Grace Woodbridge Roys suffered from bi-polar disease before it was well understood. Her daughter feared that her children would also suffer mental illness. This annotation of Grace's diary opens the early 1900s missionary world in China and the personality of Grace to the reader. In December 1910 Grace married Harvey Curtis Roys, who was teaching physics at Kiang Nan government school in Nanking, under the sponsorship of the YMCA. Grace had had a mental breakdown weeks earlier when her mis...

Classic western adventure. Made for the next generation. The Boys Book of Western Stories brings together the best of the pulp West: hard-riding heroes, outlaw showdowns, and wide-open country where courage is the only currency that matters. Eight short stories spanning the golden age of American frontier fiction and bold new voices curated for boys ages 10 to 16 who are ready for stories with real grit. Perfect for reading aloud around the campfire or quietly at the end of a long day.Buil...

Are you one of those who always run out of money towards the end of the month?Or do you have a big family and you find it hard to manage your monthly income? Or you lack the skills of managing your money? Does it happen with you that you talk to your friends about your budget issues and they always seem to have figured it all out for themselves? Are you tired of worrying all the time about how much you spend and where do you spend your money?Do you ever fee...

This book investigates the selection process of heritagisation to understand what specific pasts are being selected or rejected for representation, who is selecting them, how and to whom they are being represented and why they are being presented, or dismissed, in the ways that they are.Some aspects of our pasts are venerated and memorialised for a variety of reasons, while others are forgotten or even hidden. This volume, thus, provides examples from across a spectrum. Some phenom...

Statistical data and evidence-based claims are increasingly central to our everyday lives. Critically examining ‘Big Data’, this book charts the recent explosion in sources of data, including those precipitated by global developments and technological change. It sets out changes and controversies related to data harvesting and construction, dissemination and data analytics by a range of private, governmental and social organisations in multiple settings.Analysing the power of data ...

Martin Wild, failed soldier, failed policeman, finds success as a security consultant. Following the murder of his lover, policewoman Eileen Padget, he steps into the world of nightclubs and illegal drugs to trace the killers. Skills learnt in his former military and police lives are put to use and the evidence provided ensures the arrest of those responsible. Subsequent errors by the police and the CPS in preparing the case result in the gang being freed and Wild now becomes a target hims...

A short story about Pippy and Alfie cat. Alfie has some unusual friends help him during a sledging race. This story is without pictures so that the child can use their imagination.

We are now entering a new phase in the establishment of historical organization studies as a distinctive methodological paradigm within the broad field of organization studies. This book serves both as a landmark in the development of the field and as a key reference tool for researchers and students.For two decades, organization theorists have emphasized the need for more and better research recognizing the importance of the past in shaping the present and future. By historicizing...

Alfie takes a walk in the forest with an unexpected outcome.

Da finnerne rømmer og brænder den lille by Suomussalmi før russerne kommer i december 1939, bliver én mand tilbage. Det er brændehuggeren Timmo Vatanen. Timmo har boet i Suomussalmi hele sit liv, og hører ikke til nogen andre steder. Og nogen må jo forsvare ruinerne og gøre det rigtige, hvor umulig opgaven end må synes, og uanset om det giver venner eller fjender.Huggerne er en gribende eksistentiel roman om syv mænd som må tage slæbet i fællesskab, om brænde og varme og et...

A pleasant story based around a small fishing village where best friends Alfie and Pippy live. The two cats get up to all sorts of mischief in this and other tales.The stories have no pictures allowing the child to use their imangination.

Pip and Alfie go camping which, Alfie regrets when the weather turns. This story contains no pictures. It is hoped that the child uses their imagination