical aspects of his triumph and includes guidelines for forming a secular support group.
This memoir is devoted to the study of Krull dimensions of modules over (not necessarily commutative) rings with identity. Although not all modules have a Krull dimension, Noetherian modules always do. There has been much interest in the Krull dimension of noncommutative Noetherian rings and their modules. In this memoir, as well as providing an exposition of much of what is known about Krull dimension, we study those rings and modules, not necessarily Noetherian, which have a Krull dimension. The results we obtain show that merely having a Krull dimension is a stringent condition with many Noetherian-like consequences. We expect these results, and the methods involved, to have applications to Noetherian and related rings.
Deep in the English Channel lies the wreck of a US Navy vessel sunk during the Battle of Normandy. Her rotting decks and silt-filled chambers once staged a human drama that may have inspired Herman Wouk’s World War II novel, The Caine Mutiny. This is the true story of the USS Partridge and the real-life heroes who served aboard her in some of the most treacherous waters of the war. The crew’s struggle to serve under a captain losing his grip on command brought them to the brink of mutiny, just as the ship was facing her greatest mission yet. From the submarine-infested Caribbean to treacherous North Atlantic crossings to Normandy beaches, A Bird in the Deep tells a story of friendship, heroism, and the true nature of leadership during a time of war.
High-Powered Plyometrics presents exercises and programs used by today’s top athletes, coaches, and conditioning experts for development of explosive power, strength, and speed. Along with exclusive access to an online video library, it features 23 programs for 21 sports and the latest training methods, equipment, and assessments as well as 79 exercises for increasing power.
Woody’s Last Laugh explores a simmering controversy amid scientists, conservationists, birders and the media: the supposed “extinction” of American ivory-billed woodpecker. Among the first to identify rampant mental errors inside conservation and environmental professions, the book identifies 53 distinct kinds of cognitive blunders, psychological biases, and logical fallacies on both sides of the woodpecker controversy. Few species have ever provoked such social rancor. Why are rumors of its persistence so prevalent, unlike other near or recently extinct animals? Why are we so bad mannered with each other about a mere bird? How is it that we cannot agree even on whether a mere bird is alive or dead? Woody’s Last Laugh uncovers why such mysteries so mess with our heads. By exploring uncharted borders between conservation and mental perception, new ways of evaluating truth and accuracy are opened to everyone. Author Dr. J. Christopher Haney is a biologist, conservation scientist and lifelong birder. For 12 years he was Chief Scientist at Defenders of Wildlife. In 2010, following the Deepwater Horizon oil blowout, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service invited him to lead the largest pelagic study of marine birds ever conducted in the Gulf of Mexico. Since 2013 he has been president of Terra Mar Applied Sciences, an independent public-interest conservation research firm which he founded. If there is one lesson Dr. Haney hopes his book delivers, it is to not overvalue our thinking skills. Human reason is fallible, even among scientists and technical experts. To improve our essential relationship with nature, conservation practices will need to devote as much attention to the unbridled thoughts as the unswerving sentiments. Dead or alive, however, the ivory-bill got the last laugh on us all.
With James Christopher Pitts’ debut literary offering, The Conscience Market, the reader is drawn into a journey through extremes. Visions of a paranoid and alarming world of modern conspiracies and opportunistic war mongering are held at balance with idealistic poetry celebrating humanity, love, and the arts. Pitts challenges many of our longest held traditions and prejudices with an uncanny knack for sarcasm, humor, and aggressive wit, at times assuming the role of an agitated, yet impassioned philosopher. Religion, political systems, extreme nationalism, and the apathy of the general population of the Western world are given no quarter, as these corrupt institutions are displayed in all of their hypocrisy in The Conscience Market.
First published in the summer of 1557 - as the protestant martyrs’ pyres blazed across England - Songes and Sonettes, written by the ryght honorable Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other (more generally known as Tottel’s Miscellany) is widely regarded as the first anthology of English poetry responsible for introducing Italianate verse forms to England. Yet those scholars who have paid attention to the book usually dismiss its literary quality and regard its chief accomplishment as paving the way for the Golden Age of Elizabethan verse to come. As Professor Warner makes clear, however, there is much more historical significance to the Miscellany than merely being a precursor to Shakespeare and Sidney. Drawing upon a wealth of historical, textual and literary evidence, this new study recasts the Miscellany as a peculiar phenomenon of the reign of Mary I. Placing it in the context of its European counterparts and its competition in the London book market, Warner argues that at heart the Miscellany was a collaborative project between the printer, Richard Tottel and law students from the Inns of Court, and represented a timely response to the religious, political and social upheavals of the English Reformation and Counter-Reformation. Analysing from both a literary and historical perspective, this study reconnects the Miscellany with the social, cultural, literary and religious milieu in which it was created. Warner thus reveals not only the distinctiveness of the book’s design compared to other English verse works for sale in 1557, but its function as a patriotic retort to Continental collections of verse -including one that put into print a selection of satirical songs and sonnets written by the Spanish caballeros who found themselves reluctant attendants at the court of Mary I.
Whether you just met Him or, like me, have known Christ for decades, you?ll find Christopher's book transformational. Eddie Smith, Christian author/speaker This exciting book will show how you too can be a living testimony for God in your everyday life and personally experience the promise of God in His word, Mark 16: 17. Rev. Ernest Chan, Agape Ministries, USA A must read- as it will bring an appreciation and awareness of His Daily love for you. Dr. Lonnie Rex, Retired, President of David Livingstone Foundation - Who is God, and what is His nature? - Can you get prayers answered effectively? - If God loves, why do people suffer? - Can you have a winning walk and have the favor of men? - Does this God really abide with us? - How can you operate in the gifts of the Holy Spirit and touch other people?s lives? Answers to these questions and more are clearly explained in this book about God?s love.
Book Description: The word "liberal" has a connotation about it that suggests that many who are labeled as such, are crusaders for all that is rooted in concern for "humanity," that they actually care for the suffering, the disadvantaged, the "oppressed." It is the contention here, that just the opposite is true, that this is a myth instead. And one that needs exposing! Author Biography: James Christopher Hall is a freelance writer who has put into words, a long held belief that most "liberals" say what they say and do what they do, not out of love or compassion for "humanity" or anyone, but rather to act out their anger against authority figures only. To make his case, he presents his arguments in a style that is intended to be (hopefully) humorous, (not so politely) sarcastic, and somewhat philosophical. And, above all, will find resonance with those whose doubts about "humanity savers" have paralleled his own.
What is to become of the Church? What is to become of America? What is to become of Europe? Is the world going to end? This book simplifies the major issues so any teenager or layman can understand it, and intrigues the reader to dig deeper for the truth.
This is the sound ideas and dreams make when laboring through darkness; in corners, in candlelight, among shadows and barely breathing, what we really are, what we aspire to be, can oftentimes suffocate under the heavy hand of experience. And even though these are my experiences, and their relation to my dreams and ideals, "Onyx" would be a useless piece of vanity should you not be able to find within it some reflection of yourself. We all have our time in the dark. We all struggle from time to time between the seen and unseen. If you are going to read this, keep a pure, innocent mind open; cast off cynicism and suspend your disbelief, for this was the spirit with which it was born. After all, what dream or aspiration was ever first breathed in the realm of rational thought? These are poems of solitary life-the only life we can be certain of-and how that life relates to what surrounds us: the sense-based temporal as metaphors for the hidden eternal. For there is an eternal language in the Things around us, the strange silent creatures of Nature; and within us, the dreams and thoughts that, even in our maturity, still live and breathe as our claim on divinity and the vital parts of who we are. I appeal to those Things in and around you, the echoing voices sometimes muffled by the smothering cloaks of duty, convention and ignorance, by which you now live, I live. And as I write this, I am reminded that there are some of you who share this worldview, and to you I give thanks and honor. It is you who often inspire me simply by your existence. In your perplexity I find similitude and in your longsuffering I find hope.
The comprehensive guide to furniture design— expanded and updated Furniture designers draw on a range of knowledge and disciplines to create their work. From history to theory to technology, Furniture Design offers a comprehensive survey of the essential craft- and practice-related aspects of furniture design. Generously illustrated with photographs and drawings—including a new color section—this Second Edition features updated coverage of material specifications, green design, digital design, and fabrication technologies. It also features twenty-five case studies of furniture design that represent a broad selection of works, designers, and techniques, including recent designs produced within the last decade. The book explores: Furniture function and social use Form, spatial organization, and typological orders Structural integrity and composition Accessibility, universal design, human factors, and ergonomics The design process, from schematics through fabrication Materials, processes, and methods of fabrication Professional practice and marketing The history of furniture design, from prehistory to the digital age Complete with a glossary of terms and a comprehensive bibliography, Furniture Design, Second Edition is a one-stop resource that furniture designers will turn to regularly for the advice, guidance, and information needed to perform their craft.
What is to become of the Church? What is to become of America? What is to become of Europe? Is the world going to end? This book simplifies the major issues so any teenager or layman can understand it, and intrigues the reader to dig deeper for the truth.
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