This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.There are over seven billion people on planet Earth, yet many struggle to make lasting and fulfilling friendships.There is a social epidemic on the rise, a crack in communication between two human beings; people are forgetting what it’s like to have meaningful conversations, communication away from electronic devices. But what if you the reader are one of the millions who struggle making friends? You might not e...

There are over seven billion people on planet Earth, yet many struggle to make lasting and fulfilling friendships. There is a social epidemic on the rise, a crack in communication between two human beings; people are forgetting what it’s like to have meaningful conversations, communication away from electronic devices.But what if you the reader are one of the millions who struggle making friends? You might not even use social media because you have no meaningful fr...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.There are over seven billion people on planet Earth, yet many struggle to make lasting and fulfilling friendships. There is a social epidemic on the rise, a crack in communication between two human beings; people are forgetting what it’s like to have meaningful conversations, communication away from electronic devices.But what if you the reader are one of the millions who struggle making friends? You might not e...

This book reassesses Putin's attempt to reverse the decentralization of power that characterised centre-regional relations in the 1990s, focusing on regional responses to Putin's federal reforms. It explains the decline of regionalism after 2000 in terms of the dynamics of regional boundaries, understood as the juridical boundaries which demarcate a region's territorial extent and its resources; institutional boundaries that sustain regional differences; and cultural boundaries that define...

Eslanda Goode, the daughter of John Goode and Eslanda Cardozo, was born in Washington in 1896. In 1912 Goode won a four-year scholarship to the University of Illinois. After graduating in 1917, she accepted an offer as histological chemist at the Presbyterian Hospital in New York. Goode married Paul Robeson in 1921 but continued her studies and after graduating from the University of Chicago in 1923, Goode became the first African American analytical chemist at Columbia Medical Centre. Her...

La timide Felicity Goode vient d’hériter de la fortune et des sociétés de son père. Seule condition : qu’elle épouse un aristocrate. Il lui faut donc affronter la prochaine saison, une véritable épreuve pour elle qui bafouille dès qu’elle s’adresse à un homme ! Sans compter que cet héritage déclenche des convoitises… Pour assurer sa sécurité, Felicity décide d’engager un garde du corps. Gareth Severand devrait la terrifier. Pourtant, ce colosse au visage cabossé lui inspire d’emblée une en...

The systems thinking philosophy has become popular in human factors and ergonomics and safety science. These methods are being used to understand and resolve complex societal problems in areas such as transport safety, workplace safety, medication error, disaster management, child abuse, financial crises, terrorism, climate change and public health and wellbeing. This handbook presents practical step-by-step guidance for practitioners and researchers wishing to use these methods to tackle ...

Colonel Paul R. Goode's history of The United States Soldiers' Home. Shortly after the Mexican War, General Winfield Scott and several other senior Army officers suggested the establishment of a "Military Asylum" for the relief and support of invalid and disabled soldiers of the Army of the United States. Congress agreed, and on March 3, 1851, enacted the initial legislation which authorized the United States Soldiers' Home. After more than one hundred years of existence, a history of the ...

La fille d’un baron a-t-elle le droit de jouer les détectives amateurs ? La question ne se pose pas pour Mercy, qui excelle à résoudre les homicides, n’en déplaise aux fâcheux qui estiment qu’une femme n’a pas sa place sur une scène de crime. Évidemment, cette activité comporte quelques risques. À la suite du meurtre d’une courtisane, Mercy est arrêtée en même temps que le coupable présumé : Raphaël Sauvageau, chef du gang des Fauves. Un brigand aussi redoutable que charismatique qui va s’...

Written by leading non-duality author Greg Goode, After Awareness offers an insider's look at the Direct Path—a set of liberating spiritual teachings inspired by Shri Atmananda (Krishna Menon). This book shares secrets of the Direct Path that are rarely revealed. It examines topics hardly ever mentioned in non-duality discussions, such as the importance of ethics, the language of non-duality, the role of the guru, and the provisional nature of the Direct Path itself.Our mo...

The fourth volume in the Harte Research Institute’s landmark scientific series on the Gulf of Mexico provides a comprehensive study of ecosystem-based management, analyzing key coastal ecosystems in eleven Gulf Coast states from Florida to Quintana Roo and presenting case studies in which this integrated approach was tested in both the US and in Mexico. Two overview chapters cover related information on Cuba and on coastal zone management in Mexico. The comprehensive data on management pol...

The World’s Worst Children 3, from Children's author David Walliams.Just when you thought it was safe to go back to your bookshelf, 10 more horrendously hilarious stories about the absolute worst children ever! From ten-year old Hank and his endless pranks on his poor, long-suffering family, to Tandy and her titanic tantrums – this brand new collection is the perfect companion to World’s Worst Children books 1 and 2 and an ideal gift for the worst children in your life!This...