The scientific and social history surrounding the 1880 incident of a foul odor in Paris and the development of public health culture that followed.Late in the summer of 1880, a wave of odors enveloped large portions of Paris. As the stench lingered, outraged residents feared that the foul air would breed an epidemic. Fifteen years later—when the City of Light was in the grips of another Great Stink—the public conversation about health and disease had changed dramati...

Tackle some of the biggest challenges in learning Functional Programming with this modern, up-to-date approach.Objects First with Java: A Practical Introduction, Global Edition, 6th Edition by Barnes and Kölling is an introduction to object-oriented programming, examining various programming concepts from a software engineering perspective.Ideal for beginners but also more advanced students and professional programmers, the book begins wi...

Ray Charles (1930–2004) led one of the most extraordinary lives of any popular musician. In Brother Ray, he reveals his life story unsparingly, from the chronicle of his musical development to his heroin addiction to his tangled romantic life.Overcoming poverty, blindness, the loss of his parents, and the pervasive racism of the era, Ray Charles was acclaimed worldwide as a genius by the age of thirty-two. By combining the influences of gospel, jazz, blues, and country mus...

What happens when God calls you into the unknown—with nothing but faith, a Bible, and a few dollars in your pocket?At twenty-three, David heard a voice that would change his life forever. Leaving behind the safety of home, he stepped into a journey of homelessness, hardship, and supernatural encounters. From cold nights spent in parks and tunnels, to spiritual warfare playing out in everyday places, The Seed of David is a raw and powerful memoir of faith i...

What if the veil between the natural and the spiritual was pulled back—and you could never see life the same way again?In Seed of David: Book Two, the journey continues with gripping encounters, supernatural revelations, and the cost of walking with eyes wide open. From shadowed streets and restless nights to prophetic warnings in unexpected places, David's path is anything but ordinary. Each choice plants seeds, and the consequences reveal themselves in t...

Listen to Jekyll and Hyde with a movie-style soundtrack and amplify your audiobook experience. The story of respectable Dr Jekyll's strange association with 'damnable young man' Edward Hyde; the hunt through fog-bound London for a killer; and the final revelation of Hyde's true identity is a chilling exploration of humanity's basest capacity for evil.

A new Magnificat Way of the Cross Companion Each station includes: • A beautiful work of art • A verse of a hymn set to the tune of Stabat Mater • Scripture to begin your reflection • An original meditation to help you ponder each station • A prayer to deepen your response to each station

Born on December 12, 1821, in Rouen, France, Gustave Flaubert is considered one of the greatest novelists of the nineteenth century and a central figure of literary realism. The son of a respected surgeon, he grew up in a cultivated bourgeois environment that later nourished his sharp and often critical portrayal of provincial life. Flaubert began studying law in Paris but abandoned his studies after suffering from epileptic seizures. He then devoted himself entirely to literature, pursuin...

Explores the scientific and social factors that continue to influence the public's lingering uncertainty over how disease can—and cannot—be spread.Late in the summer of 1880, a wave of odors enveloped large portions of Paris. As the stench lingered, outraged residents feared that the foul air would breed an epidemic. Fifteen years later—when the City of Light was in the grips of another Great Stink—the public conversation about health and disease had changed dramat...

Venice holds a unique place in literary and cultural history. Barnes looks at the themes of war, occupation, resistance and fascism to see how the political background has affected the literary works that have come out of this great city. He focuses on key British and American writers, including Byron, Ruskin, Pound and Eliot.

During a 24- year playing career he was a member of the Hawick RFC team which won the last ever unofficial Championship and thereafter eight official Scottish Championships. He was capped 52 times for Scotland (a record at that time), scoring a hatful of tries (several of which appear on 'Best of ...' videos and are still shown regularly on television), penalties and drop-goals. He played for the British Lions in the first Test against South Africa in 1980 and is widely considered to have ...

The recollections of a coal miner and soldier who survived both the Senghennydd pit explosion and the horrors of the World War I trenches, told through the medium of a conversation between him and his grandson, the author.