Aneurin – Nye – Bevan was one of the pivotal Labour Party figures of the post-war era in Britain. As Minister for Health in Attlee's government, his role in the foundation of the National Health Service, the world's largest publically-funded health service, changed the face of British society forever. The son of a coal miner from South Wales, Bevan was a life-long champion of social justice and the rights of working people, as such becoming one of the leading proponents of Socialist though...

2025 Revised and Updated EditionOne man's dream of the NHS.From campaigning at the coalfield to leading the battle to create the NHS, Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan is often referred to as the politician with greatest influence on our country without ever being Prime Minister.Confronted with death, Nye's deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life, from childhood and mining underground to Parliament and fights with Churchill, in a...

One man's dream of the NHS.From campaigning at the coalfield to leading the battle to create the NHS, Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan is often referred to as the politician with the greatest influence on our country without ever being Prime Minister.Confronted with death, Nye's deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Churchill in an epic Welsh fantasia.Tim Price's surreal and spe...

An introduction to the increasingly popular topic of children's spirituality, showing how choices made in churches and homes can stimulate or stifle a child's spiritual development. Suitable for anyone who works with children.

"In mastering Kum Nye, we learn how to benefit from all manner of experience; we gain confidence that is grounded in self-knowledge and establishes a foundation of joy that can sustain us throughout our lives. We learn what it means to be complete within ourselves: We discover what it means to BE."The Joy of Being goes beyond the purely physical aspects of relaxation to directly convey the joyful, wide-awake flavor of meditation. Once we experience that intense, energized ...

Kum Nye - Tibetan Yoga, A Complete Guide to Health and Well-Being, 115 Exercises & Massages by Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche. Based on the Tibetan medical system, Kum Nye consists of exercises developed by Rinpoche to relieve stress and promote the deep relaxation necessary to experience the full benefits of meditation. It is both a natural healing aid and a means for deepening meditation.An effective means to become fully comfortable in our embodiment, Kum Nye consists of breat...

Det Nye Testamente - en kort introduktionDet Nye Testamente er den anden og afgørende del af den kristne bibel. Det består af 27 skrifter, der blev forfattet i første århundrede e.Kr. Centrale for det er budskabet om Jesus fra Nazaret, som kristne forstår som Guds søn og verdens frelser.Kernen i Det Nye Testamente danner de fire evangelier: Matthæus, Markus, Lukas og Johannes. De skildrer Jesu liv, hans lære, undergerninger, hans død på korset og opstandels...

Bill Nye was a famous American humor columnist in the middle 1800's. He said "We can never be a nation of snobs so long as we are willing to poke fun at ourselves." And he did exactly that in hundreds of newspaper columns that were later collected into books. This is a selection of just 35 of the most humorous, wry and downright funny cogitations of his, written of course in the somewhat convoluted style common in the 19th century which just adds to their flavor in my opinion. The selectio...

I et interview gav Ulrich Beck – tysk sociolog og forfatter til bl.a. nyklassikeren Risikosamfunde] – følgende karakteristik af bogen Fagre nye arbejdsverden: ”Min pointe er at kapitalismen er ved at tage livet af arbejdet. Arbejdsløshed rammer ikke længere kun de marginale grupper i samfundet. Den kan potentielt ramme os alle – og værst af alt kan den sætte demokratiet i fare. Når den globale kapitalisme fralægger sig ethvert ansvar for beskæftigelse og demokrati, underm...

Hvad er god sex? Er det, når I begge har fået orgasme og ligger tilfredse og sunder jer bagefter? Ja, det er det. Men god tantra sex er langt mere.Den nye tantra handler nemlig ikke kun om seksuel tilfredsstillelse, men om en personlig og fælles udviklingsproces. Tantra sex er en direkte vej til et langt større møde mellem jer, end ”den almindelige sex” sædvanligvis giver jer adgang til. Det handler om at mødes så dybt, så højt og så inderligt, som I overhovedet kan.Derfor m...

In April 1911, July Nye McConnell has enjoyed a delayed honeymoon with her husband, William, who is reporting on the rebuilding of San Francisco five years after the Great Earthquake. As they prepare for the return to St. Louis, William receives a death threat. The pair searches their pasts and William’s immediate reporting for possible enemies. Back in St. Louis, their friend Carl Schroeder begins his own investigation amid complicating circumstances.Then a man high on Julia’s sus...

In 1911, Julia Nye works as a typist—and more—for the St. Louis Police Department. She is also lending her efforts and reputation to the local chapter of the Women’s Trade Union League, which is fighting for better working conditions. When a member of the WTUL, one of Julia’s new friends, is murdered, Julia expects to join the police in their investigation.But her boss and mentor, Chief Wright, is out of town, and the newly appointed Chief of Detectives is opposed to new-fangled po...