The Railways of Northern England in the 1960s invites the reader on a nostalgic tour of the North, from Crewe and Doncaster up to the Scottish border, taking in bustling metropolises, industrial towns, military sites, mountains, lakes, viaducts and picturesque villages. The photographs, a mixture of colour and monochrome, were taken between 1955 and 1970 and, with a few exceptions, are presented here for the very first time. Steam predominates, though diesel, electric power and even rope-w...

Robert Ellis James-Robertson (always known as Ellis) was born in Wales but lived at Worcester from the mid-1950s and travelled extensively around the country building up a large railway collection. In the 1960s a few of Ellis’s photographs were published in books and magazines and the credit ‘R. E. James-Robertson’ may be familiar to some. This book of mainly unpublished colour and black & white photographs has been created entirely from Ellis’s North Wales archives, it will appeal to rail...

Robert Ellis James-Robertson (but always known as Ellis) lived at Worcester from the mid-1950s and travelled extensively around the country building up a large railway archive. In the early 1960s a few of Ellis’s photographs were published in books and magazines and the credit ‘R. E. James-Robertson’ may be familiar to some. This book of mainly unpublished colour and black and white photographs has been created entirely from Ellis’s collection within about a 35 miles radius of Worcester, i...

On April 28, 2004, 60 Minutes II broadcast the now-infamous photos of prisoner abuse by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib. The news quickly spread worldwide, undermining the U.S. presence in Iraq.Despite several Department of Defense investigations and eleven courts-martial convictions, important questions remain about the events at Abu Ghraib. Who are these soldiers? How involved were top administration officials and army generals in the abuses? Were the soldiers simply foll...

**Rediscover the brilliance of Regiment of Women in the Mermaid Collection - classic books by popular pioneering female authors republished to delight new generations of readers.Set in a small town in Edwardian England, Regiment of Women is a page-turning and beguiling novel about the complicated relationship between a teacher and pupil at a private (and elitist) girls' school . . .**With a foreword by Jacqueline Wilson**'**

Dieses Werk befasst sich mit der monetären Anlage in Immobilien im In- und Ausland und ihrer Besteuerung. Im Mittelpunkt der steuerrechtlichen Betrachtung steht dabei das neue Investmentsteuergesetz, welches mit Wirkung zum 01.01.2018 eingeführt worden ist.Der Autor erschließt das hochkomplexe neue Investmentsteuerrecht erstmals monographisch speziell für den Bereich der Immobilienfonds, zieht dabei Vergleiche zur früheren Rechtslage und unterzieht die neuen Vorschriften einer krit...

Chaque année, au cours de la réunion du comité d’organisation des Journées de Flaran, Charles Higounet nous invitait à proposer de nouveaux thèmes susceptibles d’être abordés au cours des prochaines rencontres.C’est à cette occasion aussi qu’étaient confirmés les programmes des deux années suivantes. Or, lorsque à l’automne 1987 fut préparé le colloque consacré à la Croissance agricole du haut Moyen Age, le programme des journées 1989 ne fut pas arrêté. Apparemment, Charles Higounet ne l’a...

David J. Ruggleman, III knows no better place to grow up than Boar Ridge, in the cheery yellow house at the end of his block. He wants nothing more than the complete, loving life of his parents. But entering high school expands Davey's world, first over the bounds of impoverished Coalside, and then up the dreaded Haint Hill.He and an unexpected ally unite to solve a riddle that channels the Hill's ancient power. As they do, they are tested by injustice, heartache, family shame, and...

You can see it everywhere—on the news, in social media, in books or movies, and by how some churchgoers behave. Just because people call themselves Christians does not mean they are anything like Jesus.His followers were first called Christians in Antioch. Why? Because they acted like Christ (the original Greek work meant "Christ-people" or "little-Christs"). At the time, it was something of an insult. If people call themselves Christians, but merely go to church, they will not lik...

Over the past two decades, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has paradoxically steered the development of a thriving capitalist economy. Unlike many faltering post-socialist states with fragile economies and weakly institutionalised democratic structures, China has witnessed a tide of economic entrepreneurialism that has raised living standards and the country's global economic stature. However, the strains of rapid economic change and the tensions between an increasingly liberalized econo...

Es ist leider eine Tatsache: Mit zunehmendem Alter baut der menschliche Körper ab. Ein unebener Boden, falsches Schuhwerk oder eine kleine Unachtsamkeit genügen manchmal schon, um ältere Menschen ins Straucheln zu bringen. Die Folgen sind oft Stürze mit schmerzhaften und langwierigen Verletzungen, wie zum Beispiel Knochenbrüchen.Hier setzt das LiFE Programm an. Es steht für Lebensstil-integrierte funktionelle Übungen und wurde an der Universität von Sydney erstellt, um die körperli...

The stunning portrayals of the Canadian landscape in the documentaries produced by the National Film Board of Canada, not only influenced cinematic language but shaped our perception of the environment. In the early days of the organization, nature films produced by the NFB supported the Canadian government’s nation-building project and show the state as an active participant in the cultural construction of the land. By the mid-1960s however, films like Cree Hunters of Mistassini ...