Piling is a fast-moving field and recent years have seen major advances in theory, methods, testing procedures and equipment. Some of these changes have been driven by the need for economies and efficiency, reduced spoil production and new methods of pile bore support. Advances in theoretical analyses allow pile design to be refined so that piles and pile groups perform to better advantage. This third edition of the well established book has been comprehensively updated. It provides an accessible and well-illustrated account of design techniques, methods of testing and analysis of piles, with a marked emphasis on practice but with design methods that incorporate the most recent advances in piling theory. Piling Engineering is written for geotechnical engineers, consultants and foundation contractors. It is also a useful reference for academics and advanced students on courses in piling, practical site investigation and foundation design and construction.
Touched by Darkness "Twelve Tales of Evil, Inside and Out" Twelve tales of horror that delve into the shadows secreted within...and the darkness that stalks beyond. "Trust" by Peter Giglio "Attachment" by Dee Pratt "Dreaming, Not Sleeping" by Julia Kavan "Evelyn Thayer" by Ronn E Taylor "In My Lady's Chamber" by Catherine Cavendish "Masked" by Matthew Cherry "Black Habits" by Elson Meehan "Be Seeing You" by Keith Melton "Stew" by Patrick Anderson Jr. "Teaching Man" by Nell DuVall "The Dead Hate the Living" by Thomas Gueli "We Shadows Have Offended" by K.W. Taylor
In the 1970s, Northern Soul held a pivotal position in British youth culture. Originating in the English North and Midlands in the late-1960s, by the mid-1970s it was attracting thousands of enthusiasts across the country. This book is a social history of Northern Soul, examining the origins and development of this music scene, its clubs, publications and practices. Northern Soul emerged in a period when working class communities were beginning to be transformed by deindustrialisation and the rise of new political movements around the politics of race, gender and locality. Locating Northern Soul in these shifting economic and social contexts of the English North and Midlands in the 1970s, the authors argue that people kept the faith not just with music, but with a culture that was connected to wider aspects of work, home, relationships and social identities. Drawing on an expansive range of sources, including oral histories, magazines and fanzines, diaries and letters, this book offers a detailed and empathetic reading of a working class culture that was created and consumed by thousands of young people in the 1970s. The authors highlight the complex ways in which class, race and gender identities acted as forces for both unity and fragmentation on the dancefloors of iconic clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, Blackpool Mecca, the Torch in Stoke-on-Trent, the Catacombs in Wolverhampton and the Casino in Wigan. Marking a significant contribution to the historiography of youth culture, this book is essential reading for those interested in popular music and everyday life in in postwar Britain.
In the 1960s, student leaders everywhere dreamed of changing the world via radical action. Kent Keith, then a student at Harvard, had another idea. He proposed that, while the world may sometimes seem crazy, individuals could still act well and create change for the better. He called his manifesto the "Paradoxical Commandments.
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